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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including the Artist of the Week - cellist Janos Starker, who plays music by Chopin and Saint-Saens. Plus Rob's Essential Choice: Schubert: String Quintet in C.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including 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:
Chopin (Introduction and Polonaise Op.3); Saint-Saens (Cello Concerto No.1 with the Philharmonia and Carlo Maria Giulini). Also in this hour, Danses caracteristiques from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovich.

10.30am
As part of World Space Week, the Essential Classics guest is Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Today he introduces his favourite performer and Rob Cowan acts as a personal shopper, playing a piece he hopes Martin Rees will enjoy.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Schubert
String Quintet in C
Juilliard Quartet
Bernard Greenhouse (cello)
SONY MK42383.

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Fri 7 Oct 2011 09:00
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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Anon. - Danza del Hacha

    Performers: La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall (director)

  • Turina

    Women of Seville Op.89 - The Potter from Triana; The Stylist Girl from Macarena

    Performers: Jordi MasΓ³ (piano)

    • NAXOS 8.557684 TRACKS 12,14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore No.3 Op.72b

    Performers: Berlin Staatskapelle, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • WARNER 3984252492 CD 2 TRACK 12.

  • Miguel Matamoros; Francisco Repilado

    Juramento; Chan-Chan

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

    • MDG 60217042 TRACKS 9,19.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

      Introduction and Polonaise Op.3

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

      • MERCURY 4343582 TRACK 7.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Op.71a - Danses caracteristiques

    Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)

    • DG 4497262 TRACKS 13-18.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante & Variations in G, K501

    Performers: Canadian Brass

    • SONY 88697767982 CD 5 TRACK 10.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

      Cello Concerto No. 1

      Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Philharmonia, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

      • EMI 5684852 CD 4 TRACKS 7-9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Wanderer Fantasy

    Performers: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

    • EMI 7671992 TRACK 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Vier Gesange Op.17 – No.1 'Es tΓΆnt ein voller Harfenklang'

    Performers: Caitriona Yeats (harp), Per McClelland Jakobsen & Leif Lind (horns), Danish National Symphony Choir, Stefan Parkman (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 9806 TRACK 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C

    Performers: Juilliard Quartet, Bernard Greenhouse (cello)

    • SONY MK42383 TRACKS 1-4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Oct 2011 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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