Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including J Strauss: Wine, Women and Song. Bach: Sing to the Lord a new song. Wagner: Entrance of the gods into Valhalla. Scriabin: Etude No 11. Liszt: Tasso.
Thursday's breakfast selection with Rob Cowan includes a recording of a Strauss waltz by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and Anton Kuerti playing a crystalline Scriabin etude.
STRAUSS
Wein, Weib und Gesang Op. 333
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
PHILIPS 4222772 Tr 3
ELGAR
Dream Children, Op. 43
Ashley Wass (piano)
NAXOS 8.570166 Tr 3 – 4
PURCELL
Welcome, welcome glorious morn (symphony and opening chorus)
An Evening Hymn
Rogers Cover-Crump (tenor)
Eamonn O’Dwyer (treble)
The Choir of the King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King, conductor
HYPERION KING2 Tr 1 & 18
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Quick March – Sea Songs
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
RCA 09026611952 Tr 1
SAINT-SAENS
‘Softly Awakes my Heart’ from Samson and Delilah
Grimethorpe Colliary Band
Mark Walters, flugel
DOYEN DOYCD013 Tr 3
BACH
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BMV 225
Regensburger Domspatzen
Capella Academica Wien
Hanns Martin Schneidt, director
ARCHIV 427117-2 Tr 1
George SHEARING
Medley
George Shearing, piano
´óÏó´«Ã½ ´óÏó´«Ã½J7005-2 Tr 8
TELEMANN
Concerto in D for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, strings and continuo
John Wallace (trumpet)
English String Orchestra
William Boughton, director
NIMBUS NI5189 Tr 2 – 5
ROSSINI
‘Resta immobile’ from William Tell
Tito Gobbi (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Alberto Erede, conductor
EMI 7631092 Tr 15
BAERMANN
Air Varie for clarinet and piano
Victoria Soames (clarinet)
Julius Drake (piano)
CLARIENT CLASSICS CC0003 Tr2
WAGNER
Das Rheingold - Entrance of the gods into Valhalla
London Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
LONDON 4439012 Tr 4
SCRIABIN
Etude No. 11 in B flat minor from Twelve Etudes, Op. 8
Anton Kuerti, piano
ANALEKTA FL23044 Tr 11
FREE THOUGHT
Richard Holloway - Art as creative dissonance
JOSQUIN
Veni Sanctus
The Binchois Consort
HYPERION CDA67183 Tr 5
VERDI
Overture, La forza del destino
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
WARNER 256462190-5 CD1 Tr 5
RACHMANINOV
Two Pieces for Piano and Cello, Op. 2
Alexander Ivashkin (cello)
Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN10095 Tr 2 & 3
HILLIAM
What was the matter with Rachmaninoff?
Flotsam and Jetsam
VOCALION CDEA6144 Tr 4
RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie – Act 3
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi GD77009 Tr 15-20
TCHAIKOVSKY arr. Paul Binkley and John Imholz
The Nutcracker Suite, Overture
Modern Mandolin Quartet
BMG 82376628212 Tr 9
SCHUBERT
Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.774, Op. 72
Der Kreuzzug D.932
Hermann Prey, baritone
Leonard Hokanson, piano
PHILIPS 442692-2 CD1 Tr 6&7
LISZT
Tasso – Symphonic Poem
Philharmonia Orchestra
Constantin Silvestri, conductor
TESTAMENT SBT1129 Tr 5
DEBUSSY
L’isle Joyeuse
Claude Helffer, piano
ACCORD 4767931 CD2 Tr 16
MONTI
Csardas
Sandor Lakatos and his Gipsy Band
WHITE LABEL HRC068 Tr 1
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- Thu 14 Aug 2008 07:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3