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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 19 Jan 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    March (K.189)

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczek (conductor)

    • LINN CKD 287.
  • Louis Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc Choc ou les Maillotins

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901956.
  • Rossi

    Piango, prego e sospiro 鈥 cantata for 3 sopranos

    Performer: Suzie Le Blanc (soprano) Performer: Emily Van Evera (soprano) Performer: P盲ivi J盲rvi枚 (soprano) Performer: Tragicomedia Performer: Stephen Stubbs (director)

    • TELDEC 2564 69455-5.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Sonata in A Major (Adagio & Allegro)

    Performer: Janos Starker (cello) Performer: Stephen Swedish (piano)

    • MERCURY 434 3442.
  • Offenbach

    Overture to Die Rheinnixen (The Nymphs of the Rhine)

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

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 478 2115.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV.565

    Performer: Simon Preston (organ of the Kreuzbergkirche, Bonn)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 427 668-2.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Lustspiel-Overture, Op.38

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10302.
  • Wolf

    In der Fr眉he (M枚rike lieder no.24)

    Performer: Arleen Auger (soprano) Performer: Irwin Gage (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA66590.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Nocturne for piano no.8 in D flat major, Op.27 No.2

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires (piano)

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers from the Snow Maiden

    Performer: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Performer: Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80115.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Summer Evening (Lyric Pieces book 10) Op.71 No.2

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano 鈥 Grieg鈥檚 own piano, recorded at Troldhaugen)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 57296 2.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    My soul rejoices BuxWV.72

    Performer: Stephanie Petit-Laurent (soprano) Performer: J眉rgen Banholzer (alto) Performer: Wolf Mathias Friedrich (bass) Performer: Musica Fiata Performer: Roland Wilson (director)

    • CPO 777 318-2.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Pizzicati (from Act III of Sylvia)

    Performer: Paris National Opera Theatre Orchestra Performer: Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 9 67716 2.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Elegy, Op.105

    Performer: The Shostakovich Quartet

    • OLYMPIA OCD 542.
  • Granados

    Andaluza 鈥 from Danzas espag帽olas

    Orchestrator: De Grignon Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Artur Rodzinski (conductor)

    • EMI 5 68742 2.
  • Zelenka

    Sonata no.5 in F major for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo

    Performer: Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Performer: Klaus Stoll (double bass) Performer: Jonathan Rubin (lute) Performer: Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)

    • ECM NEW SERIES 462 542-2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Night Music from Belshazzar's Feast 鈥 Concert Suite, Op.51

    Performer: Norwegian Radio Orchestra Performer: Ari Rasilainen (conductor)

    • FINLANDIA 0927-41935-2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Occasional Overture, Op.38

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 73983 2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Berceuse in B flat major, Op.38

    Performer: Philippe Graffin (violin) Performer: Pascal Devoyon (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67100.
  • Jules Massenet

    Allons! Il le faut . . . Adieu, notre petite table (Manon)

    Performer: Inva Mula (soprano) Performer: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Ivo Lipanovi莽 (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 6 94538 0.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Nocturne for piano no.20 in C sharp minor, Op.posth.

    Performer: Stefan Askenase (piano)

  • Joseph Haydn

    London Trio no.2 in G major

    Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Performer: Isaac Stern (violin) Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

    • CBS MASTERWORKS CD 37786.
  • Arnold

    Concert Suite from 'Sweeney Todd' Op.68a (final 2 movements)

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10550.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Motet: Locus iste

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Choir Performer: Eugen Jochum (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 743-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major

    Arranger: Loussier Performer: Jacques Loussier Trio

    • TELARC CD-83644.
  • Gassmann

    Overture from Filosofia ed amore (Philosophy and Love)

    Performer: Eclipse Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sylvia Alimena (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570421.
  • Traditional

    The Kerry Dance

    Performer: Art Tatum (piano 鈥 realised by Zenph Studios)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697222182.

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