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Rob Cowan

Radio 3's breakfast programme with Rob Cowan, featuring great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.

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

07:03

SCARLATTI
Sonata in G major
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
SONY SMK90435, T.13

07:07

PROKOFIEV
Juliet as a young girl: Vivace
From Romeo and Juliet, op.64 (highlights)
Berlin Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 88697529912, T.4

07:11

FARINEL
Faronell's Ground
Trio Sonnerie
APEX 0927 49976 2, T.19

07:17

MENDELSSOHN
Song with Chorus: 'Ye spotted snakes with double tongues' & Intermezzo
From Incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Frauenchor des Rundfunk, Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (RSO)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 1279, T.4-5

07:25

RACHMANINOV
Prelude no.3, op.23, no.2
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 00289 477 8122, CD3/T.6

07:31

SCHUBERT
Auf der Bruck, D853 (At Bruck - a resort overlooking G脙露ttingen)
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
EMI CDEMX2224, T.15

07:36

ANTONIN VRANICK脙聺
Finale from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C major
Gabriela Demeterov脙隆 (violin)
Prague Chamber Orchestra
SUPRAPHON SU 3977-2, T.9

07:43

VIVALDI
Gaude mater Ecclesia, RV613 (Rejoice Mother Church)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
The King's Consort
Robert King (director)
HYPERION CDA66839, T.19

07:48

BRAHMS
Lerchengesang & Wie Melodien zieht es
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Pavel Gililov (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 453 424-2, T.1 + 3

07:55

JULIUS FUCIK
Fanfare Sounds; march, op.278
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann (conductor)
SUPRAPHON CO 2112, T.7

08:04

MAURICE YVAIN
Yes
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Yve Abel (conductor)
ERATO 0927421062, T.3

08:10

MARTINU
Finale from Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Agilka Genova (piano)
Liuben Dimitrov (piano)
Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
Eiji Oue (conductor)
CPO 9998042, T.3

08:18

LOUIS MARIE EUG脙聢NE JANCOURT
Nocturne (d'apres John Field), op.124
Karen Geoghegan (bassoon)
Philip Fisher (piano)
CHANDOS CHAN 10521, T.14

08:23

BACH
Aria (Basso). Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder ...
(Wake up, ye veins and limbs)
From Cantata: Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
BIS SACD 1761, T.6

08:27

HOLST (arr. Mayor)
Ostinato from St Paul's Suite
Simon Mayor (mandolin)
ACOUSTICS CDACS 025, T.2
08:31

TCHAIKOVSKY
Scherzo (Souvenir d'un lieu cher, op.42, no.2)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Itamar Golan (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 63780-2, CD3/T.6

08:35

HOLST
The Ballet from 'The Perfect Fool', Op.39
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA 5069, T.1-4

08:47

BUSONI
Turandots Frauengemach from Elegien, no.4
Roland P脙露ntinen (piano)
CPO 9998532, T.4

08:51

FALLA
The neighbours' dance / The miller's dance / Final dance
From The Three-Cornered Hat, part 2
Philharmonia Orchestra
Rafael Fr脙录hbeck de Burgos (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 67587 2, CD2/T.10 + 11 + 17

09:06

BEETHOVEN
Final movement from Quartet in C major, op.59, no.3
Tak脙隆cs Quartet
DECCA 470 847-2, CD2/T.8

09:12

HARRY 'SWEETS' EDISON
Nasty
Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet)
Jimmy Forrest (tenor saxophone)
Jimmy Jones (piano)
Freddie Green (guitar)
Joe Benjamin (bass)
Charli Persip (drums)
VERVE 5598682, CD1/T.3

09:18

SAINT-SAENS
Triptyque, op.136
Philippe Graffin (violin)
Pascal Devoyon (piano)
HYPERION CDA67100, T.9-11

09:32

KODALY
Theatre Overture
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHANDOS CHAN 9811, T.1

09:47

MOZART
Adagio from Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488
Clara Haskil (piano)
Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana
Otmar Nussio (conductor)
ANDROMEDA ANDRCD 9050, CD3/T.1

09:54

RAMEAU
Chaconne
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan (director)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 88697 281822, CD39/T.17.

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