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Relaxing classics for the weekend

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

2 hours

Last on

Sat 6 Jan 2024 07:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' (Concord)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Britten: Choral Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales (No 8)

    Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Florence Price

    Ethiopia's Shadow in America: (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: New York Youth Symphony. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • AVIE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major (Sarabande)

    Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Reinaud Ford. Performer: Tim Lowe. Performer: Ben Chappell. Performer: Katherine Jenkinson. Music Arranger: Peter Gregson.
    • Bach: The Cello Suites - Recomposed by Peter Gregson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Alun Hoddinott

    The Yellow Sheepskin (Folk-Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34`14

    Performer: Truls M酶rk. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Rachmaninov, Miaskovsky: Cello & Piano Works: Mork, Thibaudet.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.
  • Owain Park

    O Send Out Thy Light

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

    Music Arranger: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Trio No.1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room Of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Madeira River (Aguas da Amazonia)

    Music Arranger: Third Coast Percussion. Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • Paddle to the Sea.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cypresses (No 2; No 3; No 11)

    Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet.
    • Avie.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Pushkin waltz no.1 in F major Op.120`1

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Watz Suite etc: RSNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Peter Broderick

    Bernard and Elba's Waltz

    Performer: Peter Broderick.
    • Piano Works Vol. 1 (Floating in Tucker's Basement).
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 6.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in A minor, Op.33 (2nd mvt: A tempo - Tranquillo e molto)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kalena Bovell.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 (no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Lucy Parham.
    • I, Clara.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 3.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Befana (Feste Romane)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

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