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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast on Radio 3 including works by Purcell and Shostakovich, by Bach and Delius as well as a thrilling Liszt tone poem and the William Tell Overture, both conducted by Herbert von Karajan.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 14 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen: Trumpet Overture to Act I

    Performer: Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • EMI CDC747 664 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Limpid Stream

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Weber (cello) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Maxim Shostakovich (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 434 106 2.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet in C major Op 45 No. 4: first movement

    Performer: L鈥橢uropa Galante

    • OPUS OPS 3082.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Suite francaise: Normandie; Provence

    Performer: Eastman Wind Ensemble Performer: Frederick Fennell (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 399 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu D 899 No. 2 in E flat

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 456 061 2.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    "Cum Jubilo" Mass: Kyrie and Agnus Dei

    Performer: Chorale Stephane Caillat Performer: French National Radio Orchestra Performer: Maurice Durufl茅 (conductor)

    • ERATO 4509 98526 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Etude in C sharp minor Op 10 No. 4

    Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

  • Frederick Delius

    A Song before Sunrise

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575 315 2.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Saxophone Quartet Op 109: Finale

    Performer: Quatuor Habanera

    • ALPHA 041.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    March K189

    Performer: Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra Budapest Performer: J谩nos Rolla (conductor)

    • HUNGAROTON HCD 12861.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B major BWV 892

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 677414.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Romeo and Juliet 鈥 Part 3: Queen Mab, the Dream Fairy

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 442 134-2.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Regrets

    Performer: David Nadien (violin); Boris Barere (piano)

    • CEMBAL D鈥橝MOUR CD111.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Flourish for 2 brass orchestras

    Performer: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    • LONDON 430 369 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Gnomen-reigen

    Arranger: Jeffrey Reid Baker Performer: Jeffrey Reid Baker (synthesizers)

    • NEWPORT CLASSIC NC 60022.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mazeppa

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

    • DG 447 415 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Concerto-suite from the ballet "The Nutcracker" Op 71

    Arranger: Pletnev Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    • BMG 74321 25181 2.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Sinfonia for wind instruments

    Performer: Camerata Budapest Performer: L谩szl贸 Kov谩cs (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.557492.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Pastorale comique 鈥 second scene

    Performer: Gilles Ragon (tenor); Michel Verschaeve (baritone); Bernard Del茅tr茅 (bass) Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • ERATO 2292 45286 2.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Psalm 114

    Performer: Gillian Weir (organ); Brighton Festival Chorus Performer: L谩szl贸 Heltay (conductor)

    • DECCA 433 080-2.
  • Anton Rubinstein

    Valse-caprice

    Performer: USSR Symphony Orchestra Performer: Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • CHANT DU MONDE LDC 278820.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dance Four

    Arranger: Skip Martin Performer: Skip Martin鈥檚 All-Star Jazz Band

    • FLARE RECORDS ROYCD302.
  • Marin Marais

    La R锚veuse

    Performer: Spectre de la Rose

    • NAXOS 8.550750.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell - overture

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

    • DG 415 377 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata Movement in B flat major K372

    Performer: Oscar Shumsky (violin); Artur Balsam (piano)

    • NIMBUS 2562/65.

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  • Wed 14 Apr 2010 07:00

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