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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents short symphonies by composers both well-known and less familiar, and James MacMillan's Piano Trio No 2. Plus Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 4, BWV1049.

Rob Cowan presents this week's Brandenburg Concerto, by J S Bach, in the cycle that has now arrived at No 4, BWV 1049 in a recording by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Szymon Goldberg. The programme also contains a selection of short symphonies by composers both well known and less familiar, and James MacMillan's Piano Trio No 2.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 31 May 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • Robert Farnon

    Symphony No. 1 in D flat: Scherzo

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • Symphony No. 2, etc..
    • Dutton.
    • 012.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro: Vedro Mentr'io Sospiro

    Performer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 0825646190454.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Sonata in C minor Op. 21

    Performer: Danielle Laval.
    • Chaminade: Works for Piano.
    • EMI.
    • 001.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049

    Performer: Hubert Barwahser. Performer: Szymon Goldberg. Performer: Leo Oostdam. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Szymon Goldberg.
    • Szymon Goldberg - The Philips Recordings.
    • Retrospective.
    • 011.
  • Robin Milford

    Prelude for violin, cello and piano

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Milford - Chamber Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 008.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Strathclyde Motets: Data Est Mihi

    Performer: Cappella Nova. Performer: Alan Tavener.
    • Tenebrae.
    • Linn.
  • Georg Matthias Monn

    Sinfonia in B Major

    Orchestra: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas F眉ri.
    • The Early Viennese School.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 001.
  • Karl Amadeus Hartmann

    Symphony No. 2

    Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Karl Amadeus Hartmann - 8 Symphonies.
    • Wergo.
    • 001.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. '48' in D, Kv 111 & Kv 120/111a

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Complete Mozart Edition - Early Symphonies.
    • Philips.
    • 008.
  • Willem Pijper

    Symphony No. 3

    Conductor: Pierre Monteux. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Works by Pijper, Andriessen, Otterloo, Badings.
    • Colofon.
    • 001.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Sinfonia in B flat, Op. 9 No. 3

    Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • J C Bach - Sinfonias.
    • Philips.
    • 016.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth: Pieta, rispetto, amore

    Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Thomas Hampson - Autograph.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 022.
  • James MacMillan

    Piano Trio No. 2

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
    • Works by MacMillan, Maxwell Davies, Beamish.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 001.
  • Karol Kurpinski

    Bitwa pod Mozajskiem

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Works by Kurpinski, Beethoven.
    • Chopin Institute.
    • 001.
  • Steve Reich

    Vermont Counterpoint

    Orchestra: Solisti New York. Conductor: Ransom Wilson.
    • John Adams: Grand Pianola; Steve Reich: Eight Lines; Vermont Counterpoint.
    • EMI.
    • 003.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Suite Populaire Espagnol

    Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Nina Musinyan.
    • Omega Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 May 2015 09:00