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Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents wide-ranging music, from Elgar to Ellington and Mozart to Makeba.

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Thu 21 Jan 201007:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes – Tableaux Op.39 Allegro Moderato

    Performer: Alexander Romanovsky (piano)

    • DECCA 476 3334.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    B Minor Mass – Gloria in Excelsis – Et in terra pax

    Performer: Balthasar-Neumann Choir Performer: Thomas Hengelbrock (director)

    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 05472 7733802.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Italiana in Algeri – Overture

    Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: George Szell (conductor)

    • EMI 5759622.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto Grosso RV156 in G Minor

    Performer: Akademi e fűr Alte Musik Berlin, Midori Seiler (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901975.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to the Magic Flute

    Performer: Concerto Koln Performer: Anton Steck (director)

    • ARCHIV 477 5800.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die schoen Mullerin Op.25 D795 'Die liebe Farbe

    Performer: James Gilchrist (tenor) Performer: Anna Tilbrook (piano)

    • ORCHID CLASSICS LC 20037.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles from Mlada

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

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10369 (2) X.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

    Performer: Staatsorchester Stuttgart Performer: Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)

    • ECM 1275 817 764 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations –Variations 4 & 5

    Performer: Stefan Hussong (Accordion)

    • THOROFON CTH 2047.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Médée – Overture & Air from Act II, Scene 2 "Princesse, c'est sur vous"

    Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo) Performer: Les Arts Florissants Performer: Williams Christie (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 477 8610.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor Op.22 – Presto

    Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Performer: L’Orchestre de La Suisse Romande Performer: Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 8764.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Chanson Russe (1937)(from Mavra)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood (violin) Performer: Thomas Adès (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67723.

  • John Taverner

    Dum transisset Sabbatum

    Performer: Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh Performer: Duncan Ferguson (conductor)

    • DELPHIAN DCD34023.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fur Elise

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPH0N 477 8168.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint – Fast final movement

    Performer: Pat Metheny (guitar)

    • NONESUCH 7559 794512.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in F BWV 540

    Performer: Franz Hauk (organ of Ingolstadt Munster)

    • GUILD GMCD 7217.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major Op.10 – Finale Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra Performer: Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3968 2.

  • Bono & The Edge - Goldeneye

    Performer: Voces8

  • Kenneth Leighton

    Sonatina No.2

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9818.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Vert-Vert – Overture [world premiere recording]

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • OPERA RARA ORC41.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller – Quando le sere al placido chiaror d'un ciel stellato

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor – Rodolfo) Performer: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    • SONY 88697581382.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 – BWV 1049 1st movt

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2191.

  • César Franck

    String Quartet in D Scherzo

    Performer: Fitzwilliam String Quartet

    • DECCA 425 4242.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Symphony No.6 (Fantaisies Symphoniques) – Poco Allegretto

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 40072.

  • Benjamin Verdery

    Peace Love and Guitars 3

    Performer: John Williams & John Etheridge (guitars)

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697009072.

  • Frédéric Chopin - Ballade No.3 in A Flat Major Op.47

    Performer: Stefan Askenase (piano)

  • Paolo Conte

    Happy Feet

    Performer: Paolo Conte (vocals)

    • NONESUCH 7559 795122.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Jan 201007:00
    BBC Radio 3