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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music, news - and the occasional surprise, including at 8.00am a Song Without Words by Mendelssohn.

With Rob Cowan.

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

0703

MOZART
Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A, K386
Westdeutsche Sinfonia
Dirk Joeres, piano and conductor
CARLTON 3036701072 TR 7

0712

PURCELL
Sonata
Peter Hurford, organ
Michael Laird, trumpet
ARGO 4334512 T6-8

0718

OFFENBACH
Suite from The Tales of Hoffman
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray, conductor
MERCURY 434 332-2 TR 10

0725

FAURE transc Oubradous
Piece
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Philip Fisher, piano
CHANDOS 10521 TR 9

0730

SULLIVAN
Overture: The Pirates of Penzance
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Faris, conductor
NIMBUS NIM5066 TR 3

0738

CHOPIN
Fantasy in F minor, op 49
Witold Malcuzynski, piano
Polskie Nagrania PNCD022 Tr 1

0853

VIVALDI
Flute Concerto RV433
Andrea Griminelli, flute
English Chamber Orchestra
Jean-Pierre Rampal, conductor
UCJ 4765885 CD 2 Tr 13

0803

MENDELSSOHN
Songs without Words: op 85 No 1, Andante Espressivo
Luba Edlina, piano
CHANDOS 89489 CD 2 T.13

0806

FARNON
Three Impressions
成人快手 Concert Orchestra
John Wilson, conductor
DUTTON CDLX7173 TR 12-14

0814

BACH
Overture from Orchestra Suite No 3 in D major, BWV1068
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor Frans Bruggen
PHILIPS 442151-2 CD 2 T1

0821

MOZART
Rondo from Piano Quartet in G minor, K478
Faure Quartet
DG4775885 Tr 3

0831

ROSSINI
Overture: Semiramide
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Ivan Fischer, conductor
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA27708 TR 9

0844

TRAD
Wa Habibi
Kronos Quartet
NONESUCH 512788 TR 3

0848

HAYDN
6 Variations in C major, H17.5
Rudolph Buchbinder, piano
WARNER 25643782-2 CD 10 TR 9

0857

TARTINI
Pastorale in A major, op 1 no 13
The Locatelli Trio
HYPERION CDD22061 CD 1 TR 10-12

0906

HEROLD
Overture: Zampa
L鈥橭rchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet, conductor
DECCA 4800023 T3

0915

SCHUBERT
Die junge Nonne, D828
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Irwin Gage, piano
DG 437 943-2 CD 1 Tr 14

0920

SHOSTAKOVICH
Romance from The Gadfly
Tasmin Little, violin
Piers Lane, piano
EMI 5099926813226 CD5 Tr 4

0924

TCHAIKOVSKY arr GAUK
May from The Seasons
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi, conductor
CHANDOS 9514 TR 19

0929

PERGOLESI
Confitebor tibi Domine
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Freiburger Barockorchester
Thomas Hengelbrock, director
BMG 05472773692 Tr 18-25

0946

SCHUMANN
Arabeske op 18
Paolo Giacometti, piano
CHANNEL CCSSA28709 TR 19

0954

SCHUBERT
Standchen
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
DG 437235-2 CD 3 Tr 4

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Last on

Wed 13 May 2009 07:00

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  • Wed 13 May 2009 07:00

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