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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Elizabeth Alker's breakfast melange of classical music, folk, unclassified tracks, found sounds and the now 'world-famous' croissant corner. Start your Saturday right.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 19 Mar 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D major, Op.46 no.6

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.2; 3 Slavonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Charles Aznavour

    La boh猫me

    • Polygram.
  • V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩

    Menuetto (Suite en miniature, Op.1)

    Orchestra: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler.
    • Naxos.
  • Juliette Gr茅co

    Adieu boh锚me

    • Universal Music France.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sinfonia in C major G.33

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.
  • Ludovic Lamothe

    Danza No.1 "Habanera"

    Performer: C茅lim猫ne Daudet.
    • NoMadMusic.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in E flat major, K 614 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O clap your hands; God is gone up

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Voces 8: A Choral Taspestry.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Amy Beach

    Mazurka, Op 40

    Performer: Pamela Frame. Performer: Robert Weirich.
    • Koch.
  • Kinbrae & Clare Archibald

    Haul into being

    • FULL SPECTRUM RECORDS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dove sei, amato bene (Rodelinda)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • DECCA.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude in D flat, Op.34 no.15

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in C major, D 951, 'In the Italian style'

    Conductor: Heinrich Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos.3&5: Northern Sinfonia/Schiff.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Davey Dodds

    The Magpie

    Ensemble: The Unthanks.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Colomba [Gli Uccelli]

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • CPO.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • William Byrd

    The Woods so Wild (no.27 from My Lady Nevell's Book)

    Performer: Kit Armstrong.
    • Deutsche Gramophon.
  • Edmund Finnis

    String Quartet No.1 "Aloysius" (4th movement: Hymn (After Byrd)

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Shades.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 8.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance Variations from Fancy Free: No. 2, Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Bernstein: On the Waterfront.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments Op.4 (Gavotte)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille. Director: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Strauss: Francois Leleus, Swedish RSO, Ensemble Paris-Bastille.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

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