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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 14 Feb 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • Per N酶rg氓rd

    Pastorale (Babette's Feast)

    Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Juha Kangas.
    • Summer Nights.
    • Finlandia.
    • 7.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Alle ruine del mio regno (La Didone)

    Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Warner.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle, or [Les] Wilis - ballet in 2 acts: Act 2; Grand pas de deux

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Decca.
  • Michael William Balfe

    There's a power whose sway (Satanella)

    Performer: Richard Bonynge. Singer: Deborah Riedel. Orchestra: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra.
    • Melba.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum no.3 in A flat major

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • The Very Best of: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 214.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 2 (The Four Seasons Recomposed)

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • DG.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Primavera Portena

    Ensemble: Astor Piazzolla y su Quinteto.
    • Nascente.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wedding Cantata BWV.202 (Sich鈥糱en鈥痠m鈥疞ieben)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra M眉llejans.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G major, Op 32 No 5

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 4.
  • Neil Ardley

    Greek Variations

    • EMI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite Op.6: Waltz - Alla valse, vivace e rubato

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rossini: Instrumental Music: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O soave fanciulla (La boh猫me)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: Kristine Opolais.
    • Jonas Kaufman: Nessun Dorma: The Puccini Album.
    • SONY.
    • 7.
  • Music for the Many

    Birds

    Performer: Children of Todmorden. Director: Daniel Bath.
  • Fazil Say

    Kumru

    Performer: Fazil Say.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Quartet for the end of time: Interm猫de (Interlude)

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Zhang Zuo.
  • William Walton

    Johannesburg Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • EMI.
  • Richard Wagner

    Meistersinger Act 3: Morgenlich leuchtend

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti. Singer: Ren茅 Kollo.
    • DECCA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso op.3 no.6 - Allegro

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Edmund Rubbra

    Symphony No.5 in B flat - 2nd mvt: Allegro moderato

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

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