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Rob Cowan

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

7:03

KHACHATURIAN
Waltz from Masquerade
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
Sergei Skripka (conductor)
BEL AIR MUSIC BAM 2003, Tr.2

7:08

ELGAR
La Capricieuse
James Ehnes (violin)
Eduard Laurel (piano)
ONYX 4038, Tr.8

7:13

BUXTEHUDE
Herr, Ich lasse dich nicht
(Lord, I will not let you go)
La Capelle Ducale: Markus Brutscher (tenor) Wolf Mathias Friedrich (bass)
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
CPO 777 318-2, Tr.6

7:21

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Golondrinas
Eliot Fisk (guitar)
NIMBUS NI 2536, Tr.4

7:26

ROSSINI
Allegretto (3rd movement) from String Sonata No.4 in B flat major
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Marshall Marcus (violin)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass)
HELIOS CDH55200, Tr.12

7:31

OFFENBACH
Le Roi Carotte 芒聙聯 overture
Philharmonia Orchestra
Antonio De Almeida (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 057-2, Tr.17

7:38

GALUPPI
Sonata for piano in D minor
Andrea Bacchetti (piano)
RCA Red Seal 88697367932, Tr.4-5

7:47

MORLEY
Hard by a crystal fountain
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
L芒聙聶OISEAU LYRE 436 862-2, Tr.10

7:51

GLAZUNOV
Entr芒聙聶acte and Valse fantastique
Philharmonia Orchestra
Lovro von Mata脛聧i脛聡 (conductor)
EMI Classics 5 68739 2, CD1 Tr.25-26

8:03

MAHLER
Purgatorio from Symphony no.10
(Deryck Cooke version)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10456, Tr.3

8:09

J S BACH
First movement (Allegro)
Concerto in the Italian style for keyboard (BWV.971)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907329, Tr.11

8:14

GLUCK
Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orph脙漏e et Eurydice
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 216574 2, Tr.5

8:20

DOWLAND
Come again, sweet love
David Daniels (counter-tenor)
Craig Ogden (guitar)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45601 2, Tr.8

8:24

SHOSTAKOVICH
Allegro non troppo from Symphony no.8 in C minor
Moscow Philharmonics Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01070, CD5 Tr.3

8:32

VILLA-LOBOS
As Tr脙陋s Marias (The Three Marys)
Marc-Andr脙漏 Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67176, Tr.1-3

8:36

BIBER
Sanctus from Missa Christi resurgentis
The English Concert & The Choir of the English Concert
Andrew Manze (violin/director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907397, Tr.8

8:41

HERRMANN
A Portrait of 芒聙聵Hitch芒聙聶
(from The Trouble with Hary)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann (conductor)
LONDON 443 895-2, Tr.5

8:50

BEETHOVEN
Aria: If you don芒聙聶t have any money from Fidelio
John Tomlinson (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 3076, Tr.4

8:54

JS BACH
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major
Soloists Ensemble of the Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Igor Oistrakh (violin/conductor)
MELODIYA MEL CD 1001448, CD1 Tr.5-7

9:06

CHOPIN
Rondo a la Mazur in F major, Op.5
Isaac Mikhnovsky (piano)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01150, Tr.2

9:15

BERLIN
Count your blessings
Sonny Rollins (tenor sax)
Richie Powell (piano)
George Morrow (bass)
Max Roach (drums)
PRESTIGE OJCCD-243-2, Tr.4

9:20

J HAYDN
Quartet for strings (Op.17 No.6) in D major
The London Haydn Quartet
HYPERION CDA67722, CD2 Tr.9-12

9:39

GLINKA
Polonaise from A Life for the Tsar
Bolshoi Chorus
Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Lazarev (conductor)
ERATO 4509-91723-2, Tr.7

9:45

KRAUS
Overture from Olympie
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 466 434-2, CD2 Tr.6

9:51

STRAVINSKY
Three Japanese Lyrics
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559-79262-2, Tr.14-16

9:55

DANKWORTH
Picture of Jeannie
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
John Lenehan (piano)
NAXOS 8.572240, Tr.12

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