
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.
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Music Played
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 3 in E major: Prelude
Performer: Nathan Milstein (violin)
- EMI ZDMB 64793 2 3, Disc 2, track 10.
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Luigi Cherubini
Armida abbandonata - Sinfonia
Performers: Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata (conductor)
- Hyperion CDA67893, track 8.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fantasie in D minor, Kv397
Performers: Maria João Pires (piano)
- Regis RRC 1382, track 13.
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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.
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Joseph Haydn
Andante and Minuet in D, Hob.III:83 (Op.103)
Performers: Juilliard Quartet
- CBS Maestro M3YK 45826, Disc 3, track 9.
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Ernest Bloch
Sacred Service – Sanctification
Performers: Marko Rothmüller (bass-baritone), Dorothy Bond (soprano), London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Ernest Bloch (conductor)
- Rockport Records RR5001-2, track 4.
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Gabriel Fauré
Masques et bergamasques, Op.112: suite
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- Decca Eloquence 480 4763, tracks 13-16.
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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.
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Franz Schubert
Ganymed D544
Performers: Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
- Hyperion CDJ33005 T7.
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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.
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Benjamin Britten
Rossini Suite (original version of Soirées musicales)
Performers: Boys of the Choir of Paisley Abbey, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford (conductor)
- EMI 2 17526 2, Disc 6, tracks 20-24.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes Op. 17
Performers: David Geringas (cello), Ian Fountain (piano)
- Hänssler Profil PH08003.
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Albéric Magnard
Symphony No. 3, p. 11 – ii, Danses
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- Decca 442 9992, Disc 2, track 4.
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Jean Françaix
Wind Quintet No. 1
Performers: Ensemble Wien-Berlin
- Sony SK 48 052, tracks 1-4.
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Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
O Deus, o Salvator mundi
Performers: La Chappelle Royale
- Harmonia Mundi HMP 390802, track 5.
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Lukas Foss
Phorion
Performers: New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- Sony Classical SMK 63164, track 8.
Broadcast
- Sun 19 Feb 2012 09:00ѿý Radio 3