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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms - and dips into his rucksack for a surprise or two. Includes music by Gorecki, Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak and Copland.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 26 Jul 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle (fur Elise) for piano (WoO.59) in A minor

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 412 227-2.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Mensa Sonora 鈥 Pars II in F major

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (director)

    • ARCHIV 00289 477 5001.
  • James Rhodes

    Rondes de printemps from Images

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 49947 2.
  • Michael Nyman

    Trysting Fields

    Performer: Kremerata Baltica Performer: Gidon Kremer (violin)

    • NONESUCH 075597996999.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell Overture

    Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 797-2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole 鈥 IV Feria. Assez vif

    Arranger: Peter Sadlo Performer: Martha Argerich (piano) Performer: Nelson Freire (piano) Performer: Peter Sadlo (percussion) Performer: Edgar Guggeis (percussion)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 867-2.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise No.1 op.4

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Itamar Golan (piano)

    • TELDEC 9031-77351-2.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid 鈥 Gun Battle

    Performer: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • EMI 0946 3 81498 2 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins, cello and orchestra (RV.580) (Op.3`10) in B minor

    Performer: Monica Huggett (violin 1) Performer: Catherine Mackintosh (violin 2) Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock (violin 3) Performer: John Holloway (violin 4) Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (director)

    • L鈥橭ISEAU-LYRE 433 053-2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenst眉ck for piano Op 19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    • DECCA 425 109-2.
  • Henri Duparc

    Aux etoiles

    Performer: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Performer: Jerome Kaltenbach (conductor)

    • ACCORD 202832.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Company - You could drive a person crazy

    Performer: Original London Cast Recording

    • SONY SMK 53496.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song Without Words 鈥 Op 102 No. 3 Presto

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • DECCA 421 119-2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso (Op.66)

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3533-2 031.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Paladins 鈥 Overture

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

    • L鈥橭ISEAU-LYRE 455 293-2.
  • Richard Allen Harvey

    Concerto Antico for guitar and small orchestra 鈥 I Alborada

    Performer: John Williams (guitar) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Paul Daniel (conductor)

    • SONY SK 68337.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 鈥 II Larghetto

    Performer: Dresden Staatskapelle Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7694712.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Tafelmusik Overture No. 1

    Performer: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Performer: Ton Koopman (director)

    • ERATO 2292-45433-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La clemenza di Tito K.621 鈥 Rondo: Non piu fiori vaghe catene

    Performer: Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 00289 477 5799.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations 鈥 variations 19 and 20

    Performer: Teodoro Anzellotti (accordion)

    • WINTER & WINTER 910 170-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 - Allemande

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • PHILIPS 456 928-2.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy Op 25

    Performer: Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)

    • DECCA 480 2083.
  • Henryk Miko艂aj G贸recki

    Three Pieces in The Old Style

    Performer: Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Roland Bader (conductor)

    • KOCH 3-1041-2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K318 in F sharp and K500 in A

    Performer: Fou Ts鈥檕ng (piano)

    • MERIDIAN CDE 84485.

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