6 November 2005
Sunday 6 November 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 recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. Plus a chance to hear Il Trovatore. Also Includes:
Playlist
THE COWAN COLLECTION
Sunday 6th November 2005
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen
Ion Voicu (violin)
Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Heinz Bongartz
BERLIN CLASSICS 0032402BC Track 4
PURCELL: Songs and Interludes
Hornpipe (Fairy Queen): Rondeau; Man, Man, Man; Love Quickly is paled; Chaconne; Fairest Isle; Rondeau (Abdelazer)
Maureen Forrester (contralto), Alexander Young (tenor)
Vienna Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Brian Priestman
MCA MCD 80102 Tracks 8, 2, 4, 5, 12, 24 , 23, 17
(CD no longer available)
Innocent Ear
MATEO ALBENIZ: Sonata in D major
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
DECCA 433 920-2 CD 1, Track 9
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sextet in D minor, Op.70 "Souvenir de Florence"
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by David Zinman
PHILIPS 456 125-2 CD 3, Tracks 5-8
Bargain Hunter Choice
W A MOZART: Piano Concerto No.3 in D, K.40
Karl Engel (piano)
Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg
Conducted by Leopold Hager
TELDEC 2564 62332-2 CD 1, Tracks 7-9
Innocent Ear
SMETANA: The Song of the Sea
Czech Philharmonic Chorus
Conducted by Josef Veselka
SUPRAPHON SU 3040-2 211 Track 10
HOLST: The Perfect Fool - Suite
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
EMI 56 5041 2 Tracks 9-12
WALDTEUFEL: Pomone, Op.155
Philharmonia Promenade Orchestra
Conducted by Henry Krips
EMI CZS 5 68289 2 CD 2, Track 6
WILBYE: Ah, cannot sighs
The Deller Consort
Directed by Alfred Deller
VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 5080 71 Track 4
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E minor, RV.277
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
members of Staatskapelle Dresden
Conducted by Vittorio Negri
PHILIPS PHCP-4938 Tracks 1-3
LISZT: Grand Galop Chromatique
Gyorgy Cziffra (piano)
ARKADIA CDGI 905 Track 5
MYSASKOVSKY: Symphony No.19 in E flat, Op.46
Russian State Brass Orchestra
Conducted by Sergei Sergeyev
RUSSIAN DISC RD CD 11 007 Tracks 4-7
Building a Library recommendation
VERDI: Il Trovatore, Act 4 scene 1
Leontyne Price (soprano - Leonora)
Franco Bonisolli (tenoir - Manrico)
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone - the Count)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
EMI CDM 769 313 - 2 CD 2 Tracks 9 - 16
