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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music, news - and the occasional surprise, including at 8.00am a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn.

With Rob Cowan.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme has been broadcast.

07:03

MOZART
March in D KV249
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
PHILIPS 416 153 2 Tr 1

07:07

SCHUBERT
Moments musicaux No.4 in C sharp minor
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 417 785 2 Tr 4

07:13

KODALY
Hungarian Rondo
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 447 109 2 Tr 1

07:24

HAYDN
The Wanderer
Elly Ameling (soprano)
J枚rg Demus (piano)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93768 CD1 Tr 10

07:31

TCHAIKOVSKY
Gopak from Mazeppa
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Kurt Masur (conductor)
APEX 2564 29324 1 Tr 5

07:36

CRESTON
Gregorian Chant
New York Chamber Orchestra
Arthur Lief (conductor)
VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 4076 71 Tr 8

07:48

SCARLATTI
Sonata K96 in D major
Christian Zacharias (piano)
EMI CMS 7639402 CD1 Tr 4

07:53

HANDEL
Scacciata dal suo nido
Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Cantata Orchestra
Henry Lewis (conductor)
DECCA 478 0168 CD3 T.8

08:03

MENDELSSOHN
Song without Words No.22 in F Op.53 No.4
Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano)
NAXOS 8110669 Tr 9

08:06

GERSHWIN
Cuban Overture
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Eduardo Mata (conductor)
RCA 74321 30984 2 CD1 Tr 2

08:16

BEETHOVEN
Romance in G major
Gidon Kremer (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Emil Tchakarov (conductor)
DG 431 168 2 Tr 2

08:23

GIBBONS
What is our Life?
Pro Cantione Antiqua
ALC 1039 Tr 16

08:31

SUK
Spring Op.22a, Movements 1 and 2
Lada Vale拧ov谩 (piano)
AVIE AV 2142 Tr 29-30

08:39

RODRIGO arr Gil Evans
Concieto de Aranjuez (Adagio)
Miles Davis (flugelhorn and trumpet)
Orchestra conducted by Gil Evans
COLUMBIA CK 65142 Tr 1

08:56

GABRIELLI
Sonata in A major
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Bob van Asperen (organ)
DHM RD 77978 Tr 13

09:07

贵础鲍搁脡
Dolly
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran莽aise
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 379 986 2 Tr 6-11

09:26

CHOPIN
3 Mazurkas Op.59
Maria Jo茫o Pires (piano)
DG 477 7483 CD1 Tr 7-9

09:32

SAINT-SAENS
Marche militaire fran莽aise
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY 434 332-2 Tr 3

09:36

VIVALDI
Sinfonia 鈥淎l Santo Sepolcro鈥 RV 169
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE 478 1466 Tr 18-19

09:40

RODGERS ARR HOUGH
My Favourite Things
Stephen Hough (piano)
NIMBUS NI 2540 Tr 11

09:42

RAVEL
Introduction and Allegro
Tokyo String Quartet
James Galway (flute)
Richard Stoltzman (clarinet)
Heidi Lehwalder (harp)
RCA 09026 625 522 Tr 9

09:52

SCARLATTI
Toccata in D minor
Sch枚llmann-Abiton (guitars)
LARGO 5101 Tr 1

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Last on

Tue 12 May 2009 07:00

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  • Tue 12 May 2009 07:00

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