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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 18 Mar 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha.
  • Charles Trenet

    Douce France

    Performer: Charles Trenet.
    • PARLOPHONE.
  • Ernest Chausson

    2nd mvt (Sicilienne) from Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, Op.21

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lise de la Salle.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Léo Ferré

    On s'aimera

    Performer: Léo Ferré.
    • BARCLAY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trio [in one movement] in B flat, D.28

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (first part)

    Narrator: David Attenborough. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • Trad.

    The Silkie

    Singer: Joan Baez.
    • BRINGINS MUSIC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 21 & 22: Jonathan Bliss/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Roger Eno

    The Turning Year

    Performer: Roger Eno.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Laura Cannell

    Sun Drops Closer to Earth

    Composer: Kate Ellis.
    • BRAWL.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (second part)

    Narrator: David Attenborough. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • Sarah Schachner

    Ravensthorpe (From Assassins Creed: Valhalla Twilight of the Gods)

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • LAKESHORE.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Overture: Die Fledermaus

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Béla Bartók

    Six Romanian Folk Dances

    Performer: Zoltán Kocsis.
    • Béla Bartók – Works for Piano Solo.
    • Philips.
    • 17-22.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (third part)

    Narrator: David Attenborough. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • George Fenton

    Soundtrack from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ "Wild Isles" series

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major RV 425

    Performer: Duilio Galfetti. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C sharp minor, Op 10 No 4

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (fourth part)

    Narrator: David Attenborough. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

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