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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

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

2 hours

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Boxing Day 2020 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.
  • Raymond Vincy

    Petit Papa Noel

    Composer: Henri Martinet. Performer: Tino Rossi.
    • J'Attendrai: The Best Of Tino Rossi.
    • EMI.
  • Francis Poulenc

    O magnum mysterium (4 Motets pour le temps de No毛l)

    Choir: Cadenza. Director: Jenny Sumerling.
    • Voices of Joy: Cadenza.
    • Cadenza.
    • 1.
  • Henri Contet

    Le Noel de la Rue

    Singer: 脡dith Piaf. Choir: Choeur Raymond Saint鈥怭aul. Conductor: Robert Chauvigny.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Encore!.
    • Sony Classical.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Cherry Tree Carol

    Performer: Seeger Sisters.
    • American Folk Songs For Christmas.
    • Smithsonian.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Shine Like a Star in the Morning

    Performer: Seeger Sisters.
    • American Folk Songs For Christmas.
    • Smithsonian.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Mary had a Baby

    Performer: Seeger Sisters.
    • American Folk Songs For Christmas.
    • Smithsonian.
  • Franz Liszt

    Die Hirten an der Krippe (Weihnachstbaum)

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt Christmas Tree - Via Crucis; Chorales.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Bugge Wesseltoft

    Mitt hjerte alltid vanker

    Performer: Bugge Wesseltoft.
    • It's Snowing On My Piano.
    • ACT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F major K.138

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Chandos.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Aidan O鈥橰ourke

    Christmas Song

    Performer: Aidan O鈥橰ourke.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons, Op 37b arr Gauk)

    Music Arranger: Aleksander Vasil'yevich Gauk. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • John Foster

    While shepherds watched their flocks by night

    Choir: Psalmody. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • While Shepherds Watched.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    In the Bleak Midwinter (Yorkshire)

    Performer: Kate Rusby & Band. Music Arranger: Kate Rusby.
    • Pure Records.
  • John Rutter

    What Sweeter Music

    Performer: Timothy Noon. Choir: The Choir of Canterbury Cathedral. Conductor: David Flood.
    • A Canterbury Christmas - Advent And Christmas At Canterbury Cathedral.
    • York Ambisonic.
  • Erland Cooper

    Creels in Stomness

    Choir: Shards.
    • Eynhallow.
    • Phases.
  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 014.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Sony.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon primi toni 脿 8

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • Michel Legrand

    You Must Believe in Spring

    Performer: Bill Evans. Singer: Tony Bennett.
    • Together Again.
    • Universal.

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