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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Great pieces, great performances - and a few surprises!

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Mon 13 Dec 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    I was glad when they said unto me

    Performer: The Choir of the King鈥檚 Consort Performer: The King鈥檚 Consort Performer: Robert King (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA7286.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-Tableaux Op 39 No 2 in A minor

    Performer: John Lill (piano)

    • Nimbus NI 5439.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Giselle (highlights)

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Ernest Anermet (conductor)

    • Decca 442 9986.
  • Frank Bridge

    Love went a-riding

    Performer: Philip Langridge (tenor) Performer: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHAN 10310.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Impromptu No 1 in A flat Op 29

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for lute, violins and continuo, RV 93

    Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher (guitar) Performer: Camerata Bern Performer: Thomas F眉ri (conductor/vln)

    • DG 445 602-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 29 in A major K201: 1st mvt

    Performer: Orchestra Mozart Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • Archive 477 7598.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ave Maria

    Arranger: Gounod And Others Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Cinzia Maurizio (harp) Performer: Orchestra dell鈥橝ccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Performer: Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

    • Decca 478 2249.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphonic Variations

    Performer: Artur Rubenstein (piano) Performer: Symphony of the Air Performer: Alfred Wallenstein (conductor)

    • BMG 09026 61496 2.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the Heaven

    Performer: Tenebrae Performer: Nigel Short (conductor)

    • SIGNUM SIGCD085.
  • John Bull

    The King's Hunt

    Performer: Charivari Agr茅able

    • SIGNUM SIGCD009.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    On the Town: Times Square 1944

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI 6 48645 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Entf眉hrung aus dem Serail, K384:

    Performer: Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose Performer: Lucia Popp (soprano) Performer: M眉nchner Rundfunkorchester Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 47019 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps: Overture

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • EMI CD-EMX 9508.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Christmas Oratorio: Consurge, Filia Sion

    Performer: Verena Schweizer and Edith Wiens (sopranos) Performer: Helena Jungwirth (alto) Performer: Friedreich Melzer (tenor) Performer: Kurt Widmer (bass) Performer: Hans-Joachim Bartsch (organ) Performer: Barbara Biermann (harp) Performer: Bachchor und Bachorchestrer Mainz Performer: Diethard Hellmann (conductor)

    • Profil PH05023.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Checkmate: The attack

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia Performer: Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    • ASV CD WLS 255.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Mazurka Op 12'2

    Performer: Mischa Elman Performer: Joseph Seiger (piano)

    • Testament SBT4 鈥 1344.
  • Peter Cornelius

    The Three Kings

    Arranger: Atkins Performer: Choir of Kings College Cambridge Performer: Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

    • Decca 444 848-2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite: Ballade

    Performer: The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • BIS-CD-228.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B flat Op 4'6

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) Performer: Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra Performer: Paul Kuentz (conductor)

    • DG 427 206-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Eine klein Nachtmusik, K525: 1st mvt

    Performer: Concentus musicus Wien Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Warner 2564 62335-2.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Performer: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks Performer: Eugen Jochum (conductor)

    • DG 457 743-2.

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