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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan introduces music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits, and launches voting for the 大象传媒 Radio 3 Composer of the Year: Listeners can vote for Mendelssohn, Haydn, Purcell or Handel.

Including:

8.00am
A Winter Waltz

8.30am
A carol from the 大象传媒 Singers.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 28 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.3 in F major

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 477 822 2.
  • Piazzola

    Milonga in D (tango)

    Performer: Rudens Turku (violin) Performer: Oliver Schnyder (piano)

    • AVIE AV2166.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B Minor Op.6 No.12

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonica Performer: Giovanni Antonini (director)

    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE 478 0319.
  • James Rhodes

    Suite Bergamasque 鈥揅lair de lune

    Orchestrator: Mouton/Piston) Performer: Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

    • DG 477 6121.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Sonata in C sharp SR15*

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

    • DECCA 433 920 2.
  • Ward

    Fantasia No.10 for 5 viols

    Performer: Phantasm

    • LINN CKD 339.
  • Arnold Bax

    Roscatha 鈥 part three of Eire "To the mountainy men of Glencolumcille"

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra Performer: Bryden Thomson (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN X10157.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il Catalogo e questo from Don Giovanni

    Arranger: Went Performer: Artis Quartet

    • ORFEO C664 061.
  • James Rhodes

    Valse romantique

    Performer: Paul Crossley (piano)

    • SONY SK53973.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O sacrum conviviuim

    Performer: Chapelle du Roi Performer: Alistair Dixon (director)

    • BRILLIANT 94005.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy (violin) Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

    • EMI C 5570912.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Namouna Suite No.1 , Fete foraine

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performer: Paul Paray (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 389-2.
  • Bernard Hughes

    The Shepherds' Carol

    Performer: 大象传媒 Singers Performer: David Hill (conductor)

    • 大象传媒 Recording (not commercially available).
  • Henry Purcell

    Symphony from The Fairy Queen

    Performer: The London Classical Players Performer: Roger Norrington (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 555236 2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Spartacus Overture

    Performer: Tapiola Sinfonietta Performer: Tuomas Ollila (conductor)

    • BIS CD 1060.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words Op.19 No.3

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

    • SONY SK 66511.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legend Op.59 No.6 in C sharp minor

    Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Iv谩n Fischer (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 464 647 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No.3 鈥 movement 2

    Performer: Joshua Bell (violin) 鈥 featuring Sergei Rachmaninov (Zenph re-performance)

    • SONY 88697554362.
  • John Adams

    Gnarly Buttons Hoe-down (Mad Cow)

    Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet) Performer: London Sinfonietta

    • NONESUCH 7559 794 652.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seasons: Winter 鈥揺xcerpts

    Performer: RIAS Chanmber Choir Performer: Freiberg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Ren茅 Jacobs

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90182930.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No.4 鈥 third movement*

    Performer: Fort Smith Symphony Performer: John Jeter (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.559603.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 449 186 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

    Performer: Red Priest

    • RPR RP007.

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