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A relaxing classical morning

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

2 hours

Last on

Sun 12 Nov 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les f锚tes d'H茅b茅 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (Annees de pelerinage - 2me annee, Italie)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • 狈补茂惫别.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Luciano Berio. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle 茅poque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 404.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of King's College Cambridge/Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Decca.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: Elgar's Music in Wartime: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Somm.
    • 3.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Panorama)

    Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus-Peter Hahn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Russian Ballet.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 202.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D, 'Clock': Mvt II Andante

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn : Symphonies Nos. 99 - 104.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.
  • Dmitry Bortniansky

    O Lord, Hear My Prayer

    Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir. Conductor: Mykola Hobdych.
    • Music for Inspiration.
    • Deep Sleep Music.
    • 28.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Georg H枚rtnagel.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Kangaroos (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Mykola Lysenko

    Overture to Taras Bulba

    Orchestra: Beethoven Orchestra Bonn. Conductor: Stefan Blunier.
    • DG Live.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Cow Call (2 Nordic melodies Op.63)

    Music Arranger: Jarle Storl酶kken. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria.
    • Lawo Classics.
  • Shirley J Thompson

    New Nation Rising (Marshes, Hamlets and Roaming Cows - extract)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Shirley J Thompson.
    • RPO.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Micaela Gelius. Performer: Sreten Krsti膷. Performer: Stephan Haack.
    • Clara Schumann: Piano and Chamber Music.
    • ARTE NOVA Classics.
    • 20.
  • Catrin Finch

    Gobaith

    Composer: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • Bendigedig.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pie Jesu (Requiem Op.48)

    Singer: Agn猫s Mellon. Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Faure: Messe de Requiem: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Music Arranger: Iain Sutherland. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bernas.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.257 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Baroque.
    • DECCA.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont - incidental music Op.84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 / Corialan / Egmont.
    • L'OISEAU LYRE.
    • 7.

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