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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Classical music for breakfast time, plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 16 Apr 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Lucienne Delyle

    Paradis Perdu

    • Classic French Movie Songs.
    • Master Classics Records.
    • 48.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Concerto in D Major, Op.21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Salagon Quartet.
    • Cesar Franck:聽Sonata for Piano and Violin - Ernest Chausson: Concert.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.
  • Jacques Brel

    Une 卯le

    Lyricist: Jacques Brel.
    • 50 Plus Belles Chansons.
    • Universal Music Division Barclay.
    • 15.
  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiest眉cke for clarinet and piano, Op 73 Nos 2 and 3

    Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: Gwenneth Pryor.
    • Schubert, Schumann, Weber: Gervase de Peyer.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.
  • Thomas Newman

    American Beauty

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Cinema - The Platinum Collection.
    • Universal Music Italia srL..
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C, K545 ('Sonata facile')

    Performer: Lili Kraus.
    • SONY.
  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (Alla Cubana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3.
  • Robin Richards

    Toompea

    • 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.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Ehtoohymni (Evening Hymn)

    Performer: Clare College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Collegium.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 3

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (4 Sea interludes from Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.
  • Kenny Wheeler

    Sea Lady

    Composer: Norma Winstone. Performer: John Taylor. Singer: Norma Winstone.
    • ECM.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet for two horns and string quartet, Op 81b (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Tarantelle in A flat major, Op 43

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • London.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - 'Where 'er you walk'

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DG.

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