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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music to begin the day. Music includes Beethoven's Prisoners' Chorus from Fidelio, Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile and Bridge's Pensiero for viola and piano.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 13 Oct 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Lawrance Collingwood (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 5 65593 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    So lohnet die Natur den Fleiss (from Autumn: The Seasons)

    Performer: Theo Adam (Simon - bass) Performer: Adele Stolte (Hanne - soprano) Performer: Peter Schreier (Lukas - tenor) Performer: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Herbert Kegel (conductor)

    • BMG CLASSICS 74321 49182 2.
  • Raffaele Calace

    Polonaise Op 36

    Performer: Alison Stephens (mandoline) Performer: Steven Devine (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.570434.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloe - extract

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • LSO live LSO 0693.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Prelude to Act 2 of "Saul and David"

    Performer: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)

    • SONY SK 53276.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata, Op 7

    Performer: Youri Egorov (piano)

    • EMI 5 74191 2.
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

    3 Gymnopedies

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

    • NAXOS 8.554279.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major "alla rustica", RV.151

    Performer: Tafelmusik Performer: Jeanne Lamon (violin/director)

    • HELIOS CDH 55190.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Prelude-Chaconne (Terpsichore)

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • WCJ 2564 69620-8.
  • Charles Wood

    Hail gladdening light

    Performer: Choir of St George鈥檚 Chapel, Windsor Castle Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield (conductor)

    • DELPHIAN DCD 34048.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Romance in F minor Op 11

    Performer: Itzhak Perman (violin) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • EMI 5 62595 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die musik

    Performer: Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Performer: Hubert Giesen (piano)

    • DG 477 9235.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Prisoners' chorus (Fidelio)

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin, Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • EMI 3 87739 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in E minor, BWV 914

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67310.
  • Norman Cocker

    Tuba tune

    Performer: Simon Johnson (organ of St Paul鈥檚 Cathedral)

    • PRIORY PRDVD 5.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante cantabile

    Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • ONYX 4002.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture, La Scala di Seta

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • SONY SMK 47 606.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vorrei spiegarvi oh Dio

    Performer: Rita Streich (soprano) Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • DG 459 020-2.
  • Frank Bridge

    Pensiero for viola and piano

    Performer: Tom Dunn (viola) Performer: Daniel Tong (piano)

    • DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7254.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Performer: Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Performer: Robert Merrill (baritone) Performer: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Performer: Renato Cellini (conductor)

    • RCA CD 87799.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on Bald Mountain

    Arranger: Rimsky Korsakov Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCA 82876 61394 2.
  • Johann Michael Bach

    Cantata: Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ

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

    • ARCHIV PRODUKTION 419 253-2.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse

    Performer: Anne Sophie Mutter (violin) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • DG 477 9235.
  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin in Hollywood

    Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett Performer: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Performer: James Judd (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.559107.

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