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Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Featuring a Saint-Saens piano transcription by Earl Wild and Strauss' First Horn Concerto, written for his father who was principal horn of the Munich Court Opera.

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07:02

VILLA-LOBOS
As Três Marias
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA67176 T.1-3

07:06

HOLST
A Fugal Overture, op.40, no.1
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9420 T.1

07:11

SCHUBERT
Frülingsglaube. D686 (Springtime Hopes)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
RCA 88697329322 T.12

07:16

BERLIOZ
La reine Mab
From Romeo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, op.17, Part 4
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 2176402 CD1 T.9

07:24

SWEELINCK
Esce mars, SwWV 321/N3
Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
CHANDOS CHAN 0758 T.2

07:31

MOZART
Horn Concerto No.1 in D major, K.412
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
EMI CDM7695692 T.1+2

07:40

MOZART
Finale to G minor Symphony
The Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen Gray (conductor)
EMI 5813542 T.3

07:44

SAINT-SAENS (TRANSC. WILD)
Le Rouet d’Omphale, op.31
Earl Wild (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL SK 62036 T.1

07:54

ROSSINI
La regatta veneziana (Serate musicali, No.9)
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5679902 CD1 T.7

08:03

ARNOLD
Four Cornish Dances, op.91
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
EMI 5747802 T.22-25

08:14

TCHAIKOVSKY
Vesna (Spring), Op.54, No.9
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HELIOS CDH55331 T.16

08:17

BACH
Allemande from Partita No.4 in D major, BWV 828
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
ONYX 4035 T.36

08:25

GLAZUNOV
Mazurka from Ballet Suite for Large Orchestra, op.52
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA RECORD COMPANY SUCD 10-00160 , T.3

08:31

HANDEL
Accompagnato: I rage – I melt – I burn!
Air: O ruddier than the cherry
Matthew Brook (Polyphemus)
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (director)
LINN CKD 319 CD2 T.2+3

08:37

DELIUS
North Country Sketches, no.IV – The March of Spring
The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
ARGO 4302022 T.7

08:48

C.P.E. BACH
Württemberg Sonata No.3 in E minor
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
TELDEC 2564 69455 4 CD2 T.7-9

09:02

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat major, op.11
Alan Civil (horn)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1428 T.1-3

09:21

PAGANINI
Caprice No.24 in A minor – Tema con variazioni: Quasi presto
Tanja Becker-Bender (violin)
HYPERION CDA67763 T.24

09:26

GLASS
The Hours
Michael Riesman (piano)
Lyric Quartet
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman
NONESUCH 7559-79693-2 T.14

09:35

IBERT
Divertissement
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Louis Frémaux (conductor)
EMI CDC7492612 T.1-6

09:50

BRAHMS
4 Waltzes from Op.39, no.1, no.14, no.15, no.16
Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 82876-67887-2 T.2 & 15-17

09:55

PUCCINI
Tosca – End of Act I, Va, Tosca!
Tito Gobbi (Scarpia)
Choeurs du Theatre National de l’Opera
Orchestra de la societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Pretre (conductor)
EMI CMS7699742 CD1 T.9

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Last on

Thu 5 Mar 2009 07:00

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