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Saturday - Martin Handley

Breakfast

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Offenbach's overture to Orpheus in the Underworld, Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, and a Piano Trio by Faure.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Offenbach's overture to Orpheus in the Underworld performed by the Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra under Alexander Faris, music from Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 "Italian" performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jaime Laredo, and the Florestan Trio perform the first movement from Faure's Piano Trio in D minor.

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Sat 13 Aug 2011 07:00

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29 – Wir danken dir, Gott wir danken dir

Performer: John Toll (organ) Performer: Taverner Players Performer: Andrew Parrott (director)
- VIRGIN VERITAS 5 61304 2.
Gabriel Fauré

First movement of Piano Trio in D minor Op.120

Performer: The Florestan Trio
- HYPERION CDA67114.
Heitor Villa‐Lobos

Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and eight cellos

Performer: Jill Gomez (soprano) Performer: The Pleeth Cello Octet
- HYPERION CDA 66257.
Saverio Mercadante

Finale from Concerto in D major for flute and orchestra

Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra
- APEX 2564 617 91-2.
Richard Rodney Bennett

Good Night from Suite for Skip and Sadie

Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett and Carol Rosenberger (piano four-hands)
- DELOS DE 6002.
George Frideric Handel

Coronation Anthem – Zadok the Priest

Performer: The King’s Consort and Choir Performer: Robert King (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67286.
Jean Sibelius

Impromptu

Performer: Virtuosi di Kuhmo Performer: Peter Csaba (conductor)
- ONDINE ODE 992-2.
Girolamo Frescobaldi

Capriccio sopra La Bassa Fiamenga

Performer: Richard Lester (harpsichord)
- NIMBUS NI 5870.
Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in the Underworld Overture

Arranger: Carl Binder Performer: Sadler’s Wells Opera Orchestra Performer: Alexander Faris (conductor)
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5 75999 2 4.
Antonio Caldara

Gloria from Mass in F

Performer: Ludmila Vernerova-Novakova (soprano) Performer: Virginie Walterova (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Lubomir Vraspir (tenor) Performer: Zdenek Harvanek (bass) Performer: Prague Chamber Chorus Performer: Musica Bohemica Orchestra Performer: Jaroslav Kreck (conductor)
- PANTON 81 1180-2.
Franz Reizenstein

Final section of Concerto Populare

Performer: David Owen Norris (piano) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Michael Massey (conductor)
- DECCA 425 401 2.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Andante (First movement) from Notturno for four orchestras K.286

Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (director)
- L’OISEAU-LYRE 411 720-2.
Francis Poulenc

Intermede

Performer: Eric Parkin (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9636.
Felix Mendelssohn

1st movement from Symphony No.4 in A major Op.90 "Italian"

Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jaime Laredo (conductor)
- NIMBUS NI 5067.
Béla Bartók

Hungarian Pictures

Performer: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Performer: Adam Fischer (conductor)
- NIMBUS NI 5309.