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15/10/2008

Rob Cowan presents uplifting music by Stravinsky, Chopin and Mendelssohn - plus a Free Thought. Including Stravinsky: Scherzo a la Russe. Bach: Sonata, BWV1029.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted on this site after the programme has been broadcast.

07:03

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo a la Russe
The Orchestra of St Lukes
Robert Craft, conductor
BMG 01612-67113-2 Tr 15

07:07

MOZART
Six Variations on an Andantino, K360
Duo Amade
CHANDOS CHAN0755 Tr 5-11

07:17

BIZET
Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No 2
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Felix Slatkin, conductor
ROYAL CLASSICS ROY6464 Tr 6

07:21

CHOPIN
Scherzo No. 3 in C Sharp minor, op 39
Sophie Cashell, piano
UNIVERSAL 476 6459 Tr 1

07:31

VERDI
Ce jour heureux est plein d’allegresse from Don Carlos
Coro e Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor
DG 419487-2 Tr 1

07:39

J. S. BACH
Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1029
Janos Starker, cello
Gyorgy Sebok, piano
MERCURY 434 344-2 Tr 19-21

07:53

PROKOFIEV
Aubade from Romeo and Juliet
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
DECCA 425 027-2 Tr 7

07:56

MAHLER/CAINE
On Youth
Sisi Chen, yangquin
Tao Chen, dizi
Bao-Li Zhang, erhu
Yi Zhou, pipa
Uri Caine, director
WINTER AND WINTER 910095-2 Tr 10

08:03

MENDELSSOHN
Overture: The Marriage of Camacho, op10
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor (conductor)
BMG 07863579052 Tr 1

08:11

SCHUMANN
Mein schoner Stern!, op 101 No 4
From Minnespiel aus Ruckerts Liebesfruhling
Sarah Connolly, mezzo
Eugene Asti, piano
CHANDOS 10492 Tr 1

08:14

BOYCE Symphony No. 3 in C major
I Solisti di Zagreb
Antonio Janigro, conductor
VANGUARD 08203771 Tr 3

08:20

GRIEG
Two Melodies op 53 and Country Dance
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Iona Brown, conductor
VIRGIN 724356217928 Tr 8, 9, 12

08:31

BENNETT
Hexapoda [5 studies] – v. Jim Jives Till Dawn on Sunday
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Emanuel Bay (piano)
RCA 09026 61750 2 CD2 Tr 10

08:33

FREE THOUGHT
John Byrne – Smoking on stage

08:35

RUDOLF NELSON
Peter
Marlene Dietrich, singer
Session orchestra conducted by Peter Kreuder
TELDEC 0927 42663 2 Tr 17

08:40

GALUPPI
Sonata No. 5 in C major
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
DECCA 417772-2 Tr 3-5

08:55

JAMES
Massig from Fantasie in F after Schumann
English Chamber Orchestra
Orlando Jopling, conductor
SIGNUM SIGCD095 Tr 6

09:04

SAINT-SAENS
Odelette, op 162
William Bennett, flute
Clifford Benson, piano
CALA RECORDS CACD1017 CD2 Tr 1

09:11

EDWARDS
Nunc Dimittis from Christison Fauxbourdon Service
The Lay Clerks of Peterborough Cathedral
Christopher Gower, director
PRIORY PRCD632 Tr 12

09:14

DUKAS
Polyeucte
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
WARNER 256461548-2 Tr 4

09:29

PAGANINI
Moto perpetuo, op 11
Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet
Alexander Markovich, piano
TELDEC 4509-94554-2 Tr 11

09:34

RAUTAVAARA
Three Sonnets of Shakespeare
Gabriel Suovanen, baritone
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
ONDINE ODE1085-2 Tr 1-3

09:42

BARTOK orch. Zeitouni
Danses Populaire Roumaines
Les Violons du Roy
Jean-Marie Zeitouni
ATMA ACD2 2576 Tr 8-12

09:50

PORTER
I get a kick out of you
Ella Fitzgerald (singer)
Session orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
VERVE 821989-2 Tr 6

09:55

RACHMANINOV
Prelude in G
Jon Yardley, piano
Recorded at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Pianothon in Cardiff

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