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Friday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music for string quartet by Dvorak performed by the Pavel Haas Quartet, overtures by Handel and Mozart, and Stravinsky's Suite No.2 for Small Orchestra performed by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff are included in the programme.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 11 Feb 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • HARMONIA HMC901811/2.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Gustate et videte

    Performer: Cardinall鈥檚 Musick Performer: Robert Quinney (organ) Performer: Andrew Carwood (director)

    • HYPERION CDA67860.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Pas de boh猫miens (ballet music from Il Trovatore)

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Edward Downes (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN9594.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No.13 in G major 鈥 3rd movement

    Performer: Pavel Haas Quartet

    • SUPRAPHON SU40382.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins RV580

    Performer: Apollo鈥檚 Fire

    • AVIE AV2211.
  • Aaron Copland

    Letter from Home

    Performer: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: JoAnna Falletta (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8559240.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gott ist mein Freund BWV139

    Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Europa Galante Performer: Fabio Biondi (violin/director)

    • VIRGIN 5454202.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Mathias M枚nius (conductor)

    • DECCA 4782564.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture in D minor (from Chandos Anthem No. 2)

    Arranger: Elgar Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN6652.
  • Robert Schumann

    Nachtstucke Op.23 No. 1

    Performer: Eric le Sage (piano)

    • RCA 74321987112.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Lauda Jerusalem Dominum (Paslm 147)

    Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir Performer: Menno van Delft (organ) Performer: Harry Van Der Kamp (director)

    • ATMA ACD22533.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture 鈥 Idomeneo

    Performer: Zurich Opera Mozart Orchestra Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • TELDEC 4509955232.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Lyrical Waltz from Seven Dolls' Dances

    Orchestrator: Tamas Batiashvili Performer: Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Ese-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

    • DG 4779299.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Danse Russe (Swan Lake, Act 3)

    Performer: Baibe Skride (violin) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andris Nelsons (conductor)

    • SONY 88697214232.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto No.2 in D major Hob7d:4

    Performer: Wilhelm Bruns (natural horn) Performer: Heidelberger Sinfoniker Performer: Thomas Fey (conductor)

    • HANSSLER CD98611.
  • John Jenkins

    Fantasy 11 in C

    Performer: Phantasm

    • AVIE AV2120.
  • Franz Schubert

    Hoffnung D637

    Performer: Matthias Goerne (baritone) Performer: Alexander Schmalcz (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902063.
  • George Gershwin

    "I Got Rhythm" Variations

    Performer: Lincoln Mayorga (piano) Performer: Harmonie Ensemble / New York Performer: Steven Richman (conductor)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907492.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasy No. 5 in A major for solo violin

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS13598.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major Op.45 No. 3

    Performer: Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Performer: Karel An膷erl (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 4767334.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite No. 2 for small orchestra

    Performer: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    • TELDEC 4509945482.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Sonata No.5 鈥 3rd mvt Allegro

    Performer: Pasticcio Barocco

    • HERISSON LH05.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.7

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz (violin) Performer: Los Angeles Philharmonic Performer: Alfred Wallenstein (conductor)

    • RCA 88697700502.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much ado about nothing 鈥 Incidental Music (Dogberry & Verges; Intermezzo; Masquerade-Hornp

    Performer: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Marc Albrecht (conductor)

    • PENTATONE PTC5186373.

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