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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms, including a performance of Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances, the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's Octet, and Smetana's Polka in E minor.

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms, including a performance of Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances by the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra under Zoltan Kocsis, the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's Octet played by Ensemble Explorations, and Smetana's Polka in E minor performed by pianist Jitka Cechova.

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Thu 10 Mar 2011 07:00
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Music Played

  • B茅la Bart贸k - Romanian folk dances

    Performer: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Zoltan Kocsis, conductor

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto no. 1 (BWV.1041) in A minor

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin/director) Performer: Brecon Baroque

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 30910.

  • George Gershwin

    Lady, be good! - Fascinatin' rhythm

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Viv McLean (piano) Performer: Simon Lee (conductor)

    • RPOSP012.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan lake - ballet (Op.20) - Dances of the Swans

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Efrem Kurtz (conductor)

    • SERAPHIM 5 68537 2.

  • Muzio Clementi

    Capriccio for keyboard (Op.17) in B flat major

    Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

    • TELDEC 3984-26731-2 Tr.5.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ave Maria [no.1 of '4 Pezzi sacri']

    Performer: Philharmonia Chorus Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • EMI MASTERS 6 31821 2.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Introduction and tarantelle for violin and piano (Op.43)

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Ian Brown (piano)

    • EMI 5 57916 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 2 - Scherzo 2nd mvt

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

    • DG 477 7932.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni - La ci darem la mano

    Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (soprano, Zerlina) Performer: Bryn Terfel (baritone, Don Giovanni) Performer: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra Performer: Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

    • DECCA 458 928-2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for strings (Op.20) - 3rd movement; Scherzo

    Performer: Ensemble Explorations

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901868.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for flautino and orchestra (RV.443) in C major

    Performer: Peter Holtslag, recorder Performer: Parley of Instruments Performer: Peter Holman (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA66328.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in E minor, Op.12 No.2

    Performer: Jitka Cechova (piano)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3841-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    La r茅jouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697643002.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol (Op.34)

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SMK 47595.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in F TWV55: F16 pour SAS Monseigneuar La Landgrave de Darmstadt - 7th mvt L Tempe

    Performer: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense Performer: Patrick Peire (conductor)

    • BRILLIANT 94104.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Francs-juges - Overture

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti, conductor

    • DECCA 478 266-2.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei for chorus

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers

    • CORO COR16073.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words Op.19 No.5; Presto agitato in F sharp minor

    Performer: Alasdair Beatson (piano)

    • SOMM NEW HORIZONS SOMMCD 0104.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no. 8 (Op.83) in E flat major - 3rd movement; Allegro

    Performer: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Performer: Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

    • MELODIA MEL CD 10 01795.

  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gymnopedie No. 1

    Performer: 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

    • EMI 6 08501 2.

  • Arthur Honegger

    Mermoz - 2nd suite from the film music ""Le Vol sur l'Atlantique""

    Performer: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra Performer: Michel Plasson (conductor)

    • DG 435 438-2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme - Mi chiamano Mimi

    Performer: Maria Callas (soprano) Performer: La Scala Orchestra Performer: Tullio Serafin (conductor)

    • EMI 2 16102 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    20 Waltzes for piano (D.146) - no.4; Waltz and trio in A major

    Performer: Paolo Bordoni (piano)

    • EMI 3 50894 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Mar 2011 07:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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