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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme has been broadcast.

0703

SCHUMANN
Overture: Scenes from Goethe鈥檚 Faust
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Benjamin Britten
DECCA 476 1548 CD 1TR 1

0712

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Breiner
April from The Seasons
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Queensland SO
Conductor Peter Breiner
NAXOS 8.553510 TR 4

0716

FRESCOBALDI
Canzona 1
Peter Hurford, organ
Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
ARGO 433451-2 T13

0720

BACH trans Busoni
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645
Edna Stern, piano
ZIG ZAG ZZT090104 TR 22

0724

BONPORTI
Recitativo from Concerto in F major, Op 1 no 4
Herman Krebbers, violin and direction
Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra
SONY SBK58923 TR 7

0731

SAINT-SAENS
Morceau de Concert, op 94
Hermann Baumann, horn
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Kurt Masur, conductor
PHILIPS 416380-2 TR 4-5

0741

MENDELSSOHN
Ich Danke Dir, Herr mein Gott
From St Paul, Part 1
Peter Coleman-Wright, Paul
成人快手 National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor
CHANDOS CHAN10516(2)X CD 1 TR 20

0746

Robert de VISEE
Suite for Theorbe and Violin in G major
Pascal Moneilhet, theorbe
Amandine Beyer, baroque violin
Marianne Muller, viol de gamba
ZIG ZAG ZZT051101 TR 8-14

0757

AYALA
Choro
Denis PLante, bandoneon
Mathieu Lussier, bassoon
Catherine Perrin, harpsichord
ATMA ACD22581 TR 15

0803

WALTON
Portsmouth Point - Overture
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn, conductor
EMI 077776472324 T.11

0810

BRAHMS
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from Ein Deutsches Requiem
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
EMI 094636539324 Tr 4

0816

SCHUBERT
Impromptu No 2 in A flat, D935
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
PHILIPS 4756282 CD 8 T.6

0825

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance in C major
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Sejna, conductor
SUPRAPHON SU1916-2 011 Tr 1

0831

VIVALDI
Concerto in C, RV537
Hakan Hardenberger & Reinhold Friedrich, trumpets
I Musici
PHILIPS 4421312 TR 1-3

0839

PIAZZOLLA arr Bolotin
Escualo
Damian Bolotin
WORLD MUSIC NETWORK RGNET1219CD T 3

0842

GOMBERT
Ave Maria
The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice (director)
HYPERION CDA67614 TR 9

0847

DVORAK
Nos 1 & 5 from Bagatelles for 2 Violins, cello and Harmonium
Josef Suk & Miroslav Ambros, violins
Jiri Barta, cello
Jan Simon, harmonium
SUPRAPHON SU3976-2 TR 7 & 9

0856

MOZART
Overture from Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham
EMI 094639326129 CD 1Tr 1

0900

GLAZUNOV
Volga Boatman鈥檚 Song
The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Evgeni Svetlanov, conductor
MELODIYA SUCD IO-00026 TR 5

0904

MESSIAEN
O Sacrum Convivium!
Choir of New College Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, director
Decca 4668702 Tr 18

0909

LANGLAIS
Theme et Variations from Hommage a Frescobaldi
Todd Wilson, organ
Delos DE3123 Tr 2

0914

BEETHOVEN
32 Variations in C minor Wo080
Earl Wild, piano
Ivory Classics73005 Tr 5

0925

RODNEY BENNETT
Murder on the Orient Express
成人快手 Northern Symphony Orchestra
Robert Docker, piano
Robert Farnon, conductor
CARLTON CLASSICS 成人快手RD9115 TR 10

0929

MOZART
Symphony No 25 in G minor K183
Vienna Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein
DG 474349-2 CD 1Tr 1-4

0952

LIMA ARR VELOSO
Feira de Castro
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Jan Soderblom, director and violin
ONDINE ODE1140-2 T13

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Last on

Tue 28 Apr 2009 07:00

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