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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley shares his personal choice of music.

3 hours, 15 minutes

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New Year's Day 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro - Porgi amor (Act 2)

    Performer: Lucia Popp (countess) Performer: Munich Radio Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin, conductor

    • EMI CDC 7 47019 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto (BWV.971) in F major

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SK 87326.
  • William Byrd

    Domine, salva nos

    Performer: The Cardinall's Musick Performer: Andrew Carwood (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67779.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse espagnole from La Vida breve

    Arranger: Kreisler Performer: Tasmin Little (violin) Performer: Piers Lane (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5 68751 2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko for orchestra, Op.5

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 442 605-2.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon duodecimi toni 脿 10, C.179

    Ensemble: Empire Brass Quintet and friends. Conductor: Rolf Smedvig.

    Performer: London Brass Performer: Philip Pickett (director)

    • APEX 0927 40823 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    3 Movements from Petrushka transc. for piano

    Performer: no.3; La Semaine grasse [The shrovetide fair] Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    • DG 477 662-1.
  • Kristina Avakelyan

    New Year

    Performer: 成人快手 Singers

    • Bob Chilcott (conductor).
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E flat major

    Performer: Nelson Freire (piano)

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Laudate pueri Dominum (BuxWV.69)

    Performer: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) Performer: Purcell Quartet Performer: Fretwork

    • CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0775.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonietta

    Performer: Nash Ensemble Performer: Lionel Friend (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA66845.
  • James Rhodes

    Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre (harp)

    • RCA RED SEAL 88697222492.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Manchester sonata no.2 (RV.12) in D minor

    Performer: Fabio Biondi (violin) Performer: Maurizio Naddeo (cello) Performer: Paolo Pandolfo (bass) Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

    • ARCANA A422.
  • Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Artur Rodzinski (conductor)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for piano (K.545) in C major - 1st movement; Allegro

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • DG 431 760-2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic festival overture (Op.80)

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Christoph von Dohnanyi (conductor)

    • WARNER CLASSICS 2564 64159-2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs for piano - no.4; Alborada del gracioso

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    • DECCA 433 515-2.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • CORO COR16073.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Galop from Genevieve de Brabant

    Performer: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Performer: Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80294.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony (Op.6`1) in G major

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz (director)

    • CARUS 83.307.
  • Scott Joplin

    Ragtime dance

    Arranger: Perlman Performer: Leila Josefowicz (violin) Performer: John Novacek (piano)

    • PHILIPS 462 948-2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Op.28)

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti (conductor)

    • DECCA 414 043-2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic dances - series 2 (Op.72) - no.14 [series 2 no.6] in B flat major

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Rafael Kubel铆k (conductor)

    • DG 419 056-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse - Ombra mai fu

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (counter tenor)

    • Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.

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