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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Overtures by Borodin and Glinka, waltzes by Tchaikovsky and Lanner, and a polka by Smetana are included this morning.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 12 Aug 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka from The Bartered bride

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

    • DG 415 856-2.
  • Heinrich Sch眉tz

    Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes SWV 386

    Performer: The Monteverdi Choir Performer: The English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • SDG 165.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia for piano H 17 4 in C major

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)

    • BIS-SACD-1788.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Reverie et caprice for violin and orchestra Op 8

    Performer: James Ehnes (violin) Performer: Quebec Symphony Orchestra Performer: Yoav Talmi (conductor)

    • ANALEKTA FL 2 3151.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia (from Fantasia and fugue BWV 906 in C minor)

    Performer: Richard Egarr (harpsichord)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907329.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor - Overture

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

    • RCA RED LABEL 82876 716182.
  • John Dowland

    I saw my lady weep

    Performer: Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Performer: Andreas Martin (lute)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901603.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano pieces Op 52 Nos. 5&6

    Performer: Radoslav Kvapil (piano)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 4018-2.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade - The Old Castle

    Orchestrator: Ravel Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti (conductor)

    • DECCA 430 446-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest

    Performer: Choir of New College Oxford Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Edward Higginbottom (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 226-2.
  • James Rhodes

    Syrinx

    Performer: William Bennett (flute)

    • CALA CACD1017.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Cherubins (from book 20 of his Pieces for Keyboard)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901956.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4: 3rd movement; Scherzo (Pizzicato ostinato)

    Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor) Performer: Channel Classics Ccs Sa 21704

    • Tr. 3.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta: 1st movement; Allegretto (Sokol Fanfare)

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

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3739-2 032.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Performer: Bavarian State Orchestra Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    • EMI CDD 7 63893 2.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Battalia

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

    • ARCHIV 429 230-2.
  • Josef Lanner

    Die Werber 鈥 waltz, Op 103

    Performer: Biedermeier Ensemble Wien

    • DENON CO-72587.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis & Chloe [3rd part]

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

    • EMI CLASSICS CDC 7543032.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata a 22 (No. 20)

    Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players Performer: Paul McCreesh (director)

    • ARCHIV 449 180-2.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Caprice basque for violin and piano Op 24

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

    • TELDEC 9031-77351-2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Cruda Amarilli

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • OPUS111 OPS-30-166.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz from Swan Lake

    Performer: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • Pristine Classical PASC 235 AS.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No. 21 in C major: Allegro con moto

    Performer: London Mozart Players Performer: Matthias Bamert (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN10604.
  • John Ward

    My true love hath my heart

    Performer: The Consort of Musicke Performer: Anthony Rooley (director)

    • DECCA 480 1816.
  • Clarinet Factory

    What's Up?

    Performer: Clarinet Factory

    • SUPRAPHON SU 4023-2.

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  • Thu 12 Aug 2010 07:00

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