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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents a refreshing selection of music.

Martin Handley presents Breakfast. Includes Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite played by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner, Mozart's Quintet in E flat K452 for piano, clarinet, oboe, horn and bassoon, and Chopin's Prelude No. 15 in D flat - the 'Raindrop' Prelude, performed by Garrick Ohlsson.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 20 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Alfredo Catalani

    Loreley – intermezzo

    Performer: Ö÷²¥´óÐã Philharmonic Performer: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN10634.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro senza Euridice?

    Performer: Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Classical Opera Company Performer: Ian Page (conductor)

    • Wigmore Live WHLive0037.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A D.959: III. Scherzo

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • Philips 4222292.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A: II -Allegretto

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDS44301/5.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • Decca 4701992.
  • Michael BALFE

    I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (from The Bohemian Girl)

    Performer: Nova Thomas (soprano) Performer: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland/Richard Bonynge

    • Decca 4333242.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat K.452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano) Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Eduard Brunner (clarinet) Performer: Hermann Baumann (horn) Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)

    • Philips 4201822.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio for organ and strings

    Arranger: Giazotto Performer: Musica da Camera/Robert King

    • Linn CKD012.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto No.5 for 2 oboes in C: finale

    Performer: Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboes) Performer: I musici

    • Brilliant 94054/4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream – overture

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • Sony SK62326.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte: Soave il vento

    Performer: Felicity Lott (soprano) Performer: Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Performer: Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone) Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • Telarc CD80360.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A for oboe d'amore and strings after BWV 1055

    Performer: Alexie Ogrintchouk (oboe/director) Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra

    • BIS BIS-SACD-1769.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Prelude No.15 in D flat "Raindrop"

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

  • Benjamin Britten

    Flower Songs Op.47: Ballad of Green Broom

    Performer: The Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer

    • Chandos CHAN9701.
  • Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz

    Performer: Philharmonia Promenade Orchestra Performer: Henry Krips (conductor)

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Madrigals Book 2: E dicea l'una sospirando

    Performer: Collegium Vocale Koln/Wolfgang Fromme

    • Sony M2YK46467.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Primavera Portena (Spring) from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

    Performer: Lara St. John (violin) Performer: The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Eduardo Marturet (conductor)

    • Ancalagon ANC134.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Die Schopfung (The Creation): Auf starken Fittiche schwinget sich der Adler stolz

    Performer: Sunhae Im (soprano) Performer: Capella Augustina Performer: Andreas Spering (conductor)

    • Naxos 8557380-81.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor K.1

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    • Virgin 5619612.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    In Nature's Realm – overture

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • Supraphon SU40412.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cessate, omai cessate – cantata

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (countertenor) Performer: Ensemble 415 Performer: Chiara Banchini (conductor)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMC901571.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gnossiennes No.3: Lent

    Performer: Angela Brownridge (piano)

    • EMI 5751472.
  • Anon.

    Gagliardi El tu tu

    Performer: New London Consort Performer: Philip Pickett (conductor)

    • Decca 436 7182.
  • Kaiser Lindemann

    "Die 12" Bosa nova

    Performer: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    • EMI 5569812.

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