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Rob Cowan

Radio 3's breakfast programme with Rob Cowan, who shares his personal choice of music.

7:02

BEETHOVEN
Grand Overture in C major 鈥楴ame Day鈥
Vienna Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOFON 453 713-2, CD3 Tr.2

7:10

STRAVINSKY
Tango
Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
NAXOS 8.570377, Tr.10

7:14

BRIDGE
Canzonetta
Britten Sinfonia
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
CONIFER CLASSICS 75605 51327 2, Tr.14

7:18

POULENC
Exultate Deo
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67623, Tr.16
7:21

CORELLI
Sonata no.11 in E major from 12 violin sonatas (Op.5)
Convivium:
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
Paul Nicholson (harpsichord)
HYPERION CDD22047, CD2 Tr.18-22

7:31

ROSSINI
Le Rendez-vous de chasse
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 27708, Tr.6

7:35

J S BACH
Sarabande from the English Suite no.6 (BWV.811) in D minor
Piotr Anderszewski (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 45632 2, Tr.4
7:40

TCHAIKOVSKY
Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty (act I)
Kirov Opera Orchestra, St. Petersburg
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 442 775-2, CD2 Tr.8

7:45

MOZART arr. WENT
Terzetto: Ah taci, ingiusto core & Aria: Vedrai, carino from Don Giovanni, arr. Johann Nepomuk Went for string quartet
Artis-Quartett
ORFEO C 664 061 A, Tr.10-11

7:54

SCHUBERT
Die Taubenpost (The Pigeon Post) from Schwanengesang (Swan Song)
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Alfred Brendel (piano)
DECCA 475 6011, Tr.24

8:03

MENDELSSOHN
Notturno from A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream: overture and incidental music
Orchestre des Champs Elys茅es
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901502, Tr.6

8:10

NYMAN
Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds
The Michael Nyman Band
EMI promo, Tr.2
(also appears on VIRGIN DVEBN 55, Tr.1)

8:14

BOTTESINI
Finale: Allegro from Concerto no.2 for double bass and piano
Joel Quarrington (double bass)
Andrew Burashko (piano)
NAXOS 8.557042, Tr.5
8:19

GUASTAVINO
Mi vi帽a de Chapanay (Vine of Chapanay)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Carmen Piazzini (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901892, Tr.24

8:22:42 CD

D SCARLATTI
Sonata for keyboard in D minor, K.32
Skip Semp茅 (harpsichord)
PARADIZO PA 9003, Tr.17

8:25

HERRMANN
Themes from 鈥楾he Twilight Zone鈥
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Nic Raine (conductor)
SILVA SCREEN FILMXCD 308, Tr.16

8:31

CHABRIER orch. MOTTL
Bourr茅e Fantasque orch. Felix Mottl (originally for piano)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 475 6183, Tr.10

8:37

BLOW
God spake sometime in visions
Choir of Westminster Abbey & Orchestra
Simon Preston (conductor)
ARCHIV Produktion 447 155-2, Tr.1

8:50

GLASS
1.crotchet = 104: first movement from the Violin concerto, arr. for saxophone
Amy Dickson (saxophone)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(no conductor listed)
RCA Red Seal promo, Tr.1
8:57

MOZART
Theme and variations: Andante grazioso from Divertimento no.15 in B flat, K.287
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT.1453, Tr.3
9:06

闯础狈脕膶贰碍
Overture: 鈥樑矫livost鈥
Vienna Philharmonic
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 470 263-2, Tr.9

9:13

J C BACH
Quintet in F major for flute, oboe, violin, viola and bc (Op.11 No.3)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Les Adieux:
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67374 2, CD3 Tr.7-8

9:22

DEBUSSY
La Belle au bois dormant
(The Sleeping Beauty)
V茅ronique Gens (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45360 2, Tr.18

9:26

MAYERL
Bats in the Belfry
Leslie De鈥檃th (piano)
DUTTON CDLX 7229, Tr.20

9:29

BRAHMS
Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny), Op.54
Ambrosian Singers
The London Philharmonic
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI CDC 7 54359 2, Tr.7-9
9:48

顿痴翱艠脕碍
Allegretto from Symphony no.1 in C minor 鈥楾he Bells of Zlonice鈥
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladim铆r V谩lek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3802-2, CD1 Tr.3

9:55

厂础滨狈罢-厂础脣狈厂
Carnival of the Animals 鈥 Aquarium
(arr. for 4 harps)
4 Girls 4 Harps
ARTS IN FUSION AIF06, Tr.5

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Wed 9 Sep 2009 07:00

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