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Wednesday - Hannah's classical picks

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Oct 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • George Walker

    Lyric

    Ensemble: Son Sonora String Quartet.
    • Walker: Chamber music and songs.
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Warner.
  • Andrea Falconieri

    Il primo libro di canzone, sinfonia, fantasie - Folias

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alpha.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria and Variations 1-3)

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • ONDINE.
  • Arthur Benjamin

    Oboe Concerto in C minor on themes of Domenico Cimarosa

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Newton Classics.
  • L眉 Wencheng

    Autumn moon over a calm lake

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Performer: Matthew Halls. Performer: Christopher Hughes. Ensemble: Capricorn. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Agnus Dei: Choir of New College, Oxford/Higginbottom.
    • Erato.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    3rd mvt (Trumpet Concerto in E flat)

    Performer: Rolf Smedvig. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jahja Ling.
    • Trumpet Concertos of Haydn, Hummel, Torelli, Tartini & Bellini.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    My Pretty Bess (5 Tudor Portraits)

    Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.33`2 'Joke' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin Songbook: No. 5, I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 32.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Festival Te Deum

    Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Darlington.
    • NIMBUS.
  • John Addison

    Murder, She Wrote

    Orchestra: Daniel Caine Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Caine.
    • 80s TV Themes.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Performer: Andr茅s C谩rdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Leonard Bernstein plays and conducts Beethoven/Mozart/Schumann etc.
    • Sony Music.
    • 5.
  • Alan Menken

    Beauty and the Beast

    Composer: Howard Ashman. Singer: Angela Lansbury. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: David Friedman.
    • Beauty And The Beast (Special Edition).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The England of Elizabeth Suite: IV. Treasures - New Houses

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 21.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Treasure Waltz

    Performer: Heinz Medjimorec. Performer: Alfred Mitterhofer. Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Strauss: Walzer.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Philippe Verdelot

    Beata es virgo, Maria 脿 7

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Christmas Carols and Motets.
    • Gimell.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague": III. Finale. Presto

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 103.
  • Jerry Herman

    'Open a New Window' from Mame

    Singer: Angela Lansbury. Ensemble: Cast of Mame.
    • Greatest Hits of Broadway.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

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