Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: pianist Nelson Freire. Schumann: Papillons. Chopin: Scherzo No 3; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today we hear him in recordings of Schumann's Papillons and Chopin's Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor.
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential pieces.
11am
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Edvard Grieg
Norwegian Dance No.2
Performers: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin (conductor)
- EMI CDM 763737-2.
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George Gershwin
Overture to "Oh Kay"
Performers: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel (conductor)
- VOX BOX CD3X 3035.
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Murschhauser
Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen
Performers: Choir of St Thomas, Leipzig
- BERLIN CLASSICS 0300290BC.
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9:14: Rob's CD of the Week
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Benda
Flute Concerto in E minor
Performers: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Kammerakademie Potsdam
- EMI 084220-2.
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Robert Schumann
Widmung
Performer: Sabine Devieilhe. Performer: Anne Le Bozec.Performers: Elly Ameling (soprano), Jorg Demus (piano)
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77085-2.
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9:36: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Waltz No.14 in E minor
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
- SANCTUS SCSH 026.
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Γ‰mile Waldteufel
Roses de Nöel, Op.230; Galop, Op.152
Performers: Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Swierczewski (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.557099.
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9:52: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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Robert Schumann
Papillons, Op.2
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
- DECCA 473 902-2.
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Hely-Hutchinson
A Carol Symphony: Andante quasi lento e cantabile (Coventry Carol & The First Nowell); A
Performers: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.557099.
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10:20: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
- WARNER APEX 2564 63676-2.
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10:30: Rory Bremner's Choices
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Sergey Prokofiev
"Once upon a time…" (Peter and the Wolf)
Performers: Micheal Flanders (narrator), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
- EMI CDM 763177-2.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade – opening movement)
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
- RCA 82876 66377-2.
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Max Reger
Maria Wiegenlied
Performers: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown (director)
- REGIS RRC1347.
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11am: Building a Library Choice
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Benjamin Britten
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
- DECCA 425 659-2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Performers: Donald Sweeney (bass), Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)
- DECCA 444 130-2.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Stadium Symphony of New York, Leopold Stokowski
- DELL'ARTE CDDA 9006.
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Rebikov
Christmas Tree
Performers: Shura Cherkassky (piano)
- DECCA 433 651-2.
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