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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents a refreshing choice of music.

3 hours, 15 minutes

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New Year's Day 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Suite, III Air

    Arranger: Mahler Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 652-2.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    24 Caprices op.1, No.18 in C major

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin)

    • EMI 7243 5 67237 2 6.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - 12 Etudes op.10, No.1 in C major

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

  • John Jenkins

    4-Part Ayre: A New Year's Gift to TC

    Performer: The Parley of Instruments

    • MERIDIAN CDE 84234.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo Capriccioso, op.14

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

    • CBS MK 37838.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayane, Sabre Dance (Suite III, No.5)

    Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexaander Lazarev (conductor)

    • ERATO 8573 89237 2.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and gigue for 3 violins and continuo in D major

    Performer: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 416 386-2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    'Ivan the Terrible' Concert Scenario, At the Polish Court

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10536.
  • Gustav Mahler

    贵谤眉丑濒颈苍驳蝉尘辞谤驳别苍

    Performer: Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Ralf Gothoni (piano)

    • DG 423 666-2.
  • Roman

    New Year Cantata, Overture

    Performer: Capella Savaria Performer: Pal Nemeth (conductor)

    • HUNGAROTON HCD 12943.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major, op.59, Razumovsky No.1, Movt 2

    Performer: The Alexander String Quartet

    • FOGHORN CLASSICS CD 1999.
  • Johann Strauss II - Accelerationen Op.234

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

  • Henry Purcell

    O God, Thou art my God

    Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge Performer: Timothy Brown (director)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93981.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante K.364, III Presto

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin) Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk (viola) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 29309.
  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei

    Performer: Lang Lang (piano)

    • DG 477 8168.
  • Alan Bullard

    New Year's Carol 聽

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

    • 大象传媒 Recording (not commercially available).
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia op.26

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • DG 477 6654.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata No.10 in C major, Hob. XVI:1, 1st movt Allegro

    Performer: Tzimon Barto (piano)

    • ONDINE ODE 1154-2.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres

    Performer: Gidon Kremer (violin) Performer: Keith Jarrett (piano)

    • ECM NEW SERIES 817 764-2.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No1, Op.11

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Constantin Silverstri (conductor)

    • D CLASSICS DB 707432.
  • Johann Strauss II - Bluette - polka (Op.271)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Georges Pr锚tre (conductor)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor, RV 325

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola (violin) Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 00289 477 6005.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen

    Performer: The Gents

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 30109.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher op.42, Melody

    Performer: Vadim Repin (violin) Performer: Alexander Markovich (piano)

    • ERATO 3984-25487-2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.

    Performer: Duke Ellington

    • COLUMBIA 4679132.
  • Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Hollander, Overture

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Otto Klemperer (conductor)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light

    Performer: James Bowman (counter-tenor) Performer: The King鈥檚 Consort Performer: Robert King (director)

    • MERIDIAN CDE 84126.
  • James Rhodes

    Preludes Book 1, La cathedral and La danse de Puck

    Performer: Jacques Rouvier (piano)

    • DEL SEGNO DSPRCD043.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in A major, K.169, 1st movt Molto Allegro

    Performer: Hagen Quartet

    • DG 431 645-2.

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