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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

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

7:03

WEBER
Menuetto: Capriccio presto from Clarinet quintet, Op.34
Eduard Brunner (clarinet)
Hagen Quartett
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 463 599-2, Tr.5

7:08

WALTON
Prelude for orchestra ‘Granada’
The London Philharmonic
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 8968, Tr.9

7:15

J S BACH
Prelude and fugue in G minor from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier
Till Fellner (piano)
ECM NEW SERIES 1853/54, CD2 Tr.7-8

7:21

BLOW
God is our hope and strength
Winchester Cathedral Choir
The Parley of Instruments
David Hill (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67031/2, CD1 Tr.4

7:24

MOZART arr. MAYOR
Allegro from Serenade in G major ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik’ arr. Simon Mayor for
mandolin quartet and guitar
Simon Mayor, Richard Collins (mandolins)
Maartin Allcock (mandola)
Gerald Garcia (guitar)
Hilary James (mandobass)
Aka ‘Mandolinquents’
ACOUSTICS CDACS 034, Tr.3

7:31

RESPIGHI
The Dove from The Birds –
Suite for small orchestra
(based on a theme by J de Gallot)
Prague Chamber Orchestra
SUPRAPHON 11 0683-2, Tr.5

7:36

ROSSINI
Moderato from String sonata no.1 in G major
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Marshall Marcus (violins)
Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
Chi-Chi Nwanoku (double bass)
HELIOS CDH55200, Tr.1

7:42

RAVEL
Sonatine
Martha Argerich (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5 57101 2, Tr.9-11

7:53

DELIBES
Mazurka; Scène; Marche dansée et final from La Source
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 9 67716 2, CD2 Tr.18-20

8:03

PURCELL
The Gordian Knot Unty’d, Z.597
Air – Rondeau Minuet – Air – Jig (‘Lilliburlero’ in bass)
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
DECCA 475 5292 CD1 tr 14
8:08

KABALEVSKY
Overture from Colas Breugnon
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 75127 2, CD2 Tr.1

8:14

SCHUMANN
Einfach, innig (easy, intimate):
No.2 from 3 Romances
Anthony Marwood (violin)
Susan Tomes (piano)
HYPERION CDA67180, Tr.5

8:18

FERRABOSCO
So beautie on the waters stood (text: Ben Jonson); Pavin for 3 lyra viols
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Fretwork
VIRGIN VERITAS 5 45346 2, Tr.3-4

8:25

BARBER
No.4: Allegro Molto from Excursions, Op.20
John Browning (piano)
NIMBUS NI 2528, Tr.11

8:30

VIVALDI
Concerto for violin and strings in F ‘Autumn’
Pina Carmirelli (violin)
I Musici
PHILIPS 475 6940. Tr.7-9
8:44

VASKS
Folk Music – 2nd movement
from Concerto for cor anglais
Normunds Schnee (cor anglais)
Riga Philharmonic Orchestra
Krišs Rusmanis (conductor)
CONIFER CLASSICS CDCF 236, Tr.3

8:51

BRAHMS
Allegro energico from String Quintet no.1
in F major, Op.88
Guarneri Quartet
Pinchas Zukermann (viola)
RCA 94195, CD2 Tr.5

8:57

VERDI
Aria: Celeste Aida from Aida
Franco Corelli (tenor)
Orchestra of RAI, Torino
Arturo Basile (conductor)
REGIS RRC 1315, Tr.1

9:02

MOZART
Sonata for piano in C major, K.454 ‘for beginners’
András Schiff (piano)
DECCA 456 925-2, CD2 Tr.1-3

9:14

RAUTAVAARA
The Fiddlers – suite for string orchestra, Op.1
Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
Juha Kangas (conductor)
ONDINE ODE 821-2, Tr.1-5

9:22

MENDELSSOHN
Volkslied (folk song) – from 6 duets for voice & piano (Op.63 No.5)
Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Nathan Berg (baritone)
Eugene Asti (piano)
HYPERION CDA66906, Tr.21

9:24

J S BACH reworked EGARR
Fugue in C minor (after BWV.906)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907329, Tr.22
9:31

RAVEL
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Régine Crespin (soprano)
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
DECCA 475 7712, Tr.7-9

9:49

COLEMAN
Ornette Coleman (alto sax)
Don Cherry (pocket trumpet)
Charlie Haden (bass)
Billy Higgins (drums)
GIANTS OF JAZZ AAD CD 53212, Tr.11

9:56

NIELSEN
Humoreske (Allegretto) from Symphony no.6 ‘Sinfonia Semplice’
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5 00829 2, CD3 Tr.8

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