Breakfast - 08/01/2009

With Rob Cowan. A programme of music both rare and familiar, ranging across four centuries - from Monteverdi to rousing Ibert via a Telemann concerto and a Beethoven sonata. Including: 7.03am D Scarlatti: Sonata in F, Kk525 Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) MIRARE MIR 007 - Tr 9 7.06am Reznicek: Ballet music (Donna Diana) Danube Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Manfred Mussauer (conductor) ANTES BM-CD 31.9222 - Tr 5 7.11am Faure: Romance, Op 28 Gil Shaham (violin) Akira Eguchi (piano) CANARY CLASSIC ATM-CD-1239 - Tr 5 7.18am Holst: Ballet music from The Perfect Fool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) VIRGIN VCh7 90825-2 - Tr 8 7.31am Villa-Lobos: The Little Train of the Brazilian Countryman (Bachiana Brasileira No 2) Simon Bolivar Orchestra of Venezuela Eduardo Mata (conductor) DORIAN DOR-90179 - Tr 7 7.37am Mendelssohn: Psalm 114 (for double choir and orchestra) Stuttgart Chamber Choir Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Frieder Bernius (conductor) CARUS 83.202 - Tr 1 7.50am Rachmanivov: Lied Steven Isserlis (cello) Thomas Ades (piano) RCA 09026 68928 - Tr 14 7.52am Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV541 Ton Koopman (organ of the Ottobeuren Basilica) INTERDISC 97440/4 - Tr 1 8.03am Sullivan: Overture (HMS Pinafore) Royal Ballet Sinfonia Andrew Penny (conductor) NAXOS 8.554165 - Tr 3 8.08am Monteverdi: Zefiro torna Nigel Rodgers, Ian Partridge (tenors) Ensemble directed by Jurgen Jurgens ARCHIV 437 075-2 - Tr5 8.14am Telemann: Concerto in C for treble recorder Michala Petri (recorder) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Iona Brown (director) DECCA 475 8464 D1 - Trs 7-10 8.32am Purcell: Three parts upon a ground Andrew Parrott (organ) Taverner Players: John Holloway, Alison Bury, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) Jakob Lindberg (archlute) VIRGIN VC5 45116 2 - Tr 6 8.38am Ibert: Bacchanale City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Louis Fremaux (conductor) EMI 50999 5 17639 2 D1 - Tr 8 8.47am Leo Brouwer: Berceuse John Williams (guitar) CBS MK 44898 - Tr 11 8.51am Verdi: Laudi alla vergine Maria (4 Sacred Pieces) Cambridge Singers John Rutter (conductor) COLLEGIUM CSCD 501 - Tr 8 8.57am Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E flat, Op 12 No 3 Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano) EMI 7423 4 83423 2 D1 - Trs 7-9 9.14am Antoine Dauvergne: Overture; Chaconne (Concert de simphonies No 4) Concerto Koln VIRGIN VM5 61643 2 - Trs 27-28 9.23am Wagenaar: Overture (Cyrano de Bergerac) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 425 833-2 - Tr 7 9.39am Respighi: The Birds London Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati (conductor) MERCURY 432 007-2 - Trs 1-5 9.58am Rameua: Tambourin (Pieces de clavecin 1724) Christophe Rousset L'OISEAU LYRE 425 886-2 CD1 - Tr 18.