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26/04/2010

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Start the day with a refreshing choice of music.

3 hours

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Mon 26 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Rondo in E flat major Op 11

    Performer: Earl Wild (piano)

    • VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 4033 71.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat major

    Arranger: Rimsky Korsakov Performer: State Symphony Orchestra of Russia Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • RCA RED SEAL 09026 68406 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata No. 8 in G major from 12 Sonatas of 3 parts

    Performer: Ricercar Consort

    • RICERCAR RIC 217.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madame Butterfly Act II: Humming Chorus

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 7 64356 2.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Quintet in B flat major for clarinet and string quartet Op 89: Finale (allegretto)

    Performer: Members of l鈥橭ctuor de France

    • CALLIOPE CAL 9411.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Pr茅lude, fugue & variation for piano & harmonium

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou (piano) Performer: Olivier Latry (harmonium)

    • NA脧VE V 5208.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Koz谩?ek (The Cossack Dance)

    Performer: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Franti拧ek J铆lek

    • SUPRAPHON 11 1521 鈥 2 031.
  • Albert Roussel

    Piano trio in E flat major Op 2: Mod茅r茅, sans lenteur 鈥 tr猫s anim茅 (first movement)

    Performer: Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Performer: Herre-Jan Stegenga (cello) Performer: Jet R枚ling (piano)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8413.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Overture to Abu Hassan

    Performer: Suisse Romande Orchestra Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA UCCD 3040.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in D major K 382

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano/conductor) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra

    • EMI CLASSICS 3 56513 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kij茅 鈥 suite Op 60: Kij茅's Wedding and Troika

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 603-2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    In stiller Nacht from German folksongs WoO 33

    Performer: Werner G眉ra (tenor) Performer: Christoph Berner (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901842.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Polacca con variazioni

    Performer: Salvatore Accardo (violin) Performer: The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Franco Tamponi (conductor)

    • DYNAMIC CDS 622.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat

    Performer: Misha Dichter (piano)

    • PHILIPS 446 554-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Das zitternde Gl盲nzen der spielenden Wellen (The shimmering gleam of dancing waves) HWV 20

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Performer: The King鈥檚 Consort

    • HYPERION CDA67627.
  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio & Allegro Op 70

    Performer: Yuri Bashmet (viola) Performer: Mikhail Muntian (piano)

    • RCA RED SEAL RD60112.
  • Frederick Delius

    Prelude to Irmelin

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • EMI CDC-7 47984 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Aria: Madamina, il catalogo 猫 questo

    Arranger: Johann Nepomuk Went Performer: Artis Quartet

    • ORFEO C 664 061 A.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Melody & Norwegian Dance from Lyric Pieces Book 4 Op 47 No. 3-4

    Performer: Emil Gilels (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 721-2.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen from R眉ckert-lieder

    Performer: Christine Sch盲fer (soprano) Performer: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Performer: Christoph Eisenbach (conductor)

    • CAPRICCIO 5026.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

    Performer: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

    • NA脧VE OP 30479.
  • Michael Torke

    Like the Man who Seizes and Boast Not of Tomorrow from Book of Proverbs

    Performer: Netherlands Radio Choir Performer: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Edo de Waart (conductor)

    • DECCA 466 721-2.
  • Neal Hefti

    The Kid from Red Bank

    Performer: Count Basie Orchestra

    • ROULETTE 8 28635 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin) Performer: Andrey Rubstov (oboe) Performer: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields

    • DECCA 478 0650.
  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Variation on Diabelli's Waltz

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

    • TELDEC 0927-41404-2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas Act III: Dido's Lament: But Death, alas! ... when I am laid in earth & cho

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Performer: London Opera Chorus Performer: George Malcolm (harpsichord) Performer: Kenneth Heath (cello continuo) Performer: Aldeburgh Festival Strings Performer: Steuart Bedford (conductor)

    • DECCA 468 561-2.

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