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Friday - Rob Cowan

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 5 Feb 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata k380 in E major

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich (piano)

    • DG 435 855-2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Leminkaienen suite Op 22

    Performer: Lemminkainen鈥檚 return Performer: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leif Segerstam (conductor)

    • ONDINE ODE 852-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concertone in C major for two violins and orchestra (last movement only)

    Performer: Emanuel Hurwitz, Eli Goren, (violin) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • DECCA 442 8239.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon in the 9th tone for 12 parts

    Performer: Gabrieli Consort la Fenice Performer: The Edward Tarr Brass Ensemble Performer: Vittorio Negri (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876 78762 2.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Ouverture from Nais

    Performer: Orchestra of 18th century Performer: Frans Bruggen (director)

    • GLOSSA GCD921106.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no 3 in C minor (Andante only)

    Performer: The Schubert Ensemble

    • CD RSN 3081.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtisan March

    Performer: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2122.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Nocturne in F sharp Op 15 no 1

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Ricercare for organ

    Performer: E Power Biggs (piano)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876 78762 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat (chorus) and Et exsultavit spiritus

    Performer: Gabrieli Players Performer: Paul McCreesh (director)

    • ARCHIV 469 531-2.
  • Uri Caine

    On Youth

    Performer: Uri Caine Ensemble

    • WINTER & WINTER 910 095-2.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Concerto no2 (La Cetra)

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage (director and violin)

    • CHANDOS CHAN0744X.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Von der Jugend (Das lied von der Erde

    Performer: Rene Kollo (tenor) Performer: Israel Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697-45369-2.
  • Joseph Martin Kraus

    Dance of the Naids and Tritons, Gavotte

    Performer: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla Performer: Patrick Gallois (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570585.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op 34 no 14

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572458.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in D major for violin and piano K315 (slow movement only)

    Performer: Daniel Hope (violin) Performer: Sebastian Knauer (piano) Performer: Camerata Salzburg Performer: Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

    • WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61944-2.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Le Bal Martiniquais OP 249 鈥 Biguine

    Performer: Stephen Coombs (piano) Performer: Artur Pizzaro (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67014.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Symphony in G minor (Vivace)

    Performer: Ulster Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • CHANDOS 8577.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet no 14 in D minor, D810 Death and the Maiden (andante only)

    Performer: Guarneri Quartet

    • RCA 94197.
  • Claude Balbastre

    La d'Esclignac

    Performer: Elizabeth Farr (harpsichord)

    • NAXOS 8.572034-35.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C (last movement only)

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jacqueline du Pre (cello) Performer: Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 47614 2.
  • James Rhodes

    Jeux

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10545.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (The Magic Flute)

    Performer: Hermann Prey (Baritone) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

    • DECCA 467 901-2.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Nymphes des bois

    Performer: Clerk鈥檚 Group Performer: Edward Wickham (director)

    • ASV CD GAU 362.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Performer: Istvan Hajdu (piano)

    • PHILIPS PHCP 4956.

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