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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

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

7.00am

BACH
Sinfonia (Cantata BWV 146)
Christoph Lehmann (organ)
La Stravaganza K脙露ln
Andrew Manze (director)
Brilliant Classics 92721 D2 T6

7:12am

KODALY
Kyrie & Gloria (Missa Brevis)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
EMI CDC7 49092-2 T2 & 3

7:18am

KARAS
The Harry Lime Theme
Anton Karas (zither)
Decca 421 264-2 T1

7:23am

BRAHMS
Serenade No.2 in A Op.16 (Finale)
London Symphony Orchestra
Istvan Kertesz (conductor)
Decca 421 628-2 T11

7:33am

MARINI
Sinfonia (Terzo Tuono)
MONTEVERDI
Currite Populi
Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano)
Concerto Soave
Jean-Marc Aymes (director)
Harmonia Mundi 901680 T2 & 3

7:37am

ELGAR
Mina
Northern Sinfonia
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CDM5 65593-2 T19

7:41am

GRIEG
Berceuse Op.38 No.1 / Schmetterling (Butterfly) Op.43 No.1
Emil Gilels (piano)
DG 449 721-2 T2 & 3

7:46am

BLISS
March (Things to Come)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor)
Premier Soundtracks PRDFCD1 D1 T1

7:50am

RICHARD STRAUSS
Trio & final waltz sequence (Der Rosenkavalier Suite)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
DG 469 519-2 T21 & 22

8:07am

HANDEL
Total Eclipse (Samson)
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor)
Concentus Musicus of Vienna
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Telarc 9031 74871-2 D1 T8

8:11am

COPLAND
A Letter from Home
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
EMI CDC7 49766-2 T3

8:19am

ARNOLD ARR PALMER (ED.LANE)
Comedy Suite (Exploits for Orchestra) from 'The Belles of St. Trinians
Paul Janes (piano)
大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 9851 T18 - 22

8:27am

STRAUSS ARR GODOWSKY
厂迟脙陇苍诲肠丑别苍
Jorge Bolet (piano)
Decca 480 1138 T14

8:33am

LEHAR
Waltz: Gold & Silver
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
EMI CZS5 68736-2 D1 T5

8:43am

BARBER
Sure On This Shining Night
Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Black Box BBM 3007 T2

8:46am

RAMEAU
3rd Concert (Pieces de Clavecin en Concerts)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Rachel Podger (violin), Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba)
Channel Classics CCS 19098 T8 - 10

9:01am

RODGERS & HART
Falling in Love with Love
Marian McPartland & Oscar Peterson (pianos)
Jazz Alliance TJA 12028 T13

9:07am

ENESCU
Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Romanian Broadcasting Orchestra
Iosif Conta (conductor)
Stradivari Classics SCD 6038 T2

9:20am

CANTELOUBE
La pastrouletta e lou chibali脙漏 / Bailero / Postouro, se tu m'aymo (Songs of the Auvergne)
Arleen Auger (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Yan-Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
Virgin CUV5 61120-2 T9 - 11

9:31am

SARASATE ORCH BARIL
Navarra
Ang脙篓le Dubeau & Marcelle Mallette (violin)
La Pieta
Analekta AN 28724 T12

9:39am

TELEMANN
Trio No.12 for Oboe, Harpsichord & Continuo (Essercizii Musici)
Michel Piguet (oboe), Andreas Staier (harpsichord), Imke David (viola da gamba), Jesper Christensen (continuo harpsichord)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77169-2 T11 - 14

9:51am

M JARRE
Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)
Orchestra conducted by Maurice Jarre
Premier Soundtracks PRDFCD1 D2 T1

9:55am

SIBELIUS
Lemminkainen's Return (4 Legends)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
EMI CDC7 47484.

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Last on

Thu 20 Aug 2009 07:00

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