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08/01/2009

With Rob Cowan. Including Reznicek: Donna Diana. Monteverdi: Zefiro torna. Telemann: Concerto in C for treble recorder. Ibert: Bacchanale. Beethoven: Violin Sonata.

With Rob Cowan.

A programme of music both rare and familiar, ranging across four centuries - from Monteverdi to rousing Ibert via a Telemann concerto and a Beethoven sonata.

Including:

7.03am
D Scarlatti: Sonata in F, Kk525
Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
MIRARE MIR 007 - Tr 9

7.06am
Reznicek: Ballet music (Donna Diana)
Danube Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna
Manfred Mussauer (conductor)
ANTES BM-CD 31.9222 - Tr 5

7.11am
Faure: Romance, Op 28
Gil Shaham (violin)
Akira Eguchi (piano)
CANARY CLASSIC ATM-CD-1239 - Tr 5

7.18am
Holst: Ballet music from The Perfect Fool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
VIRGIN VCh7 90825-2 - Tr 8

7.31am
Villa-Lobos: The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman (Bachiana Brasileira No 2)
Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela
Eduardo Mata (conductor)
DORIAN DOR-90179 - Tr 7

7.37am
Mendelssohn: Psalm 114 (for double choir and orchestra)
Stuttgart Chamber Choir
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Frieder Bernius (conductor)
CARUS 83.202 - Tr 1

7.50am
Rachmanivov: Lied
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Thomas Ades (piano)
RCA 09026 68928 - Tr 14

7.52am
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV541
Ton Koopman (organ of the Ottobeuren Basilica)
INTERDISC 97440/4 - Tr 1

8.03am
Sullivan: Overture (HMS Pinafore)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Andrew Penny (conductor)
NAXOS 8.554165 - Tr 3

8.08am
Monteverdi: Zefiro torna
Nigel Rodgers, Ian Partridge (tenors)
Ensemble directed by Jurgen Jurgens
ARCHIV 437 075-2 - Tr5

8.14am
Telemann: Concerto in C for treble recorder
Michala Petri (recorder)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Iona Brown (director)
DECCA 475 8464 D1 - Trs 7-10

8.32am
Purcell: Three parts upon a ground
Andrew Parrott (organ)
Taverner Players:
John Holloway, Alison Bury, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins)
Jakob Lindberg (archlute)
VIRGIN VC5 45116 2 - Tr 6

8.38am
Ibert: Bacchanale
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Fremaux (conductor)
EMI 50999 5 17639 2 D1 - Tr 8

8.47am
Leo Brouwer: Berceuse
John Williams (guitar)
CBS MK 44898 - Tr 11

8.51am
Verdi: Laudi alla vergine Maria (4 Sacred Pieces)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
COLLEGIUM CSCD 501 - Tr 8

8.57am
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 3
Christian Ferras (violin)
Pierre Barbizet (piano)
EMI 7423 4 83423 2 D1 - Trs 7-9

9.14am
Antoine Dauvergne: Overture; Chaconne (Concert de simphonies No 4)
Concerto Koln
VIRGIN VM5 61643 2 - Trs 27-28

9.23am
Wagenaar: Overture (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 425 833-2 - Tr 7

9.39am
Respighi: The Birds
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY 432 007-2 - Trs 1-5

9.58am
Rameua: Tambourin (Pieces de clavecin 1724)
Christophe Rousset
L'OISEAU LYRE 425 886-2 CD1 - Tr 18.

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