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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sun 10 Mar 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Jeu de cartes (Deal 3)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de Cartes; Agon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    In der Nacht, Op.12 no.5

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • John Dowland

    Time stands still in gazing on her face

    Performer: Anthony Rooley. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • Honey from the Hive: Songs by John Dowland.
    • BIS.
  • John Dowland

    Lachrimae antiquae - pavan for 5 viols and lute [Lachrimae or 7 Teares, 1604]

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Linn Records CKD 527.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 42, 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats')

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Bach; Vivaldi - Overtures; Sinfonias; Concertos.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le spectre de la rose (Les nuits d'ete)

    Singer: Karen Cargill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d鈥櫭﹖茅 & La mort de Cl茅op芒tre.
    • Linn.
    • 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Two Polish Songs: Ring; Dream Song

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in A minor, Op 114 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Dame Thea King. Performer: Karine Georgian. Performer: Clifford Benson.
    • Brahms, Clarinet Quintet & Trio: Thea King, Gabrieli String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Guillaume Bouzignac

    In pace, in idipsum

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Ensemble: Ensemble de violes Gibbons. Director: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Diporti di Euterpe, Op.7 (Mi fa rider la speranza)

    Singer: Em艖ke Bar谩th. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Voglio Cantar.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • American Gramaphone.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Skylark

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra. Conductor: Nelson Riddle.
    • Verve.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Prayer of St. Gregory

    Performer: Benny Wiame. Ensemble: I Fiamminghi. Conductor: Rudolf Werthen.
    • TELARC.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Black Diamonds.
    • Cambria.
    • 002.
  • John P. Long

    Oh! What A Lovely War

    Composer: Maurice Scott. Ensemble: Band of the Irish Guards. Conductor: Alfred Ralston.
    • Oh! What A Lovely War.
    • ABC.
    • 6.
  • Charles Crozat Converse

    When this lousy war is over

    Music Arranger: Alfred Ralston. Singer: Maurice Arthur. Ensemble: Band of the Irish Guards. Conductor: Alfred Ralston.
    • Oh! What A Lovely War.
    • ABC.
    • 11.
  • Jerome Kern

    And when they ask us (they'll never believe me)

    Lyricist: M. E. Rourke. Ensemble: Rita Williams Singers. Ensemble: Band of the Irish Guards. Conductor: Alfred Ralston.
    • Oh! What A Lovely War.
    • ABC.
    • 17.
  • Pelham Humfrey

    A Hymne to God the Father

    Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Performer: Hilary Brooks. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Singer: David Hurley. Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London. Conductor: Martin Neary.
    • Croft: The Burial Service: Winchester Cathedral Choir/Neary.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    La P茅richole (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Lumberjacks' chorus (Paul Bunyan)

    Singer: Francis Egerton. Singer: Graeme Broadbent. Singer: Roderick Earle. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3, 5 & 6: RPO/Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

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