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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Jul 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apres un reve, Op. 7 No. 1

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Aulis Sallinen

    Sunrise serenade, Op.63

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jorma Panula.
    • Finnish Orchestral Favourites.
    • NAXOS.
    • 15.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Song of Summer

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Delius: Song of Summer, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, String Quartet, etc..
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony in D minor

    Music Arranger: Anne Hornby. Ensemble: Melodians Steel Orchestra.
    • Vinyl Factory.
  • Trad. English

    A Sprig of Time

    Singer: Jennifer Reid.
    • Cadiz Music.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime [Porgy & Bess]

    Ensemble: Quartet de clarinets de Barcelona.
    • ARS HARMONICA.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    String Quartet No.2 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Vanbrugh Quartet.
    • Moeran: The 2 String Quartets; Fantasy-Quartet; Piano Trio.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 5.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Timor et tremor

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (Scottish Dance No. 3, Op. 59)

    Music Arranger: Ray Farr. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Orchestral, brass and piano music.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • James Oswald

    Divertimento no.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Softloud: Music for Acoustic and Electric Guitars.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni - Overture

    Librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart Treasures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 307.
  • Amy Beach

    Valse Caprice Op 4

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Kate Stables

    Two Wooden Spoons

    Ensemble: This Is the Kit.
    • Two Wooden Spoons.
    • Sunday Best Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    I gioielli della Madonna Suite: I. Festa popolare

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate - Overture

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dan Godfrey - Encores.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 4.
  • John Rutter

    A Choral Fanfare

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 13.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt) Allegro Moderato

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Polonaises D.599 (no.3 in E major)

    Performer: Yaara Tal. Performer: Andreas Groethuysen.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Trad.

    Danza del Altiplano

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Robert Beer.
    • Cuban Landscape.
    • Koch.
    • 19.
  • Yuniet Lombida Prieto

    Cuban Dances (Sarahch谩)

    Composer: Ernesto Oliva. Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n.
    • Mozart y Mambo.
    • Alpha.
    • 8.
  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Opera Overtures and Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)

    Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 8.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Ozsuca-Rattle. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.
  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 2 in A major: III. Presto (Allegro)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia Op.70

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Piano Concertos.
    • Somm.
    • 15.

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