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Top tunes 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 28 Oct 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture, Op 96

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Signum.
  • 螕喂维谓谓畏蟼 危蟺伪谓蠈蟼

    La panth猫re

    Performer: Juliette Gr茅co.
    • Philips.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Kitty-valse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • DECCA : 478 7890.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Jacques Brel

    Le lion

    • BARCLAY.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op.9'2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Camden. Conductor: John Georgiadis. Ensemble: London Virtuosi.
    • Naxos.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First

    • Moods.
    • EMI.
    • 5.
  • Gerardo Matos Rodr铆guez

    La Cumparsita arr Goss

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Stephen Goss.
    • Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Eduardo Rovira

    A Evaristo Carriego (Tango)

    Ensemble: Osvaldo Pugliese Orchestra.
    • Polygram.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K.175 (3rd mvt: Allegro)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Conductor: S谩ndor V茅gh. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Mozart: The Piano Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Luke Howard

    Light Ascending

    Choir: Shards.
    • The Sand That Ate The Sea.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 7.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DG.
  • 脫lafur Arnalds

    Saman

    Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds.
    • Arnalds: Re:member.
    • Mercury KX.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.
  • Traditional American

    Silver Dagger (Live at Cecil Sharp House)

    Ensemble: The Staves.
    • Live at Cecil Sharp House EP.
    • Atlantic Records UK.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    The Brook [Lyric Pieces, Op.62 No.4]

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ave Maria

    Singer: Ryan French. Choir: VocalEssence. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 011.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.5 (3rd mvt: Allegro Vivace)

    Ensemble: Chagall Trio.
    • MERIDIAN.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
    • White Line.
    • 14.
  • Eleni Karaindrou

    Laura's Waltz (The Glass Menagerie)

    Performer: Kim Kashkashian. Performer: Dinos Hadjiiordanou. Performer: Aris Dimitriadis. Orchestra: Camerata Orchestra. Conductor: Alexandre Myrat.
    • Eleni Karaindrou 鈥 Concert in Athens.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (3rd 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.
    • 3.
  • John Taverner

    Western wynde - Mass for 4 voices (Sanctus)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Fiddle Dance Suite - 2. As the Wind goes

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Festa populare [Jewels of the Madonna]

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Brian Eno

    Emerald and Stone

    Composer: Jon Hopkins. Composer: Jon Hopkins. Composer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Performer: Sam Becker. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Laurie Anderson. Performer: Laurie Anderson. Performer: Michael Jones. Performer: Roberts Balanas. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Performer: Alasdair Malloy. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson.
    • Time.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Erik Satie

    Danse cuirass茅e (Vieux s茅quins et vieilles cuirasses)

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Symphony No.2 in E major, Op.40 (3rd mvt: Burla. Allegro)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 2 & Symphonic Minutes.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

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