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Friday - Rob Cowan

Breakfast on Radio 3 with Rob Cowan. Start the day with a refreshing choice of music.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 12 Mar 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

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

    • DG 419 869 2.
  • Paul Jeanjean

    Clair matin (Idylle)

    Performer: Julian Bliss (clarinet) Performer: Julien Quentin (piano)

    • EMI 5 85639 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite: Gavotte

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DG 423 060 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor D 935 No. 4

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)

    • Philips 456 245 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A Wq 172: Allegro assai

    Performer: Jan Vogler (cello) Performer: Munich Chamber Orchestra Performer: Reinhard Goebel (Conductor)

    • Sony Classical 88697119972.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Performer: Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire Performer: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (Conductor)

    • EMI CDM 7 69037 2.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata a 8 in C

    Performer: Crispian Steele-Perkins & John Thiessen (natural trumpets) Performer: Tafelumusik Performer: Jeanne Lamon (Director)

    • Sony Classical SK 53 365.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem Op 48: Sanctus

    Performer: Corydon Singers Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: John Scott (organ) Performer: Matthew Best (Conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA66292.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin - Waltz in A flat Op 34 No. 1

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Orchestrator: Berlioz Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (Conductor)

    • RCA 09026681602.
  • Thomas Arne

    Rule, Britannia!

    Lyricist: James Thomson.

    Performer: Jamie MacDougall (tenor) Performer: Jennifer Smith (soprano) Performer: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale Performer: Nicholas McGegan (Conductor)

    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 7560551314.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Jazz Suite No. 1

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (Conductor)

    • Decca 433 702 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 872 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67741/4.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 8: Allegro ma non troppo (4th movement)

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Witold Rowicki (Conductor)

    • Decca 478 229 6.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.

    Performer: Guher & Suher Pekinel (pianos)

    • Berlin Classics 0011182BC.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins & cello RV 580

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova, Stefano Barneschi, Marco Bianchi & Riccardo Masahide Minasi (violins) Performer: Marco Testori (cello)

    • Onyx 4001.
  • Eduard Toldr脿 i Soler

    Seis Canciones: Madre, unos ojuelos vi; Mananita de San Juan; Nadie puede ser dichoso

    Performer: Teresa Berganza (mezzo) Performer: Juna Antonio Alvarez Parejo (piano)

    • Claves CD 50-8704.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Espana

    Performer: Concert Arts Orchestra Performer: Erich Leinsdorf (Conductor)

  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon & Gigue in D

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln

    • Archiv 437 089 2.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    La Nuit de mai (extract)

    Performer: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna Performer: Alberto Veronesi (Conductor)

    • DG 477 6633.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat K 361 "Gran Partita": Adagio

    Performer: Consortium Classicum

    • MDG 301 1077-2.
  • Harold Arlen

    The Wizard of Oz: Delirious Escape (End Title)

    Performer: MGM Studio Orchestra

    • Sony 88697638282.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Fantasy on a Bohemian Song

    Performer: Cenek Pavlik (violin) Performer: Ivan Klansky (piano)

    • Supraphon 11 1515-2 131.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures: Where Corals Lie

    Performer: Sarah Connolly (mezzo) Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Simon Wright (Conductor)

    • Naxos 8.557710.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Sonata in D Op 10 No. 2

    Performer: Howard Shelley (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67717.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Te Deum Op 103: Aeterna fac; Dignare, Domine

    Performer: Christine Brewer (soprano) Performer: Roger Roloff (bass) Performer: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    • Conductor Robert Shaw.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ertodt, uns durch Dein' Gute

    Arranger: Harriet Cohen Performer: Hubert Harry (piano)

    • Royss Music CD H 190-05.

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