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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 Bach, Cherubini and Jean Francaix. Plus, a challenge for your innocent ear.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 19 Feb 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 3 in E major: Prelude

    Performer: Nathan Milstein (violin)

    • EMI ZDMB 64793 2 3, Disc 2, track 10.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    Armida abbandonata - Sinfonia

    Performers: Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67893, track 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasie in D minor, Kv397

    Performers: Maria Jo茫o Pires (piano)

    • Regis RRC 1382, track 13.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Three-cornered Hat: three dances (Suite 2)

    Performers: National Theatre Orchestra of the Paris Opera, Manuel Rosenthal (conductor)

    • Accord 476 1076, CD 6, tracks 1-3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Andante and Minuet in D, Hob.III:83 (Op.103)

    Performers: Juilliard Quartet

    • CBS Maestro M3YK 45826, Disc 3, track 9.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Sacred Service 鈥 Sanctification

    Performers: Marko Rothm眉ller (bass-baritone), Dorothy Bond (soprano), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Ernest Bloch (conductor)

    • Rockport Records RR5001-2, track 4.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Masques et bergamasques, Op.112: suite

    Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • Decca Eloquence 480 4763, tracks 13-16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"

    Performers: Mischa Elman (violin), Joseph Seiger (piano)

    • Testament SBT2 1475, disc 1, tracks 6-9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ganymed D544

    Performers: Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)

    • Hyperion CDJ33005 T7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No 5 in A minor RV358

    Performers: Iona Brown (violin and director), Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    • Decca 448 110 2 CD1 T13-15.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Rossini Suite (original version of Soir茅es musicales)

    Performers: Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford (conductor)

    • EMI 2 17526 2, Disc 6, tracks 20-24.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations concertantes Op. 17

    Performers: David Geringas (cello), Ian Fountain (piano)

    • H盲nssler Profil PH08003.
  • Alb茅ric Magnard

    Symphony No. 3, p. 11 鈥 ii, Danses

    Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • Decca 442 9992, Disc 2, track 4.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Wind Quintet No. 1

    Performers: Ensemble Wien-Berlin

    • Sony SK 48 052, tracks 1-4.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    O Deus, o Salvator mundi

    Performers: La Chappelle Royale

    • Harmonia Mundi HMP 390802, track 5.
  • Lukas Foss

    Phorion

    Performers: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • Sony Classical SMK 63164, track 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 19 Feb 2012 09:00