18/09/2011
Rob Cowan plays great music, featuring the best recordings from the archive and the present day. Including works by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Bach and Tchaikovsky.
Rob Cowan plays three hours of great music, featuring the best recordings from the archive and the present day.
9.00
Dvorak, J.C Bach, Mendelssohn
9.50
Pianist Mark Swartzentruber will be in the studio to respond to a blind-tasting of Rob's mystery piece.
10.30
Saint-Saëns arrangement of Bach Cantata No 8
Jascha Heifetz plays Spohr Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor
11.00
Works by Grieg, Korngold and Tchaikovsky.
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Music Played
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AntonÃn Dvořák
I know that on my love to thee (Cypresses No. 1)
Performers: Panocha Quartet
- Supraphon SU 3815-2, CD 7 T1.
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Johann Christoph Bach
Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu seitlich stirbt
Performers: English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- SDG 715 T4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Rondo brillant, Op. 29
Performers: Martin Helmchen (piano), Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
- Pentatone PTC 5186 366.
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Manuel de Falla
El Amor Brujo
Performers: Leontyne Price, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
- Living Stereo 7885387.
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Performers: Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- Testament 1253.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
16 Songs for Children, Op. 54 No.10: Lullaby in a Storm
Performers: Georgi Vinogradov (tenor), Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonid Piatigorsky (conductor)
- Immortal Performances IPCD 1008-1 Tr 4.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Fairy's Kiss - from Scene 1
Performers: Grand Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Television, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
- Melodiya MEL CD 10 01833 Tr 1.
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Guillaume de Machaut
De toutes flours
Performers: Orlando Consort
- Archiv Production 477 6731.
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Michael Torke
Fiji
Performers: Ensemble 10/10, Clark Rundell (conductor)
- Ecstatic Records 92231.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Andantino from Cantata No. 8
Performers: Nadejda Vlaeva (piano) Arranger: Camille Saint-Saëns
- Hyperion CDA67873.
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Louis Spohr
Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor
Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin) , RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra ,Izler Solomon (conductor)
- Naxos 8111371.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt – Anitra's Dance
Performers: Mie Miki (accordion)
- BIS BIS-CD-1629.
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Antonio Vivaldi
L'estro armonico: Concerto No. 10
Performers: Fabio Biondi (violin/Director), Europa Galante
- Virgin Classics 648408 2.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die Tote Stadt – Glück, das mir verblieb
Performers: Carol Neblett (soprano) , René Kollo (tenor), Munich Radio Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
- RCA 88697446602.
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Henry Purcell
Fantasia upon One Note
Performers: Orchestra of the 18th Century, Franz Bruggen (director)
- Phillips 426 714-2 T1.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53
Performers: Leningrad Philharmonic, Aleksander Dimitriev
- Melodiya MEL CD 1000969.
Broadcast
- Sun 18 Sep 2011 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3