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Relaxing classics for the 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 14 Oct 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo capriccio in G major Op.129 'Rage over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.
  • Vincent Scotto

    J'ai Deux Amours

    Performer: Jos茅phine Baker.
    • EMI.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op. 78

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • RCA.
  • Vincent Scotto

    La Petitie Tonkinoise

    Singer: Jos茅phine Baker.
    • Josephine Baker (1931-1968).
    • 笔补迟丑茅.
    • 4.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Pohadka (A Fairy Tale) - final movement

    Performer: Danjulo Ishizaka. Performer: Shai Wosner.
    • ONYX.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E flat, K. 297b - 3rd mvt

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • LSO Live.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in B major Op.72 no.9

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 6.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Perpetuum mobile

    Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • Signs of Life.
    • E.G. Records.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • DECCA.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr 镁煤 oss himnum 谩 [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio in B minor (8 Pieces Op.76)

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • Richard Goode plays Brahms.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Philip Glass

    Facades

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.
    • Sony.
  • Luigi Denza

    Funiculi, Funicula

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Ensemble: Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna. Conductor: Anton Guadagno.
    • Pavarotti Amore - The Love Album.
    • Decca.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo alla Turca (from Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K331)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokovski encores.
    • Chandos.
  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.
  • John Denver

    Take Me Home, Country Roads

    Ensemble: Mountain Man.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Music Arranger: Richard Hayman. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Burlesque de Quixotte

    Performer: Terje T酶nnesen. Music Arranger: Terje T酶nnesen. Orchestra: Camerata Nordica.
    • Tales of Sound and Fury.
    • BIS.
    • 1008.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria

    Music Arranger: August Wilhelmj. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Decca (UMO).

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