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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Breakfast. Overtures by Offenbach and Bernstein, a double concerto for harpsichord and fortepiano by one of Johann Sebastian Bach's sons, and music to celebrate Robert Schumann's 200th anniversary are all included in this morning's programme.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 6 Jun 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gigue from Partita 5 in G BWV 829

    Performer: Andras schiff (piano)

    • ECM 476 6991.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCA 66376.
  • Joseph Haydn

    London Trio for 2 flutes & cello

    Performer: Trio in G Hob.Iv:3 Performer: Elisabeth Weinzierl Performer: Edmund Wächter (flutes) Performer: Tilmann Stiehler (cello)

    • Thorofon CTH 2557.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Sinfonietta: 3rd mvt

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • Lyrita SRCD 247.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Once upon a time . . . The devil

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau (violin) Performer: La Pietà

    • Analekta AN 2 8723.
  • James Rhodes

    Fetes from nocturnes

    Performer: SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sergiu Celibidache

    • DG 453 1952.
  • Robert Schumann

    Des Sennen Abschied Op 72 No. 22; Der Schatzgräber Op 45 No. 1

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano) Performer: Bengt Forsberg (piano)

    • DG 4458812.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf BWV 140

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer (oboe) Performer: Trinity Baroque Performer: English Concert

    • Decca 478151.
  • Trad

    Matilda's Waltz

    Arranger: Hough Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • Hyperion 67686.
  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Performer: Schola Cantorum of Oxford Performer: James Burton (conductor)

    • Hyperion HYP41.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Louis Fremaux (conductor)

    • EMI 763024.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Primavera portena

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano) Performer: Rodolfo Mederos (bandoneon) Performer: Hector Console (bass)

    • Teldec 13474.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Double Concerto for harpsichord & fortepiano in Eb major W 47 H 479

    Performer: Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) Performer: Jean Antonietti (fortepiano)

    • Teldec 0630 123262.
  • Amy Beach

    3 Shakespeare Songs

    Performer: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Performer: James Lisney (piano)

    • BIS 1245.
  • Robert Schumann

    Concert Sans Orchestre Op 14: 1st mvt Allegro Brilliante

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    • DG 4713692.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro: Dove sono

    Performer: Kiri te Kanawa (soprano – Countess) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 410 151/2/3-2.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide Overture

    Performer: Saint Louis SO Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI 06626.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir Performer: English Country Gardiner Orchestra Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • Philip 446657.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 423104.
  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy for violin and piano

    Performer: Lucy Gould (violin) Performer: Benjamin Frith (piano)

    • Naxos 8.570507.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    March in D K 335 No. 1

    Performer: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Performer: Neville Mariner (conductor)

    • Philips 416484.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    B Minor Mass: Sanctus

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Ghent Performer: Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

    • Virgin 693197.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jaques Thibaudet (piano) Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    • Decca 460503.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala Milan Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • EMI 82604.

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