6 February 2005
Sunday 6 February 2005 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection.
The Cowan Collection
DVORAK
In Nature's Realm, Op. 91
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Kurt Masur
Teldec 2564 61530-2
BACH
The Musical Offering BWV 1079 - 6 part ricerar
Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall (viola da gamba/director)
ALIA VOX AV 9817
Bargain Hunter
BELLINI
Norma, Act 1 - Casta diva
Rosa Ponselle, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Giulio Setti
Naxos 8.110325-27
Innocent Ear
SIBELIUS
Presto for String Orchestra in D
Folkwang Chamber Orchestra, Essen/Tapio Tuomela
Koch 3-1786-2
VINTER
Hunter's Moon
Dennis Brain, BBC Concert Orchestra/Vilem Tausky
BBC Legends BBCL 4164-2
CHOPIN
Polonaise Fantasie Op. 61
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Praga PR 54056
MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Vienna PO/Pierre Boulez
DG 477 5329
SAINT-SAENS
Le Déluge, Op. 45 - Prélude
Alain Moglia (violin), Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim
DG 474 612-2
SCHUBERT
Rondo in A, piano four hands D951
Ricardo Castro, Maria Joao Pires (piano)
DG 477 5233
CHERUBINI
Sonata No. 2 for Cor anglais and strings
V. Sobolev, Strings of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
Melodiya 74321 59476 2
VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso, Act 1 - Sol da te mio dolce amore
Philippe Jaroussky (counter-tenor), Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christophe
Spinosi
Naïve OP 30393
MOZART
Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364
Igor & David Oistrakh (violin & viola), Moscow PO/Yehudi Menuhin
BBC BBCL 4019-2
Innocent Ear
ANON
God Bless Jesus
Pokrovsky Ensemble/Dmitri PokrovskyElektra 7559-79335-2
ANON
John The Revelator
Son House (vocalist)
Columbia C2K 48867
BACALOVMisa Tango - Gloria
Placido Domingo, Ana Maria Martinez, Narional Chorus and Orchestra
Of the St Cecilia Academy/Myung-Whun Chung
DG 463 471-2
Building a Library recommendation
BACH
The Musical Offering BWV 1079 - Trio Sonata
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin), Karl Kaiser (flute), Ekkehard Weber (viola da gamba), Michael Behringer (fortepiano)
HANSSLER CD 92.133
