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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Mackerras conducts Brahms, Barbirolli conducts Elgar and Paul Lewis performs Beethoven in this morning's programme.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 29 Jul 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Impromptu for piano Op 29 in A flat major

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

  • Jean Sibelius

    Romance for strings Op 42

    Performer: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra Performer: Juha Kangas (conductor)

    • FINLANDIA 4509-98995-2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro from Concerto Settimo libro de madrigali

    Performer: I Fagiolini Performer: Robert Hollingworth (director)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0749.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet 鈥 The Young Juliet

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • LSO LIVE 0682.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8

    Performer: Mykola Suk (piano)

    • MUSIC & ARTS CD-1234.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne (In London town) - overture Op 40

    Performer: Hall茅 Performer: Sir Mark Elder (conductor)

    • HALL脡 CD HLL 7501.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz No. 15 in A flat

    Performer: Dame Moura Lympany (piano)

    • EMI 50999 4 57547 2 2.
  • Thomas Campion

    Come cheerful day

    Performer: Rachel Elliott (soprano) Performer: Mark Padmore (tenor) Performer: Peter Harvey (baritone) Performer: Nigel North (lute)

    • LINN CKD 105.
  • The Modern Jazz Quartet

    Django

    Performer: John Lewis (piano) Performer: Milt Jackson (vibraharp) Performer: Percy Heath (bass) Performer: Connie Kay (drums)

    • ATLANTIC 1325-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento K 253 in F major for wind

    Performer: London Wind Soloists Performer: Jack Brymer (director)

    • Decca 4557942.
  • Roger Quilter

    Suite "Where the Rainbow Ends" 鈥 No. 1a Rainbow Land

    Performer: Czech-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Adrian Leaper (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.223444.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Miniatures for 2 violins and viola Op 75a 鈥 I Cavatina

    Performer: Erich H枚barth (violin) Performer: Peter Matzka (violin) Performer: Thomas Riebl (viola)

    • EMI 7243 5 55272 2 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius Op 38 鈥 Part II Softly and gently

    Performer: Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Halle Choir Performer: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Performer: Halle Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 73579 2 0.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Concert en sextuor for strings no. 4 in B flat major transc. anon.from "Pieces de clavecin

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (director)

    • DECCA 467 699-2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 鈥 III Poco allegretto

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80450.
  • William Byrd

    Attollite portas for 6 voices [1575]

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: John Rutter (director)

    • COLLEGIUM CSCD 507.
  • Richard Wagner - Tannhauser: Act 2 scene 4; March (Entry of the guests)

    Performer: The Prague Castle Guard and Czech Police Band Performer: Colonel Vaclav Blahunek (conductor)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 2: 3rd movt Rondo: Molto Allegro

    Performer: Paul Lewis (piano) Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902053.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Namouna Second Suite - Danses marocaines

    Performer: Orchestre National de L鈥橭RTF Performer: Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMPHON 437 371-2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner Suite, 6: Cakewalk

    Performer: James Rhodes.

    Performer: Dag Achatz (piano)

    • BIS CD-158.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra RV 530 Op 9 No. 9 in B flat major

    Performer: Adrian Chandler (director/violin) Performer: Sara Deborah Struntz (violin) Performer: La Serenissima

    • AVIE AV 2201.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Requiem Op 9: Agnus Dei

    Performer: Vasari Singers Performer: Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)

    • SIGNUM SGCD163.
  • Jan Ladislav Dussek

    Sonata for fortepiano in A flat major Op 64: Finale

    Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67377 2.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Adagio con variazioni

    Performer: Sol Gabetta (cello) Performer: Danish National Symphony Orchestra Performer: Mario Venzago (conductor)

    • RCA RED SEAL 88697630812.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 60: Duet - O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Anders J. Dahlin (tenor) Performer: Concerto Copenhagen Performer: Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 00289 477 7467.
  • Frederick Delius

    Irmelin Prelude

    Performer: The Halle Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • NIXA NIXCD 6003.

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