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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Included this morning: the Soldiers' Chorus from Gounod's Faust, a French Polka by Strauss II, and more of your favourite arias.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 28 May 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Victor Herbert

    March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • RCA RED SEAL RD87716.
  • Franz Liszt

    Consolation No. 3 for piano in D flat major: 'Lento placido'

    Performer: Jorge Bolet (piano)

    • DECCA 475 6643.
  • Kraus

    Sinfonia per la chiesa (Symphony for the church)

    Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Anthony Halstead (conductor)

    • MUSICA SVECIAE MSCD 419.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude for cello and piano Op 2 No. 1

    Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67376.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Papillon: Valse des rayons

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 452 942-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano trio in E major K 542: Allegro (final movement)

    Performer: Beaux Arts Trio

    • PHILIPS 446 154-2.
  • Emmerich K谩lm谩n

    Vilja-Lied from the Merry Widow

    Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano: Hanna Glawari) Performer: Bavarian Radio Choir Performer: Bavarian Radio Orchestra Performer: Willy Mattes (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7 69505 2.
  • Johan Halvorsen - Entry of the Boyars

    Performer: Iceland Symphony Orchestra Performer: Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite for keyboard in B flat major HWV 440

    Performer: Keith Jarrett (piano)

    • ECM NEW SERIES 445 298-2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Soldiers' Chorus

    Performer: Chorus of the Paris Op茅ra Performer: Orchestra of the Paris Op茅ra Performer: Andr茅 Cluytens (conductor)

    • EMI EMINENCE 7 64804 2.
  • Max Bruch

    No.2 鈥 Allegro con moto in B minor & no.7 鈥 Allegro vivace ma non troppo in B major from 8

    Performer: Paul Meyer (clarinet) Performer: G茅rard Causs茅 (viola) Performer: Fran莽ois-Ren茅 Duchable (piano)

    • APEX 8573 89229 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo brilliant in E flat major, Op 29

    Performer: Ragna Schirmer (piano) Performer: Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbr眉cken Performer: G眉nther Herbig (conductor)

    • BERLIN CLASSICS 0017752BC.
  • Max Reger

    Wenn in langen tr眉ben Stunden

    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Ulrich Bremsteller (organ)

    • AUDITE 95.637.
  • Aaron Copland

    John Henry: A Railroad Ballad for Orchestra

    Performer: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Performer: Erich Kunzel (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80117.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Minuets I & II and Gigue from Suite No. 1 for cello in G major BWV 1007

    Performer: Angel Romero (guitar)

    • TELARC CD-80288.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle for clarinet, flute and piano Op 6

    Performer: Orchestre de Paris soloists

    • INDESENS INDE021.
  • Johann Strauss II - Bitte sch枚n! 鈥 polka fran莽aise, Op 372

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud

    Orchestrator: Clark Mcalister Performer: Gil Shaham (violin) Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 449 923-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ariondante: Scherza infida

    Performer: Angelika Kirchschalger (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Basel Chamber Orchestra Performer: Laurence Cummings (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876889522.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata for piano in D major D 850: Rondo 鈥 allegro moderato

    Performer: Richard Goode (piano)

    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH 9 79271-2.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    From the Apocalypse for orchestra Op 66

    Performer: Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris Performer: Igor Markevitch (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 946-2.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    Danse for horn & piano

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell (French horn) Performer: Daniel Blumenthal (piano)

    • ETCETERA KTC 1135.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1

    Performer: J眉rgen Schuster (trumpet) Performer: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Performer: Helmut M眉ller-Br眉hl (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570482.
  • Silvestre Revueltas

    Noche de encantamiento from La noche de los mayas

    Performer: Sim贸n Bol铆var Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8775.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda: Cielo e mar

    Performer: Marcelo 脕lvarez (tenor: Enzo) Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Marcello Viotti (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697597532.

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