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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms - music by Richard Strauss, Debussy, J S Bach, and a look at this week's Specialist Classical Chart.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 12 Oct 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 780 2.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayaneh - Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.

    Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 2023.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso, Op 3 No. 3 in G major

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • WCJ LC 04281.
  • Bernard Herrmann

    Andante tranquillo quasi barcarolla

    Performer: Jeffrey C Lerner (clarinet) Performer: Lyric Art Quartet, Houston

    • BAY CITIES BCD 1014.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - 脡tude Op 10 No. 1 in C major

    Performer: Nelson Goerner (piano)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, violin, cello and harpsichord, RV.572 "Il Prote

    Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    • LINN CKD 151.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano (left hand) [3rd movement]

    Performer: Jaime Laredo & Joseph Silverstein (violins) Performer: Yo Yo Ma (cello) Performer: Leon Fleischer (piano LH)

    • SONY 8869 722152.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 605-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, (Allegro assai) last movement

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin) Performer: Brecon Baroque

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 340910.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'Elisir d'Amore)

    Performer: Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) Performer: Royal Parma Theatre Orchestra Performer: Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor)

    • X5 CATCO 16244 6578.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Allegro marcato (Piano Sonata Op 22, first movement)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero (piano)

    • EMI 509996 411 4422.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Folle e ben chi se crede

    Performer: Magdalena Kozena (mezzo) Performer: Private Musicke Performer: Pierre Pitzl (director)

    • DG 00289 477 8764.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major: finale

    Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • DG 4477 8770.
  • Johann Strauss II - Prelude from Cinderella (ed. Gamley)

    Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scherzo a la Russe, Op 1, No. 1

    Performer: Viktoria Postnikova (piano)

    • WCJ 2564 69675-1.
  • James Rhodes

    Anime (first movement) from String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

    • 大象传媒 MM 207.
  • George Frideric Handel

    My vengeance awakes me (Athalia)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 6303.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K412

    Performer: Mason Jones (horn) Performer: Philadelphia Orchestra Performer: Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    • SONY SM3K 47215.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Tarantelle (Suite No. 2 for 2 pianos, Op 17)

    Performer: Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)

    • APEX 2564 62036-2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze and minuet (Sonatina in F for 16 winds)

    Performer: Ensemble Villa Musica

    • MDG MDG 304 1173-2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Serbami ognor si fido (Semiramide)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 421 881 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Ballade No. 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman (piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 (No. 6 in the piano version)

    Performer: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Performer: Herman Scherchen (conductor)

    • WESTMINSTER 471 237-2.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Arranger: Heifetz Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) Performer: Reiko Uchida (piano)

    • EOM-CD 7780.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Let the bright seraphim (Samson)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Harry Dilley (trumpet) Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Francesco Molinari Pradelli (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 298 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Oct 2010 07:00

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