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Monday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Music by Brahms from the woodlands of Germany, Smetana's fieriest tone poem and the launch of our quest to find the Nation's Favourite Aria. Please text or email us your nominations - see the Breakfast homepage for more details http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/breakfast.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 17 May 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Performer: Ruth Scott (oboe) Performer: The New London Orchestra Performer: Ronald Corp (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA66868.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Variations on the hymn "Gott erhalte"

    Performer: Andreas Staier (fortepiano)

    • DHM 05472 77285 2.
  • James Rhodes

    Marche 脡cossaise

    Performer: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink

    • Philips 438 742-2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat Op 40: Finale

    Performer: Anthony Marwood (violin) Performer: Stephen Stirling (horn) Performer: Susan Tomes (piano)

    • Hyperion CDS443342.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: Farandole

    Performer: Orchestre de Concerts Lamoureux Performer: Igor Marketvitch (conductor)

    • Belart 450 043-2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romance (from Lieutenant Kij茅)

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • Decca 478 1732.
  • Luisa Elena PAESANO

    Pajarillo (joropo)

    Performer: Clara Rodr铆guez (piano)

    • Nimbus NI 6122.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Orchestrator: John Rutter Performer: The Cambridge Singers Performer: Members of City of London Sinfonia Performer: John Rutter (conductor)

    • Conifer CDCFRA 122.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Klavierst眉cke Op 76: No. 4 in B flat

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich (piano)

    • Virgin 50999 266349 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tosca: Recondita armonia

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Nicola Rescigno (conductor)

    • Decca430 470-2.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: William Albright (piano)

    • Nimbus NI 2546/8.
  • William Walton

    Gay Berlin (from a Wartime Sketchbook)

    Performer: Academy of St martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • CHAN 8870.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberfl枚te: Der Vogelf盲nger bin ich ja

    Performer: Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • DG 00289 477 5886.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    M谩 Vlast: 艩谩rka

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • London 421 167-2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor

    Arranger: Kreisler Performer: Mischa Elman (violin) Performer: Joseph Sieger (piano)

    • Vanguard Classics 08 8028 71.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • Philips 456 569-2.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto Settimo

    Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage (director)

    • Chandos CHAN 0769.
  • Trad. ARMENIAN

    Sardarapat (folk dance)

    Performer: Armenian folk musicians

    • MEL CD 30 01642.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466: Romance

    Performer: Murray Perahia (piano/director) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra

    • CBS MK 42241.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (from Gayaneh)

    Performer: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Performer: Alexander LAzarev (conductor)

    • Apex 8573 89237 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo: Lascia ch'io pianga

    Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Ion Marin (conductor)

    • EMI 5 57706 2.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Melody from "Orfeo ed Euridice"

    Arranger: Kreisler Performer: David Oistrakh (violin) Performer: Vladimir Yampolski (piano)

    • BMG 74321 34180 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV 1051

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: RInaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • Na茂ve OP304412.
  • Christian Sinding

    Rustle of Spring

    Performer: John Ogdon (piano)

    • EMI 2 68161 2.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

    Performer: Manuel Barrueco (guitar) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Placido Domingo (conductor)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Variations in C K 265 "Ah! Vous dirais-je Maman"

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

    • EMI 457524 2.
  • Geoffrey Toye

    The Haunted Ballroom

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia Performer: Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

    • White Line CD WLS 501.

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