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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 20 Apr 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty 鈥 Act 1 No.8a: Rose Adagio

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

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    O Gato e o rato (The Cat and the Mouse)

    Performer: Sonia Rubinsky (piano)

    • NAXOS 8557735.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat (La tempesta di Mare)

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Andrew Manze (conductor)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907230.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Camille Saint-Sa毛ns - Danse macabre

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bredon Hill from On Wenlock Edge

    Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Performer: Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Performer: Dante Quartet

    • SIGNUM RECORDS SIGCD112.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka from The Bartered Bride

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

    • DG 415 856 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

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

    • EMI 568 655 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cypresses B152 for string quartet No.1

    Performer: Emerson String Quartet

    • DG 477 8765.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano)

    • SONY 8869 764 823 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo (Leave me to bemoan my cruel fate)

    Performer: Sandrine Piau (soprano) Performer: Europa Galante Performer: Fabio Biondi (conductor)

    • OPUS OPS 30174.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D major K576

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • DG 477 5206.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for violin and oboe BWV 1060

    Performer: Leon Goossens (oboe) Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Performer: Bath Festival Orchestra

    • EMI 456 314 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    The Devil as Engineer - overture

    Performer: Prague Sinfonia Performer: Christian Benda (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8570328.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet Op.25 鈥 last movement

    Orchestrator: Schoenberg Performer: Houston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)

    • RCA 09026 68658 2.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto 鈥 last movement

    Performer: David Oistrakh (violin) Performer: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Aram Khachaturian (conductor)

    • MELODIYA MEL CD10 01805.

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