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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show. Including organ music by Bach, Rachmaninov's Vocalise, and the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Rob Cowan presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including organ music by Bach performed by Peter Hurford, Rachmaninov's Vocalise performed by the USSR Symphony Orchestra under Evgeni Svetlanov, and the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony, No. 9 in E minor is played by the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Libor Pesek.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 7 Sep 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella: overture

    Performer: Northern Sinfonia Orchestra Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI 9 49844 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat: Allegro (completed R.D. Levin)

    Performer: Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet) Performer: Eisler Quartet

    • Naxos 8553216.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E major RV.269(La Primavera)

    Performer: Andrew Manze (violin) Performer: The Amsterdam Baroque orchestra Performer: Ton Koopman (conductor)

    • Erato 4509-94811-2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Mlada: Act 2 Scene 3

    Performer: Great Choir of the All-union Radio Performer: Choir of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Performer: Great Symphony Orchestra Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • Mel CD 10 01829.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf ruft uns die Stimme - chorale-prelude (BWV645)

    Performer: Peter Hurford (organ of the church or Our lady of Sorrows, Toronto)

    • Decca 443 485-2.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Scherzo for Orchestra

    Performer: L鈥橭rchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • Decca 467 711-2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor Kk.87

    Performer: Anne Queffelec (piano)

    • Erato 4509-96960-2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no. 9 in E minor (From the New World): Largo

    Performer: The Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Libor Pe拧ek (conductor)

    • Sony 88697643032.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major K.543: Finale

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

    • Archiv 4470432.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise (orchestral version)

    Performer: USSR Symphony Orchestra Performer: Evgeni Svetlanov (conductor)

    • Regis RRC 1144.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen

    Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone) Performer: Gerald Moore (piano)

    • EMI CDM 7 69503.
  • George Gershwin

    Tip-Toes: Overture

    Performer: New Princess Theater Orchestra Performer: John McGlinn (conductor)

    • EMI 6 06689 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565

    Performer: Peter Hurford (organ)

    • HMV 5724812.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto Grosso in E major

    Performer: Solisti dell鈥橭rchestra 鈥淪carlatti鈥 di Napoli

    • Archiv 459 454-2.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Flight of the Bumblebee (trans Rachmaninov)

    Performer: Simon Trp膷eski (piano)

    • EMI 5 57943 2.
  • Andr茅 Messager

    O Salutaris

    Performer: Jean-Philippe Audoli (violin) Performer: La Chapelle Royale Performer: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Louis Performer: Ensemble Musique- Oblique Performer: Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

    • HMC 90881.
  • Brubeck/Desmond

    Audrey

    Performer: Dave Brubeck (piano) Performer: Paul Desmond (alto sax) Performer: Bob Bates (bass) Performer: Joe Dodge (drums)

    • Columbia 510594 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets: Jupiter

    Performer: 主播大秀 Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Davis (conductor)

    • Teldec 4509-94541-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G: Prelude

    Performer: Jian Wang (cello)

    • DG 00289 477 5228.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Romeo and Juliet (A dramatic symphony): Romeo alone; The Capulets' Feast

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pierre Monteux (conductor)

    • MCA MCAD2-9805-A.
  • Franz Schubert

    Duo Sonata D 574: scherzo

    Performer: Gidon Kremer (violin) Performer: Valery Afanassiev (piano)

    • DG 453 665-2.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic dances from 'West Side story'

    Orchestrator: Ramin & Kostal Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • CBS MK 42263.

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