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Rob Cowan

To commemorate the bicentenary of Robert Browning, Rob Cowan presents music with a poetic theme, including Liszt's Orpheus. Plus the latest Bach Cantata: Wo gehest du hin?, BVW166.

To commemorate the bicentenary of Robert Browning, Rob Cowan presents music with a poetic theme, including Liszt's "Orpheus", William Sterndale Bennett's "Overture Parisina" and Webern's Im Sommerwind. Other selections include Mozart's Piano Concerto no 21, K 467 and the week's Bach Cantata Wo gehest du hin? BVW 166.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 May 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    'From Student's Life' Polka

    Arranger: Performers: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, Frantisek Jílek (conductor)

    • Supraphonet.
    • 11 1115-2.
    • 6.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Piano Sonata No. 5: Reverie

    Arranger: Performers: Esteban Sánchez (piano)

    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 9255/1.
    • 9.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve: Interlude and Dance

    Arranger: Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra/ Ernest Ansermet

    • Decca.
    • 466 991-2.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wo gehest du hin? BVW 166

    Arranger: Performers: Leusink: Holland Boys Choir; Netherlands Bach Collegium; Holton, Buvalda, Schoch, Ramselaar

    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 2000.
  • György Ligeti

    Lux Aeterna

    Arranger: Performers: Stuttgart Scholar Cantorum, Clytus Gottwold (conductor)

    • Sony Classical.
    • 88697637972.
    • 11.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor: Overture

    Arranger: Performers: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • Melodiya.
    • MEL CD 10 01946.
  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Sonata in B flat major – Presto

    Arranger: Performers: Andrea Bacchetti (piano)

    • Sony BMG.
    • 88697367932.
    • 13.
  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus, S98, Symphonic Poem No.4

    Arranger: Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Bernard Haitink

    • Decca.
    • 4782309.
  • André Caplet

    Conte fantastique

    Arranger: Performers: Ursula Holliger (harp), Daniel Phillips (violin), Michael Schnitzler (violin), Gérard Caussé (viola), Ko Iwasaki (cello)

    • ECM.
    • 4764509.
  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Overture Parisina

    Arranger: Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Nicholas Braithwaite

    • Lyrita.
    • SRCD206.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Flohlied des Mephisto, op.75 Nr.3

    Orchestrator: Igor Strawinskij Performers: Bo Skovhus, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, directed by Stefan Blunier

    • Crystal Classics.
    • N67062.
    • 7.
  • Anton Webern

    Im Sommerwind "Idyll for large orchestra after a poem by Bruno Wille"

    Arranger: Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden directed by Guiseppe Sinopoli

    • Elatus.
    • 0927498322.
    • 1.
  • Mátyás Seiber

    Jazzolette No.1

    Arranger: Performers: Ebony Band

    • Channel Classics.
    • CCS 30611.
    • 16.
  • Béla Bartók

    Rhapsody No. 2, Sz 112

    Arranger: Performers: Barnabás Keleman (violin), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis (conductor)

    • Hungaroton.
    • HSACD 32509.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K467

    Arranger: Performers: Dinu Lipatti (piano), Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • EMI.
    • 5 12072 2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne, Op. 78

    Arranger: Performers: Gautier Capuçon (cello), Michel Dalberto (piano)

    • Virgin.
    • 50999 070825 2 3.
  • Franz von Suppè

    Hab' ich nur deine Liebe

    Arranger: Performers: Rita Streich (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Gaebel (conductor)

    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477 6542.
    • 9.
  • Jacob Gade

    Tango Jalousie

    Arranger: Performers: Max Hobart (violin), Boston ‘Pops’ Orchestra, Arthur Fielder (conductor)

    • Deustche Grammophon.
    • 477 6121.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 May 2012 09:00