Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Mady Mesple, Edition du 80eme Anniversaire. Andrew Graham-Dixon; Essential Choice: Haydn. Missa in tempore belli.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Mady MesplΓ©, Edition du 80Γ¨me Anniversaire. EMI CLASSICS 095003 2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, German violinist Isabelle Faust.
10.30am
This week Rob's guest is the art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon, who has presented landmark series on art for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. They will be talking about Andrew's love of music and art and will discuss the Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 festival, which will see a range of contemporary artists - including choreographers, poets, composers and visual artists - respond to paintings by the Renaissance master Titian, with works displayed at the National Gallery and performed by the Royal Ballet.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Haydn: Missa in tempore belli (Mass in Time of War), Hob.XXII:9
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Peter Witsch (tenor)
Karl Christian Kohn (bass)
Bedrich Janacek (organ)
Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 453 127-2.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse, Op. 34 No. 1
Performers: Annette Servadei (piano)
- REGIS RRC 1281.
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9.02am
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D, K.297 'Paris'
Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips (conductor)
- PENTATONE PTC 5186 199.
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9.20: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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LΓ©o Delibes
Air des clochettes "OΓΉ va la heune hindoue" (LakmΓ©)
Performers: Mady Mesplé (soprano), Orchestre du Theatre National de l’Opera de Paris, Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor)
- EMI 095003-2.
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9.32am
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Franz Schmidt
Intermezzo (Notre Dame)
Performers: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)
- PENTATONE PTC 5186 461.
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9.39: Artist of the Week - Isabelle Faust
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Franz Schubert
Rondo Brilliant in B minor, D.895
Performers: Isabelle Faust (violin), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901870.
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9.55am
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Franz Liszt
Mazeppa
Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)
- EMI 574521-2.
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10.11am
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Giacomo Puccini
Menuet No.2 and 3 (3 Minuets of 1884)
Performers: Quartetto di Roma
- La Bottega Discantina 195.
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10.18am
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Berceuse, Op. 16; Morceau de lecture; Romance, Op. 28
Performers: Isabelle Faust (violin), Florent Boffard (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901741.
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10.30: Andrew Graham-Dixon's Choice
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in E flat, D.899 No.2
Performers: Maria Joao Pires (piano)
- DG 457 550-2.
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10.37am: Andrew Graham-Dixon's Choice
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Marin Marais
La Reveuse (Pieces de viol, Book IV No.82)
Performers: Jordi Savall (bass viol), Ton Koopman (clavecin), Hopkinson Smith (baroque guitar)
- ASTREE AUVIDIS E 7727.
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10.49am
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Waldteufel
Mon Reve, Op.151
Performers: Philharmonia Promenade Orchestra, Henry Krips (conductor)
- EMI CZS 568289-2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Joseph Haydn
Missa in tempore belli, Hob.XXII:9
Performers: Elsie Morison (soprano), Marjorie Thomas (contralto), Peter Witsch (tenor), Karl Christian Kohn (bass), Bedrich Janacek (organ), Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Bavarian Radio, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 453 127-2.
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11.40am
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Igor Stravinsky
Capriccio
Performers: Michel Beroff (piano), Orchestre de Paris, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
- EMI 648625-2.
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