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Friday - Rob Cowan

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

07:03:

GERSHWIN
Fascinating Rhythm & I Got Rhythm
William Bolcom (piano)
NONESUCH 7559791512, T.5 & 17
07:06

CANTELOUBE
Ba脙炉l脙篓ro from Chants d芒聙聶Auvergne
Kate Royal (soprano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Edward Gardner (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 3 94419 2, T.3
07:13

FALCONIERI
Ciaccona
Daniel Hope (violin)
Soloists from the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8094, T.1

07:16

MOZART
Theme and Variations from Divertimento No.15 in B flat major, K.287
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1453, T.3

07:24

CAREY BLYTON
The Velvet Gentleman 芒聙聯 a la brossienne (a tribute to Erik Satie)
The Cann Piano Duo
UPBEAT URCD229, T.24

07:31

BUTTERWORTH
The Banks of Green Willow 芒聙聯 Idyll for Small Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
EMI CDC7479452, T.1

07:39

RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso (arr. Safri Duo)
Colin Currie (marimba)
Sam Walton (marimba)
EMI CDZ5722672, T.6

07:43

BACH
Prelude from English Suite No. IV
in F major, BWV 809
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK60277, T.8

07:48

MAHLER
Ging heut芒聙聶 morgen 脙录bers Feld (As I walked this morning through the field)
From Songs of a Wayfarer
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4316822, T.2

07:53

BOCCHERINI
Fandango from Guitar Quintet IV
芒聙聵Fandango芒聙聶, G.448
Europa Galante
VIRGIN VERITAS 5 45607, T.4

08:03

CHOPIN
Etude in G-flat major, op.10, no.5
(芒聙聹Black Key芒聙聺)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
CBS CD42305, T.6
08:05

JOHN BEDYNGHAM
Durer ne puis (Rondeau)
Members of The Medieval Ensemble of London
Peter Davies & Timothy Davies (directors)
L芒聙聶OISEAU-LYRE 478 0023, T.5

08:12

DVORAK
3rd Movement from Symphony no.2 in B flat major, op.4
London Symphony Orchestra
Witold Rowicki (conductor)
PHILIPS 432 602-2, CD3/T.1

08:24

SCHUBERT
Scherzo from Piano Sonata in B flat major, D.960
Alfred Brendel (piano)
DECCA 478 2116, CD2/T.7

08:31

ROSSINI
Overture to Otello
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
PHILIPS 412 893-2, T.8

08:41

R. STRAUSS
Wiegenlied (Cradle Song), op.41, no.1
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA67488, T.10

08:46

颁贬脙聣顿贰痴滨尝尝贰
Sonata in G minor
Michala Petri (recorder)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
DECCA 475 8464, CD4/T.1-4

08:55

LOUIS LOUIGUY
La vie en rose
James Galway (flute)
The Galway Pops Orchestra
Vincent Fanuele (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697 42201 2, T.19
08:59

DEBUSSY
Prelude a l芒聙聶apres-midi d芒聙聶un faune
The Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4357662, T.1

09:08

TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. J. Fletcher)
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
DECCA 4119552, T.12

09:12

MOZART
Six German Dances, K.509
London Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SBK 48 266, T.12-17

09:24

THE PENGUIN CAF脙聣 ORCHESTRA
Numbers 1-4
The Penguin Caf脙漏 Orchestra
PCOBOX1, 07243 811482 2, CD3/T.6

09:34

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
EMI CDM 7 63382 2, T.3

09:50

MILHAUD
Final 3 movements from Le Carnaval d芒聙聶Aix
Claude Helffer (piano)
Orchestre National de L芒聙聶Opera de Monte-Carlo
Louis Fr脙漏maux (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 447 361-2, CD2/T.28-30

09:55

GERSHWIN
My man芒聙聶s gone now (Porgy & Bess)
Isabelle Kabatu (Bess)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 88697591762, CD1/T.12

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Last on

Fri 13 Nov 2009 07:00

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