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Friday - Rob Cowan

Presented by Rob Cowan, who shares his personal choice of music.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 22 Jan 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

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

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 423 201-2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude for cello and piano (Op.2 No.1)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67376.
  • Cipriano de Rore

    Laudem dicite (Sing praise to our God)

    Performer: Weser-Renaissance Bremen Performer: Manfred Cordes (director)

    • CPO 999 506-2.
  • Jean鈥怣ichel Jarre

    Theme from Lawrence of Arabia

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Carl Davis (conductor)

    • TRING TRP100.
  • LISZT (after VERDI)

    Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

    • EMI CLASSICS 3 67906 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Hornpipe from Water Music, suite in D major, HWV.349

    Performer: Zefiro

    • AMBROISIE AMB 9946.
  • William Byrd

    All as a Sea

    Performer: Robin Blaze (countertenor) Performer: Mark Levy (viol) Performer: Emilia Benjamin (viol) Performer: Reiko Ichise (viol) Performer: Alison McGillivray (viol) Performer: Joanna Levine (viol)

    • HYPERION CDA67397.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture: Coriolan, Op.62

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert Von Karajan (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 8404.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op.36: Nos. 11-13

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 442 652-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sweet Rose and Lily from Th茅odora

    Performer: Alfred Deller Performer: The Deller Consort

    • VANGUARD 08 5069 71.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    Je te veux

    Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10493.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    La Jota Aragonese

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    • CALA CACDS 4031.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Hymnus: Ave maris stella from Vespro della Beata Vergine

    Performer: Arnold Schoenberg Choir Performer: Concentus Musicus Wien Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • TELDEC 2564 69464-8.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse m茅lancolique. Allegro moderato from Suite no.3 in G major, Op.55

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Loren Maazel (conductor)

    • DECCA 476 2723.
  • John Adams

    Tromba Lontana

    Performer: San Francisco Symphony Performer: Edo de Waart (conductor)

    • NONESUCH 9 79144-2.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Sub tuum praesidium in G minor

    Performer: Capella Piccola Performer: Metamorphosis Baroque Orchestra, K枚ln Performer: Thomas Reuber (conductor)

    • THOROFON CTH 2181.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata (Sonatina) for violin and piano in D major, D.384

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin) Performer: Martin Helmchen (piano)

    • PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 347.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in C major, BWV.564

    Performer: Peter Hurford (organ)

    • EMI CDM 5 65398 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus 鈥 Symphonic poem

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7 63299 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Lerchengesang (Lark's song) (Op.70 No.2)

    Performer: Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Performer: Malcolm Martineau (piano)

    • SONY CLASSICAL PROMO.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    La contemplazione: una fantasia piccola from 6 Bagatelles (Op.107 No.3)

    Performer: Susan Alexander-Max (fortepiano)

    • CHACONNE DIGITAL CHAN 0765.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Hungaricus 4 Feejedvar Tantz-Hungaricus 1

    Performer: Ensemble Caprice Performer: Matthias Maute (director)

    • ANALEKTA AN 2 9919.
  • Revueltas / Serebrier

    Mexican Dance

    Performer: The President鈥檚 Own United States Marine Band Performer: Jos茅 Serebrier (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570727.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.30 in D major, K.202

    Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Otmar Suitner (conductor)

    • BERLIN CLASSICS 9473.
  • James Rhodes

    La chevelure & La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz (violin) Performer: Brooks Smith (piano)

    • RCA 09026 61776 2.

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