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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits. Including a Winter Waltz at 8.00am and a carol from the 大象传媒 Singers at 8.30am.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 22 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Ambroise Thomas

    Overture: Raymond

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 421 527-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031

    Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet (flute) Performer: Henk Bouman (harpsichord)

    • ARCHIV 476 7117.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Blessed be the Man

    Performer: The National Academic Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka' Performer: Yevhen Savchuk (conductor)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9100.
  • Georg Muffat

    Chaconne

    Performer: Sofie Vanden Eynde (theorbo - member of Le Jardin Secret)

    • CORO COR16074.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture: Wonderful Town

    Performer: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI CDC5 56753-2.
  • Frederick Delius

    Two unaccompanied part-songs (To be sung of a summer night on the water)

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: Mark Padmore (tenor) Performer: John Rutter (conductor)

    • COLLEGIUM RECORDS COLCD 104.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale

    Performer: David Halen (violin) Performer: Peter Henderson (piano)

    • AAM RECORDINGS SD8155.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.2 (final movement)

    Performer: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Performer: Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)

    • SONY 88697542542.
  • Johannes Brahms

    16 Waltzes Op.39

    Performer: Nos 1 - 4 Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • PHILIPS 420 7502.
  • Henry Purcell

    Come ye Sons of Art & Sound the Trumpet (Come Ye Sons of Art)

    Performer: John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Performer: Timothy Wilson (counter-tenor) Performer: Taverner Choir and Consort Performer: Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS VC5 45159-2.
  • Josef Suk

    Pohadka (Fairy-Tale) Suite - 1st movt.

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Zdenek Macal (conductor)

    • EXTON OVCL-00296.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Abendempfindung an Laura

    Performer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Peter Serkin (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907500.
  • Traditional

    The Wexford Carol

    Arranger: John Rutter Performer: 大象传媒 Singers Performer: David Hill (conductor)

    • 大象传媒 Recording Not commercially available.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in F Sharp major Op.78

    Performer: Andreas Haefliger (piano)

    • AVIE AV 2173.
  • John Adams

    Put Your Loving Arms Around Me (Gnarly Buttons)

    Performer: Andr茅 Trouttet (clarinet) Performer: Ensemble InterContemporain Performer: David Robertson (conductor)

    • EMI 50999 9 67133 2.
  • Ferdinand H茅rold

    Overture: Zampa

    Performer: Suisse Romande Orchestra Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 083-2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto in F Major for 2 recorders, strings and 2 horns

    Performer: Daniel Rothert and Philipp Sp盲tling (recorders) Performer: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Performer: Helmut M眉ller-Br眉hl (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570481.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Hodie nobis

    Performer: Taverner Consort & Choir Performer: Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    • EMI CDC7 49555-2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Totentanz

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman (piano) Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

    • DG 00289 477 8433.
  • Franz Schreker

    Intermezzo for Strings Op.8

    Performer: Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Performer: John Axelrod (conductor)

    • NIMBUS NI 5808.
  • Edward Elgar

    My old tunes, O think beauty, Dustman, Laugher, tramp and busy Sweep (Starlight Express)

    Performer: Alison Hagley (soprano) Performer: Bryn Terfel (bass) Performer: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • ARGO 433 214-2.

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