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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music to begin the day, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba.

7:02

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Sea Songs 鈥 March
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 73986 2, CD1 Tr.18

7:06

J S BACH transc. BUSONI
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, awake) BWV.645
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 66511, Tr.1

7:10

BEETHOVEN
Concerto for violin and orchestra in C major, WoO.5 (fragment)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)
Orchestre des Champs-脡lys茅es
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
NA脧VE V 5174, Tr.6

7:19

MENDELSSOHN
Maigl枚ckchen und die Bl眉melein (Lily-of-the-valley and her friends):
no.6 from 6 duets for voice and piano, Op.63 (text by A H Hoffman von Fallersleben)
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
EMI CLASSICS CDC 7 54411 2, Tr.11

7:21

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Overture to the Tsar鈥檚 Bride
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 892-2, Tr.6

7:30

JOPLIN transc. PERLMAN
The Easy Winners
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
John Novacek (piano)
PHILIPS 462 948-2, Tr.13

7:34

MONTEVERDI
Altri canti d鈥橝mor (from Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi, 1638)
Taverner Consort
Taverner Players
VIRGIN CLASSICS 9 66965 2, CD5 Tr.6

7:44

CHOPIN
2nd movement: Scherzo from Sonata for cello and piano, Op.65
Andreas Brantelid (cello)
Marianna Shirinyan (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 774 226, Tr.2

7:49

TCHAIKOVSKY
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)
BIS SACD-1468, Tr.11

7:55

SIBELIUS
May
Elisabeth S枚derstr枚m (soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
DECCA 476 1725, CD3 Tr.12

8:03

PURCELL
Chaconne from King Arthur
Tafelmusik
Jeanne Lamon (director)
SONY SK 66 169, Tr.22

8:06

HAYDN
鈥楲ondon鈥 Trio no.4
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)
Isaac Stern (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
CBS MASTERWORKS CD 37786, Tr.6

8:10

BRAHMS
Hungarian Dance no.5 for orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 201-2, Tr.10

8:13

BRUCKNER
Gloria from Mass no.2 in E minor for choir and wind instruments
Corydon Singers
English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble
Matthew Best (conductor)
HYPERION CDS44071/3, CD2 Tr.5

8:20

STRAVINSKY
Ragtime for 11 players
European Soloists Ensemble
Vladimir Ashkenazy (director)
DECCA 448 177-2, Tr.1

8:26

IBERT
Allegro (no.1) from Trois Pi猫ces Br猫ves for wind quintet
Pro Arte Wind Quintet, Zurich
NIMBUS NI 5327, Tr.1

8:31

ARRIAGA
Los Esclavos Felices 鈥 pastoral overture
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (director)
AUVIDIS ASTREE 8532, Tr.5

8:40

FALLA
No.4:
Jota from Siete canciones populares espa帽olas
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 2 37595 2, CD1 Tr.26

8:44

VIVALDI
Violin concerto in A major, RV.343, from 6 Violin concertos for Anna Maria
L鈥橝rte dell鈥橝rco
Federico Guglielmo (solo violin & director)
CPO 777 078-2, Tr.4-6

8:54

MOSZKOWSKI
Esquisse Venitienne
(from Trois Morceaux, Op.73)
Seta Tanyel (piano)
HELIOS CDH55142, Tr.4

8:58

LEONARDI
Souvenir de Sicile
Alison Stephens (mandolin)
Craig Ogden (guitar)
CHANDOS CHAN 10563, Tr.15

9:03

ARENSKY
March from Suite no.1 in G minor, Op.7
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 00148, Tr.5

9:09

TALLIS
In ieiunio et fletu (Fasting and weeping) for 5 voices
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill (Master of the Music)
HYPERION CDA20400, Tr.2

9:16

J S BACH arr. ORMANDY
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV.564
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL 88697279872, CD2 Tr.1

9:34

JEFFES
Lifeboat (lovers rock)
The Penguin Caf茅 Orchestra
VIRGIN PCOBOX1, CD4 Tr.4

9:41

贬翱尝尝脛狈顿贰搁
Raus mit den M盲nnern!
Ute Lemper (voice)
Matrix Ensemble
DECCA 452 601-2, Tr.9

9:45

SCHUMANN
Kinderszenen, nos.7-13
David Wilde (piano)
DELPHIAN DCD34050, CD2 Tr.7-13

9:58

IONEL
Rumanian Dance no.2
Les Neish (tuba)
Martyn Parkes (piano)
EGON SFZ 150, Tr.1

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