Tuesday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan presents music to discover, rediscover and lift the spirits.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo overture
Performer: Tafelmusik Performer: Bruno Weil (director)
- SONY SK46695.
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Franz Schubert
Fruhlingsglaube "Springtime Hopes" D686
Performer: Elizabeth Watts (soprano) Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
- RCA 8869 732 932 2.
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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.
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Alexander Glazunov
Valse from Scenes de ballet
Performer: USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
- OLYMPIA OCD 104.
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Frédéric Chopin
Waltzes Op.64 No.1 & 2
Performer: Maria Joao Pires (piano)
- DG 477 7483.
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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.
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Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans
Performer: Armonico Consort Performer: Christopher Monks (conductor)
- SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD235.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto – last movement
Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
- DG 476 4092.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata K426
Performer: Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
- TELDEC 0630 12601-2.
Specialist Classical Chart
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Eric Whitacre
Lux Aurumque (Light and Gold)
Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers Performer: Eric Whitacre (conductor)
- DECCA 274 3209.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No.18
Performer: Alexander Melnikov (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902019.20.
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Jean‐Baptiste Lully
Bellerophon - Prologue
Performer: Chorus of Apollo and the Muses “Chantons, chantons le plus grand des mortels?” Performer: Jean Teitgen (Apollo) Performer: Jennifer Borghu and Celine Scheen (2 muses) Performer: Les Talens Lyriques Performer: Christophe Rousset (director)
- APARTE AP015.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet: Act 2 – Romeo decides to avenge Mercutio's death; Finale
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)
- LSO LSO0682.
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Isaac Albéniz
Asturias (Leyenda) No.6 from Suite Espanola Op.47
Performer: Milos Karadaglic (guitar)
- DG 477 9547.
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Léo Delibes
Mazurka from Delibes
Performer: Paris National Opera Theatre Orchestra Performer: Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor)
- EMI 967 723 2.
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Edward Elgar
Chanson de matin, Op.15 no.2
Performer: Nigel Kennedy (violin) Performer: Peter Pettinger (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 8380.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No.3 Op.72a
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY 462 958-2.
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Hubert Parry
Jerusalem
Orchestrator: Elgar Performer: Choir of Winchester Cathedral Performer: Waynfleet Singers Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: David Hill (conductor)
- ARGO 4308362.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata in C major Hob 16:48
Performer: Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
- DECCA 433 900-2.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Secret - overture
Performer: BBC Philharmonic Performer: Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10518.
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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.
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Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Fritz Reiner (conductor)
- RCA 74321 886 922.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
The Banjo Op.15 (Fantasie grotesque)
Performer: Amiram Rigai (piano)
- SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS CD SF 40803.
Broadcast
- Tue 19 Apr 201107:00BBC Radio 3
