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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 1 Jul 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture - La scala di seta

    Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 27708.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Swimmer (Sea Pictures)

    Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • LPO 0046.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A minor K. 511

    Performer: Lise de la Salle (piano)

    • NA脧VE V 5080.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Prelude (Thesee)

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    • DECCA 480 2374.
  • Christopher Simpson

    July (The Monthes)

    Performer: Sonnerie: [Monica Huggett, Emilia Benjamin (violins), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba) Performer: Gary Cooper (chamber organ)

    • VIRGIN 7243 5 62161 2 9.
  • Richard Strauss

    Introduction and finale (Suite in B flat, Op. 4)

    Performer: London Winds Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet, director)

    • HYPERION CDD 22015.
  • Franz Schubert

    Psalm 23, D.706

    Performer: Stuttgart Chamber Choir Performer: Andreas Rothkopf (piano) Performer: Frieder Bernius (director)

    • PROF IL PH 06020.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C minor RV.480

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: L'Aura Soave Cremona.

    Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Performer: I Musici

    • PHILIPS 475 233 2.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    La Poule (6th concert en sextuor)

    Performer: Les Talens lyrique Performer: Christoph Rousset (director)

    • DECCA 467 699 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Allegro agitato molto (Transcendental studies, No. 10)

    Performer: Jorge Bolet (piano)

    • ENSAYO ENY.CD-9711.
  • Edward Elgar

    Organ Sonata in G major, Op. 28 鈥 lst movement (Allegro maestoso)

    Performer: Herbert Sumsion (organ of Gloucester Cathedral)

    • EMI 5 03603 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet in E major, Op. 97 鈥 2nd movement (Allegro Vivo)

    Performer: Zukerman Chamber Players

    • ALTARA ALT 11025.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sokol Fanfare

    Performer: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    • DECCA 289 470 501 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chaconne

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

    • TELDEC 8573 85557 2.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Chacona in E minor

    Arranger: Chavez Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Eduardo Mata (conductor)

    • RCA 74321 30985-2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 45

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Performer: Dg 00289 477 7563 Performer: Tr 11

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Triumphal Symphony 鈥 Scherzo

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Zdenek Kosler (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 0180 2 031.
  • Johann Strauss II - Waltz - Roses from the South

    Arranger: Schoenberg: Performer: Diabiolicus, Performer: Dietrich Henschel (conductor)

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks Concerto

    Performer: Orchestra of St Luke鈥檚 Performer: Robert Craft (conductor)

    • MUSIC MASTERS CLASSICS 01612-67113-2.
  • Thomas Campion

    Jack and Joan

    Performer: The Consort of Musicke Performer: Trevor Jones (bass viol) Performer: Anthony Rooley (director)

    • DECCA 480 2145.
  • Boieldieu

    Overture, La Dame blanche

    Performer: Suisse Romande Orchestra Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA 480 0023.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 1

    Performer: Martha Argerich (piano) Performer: Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet) Performer: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana Performer: Alexander Vedernikov (conductor)

    • EMI 50999 5 04504 2.

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