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Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including at 8.30am a Poem for Today, with Dannie Abse reading his poem A Doctor's Love Song, and at 9.00am a Haydn Piano Sonata.

The complete Breakfast playlist is posted online after the programme has been broadcast.

07.03

TORELLI
Sinfonia for trumpet in D major, G.4
Thomas Reiner (trumpet)
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
Sebastian Tewinkel (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570501 Tr 1-3

07.06

BARTOK
Rumanian Folk Dances
Peter Frankl (piano)
ASV CDDCA687 Tr 8

07.11

GABRIEL PIERNE
Pastorale Op.14/1
Reyjkavik Wind Ensemble
CHANDOS CHAN 9362 Tr 16

07.16

WEBER
Oberon - overture
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 474 275-2 CD1 Tr 6

07.23

WALTER LEE
Romance for two violins, viola, cello and piano
Locrian Ensemble
DUTTON CDLX 7143 Tr 1

07.31

RIMSKY KORSAKOV
Dubinushka Op.62
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD 227 Tr 1

07.36

LISZT
Csárdás Obstiné
Alfred Brendel (piano)
VANGUARD VMCD 7701 Tr 9

07.40

MOZART
Concert aria K582 “Chi sa, chi sa, qual sia
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
György Fischer (conductor)
DECCA 430 513 2 Tr 3

07.45

CPE BACH
Trio Sonata in D minor Wq. 160 (H.590)
London Baroque
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901511 Tr 13-15

07.53

DVORAK
Slavonic Dance Op.72 No.4
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Karel Sejna (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 1916-2 Tr 12

08.03

STRAVINSKY
Suite No.1 for small orchestra
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 45843 Tr 20-23

08.08

TELEMANN
Oboe Sonata
Paul Goodwin (baroque oboe)
Susan Sheppard (baroque cello)
Nigel North (theorbo)
John Toll (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907152 Tr 12-15

08.16

SCHUMANN
Fantasiestücke, Op.12 (No.s 1-3, 5)
Des Abends
Aufschwung
Warum?
Traumes Wirren
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Â鶹Éç Â鶹ÉçL 4222-2 Tr 18-20

08.31

POEM FOR TODAY
Dannie Abse: A Doctor’s Love Song

08.34

HANDEL
Mi credi infedele (You believe me disloyal)
From Siroe, Re di Persia
Ann Hallenberg (Siroe – alto)
Cappella Coloniensis
Andreas Spering (director)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901826.27 CD1 T23

08.38

SIBELIUS
The Oceanides
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 509 692 Tr 9

08.50

VIVALDI
Concerto in D minor Op.4 No.7 RV 249
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
OPUS 111 OPS30181 Tr 18-19

08.58

BRAHMS
Lieder Op.62 No.3: Waldesnacht
NDR Chorus
DG 00289 477 8183 CD42 Tr3

09.04

HAYDN
Piano Sonata Hob 16:43
Fazil Say (piano)
NAIVE V5070 Tr 4-6

09.20

YORK BOWEN
Trio in 3 movements Op.118 – Finale
Endymion Ensemble
DUTTON CDLX7115 Tr 7

09.28

BACH
Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte Seelenlust BWV 170 – aria
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Szymon Goldberg (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 507-2 CD2 Tr 7

09.36

ELGAR
Cockaigne (In London Town) Op.40
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Mark Elder (director)
HALLE CDHLL 7501 Tr 19

09.51

BEETHOVEN
Bagatelle Op.33 No.5
Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (piano)
PHILIPS 426 976 2 Tr 5

09.55

GERSHWIN
Liza
Benny Goodman Quartet
DEFINITIVE RECORDS DRCD11169 CD2 Tr 2

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Last on

Thu 4 Jun 2009 07:00

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