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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

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

7:03

MONTEVERDI
Chiome d'Oro
Emma Kirkby & Evelyn Tubb (sopranos)
Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley (director)
PICKWICK PCD 881 T1

7:06

SCHUBERT
Ballet (Rosamunde)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0090042BC T11

7:14

LECLAIR
Sonata for Two Violins Op.3 No.4
Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman (violins)
BMG CLASSICS 60735-2 T7 芒聙聯 9

7:24

Richard STRAUSS
Andante for Horn & Piano
Radovan Vlatkovic (horn)
Jeffrey Tate (piano)
EMI CDC7 49867-2 T5

7:31

厂鲍笔笔脙聣
Overture - Die Frau Meisterin
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI 50999 5 09029-2 T4

7:42

HAYDN
With Joy the Impatient Husbandman (Spring - The Seasons)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 434 169-2 D1 T4

7:47

HANDEL
Organ Concerto Op.4 No.2 in B Flat Major
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone (organ / director)
DECCA 478 1465 T5 芒聙聯 8

8:03

J Strauss II
Unter Donner und Blitz
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Sony SK 48376 T11

8:07

MAHLER
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
Lob des hohen Verstands (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901920 T7 & 8

8:12:00

Nigel WESTLAKE
Wooden Ships (Antarctica - Suite for Guitar & Orchestra)
John Williams (guitar)
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)
SONY SK 53361 T3

8:17

RAMEAU
Contre-danse, Entr脙漏e, Rigaudons, Menuets un peu lents avec Tambourin, Menuets (Acante et Cephise)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Br脙录ggen (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD 921103 T12 芒聙聯 16

8:31

BACH
Prelue & Fugue in G major BWV541
Ton Koopman (organ of the Basilica, Ottobeuren)
INTERDISC 97440/4 T1

8:39

SCHUMANN
Konzertst脙录ck (Introduction & Allegro Appassionato) Op.92
Murray Perahia (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
SONY SK 64577 T4

8:56

MOZART
Ein musikalischer Spass K522 (4th movement)
The English Concert
Andrew Manze (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907280 T14

9:00

BRITTEN
Hymn to St. Cecilia
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
COLLEGIUM COLCD 119 T1

9:11

PURCELL
Fantasia in five parts 'upon one note'
Fretwork
VIRGIN VC5 45062-2 T14

9:17

PROKOFIEV
Russian Overture Op.72
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
DECCA 475 7209 D6 T1

9:31

MENDELSSOHN
Finale (Incidental music for A Misummer Night's Dream)
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Choir of La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901502 T11

9:36

DVORAK
Symphony No.3 (1st movement)
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3968-2 T1

9:48

NYMAN
Skating (Monsieur Hire)
The Michael Nyman Band
VENTURE CDVED 957 D1 T11

9:50

WAGNER-LISZT
Liebestod
Byron Janis (piano)
EMI CDC5 56780-2 T11

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Last on

Tue 25 Aug 2009 07:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Aug 2009 07:00

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