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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 2 Jul 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • Joe Dassin

    Le petit pain au chocolat

    • Columbia.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello & double bass (2nd mvt: Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Charis-Ensemble.
    • MDG.
  • Emilie鈥怌laire Barlow

    Des croissants de soleil

    • EMPRESS MUSIC GROUP.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`7

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • LINN.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Overture: L'Etoile - opera bouffe in 3 acts

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5122.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 12.
  • Brenda Wootton & John the Fish

    Stars

    • NTS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitridate, Re di Ponto: Overture

    Orchestra: La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basle. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 21.
  • Patrick James Pearson

    The First Time

    Composer: Richard Walters. Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Ensemble: LYR.
    • Mercury KX.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Hexentanz (2 Phantasiestucke, op. 17)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Luisa Gerstein

    Witches

    Ensemble: Deep Throat Choir.
    • Bella Union.
  • Gustav Holst

    Goose's Dance [The Golden Goose, Op.45]

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Jana Horn

    When I go down into that night

    • No Quarter.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance [El Amor Brujo]

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • DORIAN.
  • Yoko Shimomura

    Dearly Beloved [Kingdom Hearts]

    Performer: Original Soundtrack.
    • EASTWORLD RECORDINGS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 31 No 3 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven #1 Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Selig sind die Toten SWV391

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.
  • Richard Wagner

    Richard Wagner: Parsifal (excerpts)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Performer: Toby Spence. Conductor: Richard Farnes.
  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Serenade in D major: Scherzo (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.

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