
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.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture, Op 96
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Signum.
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Γιάννης Σπανός
La panthère
Performer: Juliette Gréco.- Philips.
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Gabriel Fauré
Kitty-valse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)
Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.- DECCA : 478 7890.
- DECCA.
- 4.
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Jacques Brel
Le lion
- BARCLAY.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op.9'2 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Anthony Camden. Conductor: John Georgiadis. Ensemble: London Virtuosi.- Naxos.
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Michael Nyman
The Heart Asks Pleasure First
- Moods.
- EMI.
- 5.
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Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
La Cumparsita arr Goss
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Stephen Goss.- Milos Karadaglic.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Eduardo Rovira
A Evaristo Carriego (Tango)
Ensemble: Osvaldo Pugliese Orchestra.- Polygram.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K.175 (3rd mvt: Allegro)
Performer: Sir András Schiff. Conductor: Sándor Végh. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.- Mozart: The Piano Concertos.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 3.
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Luke Howard
Light Ascending
Choir: Shards.- The Sand That Ate The Sea.
- Mercury Classics.
- 7.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Concertino (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- DG.
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Ólafur Arnalds
Saman
Performer: Ólafur Arnalds.- Arnalds: Re:member.
- Mercury KX.
- 3.
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Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.- DG.
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Traditional American
Silver Dagger (Live at Cecil Sharp House)
Ensemble: The Staves.- Live at Cecil Sharp House EP.
- Atlantic Records UK.
- 2.
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Edvard Grieg
The Brook [Lyric Pieces, Op.62 No.4]
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
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Gustav Holst
Brook Green Suite (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.- EMI CLASSICS.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Ave Maria
Singer: Ryan French. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.- Got the Saint Louis Blues.
- Clarion.
- 011.
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Ethel Smyth
Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.5 (3rd mvt: Allegro Vivace)
Ensemble: Chagall Trio.- MERIDIAN.
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Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato-Polka
Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.- The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
- White Line.
- 14.
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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 – Concert in Athens.
- ECM New Series.
- 9.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (3rd mvt)
Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
- Sony Classical.
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John Taverner
Western wynde - Mass for 4 voices (Sanctus)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.- GIMELL.
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Wynton Marsalis
Fiddle Dance Suite - 2. As the Wind goes
Performer: Nicola Benedetti.- Marsalis: Violin Concerto; Fiddle Dance Suite.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
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Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari
Festa populare [Jewels of the Madonna]
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- CHANDOS.
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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.
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Erik Satie
Danse cuirassée (Vieux séquins et vieilles cuirasses)
Performer: Anne Queffélec.- Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
- Virgin Classics.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Symphony No.2 in E major, Op.40 (3rd mvt: Burla. Allegro)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 2 & Symphonic Minutes.
- Chandos.
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Broadcast
- Sat 28 Oct 2023 07:00ѿý Radio 3