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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 17 Jun 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in D To Our Lasses (Nasim Devam)

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: V谩clav Smet谩膷ek.
    • Supraphon.
  • Hans May

    Paradis Perdu

    Lyricist: Roger Fernay. Performer: Lucienne Delyle.
    • MASTER CLASSICS.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Sicilienne (from the Concert in D)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Salagon String Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Hubert Giraud

    Sous le ciel de Paris

    Performer: Juliette Gr茅co.
    • MERCURY.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet in G minor, Op.25: iv) Rondo alla Zingarese

    Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.
    • Orfeo.
  • Aaron Copland

    Down a Country Lane

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush

    Performer: Thibault Cauvin. Performer: Ad茅la茂de Ferri猫re.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K297b (3rd mvt, Andantino con variazioni)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart : Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Max Richter

    Infra 5 (orchestral version)

    Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.
    • Exiles.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Jennifer Reid

    A Sprig of Time

    Composer: Trad.. Singer: Jennifer Reid.
    • BANDCAMP.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Seventeen Come Sunday

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Traditional Northumbrian

    Blow the Wind Southerly

    Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.
    • DECCA.
  • Javier 脕lvarez

    Metro Chabacano

    Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet.
    • SILVA.
  • Edward Elgar

    A Wagon Passes (Nursery Suite)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in F minor, Op 63 No 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • John Dowland

    The King of Denmark his galliard

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • LINN.
  • John Barry

    007 and Counting (from 'Diamonds are Forever' soundtrack)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92).
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.
  • Scott Joplin

    Elite Syncopations

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid orch Harris (3 Old Viennese Dances)

    Music Arranger: Arthur Harris. Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims.
    • Humoresque, Favourite Violin Encores: Stern/Columbia Symphony Orch/Brieff/Katims.
    • Sony Classical.

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