Wednesday - 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: Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor.
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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Johann Sebastian Bach
3-part invention No. 10 BWV 796
Performers: Janine Jansen (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Torleif ThedΓ©en (cello)
- DECCA 475 9081.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano
Performers: Janine Jansen and Julian Rachlin (violins), Itamar Golan (Piano)
- ONYX 4026.
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Lyadov
A Musical Snuffbox Op. 32
Performers: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitayenko (conductor)
- VIRGIN 5619012.
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9.17: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in C minor RV401
Performers: Kenneth Heath (cello), Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2330.
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9.31: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz
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Franz Liszt
Six Consolations: Nos. 2 & 3
Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
- RCA RD60954.
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Benda
Sinfonia No. 7 in D
Performers: Prague Chamber Orchestra, Christian Benda (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.553409.
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Jean Sibelius
Suite champΓͺtre Op. 98b
Performers: English String Orchestra, William Boughton (conductor)
- NIMBUS NI 77167.
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10.01: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz
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Zemlinsky
Clarinet Trio Op. 3
Performers: Eduard Brunner (clarinet), David Geringas (cello), Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
- TUDOR 717.
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10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choices
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Adam
Adam - Le Toreador - Ah! Vous dirai-je maman
Performers: Sumi Jo (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Michael Trempont (tenor), Jonathan Burgess (flute), Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
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George Frideric Handel
The Messiah - He shall feed his Flock
Performers: Arleen Auger (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
- ARCHIV 4236381.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Johannes Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102
Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein (conductor)
- RCA RED SEAL 09026 61746 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.37 in C
Performers: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies (conductor)
- SONY 744331.
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GyΓΆrgy Ligeti
Hungarian Rock
Performers: Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord)
- WERGO WER 60100-50.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in A minor K.54
Performers: Sergio and Odair Assad (guitars)
- NONESUCH 7559792922.
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