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Thursday - 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: Walton: Cello Concerto.

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

Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor Op.102
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein (conductor)
RCA LIVING STEREO 63531.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto RV181 - Allegro (alternative ending RV181a)

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

    • NAÏVE OP 30533.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 1: Gagliarda; Passo mezzo e Mascherada

    Performers: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)

    • WARNER APEX 2564696152.

  • 9.10: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

      Concerto a 5 in A minor Op. 5 No. 5

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

      • DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2330.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat KV.137

    Performers: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (conductor)

    • SIMAX PSC1035.

  • 9.31: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Franz Schubert

      Three Piano Pieces D.946 – Allegretto

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • HANSSLER 98.287.

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers

    Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)

    • SONY 48056.

  • 9.49:

    • Brahms arr. Swensen

      Scherzo from 'F-A-E' Sonata

      Performers: Malmo Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen (violin conductor)

      • SIGNUM SIGCD191.

  • Sullivan

    The Lost Chord

    Performers: Stuart Burrowes (tenor), The Ambrosian Singers, Martin Neary (organ), Wyn Morris (conductor)

    • DECCA 4336732.

  • Anthony Collins

    Vanity Fair

    Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)

    • VANGUARD 08611871.

  • 10.10: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

      Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor

      Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • DG 429 7292.

  • 10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choice

    • Francis Poulenc

      Organ Concerto in G minor

      Performers: Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon (conductor)

      • ERATO 88141.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • William Walton

      Cello Concerto

      Performers: Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)

      • RCA LIVING STEREO 66375.

  • Anon.

    Anon. - El Mariner

    Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet in E Op.13 No.5

    Performers: Alexander Schneider and Felix Galimir (violins), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer and Lynn Harrell (cellos)

    • VANGUARD 08611871.

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  • Thu 14 Jun 2012 09:00
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