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Sunday - Martin Handley

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 15 May 2016 07:00

Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Gloria all'Egitto (Aida)

    Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
    • Verdi: Aida: Chorus and Orchestra of the ROH.
    • EMI.
    • 14.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Prelude Chopin: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 34 BWV.34 (O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Singer: Kurt Equiluz. Singer: Siegmund Nimsgern. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Traditional Russian

    Blessed is the Man (Kiev chant, settings of Psalms 1-3)

    Choir: Optina Pustyn.
    • ARC.
  • Jan Kaczmarzyk

    Gajdosz

    Ensemble: Vo艂osi.
    • Nomadism.
    • UNZIPPED FLY RECORDS.
    • 013.
  • Andy Razaf

    On Revival Day

    Singer: Bessie Smith.
    • Gospel Blues, Reborn and Remastered.
    • ROUGH GUIDES.
    • 022.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano concerto no.3 in D minor, Op.30 - Finale (Alla breve)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano concertos nos 2 & 3.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 006.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Nightingales (No.5 of Seven Poems of Robert Bridges)

    Choir: Lumen Valo.
    • SIGILLUM.
    • 10.
  • Manning Sherwin

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Music Arranger: Stan Getz. Performer: Stan Getz. Performer: Roy Haynes. Performer: John Neves.
    • AVID JAZZ.
    • 5.
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Fackeltanz (Torch Dance) no.4 for welcome of newly-married Prussian Crown Prince

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
    • Giacomo Meyerbeer: Music for Festive Occasions.
    • CPO.
    • 007.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Pedro y Pedro

    Music Arranger: David Riniker. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Hora Cero.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 007.

Benjamin Britten's Red House. The Nightgale song in this morning's programme was recorded in the grounds.

Benjamin Britten's Red House. The Nightgale song in this morning's programme was recorded in the grounds.
漏 Philip Vile. Image courtesy of the Britten-Pears Foundation.

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