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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 26 Sep 2021 07:00

Music Played

  • Anton Rubinstein

    2 Melodies Op.3 (no.1 in F major)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Piano Album 2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 04.
  • Michael Tippett

    A Birthday suite for Prince Charles (Procession and Dance)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Michael Tippett.
    • Tippett: Ritual Dances.
    • Nimbus.
    • 13.
  • Edward Elgar

    Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Op.27 (On the Alm)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Elgar: The Black Night; Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 014.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Wind Octet no.1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: L鈥橭rfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Myslivecek: Complete Wind Octets & Quintets: L'Orfeo Blaeserensemble/van Heerden.
    • CPO.
  • Anon.

    Saltarello II

    Performer: Luca Brunelli Felicetti. Performer: Gaspare Antonio Bartelloni.
    • Tactus.
  • Anon.

    Chanconeta tedescha 1

    Ensemble: Anima Mundi Consort.
    • Tactus.
  • Cristoforo Caresana

    Tarantella

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Frederick Delius

    Romance

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Songs from the Arc of Life.
    • Sony.
    • 11.
  • Otto Nicolai

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Sony.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Chi mai

    Performer: The Ennio Morricone Orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • EMI.
  • Viktor Kosenko

    11 脡tudes Romantiques Op.8 (no.8 in F Sharp Minor)

    Performer: Igor Gryshyn.
    • Transitions.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 108.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in C major HWV.403 'Saul'

    Ensemble: Brook Street Band.
    • AVIE : AV2357.
    • AVIE.
    • 23.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • SOMM.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Romance)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Philips.
  • Ian Venables

    The Hippo (6 Songs Op.33)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ashok Gupta.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake Op.62

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Lyadov: Symphonic Works: Yevgeny Svetlanov.
    • Melodiya.
    • 4.
  • Michael Flanders and Donald Swann

    The Hippopotamus Song

    Singer: Ian Wallace. Performer: Donald Swann.
    • Martin, George: 60 Years in Recording.
    • Parlophone.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Itzhak Perlman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Christian Garrick

    The Wimbledon Stomp

    Ensemble: Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
    • XI.
    • Flying Blue Whale.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • DECCA.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite, Op.39: no.5; Finale (Furiant)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Linn.

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