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Friday - Rob Cowan

Breakfast on Radio 3 with Rob Cowan. Wake up to music, news - and the occasional surprise.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 9 Apr 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polonaise

    Performer: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • DECCA 414 370 2.
  • Christian Sinding

    Romance in D major Op 79 No. 2

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud (violin); Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.572254.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Partenope: Overture

    Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Raymond Leppard (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 422 486 2.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds: The Cuckoo

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • MERCURY 432 007-2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No. 2 Op 53: Scherzo burlesque (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

    • CBS CD46503.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Duet in A major for harpsichord

    Performer: Rafael Puyana & Genoveva Galvez (harpsichords)

    • MERCURY 434 395 2.
  • George Gershwin

    My Man's Gone Now from Porgy and Bess

    Arranger: Evans Performer: Miles Davis (flugelhorn) Performer: Orchestra Performer: Gil Evans (conductor)

    • COLUMBIA CK65141.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 48 in C "Maria Theresia": Finale

    Performer: Polish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Jerzy Maksymiuk (conductor)

    • EMI 569 767 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C K 373

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Oistrakh (violin/director)

    • EMI 574 743.
  • John Foulds - April – England

    Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sakari Oramo (conductor)

  • Paul Dukas

    La Plainte, au loin, du faune

    Performer: Jean Hubeau (piano)

    • TELDEC 8573 880512.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Souvenirs de Munich (Quadrille on themes from Wagner's 'Tristan an

    Performer: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Performer: Arthur Kulling (conductor)

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major L 424

    Performer: Vladimir Scarlatti (piano)

    • CBS CD42410.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ballet music from Faust

    Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Zinman (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 438 763 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Scherzo for string quartet

    Performer: Nash Ensemble

    • HYPERION CDA 673 812.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in D major BWV 850

    Arranger: Loussier Performer: Jacques Loussier (piano) Pierre Michelot (bass); Christian Garros (drums)

    • DECCA 1575612.
  • Arvo Pärt

    I am the True Vine

    Performer: Theatre of Voices; Pro Arte Singers Performer: Paul Hiller (conductor)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907242.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D for four violins without continuo

    Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

    • DG 439 444 2.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Mes Joies

    Trans. Liszt Performer: Leslie Howard (piano)

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Boris Godunov: Fountain Scene with Polonaise

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

    • CHANDOS CHAN8472.
  • S. Philidor

    Marche a quatre Timbales

    Performer: Jacques Remy (kettle drums)

    • ARCHIV 453 169-2.
  • Edgard Varèse

    Ameriques (excerpt)

    Performer: SWF Symphony Orchestra Performer: Michael Gielen (conductor)

    • GIELEN EDITION INT 860 918.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde: Overture

    Performer: Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 8543.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Mazurka Op 57 No. 4

    Performer: Leszek Mozdzer (piano)

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