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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme has been broadcast.

07:02

MENDELSSOHN
Morgengruss (Morning Greeting), Op.47, no.2
Stephan Loges (baritone)
Eugene Asti (piano)
HYPERION CDA67137, T.8

07:05

ELGAR
Carillon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 65584 2, T.1

07:10

BYRD
Nunc Dimittis
Stile Antico
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907419 T.15

07:18

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.2 – 3rd movement (Rondo, molto allegro)
Richard Goode (piano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
NONESUCH 075597992830, CD1 T.6

07:24

TCHAIKOVSKY
Sred shumnovo bala (At the ball), op.38, no.3
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HELIOS CDH55331, T.5

07:26

TCHAIKOVSKY
Danse de la Fee Dragee (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
From The Nutcracker, op.71
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
AVIE AV2139, T.16

07:31

ALBINONI
Oboe Concerto in B flat major, op.7, no.3
Anthony Robson (oboe)
Collegium Musicum 90
CHACONNE CHAN 0579, T.1-3

07:40

DEBUSSY
Scherzando – En blanc et noir
Katia Labeque (piano)
Marielle Labeque (piano)
KML1112/3, CD1 T.11

07:45

ROSSINI
Nacqui all’affanno … Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola)
Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
DECCA 467 905-2, T.14

07:53

ZADERATSKY
Preludes no’s 9, 10 & 11 from 24 Preludes for piano
Jascha Nemtsov (piano)
PROFIL PH09040, T.33-35

07:56

FRESCOBALDI
Da qual sfera del ciel fra noi discese
From Primo Libro de’ Madrigali
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
OPUS 111 OPS30133, T.4

08:03

ALBENIZ
El Puerto (Iberia)
Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
ELATUS 0927-46720-2, T.4

08:09

SALZEDO
Divertimento
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
DECCA 289 470 501-2, CD1 T.11-14

08:17

HAYDN
An den Vetter (To the cousin) / Daphnens einziger Fehler (Daphne’s only fault)
From HobXXVb No.1 & No.2
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Gerald Moore (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5 67990 2, CD2 T.1&2

08:22

GRIEG
In the Hall of the Mountain King & Anitra’s Dance
From Peer Gynt (Incidental music)
Ambrosian Singers
Halle Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI CDEMX2049, T.4&9

08:31

HANDEL
Rodelinda: Spietati, io vi giurai (Heartless men, I swore to you)
Simone Kermes (Rodelinda/soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (director)
ARCHIV 00289 477 5391 CD2 T.4

08:37

BORODIN
Symphony No.3 (UNFINISHED)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian (conductor)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 62321 2, T.9-10

08:56

BLOCH
Abodah
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Hendrik Endt (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5 65963 2, T.17

09:02

BOCCHERINI
Quintet no.2 in E major, G446
Pepe Romero (guitar)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble
PHILIPS 468 153-2, T.1-3

09:18

BUXTEHUDE
Praeludium in G minor
René Saorgin (organ)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 2901 484, T.1

09:27

BRUCKNER
Sanctus (Mass in F minor)
Karita Mattila (soprano)
Marjana Lipovsek (contralto)
Thomas Moser (tenor)
Kurt Moll (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 4223582, T.4

09:31

BRIDGE
The Two Hunchbacks
Britten Sinfonia
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
CONIFER 75605513272, T.6-10

09:43

Juan MARTIN
Con rumbo al carnival (On the way to the Carneval)
Juan Martin (guitar)
FLAMENCOVISION FV12, T.1

09:47

Richard STRAUSS
Sarabande & Whirling Dance from Dance Suite from keyboard pieces by Francois Couperin)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
COE RECORDS CD COE 809, T.13 & 15

09:55

BACH
Prelude & Fugue in G major, BWV 884
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61940 2, CD2 T.13-14

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Thu 30 Apr 2009 07:00

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