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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music on the theme of myth and legend, by Lully, Debussy, Beethoven. Plus a Bach cantata: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BVW86, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

There is a theme of myth and legend in this week's music, including selections from Lully's Armide,Debussy's Engulfed Cathedral and the finale of Beethoven's Prometheus. Haydn's trumpet concerto is played by Stockhausen father and son, and the Bach Cantata is Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch BVW 86 conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 May 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - The Canary

    Performers: Paul Neubauer (viola), Wu Han (piano)

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Ballet Suite for Symphony Orchestra, Op. 52

    Performers: USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • Melodiya.
    • MEL CD 10 01947.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch BVW 86

    Performers: Nikolaus Harnancourt, Tolzer Knabenchor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood (alto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Ruud van der Meer (bass)

    • Teldec.
    • 242 578-2.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pacific 231

    Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • Decca 鈥楨loquence鈥.
    • 480 2316.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Chaconne, Op. 32, FS 79

    Performers: Herman D. Koppel (piano)

    • dacapo.
    • 8.224095-96.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Adagio in E minor

    Performers: Erling Bl枚ndal Bengtsson (cello), Arni Kristj谩nsson (piano)

    • Danacord.
    • DACOCD 724.
    • 8.
  • John Ireland

    Sarnia: Le Catioroc

    Orchestrator: Martin Yates Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra directed by Martin Yates

    • Epoch.
    • CDLX7281.
    • 5.
  • D茅odat de S茅verac

    Les Na茂ades et le faune indiscret (Danse nocturne)

    Performers: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

    • EMI Classics.
    • 724357237222.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Pr茅ludes and Passacaille from Ouverture, Chaconne & Tous les autres Airs 脿 jour de l'Op茅ra

    Performers: Capriccio Barock Orchester

    • Tudor.
    • 7185.
  • Henri Rabaud

    M芒rouf, savetier du Caire: Danses pour orchestre

    Performers: Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire directed by Pierre Dervaux

    • EMI Classics.
    • 724357413626.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Engulfed Cathedral

    Performers: Isao Tomita

    • BMG Classics.
    • 09026635882.
    • 6.
  • Robert Schumann

    Overture from Genoveva

    Performers: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    • Teldec.
    • 2564691261.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus - Finale

    Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by Erich Leinsdorf

    • RCA Victrola.
    • VD60130.
    • 8.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.

    Performers: Mady Mespl茅 (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • EMI.
    • 74140 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 7 in B flat Major

    Performers: Academy of St Martin In The Fields/Iona Brown

    • H盲nssler Classic.
    • 98.901.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Le Merle Noir

    Performers: Patrick Gallois (flute), Lydia Wong (piano)

    • Naxos.
    • 8.557328.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat Major (TM)

    Performers: Markus Stockhausen (trumpet), Berlin Radio SO, Karlheinz Stockhausen (conductor)

    • Acanta.
    • 43813.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Variations on a Theme by Corelli

    Arranger: Fritz Kreisler Performers: Erica Morini (violin), Michael Raucheisen (piano) Track: 12

    • 础耻诲颈迟茅.
    • 95.606.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Capriccio-Waltz

    Performers: Erica Morini (violin), Michael Raucheisen (piano)

    • 础耻诲颈迟茅.
    • 95.606.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 May 2012 09:00