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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 20 Apr 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
    • 452239-2.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum mysterium

    Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Lauridsen - O Magnum Mysterium.
    • Bayer Records.
    • 17.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 5 No. 1: III. Rondeau

    Conductor: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.10 in E minor Z.741

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ASTREE.
  • Thomas Arne

    The Morning: The Glitt'ring Sun

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe. Performer: Greg Anderson. Music Arranger: Elizabeth Joy Roe. Music Arranger: Greg Anderson.
    • Steinway & Sons.
  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

    Orchestrator: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Naxos.
  • Clara Schumann

    Soirees musicales Op.6 (Ballade)

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann.
    • Paraty.
    • 4.
  • Kieran Brunt

    Amen, amen, amen...

    Composer: William Byrd.
    • Amen, amen, amen....
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    Mass for 3 voices (Sanctus and Benedictus)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 14.
  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland sketches (Nos 3 & 4) arr. for wind quintet

    Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet. Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.
    • An American Rhapsody.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6-7.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue for piano and strings

    Performer: Piers Lane. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • EMI.
  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau [Horses]

    • ARC.
  • Jean Sablon

    Le fiacre

    • Back In The 30's & The 40's, Vol. 2.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 17.
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor, Op 42)

    Performer: Carlo Curley.
    • Organ Favourites: Carlo Curley.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Act 1, Cosi Fan Tutte)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Malena Ernman. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem, Op 45)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
  • Matthew Coleman

    A Visit To Lolita

    • Piano Sleep.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 19.
  • Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou

    主播大秀sickness

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegu茅-Maryam Gu猫brou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo notte (Ariodante)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Heroes and Heroines.
    • Coro.
    • 8.
  • 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.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No 2 (Little Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No.1 in G minor 鈥 Allegro

    Performer: Neave Trio.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1831204.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pamela Harrison

    Chiddingstone Cherry Pickers (Anderida, No 4)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Alla marcia

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Various orchestras and conductors.
    • Finlandia.
    • 4.

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