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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan explores musical ideas of peace from the baroque of Scarlatti via the romanticism of Beethoven to the very British world of Edward Elgar; and he also presents Schoenberg's Fantasie for violin and piano Op. 49.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Oct 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • E.J. Moeran

    Overture for a Masque

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • EJ Moeran: Sinfonietta, etc..
    • Lyrita.
  • Johann Stamitz

    Sonata Op. 6, No. 1 in G major

    Performer: Stephan Schardt. Performer: Michael Behringer.
    • Johann Stamitz: Violin Sonatas Op.6.
    • MDG.
  • Hubert Parry

    Nunc dimittis in D major 鈥楪reat Service鈥

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • Parry: I was glad, etc..
    • Hyperion.
  • Fitzenhagen

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in B minor Op. 2

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Stefan Blunier.
    • Fitzenhagen Cello Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15: 15. Wir bevolkerten die abend-dustern Lauben

    Performer: Hermann Reutter. Singer: Suzanne Danco.
    • The RIAS Second Viennese School Project.
    • Audite.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc..
    • RCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words, in A minor Op. 19 No. 2

    Performer: Stefan Askenase.
    • Stefan Askenase: The complete 1950s Chopin recordings.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasia for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, Op. 80

    Singer: Cheryl Studer. Singer: Kristina Clemenz. Singer: Camille Capasso. Singer: John Aler. Singer: Hiroshi Oshima. Singer: Friedrich Molsberger. Choir: RIAS Chamber Chorus. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Music to Goethe's "Egmont", etc..
    • Deutsche Grammphon.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Light of Life (Lux Christi) Op. 29 - Meditation

    Performer: Noel Rawsthorne. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Elgar: Severn Suite, etc..
    • Warner Classics.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    O Pace del mio cor

    Singer: David Daniels. Orchestra: Arcadian Academy. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Alessandro Scarlatti Cantatas.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Terry Riley

    Salome Dances for Peace: v: Good Medicine

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Kronos Plays Terry Riley - Salome Dances for Peace.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Maria de Buenos Aires Suite

    Music Arranger: Steven Verhelst. Ensemble: Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Meylemans.
    • Brass Too - Brass of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • RCO Live.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Phantasy for violin and piano Op. 47 (1949)

    Performer: Tibor Varga. Performer: Ernst Krenek.
    • The RIAS Second Viennese School Project.
    • Audite.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in G minor RV 105

    Performer: Jean鈥怭ierre Rampal. Performer: Paul Honge. Performer: Pierre Pierlot. Performer: Robert Gendre. Performer: Robert Veyron鈥怢acroix.
    • Vivaldi: L'ensemble Baroque de Paris.
    • Erato.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurkas Op. 17

    Performer: Dinorah Varsi.
    • Genuin.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Edinburgh Overture

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bliss: A Colour Symphony, etc..
    • EMI.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida - Ballabile

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • Overtures and Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Oct 2015 09:00