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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 2 Apr 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello sonata in G minor Op.19; 3rd movement, Andante

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • ONYX.
    • 3.
  • Josef Strauss

    Spharen-Klange - waltz Op.235

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • SONY.
    • 10.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony no.10 in B minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cameleon.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in E major, Kk.380

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Transformation.
    • Deutsche Gramophon.
    • 4.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel d矛 vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.
    • CONIFER.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Romance in F minor, Op.11

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • ONDINE.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Frederic Chopin.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann

    Die 12 in Bossa-nova

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway.
    • EMI.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV.1041

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Gigues (Images)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Rutter

    It was a lover and his lass from Birthday Madrigals

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: Malcolm Creese. Performer: Wayne Marshall. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Feel the Spirit.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 17.
  • George Shearing

    Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: No 2: When daffodils begin to peer

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: Wayne Marshall. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Feel the Spirit.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 9.
  • John Rutter

    Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: No 3: It was a lover and his lass

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: Malcolm Creese. Performer: Wayne Marshall. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Feel the Spirit.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 10.

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