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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Offenbach's Barcarolle and Prokofiev's Troika from Lieutenant Kije.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Vivaldi's 'Summer' from the Four Seasons performed by violinist Fabio Biondi with L'Europa Galante, Offenbach's Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann performed by the Rene Duclos Chorus with the Society of the Conservatory Concerts Orchestra conducted by Andre Cluytens, and the Scottish National Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi perform the famouse Troika from Prokofiev's score to the film Lieutenant Kije.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 9 Jun 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Ballet Suite No.3: Waltz

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • Chandos CHANX10088(2).
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Scherzo-tarantelle

    Performer: Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Performer: Philip Moll (piano)

    • Decca 4782660.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Attila - prelude

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

    • Chandos CHAN9510.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D RV 589: Laudamus te

    Performer: Anna Simboli & Alena Dantcheva (sopranos) Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • Na茂ve OP30485.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano sonata in D D.850: IV - Rondo

    Performer: Anton Kuerti (piano)

    • IMP MCD35.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Castor et Pollux: Tabourins 1+2; Passepieds 1+2

    Performer: Orchestra of the 18th Century Performer: Frans Bruggen (conductor)

    • Philips 4267142.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina burana: Dance; Floret silva

    Performer: London Symphony Chorus Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Chandos CHSA5067.
  • Pierre Certon

    La, la, la je ne l'ose dire

    Performer: The Flautadors

    • Deux-Elles DXL1144.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo holiday (Rodeo)

    Performer: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Performer: Louis Lane (conductor)

    • Telarc CD80078.
  • Estienne du Tertre

    Scottish dances

    Performer: The Flautadors

    • Deux-Elles DXL1144.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D K320 "Posthorn": Rondeau

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

    • Decca 4526042.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's sang (Peer Gynt)

    Performer: Peter Katin (piano)

    • Olympia OCD197.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D K.492

    Performer: Sophie Yates (harpsichord)

    • Chandos CHAN0635.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seasons: "Ein Maedchen"

    Performer: Miah Persson (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Performer: Colin Davis (conductor)

    • LSO Live LSO0708.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Gopak (Mazeppa)

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • DG 4399062.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Arranger: Kreisler Performer: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Performer: William Wolfram (piano)

    • Nimbus NI2529-32.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville: Dunque io son

    Performer: Kathleen Battle (Rosina) Performer: Placido Domingo (Figaro) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 4357632.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Cello sonata in G minor: Largo

    Performer: Jamie Walton (cello) Performer: Daniel Grimwood (piano)

    • Signum SIGCD252.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major 'con molti strumenti', RV.558

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.

    Performer: The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock

    • Archiv 4156742.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    • Decca 4602472.
  • Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor - overture

    Performer: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra Performer: Robert Heger (conductor)

  • Anon

    Anon - Canto di Lanzi sonatori di rubecchini

    Performer: New London Consort Performer: Philip Pickett (conductor)

  • L茅o Delibes

    Lakme: Flower duet

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Monet-Carlo Opera Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • Decca 4213142.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Masquerade - overture

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

    • CBS MK44547.
  • Cole Porter

    Anything goes

    Performer: Kim Creswell (Reno) Performer: Ambrosian Chorus Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: John McGlinn (conductor)

    • EMI 7498482.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto No.1 in F BWV.1046

    Performer: Orchestra Mozart Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • Archiv 4778908.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Performer: Milton Kaye (piano)

    • Nimbus NI252932.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Capriccio Italien

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Karel Ancerl (conductor)

    • Supraphon 1106022.

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  • Thu 9 Jun 2011 07:00

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