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Classical lie-in

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 8 Oct 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon - valse serenade

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • BMG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Oboe Concerto no.3 in G minor HWV.287 (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Roger Lord. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Vivaldi: Wind Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • César Franck

    Les Éolides

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Classic Brass.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt)

    Music Arranger: Charlie Siem. Performer: Charlie Siem. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Vaughan Williams, Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Limpid Stream (Adagio)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; Nocturne / Shostako.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Decca.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Danse villageoise (Suite pastorale)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Ernest Ansermet L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing (Garden scene)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Capriccio - Violin Pieces.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.
  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 13.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in B minor, K.540

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas Nos. 10 & 13; Adagio In B Minor; Kleine Gigue In G Major.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Early one morning

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • James McMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Rise Up in the Morning

    Music Arranger: John Lewis. Ensemble: The Modern Jazz Quartet.
    • Rhino.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ennio Morricone

    For a Few Dollars More (Watch Chimes Pt.3 & Paying Off Scores Pt.3)

    Orchestra: Solisti e orchestre del cinema italiano.
    • Ennio Morricone's For a Few Dollars More (Complete Score).
    • Recording Arts.
    • 31.
  • Franz Schubert

    Abschied (Schwanengesang D.957)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 7.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No.1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.

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