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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba. Including a Winter Waltz.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 16 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Prelude: Khovanshchina

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT2 1439.
  • Gustav Holst

    Suite No.1 for Military Band

    Performer: Cleveland Symphonic Winds Performer: Frederic Fennell (conductor)

    • TELARC CD-80038.
  • Hans Leo Hassler

    Ach, weh des Leiden

    Performer: The King's Singers

    • EMI 50999 2 07063 2.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda 貌 pur Ciaccona

    Performer: Gli Incogniti Performer: Amandine Beyer (violin / director)

    • ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT 090802.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture: The Marriage of Figaro

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • TELARC CD80388.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Ubi caritas et amor (4 motets on Gregorian themes)

    Performer: Vasari Singers Performer: Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)

    • SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD163.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV 988

    Performer: Variations 29, 30 & Aria Performer: Dong Hyek Lim (piano)

    • EMI 2159782.
  • Walter Leigh

    Concertino for Harpsichord & Strings

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)

    • LYRITA SRCD 289.
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Les Patineurs 鈥 Ballet (Entr茅e)

    Performer: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jean Martinon (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 7209.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Valse Ballet

    Performer: Angela Brownridge (piano)

    • EMI EMX 9507.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G Major RV303

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola (violin) Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (director)

    • ARCHIV 00289 477 8387.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.

    Arranger: Roger Harvey Performer: London Brass Performer: Roger Harvey (director)

    • WARNER CLASSICS 2564 686170.
  • Robert Schumann

    Ich wandelte unter den B盲umen (Liederkreis Op.24)

    Performer: Christoph Pr茅gardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano)

    • RCA 74321 73235-2.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Overture: Phaeton

    Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • WARNER APEX 2564 62184-2.
  • Georges Bizet

    Le dis que rien ne m'epouvante (Micaela's Aria) - Carmen

    Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 469 121-2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Fantasie in F Minor

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

  • Sasha Johnson Manning

    The Carol Singer's Carol:

    Performer: Manchester Carollers, Performer: Northern Chamber Orchestra, Performer: Richard Tanner (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572469.
  • B茅la Bart贸k - Village Dance (Two Pictures)

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata from Symphony No.5

    Performer: Jeanne Demessieux (organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) Performer: (Jeanne Demessieux Vol 3)

    • FESTIVO FECD 141.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in D Major Op.18 No.3

    Performer: The Beethoven String Quartet

    • MELODIYA MEL CD10 01348.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die schone Mullerin

    Performer: Morgengruss Performer: Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Performer: Hubert Giesen (piano)

    • HANSSLER CD 93.180.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    The Jewels of the Madonna 鈥揑ntermezzo No.2

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT 1327.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fur Elise Wo059

    Performer: Livia Rev (piano)

    • HELIOS CDH 55194.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Badinerie from the B Minor Suite

    Performer: Julius Baker (flute) Performer: Boris Barere (piano)

    • CEMBAL D鈥橝MOUR CD 127.
  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Angel's Farewell) - The Dream of Gerontius

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Hall茅 Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Performer: Ambrosian Singers Performer: Hall茅 Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • EMI 50999 5 08087-2.

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