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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Saint-Saens's The Swan and Strauss's Horn Concerto No 1 in flat.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including Manuel de Falla's Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra under Carlo Maria Giulini, cellist Stephen Isserlis performs Saint-Saens' The Swan from Carnival of the Animals with pianists Michael Tilson-Thomas and Dudley Moore, and David Pyatt performs Richard Strauss' first Horn Concerto with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Nicholas Cleobury.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 1 Jun 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    "Trumpet Overture", Op 101

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

    • DG 423 104 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in F after Vivaldi, BWV978

    Performer: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

    • WCJ 2564 68966-5.
  • Charles Gounod

    Symphony No 1 in D (3rd movement: Scherzo)

    Performer: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Performer: Conductor Christopher Hogwood

    • Decca 4302312.
  • Alexander Kopylov

    Polka

    Performer: Vertavo Quartet

    • SIMAX PSC1178.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio, Op 129 "Rage over a lost penny"

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin (piano)

    • RCA 09026 68911 2.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual fire dance (El amor brujo)

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (Conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7 69037 2.
  • Nicol貌 Paganini

    Caprice No 16 in G minor

    Performer: Julia Fischer (violin)

    • Decca 478 2274.
    • 16.
  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna

    Arranger: John Cameron Performer: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge Performer: Stephen Cleobury (Conductor)

    • EMI 2 28944 0.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 2

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor)

    • Erato 2292-45981-2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas & Dudley Moore (pianos)

    • RCA 09026 61678 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.

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

    • EMI CDD 7 64291 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Salley Gardens

    Performer: Philip Langridge (tenor) Performer: Graham Johnson (piano)

    • Collins Classics 70392.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon & Gigue

    Performer: The English Concert Performer: Trevor Pinnock (Director)

    • Archiv 419 410-2.
  • Frank Bridge

    Tempo di valse (Threads)

    Performer: Britten Sinfonia Performer: Nicholas Cleobury (Conductor)

    • Conifer 75605 51327 2.
  • Alfred Gr眉nfeld

    Soiree de Vienne, Op 56

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

    • Decca 475 7668.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Performer: Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Performer: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Riccardo Frizza (Conductor)

    • Decca 473 440-2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 7 instruments & orchestra, RV576

    Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz (Director)

    • Opus 111 OP 30283.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Sonata No 70 in A minor

    Performer: Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)

    • Astree E 8776.
  • Claude Debussy

    Par les Rues et par les Chemins (Images No 2 "Iberia")

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

    • DG 423 103 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in E flat, K160

    Performer: Quartetto Italiano

    • Philips 462 262-2.
  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourree fantasque

    Performer: Jean Casadeus (piano duet)

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat, Op 11

    Performer: David Pyatt (horn) Performer: Britten Sinfonia Performer: Nicholas Cleobury (Conductor)

    • EMI 5 65581 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34

    Performer: Eduard Brunner (clarinet) Performer: Oleg Maisenburg (piano) Performer: Borodin Quartet

    • Philips 434 039-2.

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  • Wed 1 Jun 2011 07:00

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