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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Berlioz's overture to Le Corsair, Peter Warlock's Serenade and Chopin's Mazurka in A flat, Op 59'2.

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Berlioz's overture to Le Corsaire played by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman del Mar perform Peter Warlock's Serenade, and pianist Piotr Anderszewski plays Chopin's Mazurka in A flat (Op 59'2).

3 hours

Last on

Wed 17 Aug 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise No 1 in D, Op 4

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Itamar Golan (piano)

    • Teldec 9031-77351-2.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire overture

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (Conductor)

    • Decca 478 1749.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G minor, Op 49 No 1

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • EMI 5627002.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu Christ, mein Lebens Licht

    Performer: Cambridge Singers Performer: La Nuova Musica Performer: John Rutter (Conductor)

    • Collegium COLCD 134.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor

    Performer: Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (Conductor)

    • Philips 422 477-2.
  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade

    Performer: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Performer: Norman Del Mar (Conductor)

    • EMI 9 68939 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moment musical in C sharp minor, D780 No 4

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • EMI CDC5552192.
  • Franz Schubert

    Osanna in excelsis (Mass No 6 in E flat, D950)

    Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Choir Performer: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Performer: Frieder Bernius (Conductor)

    • Berlin Classics 0300150BC.
  • Franz Krommer

    Concerto in E flat for two clarinets, Op 91 (3rd movement: Alla Polacca)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer & Julian Bliss (clarinet) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Kenneth Sillito (Conductor)

    • EMI 3 79786 2.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Overture: Colas Breugnon

    Performer: Russian National Orchestra Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Conductor)

    • DG 439 892-2.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.

    Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67706.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D for 2 violins, 2 cellos, strings & continuo, RV564

    Performer: La Serenissima Performer: Adrian Chandler (Director)

    • Avie AV0031.
  • Paul Jeanjean

    Clair matin (Idylle)

    Performer: Julian Bliss (clarinet) Performer: Julien Quentin (piano)

    • EMI 5 85639 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony (Night – Sunrise – The Ascent)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Seiji Ozawa (Conductor)

    • Philips 454 448-2.
  • César Franck

    Chant Bearnais; Ave Maris Stella

    Performer: Jorg Demus (piano)

    • Piano Classics PCL0002.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (Conductor)

    • Decca 421 527-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F, BWV971

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • DG 419 218-2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto No 1: 4th movement - Burlesca

    Performer: David Oistrakh (violin) Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Dmitri Mitropoulos (Conductor)

    • Sony Classical MHK63327.
  • Edward Elgar

    Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth, Suite No 2)

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

    • EMI CDM 7 69207 2.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto in B flat, Op 10 No 1

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage (Director)

    • CHAN 0769.
  • Georges Bizet

    Le fleur que tu m'avais jete

    Performer: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Performer: Prague Philharmonic Performer: Marco Amiliato (Conductor)

    • DG 477 8112.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in A flat, Op 59 No 2

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski (piano)

    • Virgin Classics 5456202.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A, Op 41 No 3 (2nd movement: Assai agitato – Un poco adagio – Tempo riso

    Performer: Cherubini Quartet

    • EMI 6 09011 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra Performer: Osmo Vanska (Conductor)

    • BIS-SACD-1645.

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  • Wed 17 Aug 2011 07:00

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