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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Great pieces, great performances - and a few surprises!

3 hours

Last on

Thu 19 Aug 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Canzona Matinata ("Morning Song") from Forgotten Melodies Op 39

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67578.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.6 in A major (orchestrated Johan Andreas Hall茅n)

    Performer: Danubia Orchestra Obuda Performer: Domonkos H茅ja (conductor)

    • WCJ 2564 69284 9.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Suite in A major, Op 98a: movements 3-5

    Performer: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • APEX 7559 79677 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C major Op 18

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • DENON C377573.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Heraclitus and Democritus 鈥 overture

    Performer: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Michael Dittrich (conductor)

    • MARCO POLIO 8223381.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanshchina 鈥 Intermezzo, Act 4

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

    • DG 477 7163.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    5th Concerto en Sextour

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

    • DECCA 467 699 2.
  • Francis Poulenc

    3 Mouvements Perpetuels

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.

    Performer: Francis Poulenc (piano)

    • SONY MPK47684.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCA 09026 61958 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Scherzo for 4 bassoons

    Performer: Martin Gatt, Meyrick Alexander, Melbon Mackie, John Orford (bassoons)

    • CONIFER CDCF 173.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony in C major K96

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

    • EMI 5855892.
  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Ralph van Raat (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.559285.
  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my Redeemer liveth

    Performer: Margaret Price (soprano) Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 480 0120.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fantasy in F sharp minor Op 28 "Sonata Ecossaise"

    Performer: Shura Cherkassky (piano)

    • VOX 7210.
  • 笔茅谤辞迟颈苍

    Alleluia. Nativitas

    Performer: Jan Garbarek (saxophone) Performer: Hilliard Ensemble

    • ECM 476 3855.
  • Jan Garbarek

    We are the stars

    Performer: Jan Garbarek (saxophone) Performer: Hilliard Ensemble

    • ECM 476 3855.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 2: 3rd movement scherzo

    Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 429 527 2.
  • James Rhodes

    Sonata for violin and piano

    Performer: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

    • RCA 74321 988 362.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Credo RV591

    Performer: The King鈥檚 Consort Performer: Robert King (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDS4417.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 876

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 677414.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dumbarton Oaks

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 419 628-2.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Tales of Hoffmann 鈥 suite

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performer: Paul Paray (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 332-2.

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