28 August 2005
Sunday 28 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 recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. There's also a chance to hear Beethoven's Piano concerto No 3, recommended on yesterday's CD Review.
Playlist
The Cowan Collection
Sunday 28th August 2005
RICHARD STRAUSS: Festliches Präludium, Op.61
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch
EMI 5 55185 2 Track 1
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI: O cessate
LULLY : Air de ballet
Gérard Souzay (baritone), Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
DUTTON CDLX 7036 Tracks 2 and 3
TELEMANN: Sonata Metodiche in A major
Barthold Kuijken (flute), Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba),
Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
ACCENT 94104/5D CD1, Tracks 5-8
CHOPIN: Introduction and Variations on a German National Air in E, Op.Posth
Tamas Vasary (piano)
DG 477 5510 CD2, Track 13
Innocent Ear
HAYDN: Stabat Mater (excerpt)
Arleen Auger (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor),
Argo Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by László Heltay
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 2441 Track 8
GILES FARNABY: A Toye
ROBERT JOHNSON: Alman
WILLIAM RANDALL: Galliard "Can she excuse my wrongs"?
Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
PHILIPS 438 153-2 Tracks 11, 3 and 10
VERDI: Patria oppressa! (from "Macbeth")
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Robert Shaw
TELARC CD-80152 CD2, Track 5
WEILL: Tango Ballade (from "The Threepenny Opera")
Gianluigi Trovesi (clarinet), Gianni Coscia (accordion)
ECM1907 Track 3
MOZART arr. Albrecht Mayer: Andante and Rondo (Allegro) in D, K.271a
Albrecht Mayer (oboe), Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Claudio Abbado
DG 476 235-2 Tracks 7-8
Bargain Hunter Choice
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No.10
Weller Quartet
DECCA 475 6796 CD 8, Tracks 3-6
LISZT: Freudvoll und leidvoll
Pavel Lisitsian (baritone), Ben Abramovich (piano)
RUSSIAN DISC RD CD 15 022 Track 19
Innocent Ear
GLAZUNOV: Symphony No. 8 (2nd movement)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conducted by José Serebrier
WARNER 2564 61939-2 Track 2
SCHUTZ: Machet die Tore weit, SWV Anh.8
Dresdner Kreuzchor
Conducted by Martin Flämig
PILZ 44 2057-2 Track 17
SCHUBERT: Overture to "Fierrabras"
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by István Kertész
DECCA ELOQUENCE 466 908-2 Track 6
Building a Library recommendation
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37
Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Conducted by David Zinman
ARTE NOVA 82876 64010 2 Tracks 1-3