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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan plays music by composers including Weber, Reger and Clementi inspired by the British National Anthem. His exploration of Russian music includes Taneyev's 2nd Symphony and there are also recordings of Handel and Mahler by Maureen Forrester.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Nov 2014 09:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tale of Tsar Saltan: March

    Conductor: Jean Martinon. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Jean Martinon Complete Decca Recordings 1951 - 1960.
    • Decca.
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 2, No. 9: Homage A S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete Works for Piano - Collector's Edition.
    • Chandos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda: Dove sei, amato bene?

    Singer: Maureen Forrester. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Brian Priestman.
    • Rodelinda: An Opera in Three Acts.
    • Westminster.
    • 004.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piece en forme de Habanera

    Performer: Anton Ginzburg. Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran.
    • Historial Russian Archives: Daniel Shafran Edition.
    • Brilliant Classics.
  • anon.

    God Save our Queen

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Choir: Chorus of East Anglian Choirs. Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Performer.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in C major K157

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • Mozart: The String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Lamentations of Jeremiah I

    Conductor: Alistair Dixon. Orchestra: Chapelle du Roi.
    • Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works - Volume 8.
    • Signum.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, Fugue & Allegro, BWV 998

    Performer: Lutz Kirchhof.
    • J S Bach: The works for lute in original keys & tunings.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Jubel, Op. 59

    Conductor: Otmar Suitner. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin.
    • Overtures.
    • Edel Classics.
  • Max Reger

    Variations and Fugue on Heil dir im Siegerkranz (God Save the King)

    Performer: Rosalinde Haas.
    • MDG.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Symphony No. 3 in G major 'Great National Symphony'

    Conductor: Claudio Scimone. Orchestra: Philharmonia.
    • Clementi: Symphonies 1 - 4.
    • Warner Classics / Apex.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Vaggio a Reims: finale ... English anthem ('Dell-aurea puanta')

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Singer: Samuel Ramey. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir.
    • Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims (Live Recording).
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Seven Variations on 'God Save the King' in C WoO 78

    Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder.
    • Beethoven: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Warner.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Kindertotenlieder: Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen

    Singer: Maureen Forrester. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer, Kindertotenlieder.
    • RCA.
  • Frank Bridge

    Three Improvisations for Left Hand

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Breidge: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
  • Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

    Symphony No. 2 in B flat

    Orchestra: USSR TV and Radio Large Symphony Orchestra, Moscow. Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev.
    • Taneyev: Symphony No. 2 & 4.
    • Russian Disc.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bouree (Partita No. 1 BWV 1002)

    Performer: Lily Laskine.
    • Erato.
  • D茅odat de S茅verac

    Valse Romantique

    Performer: Lily Laskine.
    • Erato.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Nov 2014 09:00