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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley with a mixture of classical music, birdsong and the now "world-famous" croissant corner. Start your Saturday right.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 30 Apr 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Overture: Die Zwillingsbruder, D.647

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Naxos.
  • Charles Trenet

    L'oiseau de paradis

    • EMI France.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis [3 Chansons]

    Choir: Norddeutscher Figuralchor. Conductor: J枚rg Straube.
    • THOROFON.
  • Jos茅phine Baker

    Mon coeur est un oiseau des iles

    • EMI PLUS.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Flute Concerto in G major, P.33 (3rd movement)

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Orchestra: Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
  • Dinuk Wijeratne

    A letter from the Afterlife [2 pop songs on antique poems]

    Ensemble: Afiara Quartet.
    • Centre Discs.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, 'F眉r Elise'

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Beethoven: Eroica Variations, Fur Elise: Louis Lortie.
    • Chandos.
    • 27.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles for guitar (No.5 - Presto con slancio)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Music Arranger: Patrick Russ. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 38 in D major, K 504, 'Prague' (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Symphonies: Freiburger Barockorchester, Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Dominique Phinot

    Cerne meos

    Choir: Ensemble Scandicus. Choir: A Sei Voci. Conductor: Jeremie Couleau.
    • ARION.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No 2 in A flat major (15 Improvisations)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc Les Soirees De Nazelles 3 Mouvments Perpetuels 3 Novlettes 9 Improvisati.
    • Decca.
  • Sarah Davachi

    Chorus Scene

    Performer: Sarah Davachi.
    • Late Music.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Fest-ouverture Op.26

    Ensemble: Swedish Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Jacobo Palm

    Tierna sonrisa

    Performer: Marcel Worms.
    • ZEFIR.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5 in D minor: 3rd Movement

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Deller. Orchestra: Melodions Steel Orchestra.
    • Vinyl Factory.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Phantasy Quintet (1st & 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Simon Rowland-Jones. Ensemble: Medici Quartet.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV.1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Sonata for 2 violins (2nd mvt - Presto)

    Performer: Darragh Morgan. Performer: Nicky Sweeney.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.2)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Scherzo Burlesque)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Stuttgart Recordings.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 603.

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