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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 30 Nov 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Grande sonata, Op 33, 'Les quatre ages' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Alkan: Grande Sonate; Sonatine; Le Festin D'Esope.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances

    Performer: Hugh Bean. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Pange lingua

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Pavane: Maxim Rysanov.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Act 4; Barcarolle (Belle nuit...

    Singer: Edita Gruberov谩. Singer: Claudia Eder. Choir: Ch艙ur de Radio France. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Offenbach: Talse of Hoffmann: Querschnitt, Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air with variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite no. 5 in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Handel/Scarlatti: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Fantasie-ballet (Namouna)

    Performer: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • Lalo - Concerto Russe; Piano Concerto etc..
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh vieni non tardar (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Lyon Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kazushi Ono.
    • Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    脡l茅gie en accords altern茅s

    Performer: G眉her Pekinel. Performer: S眉her Pekinel.
    • Encores for two pianos.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Lady Mary Hey's Scots Measure

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • The Celtic Viol - La Viole Celtique.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 18.
  • Traditional Scottish

    The Atholl Highlanders

    Ensemble: Helicon.
    • Helicon: The Titan.
    • Dorian.
    • 7.

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