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Your classical weekend

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 16 Sep 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Tale of the Stone Flower Op.118 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi: Highlights from a 30-Year Recording Career.
    • Chandos.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Arioso Quartett Wien.
    • Encores.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 109.
  • Hubert Giraud

    Sous le ciel de Paris

    Composer: Jean Dr茅jac. Singer: Juliette Gr茅co.
    • Cafe Paris.
    • Cafe.
    • 23.
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris (excerpt)

    Music Arranger: Franck Villard. Performer: Michel Lethiec. Orchestra: Jyv盲skyl盲 Sinfonia. Conductor: Patrick Gallois.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 104.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    The Coronation of Poppea (Act 3: "Pur ti miro")

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Singer: Della Jones. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 37.
  • Pino Donaggio

    Don't Look Now; I Colori Di Dicembre - Laura's Theme: The Last Farewell

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Don't Look Now (Original Film Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos / Haydn: Horn Concerto No.1.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No 2 in E flat major (Three Nocturnes, Op 9)

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Ji Liu: Piano Reflections.
    • CLASSIC FM.
    • 2.
  • Douglas Dare

    Red Arrows

    Performer: Douglas Dare.
    • Milkteeth.
    • ERASED TAPES RECORDS LTD.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quintet, Op 4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven: String Quintets Op.4 & 29: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation VII. Troyte

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Shabalala

    Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

    Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • Shaka Zulu.
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.
  • Traditional Finland

    Piupali Paupali

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kind im Einschlummern (Kinderszenen, Op 15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-13.
  • Anoushka Shankar

    Daydreaming

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Chapter I: Forever, For Now.
    • Leiter.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2 - 2nd mvt: Andante con moto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

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