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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

3 hours

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Mon 19 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Impromptu in Gb Op 51 No. 3

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Performer: Choir of Kings College, Cambridge Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    • EMI 28944.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E minor: Valse

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Kurt Masur (conductor)

    • Apex 61432.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse Macabre

    Performer: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Performer: Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • Decca 448571.
  • Georges Bizet

    Toreador Song from Carmen

    Performer: Bryn Terfel (baritone) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    • DG 477512.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • Virgin 699541.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet in A Op 18: Allegro vivace (final mvt)

    Performer: Henschel Quartet Performer: Roland Glassl (viola)

    • Neos 30901.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Barber of Seville Overture

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

    • Mercury 434345.
  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No. 4 in F

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • l鈥橭iseau Lyre 470372.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ruckert Lieder: Ich atmet einen linden duft

    Performer: Thomas Hampson (baritone) Performer: Wolfram Rieger (piano)

    • EMI 56443.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet: Finale, con moto

    Performer: Julian Milkis (clarinet) Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • Lontano 69074.
  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Seranade

    Performer: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vaclav Hudecek (violin) Performer: Vladimir Valek (conductor)

    • Supraphon 3330.
  • Percy Grainger

    Gumsuckers March from In a Nutshell

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender (pianos)

    • Pearl 9611.
  • Max Bruch

    Adagio appassionato

    Performer: Salvatore Accardo (violin) Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Kurt Masur (conductor)

    • Philips 462164.
  • Alfredo Catalani

    La Wally: I'll float into the distance

    Performer: Cheryl Barker (soprano) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • Chandos 3161.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F K 525 and Sonata in G K 454

    Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick (piano)

    • DG 439438.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Matraszentimre Dalok

    Performer: Groupe Vocal de France Performer: Guy Reibel (conductor)

    • EMI 754096.
  • Horowitz

    Jazz Harpsichord Concerto

    Performer: Elizabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord) Performer: Concerto Averna Performer: Andrezk Mysynaski (conductor)

    • Adda 581233.
  • Richard Strauss

    Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite: The Dinner

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCS 60930.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Theodora: Streams of Pleasure Ever Flowing

    Performer: Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Performer: Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Performer: English Concert Performer: Harry Bicket (conductor)

    • Chandos 0767.
  • Jan V谩clav Hugo Vo艡铆拧ek

    Impromptu in E Op 7 No. 5

    Performer: Dirk Joeres (piano)

    • IMP1002.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and allegro

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • CFP 4022.
  • Johann Christoph Graupner

    Sinfonia in D GWV 538

    Performer: Nova Stravaganza Performer: Sigbert Rampe (conductor)

    • DG 1121.

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