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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music to begin the day.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 21 Oct 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Schauspieldirektor, K486 - Overture

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: George Szell (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SBK45979.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata No. 7 for 5

    Performer: New London Consort Performer: Philip Pickett (conductor)

    • VIRGIN VC545 302 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del Gracioso

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • DG 439 859 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto 鈥 second movement

    Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet) Performer: Russian National Orchestra Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)

    • DG 477 9235.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Mi palpita il cor HWV 132b for soprano, oboe and continuo

    Performer: Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano) Performer: Ensemble Zefiro

    • DHM 88697630232.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gymnopedie No. 1

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

    • DECCA 421 527 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pas de deux from The Nutcracker

    Performer: Berlin Philaharmonic Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI PROMO CD (CD ICPN 5099964638522).
  • Jules Massenet

    2 Nocturnes

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHSA 5084.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • MERCURY 432 012 2.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Caprice Op 1 No. 9

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin)

    • DECCA 478 2274.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor

    Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 456 570 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata TWV42:D11

    Performer: Concerto Melante

    • DHM 8869 762 6632.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Julius Katchen (piano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Piero Gamba (conductor)

    • DECCA 460 822-2.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Nais

    Performer: Les Talen Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (conductor)

    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE 455 293-2.
  • Richard Wagner - Brunnhildes Opfertat

    Performer: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Performer: Edo de Waart (conductor)

  • Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev

    Quartet No.3 鈥 Adagio (based on the Russian song Nightingale)

    Performer: Beethoven Quartet

    • BOHEME MUSIC CD BMR 907086.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes" 鈥 Chorus

    Performer: Bach Collegium Japan Performer: Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)

    • BIS CD931BIS.
  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre

    Performer: The Philharmonia Performer: Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN8998.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson: Aria 鈥 "With plaintive notes and am'rous moan"

    Performer: Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: New Symphony Orchestra of London Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • NEWTON 8802032.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata (Sonatina) No. 1 in D for violin and piano

    Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Performer: Marc Neikrug (piano)

    • BIDDULP 80250-2.
  • Josef Strauss

    Music of the Spheres Op 235

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 449 768 2.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Midsummer Night's Dream

    Performer: West Australian Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Penny (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572500.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Toccata in C major Op 11

    Performer: Frederic Chiu (piano)

    • HARMONAI MUNDI HMU 907169.
  • Anon

    Kalinka; Green Grass

    Performer: Don Cossacks Choir

    • DG 477 9236.

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