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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 6 Jun 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in G major Op.37 no.2

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Claudio Arrau.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish dances Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Anonymous

    Vechnaya pamiat [The eternal memory]

    Music Arranger: Konstantine Nikitin. Choir: Male Choir of Valaam Singing Culture Institute. Director: Igor Ushakov.
    • Russian Cavalry Part II.
    • Russian Compact Disc.
    • 15.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia in B flat major HWV.339

    Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum. Director: Jed Wentz.
    • The Unknown Handel.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 16-18.
  • Lou Harrison

    Suite for Violin with American Gamelan (Air)

    Performer: Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
    • BMOP.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Waltz (Divertimento)

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    June: Barcarolle (The Seasons Op.37b)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Seasons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Sanctus (Petite Messe Solenelle)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: David Briggs. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle: Cleobury.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Quartet for oboe and strings Op.18 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Caducci Quartet.
    • Horovitz: Fantasia and Quartets.
    • Carducci Classics.
    • 7.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Trio in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Laure Favre-Kahn.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Poem

    • 'The Frog' written by William Henry Dawson, read by Martin Handley

  • Traditional

    A Jolly Fat Frog Lived in a River

    Singer: Tim Laycock. Singer: Vivian Ellis. Ensemble: The Broadside Band.
    • SAYDISC.
  • John Dowland

    The Frogg Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.50`6 'Frog' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hanson String Quartet.
    • APARTE.
    • 4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    8 Humoresques Op.101 (no.1)

    Performer: Radoslav Kvapil.
    • Dvorak: Piano Works.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque No. 1 in D minor, Op. 87, No. 1

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Ensemble: Dalasinfoniettan. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Nordic Violin Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major K.375 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 14.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Song and Dance (Brazilian Impressions)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • MERCURY.
    • 8.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Gioite voi col canto

    Ensemble: Exaudi. Conductor: James Weeks.
    • Gesualdo: Madrigali.
    • Winter and Winter.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G minor Kk.30 'Cat's fugue'

    Performer: Scott Ross.
    • Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works: Scott Ross.
    • Erato.
    • 11.

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