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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.

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 9 Aug 2020 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Concert Study no.2 in F minor 'La leggierezza'

    Performer: Georges Cziffra.
    • Great Pianists of the 20th Century: Gyorgy Cziffra.
    • Philips.
    • 7.
  • Arthur Butterworth

    The Quiet Tarn, Op.21

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Butterworth.
    • A Butterworth, Symphony no.5: RSNO/Butterworth.
    • Epoch.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.3 in D major, BWV.1054 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach The Complete Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Gavin Carr.
    • Private recording.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Ensemble: Melos Ensmble.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Poulenc: Voyage a Paris: Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson.
    • Helios.
    • 30.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.15 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Raymond Wallace

    Old Father Thames

    Composer: Betsy O鈥橦ogan. Performer: Peter Dawson. Orchestra: Orchestra.
    • Peter Dawson: Old Father Thames.
    • Conifer.
    • 17.
  • William Kinloch

    Kinloche his Fantassie

    Music Arranger: Peter Maxwell Davies. Ensemble: The Fires of London. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Renaissance and Baroque Realisations.
    • UNICORN KANCHANA.
    • 19.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Agitata da due venti (Griselda)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Venetian Gondola Song, Op.30 no.6

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan - suite Op.57 (The Three Wonders)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Suites by Russian Composers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 10.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Alice Coote. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • L'heure Exquise - A French Songbook.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major HWV.295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Istvan Ella. Orchestra: Corelli Chamber Orchestra.
    • CAPRICCIO.
    • 21.
  • Helen Ottaway

    White Storks

    Performer: Andrew Bernardi. Performer: Andy Laing. Performer: Fuensanta Zambrana Ruiz. Performer: John Parsons. Performer: Nic Pendlebury. Performer: Victoria Greenwood. Performer: Jonathan Few. Performer: Anna Beryl.
    • Private recording.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Spring symphony Op.44 (The Merry Cuckoo)

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Valse mignonne

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Leoncavallo - La Nuit de mai: Various.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale (The Devil's Dance)

    Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave virgo sanctissima - motet for 5 voices

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin鈥檚 Spanish Legacy.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Sevilla (Suite Espagnola, Op.47)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV.988 (Aria da capo)

    Performer: Zuzana R暖啪i膷kov谩.
    • Erato.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.14 in E flat major K.449 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.

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