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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.
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Arthur Honegger
Pastorale d'ete
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Roxanna Panufnik
Zen Love Song (Wild Ways)
Ensemble: VOCES8. Performer: Kiku Day. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.- Love Abide.
- Warner Classics.
- 06.
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Charles Williams
Dream of Olwen
Performer: Philip Fowke. Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Proinns铆as 脫 Duinn.- Naxos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in E flat major K.375 (4th mvt)
Performer: Heinrich Braun. Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Clarinet Concerto / Serenade No. 11 (Symphonieorchester.
- RCA Victor Red Seal.
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Malcolm Arnold
Wind Quintet Op.2 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: East Winds Ensemble.- Arnold, M.: Chamber Music for Winds.
- Naxos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Cantata no.100)
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.- BIS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
String Serenade Op.22 (5th mvt)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.- Supraphon.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto no.1 in G Minor (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jaime Laredo. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Mitchell.- The Fall: 50 Classical Pieces for Autumn.
- Basilica Music.
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Howdy Forrester
Wild Fiddler's Rag
Performer: Augustin Hadelich.- 大象传媒 recording from Prom 59, 30th August 2023.
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Gioachino Rossini
L'italiana in Algeri (Overture)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Overtures (The Chamber Orchestra of Europe feat. conductor: Claudio Abbado).
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 003.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Vision 1 "The fire of creation": Et audivi
Ensemble: Anonymous 4.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Anon.
Fortune My Foe
Ensemble: Misalliance.- Fortune My Foe.
- Wild Goose Records.
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Sir Arthur Somervell
Symphony in D minor 'Thalassa' (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Laus.- Lyrita.
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Rhiannon Giddens
Bully for You
Performer: Rhiannon Giddens. Performer: Francesco Turrisi. Performer: Emer Mayock.- Nonesuch.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
24 Preludes Op.34 (no.2 in A minor)
Performer: Igor Levit.- 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
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Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin
8 Concert etudes Op.40 (no.1; Prelude)
Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.- 大象传媒 recording from Prom 70, 8th September 2023.
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Franz Schubert
Quartet in G major D.96 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher. Performer: Georg Faust.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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William Walton
The Battle of Agincourt (Henry V)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.- Cinema Classics: The Gadfly & Henry V.
- Editions Audiovisuel Beulah 1PS56 Track 10.
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Tielman Susato
Bransle (Suite from Danserye)
Music Arranger: John Iveson. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Trio in C major H.15.21 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.- Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31.
- harmonia mundi.
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