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Friday - 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: Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: three of Neville Marriner'searliest 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

Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85
Andre Navarra (cello)
Halle Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
TESTAMENT SBT 1204.

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Fri 15 Jun 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Purcell orch. Berio

    Hornpipe

    Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 475 2830.

  • 9.02:

    • Henry Purcell

      The Fairy Queen: Prelude; Hornpipe; Air; Rondeau; Overture

      Performers: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers (conductor)

      • CORO COR16005.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Aragonesa

    Performers: Rafael Orozco (piano)

    • NAÏVE V5173.

  • 9.13: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • George Frideric Handel

      Concerto Grosso in G minor Op. 6 No. 6

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

      • DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2330.

  • 9.32: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Johannes Brahms

      Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79 No. 2

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • RCA 09026 618112.

  • Daniel Jones

    Daniel Jones - Dance Fantasy

    Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)

  • 9.54: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Marek Janowski (conductor)

      • RCA 09026 682262.

  • 10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choice

    • CΓ©sar Franck

      Violin Sonata in A (arr. Cello) - Allegretto poco mosso

      Performers: Jacqueline du Pre (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)

      • EMI CDM7631842.

  • Claude Debussy

    Images Book II - Poisson d'or

    Performers: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

    • DG 4698202.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schlummerlied D.527

    Performers: Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)

    • PENTATONE 5186132.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Edward Elgar

      Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85

      Performers: AndrΓ© Navarra (cello), HallΓ© Orchestra, John Barbirolli (conductor)

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1204.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Preludes Op.11 Nos 1-6

    Performers: Kyoko Hashimoto (piano)

    • LIVE NOTES WWCC7526.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.18 in F K.130

    Performers: Prague Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackeras (conductor)

    • TELARC 80300.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Jun 2012 09:00
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