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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 16 Dec 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Mazurka in A minor Op 59 No. 1

    Performer: Martha Argerich (piano)

  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture to Beatrice and Benedict

    Performer: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • Decca 452480.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina: Mi lusinga un dolce affetto

    Performer: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: William Christie (conductor)

    • Erato 68625.
  • Anon

    Sencilla pastora; Una sarao

    Performer: Piffaro

    • Archiv 474232.
  • Robert Farnon

    Jumping Bean

    Performer: New London Orchestra Performer: Ronald Corp (conductor)

    • Hyperion 44261.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581: 1st mvt

    Performer: Thea King (basset clarinet) Performer: Gabrieli String Quartet

    • Hyperion 66199.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Das Wunder der Heliane: Ich ging zu ihm

    Performer: Renee Fleming (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • Decca 475807.
  • Zygmunt Noskowski - Duma (3 Pieces Op 35)

    Performer: Valentina Seferinova (piano)

  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in the Italian Style in D, D590

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Apex 40840.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Lord of Salisbury's Pavane

    Performer: Phantasm

    • Avie 0032.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I

    Performer: Colin Wright (tenor) Performer: D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company Performer: Royston Nash (conductor)

    • Decca 430095.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Masquerade Overture

    Performer: Gothenberg Symphont Orchestra Performer: Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)

    • DG 447757.
  • James Rhodes

    F锚tes from Nocturnes

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jean Fournet (conductor)

    • Supraphon 34212.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Videntes Stellam Magi

    Performer: Choir of Kings College, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

    • EMI 5096660.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Mid-Summer Night's Dream: Intermezzo; Notturno; Wedding March

    Performer: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

    • Decca 480127.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Ten Cents a Sance

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)

    • Veuve 821580.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata in G Op 78: Last mvt - Allegro (arranged for cello in D major)

    Arranger: Paul Klengel Performer: Boris Pergamenschokow (cello) Performer: Pavel Lililov (piano)

    • Orfeo 210910.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Dance of the Red Pawns from Checkmate

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia Performer: Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    • ASV 255.
  • James Rhodes

    1st mvt "avec emportement" from en blanc et noire

    Performer: katia and marielle labeque, pianos

    • Philips 454471.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in G Op 40

    Performer: Gidon Kremer (violin) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Teldec 74881.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate Domnum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K 339

    Performer: Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra (orchestra and chorus) Performer: Sir Colin Davis

    • Philips 422747.
  • Oskar Nedbal

    Valse Triste from The Tale of Simple Jonny

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)

    • Supraphon 8064.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E minor "Il Favorito" Op 11 No. 2

    Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Performer: Dresden Staatskapelle Performer: Vittorio Negro (conductor)

    • Philips 4938.
  • Richard Rodgers

    I Could Write a Book from Pal Joey

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals)

    • Veuve 821580.

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