Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players; Ptolemy Dean's favourite music; Sarah's Essential Choice: Falla: El amor brujo.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Romantic Overtures - London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor). EMI CDC 749889-2.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony.
10.30am
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the consecration of the new St Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, built beside the ruins of the old Gothic cathedral, which was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing during World War II. Sarah Walker's guest this week is the British architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean, who specialises in historic preservation, as well as designing new buildings that are in keeping with their historic settings. He shares some of his essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Falla: El Amor Brujo
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDM769037-2.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
La RΓ©veille (Divertimento in E flat major, TWV 50:21)
Performers: Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN0787.
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Johannes Brahms
Fantasies Op. 116: No. 1 Capriccio in D minor; No. 2 Intermezzo in A minor; No. 5 Intermez
Performers: Emil Gilels (piano)
- DG 419 158-2.
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9.10: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon Overture
Performers: London Classical Players, Roger Norrington (conductor)
- EMI CDC 749889-2.
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Franz Schubert
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965
Performers: Ailish Tynan (soprano), Michael Collins (clarinet), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
- WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLive 0017.
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9.34am
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Boccherini arr. Berio
Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata Notturna di Madrid"
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Luciano Berio (conductor)
- RCA 09026 68894-2.
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Jean Sibelius
Romance in D flat, Op.24 No.9
Performers: Annette Servadei (piano)
- REGIS RRC 1281.
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9.49am
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Johann Strauss II - The Gypsy Baron: overture
Performers: Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
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10am: Artists of the Week - Stephen Layton and his choir, Polyphony
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George Frideric Handel
Messiah: Part 3
Performers: Julia Doyle (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA67800.
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10.30: Ptolemy Dean's Choice
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CharlesβMarie Widor
Toccata (Organ Symphony No. 5 in F major, Op. 42 No. 1)
Performers: Olivier Latry (Grand Organ of Notre-Dame, Paris)
- BNL 112617.
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10.40: Ptolemy Dean's Choice
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Adagio sostenuto (Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18)
Performers: Eileen Joyce (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
- DUTTON LABORATORIES CDEA5505.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Buss und Reu (St Matthew Passion)
Performers: Maximillan Schmitt (alto), Gewandhaus Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
- DECCA 478 2194.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Falla
El Amor Brujo
Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
- EMI CDM769037-2.
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11.27am
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.2
Performers: Murray Perahia (piano), Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
- CBS MK42177.
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