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Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including a Poem for Today at 8.30am, with Robert Crawford reading his poem Air Miles, plus a Haydn Piano Sonata at 9.00am.

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

07:02

TCHAIKOVSKY
Hail Gladdening Light (from the All-Night Vigil)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown (director)
COLLEGIUM RECORDS COLCD 125, T.16

07:06

BUTTERWORTH
The Banks of Green Willow (Idyll)
Halle
Mark Elder (conductor)
HALLE CDHLL7503, T.4

07:12

MOZART
Rondo in D major, K.485
Lili Kraus (piano)
SONY CLASSICAL 82876 88808 2, CD1 T.16

07:18

WEBER
Credo from Mass No.2 in G major, J.251
Stuttgart Hymnus-Chorknaben
Instrumentalensemble Werner Keltsch
Gerhard Wilhelm (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 66329 2, CD1 T.8

07:26

DOWLAND
Fine knacks for ladies
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6548, CD1 T.17

07:32

WAGNER
Act III, Prelude
Gotterdammerung (The Twilight of the Gods)
Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde)
Diane Kesling (Wellgunde)
Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde)
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
James Levine (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4716782, CD13, T.11

07:40

MONZA
Sinfonia detta 芒聙聵La tempesta di mare芒聙聶
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 3 63430 2, T.6-8

07:46

CHOPIN
Nocturne no.3 in B major
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4470962, CD1 T.3

07:53

DONIZETTI
Quel guardo il cavaliere .. So anch'io la virtu magica from Donizetti's Don Pasquale
Eri Nakamura (soprano from Japan)
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
Paul Daniel (conductor)
主播大秀 RECORDING

08:04

BRITTEN
Occasional Overture
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 2 42743 2, CD2 T.8

08:12

DEBUSSY
Arabesque no.1in E major
Simon Trpceski (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5099950027224, T.1

08:17

OSBERT PARSLEY
Lamentations
Lay Clerks of St George芒聙聶s Chapel, Windsor Castle
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (director)
DELPHIAN DCD34068, T.5

08:23

FAURE
Tendresse from Dolly, Op.56
Kathryn Stott (piano)
Martin Roscoe (piano)
HYPERION CDA669114, CD4 T.5

08:31

POEM FOR TODAY
Robert Crawford: Air Miles

08:33

STEVE REICH
After the War (3rd mvt from Different Trains)
Kronos Quartet
NONESUCH 9791762, T.3

08:47

HANDEL
Overture to Alcina
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 903-2, T.1

09:52

KREISLER
Schon Rosmarin
Fritz Kreisler (violin)
Franz Rupp (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 2 65042 2, CD9 T.3

08:54

BAIRSTOW
Blessed City
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (director)
UNIVERSAL 179 5732, T.5

09:05

HAYDN
Sonata No.16 in D major, Hob.XVI:14
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)
BIS CD173133, CD3 T.1-3

09:19

SIBELIUS
Valse Triste
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62190-5, T.6

09:25

BEETHOVEN
Duo in Eb major for viola and cello 芒聙聵Eyeglass芒聙聶 WoO32
Lawrence Power (viola)
Paul Watkins (cello)
HYPERION CDA67745, T.5-6

09:40

BACH
Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten (Duetto)
From Cantata Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Karin Roman (soprano)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 00289 477 7467, T.3

09:46

ROSSINI
William Tell Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
RCA VD87814, T.6

09:58

COUPERIN
Gigue
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
HYPERION CDA67164, T.4

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Last on

Tue 9 Jun 2009 07:00

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