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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Wake up to music, news and the occasional surprise.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 2 Dec 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata No.16 in C major K545 "Sonata Facile"

    Performer: Glenn Gould (piano)

    • SONY SM4K 52 627.
  • Georges Bizet

    Marche from Petite Suite (Jeux d'enfants)

    Performer: Orchestre de Paris Performer: Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

    • VIRGIN 628613 0 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV332

    Performer: Europa Galante Performer: Fabio Biondi (violin and direction)

    • VIRGIN 648 408 2.
  • Richard Wagner - Tannhauser March

    Performer: Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society Performer: Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: Arthur Fiedler (conductor)

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Melodie Op.42 No.3

    Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Performer: Israel Philharmonic Performer: Zubin Mehta (conductor)

    • CBS CD46503.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sanctus BWV 238

    Performer: Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Ghent Performer: Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

    • VIRGIN 648 291 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Variations in F Op.34

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • PHILIPS 432 093-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte, Act 1

    Performer: Delores Ziegler (Dorabella) Performer: Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi) Performer: Claudio Desderi (Don Alfonso) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • EMI 208830 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance Op.72 No. 5 in B flat minor

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

    • DECCA 411 735 2.
  • Richard Wagner - "Wie Todesahnung鈥 O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhauser (Wol

    Performer: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Performer: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Concert en sextour No.3

    Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christoph Rousset (conductor)

    • DECCA 467 699 2.
  • Louis Andriessen

    Instrumental 1 from M is for Man, Music, Mozart

    Performer: Orkest de Volharding Performer: Jurjen Hempel (conductor)

    • NONESUCH 979342 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue BWV 547

    Performer: Simon Preston (organ - Klais organ 鈥淭he Sainsbury Organ鈥, St John鈥檚 Smith Square

    • DG 449 212-2.
  • Nicol貌 Paganini

    Caprice Op.1 No. 11

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin)

    • DECCA 478 2274.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Excerpts from Gaite parisienne: Allegro; Allegro brillante; Polka; Landler: Allegro; Mazur

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

    • RCA 09026 61847 2.
  • Franciszek Lessel

    Grand Duet for 2 German Flutes Op.1 No. 3: Third movement

    Performer: Elzbieta Gajewska & Hanna Turonek (flutes)

    • ACTE PREALABLE AP 0178.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    "Gloria all-Egitto" from Aida

    Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin

    • DG 477 9193.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in G minor K516: Third movement

    Performer: Amadeus Quartet; Cecil Aranowitz (viola 2)

    • DG 477 5809.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Phaeton

    Performer: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor)

    • SONY SK53979.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fruhlingstraum from Winterreise

    Performer: Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Performer: Irwin Gage (piano)

    • TELDEC 8573 82273 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Excerpts from The Soldier's Tale: Little Concert; Three Dances 鈥 Tango, Waltz, Ragtime

    Performer: Columbia Chamber Ensemble Performer: Igor Stravinsky (conductor)

    • COLUMBIA 0890 262000.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 476 2817.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote Act II: O Isis und Osiris

    Performer: Gottlob Frick (Sarastro) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Philharmonia Chorus Performer: Otto Klemperer (conductor)

    • EMI 567388 2.

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