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10/12/2008

With Rob Cowan. Including Tchaikovsky: December (The Seasons). Vivaldi: Concerto for flute and strings, RV434. Rossini: Overture (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Plus Bach Dances.

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07:03

TCHAIKOVSKY arr. Breiner
December from The Seasons
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Peter Breiner, conductor
NAXOS 8.553510 Tr 12

07:08

BACH arr Wieder-Atherton & Cooper
Aria Wir eilen mit schwachen from Cantata: Jesu, Der Du meine Seele BWV78
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cello
Imogen Cooper, piano
RCA 88697201872 CD 1 Tr 1

07:14

WALTON arr. Mathieson
Richard III – A Shakespeare Suite
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir William Walton, conductor
EMI 724356500723 Tr 2-7

07:25

SCHUMANN
Extract from Kinderszenen op 15
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
DG 4777558 Tr 12-13

07:31

VIVALDI
Concerto for Flute and Strings RV434
Konrad Hunteler, flute
Camerata of the 18th Century
MDG3110640-2 Tr 14-16

07:40

BEETHOVEN
12 Variations on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen, op.66
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Vasso Devetzi, piano
EMI 2279112 CD 4 Tr 4

07:51

PRAETORIUS
O Lux beata Trinitas
Herbert Tachezi, organ
TELDEC 256469455-8 CD 1 Tr 13

07:54

VERDI
Nabucco: Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor
DG 4194872 Tr 2

08:03

BACH
Prelude No.9 in E major, BWV 878 From The Well-tempered Clavier, book 2
Angela Hewitt, piano
HYPERION CDS44291/4 CD 3 Tr 17

08:09

ROSSINI
Overture: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Orchestra Filarmonica Della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor
DECCA 448218-2 Tr 4

08:16

SCHUBERT
Sonatensatz in B flat major D28
Frank Braley, piano
Renaud Capucon, violin
Gautier Capucon, cello
VIRGIN 0094636547626 CD 1 Tr 5

08:24

PROKOFIEV
Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
MERCURY 432004-2 Tr 7

08:31

John MILTON
On Time
Read by Robert Glenister

08:33

SCHUBERT
An Schwager Kronos, D369
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
Graham Johnson, piano
HYPERION CDJ33024 Tr 21

08:37

SALIERI
Sinfonia in Pantomim
Mannheimer Mozartorchester
Thomas Fey, conductor
HANSSLER CD98.506 Tr 1

08:43

SATIE
Je te veux
Kathryn Stott, piano
CHANDOS 10493 Tr 21

08:50

BOCCHERINI
Concerto for cello No 4 in C major
Anner Bylsma, cello
Concerto Amsterdam
Jaap Schroder, director
TELDEC 9031776242 Tr 7-9

09:05

DVORAK
Overture: My Home, op 62
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Bohumil Gregor, conductor
SUPRAPHON SU 3607-2 031 Tr 4

09:15

MESSIAEN
Transports de joie from L’Ascension
Olivier Latry, organ
DG 471480-2 CD 4 Tr 6

09:20

VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS
Kyrie and Gloria from Mass in G minor
Laudibas
Mike Brewer, director
DELPHIAN DCD34074 Tr 7-8

09:25

John MILTON
Sonnet VII - How Soon hath Time...
Read by Robert Glenister

09:29

CHOPIN
Prelude No 20
Stefan Askenase, piano
DG 477 5242 Tr 24

09:32

PUCCINI
Donna non vidi mai from Manon Lescaut
Enrico Caruso, tenor
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gottfried Rabl, conductor
RCA 82876641652 CD 3 Tr 13

09:36

GLUCK arr. Mottl
Ballet Suite No. 1
VPO
Rudolf Kempe, conductor
TESTAMENT SBT 1277 Tr 7-10

09:56

MENDELSSOHN
Vom Himmel hoch
Chamber Choir of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
BRILLIANT 99997/9 CD 9 Tr 1

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