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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 26 Nov 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 2 in A major, Op 16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Brahms: Serenades Nos. 1&2: LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Guy Lionel

    Le Ma卯tre nageur

    Composer: Michel Valet. Performer: Bourvil.
    • Parlophone (France).
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La mer)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fran莽oise Hardy

    Le Premier bonheur du jour

    Orchestra: Marcel Hendrix et son orchestre.
    • Camden.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe, BWV 1060R

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (from Act 1 of the opera 'Rusalka')

    Performer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in C major, K.315

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Signum.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in C major Kk.487

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Andrew Wasylyk

    The Confluence

    Performer: Andrew Wasylyk.
    • CLAY PIPE MUSIC.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Quartet no. 1 in E minor (From my life) for strings: 4th mvt; Vivace

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • SU 4172-2.
    • 4.
  • Eoghan 脫 Ceannabh谩in

    M谩irse谩il Na Si贸g (excerpt)

    Composer: Ultan O'Brien. Performer: Eoghan 脫 Ceannabh谩in. Performer: Ultan O'Brien.
    • Watercolour Music.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.1 in E flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for lute in C minor, BWV.997: Prelude

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Traditional Indian

    Tholijanma & Bilahari

    Performer: Anayampatti S. Dhandapani. Performer: Anayampatti S. Ganesan. Performer: Thinniyam Y. Krishnan.
    • Magnasound.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti trot (Tea for two) (Op.16) [from 'No, no, Nanette']

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Prelude - Morning Mood

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Julia Holter

    So humble the Afternoon (excerpt)

    Performer: Julia Holter.
    • Domino Recording Co Ltd 2020.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Suite espa帽ola No 1 (Cadiz)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Django Reinhardt

    Minor Swing

    Composer: St茅phane Grappelli. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Performer: Django Reinhardt. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Djangology.
    • RCA Bluebird.
    • 5.

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