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Start the weekend with classical music

Elizabeth Alker with a Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

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Sat 2 Dec 2023 07:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends Op.59 (no.6 in C sharp minor)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Francis Lemarque

    A Paris

    Performer: Francis Lemarque.
    • UNIVERSAL.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune

    Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.

  • Jean Lenoir

    Parlez-moi d'amour

    Performer: Lucienne Boyer.
    • EMI.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • Holst: Brook Green Suite, Lyric Movement, Fugal Concerto: ECO, Imogen Holst.
    • Lyrita.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Laurie Anderson

    Gongs and Bells Sing

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Kaiser-Walzer

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • William Byrd

    Laudate pueri for 6 voices

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 17.

  • Sarah Nicolls

    Look at the Sky

    • BANDCAMP.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
    • Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra/Gardelli.
    • Decca.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Ensemble: Siggi String Quartet.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Percy Grainger

    Dance Song (from A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • James Burton

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Performer: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Stephen Farr. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, Suite no.1 in G major

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • CBS.

  • Michio Mimiya

    Chiran Bushi

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • SONY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondeau - Allegro from Violin Concerto no.3 in in G major K.216

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Langr茅e.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 3, Sinfonia Concertante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 006.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo alla Turca (Piano Sonata in A major K.331)

    Music Arranger: Arcadi Volodos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Onyx.
    • 04.

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  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 07:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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