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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his musical enthusiasms, and dips into his rucksack for a surprise or two.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 19 Oct 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hercules - overture

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

    • ARCHIV 477 9112.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance Op 46 No. 5

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • DECCA 411 735 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat for 13 wind instruments

    Performer: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • ARTE NOVA 7432 198 496 2.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Welcome the Queen

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Arthur Bliss

    • DECCA 480 3783.
  • Dario Castello

    Sonata decima sesta

    Performer: Irish Baroque Orchestra Chamber Soloists Performer: Monica Huggett (director)

    • AVIE AV2202.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Fairy dance; Popular Melody; Norwegian Melody from Lyric Piecs, Op 12

    Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (piano)

    • PHILIPS 438 380 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    String Sonata No. 3 in C major

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

    • DG 457 914-2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave fanciulla

    Performer: Leopold Simoneau (tenor) Performer: Pierrette Alarie (soprano) Performer: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Lee Schaenen (conductor)

    • DG 477 9235.
  • John Rutter

    Wells Jubilate

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: John Rutter (conductor)

    • COLLEGIUM COLCD135.
  • Marc-André Hamelin - Etude No. 9 in F minor (after Rossini)

    Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 124 "Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht": Duet "Entziehe dich eilends, mein Herze, de

    Performer: Claron McFadden (soprano) Performer: Michael Chance (alto) Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • SDG SDG174.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concert in D major Op.35 – Finale

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

    • DG 476 409 2.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Polonaise from Scenes de ballet Op 52

    Performer: Minnesota Orchestra Performer: Edo de Waart (conductor)

    • TELARC CD80347.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue BWV 864

    Performer: Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)

    • MIRARE MIR 9930.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne, "In London Town"

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • FIRST HAND FHR06.
  • Steve Reich

    Tehillim – part 2

    Performer: Ossia and Alarm Will Sound Performer: Alan Pierson (conductor)

    • CANTALOUPE CA21009.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.

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

    • RCA 5606-2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K466

    Performer: Yuja Wang (piano)

    • DGG 477 8795.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem: Dies Irae; Tuba Mirum – Mors Stupebit

    Performer: Robert Shaw Chorale Performer: NBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: Arturo Toscanini (conductor)

    • PRISTINE AUDIO PACO 048.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Fratres (arranged for 4 male voices and 2 cellos by Jiri Barta)

    Performer: Schola Gregoriana Pragensis Performer: Jiri Barta (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 4009 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo in C minor from the FAE Sonata

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman (piano) Performer: Isaac Stern (violin)

    • SONY SK 53 107.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Les Petits Riens (excerpts)

    Performer: Concerto Cologne Performer: Anton Steck (conductor)

    • ARKHIV 477 5800.
  • María Esteban de Valera

    Nana; Intermezzo

    Performer: Andres Segovia (guitar)

    • UNIVERSAL UMD 80467.

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