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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 19 Apr 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo overture

    Performer: Tafelmusik Performer: Bruno Weil (director)

    • SONY SK46695.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fruhlingsglaube "Springtime Hopes" D686

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)

    • RCA 8869 732 932 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in E for flute and continuo BWV 1035

    Performer: Irena Grafenauer (flute) Performer: Brigitte Engelhard (harpsichord) Performer: Jorg Baumann (cello)

    • PHILIPS 434 996-2.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Valse from Scenes de ballet

    Performer: USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

    • OLYMPIA OCD 104.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltzes Op.64 No.1 & 2

    Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)

    • DG 477 7483.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sinfonia for two trumpets in D major G23

    Performer: Crispian Steele-Perkins & David Blackadder (trumpets) Performer: Collegium Musicum 90 Performer: Simon Standage (director)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0716.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans

    Performer: Armonico Consort Performer: Christopher Monks (conductor)

    • SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD235.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto 鈥 last movement

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

    • DG 476 4092.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K426

    Performer: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

    • TELDEC 0630 12601-2.
  • Specialist Classical Chart

    • Eric Whitacre

      Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold)

      Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers Performer: Eric Whitacre (conductor)

      • DECCA 274 3209.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich

      Prelude and Fugue No.18

      Performer: Alexander Melnikov (piano)

      • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902019.20.
    • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

      Bellerophon - Prologue

      Performer: Chorus of Apollo and the Muses 鈥淐hantons, chantons le plus grand des mortels?鈥 Performer: Jean Teitgen (Apollo) Performer: Jennifer Borghu and Celine Scheen (2 muses) Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (director)

      • APARTE AP015.
    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Romeo and Juliet: Act 2 鈥 Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio's death; Finale

      Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

      • LSO LSO0682.
    • Isaac Alb茅niz

      Asturias (Leyenda) No.6 from Suite Espanola Op.47

      Performer: Milos Karadaglic (guitar)

      • DG 477 9547.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka from Delibes

    Performer: Paris National Opera Theatre Orchestra Performer: Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor)

    • EMI 967 723 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op.15 no.2

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy (violin) Performer: Peter Pettinger (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8380.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No.3 Op.72a

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

    • MERCURY 462 958-2.
  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Orchestrator: Elgar Performer: Choir of Winchester Cathedral Performer: Waynfleet Singers Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: David Hill (conductor)

    • ARGO 4308362.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in C major Hob 16:48

    Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)

    • DECCA 433 900-2.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Secret - overture

    Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic Performer: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10518.
  • Benedetto Ferrari

    Amanti io vi so dire

    Performer: Franco Fagiolo (countertenor) Performer: Luca Pianca (lute) Performer: Marco Frezzato (cello) Performer: Jorg Halubek (harpsichord)

    • CARUS 83.361.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales

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

    • RCA 74321 886 922.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    The Banjo Op.15 (Fantasie grotesque)

    Performer: Amiram Rigai (piano)

    • SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CD SF 40803.

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