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Simon Hoban presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Musical Map of Britain and listener requests.
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Proms Artists Recommend
Discover the latest three musical recommendations from today's Proms artist.
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Amilcare Ponchielli
Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)
Performer: Munich Radio Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Marcello Viotti
- EMI 5574512.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 1 in E flat
Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Richard Egarr (director and harpsichord)
- AAM Records AAM001.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31/2 "Tempest" – third movement: Allegretto
Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (piano) Performer: Decca 4338822
- 1952 recording.
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
Performer: Highcliffe Junior Choir Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Youth Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Conducted by Marin Alsop
- NAXOS 8570033.
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Alma Mahler-Werfel
"Die Stille Stadt" (orchestrated by Colin and David Matthews)
Performer: Iris Vermillion (mezzo) Performer: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Performer: Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
- DECCA 455 112-2.
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Léo Delibes
Coppelia – Act 1: "Mazurka"
Performer: Orchestre du Théâtre National de L’Opéra de Paris Performer: Conducted by Jean-Baptiste Mari
- EMI CZS7672082.
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Edvard Grieg
Two Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - No 2. "The Last Spring"
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Conducted by Neville Marriner
- EMI CDD 7 64107 2.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa O Magnum Misterium: 2. Gloria
Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Directed by Harry Christophers
- CORO 16114.
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Francis Poulenc
Nocturne No 4 in C Minor 'Bel fantome'
Performer: Piers Lane (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67967.
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William Walton
Henry V – A Shakespeare Scenario: Prologue (arranged Christopher Palmer)
Performer: Christopher Plummer (Narrator) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Choristers of Westminster Cathedral Performer: Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
- CHANDOS CHAN 8892.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Overture: Platee
Performer: Les Talens Lyrique conducted by Christophe Rousset
- L’Oiseau Lyre 4552932.
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Deirdre Gribbin
Island People – IV "Lovers on Aran"
Performer: Patricia Rozario (soprano) Performer: Mark OKeeffe (trumpet) Performer: RTE Vanburgh Quartet
- NMC NMC185.
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Franz Schubert
Des Mädchens Klage D191
Performer: Elly Ameling (soprano) Performer: Graham Johnson (piano)
- HYPERION CDJ33007.
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Joseph Haydn
Violin Concerto in C H.VIIa No.1 – Movements 2 and 3: Adagio & Presto
Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic
- DECCA 4784213.
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Giacomo Puccini
"Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"from La Rondine
Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conducted by John Pritchard
- Sony Classical 92605.
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Scott Joplin
The Entertainer (arranged Marvin Hamlisch)
Performer: Marvin Hamlisch Performer: Sound tr from the film “The Sting”
- Premier Soundtr PRDFCD1.
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Alec Templeton
Bach Goes To Town - Prelude
Performer: Piers Lane (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67967.
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No 4 "Inextinguishable" - fourth movement: Allegro
Performer: Denmark Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
- EMI 5654152.
Broadcast
- Sat 31 Aug 201307:00BBC Radio 3


