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Monday - Rob Cowan

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

3 hours

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Mon 25 Jan 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches, Trivelins et Arlequins from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1猫re Suit

    Performer: Le Concert des Nations Performer: Jordi Savall (director)

    • ALIA VOX AV9807.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique for piano

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67341/2.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Quintet for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo in G major (Op.11 No.2)

    Performer: Les Adieux Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano/director)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67374 2.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Overture (1953)

    Performer: Basel Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

    • ONDINE ODE 1158-2.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gymnop茅die no.1

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅 (piano)

    • DECCA 458 105-2.
  • John Dowland

    Away with these self-loving lads

    Performer: Mark Padmore (tenor) Performer: Elizabeth Kenny (lute)

    • HYPERION CDA67648.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Andr茅 Cluytens (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7691102.
  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Herr, unser Herrscher (Symphoniarum Sacrarum Secunda Pars ) Op.10

    Performer: Anna Mikolajczyk (soprano) Performer: Cappella Augustana Performer: Matteo Messori (organ/director)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93953.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Allegro molto from Sonata for violin no.1 in D minor, Op.75

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz (violin) Performer: Brooks Smith (piano)

    • RCA 09026 61776 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture and Introduction from The Creatures of Prometheus

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • HELIOS CDH55196.
  • Max Reger

    Andante from Suite no.2 in D major for solo viola

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann (viola)

    • MYRIOS CLASSICS MYR003.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Our joyful'st feast

    Performer: Schola Cantorum of Oxford Performer: James Burton (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67787.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Hungaricus 45, 49 & 58

    Performer: Ensemble Caprice Performer: Matthias Maute (director)

    • ANALEKTA AN 2 9919.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Night Mail (end sequence)

    Performer: Simon Russell Beale (narrator) Performer: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Performer: Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

    • NMC D112.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Duncan Gray (setting by Beethoven for soprano, tenor, bass, violin, cello and fortepiano)

    Lyrics: Burns Performer: Lorna Anderson (soprano) Performer: Harry Nicoll (tenor) Performer: Alan Watt (baritone) Performer: Scottish Early Music Consort

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0581.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jenny (Op.140 No.4) from 6 Romances on Verses by Raleigh, Burns and Shakespeare)

    Performer: Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN10358.
  • Johann Strauss II - Romance in F major

    Performer: Mischa Maisky (cello) Performer: Orchestre de Paris Performer: Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Gavotte with Variations (Nouvelles Suites de Pi猫ces de Clavecin)

    Performer: Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93903.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Fantasy on Polish National Airs, Op.13

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Performer: Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Neugierige (the curious man) from Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin

    Performer: Mischa Maisky (cello) Performer: Daria Hovora (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 817-2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ungeduld (Impatience) from Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin

    Performer: Christoph Pr茅gardien (tenor) Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 77273 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses Nobles et Sentimentales for orchestra

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS PROMO CD.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Alto Rhapsody, Op.53

    Performer: Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Otto Klemperer (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 5 17608 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Five Couples from Romeo and Juliet

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT-1394.

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