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24/10/2008

With Rob Cowan. Featuring incidental music from Schumann and Prokofiev as well as concertos by Haydn and Bach.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted on this site after the programme has been broadcast.

07:03

COPLAND
Rodeo – Hoedown
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
EMI 3814982 Tr 9

07:07

MONTEVERDI
Ardo, si, ma non t’amo
La Venexiana
GLOSSA GCD 920921 Tr 17

07:11

MENDELSSOHN
Sonata in A minor (1820)
Roberto Prosseda (piano)
DECCA 476 5277 Tr 7-9

07:20

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Queen of Cyprus:
Shepherd’s melody / Chorus of Shepherds / Chorus of Huntsmen
Vienna Philharmonic orchestra
Karl Münchinger (conductor)
DECCA 470 261-2 Tr 8-10

07:31

GEMINIANI
Concerto Grosso No.1 in D minor
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
L’OISEAU LYRE 4780024 Tr 1-4

07:40

PROKOFIEV
Suite from the Stone Flower. Op.118 (excerpt)
Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10481 X Tr 14-16

07:52

Simeon Ten HOLT
Canto Ostinato (excerpt)
Kees Wieringa (piano)
Polo de Haas (piano)
ETCETERA KTC1367 Tr 86-92

08:03

STRAUSS
Gypsy Baron Overture
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)
EMI CDM 7690182 Tr 4

08:11

HAYDN
String Quartet in D minor Op.103
The Lindsays
ASV GLD 4010 Tr 13-14

08:23

STRAUSS
Befreit Op.39, no.4
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski (conductor)
ONDINE ODE982-2 Tr 5

08:31

CHOPIN
Prelude in E flat
Krystrian Zimerman (piano)
POLSKIE NAGRANIA PNCD 004 Tr 11

08:33

FREE THOUGHT
Sarah Hall - The importance of one’s imagination

08:35

BIZET
The Pearl Fishers: Je Crois Entendre Encore
Nikolai Gedda (tenor)
Philharmonic Orchestra
Alceo Galliera (conductor)
NIMBUS NI 7943/4 Tr 1

08:41

BACH
Concerto in D minor (BWV.1059a)
Andre Isoir (organ)
Le Parlement de Musique
Martin Gester (conductor)
CALLIOPE CAL9720 Tr 2-4

08:59

TURINA
La Procesion del Rocio, op.9
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Jesus Lopez Cobos (conductor)
TELARC CD 80574 Tr 10-11

09:09

CHOPIN
Op.10 Nos. 7 & 8
Krystian Zimmerman (piano)
POLSKIE NAGRANIA PNCD 004 Tr 13 & 14

09:12

Simon JEFFES
Numbers 1-4
Penguin Café Orchestra
PCOBOX1 07243 811482 2 8 CD 3 Tr 6

09:19

DELIUS
Irmelin: Prelude
The Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph Von Dohnányi (conductor)
MAA 01032 C CD9 Tr 1

09:25

GERSHWIN
Embraceable You
Ella Fitzgerald (voice)
Nelson Riddle and his orchestra
VERVE 825 024-2 CD3 Tr 10

09:30

HAYDN
Concerto for keyboard and orchestra (H.18.11) in D major
Jorg Demus (piano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 904-2 Tr 1-3

09:51

James MACMILLAN
Dominus dabit benignitatem
Capella Nova
Alan Tavener (director)
LINN CKD 301 Tr 13

09:56

CLEMENTI
Piano Sonata in G major, Wo14, Allegro Assai, 2nd mvt.
Chantal Osindero, age 12 (piano)
Recorded at the Radio 3 Pianothon in London

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