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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast on Radio 3. Montserrat Caball茅 performs music by Verdi and Vazquez/Fuenllana, Alexis Weissenberg and Leszek Mo偶d偶er perform Chopin, and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 12 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Marche des Combattans from Alceste

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

    • ALIA VOX AV9807.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Four Piano pieces Op 119: Intermezzo in E minor; Intermezzo in C major

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • PHILIPS 456 880-2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Hop-pickers' Chorus from The Tsar's Bride, Act I

    Performer: Bolshoi Chorus Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

    • ERATO 4509-91723-2.
  • Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade

    Performer: Fine Arts Quartet

  • John Philip Sousa

    The Liberty Bell

    Performer: Eastman Wind Ensemble Performer: Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY 475 6182.
  • Josef Lanner

    Cerrito-polka Op 189

    Performer: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra Performer: Martin Sieghart (conductor)

    • ARTE NOVA CLASSICS 74321 90686 2.
  • Johann Krieger

    Toccata in D major

    Performer: Herbert Tachezi (organ of the Franziskanerkirche, Vienna)

    • WARNER APEX 2564 60713-2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Divertimento for Small Orchestra Op 86 (after Couperin): Part 5

    Performer: New York Chamber Symphony Performer: Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    • APEX 7559 79675 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Overture to Julius Caesar Op 128

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

    • CHANDOS CHAN 6548.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring from Cantata BWV 147

    Trans. Eugene ORMANDY Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHSA 5030.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in A minor from Czech Dances, Book 1

    Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10430.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 mandolins in G major RV 532

    Performer: Ugo Orlandi (mandolin) Performer: Dorina Frati (mandolin) Performer: I Solisti Veneti Performer: Claudio Scimone (conductor)

    • WARNER APEX 2564 61264-2.
  • Herbie Hancock

    Watermelon Man

    Performer: Freddie Hubbard (trumpet) Performer: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone) Performer: Herbie Hancock (piano) Performer: Butch Warren (bass) Performer: Billy Higgins (drums)

    • BLUE NOTE CDP 7243 8 37643 2 7.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata Act I: Sempre libera

    Performer: Montserrat Caball茅 (soprano: Violetta) Performer: Carlo Bergonzi (tenor: Alfredo) Performer: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra Performer: Georges Pr锚tre (conductor)

    • RCA RED SEAL 88697214402.
  • Juan V谩squez - Miguel de Fuenllana

    Morenica, dame un beso ('Madame, a kiss') 鈥 Spanish renaissance song

    Performer: Montserrat Caball茅 (soprano) Performer: Manuel Cubedo (vihuela)

    • RCA RED SEAL 74321 75858 2.
  • Ferde Grof茅

    On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite

    Performer: Ilkka Talvi (violin) Performer: Seattle Symphony Performer: Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    • DELOS DE 1606.
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Die flichtig Nimphae ('volatile nymph')

    Performer: Robert Woolley (harpsichord)

    • CHACONNE CHAN 0758.
  • Max Bruch

    Eight pieces for clarinet, viola and piano: Allegro vivace in B major

    Performer: Walter Boeykens (clarinet) Performer: Th茅r猫se-Marie Gilissen (viola) Performer: Robert Groslot (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901371.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

    Performer: Marnie Nixon (soprano) Performer: Concert Arts Cello Ensemble Performer: Felix Slatkin (conductor)

    • PRISTINE AUDIO PASC 218.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Variations on a theme by Corelli

    Arranger: Kreisler Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Performer: Samuel Sanders (piano)

    • EMI CDC 7 49514 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker 鈥 Ballet Op 71: Pas de deux and Final Waltz & Apotheosis

    Performer: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)

    • MELODIYA 74321 25194 2.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria - Motet: Laetatus sum a 12

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freisch眉tz 鈥 overture

    Performer: L鈥橭rchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA UCCD-3040.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Variations on Mozart's 'L脿 ci darem la mano'

    Performer: Alexis Weissenberg (piano) Performer: Orchestre de la Soci茅t茅 des Concerts du Conservatoire Performer: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an

    Performer: Orchestre de la Soci茅t茅 des Concerts du Conservatoire Performer: Andr茅 Cluytens (conductor)

    • EMI CMS 7691652.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - 脡tude Op 25 No. 9 in G flat major

    Arranger: Mo呕d呕er Performer: Leszek Mo偶d偶er (piano)

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