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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents Breakfast. Wake up to music, news - and the occasional surprise.

3 hours

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Thu 24 Jun 2010 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Little onion [Cibulicka] from Czech Dances Set 2

    Performer: Jan Novotny (piano)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3070-2 111.
  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sinfonia from Il Barcheggio - serenata (cantata)

    Performer: Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet Performer: The Parley of Instruments Performer: Peter Holman (director)

    • HYPERION CDA67359.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade - symphonic suite (Op.35) - The Young prince and princess

    Performer: Richard Roberts (violin) Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 7932.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust - Avant de quitter (Even bravest heart may swell)

    Performer: Thomas Allen, baritone Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN3118.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Divertimento (Feldpartita) no. 3 (H.2.7) in C major

    Performer: London Wind Soloists

    • TESTAMENT SBT.1346.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier - Habanera

    Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate Dominum

    Performer: Rossana Bertini (soprano) Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • OPUS111 OPS 30-150.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for keyboard no. 6 (BWV.830) in E minor - Toccata

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

    • DECCA 478 2163.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse (Op.17)

    Performer: Gil Shaham (violin) Performer: Rohan de Silva ( piano)

    • DG 427 659-2.
  • James Rhodes

    Petite suite

    Orchestrator: Busser) Performer: Northern Sinfonia Performer: Jean-Bernard Pommier ( conductor)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 7243 5 62182 2 2.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Caritas abundat in omnia

    Arranger: Rossler, Vogt Ansong) Performer: Knut Rossler (saxophone) Performer: Johannes Vogt (lute, synth, guitar) Performer: Ute Kreider (vocals) Performer: Werner Goos (percussion, synthesiser) Performer: Gunther Lenz ( bass)

    • ACT 9496-2.
  • Eric Coates

    Rose of Samarkand (2 Light syncopated pieces for orchestra)

    Performer: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra Performer: John Wilson, conductor

    • ASV CD WHL 2107.
  • Richard Edwards

    In going to my naked bed for 4 voices

    Performer: The Theatre of Voices Performer: Paul Hillier, director

    • ECM NEW SERIES 1512 439 172-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for violin and keyboard (K.31) in B flat major

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin) Performer: Gary Cooper (fortepiano)

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 25608.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Barber of Seville - Overture

    Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Bruno Bartoletti (conductor)

    • 00289 477 5634.
  • John Zorn

    Mahshav, Mikreh

    Performer: Arte Quartet

    • MARSYAS MAR-1804 2.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2

    Performer: Steven Osborne ( piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67700.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Hussite overture Op. 67

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Karel Ancerl (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON 110605-2.
  • Michael Haydn

    Rundgesang

    Performer: Die Singphoniker

    • CPO 999 333-2.
  • James Rhodes

    Poissons d'or - Images - set 2 for piano

    Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard, (piano)

    • TELDEC 0927-43088-2.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in blue

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein (piano & conductor) Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

    • SONY CLASSICAL 82876 78768 2.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Performer: Central Band of the Royal Air Force Performer: Wing Commander Eric Banks

    • REGIS RRC 1326.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite for cello solo no. 3 (BWV.1009) in C major - Prelude

    Performer: Pierre Fournier (cello)

    • ACCORD 206 372.
  • Benjamin Britten

    I wonder as I wander for voice and piano

    Performer: Gerald Finley (baritone) Performer: Julius Drake ( piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67778.

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