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The Cowan Collection

25 July 2004

Sunday 25 July 2004 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)

Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. The programme includes:

Duration:

3 hours

Playlist

WEBER
Die Freischutz - overture
Staatskapelle Dresden
Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
DG 457 736-2

WILLIAM LAWES
A Dialogue between Charon and Philomel
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone),
George Malcolm (harpsichord), Kenneth Heath (cello)
Testament SBT 1321

BACH
18 Piece for Mechanical Clock (Nos. 3-4b)
Kevin Bowyer (organ of the Sct Hans Kirke, Odense)
Nimbus NI 5734/5

HOWELLS
Take him, earth, for cherishing
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson
Naxos 8.557557-58

SCHNITTKE
Suite in the Old Style (Movts 1-4)
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Angela Yoffe (piano)
BIS-CD-1392

Innocent Ear
PREVIN
Honey and Rue: I am not seaworthy
Kathleen Battle (soprano), Orchestra of St Lukes/Andre Previn
DG 437 787

KORNGOLD
Six Simple Songs: Sommer
Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra/Franz Welser-Most
EMI 5 56169 2

CHABRIER
L'etoile: Romance de l'etoile
Patricia Petibon (soprano), Lyon Opera Orchestra/Yves Abel
Decca 475 090-2


JOSEF STRAUSS
Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb und Lust
Vienna PO/Clemens Krauss
Decca 475 302-2

WILBYE
Draw on Sweet Night
The Deller Consort
Vanguard Classics 99220

DEBUSSY
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra
Anne Queffelec (piano), Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra/Armin Jordan
Apex 8573 89232 2

Arr PENA
Rondena
Paco Pena (guitar)
Decca 475 6151

HANDEL
Judas Maccabeus: So sprach mein Vater; Hor' uns, o Herr!
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Bavarian RSO and Chorus/Rafael Kubeli­k
Orfeo C 475 992 1

Innocent Ear 
Edward MacDOWELL
Hamlet
Royal PO/Karl Krueger
Bridge 9089


SAINT-SAENS
La Nuit
Natalie Dessay (soprano), Choeur Regional Vittoria d'Ile de France,
Orchestre National d'Ile de France/Jacques Mercier
RCA 82875 554152

ELGAR
Three Characteristic Pieces
New SO, LPO/Sir Edward Elgar
EMI 5 85153 2

TELEMANN
Concerto Polonaise in B flat
Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel
Archiv 463 0784-2

DAVID DIAMOND
This Sacred Ground
Erich Parce (baritone), Seattle Symphony Chorale, Seattle Girls' Choir
Northwest Boychoir , Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz
Naxos 8.559156




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