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Classical escape

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sun 19 Nov 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in F major Op.24 'Spring' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • WIGMORE HALL LIVE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.26 'Ach wie fluechtig, ach wie nightig' (opening chorale)

    Choir: G盲chinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Orchestra: Bach鈥怌ollegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling.
    • Hanssler.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Les feuilles mortes [Autumn leaves]

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Erato.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Passacaglia in G Minor (after G.F. Handel's Keyboard Suite No. 7)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott.
    • Duo Sessions.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Pour l'Egyptienne (6 Epigraphes antiques)

    Performer: Olga Stezhko.
    • PALERMO CLASSICA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.2 in B flat major D.125 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brilliant.
  • William Alwyn

    String Quartet no.10 'En Voyage' (Trade Winds)

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • William Alwyn - String Quartets nos. 10-13.
    • Somm Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • DORIAN SONO LUMINUS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata in G major HWV.358

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.4 in F sharp minor

    Music Arranger: Iv谩n Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite, Op.39: no.5; Finale (Furiant)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Linn.
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Deus in adiutorium

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia.
    • I Vespri Natalizi (1650).
    • Tactus.
    • 001.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Yuniet Lombida Prieto

    Cuban Dances (Sarahch谩)

    Composer: Ernesto Oliva. Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha.
    • 8.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Tango (Espa帽a)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Anton铆n Kub谩lek.
    • My gift to you - piano encores: Antonin Kubalek.
    • Dorian.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade - suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • Khachaturian - Spartacus.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Kido

    Akhos tavshi nalia

    Ensemble: Kido.
    • No further details.
  • Benjamin Britten

    O Waly, Waly

    Performer: Peter Pears. Performer: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Zdenek Fibich

    Quintet Op.42 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Endymion.
    • Dohnanyi: Sextet in C, Op.37 / Fibich: Quintet, Op.42.
    • ASV.
    • 7.
  • Michael William Balfe

    I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (The Bohemian Girl)

    Singer: Joan Sutherland. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Vasily Andreyev

    Waltz Of The Faun

    Orchestra: Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra. Conductor: Vitaly Gnutov.
    • Balalaika Favorites.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

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