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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 5 Aug 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony.
  • Alice Dona

    La Loire

    Composer: Claude Lemesle. Performer: Serge Reggiani. Performer: Serge Reggiani. Orchestra: Hubert Rostaing et son orchestre.
    • UNIVERSAL.
  • Georges Bizet

    Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Le Depart & Le Retour

    Performer: Nathana毛l Gouin.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Tino Rossi

    Destin

    Performer: Tino Rossi.
    • MASTER CLASSIC RECORDS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 'Trout' (5th mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: "Will the Sun Forget to Streak" from Oratorio 'Solomon', HWV 67

    Music Arranger: Andreas Tarkmann. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons - H盲ndel f眉r Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.
  • C茅cile Schott

    Sun against my eyes

    Performer: Colleen.
    • LES ONDES SILENCIEUSES.
    • LEAF.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5.
    • Orfeo.
    • 203.
  • Florence Price

    Dances in the Canebrakes (Nimble Feet)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.
  • Thom Yorke

    Dawn Chorus

    Composer: Nigel Godrich.
    • Piano Versions.
    • Domino Recording Co.
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • ARGO.
  • Ben Chasny

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    Composer: Rick Tomlinson.
    • Waves.
    • Voix Records.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya marimbas for 2 marimbas

    Performer: Bob Becker. Performer: James Preiss.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no.26 (BWV 26) "So schnell ein rauschend Wasser fliesst"

    Performer: Makoto Sakurada. Performer: Masaaki Suzuki. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan.
    • BIS.
  • Django Reinhardt & St茅phane Grappelli

    Minor Swing

    Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • RCA BLUEBIRD.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)

    Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • NAXOS.
  • Martha Tilston

    Music of the Moon

    • Of Milkmaids and Architects.
    • Squiggly Records.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 violins, RV 508

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Dmitry Sinkovsky. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Director: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
    • Naive.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan and Elevation: I. The Ellipse

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Tarantella (Suite no.2 Op.17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov, Ravel, Lotslawski: Music for Two Pianos: Martha Argerich & Nelson F.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

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