Breakfast - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. 7.02am Rossini: Overture - The Barber of Seville Philharmonia Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) HMV5867592 Tr 2 7.11am Chopin, transc Liszt: Pierscieri (The Ring) Op 74, No 14; Hulanka (A Drinking Song) No 4 Luiza Borac (piano) AVIE AV2161 T5-6 7.16am Telemann: Cantata - Erwachet zum Kriegen Franz Vitzthum (countertenor) Bergen Barokk Toccata Classics TOCC0057 T1-3 7.25am Delius: Finale from Suite for Violin & Orchestra Philippe Graffin (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) Dutton CDLX7226 T6 7.31am Dubois: Toccata Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Erato ECD88195 Tr 3 7.39am Richter: Sinfonia VIII in B flat from Six Grandes Symphonies Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Aapo Hakkinen (conductor) NAXOS 8.570597 Tr 4-6 7.49am Handel: Cara speme from Julius Ceasar Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Julius Drake (piano) Wigmore Hall WHLive0009 Tr 18 7.55am Grainger: Mock Morris Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra Frederick Fennell (conductor) Mercury 434 330-2 T6 8.03am Shostakovich: Allegretto from Symphony No 8 in C minor, Op 65 London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn (conductor) DG 437 819-2 Tr 2 8.10am Merula: Gaudeamus omnes Faye Newton (soprano) Jamie Savan (cornett) Richard Sweeney (theorbo) Steven Divine (harpsichord) (The Gonzaga Band) CHANDOS CHAN 0761 Tr 17 8.14am Strauss: Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F Steven Isserlis (cello) Bayerischen Radio Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel (conductor) RCA 74321753982 Tr 14 8.24am Paganini, arr Hunsberger: Moto Perpetuo, Op 11 Wynton Marsalis (cornet) Eastman Wind Ensemble Donald Hunsberger (director) CBS MK42137 T5 8.31am Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake: Pas de deux Black Swan Kirill Terentiev (violin) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg Valery Gergiev (conductor) Decca 4757669 CD 2T9-13 8.42am Trad Georgian, arr Bregovic: Tale III Zdravo (singer) The Georgian Male Choir The Wedding and Funeral Band Goran Bregovic (director) Wrasse 241 Tr 1 8.44am Faure: Apres un reve Joshua Bell (violin) Orchestra of St Luke's Michael Stern (conductor) Sony 82876872762 Tr 4 8.48am Paderewski: Minuet in G Stephen Hough (piano) Numbus NI2540 T6 8.53am Charpentier: Gloria from Mass for Four Choirs Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor) Hyperion CDA67435 T3 9.00am Dvorak, orch Smetacek: Humoresque, Op 101, No 7 Prague Symphony Orchestra Vaclav Smetacek (conductor) Supraphon DC-8064 Tr 3 9.04am Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor, RV 105 The Chandos Baroque Players Helios CDH55102 Tr 1-3 9.13am Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) DG 449 735-2 T5-8 9.31am Mayerl: Mistletoe Leslie De'ath (piano) Dutton CDLX7229 T4 9.35am Mozart: Flute Concerto No 2 in D, KV 314 Andre Pepin (flute) Suisse Romande Orchestra Ernest Ansermet DECCA 480 0379 CD1 T4-6 9.54am Schubert: No 5 from 5 German Dances, D89 The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Gidon Kremer (director) DG 437 535-2 T6.