Friday - Rob Cowan
Music by Beethoven, Albeniz, Gluck and Delibes, and the Queen of the Night sings of vengeance in this morning's programme, presented by Rob Cowan.
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Anon.
Sumer is icumen in
Performer: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford Performer: Grayston Ives (director)
- CANTORIS CRCD2366.
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L茅o Delibes
Pr茅lude to Sylvia 鈥� ballet
Performer: National Opera Theatre Orchestra, Paris Performer: Jean-Baptist Mari (conductor)
- EMI CLASSICS 9 67716 2.
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Robert Schumann
Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello in E flat major Op 44: In modo d'una marcia
Performer: Leonard Bernstein (piano) Performer: Juilliard String Quartet
- SONY CLASSICAL SM3K 47166.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Sinfonia in G major RV 149
Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Andrew Manze (director)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907230.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
5 Variations in D major on Rule Britannia (from Thomas Arne's masque 'Alfred') WoO.79
Performer: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 613-2.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Aria: Che faro senza Euridice?
Performer: Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano: Orfeo) Performer: Instrumental Ensemble of the Collegium Musicum Italicum Performer: Renato Fasano (conductor)
- RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL GD87896.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 55 in E flat major 'Schoolmaster': Adagio, ma semplicemente
Performer: Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra Performer: Benjamin Britten (conductor)
- DECCA 458 869-2.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to La forza del destino
Performer: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Performer: Igor Markevitch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 422 272-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Zadok the Priest (HWV 258)
Performer: The Choir of New College, Oxford Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Edward Higginbottom (conductor)
- DECCA 470 226-2.
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Meredith Willson
Seventy-Six Trombones from The Music Man
Arranger: Leroy Anderson Performer: The Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: John Williams (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SK 46747.
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James Rhodes
Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Book 1)
Performer: Alain Plan猫s (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901893.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
沤谩rlivost 鈥� original prelude to Jenufa
Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU 3739-2 032.
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Thomas Tallis
Plorans ploravit (She weepeth sore in the night) from The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Pro
Performer: The Deller Consort Performer: Alfred Deller (director)
- VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 2026 71.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute K 620: Queen of the Night's Aria: 'Der H枚lle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen'
Performer: Rita Streich (soprano: Queen of the Night) Performer: RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin Performer: Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 020-2.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Tango Op 165 No. 2
Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10493.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream 鈥� incidental music
Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 782-2.
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Igor Stravinsky
Monumentum Pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD Annum
Performer: Royal Flemish Philharmonic Performer: Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
- PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 349.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride Act III: Dance of the Comedians
Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- CBS MLK 44723.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 (aka "Air on the G string")
Performer: La Stravaganza K枚ln Performer: Andrew Manze (director)
- DENON CO-78965-66.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boh猫me: Rodolfo's Aria: 'Che gelida manina'
Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor: Rodolfo) Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Leone Magiera (conductor)
- DECCA 417 713-2.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Berceuse Op 16
Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Pascal Devoyon (piano)
- HYPERION CDA66235.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Allegro (opening movement) from Trio sonata No. 5 in F major
Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Performer: Klaus Stoll (double bass) Performer: Jonathan Rubin (lute) Performer: Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)
- ECM NEW SERIES 462 542-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenata Notturna K 239
Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Otmar Suitner (conductor)
- PHILIPS 426 060-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue in G major (Gigue) BWV 577
Performer: Peter Hurford (organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen, Netherlands)
- EMI EMINENCE 5 65028 2.
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Thomas Arne
Overture No. 3 in G major
Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
- DECCA 470 372-2.
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Max Bruch
Romance in A minor Op.42
Performer: Aaron Rosand (violin) Performer: German Radio Philharmonic Hannover Performer: Christoph Wyneken (conductor)
- VOX CLASSICS VXP 7906.
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John Blow
God is our hope and strength
Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey Performer: Robert Quinney (organ) Performer: James O鈥橠onnell (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67792.
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Trad. Georgian
Mtiuluri (Men's Dance)
Performer: Instrumental Group of the 鈥楻ustavi鈥� State Folk Music Ensemble
- MELODIYA MEL CD 30 01644.
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