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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents three hours of great music, featuring the best recordings from the archive and the present day. Today with works by Faure, Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov. Plus a challenge for your Innocent Ear.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 15 Jan 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Edward German

    Nell Gwyn Overture

    Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

    • Avie AV2194, track 11.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Gemanicus: "Komm o Schlaf, und lass mein Leid"

    Performers: Nuria Rial (soprano), Basel Chamber Orchestra

    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697922562, track 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento No. 1 in E flat Kv 113

    Performers: Wiener Oktett

    • Decca 480 4328, disc 1, tracks 7-10.
  • Max Reger

    Romance, Op. 50 No. 1

    Performers: Tanja Becker-Bender (violin), Berlin Concert House Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67892, track 4.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 117

    Performers: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67872, tracks 4-6.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Fors seulement

    Performers: Romanesque

    • Alpha, CD 5, track 6.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op.44

    Performers: Robert Casadesus (piano), RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)

    • Audit茅 95.589.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro for string orchestra, Op. 47

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • Classics for Pleasure CfP CD-CFP 4022, tracks 15-18.
  • Robert Schumann

    Meine Rose, Op. 90/2; Widmung, Op. 25/1

    Performers: G茅rard Souzay (baritone), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • Philips 442 741-2, disc 1, tracks 23 & 29.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Intermezzo (Nocturne)

    Performers: Panocha Quartet, (double bass)

    • Supraphon SU 3921, disc 2, track 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah 鈥 Call him Louder 鈥 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel

    Performers: Harold Williams (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)

    • Classics for Pleasure CDCfPSD 4802, disc 1, tracks 12-14.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100

    Performers: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

    • EMI 5 74725 2, tracks 4-6.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sadko Musical Picture, Op. 5

    Performers: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.572787, track 5.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)

    Performers: Endymion Ensemble, John Whitfield (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 7 49786 2, track 7.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Rhapsody Op. 11, No. 3

    Performers: Martin Roscoe (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67871, track 3.
  • Traditional Venezuelan folk song

    Pajillo verde

    Performers: L鈥橝rpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (director)

    • Virgin Classics 5090967851621, track 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Jan 2012 09:00