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03/09/2008

Rob Cowan plays Borodin from the Berlin Philharmonic, a Holst work inspired by a Sicilian puppet show and a rarity - Roggen's Euphonium concerto.

With Rob Cowan.

Rob Cowan plays Borodin from the Berlin Philharmonic, a Holst work inspired by a Sicilian puppet show, and a rarity 鈥 Roggen's Euphonium concerto. Just after 8.30am will be today's Free Thought.

Including:

SHOSTAKOVICH
24 Preludes, Op.34 - No.5 in E Minor
Olli Mustonen (piano)
DECCA 433 0552 Track 5

HANDEL
Concerto Grosso in D Minor No.5 Op.3
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
ERATO 2564 697201 tracks 8-12

BORODIN
Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
EMI 5175822 Track 20

BLOW
Salvator Mundi
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
VIRGIN 3951442 track 16

MOZART
Rondo in D Major K184
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Ostrobothnian CO
Juha Kangas
BIS SACD 153901 track 5

POULENC
A Sa guitare
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66147 Track 27

SEGOVIA
Remembranza (Estudio II)
David Russell (guitar)
TELARC CD 80633 Track 17

VIVALDI
Bassoon Concerto in G RV493
Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)
I Musici
PHILIPS 432 1242 tracks 1-3

BOUGHTON
Symphony No.1 鈥極liver Cromwell鈥 3rd movt
成人快手 Concert Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
DUTTON CDLX 7185 Track 7

HOLST
Brook Green Suite for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra
Imogen Holst (conductor)
LYRITA SRCD 223 Tracks 12-14

R.L. BRIGNOLO
Tango Chique 1944
Las Orquestas
MAESTROS DEL TANGO ARGENTINO BMT 802 Track 12

HOWARD GOODALL
Lacrymosa (Do Not Stand at my Gate and Weep)
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Stephen Darlington (conductor)
EMI 2150472 Track 5

BACH (trs Rummel)
O Menschen, die ihr taglich sundigt BWV 122 05鈥35
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
HYPERION CDA67481/2 CD1 Track 11

JAMES MACMILLAN
A New Song
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Andrew Reid (organ)
Martin Baker (conductor)
HYPERION CDA67219 Track 1

SCRIABIN
Study Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor
Vladimir Horowitz
RCA 82876 56952 2 CD 2, track 18

TRAD. Arr. Son House
John the Revelator
Son House
Columbia Legacy C2K 48867, CD 1 track 4

C.P.E BACH
Oboe Concerto in E Flat WQ165
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Camerata Bern
Tracks 6-8 PHILIPS 454 4502

BEETHOVEN
Rondo in G Major, Op.51, No.2
Grigory Sokolov (piano)
NA脧VE OP 30420 Track 2

MOZART
Symphony No.11 in D K84
Berlin Philharmonic
Karl Bohm (conductor)
DG 477 6134 CD3 Tracks 1-3

Dominique ROGGEN (b.1948)
Concerto in B Flat Major for Euphonium, strings and basso continuo
Roland Fr枚scher (euphonium)
Cappella Istropolitana
Dominique Roggen (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570725 Tracks 1-3

SCHUBERT
Allegro for piano duet (D.947) in A minor "Lebenssturme"
Paul Badura Skoda, Jorg Demus (piano)
DG 453 6752 Track 6

DVORAK
In Nature鈥檚 Realm op.91
Philadelphia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
WATER LILY ACOUSTICS WLA WS 66 CD Track 2

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