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Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Featuring choral works from the Essential CD of the week, Artist of the Week cellist Janos Starker and music chosen by astronomer royal Lord Martin Rees.

Rob Cowan shares great music, with the Essential CD of the Week, Artist of the Week and guest Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, introducing his essential pieces of classical music.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including Frank Fernandez's Vertigo de Lluvia and Las Casas from the Essential CD of the Week: a collection of choral works performed by the Coro Nacional de Cuba conducted by Digna Guerra.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Janos Starker: Delius (Caprice and Elegy); Schumann (Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129). Also in this hour, Mozart's Divertimento in E flat, K.226 from the London Wind Soloists directed by Jack Brymer.

10.30am
As part of World Space Week, the Essential Classics guest is Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Today he introduces the piece which first stimulated his interest in classical music and a piece he would listen to on a journey.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Finale)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Mon 3 Oct 2011 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    La Gallina 'Danse Cubaine' Op.53

    Performers: Philip Lane (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67478.

  • Frank FernΓ΅ndez

    Vertigo de Lluvia; Las Casas

    Performers: Coro National de Cuba, Digna Guerra (conductor)

    • MDG 60217042.

  • Turina

    Danzas Fantasticas Op.22

    Performers: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor)

    • TELARC CD 80574.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Waltz, Op.69 No.2 in B minor

    Performers: Samson Francois (piano)

    • EMI 5744572.

  • Frederick Delius

    Caprice and Elegy

    Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Philharmonia, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)

    • RCA 09026616952.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat, K.226

    Performers: London Wind Soloists, Jack Brymer (director)

    • DECCA 4557942.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

    Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (conductor)

    • MERCURY 432010-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Samson – Total Eclipse

    Performers: Mark Padmore (tenor), English Concert, Andrew Manze (conductor)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907735.

  • Johannes Brahms

    German Requiem – "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"

    Performers: The Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 4321402.

  • Richard Wagner - Gotterdammergung – Act I Prologue (Love Duet)

    Performers: Brunnhilde: Astrid Varnay (soprano), Siegfried: Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Bayreuth Festival Theatre Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth (conductor)

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No.8 – Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • TESTAMENT SBT2 1436.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Motets – Locus Iste; Os Justi

    Performers: Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor)

    • HAENSSLER HAEN93199.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.12 in A, K.414

    Performers: Murray Perahia (piano), English Chamber Orchestra

    • SONY SX4K46442.

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  • Mon 3 Oct 2011 09:00
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