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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music from two of Bach's secular cantatas, a string symphony by Mendelssohn and piano music by Messiaen are included in the programme.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 17 Sep 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Manuel de Falla

    Andaluza from 4 Spanish Pieces

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

    • DECCA 417 816 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vo tsarstvii Tvoyem from Liturdy of St John Chrystostom ("Remember us O Lord in Thy Kingdo

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

    • COLLEGIUM COLCD124.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No.4 in C minor

    Performer: Nieuw Sinfonietta Amsterdam Performer: Lev Markiz (conductor)

    • BIS CD938940.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 198 Let, Princess, Let Another Ray: Dein Sachsen, dein besturztes Meissen (rec

    Performer: Marni Nixon (soprano) Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra Performer: Robert Craft (conductor)

    • SONY SB2K 62656.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Hungarian Dance from Swan Lake

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 436 212 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Prayer to the Guardian Angels for string orchestra

    Performer: Hungarian Chamber Orhcestra Performer: Vilmos Tatrai (leader)

    • HUNGAROTON HCD 11798.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in G major WBV916

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67310.
  • Robert Schumann

    Am Bodensee Op 59 No. 2

    Performer: Choeur de Chambre Accentus Performer: Laurence Equilbey (conductor)

    • VIRGIN 363 279 2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Fantasia on Serbian Themes Op 6

    Performer: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Kees Bakels (conductor)

    • BIS CD 1667/68.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 32 in G major K318

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • WARNER 2564 623 342.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Previn (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 747 624 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV 531

    Performer: Francesco Strano (cello) Performer: Vito Paternoster (cello) Performer: I Musici

    • PHILIPS 422 212 2.
  • James Rhodes

    Fetes from Nocturnes

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 502 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Apollo

    Performer: Steven Osborne (piano) Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Ilan Volkov (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67625.
  • Fabritio Caroso

    Barriera

    Performer: Ulsamer Consort

    • ARCHI 439 964-2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major "Gypsy Rondo"

    Performer: Florestan Trio

    • HYPERION CDA 67719.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze from Cantata 208

    Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Performer: Karl Munchinger (conductor)

    • LONDON 458 319-2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Four Norwegian Moods

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 473 810-2.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Prelude No. 8: A Reflection in the wind

    Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

    • DG 477 745 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Admeto- overture

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 422 486 2.
  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei for violin and orchestra Op 47

    Performer: Alexandre da Costa (violin) Performer: Bienne Symphony Orchestra Performer: Thomas R枚sner (conductor)

    • GUILD GMCD 7338.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legends Op 59 No. 4

    Performer: Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • CLARTON CQ 0027 2 031.

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