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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Rob's Essential Choice: Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No 1.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: three of Neville Marriner's earliest recordings with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, reissued on CD for the first time: Neville Marriner: The First Recordings - DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802330

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the pianist Gerhard Oppitz.

10.30am
This week the focus is on the art world, with the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition - the world's largest open-submission contemporary art show, now in its 244th year - coinciding with the London Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia. Rob's guest is Dame Rosalind Savill, the British museum and art curator, and acknowledged world authority on ceramics.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33
Andre Navarra (cello)
Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux
Charles Munch (conductor)
WARNER APEX 25646070923.

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Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G K.455

    Performers: Yuja Wang (piano)

    • DG 479 0052.

  • 9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Geminiani

      Concerto Grosso in E minor Op. 3 No. 3

      Performers: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802330.

  • 9.12:

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      The Lark Ascending

      Performers: Rafael Druian (violin), Cleveland Sinfonietta, Louis Lane (conductor)

      • SONY 62645.

  • Henry Purcell

    From Hardy Climes and Dangerous Toils of War Z.325 - The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove

    Performers: Charles Daniels (tenor), King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA 66456.

  • 9.32:

    • Ysaye

      Caprice d'apres l'Etude en forme de valse de Saint-Saens

      Performers: Joshua Bell (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)

      • DECCA 444 8022.

  • 9.42: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata in B flat major K.333

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • NOVALIS 1500422.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.558

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.

    Performers: Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi (violin director)

    • NAÏVE OP 30533.

  • 10.12: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Johannes Brahms

      Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Op. 100

      Performers: Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • CHANDOS CHAN 8517.

  • 10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choices

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Adelaide Op. 46

      Performers: Jussi Bjorling (tenor), Harry Ebert (piano)

      • EMI 7 64707 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet (Mvt 3)

    Performers: John Ogdon (piano), Allegri Quartet

    • EMI CDM 7 69889 2.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

      Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 33

      Performers: AndrΓ© Navarra (cello), Orchestre de l'Association des Concerts Lamoureux, Charles Munch (conductor)

      • ERATO 2292-45688-2.

  • C.P.E. Bach

    Sinfonia in D major Wq.183 No.1

    Performers: Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter (conductor)

    • DG 4779189.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.

    Performers: Krystian Zimerman (piano)

    • DG 4779198.

  • Johann Strauss II - Kaiser-Walzer Op.437

    Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

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  • Tue 12 Jun 2012 09:00
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