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26/01/2009

Rob Cowan's selection ranges from Rameau to Roussel, with great performances by soprano Barbara Hendricks, and guitarists Julian Bream and John Williams.

With Rob Cowan.

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

0703

MENDELSSOHN
Trumpet Overture, op 101
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
DG 423 104-2 Tr 5

0713

SCHUBERT
3 Military marches: No 2 in G major
Christoph Eschenbach & Justus Frantz, piano duet
BRILLIANT 92858 CD 3 T8

0718

RAMEAU
Extracts from Les Boreades
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen, director
PHILIPS 420240-2 Tr 11-13

0725

HAYDN
Schon eilet froh der Ackersmann (from The Seasons)
Martti Talvela, Simon
Weiner Symphoniker
Karl Bohm, conductor
DG 457713-2 Tr 4

0732

SCHUMANN
Overture: Manfred op115
Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
Hans Vonk, conductor
EMI 5099921531026 CD 3 Tr 1

0744

KAHN/DONALDSON
Makin’ Whoopee
Stephane Grappelli, violin
Pierre Cavalli, guitar
Guy Pedersen, bass
Daniel Humair, drums
EMARCY 9843187 Tr 10

0749

PURCELL
Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei
Simon Berridge, tenor
Simon Birchall, bass
The Sixteen
Orchestra of the Sixteen
Harry Christophers, director
COLLINS 14252 T1

0755

CHOPIN
Waltz in F Sharp
Piers Lane, piano
DANA CORD DACOCD679 Tr 10

0803

HOLST
Jupiter from the Planets
The Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder, conductor
HYPERION CDA 67270 T.4

0812

SCHUBERT arr Bream
Allegro from String Quartet No 9 in G minor, D173
Julian Bream & John Williams, guitars
TESTAMENT SBT1333 Tr 12

0819

J C BACH
Tambourin from Amadis des Gaules
The Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead, director
CPO 999753-2 T.24

0825

MOZART
Church Sonata in C major K328
Herbert Tachezi
Alice Harnoncourt & Walter Pfeiffer, violins
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cello
TELDEC 256469256-5 Tr 6

0832

SIBELIUS
Finlandia, op 26
Estonian National Male Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi, conductor
VIRGIN 724354558924 Tr 7

0842

J S BACH
Italian Concerto in F major BWV971
Friedrich Gulda, piano
DG 4778020 T8-10

0854

BRAHMS
Sonata F.A.E.: Scherzo
Renaud Capucon, violin
Nicholas Angelich, piano
VIRGIN 724354573125 T 11

0901

SUPPE
Overture: Die schone Galathee
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
SONY SMK47532 T 15

0909

MOZART
Misera! Dove son K369
Barbara Kendricks, soprano
English Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate, conductor
EMI 5099923440821 CD 1 Tr 1

0918

VIVALDI
Concerto in D major, RV91
Il Giardino Armonico, Milano
Giovanni Antonini, director
TELDEC 2564 69260-8 Tr 18-20

0926

HOLST
A fugal Concerto
Ruth Bolister, oboe
Kate Hill, flute
Elgar Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Bell, conductor
ASV CD DCA1173 Tr 5-7

0935

BOYCE
Symphony No 3 in C major
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
DECCA 444523-2 Tr 2

0942

ROUSSEL
Les dieux dans l’ombre des caverns from Evocations op 15
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdenek Kosler, conductor
SUPRAPHON 111985-2911 T.1

0955

KODALY
Norveg leanyok (Norwegian Girls)
Hungarian Radio and TV Chorus
Janos Ferencsik, conductor
HUNGARATON HCD12352 Tr 4

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