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Sunday - Martin Handley

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

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 3 Feb 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No 4 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Director: Ross Pople.
    • Boccherini Symphonies, London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople (director).
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Gloria (Dixit Dominus II)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Sally Bruce-Payne. Singer: Guy Cutting. Singer: Matthew Brook. Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford.
    • Handel; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus.
    • Avie.
    • 8.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op 87 No 5

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Popular Ballet Music: The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
    • Duet 2.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV.1012 (Allemande)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto no.1 in E major for 2 pianos (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque / Bychk.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    Penintentes Orate (Mozarabic Prayer) & Ductia (from Cantigas De Santa Maria)

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • AliaVox AVSA9915.
    • AliaVox.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A minor, Op.41`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Suite In G Minor for keyboard [from "Pieces De Clavecin" 1687]: vii. 2e Gigue

    • De La Guerre: Pieces De Clavecin Vol. 1 & 2.
    • OnClassical.
    • 16.
  • George Gershwin

    Of thee I sing (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata duodecima (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • Naive.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila Symphony (7th mvt) (excerpt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • The Kathryn Tickell Band

    Small and Wild

    • Air Dancing.
    • PARK RECORDS.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Phantom tells his tale of longing - extract (Forest Scenes)

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Undiscovered Piano Works.
    • NAXOS.
    • 12.
  • William Byrd

    O lux, beata Trinitas

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G major H.16.27 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas vol.3: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata in E minor, Op 3 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber: iii. Andantino; iv: Marsch

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Hindemith: Janacek: Prokofiev.
    • DECCA.
    • 8-9.

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