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Saturday - Martin Handley

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

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 22 Aug 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata for violin and guitar no. 2 in D maj ..., 2nd movement; Rondoncino ...

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Pietro Baldassare

    Sonata in F major for cornett, strings and continuo

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Baroque Trumpet Concertos: Hakan Hardenberger/I Musici.
    • Philips.
    • 27-29.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no. 4 (Op.90) in A major "Italian", 1st movement; Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) etc: Berliner Philharmoniker/Abb.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Leonel Power

    Sanctus for 3 voices [Old Hall MS]

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Singer: David James. Singer: Ashley Stafford. Singer: Rogers Covey鈥怌rump. Singer: John Potter. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Paul Hillier. Singer: Gordon Jones.
    • The Old Hall Manuscript: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 15.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Transylvanian dances Sz.96

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in C, Wq 182/3

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfram Christ.
    • HANSSLER.
    • 98.637.
    • 7-9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for piano No. 26 in E flat major, 鈥楲es Adieux鈥 鈥 3rd mv

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Oh, the pleasure of the plains (Acis and Galatea)

    Orchestrator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel/Mozart: Acis and Galatea: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Lutoslawsky

    Piano Concerto 1st Mvmnt

  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Piano Concerto

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Ensemble. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Deutsche Grammarphone.
    • DG 479 4518.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute; Overture

    Orchestra: Mozartorchester des Opernhauses Z眉rich. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart: Operas III, 250th Anniversary Edition.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    The Cherry Tree

    Performer: John Constable. Singer: Peter Jeffes.
    • An Anthology of English Song: Various artists.
    • Novello.
    • 14.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square (On the Town)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Danyel

    Can Doleful Notes

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jonathan Manson.
    • WH LIVE.
    • 0074.
    • 10.

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