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Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with music on the theme of myth and legend, by Lully, Debussy, Beethoven. Plus a Bach cantata: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BVW86, featuring Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

There is a theme of myth and legend in this week's music, including selections from Lully's Armide,Debussy's Engulfed Cathedral and the finale of Beethoven's Prometheus. Haydn's trumpet concerto is played by Stockhausen father and son, and the Bach Cantata is Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch BVW 86 conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 May 2012 09:00

Music Played

  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - The Canary

    Performers: Paul Neubauer (viola), Wu Han (piano)

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Ballet Suite for Symphony Orchestra, Op. 52

    Performers: USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • Melodiya.
    • MEL CD 10 01947.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch BVW 86

    Performers: Nikolaus Harnancourt, Tolzer Knabenchor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood (alto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Ruud van der Meer (bass)

    • Teldec.
    • 242 578-2.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pacific 231

    Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • Decca ‘Eloquence’.
    • 480 2316.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Chaconne, Op. 32, FS 79

    Performers: Herman D. Koppel (piano)

    • dacapo.
    • 8.224095-96.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Adagio in E minor

    Performers: Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello), Arni Kristjánsson (piano)

    • Danacord.
    • DACOCD 724.
    • 8.
  • John Ireland

    Sarnia: Le Catioroc

    Orchestrator: Martin Yates Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra directed by Martin Yates

    • Epoch.
    • CDLX7281.
    • 5.
  • Déodat de Séverac

    Les Naïades et le faune indiscret (Danse nocturne)

    Performers: Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

    • EMI Classics.
    • 724357237222.
  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Préludes and Passacaille from Ouverture, Chaconne & Tous les autres Airs à jour de l'Opéra

    Performers: Capriccio Barock Orchester

    • Tudor.
    • 7185.
  • Henri Rabaud

    Mârouf, savetier du Caire: Danses pour orchestre

    Performers: Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire directed by Pierre Dervaux

    • EMI Classics.
    • 724357413626.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Engulfed Cathedral

    Performers: Isao Tomita

    • BMG Classics.
    • 09026635882.
    • 6.
  • Robert Schumann

    Overture from Genoveva

    Performers: Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    • Teldec.
    • 2564691261.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus - Finale

    Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra directed by Erich Leinsdorf

    • RCA Victrola.
    • VD60130.
    • 8.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.

    Performers: Mady Mesplé (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • EMI.
    • 74140 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 7 in B flat Major

    Performers: Academy of St Martin In The Fields/Iona Brown

    • Hänssler Classic.
    • 98.901.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Le Merle Noir

    Performers: Patrick Gallois (flute), Lydia Wong (piano)

    • Naxos.
    • 8.557328.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat Major (TM)

    Performers: Markus Stockhausen (trumpet), Berlin Radio SO, Karlheinz Stockhausen (conductor)

    • Acanta.
    • 43813.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Variations on a Theme by Corelli

    Arranger: Fritz Kreisler Performers: Erica Morini (violin), Michael Raucheisen (piano) Track: 12

    • ܻ徱é.
    • 95.606.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Capriccio-Waltz

    Performers: Erica Morini (violin), Michael Raucheisen (piano)

    • ܻ徱é.
    • 95.606.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 May 2012 09:00