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
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata no.8 in C Minor Op.13 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Beethoven: Favourite Piano Sonatas.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Heinrich Marschner
Der Vampyr (overture)
Orchestra: WDR Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Helmuth Froschauer.- CAPRICCIO.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Rubezahl (Märchenbilder Op.3)
Performer: Ilona Prunyi.- Korngold: Piano Works.
- Marco-Polo.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Easter Oratorio BWV.249 (Adagio & Come, hasten and run)
Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: Retrospect Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Halls.- Easter & Ascension Oratorios.
- Linn Records.
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Christian Garrick
Nightingale
Ensemble: The Budapest Cafe Orchestra.- Flying Blue Whale Records.
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Johann Strauss II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Op.214
Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.- Fantasia.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
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Benjamin Britten
Sunday Morning (4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra; Bournemouth Symph, Hickox.
- Chandos.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Coelos ascendit hodie
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.- A Year at King's: Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury.
- EMI Classics.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Smetana: The Bartered Bride.
- Chandos.
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Francisco Tárrega
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Performer: John Williams.- Spanish Guitar Music.
- Sony Classical.
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Michael Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- British Composers: Tippett.
- EMI.
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Charles Gounod
Meditation on Bach's Prelude no.1 BWV.846 'Ave Maria'
Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Performer: Åke Levén.- Land of the Midnight Sun.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Giuseppe Verdi
Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)
Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Huguette Tourangeau. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Sherrill Milnes. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Verdi: Rigoletto.
- Decca.
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Michael Flanders and Donald Swann
The Slow Train
Ensemble: Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.- EMI.
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Maurice Ravel
Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête (Ma mère l'oye)
Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
- Philips.
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Arthur Sullivan
There is beauty in the bellow of the blast (The Mikado)
Singer: Felicity Palmer. Singer: Eric Idle. Choir: English National Opera Chorus. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.- SHOWTIME.
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Igor Stravinsky
Exaudi orationem meam (Symphony of Psalms)
Choir: Festival Singers of Canada. Orchestra: CBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.- Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - Symphonies and Concertos.
- Sony Classical.
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César Franck
Les Eolides
Conductor: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Handley.- Â鶹Éç recording.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Tutto il Mondo e burla (Falstaff)
Singer: Geraint Evans. Choir: Coro della RCA Italiana. Orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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- Sun 31 Mar 2024 07:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3
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