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Classical lie-in

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosa茂ques.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.76 etc.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-scherzo no.1 in A major Op.7

    Performer: Viktoria Postnikova.
    • Tchaikovsky: Complete Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Scherzo

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Puccini: Discoveries: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi/Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Kenneth Leighton

    Laudes animantium; No.5 The Kraken

    Singer: Rebecca Lea. Choir: Londinium. Conductor: Andrew Griffiths.
    • SOMM RECORDINGS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg suite, Op.40)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg Holberg Suite.
    • BIS.
    • 005.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Performer: Clemens Flick.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 22-23.
  • Kathryn Tickell

    New Minuet / Confluence

    Performer: Kathryn Tickell. Ensemble: The Side.
    • Kathryn Tickell & The Side.
    • Resilient Records.
    • 2.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Gladrags - Works by Joplin, Mayerl etc.: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concertos: SCO / Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Rhapsodie Mauresque (Suite Algerienne Op.60)

    Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • Naive.
  • Anonymous

    Danza morisca

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    El Cid (The Expedition)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • El Cid.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 17.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    String quintet in A major Op.39 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence - Glazunov: String Quintet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • The Divine Comedy

    Tonight We Fly - 2020 Mix

    • Charmed Life - The Best Of The Divine Comedy (Deluxe Edition).
    • Divine Comedy Records.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 55 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe BWV.1060R (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Alexandra Bellamy. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel Classics.

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