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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music to begin the day.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 21 Apr 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No.7 in D major

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • OISEAU LYRE 436 859 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Blessed is the man from Vespers (All Night Vigil) Op.37

    Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

    • EMI CDC556 752 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante K364 – third movement

    Performer: UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin and direction) Performer: Lawrence Power (viola)

    • EMI 378 374 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Barber of Seville: Aria: "La calunnia"; "Ehi, di casa!... buona gente!..."

    Arranger: Anged Wenzel Sedlak Performer: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    • PTC 5186 190.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.1

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • DG 419 056 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Seligkeit D433

    Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

    • EMI CDC 556 347 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 BWV 1047

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • SDG 707.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus (1591)

    Performer: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Performer: Richard Marlow (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0733.
  • John Adams

    Dogjam & Rag the Bone from John's Book of Alleged Dances

    Performer: Angele Dubeau (violin) Performer: La Pieta

    • ANALEKTA AN 2 8732.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning from Peter Grimes Sea Interludes

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

    • EMI 568 655 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso Op.6 No.4 in A minor

    Performer: Handel & Haydn Society Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • OISEAU LYRE 436 845 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sunken Cathedral from Preludes Book 1

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    • DG 445 187 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No.3 in E major – Prelude BWV 1006

    Performer: James Ehnes (violin)

    • ANALEKTA AN 2 9768.
  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Libor Pesek (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS VC759285 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No.6 RV332

    Performer: Europa Galante Performer: Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)

    • VIRGIN 648408 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni: Overture & "Notte e giono faticar"

    Arranger: Anged Wenzel Sedlak Performer: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

    • PTC 5186 190.
  • Richard Wagner - Flying Dutchman – Overture

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Franz Konwitschny (conductor)

  • Franz Schubert

    "Trout" Quintet: Theme and variations

    Performer: Christian Zacharias (piano) Performer: Leipzig String Quartet

    • MDG 30706252.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll – Opening Dance

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • ARABESQUE RECORDINGS Z8016.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Nocturne Op.63 No.6

    Performer: Stefan Irmer (piano)

    • MDG 618 1626-2.
  • Pete Rugolo

    Artistry in Bolero

    Performer: Stan Kenton

    • BLUE NOTE CDP 7243 833243 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu from Serse (There never was shade of plant/so dear and friendly and sweet)

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (counter tenor) Performer: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901685.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Variations for Piano, Violin and Cello on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" Op.121a

    Performer: Isaac Stern (violin) Performer: Leonard Rose (cello) Performer: Eugene Istomin (piano)

    • SONY SM2K 64513.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestucke Op. 12: Des Abends; Warum?

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda (piano)

    • PHILIPS 470 666-2.

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