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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including Tchaikovsky's Waltz from Sleeping Beauty, one of Brahms' Hungarian Dances, and Chopin's Waltz in Ab for piano.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Tchaikovsky's Waltz from Sleeping Beauty performed by the Kirov Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev, Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.2 performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, and pianist Jean-Marc Luisada performs Chopin's Waltz in Ab (Op 34'1).

3 hours

Last on

Thu 26 May 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Fischer Performer: Budapest Festival Orchestra Performer: Ivan Fischer (conductor)

    • Philips 462589.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina: Sta nell'ircana

    Performer: Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Les Violons du Roy Performer: Bernard Labadie (conductor)

    • Virgin 45737.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Incidental music from Henry 8th: Allegro moderato; Alla Marcia; Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Royston Nash (conductor)

    • Decca 480128.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Diffusa est gratia

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • Coro 16091.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz from Sleeping Beauty

    Performer: Kirov Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • Philips 434922.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in Bb Op 1/4

    Performer: Catherine Manson (violin) Performer: Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba) Performer: Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Performer: Mike Fentross (lute)

    • Challenge 72252.
  • Johannes Brahms

    German Requiem: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

    Performer: Arnold Schoenberg Choir Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Sony 7720662.
  • Franz Liszt

    Soirees de Vienne

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

    • DG 477952.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to La Finta Giardiniera

    Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Colin Davis (conductor)

    • RCA 56698.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Marche Militaire Fran莽aise

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

    • RCA 87881.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in G minor, Op 20 No. 3: Last movement 鈥 Allegro di molto

    Performer: Quatuor Mosaiques

    • Naive 8802.
  • Pablo Luna

    Ben Amor

    Performer: European Chamber Orchestra Performer: Enrique Garcia Asencio (conductor)

    • Brilliant 9147.
  • Robert Farnon

    Portrait of a Flirt

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

    • Hyperion 44263.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in Ab Op 34'1

    Performer: Jean-Marc Luisada (piano)

    • DG 431779.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Boutique Fantasque: Nocturne; Galopp (after rossini)

    Performer: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 425509.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Overture My Country

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Witold Rowicki (conductor)

    • Decca 4782296.
  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen)

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • Erato ECD88092.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Suite Espanola: Cadiz; Sevilla

    Arranger: Fruehbeck De Burgos Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

    • Decca 448601.
  • Claude Debussy

    Toccata from Pour le piano

    Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano)

    • Virgin 699471.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    5 Kontret盲nze "Non piu andrai" KV 609

    Performer: Vienna Mozart Ensemble Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    • Decca 436784.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B minor 0p 6'12

    Performer: Avison Ensemble Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk (conductor)

    • Linn 362.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata No. 54 in G

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • Elatus 60677.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scene and Waltz from Swan Lake

    Performer: St Petersburg Philharmonic Performer: Yuri Termikanov (conductor)

    • Signum 229.

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  • Thu 26 May 2011 07:00

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