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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 25 Jan 2020 07:00

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Paul Durand

    Mademoiselle de Paris

    Composer: Henri Contet. Singer: Jacqueline Fran莽ois. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Disques Jacques Canetti.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Philips.
  • Georges Brassens

    Les Copains d'abord

    Performer: Georges Brassens. Singer: Georges Brassens.
    • Philips.
  • Michel Blavet

    Flute Sonata in D minor 'La Vibray' Op 2 no 2 (1st mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Rachel Brown. Performer: Mark Caudle. Performer: James Johnstone.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Paul McCartney

    Blackbird

    Music Arranger: Brad Mehldau. Ensemble: Brad Mehldau Trio.
    • Warner.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Various orchestras and conductors.
    • Finlandia.
    • 2.
  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    Part 1.3 (Vir冒ulegu Forsetar)

    Ensemble: The Caput Ensemble. Conductor: Gu冒ni Franzson.
    • TOUCH.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Peter Hanson. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41 "Jupiter": The English Concert, Trevor Pinnoc.
    • Archiv.
    • 4.
  • Joep Beving

    Klangfall

    Performer: Joep Beving.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot

    Music Arranger: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux (Tristes apprets)

    Singer: Nadine Koutcher. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.
  • Trad.

    Sleep On Beloved

    Music Arranger: The Watersons. Ensemble: The Watersons.
    • Topic Records.
  • Johann Strauss II

    North Sea Pictures

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Philip Sousa

    The Stars and Stripes Forever transc Horowitz

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz. Music Arranger: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 14.
  • John Adams

    On the Dominant Divide (Grand Pianola Music)

    Performer: Alan Feinberg. Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Solisti New York. Performer: Ransom Wilson.
    • EMI.
  • Percy Grainger

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites.
    • Chandos.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

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