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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Classical music for breakfast time plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.

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2 hours

Last on

Sat 9 Nov 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in D To Our Lasses (Nasim Devam)

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: V谩clav Smet谩膷ek.
    • Supraphon.
  • L茅on Xanrof

    Le Fiacre

    Performer: Jean Sablon.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Promenades

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
  • Georges Ferrieres

    A Bicyclette

    Singer: Yves Montand.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Acceleration Waltz

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
  • Brian Eno

    Music for Airports (extract)

    Performer: Brian Eno. Performer: Robert Wyatt.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo op.117 no.1 in E flat

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Dame Thea King. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart; Clarinet Quintet in A major, Jeffrey Tate and the ECO with Thea King.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in F major, Op 34 No 3, 'Valse brillante'

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Chopin: Waltzes.
    • Phillips.
    • 4.
  • PJ Harvey

    Waltz

    • Lakeshore.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Fugue; Air

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danses espagnoles 'La vida breve' arr Samazeuilj

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Music Arranger: Gustave Samazeuilh.
    • Piano Fantasy/Music for two pianos: Katia and Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 1-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O Ruddier Than The Cherry

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sugar Rum Cherry

    Performer: Johnny Hodges. Ensemble: Duke Ellington Band.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor BWV.996 (Bourr茅e)

    Performer: Luigi Attademo.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Michel Dalberto.
    • Saint-Saens: Le Carnival des Animaux: Renaud & Gautier Capucon.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Philip Glass

    Symphony for Eight (From Symphony No. 3, Mvt. III)

    Ensemble: Cello Octet Conjunto Ib茅rico. Conductor: Elias Arizcuren.
    • CODAEX.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Boh猫mienne; Valse Rustique (4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op.22)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Orchestral Works.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6-7.
  • Ferdinand H茅rold

    Zampa (Overture)

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.
    • RCA.

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