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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music to begin the day. Dances by Janacek and Khachaturian, Debussy's L'isle joyeuse arranged for symphony orchestra, and Schubert's Magnificat in C major are all included in the programme.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 10 Feb 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Overture to L'Olimpiade

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

    • DHM 772892.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Old Time Dance from Lachian Dances

    Performer: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

    • Supraphon 3923-2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty

    Arranger: Pabst Performer: Earl Wild (piano)

    • Ivory 70907.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 46 No. 2

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: George Szell (conductor)

    • Sony 48161.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance from Gayaneh

    Performer: Kirov Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • Philips 442011.
  • Johann Strauss II - Waldmeister overture

    Performer: Vienna Philaharmonic Orchestra Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    No. 5 from Six Fugues with Slow Preludes, KV404a after J S Bach

    Performer: The Hermitage String Trio

    • Chandos CHAN 10635.
  • Eric Coates

    March 鈥 Youth of Britain

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Groves (conductor)

    • CFP4456.
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy Sings from Catfish Row

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

    • EMI 764084.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ascendo ad Patrem

    Performer: Canadian Brass

    • RCA 63868.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Double Concerto for harpsichord & fortepiano in Eb major W47 H479: 1st mvt (Allegro)

    Performer: Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) Performer: Jean Antonietti (fortepiano) Performer: Concentus Musicus Wien Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Teldec 0630 123262.
  • Iiro Rantala

    Intermezzo

    Performer: Iiro Rantala (piano)

    • ACT 9504.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Arranger: Molinari Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    • Cala1002.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in Eb K364: Presto

    Performer: Igor Oistrakh (violin) Performer: David Oistrakh (viola) Performer: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)

    • Decca 470258.
  • Robert Schumann

    Des Sennen Abschied (Op 72 No. 22) & Der Schatzgr盲ber (Op 45 No. 1)

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano) Performer: Bengt Forsberg (piano)

    • DG 4458812.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird Suite: Ring-dance of the princesses; Infernal dance of Kaschey; Lullaby; Fina

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

    • Hungaroton HCD 31095.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No. 2 in D major: Notturno

    Orchestrator: Tcherepnin Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orhcestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • DG 435 757.
  • Franz Schubert

    Magnificat in C major D 486

    Performer: Trine Wilsberg Lund (soprano) Performer: Bettina Ranch (alto) Performer: Min Woo Lim (tenor) Performer: Dominik K枚niger (bass) Performer: Immortal Bach Ensemble Performer: Leipzig Chamber Orchestra Performer: Morten Schuldt-Jensen (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.572114.
  • Henry Purcell

    Overture to Timon of Athens

    Performer: The English Concert Performer: Trevor Pinnock (conductor)

    • Archiv 474672.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz (violin) Performer: RCA Orchestra Performer: William Steinberg (conductor)

    • RCA 88697700502.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata in c minor, BWV 526

    Performer: Lorenzo Ghielmi (organ, Basilica di San Simpliciano, Milan)

    • Passacaille 967.
  • Robert Schumann

    Am Springbrunnen Op 85 No. 9

    Arranger: Grutzmacher Performer: Francesco Dillon (cello) Performer: Emanuele Torquati (piano)

    • Brilliant 94060.

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