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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 29 Feb 2020 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.
  • Jacques Brel

    Il neige sur Liège

    Singer: Jacques Brel.
    • Polydor.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner; The Snow is Dancing

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala Records.
  • Marguerite Monnot

    Y'a Pas d'Printemps

    Singer: Édith Piaf.
    • Polygram.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D Major, Op.50 No.6 "The Frog"

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hanson.
    • Aparte.
  • John Dowland

    'Now, oh now I needs must part' with the Frog Galliard

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt (Op.23), no.13; Morning mood

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.
  • Tore Brunborg

    Slow Snow

    Performer: Eivind Aarset. Performer: Steinar Raknes. Performer: Per Oddvar Johansen. Performer: Tore Brunborg.
    • ACT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no. 9 in E flat major K.271 (‘Jeunehomme’); 3rd movement - Rondo

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 18.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (no.4)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Luke Howard

    Future Coda

    Performer: Lior. Choir: Shards.
    • The Sand that ate the Sea soundtrack.
    • Mercury KX.
    • 15.
  • John Kirkpatrick

    Dance of the Demon Daffodils

    Performer: John Kirkpatrick.
    • Fledg'ling Records.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Zita BružaitÄ—

    Bangos (Waves)

    Performer: Maria Martinova.
    • Delphian.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 1 (BWV.1046) in F major; 1st movement

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archive.
  • Lesley Barber

    Mansfiled Park; theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: James Shearman.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 7.
  • Franz Lehár

    Grützner Waltz

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
    • Lehar: Overtures & Waltzes: Michail Jurowski.
    • CPO.

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