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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 9 Feb 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll: Opening Dance

    Arranger: Mackerras Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (Conductor)

    • EMI 9 67020 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen, D957

    Performer: Nils Monkemeyer (viola) Performer: Nicholas Rimmer (piano)

    • Sony Classical 88697453992.
  • Wenzel Kallick

    Clarinet Concerto in B flat

    Performer: Igor Fantisak (clarinet) Performer: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Performer: Petr Chromcak (Conductor)

    • Alto ALC 1101.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat, Kk551

    Performer: Christian Zacharias

    • EMI CMS 7 63940 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Performer: English Concert Performer: Trevor Pinnock (Director)

    • Archiv 419 410 2.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Orchestrator: Berlioz Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (Conductor)

    • RCA 09026612502.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K397

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

    • BIS CD 895.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse des pretresses de Dagon (Samson et Dalila)

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Thomas Beecham

    • EMI 9 09932 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens licht

    Performer: Cambridge Singers Performer: La Nuova Musica Performer: John Rutter (Director)

    • Collegium COLCD 134.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festival Overture, Op 96

    Performer: Russian National Orchestra Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Conductor)

    • DG 439 892 2.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Scherzo in B flat minor, Op 31

    Performer: Ivo Kahanek (piano)

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E flat, RV253 "La Tempesta di Mare"

    Performer: Daniel Hope (violin) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    • DG 00289 477 7463.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    O silver moon (Rusalka)

    Performer: Renee Fleming (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti (Conductor)

    • Decca 478 1469.
  • George Gershwin

    Overture: Strike Up the Band

    Performer: Aalborg Symphony Performer: Wayne Marshall (Conductor)

    • Virgin Classics 5 62056 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Moment musical in C sharp minor, D780 No 4

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • EMI CDC 5 55219 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia Performer: David-Lloyd-Jones (Conductor)

    • Naxos 8.555069.
  • Trad Catalan

    El mariner

    Performer: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

    • Brilliant Classics 9178.
  • James Rhodes

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Rpo Performer: Conductor Thomas Beecham

    • EMI 9 09932 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Waltz (Suite No 2, Op 17)

    Performer: Martha Agerich & Nelson Freire (pianos)

    • Philips 411 034 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G, Op 3 No 3

    Performer: Brandenburg Consort Performer: Director Roy Goodman

    • Hyperion CDA66633.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in A, Op 12 No 2

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Performer: Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

    • WHLive0041.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer (oboe d鈥檃more) Performer: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Performer: Conductor Mathias Monius

    • Decca 478 256-4.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Scherzo (Sinfonietta, Op 5)

    Performer: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (Conductor)

    • Dorian DOR-90216.

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