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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Presented by Rob Cowan, who shares his personal choice of music. Including a Winter Waltz.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 17 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury from the Planets

    Performer: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 553.
  • John Harle

    The Three Ravens – Since first I saw your face

    Performer: Sarah Leonard (soprano) Performer: John Harle (saxophones/keyboards/backing vocals) Performer: Alexander Balanescu (violin) Performer: Alastair Gavin (synthesizer programming) Performer: John Harle Band

    • ARGO 452 6052.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Louis Fremaux

    • EMI763024.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Finale from Sonata in F, K494

    Performer: Andre Tchaikovsky (piano)

    • DANTE035.
  • Percy Grainger

    The immovable Do

    Performer: Ö÷²¥´óÐã philharmonic Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS 9839.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Surge, Illuminare Jerusalem

    Performer: Musica Secreta & Celestial Sirens

    • DIVINE ART DDA 25077.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C Minor for Oboe, Violin and Strings BWV 1060

    Performer: Francois Leleux (oboe) Performer: Viktoria Mullova, (violin) Performer: Mullova Ensemble

    • PHILIPS 446 675.
  • Gade

    Tango Jalousie

    Performer: Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477612.
  • Franz Liszt

    Valse Oubliee No 1

    Performer: Earl Wilde (piano)

    • EMI86522.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 869.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Allegro 1st mvt from Keyboard Sonata in D HOB 16:33

    Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 0547277285.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G Minor for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: Michal Kanka, (cello) Performer: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra of Ostrava Performer: Tomas Koutnik (conductor)

    • PRAGA50101.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where ere you walk from Semele

    Performer: Richard Croft, tenor (Jupiter) Performer: Early Opera Company Performer: Christian Curnyn (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 7453.
  • Martinu

    Serenade No.1 in A Minor for Clarinet, Horn, Three Violins & Viola

    Performer: Baborak Ensemble

    • SUPRAPHON SU 39982.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Salvator Mundi

    Performer: Oxford Camerata Performer: Jeremy Summerly

    • NAXOS 8.556842.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A Major D 951 "Grand Rondeau"

    Performer: Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8570.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja from (The Magic flute)

    Performer: Hermann prey (Baritone) Performer: Studio Orchestra Performer: Arthur Gruber (conductor)

    • PREISER 93466.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo from Quartet in Eb Op 12

    Performer: Juilliard Quartet

    • SONY 60579.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Double Concerto for Harpsichord & Fortepiano W 47 H 479

    Performer: Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) Performer: Jean Antonietti (fortepiano)

    • TELDEC 0630 123262.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del Gracioso

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Performer: Paul Paray (conductor)

    • MERCURY 432003.
  • J S BACH (arr. malloch)

    Allegro Molto from The Art of Fugue

    Performer: Ensemble of 40 Los Angeles String and Woodwind Players Performer: Lukas Foss (conductor)

    • SHEFFIELD LAB502.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem Op.15

    Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • MARINSKY MAR 0503.
  • George GERSHWIN (arr teddy wilson)

    Embraceable You

    Performer: Love is Here to Stay Performer: Teddy Wilson Trio

    • COLLECTABLES6680.
  • Giordani

    Caro mio ben

    Performer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 476244.

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