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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan's selection includes one of Schubert's Moments Musicaux, Walton's Crown Imperial, and Verdi's Anvil Chorus from his opera Il Trovatore.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music includes one of Schubert's Musical Moments played by Martin Helmchen, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Groves perform Walton's Crown Imperial, and Verdi's Anvil Chorus from his opera Il Trovatore is performed by the chorus and orchestra of Welsh National Opera under Richard Armstrong.

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Mon 7 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Fanfare) from Sylvia

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 313-2.
  • John Coprario

    Fantazia; Almand; Ayre

    Performer: The Consort of Musicke Performer: Anthony Rooley (director)

    • DECCA 480 2298.
  • Franz Schubert

    6 Moments musicaux D 780: No. 4

    Performer: Martin Helmchen (piano)

    • Penatone PTC 5186 329.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelleas & Melisande: Silicilienne

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Performer: Serge Baudo (conductor)

    • Supraphon SU 3899-2.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Audivi vocem

    Performer: Oxford Camerata Performer: Jeremy Summerly (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.556842.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in in C major "Jupiter": Finale

    Performer: The English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner

    • Soli Deo Gloria SDG 711.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sinfonia in F major for alto recorder, viola da gamba and strings TWV 50:3

    Performer: Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba) Performer: Marion Verbruggen (recorder) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Monica Huggett (director)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907093.
  • Richard Strauss

    Das Rosenband Op 36 No. 1

    Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: George Szell (conductor)

    • EMI Classics 9184592.
  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.

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

    • HMV 7 67846 2.
  • Johann Strauss II - Roses from the South Op 388

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Franz Welser-Most (conductor)

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes

    Performer: Anne Queffelec (piano)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 61489 2.
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Fugue in F major Fk.36 "Tripelfugue"

    Performer: Julia Brown (organ)

    • NAXOS 8.570571.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation: The heavens are telling the glory of God

    Performer: Sandrine Piau, Mark Padmore and Neal Davies (soloists) Performer: Chetham’s Chamber Choir Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players Performer: Paul McCreesh (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 477 7361.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Roman Carnival Overture

    Performer: Orchestre de Paris Performer: Semyon Bychkov (conductor)

    • Philips 438 939-2.
  • Max Bruch

    8 pieces for clarinet, viola and piano Op 83: No. 7

    Performer: Gerard Causse (viola) Performer: Paul Meyer (clarinet) Performer: Francois-Rene Duchable (piano)

    • ERATO 2292 – 45483-2.
  • Frederick Loewe

    On The Street Where You Live (from My Fair Lady)

    Performer: Hermann Prey (baritone) Performer: Symphonie Orchester Gaunke Performer: Carl Michalski (conductor)

    • EMI CLASSICS 9 18493 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool – Ballet Music Op 39

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • DECCA 480 2323.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Polonaise No. 3 in A "Military"

    Performer: Daniel Adni (piano)

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Waltz from Cinderella (Cinderella's Depature for the Ball)

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

    • RCA RED SEAL RD 85321.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno ….Non piu mesta

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Arnold-Schönberg Chorus Performer: Vienna Volks Oper Orchestra Performer: Giuseppe Patane (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2663.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Capriccio Italien Op 45

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON 2 SUP 0008.
  • Antonin Reichenauer

    Concerto for oboe, strings and basso continuo in G major

    Performer: Xenia Loffler (baroque oboe) Performer: Collegium 1704 Performer: Vaclav Luks (director)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 4035 -2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Performer: Richard Armstrong (conductor)

    • EMI Eminence 5 66115 2.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor: Scherzo

    Performer: Peter Katin (piano) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Colin Davis (conductor)

    • Pristine Audio PASC 273.

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