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Monday - Rob Cowan

Breakfast on Radio 3 with Rob Cowan. Great pieces, great performances - and a few surprises!

3 hours

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Mon 8 Feb 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata for keyboard K.278 'Con Velocitá'

    Performer: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 82876 67375 2.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Joyeuse Marche

    Performer: Orchestre National de France Performer: Armin Jordan (conductor)

  • Anonymous (Court Of Henry Viii)

    Madame d'amours

    Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble

    • SAGA CLASSICS SCD 9003.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata no.5 in G major, HWV.384

    Performer: Convivium

    • HYPERION CDA67083.
  • Boccherini / Berio

    Quattro versioni originali della 'Ritirata notturna di Madrid'

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Luciano Berio (conductor)

    • RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 09026 68894 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 456 031-2.
  • Johann Stamitz

    Menuet from Orchestral Trio in F major, Op.1 No.3

    Performer: New Zealand Chamber Orchestra Performer: Donald Armstrong (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.553213.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo from String Quintet no.1 in A major, Op.18

    Performer: Fine Arts Quartet Performer: Danilo Rossi (viola)

    • NAXOS 8.570488.
  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major from Rosamunde – incidental music, D.797

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 782-2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danse Infernal

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

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6118.
  • Robert Fuchs

    Nos. 1 & 2 from 20 Violin duos (Op.55)

    Performer: Eugene Drucker (violin) Performer: Philip Setzer (violin)

    • BIDDULPH LAW 007.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Polonaise from A Life for the Tsar

    Performer: Bolshoi Chorus Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexander Lazarev (conductor)

    • ERATO 4509-91723-2.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 216574 2.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no.9 in A flat major, Op.69 No.1 'L'Adieu'

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter (piano)

  • Joseph Haydn

    Minuet – trio and Finale – allegro non troppo from Symphony no.76 in E flat major, H.I.76

    Performer: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Günter Wand (conductor)

    • PROFIL PH05045.
  • George Gershwin

    Strike up the Band

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)

    • RPO RECORDS CDRPD 9002.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Valet will ich dir geben, BWV.735

    Performer: Peter Hurford (organ of Ludgerikirche, Norden)

    • EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX 2226.
  • Franz Schubert

    Adagio from Quintet for strings in C major, D.956

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Performer: Arpad Gérecz (violin) Performer: Max Lesueur (viola) Performer: Paul Szabo (cello) Performer: Philippe Mermoud (cello)

    • PHILIPS PHCP-4978.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K96 in C major (arranged for saxophone quartet)

    Performer: Copenhagen Saxophone Quartet

    • CLASSICO CLASSCD 489.
  • William Byrd

    Entrata –from William Byrd's 'The Bells'

    Arranger: Orff Performer: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Performer: Hermann Scherchen (conductor)

    • WESTMINSTER MVCW-18018.
  • Edward Elgar

    Froissart - Concert Overture, Op.19

    Performer: Ö÷²¥´óÐã Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)

    • WARNER APEX 2564 62200-2.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Lucia's Aria: Spargi d'amaro pianto (Spread with bitter tears) from Lucia di Lammermoor

    Performer: Anna Netrebko (soprano: Lucia) Performer: Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 8812.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque Op.101 No.8

    Performer: Stefan Veselka (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.557477.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Der Kampf der Tugend (Virtue's Struggle), Wq.208 No.2

    Performer: Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam Performer: Harry van der Kamp (director)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876705432.
  • André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry

    Overture to Le Jugement de Midas

    Performer: Orchestre de Bretagne Performer: Stefan Sanderling (conductor)

    • ASV CD DCA 1095.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Carnaval romain – overture

    Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • RCA RED SEAL 09026 68790 2.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60

    Performer: Friedrich Gulda (piano)

  • John Dankworth - Picture of Jeannie

    Performer: Emma Johnson (clarinet) Performer: John Lenehan (piano)

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