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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music from Finland by Sibelius and Rautavaara, Masonic Funeral Music by Mozart, and a Fantastic Scherzo by Schubert together with other surprises from Rob's rucksack.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 28 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens (version for Stokowski, 1950)

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI 5564122.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra Performer: Osmo V盲nsk盲 (conductor)

    • BIS CD1265.
  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Oboe Concerto No. 3: Rondo

    Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Camerata Bern Performer: Thomas F眉ri (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 4717242.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Suite No. 1 for two pianos Op 15: Waltz

    Performer: Nina Schumann and Luis Magalh茫es (pianos)

    • TWO PIANISTS 1039022.
  • 脡tienne Moulini茅

    Air de la Ridicule 'Rompez les charmes du sommeil鈥'

    Performer: La Po猫me Harmonique Performer: Vincent Dumestre (director)

    • ALPHA 005.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Choral Prelude 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' BWV 639

    Arranger: Wilhelm Kempf Performer: Stanislav Bunin (piano)

    • EMI CDD7639042.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prometheus Overture

    Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • TELDEC 0630131402.
  • Aaron Copland

    The Boatmen's Dance

    Performer: Willard White (bass) Performer: Graeme McNaught (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN8960.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance in F Op 36 for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Johannes Moser (cello) Performer: SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Performer: Fabrice Bollon (conductor)

    • HANSSLER CD93222.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concertante piece for clarinet & basset horn No. 2 in D minor Op 114

    Performer: Sharon Kam (clarinet) Performer: Johannes Peitz (basset horn) Performer: MDR Sinfonieorchester Performer: Gregor B眉hl (conductor)

    • BERLIN CLASSICS 0017792BC.
  • Franz Liszt

    The Maiden's Wish (transcription from Chopin song Op 74)

    Performer: Claudio Arrau (piano)

    • PHILIPS 4323322.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Judas Maccabaeus: Sion now (tune your harps)

    Performer: Maria Soledad de la Rosa (soprano) Performer: Mariana Rewerski (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Ch艙ur de Chambre de Namur Performer: Les Agr茅mens Performer: Leonardo Gard铆a Alarc贸n (conductor)

    • AMBONAY AMY024.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Masonic Funeral Music

    Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • SONY SK48385.
  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen D 920

    Performer: Astrid Pilzecker (mezzo) Performer: M盲nnerchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin Performer: Bernd Casper (piano) Performer: Martin Fl盲mig (conductor)

    • CAPRICCIO 67136/8.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo 鈥 Four Dance Episodes: Hoedown

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Aaron Copland (conductor)

    • SONY SM3K46559.
  • Louis Couperin

    1st Book of Harpsichord Pieces (4th ordre): La Marche des Gris-v锚tus; Le R茅veil-matin

    Performer: Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2901450.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Symphony No. 7 (Angel of Light): 3rd movement 鈥 Come un sogno

    Performer: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leif Segerstam (conductor)

    • ONDINE ODE8692.
  • Trad.

    Milonga

    Arranger: Pe脩a Performer: Paco Pe帽a (guitar)

    • DECCA 4756151.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet Op 111 in G major: 3rd movement

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

    • EMI 5576612.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture from Suite in A minor for treble recorder TWV 55:a2

    Performer: Maurice Steger (recorder) Performer: Akadamie f眉r Alte Musik Berlin Performer: Stephan Mai (leader/director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901917.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka: O Silver Moon

    Performer: Kate Royal (soprano) Performer: English National Opera Orchestra Performer: Edward Gardner (conductor)

    • EMI 2691922.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo Fantastique

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • SONY SMK45843.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Elizabethan Songs

    Performer: Laudibus Performer: Mike Brewer (conductor)

    • DELPHIAN DCD34074.
  • James Rhodes

    2nd Arabesque

    Performer: Livi谩 R茅v (piano)

    • SAGA SCD9020.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Roman Carnival

    Performer: Anima Eterna Brugge Performer: Jos van Immerseel (conductor)

    • ZIG ZAG ZZT100101.
  • Cole Porter

    Get out of town

    Performer: Fred Hersch (piano)

    • NONESUCH 796122.

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