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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Breakfast

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba. Including a Winter Waltz.

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Wed 16 Dec 2009 07:00

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Modest Mussorgsky

Prelude: Khovanshchina

Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
- TESTAMENT SBT2 1439.
Gustav Holst

Suite No.1 for Military Band

Performer: Cleveland Symphonic Winds Performer: Frederic Fennell (conductor)
- TELARC CD-80038.
Hans Leo Hassler

Ach, weh des Leiden

Performer: The King's Singers
- EMI 50999 2 07063 2.
Nicola Matteis

Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda ò pur Ciaccona

Performer: Gli Incogniti Performer: Amandine Beyer (violin / director)
- ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES ZZT 090802.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Overture: The Marriage of Figaro

Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- TELARC CD80388.
Maurice Duruflé

Ubi caritas et amor (4 motets on Gregorian themes)

Performer: Vasari Singers Performer: Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)
- SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD163.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Goldberg Variations BWV 988

Performer: Variations 29, 30 & Aria Performer: Dong Hyek Lim (piano)
- EMI 2159782.
Walter Leigh

Concertino for Harpsichord & Strings

Performer: Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
- LYRITA SRCD 289.
Giacomo Meyerbeer

Les Patineurs – Ballet (Entrée)

Performer: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jean Martinon (conductor)
- DECCA 475 7209.
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

Valse Ballet

Performer: Angela Brownridge (piano)
- EMI EMX 9507.
Antonio Vivaldi

Violin Concerto in G Major RV303

Performer: Giuliano Carmignola (violin) Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra Performer: Andrea Marcon (director)
- ARCHIV 00289 477 8387.
Witold Lutosławski

Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Arranger: Roger Harvey Performer: London Brass Performer: Roger Harvey (director)
- WARNER CLASSICS 2564 686170.
Robert Schumann

Ich wandelte unter den Bäumen (Liederkreis Op.24)

Performer: Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano)
- RCA 74321 73235-2.
Jean‐Baptiste Lully

Overture: Phaeton

Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre Performer: Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- WARNER APEX 2564 62184-2.
Georges Bizet

Le dis que rien ne m'epouvante (Micaela's Aria) - Carmen

Performer: Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 469 121-2.
Frédéric Chopin - Fantasie in F Minor

Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Sasha Johnson Manning

The Carol Singer's Carol:

Performer: Manchester Carollers, Performer: Northern Chamber Orchestra, Performer: Richard Tanner (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.572469.
Béla Bartók - Village Dance (Two Pictures)

Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Charles‐Marie Widor

Toccata from Symphony No.5

Performer: Jeanne Demessieux (organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) Performer: (Jeanne Demessieux Vol 3)
- FESTIVO FECD 141.
Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet in D Major Op.18 No.3

Performer: The Beethoven String Quartet
- MELODIYA MEL CD10 01348.
Franz Schubert

Die schone Mullerin

Performer: Morgengruss Performer: Fritz Wunderlich (tenor) Performer: Hubert Giesen (piano)
- HANSSLER CD 93.180.
Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

The Jewels of the Madonna –Intermezzo No.2

Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- TESTAMENT SBT 1327.
Ludwig van Beethoven

Fur Elise Wo059

Performer: Livia Rev (piano)
- HELIOS CDH 55194.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Badinerie from the B Minor Suite

Performer: Julius Baker (flute) Performer: Boris Barere (piano)
- CEMBAL D’AMOUR CD 127.
Edward Elgar

Softly and gently (The Angel's Farewell) - The Dream of Gerontius

Performer: Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Hallé Choir and Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus Performer: Ambrosian Singers Performer: Hallé Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
- EMI 50999 5 08087-2.