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03/03/2010

Breakfast on Radio 3 with Rob Cowan. Music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 3 Mar 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenstuck for piano Op. 19

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • TELDEC 4509-99176-2.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux

    Performer: Taverner Consort Performer: Taverner Choir Performer: Andrew Parrott (director)

    • VIRGIN 7243 5 62230 2 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77: Last mvt.

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz (violin) Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL 09026 61779 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While (Oedipus, King of Thebes)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor. Performer: Justin Taylor.

    Performer: Kathleen Battle (soprano) Performer: Myron Lutzke (cello) Performer: Anthony Newman (harpsichord)

    • SONY SK53106.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E flat major BWV 876

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

    • ARCHIV 435 795-2.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No.16 in G minor

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin)

    • EMI 7243 5 67237 2 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D "London": IV Finale

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

    • EMI 50999 2 28369 2 2.
  • James Rhodes

    Image I, No. 1 Reflets dans l'eau

    Performer: Youri Egorov (piano)

    • EMI 7243 5 73656 2 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    Suite from King Arthur: Chaconne

    Performer: The Oboe Band

    • THE OBOE BAND.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 5 Op. 47 in D minor: 2nd mvt. Allegretto

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vassily Petrenko (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572167.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 in B major

    Performer: Nelson Freire (piano)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No. 17 in D major K. 334: II Theme and Variations, Andante

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Louis Lane (conductor)

    • CBS MAESTRO M2YK 46463.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo – Allegro

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Performer: Lars Vogt (piano)

    • EMI 7243 5 57525 2 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nähe des Geliebten D. 162

    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Gerald Moore (piano)

    • DG 457 747-2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine for chorus and organ

    Performer: King’s College Choir, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (director)

    • DG 469 268-2.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Ballade for piano No. 1 in G minor Op. 23

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud (piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 S. 244

    Performer: Bamburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Kraus (conductor)

    • BELART 461 148-2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria D. 839

    Arranger: Wilhelmj Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Skaila Kanga (harp)

    • DG 476 315-9.
  • Onra

    Auld Lang Syne and The Highland Laddie

    Performer: Rosemary Tuck (piano)

    • CALA-UNITED CACD 88042.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast from 3 Anthems Op. 27

    Performer: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Performer: Christopher Robinson (director)

    • NAXOS 8.557557.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo alla turca

    Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Edward Gardner (conductor)

    • EMI 0946 3 53255 2 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird: Scherzo

    Arranger: Stravinsky And Dushkin Performer: Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Performer: Olli Mustonen (piano)

    • PHILIPS 420 953-2.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Ma vlast, Vlatava

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • MERCURY 462 953-2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Conclusion for 2 flutes, strings and continuo in E minor [Tafelmusik - 1st production]

    Performer: Florilegium

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 19198.
  • Jules Massenet

    Herodiade: Act II Ce breuvaga, vision fugitive

    Performer: Michel Dens (Herode) Performer: Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris Performer: George Pretre (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 73098 2 0.
  • Samuel Barber

    Overture to "The School for Scandal" Op. 5

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 49463 2.

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