Thursday - Rob Cowan
Presented by Rob Cowan. Featuring the famous 'Flower Duet' from Delibes's opera Lakme, Bartok's Hungarian Sketches for Orchestra, and violin music by Sarasate.
Rob Cowan with music to begin the day, including the famous 'Flower Duet' from Delibes' opera Lakme sung by Joan Sutherland and Jane Berbie with the Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge, Bartok's Hungarian Sketches for Orchestra performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under conductor Ivan Fischer, and Nicola Benedetti performs Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic dances (Op.46) No.7 in C minor
Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 419 056-2.
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet for strings (Op.77`1) in G major - 1st movement; Allegro moderato
Performer: Kocian Quartet
- PRAGA DIGITALS PRD 250 157.
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L茅o Delibes
Flower duet from Lakme
Performer: Joan Sutherland (Lakme) Performer: Jane Berbie (Mallika) Performer: Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)
- Decca 440 947-2.
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Vincent d鈥橧ndy
Symphonie Italienne - finale (Saltarelle) Naples
Performer: Iceland Symphony Orchestra Performer: Rumon Gamba, conductor
- CHANDOS CHAN10660.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 No.1
Performer: Nelson Friere, piano
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Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen (Op.20)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
- DG 4763399.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna - madrigal for 5 voices & basso continuo
Performer: I Fagiolini Performer: Robert Hollingworth (director)
- CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN0760.
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Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
Je te veux
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN10493.
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B茅la Bart贸k - Hungarian sketches for orchestra
Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor)
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Josquin des Prez
Inter natos mulierum
Performer: The Binchois Consort Performer: Andrew Kirkman (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67183.
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Hans Christian Lumbye
Concert polka for 2 violins and orchestra
Performer: Sergei Azizian & Marianne Melnik (violins) Performer: Tivoli Symphony Orchestra Performer: Giordano Bellincampi (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.556843.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto waltz no. 2
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
- EMI 5 57002 2.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen - Les Tringles des sistres tintaient [chanson]
Performer: Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performer: Marc Minkowski (director)
- DG 474 214-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Marriage of Figaro - Overture
Performer: Tafelmusik Performer: Bruno Weil (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SK 46 695.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for violin and piano (Op.12`1) in D major
Performer: David Oistrakh (violin) Performer: Lev Oborin (piano)
- PHILIPS 468 406-2.
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Claude Debussy
L' Enfant prodigue - Air de Lia
Performer: Kate Royal (soprano) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Edward Gardner (conductor)
- EMI 3 94419 2.
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