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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony performed by the Prague Symphony Orchestra under Charles Mackerras, the Sinfonia from Bach's Easter Oratorio is performed by Retrospect Ensemble, and Rob takes a look at what's new in the Specialist Classical Chart.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Aug 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude (and Fugue) in C minor

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • Hyperion CDS44291/4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 88 in G: Finale

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • BMG 09026 607729 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op 6'8 in C minor

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico Performer: Giovanni Antonini (director)

    • Decca 478 0319.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite Italienne (after Pulcinella): Introduction (transcr. Samuel Dushkin)

    Performer: VIktoria Mullova (violin) Performer: Katia Labeque (piano)

    • Onyx 4015.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures from an Exhibition: Ballet of the unhatched chicks

    Performer: Orchestre Symphonique de Russie Performer: Mark Gorenstein (conductor)

    • Le Chant du Monde RUS 288168.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata in F major, BWV 1022

    Performer: Reinhard Goebel (violin) Performer: Robert Hill (harpsichord) Performer: Jaap ter Linden (cello)

    • Archive 427 152-2.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    New World Symphony: 2nd mvt - Largo

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • Supraphon SU 3848-2.
  • Specialist Classical Chart

    • Frédéric Chopin

      Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor: Mvt II - Scherzo

      Performer: INGOLF WUNDER (piano)

      • DG 4779634.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Concerto No2 in E major BWV 1053: mvt I

      Performer: Ramin Bahrami (piano) Performer: Gewandhausorchester Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

      • DECCA 4782956.
    • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

      Ave Maria

      Performer: The SIXTEEN Performer: Harry CHRISTOPHERS (conductor)

      • CORO COR16091.
    • Franz Liszt

      Liebstraum No 3 in A flat major

      Performer: LANG LANG (piano)

      • SONY 88697891402.
    • Giacomo Puccini

      La Boheme: Che gelida manina

      Performer: JOSEPH CALLEJA (tenor) Performer: L’Orchestra de la Suisse Romande Performer: Marco Armiliato (conductor)

      • DECCA 4782720.
  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Libor Pesek (conductor)

    • Virgin Classics VC7592852.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet: Adagio

    Performer: Thea King (clarinet) Performer: Gabrieli String Quartet

    • Hyperion CDA 66107.
  • Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de Leo

    Concerto in D: mvt II: fugue

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Köln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (director)

    • Archive 435 395-2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Performer: The Philharmonia Performer: Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

    • Cala CACD1011.
  • Percy Grainger

    In a Nut Shell: The Sumsucker's march

    Performer: Ö÷²¥´óÐã Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHAN 9493.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorio: Sinfonia

    Performer: Retrospect Ensemble Performer: Matthew Halls (conductor)

    • Linn CKD 373.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances: Mvt 1 – Allegro

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

    • Avie AV2188.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces Op 43: Butterfly; To Spring

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

    • Virgin 7 59300 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D minor: Rondo

    Performer: Boris Belkin (violin) Performer: Berlin Radio-Symphonie Orchestra Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

    • Decca 476 7488.
  • Marco Uccellini

    Aria sopra la Bergamasca

    Performer: Palladian Ensemble

    • Linn CKD010.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Viviane

    Performer: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse Performer: Michael Plasson (conductor)

    • EMI 7478942.
  • Franz Schubert

    Geheimes

    Performer: Arleen Auger (soprano) Performer: Lambert Orkis (piano)

    • Virgin 50999 628595 2 0.

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  • Tue 2 Aug 2011 07:00

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