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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.

07.02

ANON
Sonata Chjquitanas XVII
Florilegium & Bolivian Baroque
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA22105 tr 7

07.06

WOLF-FERRARI
Overture 鈥業l segreto di Susanna鈥
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10511 tr 11

07.09

SCHUBERT
Impromptu No.4 in F Minor
Radu Lupu (piano)
DECCA 460 9752 tr 8

07.17

GADE
Five Songs (No.3 Morning Walk)
The Danish National Radio Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9075 tr 11

07.20

TELEMANN
Concerto polonois in G
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (director)
L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE 478 0022 trs 12-14

07.32

MONTEVERDI
Ohime ch鈥檌o cado
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
尝鈥橝谤辫别驳驳颈补迟补
Christina Pluhar, director
VIRGIN 5099923614024 T2

07.36

RAVEL
Jeux d鈥檈aux
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
MDG 604 11902 CD1 Tr 4

07.43

TIPPETT
Little Music for Strings
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA 476 7960 tr 8

07.54

HUMMEL
Septet in D Minor Op.74 (minuet)
Melos Ensemble of London
DECCA 430 2972 tr 2

08.03

MENDELSSOHN
Song Without Words Op.19 No.3
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 453 061-2 D1 T3

08.05

FINZI
鈥極 Mistress Mine鈥 (Let us Garlands bring Op.18)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67065 tr 17

08.08

VIVALDI
Concerto in C RV 178
Han de Vries (oboe)
I Solisti di Zagreb
Lucy van Dael (director)
EMI 3509052 CD2 Trs 23-25

08.18

SCHUBERT
Ave Maria D839
Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI 5628962 Tr8

08.31

GRAINGER
Handel in the Strand (arr for Organ Peter King)
Peter King at the organ of Bath Abbey
REGENT REGCD311 tr 13

08.36

BLOCH
Suite Hebraique for Violin & Orchestra
Zina Schiff (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Jos茅 Serebrier (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557757 Trs 7 -9

08.50

HANDEL
Hercules - Chorus of Trachinians
Leipzig Radio Choir and Orchestra
Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (conductor)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0184672BC CD1 Tr25

08.53

BACH
Suite for Solo Cello in D Minor BWV 1008 (Courante) 2鈥09鈥 (arr. for Double Bass)
Edgar Meyer (double bass)
SONY SK 89183 tr 3

08.56

VILLA LOBOS
Prole do beb锚
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
(recorded October 30th 1961 at the Carnegie Hall)
RCA Red Seal 09026 63042 2 Trs 21-26

09.09

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV 1048
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
ARTS 47715-8 Trs 14-15

09.19

POULENC
Salve Regina
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
James O鈥橠onnell (master of Music)
HYPERION CDA 66664 Tr 20

09.24

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
The Tale of Tsar Saltan- March
London Symphony Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
DECCA 475 7209 CD8 Tr5

09.29

MOONDOG
Heath on the Heather
Joanna MacGregor (piano/conductor)
Andy Sheppard (saxophones)
Kuljit Bhamra (tabla/percussion)
Neville Malcolm (bass)
Seb Rochford (drums)
Shri Sriram (Indian Flute)
Britten Sinfonia
SOUNDCIRCUS SC010 Tr 14

09.33

GERSHWIN
The Man I Love
Teddy Wilson & his trio
SONY A 50640 COL CD6680 Tr 19

09.37

MOZART
Lucio Silla K135 鈥楢h se il crudel periglio
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Freiburg Baroque
Gottfried von der Goltz
NA脧VE E 8877 Tr 10

09.46

THOMAS
Raymond (overture)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
DECCA 480 0023 Tr 4

09.54

KROMMER
Partita OP.79 in E Flat Major (Allegro assai)
Ensemble Philidor
CALLIOPE CAL 9264 Tr13

3 hours

Last on

Fri 15 May 2009 07:00

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 May 2009 07:00

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