Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: the Nash Ensemble in Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No 1 in E, Op 9; Sarah's Essential Choice: Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No 3.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Mendelssohn Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado. DG 423 104-2.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Nash Ensemble.
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is actor and director Philip Franks, well known for his performances on stage and screen, including The Darling Buds of May, Heartbeat, Bleak House and numerous leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Today Philip talks about the first piece of classical music he remembers hearing, and reveals a piece that makes him laugh.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 3
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in C major, Op.10 no.1
Performer: Murray Perahia.Performers: Murray Perahia (piano)
- SONY 518807 2.
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9:03: Sarah's CD of the Week
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Felix Mendelssohn
Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream, op.21
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 423 104-2.
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Chris "Dow Jones" Whitacre
I thank You God for most this amazing day
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67543.
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Franz Liszt
Les Jeux d'eaux 脿 la Villa d'Este, S163
Performers: Georges Cziffra (piano)
- EMI 764882.
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9:30: Artists of the Week: The Nash Ensemble
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Claude Debussy
Syrinx
Performers: The Nash Ensemble: Philippa Davies (flute)
- VIRGIN VC 7 91148-2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Nocturne and Scherzo for string quintet
Performers: The Nash Ensemble: Marianne Thorsen (violin), Elizabeth Wexler (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Garfield Jackson (viola), Paul Watkins (cello)
- HYPERION CDA673812.
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Clementi
The Black Joke, with 21 Variations, WoO2
Performers: Howard Shelley (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67850.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Chamber Symphony, op.9 (version for full orchestra)
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Simon Rattle (conductor)
- EMI 4 57815 2.
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10:30: Philip Franks' Choices
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Danse macabre, op.40
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
- DECCA 414 460-2.
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Stephen Sondheim
'A Weekend in the Country', from A Little Night Music
Performers: D鈥橨amin Bartlett (Petra), Victoria Mallory (Anne), Len Cariou (Fredrik), Patricia Elliott (Charlotte), Laurence Guittard (Carl-Magnus), Mark Lambert (Henrik), Harold Hastings (musical direction)
- COLUMBIA CK 32265.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Rondo for cello and orchestra
Performers: Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Nario Venzago (conductor)
- RCA 88697 630812.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite no. 3 in G, op.55, for orchestra
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor)
- EMI CDM 763095-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
'Sei du mein Trost', K340B
Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- TELDEC 2292-46334-2.
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Claude Debussy
Estampes [Pagodes 鈥� La soir茅e dans Grenade 鈥� Jardins sous la pluie]
Performers: Noriko Ogawa (piano)
- BIS-CD-1105.
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