Martin Handley starts the day with a refreshing mix of music. 7.03am Beethoven: 7 Variations on God Save the King, WoO 78 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901775, T.7 7.12am Mozart: Venite populi, K260 Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) TELDEC 3984-21885-2, CD10/T.1 7.18am Boccherini: Menuetto Mischa Maisky (cello) Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 7442, CD1/T.2 7.23am Strauss: An der schonen, blauen Donau Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Lorin Maazel (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4394392, T.12 7.34am Faure: Barcarolle No 2 in G, Op 41 Kathryn Stott (piano) HYPERION CDA66911/4, CD2/T.2 7.41am Praetorius: Magnificat secundi toni The Cardinall's Musick Andrew Carwood (director) HYPERION CDA67669, T.6 7.51am Satie: La belle excentrique Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse Michel Plasson (conductor) EMI CLASSICS 3 41444 2M T,16-19 8.03am Brahms: Adagio from Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Joshua Bell (violin) The Cleveland Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) DECCA 4756175, T.7 8.13am Pierre Francisque Caroubel: Bransle simple 1 & 2, Bransle de Poictou; Bransle de Montirande 1 & 2 (from Praetorius: Terpsichore, 1612) Michel Piguet, Ricard Erig, Renate Hildebrand, Käthe Wagner, Charlotte Joss (flutes) Anthony Bailes (lute) Dieter Dyk (percussion) EMI CDM7631442, T.8 8.19am Albeniz: Navarra Marc-André Hamelin (piano) HYPERION CDA674767, CD2/T.9 8.28am Handel: Alexander's Feast, concerto grosso Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2901685, T.21-24 8.43am Schumann: Mit Myrten und Rosen (Liederkreis, Op 24, No 9) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano) EMI CDC5555982, CD1/T.9 8.47am Nicolai Miaskovsky: Moderato (from Two Pieces for String Orchestra, Op 46/1 St Petersburg Chamber Ensemble Roland Melia (conductor) ASV CDDCA928, T.6 8.55am John Ireland: Sea Fever Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) EMI CLASSICS 5 75203 2, T.16 8.57am Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly Suite Janine Jansen (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) DECCA 475 011-2, T.5 9.04am Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sonata in seven parts The Dolmetsch Ensemble FIDELIS FIDCD101, T.13 9.08am Edgar Meyer: Concerto Duo Movement 4 Joshua Bell (violin) Edgar Meyer (bass) SONY CLASSICAL SK60864, T.13 9.13am Verdi: Gia nella notte densa (Act I duet from Otello) Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) Placido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia Gianandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) RCA GD86534, T.9 9.24am Gurney: The Singer Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) NAXOS 8.572151, T.20 9.29am Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Peter Donohoe (piano) London Sinfonietta Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI CDC7479912, T.2 9.46am Poulenc: Chanson a boire, pour voix d'hommes a cappella Groupe Vocal de France John Alldis (director) EMI CDC7490862, T.28 9.51am Beethoven: Bagatelle in A minor 'Fur Elise', WoO 59 Alfred Brendel (piano) PHILIPS 00289 475 8511. CD2/T.4 9.55am Antonio De Literes: El ayre soy; Surque halaguena Al Ayre Espanol Eduardo Lopez Banzo (director) DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 88697 281822, CD25/T.7.