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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 14 Mar 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture-Suite in E major (Overture)

    Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch.
    • Telemann: Complete violin concertos vol.4: L'Orfeo Barockorchester/Wallfisch.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (Nocturne)

    Ensemble: St. Petersburg String Quartet.
    • Borodin: String quartets no.1 & 2: St Petersburg String Quartet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • George Gershwin

    Strike up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Tonight - Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony No. 1 in C

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • CBS.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Teresa Carre帽o

    La Corbeille de Fleurs, Op.9

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Sempre libera (La traviata)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Verdi: La Traviata.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasy for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, op.80

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Cello Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 10.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (The Mikado)

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.
    • The Mikado (Highlights).
    • That's Entertainment.
    • 13.
  • Michael Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto no.2 in C major

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Philips.
    • 12.

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