Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Thursday - Rob Cowan

Rob Cowan with a sequence of great music in classic recordings. Including the Essential CD of the Week and performances by Artist of the Week cellist Janos Starker.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including Rene Clausen's Prayer 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 the Artist of the Week cellist Janos Starker: Tchaikovsky (Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33); Bach (Cello Suite No. 3). Also in this hour, Chopin's Nocturne in E, Op 62 No 2 performed by Stephen Hough.

10.30am
As part of World Space Week, the Essential Classics guest is Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Today he introduces a favourite piece by a favourite composer and a piece that he believes should be more widely known.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Dvorak
Piano Quintet Op.81
Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
Ridge Quartet
RCA RD60436.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 6 Oct 2011 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Wednesday - Rob Cowan

Next

Friday - Rob Cowan

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • Paul Dukas

    La Peri – Fanfare

    Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 8852 TRACK 1.

  • Poldini

    Valse et Etude Japonaises Op.27

    Performers: Noriko Ogawa (piano)

    • BIS CD 1045 TRACK 17.

  • LeΓ³ Weiner

    Hungarian Folkdance Suite, Op.18 – Finale

    Performers: Hugh Bean (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 6625 TRACK 9.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.

    Performers: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kees Bakels (conductor)

    • BIS CD 1387 TRACK 12.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33

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

    • MERCURY 4756608 TRACK 5.

  • Louis Couperin

    Les Concerts Royeaux - Troisieme Concert Movts 1-4

    Performers: Les Concerts de Nations, Jordi Savall (director)

    • ALIA VOX AV9480 TRACKS 12-15.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E Op.62 No.2

    Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA 67764 TRACK 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 3

    Performers: Janos Starker (cello)

    • MERCURY 4327562 CD 1 TRACKS 13-18.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro, Op.47

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • EMI 5753072 TRACKS 5-7.

  • Marlow

    Advent Responsory

    Performers: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow (director)

    • CONIFER CDCF501 TRACK 2.

  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora staccato

    Performers: Isaac Stern (violin), Alexander Zakin (piano)

    • SONY SMK 64 536 TRACK 15.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Piano Quintet, Op.81

    Performers: Firkusny, Ridge Quartet

    • RCA RD60436 TRACKS 1-4.

  • John Taverner

    In Nomine

    Performers: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)

    • ECM 439 1722 TRACK 17.

  • Zelenka

    Concerto a 8 concertanti (in G)

    Performers: Collegium 1704, Vaclav Luks (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON 35822 TRACKS 10-12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 6 Oct 2011 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.