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Friday - Rob Cowan

Music by Beethoven, Albeniz, Gluck and Delibes, and the Queen of the Night sings of vengeance in this morning's programme, presented by Rob Cowan.

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Fri 21 May 201007:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Sumer is icumen in

    Performer: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford Performer: Grayston Ives (director)

    • CANTORIS CRCD2366.

  • Léo Delibes

    Prélude to Sylvia – ballet

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

    • EMI CLASSICS 9 67716 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello in E flat major Op 44: In modo d'una marcia

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein (piano) Performer: Juilliard String Quartet

    • SONY CLASSICAL SM3K 47166.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia in G major RV 149

    Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Andrew Manze (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907230.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    5 Variations in D major on Rule Britannia (from Thomas Arne's masque 'Alfred') WoO.79

    Performer: Gianluca Cascioli (piano)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 613-2.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Aria: Che faro senza Euridice?

    Performer: Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano: Orfeo) Performer: Instrumental Ensemble of the Collegium Musicum Italicum Performer: Renato Fasano (conductor)

    • RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL GD87896.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 55 in E flat major 'Schoolmaster': Adagio, ma semplicemente

    Performer: Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra Performer: Benjamin Britten (conductor)

    • DECCA 458 869-2.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Overture to La forza del destino

    Performer: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux Performer: Igor Markevitch (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 422 272-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest (HWV 258)

    Performer: The Choir of New College, Oxford Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Edward Higginbottom (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 226-2.

  • Meredith Willson

    Seventy-Six Trombones from The Music Man

    Arranger: Leroy Anderson Performer: The Boston Pops Orchestra Performer: John Williams (conductor)

    • SONY CLASSICAL SK 46747.

  • James Rhodes

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, Book 1)

    Performer: Alain Planès (piano)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901893.

  • Leos Janáček

    Žárlivost – original prelude to Jenufa

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 3739-2 032.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Plorans ploravit (She weepeth sore in the night) from The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Pro

    Performer: The Deller Consort Performer: Alfred Deller (director)

    • VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 2026 71.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute K 620: Queen of the Night's Aria: 'Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen'

    Performer: Rita Streich (soprano: Queen of the Night) Performer: RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin Performer: Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 459 020-2.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Tango Op 165 No. 2

    Performer: Kathryn Stott (piano)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10493.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream – incidental music

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 782-2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Monumentum Pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD Annum

    Performer: Royal Flemish Philharmonic Performer: Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

    • PENTATONE CLASSICS PTC 5186 349.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride Act III: Dance of the Comedians

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • CBS MLK 44723.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air from Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 (aka "Air on the G string")

    Performer: La Stravaganza Köln Performer: Andrew Manze (director)

    • DENON CO-78965-66.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Bohème: Rodolfo's Aria: 'Che gelida manina'

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor: Rodolfo) Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Leone Magiera (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 713-2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse Op 16

    Performer: Steven Isserlis (cello) Performer: Pascal Devoyon (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA66235.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Allegro (opening movement) from Trio sonata No. 5 in F major

    Performer: Heinz Holliger (oboe) Performer: Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Performer: Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Performer: Klaus Stoll (double bass) Performer: Jonathan Rubin (lute) Performer: Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord)

    • ECM NEW SERIES 462 542-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenata Notturna K 239

    Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden Performer: Otmar Suitner (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 426 060-2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G major (Gigue) BWV 577

    Performer: Peter Hurford (organ of the Martinikerk, Groningen, Netherlands)

    • EMI EMINENCE 5 65028 2.

  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No. 3 in G major

    Performer: The Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 372-2.

  • Max Bruch

    Romance in A minor Op.42

    Performer: Aaron Rosand (violin) Performer: German Radio Philharmonic Hannover Performer: Christoph Wyneken (conductor)

    • VOX CLASSICS VXP 7906.

  • John Blow

    God is our hope and strength

    Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey Performer: Robert Quinney (organ) Performer: James O’Donnell (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA67792.

  • Trad. Georgian

    Mtiuluri (Men's Dance)

    Performer: Instrumental Group of the ‘Rustavi’ State Folk Music Ensemble

    • MELODIYA MEL CD 30 01644.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 May 201007:00
    BBC Radio 3