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Classical escape

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

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2 hours

Last on

Sun 22 Oct 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cos矛 fan tutte (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Im Herbst (5 Songs Op.104)

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Conductor: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild.
    • Brahms: Complete Choral Works.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.
  • Giulio Briccialdi

    Wind Quintet no.1 in D major, Op.124 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Arnold Quintet.
    • Briccialdi: I quattro quintetti per fiati.
    • Stradivarius.
    • 3.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ninfi! Elfi! Silfi! (Falstaff)

    Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours (Les Bor茅ades)

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    String Quartet in G minor Op.14 no.6

    Ensemble: Les Adieux.
    • Marie-Antoinette: Music for a Queen.
    • Naive.
  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat (Collegium Regale)

    Orchestrator: John Rutter. Choir: Choir of Kings College Chapel. Choir: King's Voices. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • SKU.
  • Christopher Bond

    The lost village of Imber (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg suite, Op.40)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg Holberg Suite.
    • BIS.
    • 005.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Abu Hassan (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schm眉cke dich, o liebe Seele (Cantata no.180)

    Choir: Concerto Vocale de Leipzig. Ensemble: Ensemble baroque de Limoges. Conductor: Christophe Coin.
    • Bach - Cantatas.
    • Naive.
    • 1.
  • Shir艒 Sagisu

    Hedgehog's Dilemma (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

    Performer: Shir艒 Sagisu.
    • Masterworks.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Flute Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jos茅phine Olech. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Eugene Birch

    Curious Hedgehog

    Performer: Eugene Birch.
    • The Nerve.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D major

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Pachelbel: Canon - Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Highland Fling (4 Scottish Dances Op.59)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 18.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autumn (6 脡tudes de concert- book 1 Op.35)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 013.
  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Violin Sonata in A major Op.1 no.7 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Goblin

    Suspiria (opening)

    Ensemble: Goblin.
    • EMI.
  • Gavin Bryars

    Oi me Lasso

    Singer: Anna Maria Friman. Singer: John Potter.
    • GB RECORDS.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trio Sonata no.3 in B minor TWV.42:H2 (Allegro)

    Music Arranger: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: Fran莽ois Lazarevitch.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Soloists.
    • Apex.

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