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Rob Cowan's Gold Standard

Rob's selection this week includes music by Bartok, Verdi, Prokofiev and Monteverdi performed by Janos Starker, Margaret Price and Paul McCreesh.

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Sat 2 Sep 201713:00
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Music Played

  • Anette Maiberg, Rafael Aguirre Minarro, Marcelo Rosario, Gabriel Rosario, Wlodzimierz Gula & Roland Pell

    1x0 (Um A Zero)

    • MDG : 910 1874-6.
    • MDG.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma - Casta Diva and Cabelleta

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Giulio Setti. Singer: Rosa Ponselle. Choir: Metropolitan Opera Chorus.
    • ROMOPHONE : 81007-2.
    • ROMOPHONE.
    • 14.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt - At the Wedding

    Conductor: Kristjan Järvi. Orchestra: Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic.
    • The Kristjan Jarvi Sound Project - Baltic Sea Voyage.
    • NAIVE.
    • 3.

  • Béla Bartók

    Rhapsody No. 1

    Performer: János Starker. Performer: György Sebök.
    • MELOCLASSIC : MC 3009.
    • MELOCLASSIC.
    • 9.

  • Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

    Quartet Fugue In C Major Op.2`5

    Orchestra: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas Füri.
    • ARCHIV : 410 599-2.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Op.13 (Pathetique)

    Performer: William Murdoch.
    • PEARL : GEM 0044.
    • PEARL.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance

    Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Soloists.
    • MDG : 903 1894-6.
    • MDG.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No. 2 in D Minor BWV.1008

    Performer: Lillian Fuchs.
    • DOREMI : DHR-7801.
    • DOREMI.
    • 7.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Piece Op.128 No.1 - Scherzino: A Peterborough Chipmunk

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • GUILD : GMCD 7378.
    • GUILD.
    • 14.

  • Amy Beach

    By The Still Waters Op.114

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Amy Beach - Piano Music Volume 4.
    • Guild.
    • 5.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Fruhlingsstimmen

    Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jascha Horenstein.
    • READER'S DIGEST : RDCD221-223.
    • Reader's Digest.
    • 2.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Stornello

    Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Margaret Price.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 480-536-8.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 14.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No.1 in D Flat Major Op.10

    Performer: Byron Janis. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irwin Hoffman.
    • CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA : CSO-CD95-2.
    • CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    O Domine Jesu Christe for 8 voices

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Singer: Mark Chambers. Singer: Richard Butler. Singer: Eamonn Dougan. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum SIGCD 287.
    • Signum.
    • 26.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Sep 201713:00
    BBC Radio 3