7 August 2005
Sunday 7 August 2005 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 Bargain Hunter CD. Plus a chance to hear some of Holst's The Planets.
Playlist
The Cowan Collection
Sunday August 8th
SMETANA: Overture to "The Bartered Bride"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Fritz Reiner
RCA 82876 66376 2 Track 6
LEHAR: Meine liebe, deine liebe (from "The Land of Smiles")
Erich Kunz (baritone), Emmy Loose (soprano),
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Otto Ackermann
EMI 5 85822 2 CD 1, Track 25
COLIN MCPHEE: Balinese Ceremonial Music
Goldstone and Clemmow (pianos)
DIVINE ART 25032
Innocent Ear
TELEMANN: Concerto in G major for flauto traverso, chalumeau, oboe, 2 double basses, strings and basso continuo
La Stravaganza Köln
Directed by Andrew Manze
DENON CO-78933 Tracks 17-19
Bargain Hunter Choice
TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. PHYLLIS TATE/SAMUEL FERGUSON: The Lark in the Clear Air
TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. HERBERT HUGHES: The Bard of Armagh
Ann Murray (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDH 55210 Tracks 6 and 17
GRETRY: Air de Ballet (from "Zémire et Azor")
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 91167 Track 5
Innocent Ear
BEETHOVEN:
- Prelude and Fugue in C
- Fugue on a theme from the Overture to Handel's Samson
The Wihan Quartet
LOTOS LT 0135-2 131 Track 7
CHOPIN: Barcarolle, Op.60
Nelson Freire (piano)
DECCA 475 6617 Track 13
FRANK MARTIN: Ballade for flute, piano and strings
Jacques Zoon (flute), Ronald Brautigam (piano),
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
DECCA 444 455-2 Track 1
HUMMEL: Introduction, Theme and Variations in F for oboe and Orchestra, Op.102
Ernest Rombout (oboe), Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 2450 Track 7
SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
Juilliard String Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT 1372 Track 13
BACH: Cantata No.159 "Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem"
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor),
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), St Anthony Singers,
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Concduted by Sir Neville Marriner
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 2684 Tracks 11-15
FAURE: Dolly Suite (Mvts 1-4)
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (pianos)
NIMBUS NI 5178 Tracks 7-10
TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN: Sarba Pompierilor
Grigoras Dinicu and his Orchestra
SYMPOSIUM 1218 Track 8
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No.2
Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Lawrence Foster
APEX 2564 62032-2 Track 2
MOZART: Symphony No. 17 in G, K.129
Concentus musicus Wien
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TELDEC 3984-21463-2 Tracks 4-6
Building a Library recommendation
HOLST: The Planets
- Venus
- Mercury
- Jupiter
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi (conductor)
TELARC CD 80466 Tracks 2-4
