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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Mozart's Laudate Dominum and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme of Tallis.

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast, including the 3rd mvt from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, played by Mayuni Seiler with the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox, Dame Kiri te Kanawa sings Mozart's Laudate Dominum from the Solemn Vespers with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner perform Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 4 Aug 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Alla Marcia from Karelia Suite

    Performer: Halle Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • EMI 457517 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV846 - Well Tempered Clavier Book 1

    Performer: Rosalyn Tureck (piano)

    • 主播大秀L 4109-2.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Quartet in F major: 1st movt -: Allegro spiritoso

    Performer: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Quartet

    • Olympia OCD 184.
  • Robert Schumann

    Im Walde from Romances and Ballads, Set2, op 75.2

    Performer: Leipzig Radio Choir Performer: Horst Neumann (conductor)

    • Berlin Classics 0300156BC.
  • William Mathias

    Serenade

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia Performer: Andrew Penny (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.225048.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor op 64.2

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

    • Arabesque Z6669.
  • John Philip Sousa

    When My Dreams Come True 鈥 Fantasy

    Performer: The Royal Norwegian Navy Band Performer: Keith Brion (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.559396.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Gendarmes' Duet from Genevieve de Brabant

    Performer: John Tomlinson (bass) Performer: Andrew Shore (baritone) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • CHAN 3044.
  • Antonio Mart铆n y Coll

    La Chacona

    Performer: Hesperion XX Performer: Jordi Savall (director)

    • Virgin 648801 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, op 64: 3rd movt - Allegretto non troppo

    Performer: Mayuni Seiler (violin) Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • Black Box BBM 3005.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Te Deum : Prelude en Rondeau

    Performer: Le Parlement de Musique Performer: Martin Gester (director)

    • OPUS 111 OPS 30-297.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Performer: Cecile Licad (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67831.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate Dominum (Vespers K 399)

    Performer: Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

    • Philips 412 873-2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings op 20

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 47671 2.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Astor Piazzolla and his orchestra

    • Justa Memory JAM91032.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Audivi vocem de caelo

    Performer: Ensemble Europ茅en William Byrd Performer: Graham O鈥橰eilly (director)

    • Passacaille 963.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words op 62'1

    Performer: Andante espressivo in G major Performer: Byron Janis (piano)

    • Mercury 475 6607.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol, op 34

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Igor Markevitch (conductor)

    • Philips 442 643 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot

    Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Otto Ackermann (cinductor)

    • EMI CDH 7610012.
  • Nikolai Artciboucheff

    Serenade

    Performer: Les Vendredis Performer: Vertavo String Quartet

    • Simax PSC 1178.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltzes op 39 (solo piano version) Nos 9-16

    Performer: Misha Dichter (piano

    • Nimbus NI 2578.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • Philips 464 037 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegel 鈥 Einmal Anders! (Another way)

    Arranger: Franz Hasen脰rl Performer: Fibonacci Sequence (Violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, horn)

    • Deux-Elles DXL1122.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no 2 in B flat major, op 19: 3rd movt - Rondo Allegro molto

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano) Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • Teldec 0630 13159-2.

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  • Thu 4 Aug 2011 07:00

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