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Great music to start the weekend

Much-loved favourites alongside new musical treasures with Martin Handley. Includes a "Croissant Corner" of French Chanson at 0710 and "Known/Unknown" pairings of familiar much-loved tracks alongside more unusual, contemporary or thought-provoking ones plus a "Mozart moment" every week.

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Sat 26 Aug 2023 07:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Miska Borz贸. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: 脰d枚n R谩cz. Performer: Oszk谩r 脰kr枚s.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • L茅o Ferr茅

    On s'aimera

    Performer: L茅o Ferr茅.
    • BARCLAY.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Barcarolle No.1 in A minor Op.26

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • EMI.

  • Jos茅phine Baker

    De Temps en Temps

    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet for two horns and strings quartet, Op 81b (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Dowland

    The King of Denmark his galliard

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • LINN.

  • John Barry

    007 and Counting (from 'Diamonds are Forever' soundtrack)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Trio in D minor Op. 11 for piano and strings; 3rd & 4th mvts

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo, Symphony No.5 in D op.107 "Reformation"

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.
    • PRO ORGANO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorio BWV.249 (opening)

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 4, 11 & 50 / Easter Oratorio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 209.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle on the Hill

    Performer: Brooklyn Duo.
    • BANDCAMP.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine for piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Ravel: Jeux d'eau, Sonatine for Piano, Le Tombeau de Couperin: Thibaudet.
    • Denon.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43: III. Vivacissimo

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Wagner and Sibelius.
    • BSO Classics.
    • 4.

  • Enrique Granados

    La Sirena

    Performer: Douglas Riva.
    • NAXOS.

  • Alan Menken

    Triton's Kingdom (From the film 'The Little Mermaid')

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • WALT DISNEY.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto after Sonata da Chiesa in D minor

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 20.

  • William Grant Still

    7 Traceries (Out of the silence)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 17.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Los Romeros / 50th Anniversary Album.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.

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