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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley's selection includes Handel's Water Music Suite No 3 in G, Offenbach's overture to Orpheus in the Underworld and more.

Martin Handley presents Breakfast. Music includes Handel's Water Music Suite No. 3 in G major performed by Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Herve Niquet, Offenbach's overture to Orpheus in the Underworld performed by the Cincinnatti Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel, and Janine Jansen performs Bruch's Romance for Viola and Orchestra with the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Riccardo Chailly.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 27 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle for piano in A minor, WoO.59 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 412 227-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music – suite III in G major, HWV.350

    Performer: Le Concert Spirituel Performer: Hervé Niquet (conductor)

    • GLOSSA GCDSA 921616.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    O magnum mysterium

    Performer: Durham Cathedral Choir Performer: James Lancelot (conductor)

    • DURHAM CATHEDRAL PRODUCTIONS DCP001.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

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

    • TELARC CD-80116.
  • Franz Schubert

    Frühlingstraum from Winterreise D.911

    Performer: Peter Harvey (baritone) Performer: Gary Cooper (piano)

    • LINN CKD 371.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    2. Allegro vivo – Un poco meno mosso from Quintet for strings in E flat major, Op.97 'Amer

    Performer: Emerson String Quartet

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8765.
  • Max Bruch

    Romance in F major for viola and orchestra, Op.85

    Performer: Janine Jansen (viola) Performer: Gewandhausorchester Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 8133.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Carnival Procession from The Snow Maiden

    Performer: Bolshoi Chorus Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

    • ERATO 4509-91723-2.
  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - Joyeuse Marche

    Performer: Orchestre National de France Performer: Armin Jordan (conductor)

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower duet: 'Come Mallika! See the vines all in flow'r (Lakmé, Act 1)

    Performer: Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano: Mallika) Performer: Mary Plazas (soprano: Lakmé) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 3010.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata in F major, Op.10 No.2

    Performer: Martin Roscoe (piano)

    • DEUX-ELLES DXL 1161.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Badinerie from Suite for Orchestra no.2 in B minor, BWV.1067

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk (flute) Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (director)

    • DECCA 458 069-2.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Performer: Choir of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (director)

    • EMI 6090042.
  • Michel Legrand

    Wuthering Heights

    Performer: The Flemish Radio Orchestra Performer: Michel Legrand (conductor)

    • SILVA SCREEN SILCD1185.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zapateado, Op.23

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Performer: Samuel Sanders (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 74765 2.
  • Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - an orchestral passion; no. 7; Isoldes Liebestod

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Järvi (conductor)

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio for keyboard and strings no.25 in G major, 'Gypsy Rondo'

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Performer: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 62970 2.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Comedy suite (Exploits for orchestra) from the Belles of St. Trinians

    Arranger: Christopher Palmer Performer: Paul Janes (piano) Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9851.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Even Such is Time

    Performer: The Girl Choristers and Lay Vicars of Salisbury Cathedral Performer: Richard Seal (director)

    • GUILD GMCD 7101.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade (K.239) in D major, 'Serenata notturna'

    Performer: Kremerata Baltica Performer: Gidon Kremer (director/violin)

    • NONESUCH 7559-79633-2.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Fête de village from Tableaux de voyage, Op.33

    Performer: Michael Schäfer (piano)

    • GENUIN GEN 87083.

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