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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 9 Jan 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Henri Rabaud

    Solo de concours, Op 10

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.
  • Frederick Delius

    Fennimore and Gerda - opera in 11 scenes: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Vaughan Williams/Walton/Delius.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

    Performer: Stephen Marvin. Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Sic Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    War Requiem (Agnus Dei)

    Singer: Peter Pears. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Choir: Bach Choir. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in E Flat Op.18

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique, Op.3

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Virtuoso Vengerov.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in the Italian Style in C major, D 591

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • DECCA.
  • Judith Weir

    Illuminare Jerusalem

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Peter Stevens. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Erato.
    • 13-15.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jule Styne

    Gypsy; Everything鈥檚 coming up roses

    Singer: Imelda Staunton. Ensemble: 2015 London cast recording. Conductor: Nicholas Skilbeck.
    • Gypsy: 2015 London Cast Recording.
    • First Night Records.
    • 14.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de Montr茅al. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Chandos.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Sony.

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