Tuesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music by Monteverdi, Handel, Delius and Prokofiev, plus a look at some of the highlights from this week's Specialist Classical Chart.
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George Frideric Handel
Largo from Xerxes
Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Roland Wurtz (conductor)
- Trax Music Ltd TRX CD 132.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Scherzo for Four Bassoons, Op 12-bis
Performer: Martin Catt (bassoon) Performer: Meyrick Alexander (bassoon) Performer: Melbon Mackie (bassoon) Performer: John Orford (bassoon) Performer: Mark Stephenson (conductor)
- Conifer CDCF 173.
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Frédéric Chopin - Grande Valse Brillante in E flat Op 18
Performer: Ingrid Fliter (piano) Performer: EMI Classics
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Claudio Monteverdi
Gira il nemico insidioso (from Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi….Libro ottavo – 1638)
Performer: I Fagiolini Performer: Robert Hollingworth (director) Performer: Chaconne Digital
- CHAN 0760.
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Béla Bartók - Microcosmos, Danse Paysanne/ Burlesque rustique/ Secondes majeures, plaque
Performer: Huguette Dreyfus (harpsichord) Performer: Harmonia Mundi
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Hungarian Song in D major, Op 21 No. 2
Performer: Tamas Vasary (piano)
- Deutsche Grammophon 002894778240.
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Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade: Waltz and Galop
Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Efrem Kurtz (conductor)
- EMI Classics 2175102.
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Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Performer: Maria Callas (soprano) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Tullio Serafin (conductor)
- EMI 724356646322.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
- Sony Classical SK66832.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude and fugue for piano in B flat major Op 87 No. 21
Performer: Alexander Melnikov (piano)
- Harmonia Mundi HMC 90201920.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D major "Paris" K 318: Allegro assai (1st mvt)
Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- Linn CKD 350.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
I Medici: E nel papa un nemico tu supponi?
Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor) Performer: Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Performer: Alberto Veronesi
- Deutsche Grammophon 4777456.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor: 3rd Mvt
Performer: Steven Osborne (piano) Performer: Hyperion
- CDA67662.
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Howard Goodall
The Lord is My Shepherd/pascit me – Psalm 23
Performer: Enchanted Voices
- Decca CFMD7.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev
Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (conductor)
- EMI Classics 094635082425.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, BWV 1058
Performer: Michael Beroff (piano) Performer: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
- EMI Classics 724355505927.
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Arranger: Uakti Mapa Performer: Uakti Mapa
- Point Music 4329652.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo (Allegretto), Eine kleine Nachtmusik K 525
Performer: I Musici
- Philips 4222692.
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Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas: When I am Laid in Earth
Performer: Sarah Conolly (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Englightenment Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- Chandos CHAN 0757.
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Franz Schubert
Quintet in C D 956: Scherzo and Trio
Performer: Alban Berg Quartett Performer: Henrich Schiff (cello)
- EMI Classics 724356689022.
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Percy Grainger
Molly on the Shore
Performer: Daniel Adni (piano)
- EMI 5099996895023.
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Bedrich Smetana
Triumphal Symphony: III Scherzo, Allegro vivo
Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Zdenek Kosler (conductor)
- Supraphon Records LC 0358.
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Giacomo Puccini
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle
Performer: Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Performer: Royal Opera House Orchesta Performer: Guiseppe Patane (conductor)
- EMI Classics 724356568525.
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Antonio Vivaldi
The Nightmare concerto in G Minor, RV 439
Performer: Red Priest: Piers Adams (recorder); Julia Bishop (violin); Angela East (cello); Howard Beach (harpsichord)
- Dorian Recordings DOR-90305.
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Abkhazian Music
Achsa iashva (Song of the horse Riders)
Performer: Meaovn
- MEL CD 30 0 01643.
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Frederick Delius
Over the Hills and Far Away (ed. Beecham)
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
- EMI CDS 7475098.
Broadcast
- Tue 18 May 2010 07:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3