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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 3 Dec 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (The Lilac Fairy)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Jacques Brel

    Il neige sur Li猫ge

    Singer: Jacques Brel.
    • Polydor.
  • Marguerite Monnot

    Les neiges de Finlande

    Singer: 脡dith Piaf.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.3'1

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in D major, Op.33 No.2

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Argerich Plays Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Amy Beach

    Mazurka, Op.40 No.3

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Suite (Valse)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F major, K 370 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • Mozart: Music for the Oboe.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Vom Himmel hoch

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Praetorius: Lutheran Mass For Christmas.
    • Archiv.
    • 8.
  • Trevor Beales

    City Lights

    • Fireside Stories (Hebden Bridge circa 1971 - 1974).
    • BASIN ROCK RECORDS.
    • 4.
  • Jules Massenet

    March of the Princesses (Cendrillon Suite)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • William Byrd

    Browning (The Leaves be Green)

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Semp茅.
    • INTERARTS.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Autumn leaves

    Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio.
    • Fantasy Records.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta in A major Op.5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev Symphonies Vol. II.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.
  • Kate Rusby

    While Shepherds watched 6

    • PURE RECORDS.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Elephant [Carnaval of the animals]

    Performer: Libero Lanzilotta. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Tom Herbert

    Defeat

    Performer: Tom Herbert. Ensemble: Nightports.
    • LEAF.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Feria (Rapsodie espagnole)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole etc: Orchestre de Paris/Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Florence Beatrice Price

    String Quartet No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Sancte Deus, sancte fortis

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • A Tudor Collection: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
  • Arnold Bax

    Concertante for cor anglais, clarinet, horn and orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gillian Callow. Performer: John Bradbury. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Chandos.

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