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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan's selection includes Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 3, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, and Beethoven's Violin Sonata in G.

Rob Cowan with music to begin the day, including Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 performed by the European Brandenburg Ensemble directed by Trevor Pinnock, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances performed by the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell, and violinist Arthur Grumiaux with pianist Claudio Arrau perform Beethoven's Violin Sonata in G (Op 30 No. 3).

3 hours

Last on

Wed 16 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake, Op 76

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    • Hyperion CDA67331.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 (3rd movement: Menuet)

    Performer: Julian Milkis (clarinet) Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • WCJ 2564 69074-6.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Konigskinder: Concert Overture

    Performer: Bamberg Symphony Performer: Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Conductor)

    • Virgin Classics 628584 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott is mein Hirt (Psalm 23)

    Performer: Boys of King鈥檚 Choir Choir, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Director)

    • EMI 6 40443 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048

    Performer: European Brandenburg Ensemble Performer: Trevor Pinnock (Director)

    • Avie AV 2119.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire

    Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jerzy Maksymiuk (Conductor)

    • Musica Mundi CD311159.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat, Op 57

    Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: George Szell (Conductor)

    • CBS CD44805.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Chiacona, Op 2 No 12

    Performer: Parnassi musici

    • cpo 999 871-2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 1 (Op 64)

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (Conductor)

    • NKK NKFCD500022.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Performer: Claudio Arrau (piano)

    • Philips 442 8302.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (Conductor)

    • CHAN 8330.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Qui rise, o Tirsi

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (Director)

    • Na茂ve OP 30423.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    "Che mai narrasti! 鈥 Il mio sangue, la vita darei" (Luisa Miller) [Trans. Emanuele Muzio]

    Performer: Hagen Quartet

    • DG 447 069-2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage - 3me annee)

    Performer: Louis Lortie (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10662.
  • Daniel Fran莽ois Esprit Auber

    Overture: La Muette de Portici

    Performer: Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris Performer: Igor Markevitch (Conductor)

    • DG 447 406 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G, Wq 183 No 4

    Performer: English Concert Performer: Andrew Manze (Director)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU908403.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

    Performer: Claudia Eder (mezzo) Performer: Edita Gruberova (soprano) Performer: Orchestre National de France Performer: Choeurs de Radio France Performer: Seiji Ozawa (Conductor)

    • DG 477 8112.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding Cake, Op 76

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    • Hyperion CDA67331.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 (3rd movement: Menuet)

    Performer: Julian Milkis (clarinet) Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • WCJ 2564 69074-6.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Konigskinder: Concert Overture

    Performer: Bamberg Symphony Performer: Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Conductor)

    • Virgin Classics 628584 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Ballet (Petite suite)

    Performer: Michael Beroff & Jean-Philippe Collard (pianos)

    • EMI 6483312.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott is mein Hirt (Psalm 23)

    Performer: Boys of King鈥檚 Choir Choir, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Director)

    • EMI 6 40443 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G, BWV1048

    Performer: European Brandenburg Ensemble Performer: Trevor Pinnock (Director)

    • Avie AV 2119.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Minnelied, Op. 71 No. 5

    Performer: Zuill Bailey (cello) Performer: Awadagin Pratt (piano)

    • Telarc TEL-32664-02PROMO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire

    Performer: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Jerzy Maksymiuk (Conductor)

    • Musica Mundi CD311159.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Berceuse in D flat, Op 57

    Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

  • Richard Wagner - Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

    Performer: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam Performer: Yakov Kreizberg (Conductor)

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sur l'herbe

    Performer: Gerald Finley (baritone) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67728.
  • Caldara

    Chiacona, Op 2 No 12

    Performer: Parnassi musici

    • cpo 999 871-2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 1 (Op 64)

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (Conductor)

    • NKK NKFCD500022.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Performer: Claudio Arrau (piano)

    • Philips 442 8302.
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (Conductor)

    • CHAN 8330.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Qui rise, o Tirsi

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (Director)

    • Na茂ve OP 30423.
  • Verdi, Trans Emanuele Muzio

    "Che mai narrasti! 鈥 Il mio sangue, la vita darei" (Luisa Miller)

    Performer: Hagen Quartet

    • DG 447 069-2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Annees de pelerinage - 3me annee)

    Performer: Louis Lortie (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10662.
  • Auber

    Overture: La Muette de Portici

    Performer: Orchestre Lamoureux, Paris Performer: Igor Markevitch (Conductor)

    • DG 447 406 2.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Notre pere, Op.14

    Performer: Orfeon Donostiarra Performer: Jose Antonio Sainz (director)

    • EMI 5 56878 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G, Wq 183 No 4

    Performer: English Concert Performer: Andrew Manze (Director)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU908403.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

    Performer: Claudia Eder (mezzo) Performer: Edita Gruberova (soprano) Performer: Orchestre National de France Performer: Choeurs de Radio France Performer: Seiji Ozawa (Conductor)

    • DG 477 8112.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in E flat, for two pianos, K. 365

    Performer: Viviana Sofronitsky & Linda Nicholson (fortepianos) Performer: Musica Antiqua Collegium Varsoviense Performer: Tadeusz Karolak

    • Et鈥檆etera KTC1424.

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