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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Breakfast on Radio 3 with Rob Cowan. Who shares his personal choice of music.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 3 Feb 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fingal's Cave, op 26

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 423104-2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Allegro sostenuto from String Quartet no 2 in F major, op 92

    Performer: Pavel Haas Quartet

    • SUPRAPHON SU3957-2.
  • John Taverner

    Dum transisset Sabbatum

    Performer: The Choir of St Mary鈥檚 Cathedral, Edinburgh Performer: Duncan Ferguson

    • DELPHIAN DCD34023.
  • Trad

    Gypsy Pieces: Hungaricus 4

    Performer: The Baroque Gypsies

    • ANALEKTA AN29919.
  • Josef Strauss

    Village Swallows, op 164

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)

    • RCA 82876716152.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Verano porteno

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano) Performer: Rodolfo Mederos (bandoneon) Performer: Hector Console (bass)

    • TELDEC 0630-13474-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue no 9 in E major BWV878

    Performer: Helene Grimaud (piano)

    • DG 4777978.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville

    Performer: Hermann Prey (baritone) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • DG 477 8168.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Overture from Nabucco

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 447364-2.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Jesu, meine Freude

    Performer: Capella Angelica Performer: Lautten Compagney Performer: Wolfgang Katschner (director)

    • CARUS 83.193.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Waltz No 3 in D flat major, op 70

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott (piano)

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Guitarre

    Arranger: Saraste ) Performer: James Ehnes (violin) Performer: Eduard Laurel (piano)

    • ONYX 4038.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Introduction, Melodrama, & Dance of the Buffoons From The Snow Maiden

    Performer: The USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra Performer: Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • OLYMPIA OCD249.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Prelude and Air from Act 3 of Hippolyte et Aricie

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: William Christie (director)

    • ARCHIV 4778610.
  • Tamikrest

    Adagh

    Performer: Tamikrest

    • NONESUCH 512788.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture from The Creatures of Prometheus

    Performer: L鈥橭rchestre de la Suisse Romande Performer: Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA 480 0397.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D minor, op 6 no 10

    Performer: Bath Festival Orchestra Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (conductor)

    • EMI 724357334426.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody No 2 in G minor, op 79

    Performer: Dejan Lazic, piano

    • Channel CCSSA 29410.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Magnificat in C, op 115

    Performer: Durham Cathedral Choir Performer: James Lancelot (director)

    • PRIORY PRCD437.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite, op 56

    Performer: Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor

    • EMI 094637998625.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux triste

    Performer: Lise de la Salle (piano)

    • NA脧VE V4936.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Die Schatzbarkeit der weiten Erden from Cantata BWV204

    Performer: Hilary Hahn (violin) Performer: Christine Schafer (soprano)

    • DG 4778092.

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