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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Wake up to music, news - and the occasional surprise.

3 hours

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Fri 13 Aug 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella (S.141`3)

    Performer: Jorge Bolet (piano)

    • PHILIPS 4568142.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Elegischer Gesang (Op.118) "Sanft wie du lebtest"

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0703.
  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva op.81 – Overture

    Performer: Vienna Philhamonic Performer: Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    • DECCA 476 9771.
  • James Rhodes

    Images book 2 – Poissons d'or

    Performer: Jacques Rouvier (piano)

    • DENON 33CO-1411.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il trovatore Ballet Music – Galop

    Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Performer: Edward Downes (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9594.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Serenata alla spagnola

    Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • TELDEC 4509-94572-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor for violin and orchestra BWV 1041

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Isaac Stern (violin)

    • SONY 518806 2.
  • George Gershwin

    The Yankee Doodle Blues

    Performer: Steven Richman (conductor)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907492.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia for string orchestra (RV.130) in E flat major "Sonata al Santo Sepolcro"

    Performer: Europa Galante Performer: Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

    • OPUS 111 OPS309004.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Ruralia Hungarica movt 2 Presto

    Performer: Danubia Symphony Orchestra Performer: Domonkos Heja (conductor)

    • TELDEC 5050466-9351-2-0.
  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices [1589]

    Performer: I Fagiolini

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0609.
  • Kurt Weill

    Suite from Little Three Penny Music for Wind Ensemble

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

    • CSO CSO90/12.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Rustic Wedding Symphony – Serenade

    Performer: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andre Previn (conductor)

    • EMI 50999 2 64319 2 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ten Variations in G major K455

    Performer: Gottleib Wallisch (piano)

    • LINN CKD 352.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach Suite – IV Gavottes I and II

    Arranger: Mahler Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 6522.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Bizzarie All'imor Scozzeze

    Performer: Palladian Ensemble

    • LINN CKD010.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mignons Gesang

    Performer: Soile Isokoski (soprano) Performer: Marita Viitasalo (piano)

    • FINLANDIA 0927 41354-2.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for violin and orchestra no. 1 (Op.26) in G minor – 2nd movt

    Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (violin) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)

    • EMI Classics CDC 7540722.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Scherzo for piano no. 3 (Op.39) in C sharp minor

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gonner! - aria for soprano and orchestra (K.383)

    Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: Vienna Chamber Orchestra Performer: György Fischer (conductor)

    • DECCA 430 300-2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade for Wind Instruments op.7

    Performer: Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Heinz Holliger (director)

    • PHILIPS 438 933-2.
  • Francesco Turini

    La procession del Rocio op.9

    Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

    • RCA RD 60895.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy in C major op.17 – II Massig. Durchaus energisch

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 475 7188.
  • John Ward

    First Set of English Madrigals – XVIII Upon a bank of roses

    Performer: The Consort of Musicke Performer: Anthony Rooley (director)

    • DECCA 480 1816.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Introduction & Tarentelle op.43

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

    • EMI 7243 5 55475 2 1.

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