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Lazy classical Sunday

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 1 Oct 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Il contrasto de' cinque sensi

    Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.
    • Thorofon.
  • Imogen Holst

    Shed no tear (Welcome joy and welcome sorrow)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Percy Grainger

    Ramble on Love

    Performer: Ronald Stevenson.
    • 20th Century Operatic Fantasias: Stevenson.
    • Altarus.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wer sich selbst erh枚het (Cantata BWV.47)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Cantatas Vol. 18 - Disc 1.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Cello sonata in E minor, Op.35 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Pejacevic: Trio & Sonata.
    • CPO.
    • 6.
  • Andrea Sforgi di Pisa

    Mandolin Sonata no.7 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Duo Capriccioso.
    • Thorofon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die no.1 in D major

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie & comagnie: Anne Queffelec.
    • Mirare.
    • 3.
  • William Walton

    Scapino - overture

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Adela Liculescu

    Arlecchino

    Performer: Adela Liculescu.
    • Recording from Romanian Radio.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Busy as a thrush (9 Partsongs Op.18)

    Choir: Tapiolan Kamarikuoro. Conductor: Hannu Norjanen.
    • Finlandia.
  • Robin Milford

    The Darkling Thrush Op.17 (extract)

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • DUTTON.
  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Dame, a vous sans retollir

    Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jules Massenet

    Piano Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Coombs. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce.
    • HYPERION : CDA 66897-.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Christoph Israel.
    • DG.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Only In Sleep

    Performer: Rachel Ambrose Evans. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Northern Lights and other Choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Claude Debussy

    Fantoches (F锚tes galantes - vol.1)

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Performer: Michel B茅roff.
    • Debussy Melodies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor K.388 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Mozart: Serenades for Winds No. 11, K. 375 & No. 12, K. 388 "Nachtmusik".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.

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