Breakfast - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Featuring popular ballet music by Khachaturian, a concerto by Richard Strauss's father and part of a rarely heard early score by Berlioz. 07.03 Fucik: Florentiner March Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann (conductor) Teldec 8.42337, Tr 1 07.09 Stenhammar: Ballad - Florez and Blanzeflor Ingvar Wixell (baritone) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchetra Stig Westerberg (conductor) EMI CDM5 65082-2, Tr 10 07.08 Corelli: Concerto grosso in D, Op 6 No 4 Ensemble 415 Chiara Banchini (violin/director) Jesper Christensen (harpsichord/director) Harmonia Mundi HMX 2901406 (D1), Trs 20-22 07.32 Faure: Scherzo (Piano Quartet No 1) Domus Hyperion CDA 66166, Tr 2 07.38 Khachaturian: Adagio (Spartacus) USSR Symphony Orchestra Aram Khachaturian (conductor) Melodiya 74321 59056-2 D2, Tr 8 07.46 Piazzolla arr Leonid Desyatnikov: Primavera portena (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) Kremerata Baltica Gidon Kremer (violin/director) Nonesuch 79568-2, Tr 16 07.53 Brahms: Finale (Serenade No 2 in A) London Symphony Orchestra Istvan Kertesz (conductor) Decca 421 628-2, Tr 11 08.04 Handel: Minuet, Bouree and Hornpipe (Water Music Suite in F) London Classical Players Roger Norrington (conductor) Virgin VC5 45265-2, Trs 6-8 08.10 Luiz Bonfa arr Kormendi: Manha de carnival I Salonisti Decca 425 228-2, Tr 17 08.15 Franz Strauss: Horn Concerto in C minor Zdenek Tylsar (horn) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann (conductor) Supraphon SU 3892-2, Trs 7-9 08.31 Vivaldi: Overture (La verita' in cimento) L'Arte dell'Arco Christopher Hogwood (director) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 0542 77501-2, Trs 8-10 08.37 Bach: Fugue in B minor (on a theme of Corelli), BWV579 Peter Hurford (organ of the church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto) Decca 444 410-2 D3, Tr 2 08.43 Finzi: Eclogue for piano and orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) Northern Sinfonia Howard Griffiths (conductor) Naxos 8.555766, Tr 4 08.55 Mendelssohn arr Mendelssohn: Scherzo (Octet for Strings) Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch (conductor) EMI CZS5 75477-2 D2, Tr 1 09.00 Berlioz: Marguerite's Romance and Soldiers' Chorus (Eight Scenes from Faust, Op 1) Susan Graham (soprano) Pierre Vincent Plante (cor anglais) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) Decca 475 097-2, Tr 7 09.11 Bach arr Walton: What God hath done is rightly done (The Wise Virgins) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Louis Fremaux (conductor) EMI CZS5 73998-2 D2, Tr 23 09.16 Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli Scottish Chamber Orchestra Michael Tippett (conductor) Virgin CUV5 61326-2, Tr 4 09.35 Lennon/McCartney arr Krticka: Eleanor Rigby Wihan Quartet Lotos LT 0102-2 131, Tr 1 09.37 Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G, Op 14 No 2 Gerhard Oppitz (piano) Hänssler Classic CD 98.203, Trs 8-10 09.55 Messager: Solo de concours Michael Collins (clarinet) Kathryn Stott (piano) EMI CDC7 54419-2, Tr 12.