Thursday - Rob Cowan

Johann Strauss II - Overture: Die Fledermaus

Performer: Bavarian State Orchestra Performer: Carlos Kleiber (Conductor)

Alexander Glazunov

Valse (5 Novelettes, Op 15)

Performer: Vertavo Quartet

• Simax PSC1178.

Edvard Grieg

Kobold, Op 71 No 3

Performer: Emil Gilels (piano)

• DG 419 749 2.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Divertimento in E flat, K113

Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczsek (Director)

• Linn CKD 287.

Frédéric Chopin

Waltz in A flat, Op 34 No 1

Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

• DG 4777626.

Bedrich Smetana

Vltava (Die Moldau)

Performer: Cleveland Orchestra Performer: Christoph von Dohnanyi (Conductor)

• Decca 444 867 2.

Thomas Arne

Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

Performer: Emma Kirkby (soprano) Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Christopher Hogwood (Conductor)

• Decca 470 372-2.

Franz Krommer

Concerto for two clarinets in E flat, Op 91 (3rd movement: Alla Polacca)

Performer: Sabine Meyer & Julian Bliss (clarinets) Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Kenneth Sillito (Director)

• EMI 3 79786 2.

William Kroll

Banjo & Fiddle

Performer: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Performer: Peter Nagy (piano)

• Delos DE 3116.

Jacques Offenbach

Introduction & Can-Can No 1 (Gaite Parisienne)

Performer: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Performer: Erich Kunzel (Conductor)

• MMG MWCD7119.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ouverture (Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066)

Performer: Concerto Koln

• Berlin Classics 0300061BC.

Charles Ives

They are there! (A War Song March)

Performer: Gregg Smith Singers Performer: Ithaca College Concert Choir Performer: American Symphony Orchestra Performer: Leopold Stokowski (Conductor)

• Masterworks Potrait MPK 46 726.

Alexander Borodin

Petite Suite: No 7 – Finale

Orchestrator: Glazunov Performer: USSR State Symphony Orchestra Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (Conductor)

• MEL CD 10 01745.

Benjamin Britten

Fugue (Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra)

Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Libor Pesek (Conductor)

• Virgin Classics 5 61782 2.

George Frideric Handel

Hallelujah (Messiah)

Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (Director)

• CORO COR16073.

Jean Sibelius

Intermezzo (Karelia Suite, Op 11)

Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Alexander Gibson (Conductor)

• Collins Classics RETR0003.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Sextet in E flat, Op 81b

Performer: Vienna Octet

• Decca 480 2403.

Franz Liszt

Rigoletto: Paraphrase de concert (after Verdi)

Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

• Decca 436 736 2.

Maurice Ravel

Alborada del gracioso

Performer: Ulster Orchestra Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier (Conductor)

• CHAN 102514X.

Gioachino Rossini

Nacqui all'affanno… Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola, Act II)

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Performer: Arnold Schoenberg Choir Performer: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Volksopernorchester Performer: Giuseppe Patane (Conductor)

• Decca 478 2663.

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in E flat, Op 9 No 2

Performer: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Performer: Cecile Licad (piano)

• Hyperion CDA67831.