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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan's selection includes Gluck's Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice, Beethoven's Horn Sonata in F, and Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music includes Gluck's Dance of the Furies from Orfeo ed Euridice performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Georg Solti, David Pyatt plays Beethoven's Horn Sonata in F accompanied by Martin Jones, and pianist Daniel Adni performs Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn.

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Last on

Thu 17 Mar 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Furies (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Georg Solti (Conductor)

    • Decca 448 942 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep May Safely Graze (trans. Egon Petri)

    Performer: Alessio Bax (piano)

    • Signum SIGCD156.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto, Op 40 No 2

    Performer: Duke Dobing (flute) Performer: Christopher Hooker (oboe) Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (Conductor)

    • CHAN 9270.
  • Hamilton Kennedy

    A Shawl of Galway Grey

    Performer: Dennis Day Performer: The Ray Charles Singers & Orchestra Performer: Henri Rene (Conductor)

    • RCA 09026 63732 2.
  • Max Bruch

    Swedish Dances, Op 64 – Nos 1-3

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Kurt Masur (Conductor)

    • Philips 420 932 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D, Op 3 No 6

    Performer: Brandenburg Consort Performer: Roy Goodman (Director)

    • Hyperion CDA66633.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia 3 in G minor

    Performer: Fretwork

    • Virgin Classics VC5450622.
  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourree Fantasque

    Performer: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra Performer: Michel Plasson (Conductor)

  • Frédéric Chopin - Introduction & Polonaise brillante, Op 3

    Performer: Truls Mork (cello) Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas, Op 95

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (Conductor)

    • DG 421 104-2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, cello & basso continuo, RV565

    Performer: Daniel Hope & Lorenzo Barrani (violins) Performer: William Conway (cello) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    • DG 477 7463.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    El Puerto (Iberia, Book I)

    Performer: Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67476.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Miserere

    Performer: Magnificat Performer: Philip Cave (Director)

    • Linn CKD 233.
  • Léo Delibes

    Valse des heures (Coppelia)

    Performer: Paris Opera Orchestra Performer: Jean-Baptiste Mari (Conductor)

    • EMI 9 67723 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Horn Sonata in F, Op 17

    Performer: David Pyatt (horn) Performer: Martin Jones (piano)

    • Erato 39842163222.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite mignonne, Op 98b

    Performer: Finlandia Sinfonietta

    • FACD 354.
  • Fernando Sor

    Two Minuets, Op 11 – No 5 in D; No 4 in D

    Performer: William Carter (guitar)

    • Linn CKD 343.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Daniel Adni (piano) Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Kenneth Alwyn (Conductor)

    • EMI 6 31600 2.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird, Op 119 No 3

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: John Rutter (Director)

    • Collegium COLCD 104.
  • Claude Debussy

    Danse

    Orchestrator: Ravel Performer: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Hugh Wolff (Conductor)

    • Teldec 9031 74006 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummer ein, ihr matten Augen (Ich habe genug, BWV82)

    Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (Conductor)

    • Decca 0289 476 268-4.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Nocturne in A flat, Op 33 No. 3

    Performer: Jean Hubeau (piano)

    • WCJ 2564 69923-6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Mariss Jansons (Conductor)

    • EMI CDD 7 64291 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Performer: Ailish Tynan (soprano) Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • Signum SIGCD239.

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  • Thu 17 Mar 2011 07:00

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