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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan shares his personal choice of music. Including a Winter Waltz and a carol from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 30 Dec 2009 07:00

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenerzählungeen, Op.132

    Performer: Sabine Meyer (clarinet) Performer: Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Performer: Hartmut Höll (piano)

    • EMI CDC749 736 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major "alla rustica"

    Performer: The English Concert Performer: Trevor Pinnock

    • ARCHIV 415 674 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacobs Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: James Judd (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.572304.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Mazurka Op.59 No.1

    Performer: Maria João Pires (piano)

  • Béla Bartók - Romanian Dance Sz 47a

    Performer: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Zoltán Kocsis (conductor)

  • James Rhodes

    Fêtes from Nocturnes

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 050 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus K618

    Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir Performer: Orchestra of the 18th Century Performer: Frans Brüggen (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 434 799 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C major BWV 976 (after Vivaldi RV 265)

    Performer: Elizabeth Farr (harpsichord)

    • NAXOS 8.572006.
  • Rosza

    Main Titles and Love Theme from Ben Hur

    Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Concert Orchestra Performer: Roderick Dunk

    • DUTTON CDLX 7242.
  • Richard Strauss

    Second Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier Op.59

    Performer: Scottish National Orchestra Performer: Neeme Järvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8834.
  • George Frideric Handel

    But sooner Jordan's stream from Saul

    Performer: Mark Padmore (Jonathan); Performer: Gabrieli Consort & Players Performer: Paul McCreesh (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 474 510 2.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concertino for 12 instruments

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 453 458 2.
  • Roque Jacinto de Chavarría

    Fuera, Fuera! Haganles lugar!

    Performer: Florilegium Performer: Alexander Bolivia Choir Performer: Ashley Solomon (director)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 28009.
  • Sir David Willcocks

    Lullay, my liking

    Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers Performer: David Hill (conductor)

    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Recording (Not commercially available).
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio Hob 15:24 in D

    Performer: Beaux Arts Trio

    • PHILIPS 454 098 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major for 2 traversos and bassoon

    Performer: Alexis Kossenko & Georges Barthel (traversos) Performer: Jane Gower (bassoon) Performer: Holland Baroque Society Performer: Alexis Kossenko (conductor)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 28409.
  • Franz Schubert

    Konzertstücke in D for violin and small orchestra

    Performer: Gidon Kremer (violin) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Emil Tchakarov (conductor)

    • DG 431 168 2.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Iste confessor

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    • CORO 16073.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Shakespeare Festival March Op.20

    Performer: Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Theodore Kuchar (conductor)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93634.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quartet Op.95 "Serioso"

    Performer: Alexander Quartet

    • FOGHORN CLASSICS CD1999.
  • Hubert Parry

    Psalm 84: O How Amiable are Thy Dwellings

    Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge Performer: Sir David Willcocks (conductor)

    • EMI 228944.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux D'eau

    Performer: Monique Haas (piano)

    • ERATO ECD 71570.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.5 – third movement

    Performer: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Evgeny Mravinsky (conductor)

    • DG 477 8168.

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  • Wed 30 Dec 2009 07:00

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