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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Oscar Hernandez's La rosa roja from the Essential CD of the Week. Plus Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes. Bruch: Kol Nidrei. Schumann: Piano Quintet.

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 Oscar Hernandez's La rosa roja 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
Performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Janos Starker: Mendelssohn (Variations Concertantes, Op.17); Bruch (Kol Nidrei). Also in this hour, a mystery piece for you to guess.

10.30am
As part of World Space Week, the Essential Classics guest is Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Today he introduces music that he likes to work to and a piece that he finds particularly moving.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Schumann
Piano Quintet
Martha Argerich (piano)
Dora Schwarzberg (violin)
Lucy Hall (violin)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
EMI 5573082.

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Tue 4 Oct 2011 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    An Irish Symphony: The Fair-Day

    Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • LYRITA SRCD.336 TRACK 7.

  • Percy Grainger

    A Reel (Four Irish Folk Dances No.4)

    Performers: Marc-AndrΓ© Hamelin (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA66884 TRACK 5.

  • John Blow

    Chaconne in G

    Performers: Musica Antiqua Koln, Rheinhard Goebel (director)

    • ARCHIV 4534182 TRACK 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (final ballet)

    Performers: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 4775798 TRACK 5.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat

    Performers: Rolf Smedvig (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jahja Ling (conductor)

    • TELDEC 80232 TRACKS 13-14.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Variations Concertantes Op.17

      Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Gyorgy Sebok (piano)

      • MERCURY 4343582 TRACK 5.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma - Casta Diva

    Performers: Norma: Joan Sutherland (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 448387-2 TRACK 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    String Quartet

    Performers: The Alberni Quartet

    • CRD 3366 TRACKS 1-4.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • Max Bruch

      Kol Nidrei

      Performers: Janos Starker (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal DorΓ΅ti (conductor)

      • MERCURY 4756608 TRACK 4.

  • Gustav Holst

    Planets - Mercuryand Jupiter

    Performers: Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)

    • DECCA 4606062 TRACKS 3-4.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA 67629 TRACK 1.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Il Mondo alla Rovescia – Overture

    Performers: Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

    • HANSSLER CD 98.554 TRACK 1.

  • ESSENTIAL CHOICE

    • Robert Schumann

      Piano Quintet

      Performers: Martha Argerich (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Lucy Hall (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Micsha Maisky (cello)

      • EMI 5573082 TRACKS 1-4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte – Overture

    Performers: Philharmonia, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)

    • TESTMANT SBT 1273 TRACK 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme of Haydn

    Performers: Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling (conductor)

    • CAPRICCIO 10 600, DISC 3 TRACK 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Oct 2011 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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