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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms, and dips into his rucksack for a surprise or two.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 15 Dec 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered bride - Polka

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

    • DG 415 856-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Capriccio for keyboard (BWV.992) in B flat major "Sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dil

    Performer: Jean Louis Steuerman (piano)

    • PHILIPS 420 176-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem: Dies Irae

    Performer: Leipzig Radio Chorus Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Peter Schreier (conductor)

    • Philips 422 746-2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller - Overture

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DECCA 476 3807.
  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi for piano (Op.117) - No. 2 in B flat minor

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

    • EMI CZS 5 74789 2.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto in 7 parts No. 9 in C major [after D Scarlatti]

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 438 806-2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Tancredi Overture

    Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Riccardo Chailly (conductor).
  • William Byrd

    Peccantem me quotidie

    Performer: Alamire Performer: David Skinner (Director)

    • OBSIDIAN CD706.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Air from Holberg Suite

    Performer: H氓kon Austb酶 (piano)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94046.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants (Petite suite)

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 476 7417.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gran Partita - Adagio

    Performer: Members of Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • Philips 422 636-2.
  • Franz von Supp猫

    Light Cavalry - Overture

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Philip Ellis (conductor)

    • EMI GOLD 8 64289 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet for strings (D.68) in B flat major [unfinished]

    Performer: Melos Quartet

    • DG 463 151-2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 1 (Op.10) in F minor: 2nd movement; Allegro

    Performer: Moscow Philharmonics Symphony Orchestra Performer: Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)

    • MELODIA MEL CD 10 01066.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Performer: Graham Walker (cello) Performer: Timothy Ravalde (organ) Performer: Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Performer: Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHSA 5085.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV.312) in G major

    Performer: Duilio M. Galfetti (violin) Performer: I Barocchisti Performer: Diego Fasolis (director)

    • NA脧VE OP 30474.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Russian overture (Op.72)

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Walter Weller (conductor)

    • BELART 461 320-2 10.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for piano No. 2 (Op.2`2) in A major: 4th movement - Rondo

    Performer: Rafa艂 Blechacz (piano)

    • DG 477 7453.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Song of the fates for chorus and orchestra (Op 89)

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony & Chorus Performer: Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)

    • DECCA 430 281-2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Romance (from 4 pieces, Op 78)

    Performer: Truls Mork (cello) Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    • EMI 6 95251 2.
  • Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande

    Caprice (Fantaisie) No. 1 "de Villers-Cotteret": 1st mvt

    Performer: Paillard Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jean-Francois Pailliard (director)

    • ERATO ECD 88088.

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