Breakfast - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Rob's selection includes Liszt's evocative Chapelle de Guillaume Tell from Années de Pélerinage and Haydn's lyrical string quartet The Lark. JANACEK Starodávný from Lachian Dances Czech State Orchestra Conductor: José Serebrier REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR65CD Tr 6 Michael EAST You meaner beauties of the night Emma Kirkby, soprano The Consort of Musicke Madrigal Anthony Rooley, director HYPERION CDA66227 Tr 18 LISZT Chapelle de Guillaume Tell from Années de Pélerinage Nicholas Angelich (piano) MIRARE MIR9941 CD1 Tr 1 VIVALDI Concerto in C for mandolin, strings and continuo, RV425 The Parley of Instruments Paul O’Dette, director HYPERION CDA66160 Tr 7 – 9 PAGANINI Caprice No 7 (Moderato assai) Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin EMI CDC7476442 Tr 7 PALESTRINA Assumpta est Maria in Caelum The Tallis Scholars Director: Peter Phillips GIMELL CDGIM020 Tr 2 SMETANA The Lancer from Czech Dances (second series) BRNO State Philharmonic Orchestra Frantisek Jilek, conductor SUPRAPHONET 111115-2 Tr 12 BIBER Sonata a 8 for two trumpets and six violins Concentus musicus Wien Director: Nikolaus Harnoncourt TELDEC 8.43779 Tr 7 FAURE Pelleas et Melisande: Sicilienne Branford Marsalis, saxophone English Chamber Orchestra Andrew Litton, conductor SONY CLASSICAL 88697275442 Tr 12 WALDTEUFEL Grenadiers Philharmonia Promenade Orchestra Henry Krips, conductor EMI 724356828926 CD2 Tr 5 SPIRITUALS ‘Honour, Honour’, ‘His Name So Sweet’ & ‘Witness’ Kathleen Battle, soprano James Levine, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 415361-2 Tr 17 – 19 BYRD Fantasia in C Simon Preston, organ ARCHIV 415675-2 Tr 2 SALIERI Allegro brilliante and Pantomime from Les Danaides Mozart Mannhime Orchestra Thomas Fey, conductor HANSSLER CLASSIC CD98.506 Tr 14 & 15 MARTINU Pastoral from Etudes and Polkas Hana Dvorakova, piano VARS VA0010 Tr 22 FREE THOUGHT Christoph Grunenberg - The enduring power of Viennese Culture WAGNER Träume Christa Ludwig, mezzo soprano Philharmonia Orchetstra Otto Klemperer, conductor EMI CLASSICS 724358509922 CD2 Tr12 HAYDN String Quartet in D, Op. 64 No. 5 ‘The Lark’ The Smetana Quartet TESTAMENT SBT1118 Tr 9 – 12 HE LUTING The Cowherd’s Flute Lang Lang, piano DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4776229 Tr 6 BRITTEN Three Flower Songs: To daffodils, The Succession of four sweet months & Marsh flowers The Cambridge Singers Director: John Rutter COLLEGIUM COLCD104 Tr 16 – 18 SIBELIUS The Swan of Tuonela Op. 22/3 The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra Yevgeny Mravinsky, conductor OLYMPIA OCD223 Tr 6 MALASHKIN Oh, could I but express in song STANFORD She is far from the land Paul Robeson, bass EMI CLASSICS 2156002 Tr 9 & 19 RAVEL Menuet antique & Menuet sur le nom de Haydn Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano SCENE DG MDG6041190-2 CD2 Tr 11 & 12 Leroy ANDERSON Trumpeter’s Lullaby & Syncopated Clock Utah Symphony Orchestra Maurice Abravanel, conductor VANGUARD CLASSICS 08600871 Tr 3 & 7 RITTER O amantissime sponse Jesu Aafje Heynis (contralto) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Director: Szymon Goldberg RETROSPECTIVE 93407/3 CD3 Tr 10 Luca PIANCA Improvisation on Greensleaves & HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Il Giardino Armonico, Milano Giovanni Antonini, director WARNERCLASSICS256463264-2 CD9 Tr 17 & 19