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Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. A lively mix of music, including at 8.30am a Poem for Today, with a contemporary poet reading a new work, and at 9.00am a Haydn Piano Sonata.

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

07:02

FREED-BROWN
Good Morning
Gene Kelly
Donald O芒聙聶Connor
Debbie Reynolds
MGM Studio Orchestra
Lennie Hayton (conductor)
CBS CD70282, T.6

07:06

TCHAIKOVSKY transc. Mikhail Pletnev
Andante maestoso (Pas de deux)
From Concert Suite from The Nutcracker
Simon Trpceski (piano)
CDZ5752022, T.7

07:12

SPOHR
Finale: Vivace from Nonet in F major, op.31
Ensemble 360
ASV GOLD GLD 4026, T.4

07:20

THOMAS BATESON
Those Sweet Delightful Lilies
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Philip Ledger (conductor)
ALTO ALC 1039, T.21

07:23

SMETANA
Overture to 芒聙聹The Kiss芒聙聺
主播大秀 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 10518, T.11

07:31

GERSHWIN
Three Preludes
G脙录her Pekinel (piano)
S脙录her Pekinel (piano)
WARNER CLASSICS APEX 2564 62118-2, T.2-4

07:38

WILLIAM BOYCE
The King Shall Rejoice
The Choir of New College, Oxford
The Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
DECCA 4702262, T.1

07:47

DEBUSSY
Marche ecossaise
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
PHILIPS 4387422, CD1 T.8

07:54

MOZART
March, K.408
Andr脙漏 Tcha脙炉kowsky (piano)
DANTE HPC035, T.6

08:03

MENDELSSOHN
Ruy Blas Overture, op.95
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
QUERSTAND VKJK 0507, T.1

08:11

BACH
Prelude and Fugue in B major, BWV 892
Masaaki Suzuki (harpsichord)
BIS CD 1513/14, CD2 T.19-20

08:17

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Te Deum in G major
Corydon Singers
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Matthew Best (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55220, T.6

08:25

STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Neeme J脙陇rvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN66545, CD3 T.25

08:31

POEM FOR TODAY
Michael Longley: The Leveret

08:34

DVORAK
Carnival, op.92, B168
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Tom脙隆脜隆 Netopil (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3941 2, T.6

08:44

VIVALDI
Agitata da due venti (Buffeted by two winds)
From Griselda
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca
DECCA 4559812, T.5

08:50

BRAHMS
Capriccio in B minor, op.76, no.2
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
RCA RED SEAL 88697301102, CD2 T.3

08:53

PUCCINI
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
From La Rondine, Act I
Angela Gheorghiu (Magda)
Mark Packwood (piano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Sir Edward Downes (conductor)
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 75605550132, T.12

08:57

SARASATE
Habanera
David Nadien (violin)
Boris Barere (piano)
CEMBAL D芒聙聶AMOUR CD 111, T.13

09:03

HAYDN
Sonata No.13 in G major, H.16, no.6
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
IVORY CLASSICS 70806, CD1 T.1-4

09:20

HONEGGER
Pacific 231
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 435 438 2, T.4

09:27

ERIC WHITACRE
Lux aurumque
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (director)
HYPERION CDA67543, T.14

09:33

MOZART
Violin Concerto No.1
Renaud Capu脙搂on (violin)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Louis Langr脙漏e (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 502112 2, T.1-3

09:54

COATES
Bird Songs at Eventide 芒聙聯 I heard you singing
The Pro Arte Orchestra
Stanford Robinson (conductor)
VOCALION CDLK 4183, T.5

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Last on

Wed 17 Jun 2009 07:00

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