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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music including Pachelbel's Canon, Sullivan's The Sun Whose Rays from The Mikado, and Satie's Gymnopedie No 2.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music includes Pachelbel's Canon played by the The English Concert directed by Trevor Pinnock, Sullivan's The Sun whose rays from The Mikado sung by soprano Valerie Masterson with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash, and Satie's Gymnopedie No. 2 performed by Aldo Ciccolini.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 14 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Barbara Bonney (soprano) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

    • Teldec 4509908732.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth: Ballo III

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

    • Chandos CHAN 9510.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon

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

    • Archiv 4155182.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pulchra es 鈥 from Vespers

    Performer: Grace Davidson, Kirsty Hopkins (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Robert Howarth (conductor)

    • Signum Classics SIGCD237.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat: III - Rondo

    Performer: Maurice Murphy (trumpet) Performer: Consort of London Performer: Robert Haydon Clark (conductor)

    • Regis RRC1325.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No.9 in C Op.59 No.3 鈥 IV. Allegro molto

    Performer: Juilliard Quartet

    • Sony SB8K 87889.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solenelle: Kyrie

    Performer: Craig Sheppard, Paul Berkowitz (piano) Performer: Richard Nunn (harmonium) Performer: Ambrosian Singers Performer: Claudio Scimone (conductor)

    • Philips 4155492.
  • Marco Uccellini

    Aria sopra la Bergamasca

    Performer: Palladian Ensemble

    • Linn CKD010.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from Thais

    Performer: James Ehnes (violin) Performer: Quebec Symphony Orchestra Performer: Yoav Talmi (conductor)

    • Analekta FL23151.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C Hob XV:27: III - Presto

    Performer: The Florestan Trio

    • Hyperion CDA67719.
  • Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try

    Zemire et Azor

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Thomas Beecham (conductor)

    • EMI 9099432.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Dargason (from St Paul's Suite)

    Performer: English String Orchestra Performer: William Boughton (conductor)

    • Nimbus NI5210/3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen (from Die Zauberflote)

    Performer: Rosa Mannion (soprano) Performer: Anton Scharinger (baritone) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: William Christie (conductor)

    • Erato 2564677426.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen"

    Performer: Mischa Maisky (cello) Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

    • DG 4399342.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Trepak; Dance of the Reed Pipes; Mother Gigogne

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI 5099964638522.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Nithsdall's welcome hame

    Performer: Lorna Anderson (soprano) Performer: Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

    • Brilliant 93856/1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ciaccona in D BWV1004

    Performer: Skip Sempe (harpsichord)

    • DHM 05472 772222.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The sun whose rays (from The Mikado)

    Performer: Valerie Masterson (soprano) Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Royston Nash (conductor)

    • Decca 4251902.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 5

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 4315942.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat D898: II - Andante un poco mosso

    Performer: Beux Arts Trio

    • Philips 4126202.
  • Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

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

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet in G (Tafelmusik)

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    • Archiv 4276192.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Gymnopedie No. 2: Lent et triste

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

    • EMI CDC7474742.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No. 1 in A: IV - Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Scott St John, geoff Nuttall (violin) Performer: Lesley Robertson, Masumi Per Rostad (viola) Performer: Brandon Vamos (cello)

    • Music@Menlo Live 2009.
  • Gustav Holst

    Beni Mora (Oriental Suite): Finale 鈥 In the street of the Ouled Nails

    Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andrew Davis (conductor)

    • Chandos CHSA5086.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ich liebe dich

    Performer: Peter Schreier (tenor) Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • Decca 4488172.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    1812 Overture

    Performer: Members of the Royal Military Band of the Netherlands Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • Philips 4224692.
  • Edward Elgar

    My love dwelt in a Northern Land

    Performer: Cambridge Singers Performer: John Rutter (conductor)

    • Signum COLCD104.

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