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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Great pieces, great performances - and a few surprises!

3 hours

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Fri 2 Jul 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance

    Performer: Norwegian Radio Orchestra Performer: Ari Rasilainen, conductor

    • Apex 0927455102.
  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No. 11 in C major: Andante - Presto

    Performer: Wihan Quartet

    • Nimbus Alliance NI 6113.
  • James Rhodes

    Play on the Waves, La Mer

    Performer: Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam Performer: Eduard van Beinum (conductor)

    • Retrospective RET040.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Ohime il bel viso

    Performer: I Fagiolini Performer: Robert Hollingworth (director)

    • Chandos CHAN 0760.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Waltzes, Op. 54

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • Supraphon SU 3166-2011.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite V. Tendresse: Andante

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seji Ozawa

    • Deutsche Grammophon 4498462.
  • Johann Bach

    Unser Leben ist ein Schatten

    Performer: Bach Ensemble

    • Hanssler Classic CD 98.614.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Liebe Gluhen

    Performer: Hughes Cuenod (baritone) Performer: Radio Suisse Romande

    • RSR 6158.
  • Aaron Copland

    Nocturne

    Performer: Maria Bachmann (violin) Performer: Jon Klibonoff (piano)

    • Catalyst O9O26 626682.
  • Fred Hartley

    Rouge et noir

    Performer: Studio Two Concert Orchestra Performer: EMI Classics

    • CDM 566537.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Valse Mignonne

    Performer: Lang Lang (piano)

    • Deutsche Grammophon 477 6633.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    1. Andantino – English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27

    Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

    • EMI Classics 7243 57478021.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une Barque sur l'ocean

    Performer: Orchestra de Paris Performer: Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • EMI Classics 724347696022.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Praeludium Es due BWV 552 in E flat major

    Performer: Laubin Brass Ensemble

    • Deutsche Grammophon 4239882.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Finale, Prestissimo from Symphony No. 56, C Maj

    Performer: Heidelberger Sinfoniker Performer: Thomas Fey (conductor)

    • Hanssler Classic CD 98535.
  • Weber

    Lass Mich Schlummern

    Performer: Hughes Cuenod (tenor)

    • Radio Suisse Romande RSR 6158.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Danza delle Ore – Ballet music from La Gioconda arr for wind nonet No.3 Andante poco mosso

    Performer: Ensemble Villa Musica

    • MDG 304 16182.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata No. 2 in B flat major, Violin Sonatas, Op. 5

    Performer: Sonnerie: Performer: Monica Huggett (violin) Performer: Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord, organ) Performer: Sarah Cunningham (cello) Performer: With Nigel North (archlute, theorbo, guitar)

    • Veritas 72435 6223622.
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Songs 1-3

    Performer: Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Performer: Gerold Huber (piano)

    • BMG 8287 658995 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No. 2 - II Andante Assai

    Performer: Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andre Previn

    • Decca 4250032.
  • Selosse

    The Hunting Lesson in G major

    Performer: Terence Charlston (Clavichord)

    • Deux Ellis DXL 1143.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

    Performer: Red Priest: Performer: Piers Adams (recorders) Performer: Julia Bishop (violin) Performer: Angela East (cello) Performer: Howard Beach (harpsichord)

    • Red Priest Recordings RP007.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In Windsor Forest – 3. Falstaff and the Fairies

    Performer: Helen Field (soprano) Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Performer: Geoffrey Hughes (chorus master) Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Performer: Norman Del Mar (conductor) Performer: EMI Classics CDM 56511312

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Sterne

    Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

    • EMI Classics 724355726629.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    No. 1, Furiant in C major, Slavonic Dances

    Performer: Peter Noke (piano) Performer: Helen Krizos (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA66204.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Numbers 1-4

    Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

    • PCOBOX1.
  • M. Ward

    Upon a Bank of Roses

    Performer: Consort of Musicke Performer: Anthony Rooley

    • Decca 4801816.
  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm variations

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Performer: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performer: Marin Alsop (conductor)

    • Decca 4782189.

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