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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sun 20 Feb 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.22 (no.1)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies, Op.39

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 14.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut cervus

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Gloria (Mass in G minor)

    Singer: Harriet Colley. Singer: Jessica Wallington. Singer: Nicholas Morrell. Singer: Stefan Berkieta. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Performer: Ashok Gupta. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major, K.452 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • BIS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.199

    Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.
    • Scarlatti Vol. 1.
    • Mirare.
    • 13.
  • Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin

    脡tude No 6 in D minor, 'Esercizio' (12 脡tudes in all the minor keys)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Michael Hurd

    Sinfonia Concertante (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • English String Miniatures vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Alec Roth

    Sometime I sing (My Lute and I)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Performer: Morgan Szymanski.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Holst - The Planets / Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    The Heavens' Flock

    Choir: Portland State University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ethan Sperry.
    • Translations.
    • NAXOS.
  • Philip Lane

    Constant Billy (Suite of Cotswold folk-dances)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • WHITE LINE.
  • Amy Beach

    Hermit thrush at morn Op.92`2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Amy Beach - Under the Stars. Solo Piano Music (Vol. 2).
    • Arabesque.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Min rastas raataa [The Thrush's Toiling]

    Choir: Tapiolan Kamarikuoro. Conductor: Hannu Norjanen.
    • Jean Sibelius: Complete Choral Songs.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
  • Ray Henderson

    Bye Bye Blackbird

    Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio.
    • 100 Vintage Jazz Favorites.
    • Vintage Music.
  • Eddie South

    Black Gypsy

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Charles Owen.
    • 成人快手 recording.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 in E Flat major 'Drumroll' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn : Symphonies Nos 68 & 93 - 104.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 45.
  • Charles-Auguste de B茅riot

    Violin Concerto no.6 in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ayana Tsuji. Orchestra: 膶esk谩 Komorn铆 Filharmonie. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • B茅riot: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • NAXOS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse (10 Pieces Op.24)

    Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
    • NAXOS.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Befana (Feste Romane)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

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