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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music includes Schumann performed by Horowitz, a favourite Bach chorale, ballet music for the Sun King, Stokowski lights up the skies with Stravinsky and some enjoyable extras, plus a contender for the Nation's Favourite Aria around 9:00am.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 19 May 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March Op 39 No. 5 in C major

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • CBS M2YK 46465.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia No. 10 Z.741 in E minor

    Performer: London Baroque

    • BIS BIS-CD-1165.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance in E flat Op 8 No. 2

    Performer: Leslie Howard (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA66090.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Vespro della Beata Vergina

    Performer: Hesperion XX Performer: Jordi Savall (director)

    • AUVIDIS ES 9910.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum

    Performer: Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Silvio Varviso (conductor)

    • DECCA 443 929-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 140 BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"; Zion hort die Wachter singen [c

    Performer: Gerald Finley (bass) Performer: Concentus Musicus Wien Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 88697602662.
  • Robert Schumann

    Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op 14 - Variations on a theme by Clara Wieck

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

    • SONY S2K 53468.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Performer: Budapest Strings Performer: Karoly Botvay (director)

    • CAPRICCIO 10 486.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Ballet de Xerxes: Overture

    Performer: Aradia Baroque Ensemble Performer: Kevin Mallon (director)

    • NAXOS 8.554003.
  • Johann Strauss II - Die Fledermaus - Ballet Music

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

  • Johannes Brahms

    Six Piano Pieces Op 118 No. 3: Ballade in G minor

    Performer: Emanuel Ax (piano)

    • SONY SK 48046.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater, Sancta Mater

    Performer: Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano) Performer: Sara Mingardo (contralto) Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • OPUS111 OPS 30-160.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scherzo Op 42 No. 2

    Orchestrator: Glazunov Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Performer: The Abbey Road Ensemble Performer: Lawrence Foster (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 55475 2 1.
  • Francesco Cilea

    Adriana Lecouvreur: Ecco! Respiro appena鈥 lo son l'umile ancella

    Performer: Dame Kiri Ta Kanawa (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 55095 2 9.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite: Lullaby and Final Hymn

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leopold Stokowski (conductor)

    • LONDON 443 898-2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Suite in C: Trumpet Tune and Ayre

    Performer: Edward Carroll (trumpet) Performer: William Neil (organ)

    • NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD 60038.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Airs de ballet d'Ascanio

    Performer: Kathryn Thomas (flute) Performer: Richard Shaw (piano)

    • DEUX-ELLES DXL 1125.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Etude in C sharp minor Op 2 No. 1

    Arranger: Stokowski Performer: American Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leopold Stokowski (conductor)

    • VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 8012 71.
  • Franz Schubert

    Alfonso und Estrella: Act 3 Duet, March and Finale

    Arranger: For Wind Octet And Double Bass By Andreas N Tarkmann Performer: Linos Ensemble

    • CPO 999 807-2.
  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major: III Allegro agitato

    Performer: Helene Grimaud (piano) Performer: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • WARNER 2564 69148-9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Magic Flute: Act 2, Ach il fuhls

    Performer: Barbara Bonney (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Opera House Zurich Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • TELDEC 2564 69127-2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words in E major, Op.19 no.1

    Performer: Howard Shelley.

    Performer: Yvonne Lorriod (piano)

    • Erato 鈥 details tbc.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto in B flat major Op 10 No. 1

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0769.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

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

    • DECCA 455 632-2.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

    • 大象传媒 RADIO CLASSICS 大象传媒RD 9192.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491: II Larghetto

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida (piano/director) Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra

    • DECCA 478 1524.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Three-Cornered Hat: Neighbours, Millers and Final Dance

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • SERAPHIM 7243 5 68532 2 5.

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