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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 21 Jan 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes 鈥 Tableaux Op.39 Allegro Moderato

    Performer: Alexander Romanovsky (piano)

    • DECCA 476 3334.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    B Minor Mass 鈥 Gloria in Excelsis 鈥 Et in terra pax

    Performer: Balthasar-Neumann Choir Performer: Thomas Hengelbrock (director)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 7733802.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Italiana in Algeri 鈥 Overture

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: George Szell (conductor)

    • EMI 5759622.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Grosso RV156 in G Minor

    Performer: Akademi e f疟r Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901975.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to the Magic Flute

    Performer: Concerto Koln Performer: Anton Steck (director)

    • ARCHIV 477 5800.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die schoen Mullerin Op.25 D795 'Die liebe Farbe

    Performer: James Gilchrist (tenor) Performer: Anna Tilbrook (piano)

    • ORCHID CLASSICS LC 20037.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles from Mlada

    Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10369 (2) X.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart Performer: Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

    • ECM 1275 817 764 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations 鈥揤ariations 4 & 5

    Performer: Stefan Hussong (Accordion)

    • THOROFON CTH 2047.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    M茅d茅e 鈥 Overture & Air from Act II, Scene 2 "Princesse, c'est sur vous"

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: Williams Christie (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 477 8610.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor Op.22 鈥 Presto

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Performer: L鈥橭rchestre de La Suisse Romande Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 8764.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Chanson Russe (1937)(from Mavra)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood (violin) Performer: Thomas Ad猫s (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67723.
  • John Taverner

    Dum transisset Sabbatum

    Performer: Choir of St Mary鈥檚 Cathedral, Edinburgh Performer: Duncan Ferguson (conductor)

    • DELPHIAN DCD34023.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fur Elise

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPH0N 477 8168.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint 鈥 Fast final movement

    Performer: Pat Metheny (guitar)

    • NONESUCH 7559 794512.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in F BWV 540

    Performer: Franz Hauk (organ of Ingolstadt Munster)

    • GUILD GMCD 7217.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major Op.10 鈥 Finale Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3968 2.
  • Bono & The Edge - Goldeneye

    Performer: Voces8

  • Kenneth Leighton

    Sonatina No.2

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9818.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Vert-Vert 鈥 Overture [world premiere recording]

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • OPERA RARA ORC41.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller 鈥 Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor 鈥 Rodolfo) Performer: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • SONY 88697581382.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 鈥 BWV 1049 1st movt

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2191.
  • C茅sar Franck

    String Quartet in D Scherzo

    Performer: Fitzwilliam String Quartet

    • DECCA 425 4242.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Symphony No.6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques) 鈥 Poco Allegretto

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 40072.
  • Benjamin Verdery

    Peace Love and Guitars 3

    Performer: John Williams & John Etheridge (guitars)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697009072.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A Flat Major Op.47

    Performer: Stefan Askenase (piano)

  • Paolo Conte

    Happy Feet

    Performer: Paolo Conte (vocals)

    • NONESUCH 7559 795122.

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