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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 6 Oct 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Blithe bells

    Performer: Jayson Gillham.
    • Romantic Bach.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Se la mia morte brami

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Gesualdo: O Dolce Mio Tesoro.
    • PHI.
    • 1.
  • Kurt Weill

    Je ne t'aime pas

    Music Arranger: Bill Elliott. Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bill Elliott.
    • Warner.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro (Introduction; Porgi amor; Non piu andrai)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
    • Orfeo.
    • 102.
  • Richard Heuberger

    Midnight Bells (Der Opernball, Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells, Op.35 (1st mvt)

    Singer: Dmytro Popov. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rachmaninov: The Bells. Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in G major, Op.34 no.3

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Shostakovich / Alkan - Preludes (Olli Mustonen).
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Correnti e balletti, Op.4 (Ciaconna)

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • The Trio Sonata in 17th Century Italy.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor (Gloria)

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 2.
  • Mary Youngblood

    The Gathering

    Performer: Mary Youngblood.
    • The Offering.
    • SILVER WAVE RECORDS.
    • 9.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Polka (Jazz Band Suite No.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • John Luther Adams

    Become Ocean (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Become Ocean.
    • CANTALOUPE MUSIC.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio [Leonore] Op.72 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Mother Goose Suite

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DG.
  • Paul McCartney

    Back in the U.S.S.R.

    Composer: John Lennon. Music Arranger: Matt Haimovitz. Music Arranger: Christopher O鈥橰iley. Performer: Matt Haimovitz. Performer: Christopher O鈥橰iley.
    • Cello Rock.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1001.
  • Arnold Bax

    Dance in the Sun (4 Orchestral sketches)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Klage 1 (Ach, mir fehlt), Op.69 no.1

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no. 3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Schubert: Symphonies 1-9.
    • Decca.
    • 04.

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