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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 21 Dec 2019 07:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Snowflakes)

    Choir: Libera. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.
  • Rihards Dubra

    In Nativitate Domini: Verbum Caro

    Choir: New York Latvian Concert Choir. Orchestra: New Chamber Orchestra of Riga. Conductor: Andrejs Jansons.
    • Albany Records 鈥.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    In dulci jubilo BWV.751

    Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff. Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • J.S.Bach: ENglish Suite No.3, Capriccio BWV 992: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 21.
  • Trad.

    In Dulci Jubilo arr.Bugge Wesseltoft

    Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft.
    • ACT.
  • Jessica Pratt

    Silent Song

    Performer: Jessica Pratt.
    • City Slang.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Thea King. Ensemble: Gabrieli String Quartet.
    • Mozart; Clarinet Quintet in A major, Jeffrey Tate and the ECO with Thea King.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Holly Herndon

    Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

    • 4AD.
  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    Skaters Waltz

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

    Skating

    • FANTASY.
  • John Foster

    While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night.

    Performer: Taverner Consort. Director: Andrew Parrott.
    • EMI.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • DECCA.
  • Sufjan Stevens

    That Was the Worst Christmas Ever

    Performer: Sufjan Stevens.
    • ROUGH TRADE.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons, Op 37a)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang in Paris.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Ephrem Podgaits

    The Moon Pipes

    Performer: Vesna Moscow Children's Choir. Conductor: Alexander Ponomarev.
    • Opus 111.
  • Trad.

    Mary Had a Baby

    Performer: Peggy Seeger. Performer: Barbara Seeger. Performer: Penny Seeger.
    • FOLKWAYS.
  • Trad.

    Shine Like a Star in the Morning

    Performer: Barbara Seeger. Performer: Peggy Seeger. Performer: Penny Seeger.
    • FOLKWAYS.
  • Trad.

    Cradle Hymn

    Performer: Barbara Seeger. Performer: Penny Seeger. Performer: Peggy Seeger.
    • FOLKWAYS.
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Ensemble: Salvatore Camarata & his Orchestra.
    • DG.

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