Tuesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts Nielsen: Aladdin (excerpts). Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini; Rob's Essential Choice: Dvorak: Te Deum.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Placido Domingo, The Verdi Tenor, with contributions from Leontyne Price, Katia Ricciarelli and others: RCA RED SEAL 88697840172.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, in music by Nielsen (excerpts from Aladdin) and Tchaikovsky (Francesca da Rimini)
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is the author Helen Dunmore, winner of the Orange Prize (for her third novel A Spell of Winter). Today she talks about what music she likes to listen to while working, and reveals her favourite performer.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Dvorak
Te Deum
Smetacek Soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir & Symphony Orchestra Vaclav Smetacek (conductor) SUPRAPHON 11 1821-2 211.
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Ermanno WolfβFerrari
Il Segreto di Susanna: overture
Performers: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- EMI CZS 575160-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV1058
Performers: Alexndre Tharaud (piano), Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie (conductor)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS 070913-2.
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9.18am: Rob's CD of the Week
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Giuseppe Verdi
"Se quell guerrier io fossi!... Celeste Aida" (Aida)
Performers: Placido Domingo (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
- SONY MASTERS 8869784017-2.
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Romance, Op.28
Performers: Fileuse, Op.80 No.2, Gil Shaham (violin), Akira Eguchi (piano)
- VANGUARD CLASSICS ATM-CD 1239.
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9.30am
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Martern aller Arten (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serial)
Performers: Margaret Price (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra, James Lockhart (conductor)
- RCA 82876 65841-2.
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9.47am: Artist of the Week - Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Carl Nielsen
Oriental festival march; Andante; March; Dance and Chorus (Aladdin: incidental music from
Performers: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN9135.
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10.03am: Artist of the Week - Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
- DG 453 988-2.
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JeanβPhilippe Rameau
Le Rappel des Oiseaux
Performers: Calefax Reed Quintet
- MDG 619 1374-2.
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10.30am: Helen Dunmore's Choices
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rondo alla turca (Piano Sonata, K.331)
Performers: Richard Lester (fortepiano)
- NIMBUS NI 5867.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Soave sia il vento" (Così fan tutte)
Performers: Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), London Philharmonic Orchestra , Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA 473 354-2.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque No.1
Performers: Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
- PHILIPS 475 210-2.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Capriccio (4 Pieces, Op.81)
Performers: Gewandhaus Quartet
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94212.
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11.00am: Rob's Essential Choice
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AntonΓn DvoΕΓ‘k
Te Deum
Performers: Maria Helenita Olivares (soprano), Gianni Maffeo (baritone), Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Vaclav Smetacek (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON 11 1832-2.
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11.20am
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Γdouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole
Performers: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- DECCA 480 0049.
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