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
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Charles Gounod
Funeral march of a marionette in D minor orch. [orig. for piano]
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- CHANDOS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri
Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.- Piet脿 - Sacred works.
- Erato/Warner Classics.
- 115.
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Morten Lauridsen
Lauridsen: Lux aeterna: I. Introitus
Lyricist: Anonymous. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Polyphony.- Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium, Lux aeterna, Ubi caritas & Other Choral Works.
- Hyperion.
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Benjamin Britten
6 Metamorphoses - Narcissus
Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Benjamin Britten
5 Flower Songs, Op. 47: No. 1, To Daffodils
Lyricist: John Clare. Lyricist: Anonymous. Lyricist: Robert Herrick. Lyricist: George Crabbe. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.- There Is Sweet Music: English Choral Songs, 1890-1950.
- Collegium.
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Gaetano Donizetti
La fille du r茅giment (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- DECCA.
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Cyril Scott
Soir茅e japonaise, Op. 67, No. 4
Performer: Noriko Ogawa.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV18 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel f盲llt'
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort. Conductor: Philippe Pierlot.- MIRARE.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Souvenirs de Bayreuth
Performer: Kathryn Stott. Performer: Martin Roscoe.- Faure: The Complete Music for Piano: Kathryn Stott.
- Hyperion.
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Franz Schubert
Mass No. 6 in E flat major, D950 - Kyrie
Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: George Guest. -
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Henry Litolff
Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.- Hyperion.
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Armand-Louis Couperin
La Chasse
Performer: Yago Mah煤go.- Armand-Louis Couperin: Complete Solo Harpsichord Music.
- Brilliant Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat, Op. 31 No. 3 -"The Hunt" - mvt 2
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.16-18.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony no.9 in D minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- CHANNEL.
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Matthias Weckmann
Sonata 脿 4 No 3 in C major
Performer: Nicolette Moonen. Ensemble: Bach Players.- Hyphen Press Music: 009.
- Hyphen Press Music.
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Gustav Holst
A Song of the Night, Op. 19, No. 1, H. 74
Performer: Janice Graham. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: English Sinfonia.- Holst: Double Concerto / St Paul's Suite / Brook Green Suite.
- Naxos.
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Dario Marianelli
Atonement
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.- DECCA.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- DECCA.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in E flat major Op.33 no.2 'Joke' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Soldier's Tale (The Devil's Dance)
Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: Boulez.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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