Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Mady MesplΓ© - Edition du 80Γ¨me Anniversaire and Essential Choice: Bruckner arr Stadtmair. Adagio for String Orchestra.
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
Bruckner arr. Stadtmair: Adagio for String Orchestra
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
DECCA 458 964-2.
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Ottorino Respighi
Brazilian Impressions
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Du Mont
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Performers: Ensemble Correspondances
- ZIG-ZAG TERRITORIES ZZT110801.
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9.02am
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G major, Op. 77 No. 1
Performers: Kocian Quartet
- PRAGA DIGITALS PRD 250 157.
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9.26: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Francis Poulenc
C
Performers: Mady MesplΓ© (soprano), Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
- EMI 095003-2.
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9.31am
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C.P.E. Bach
Hamburger Sonata in G major
Performers: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Kammerakademie Potsdam
- EMI 084220-2.
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9.42am
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Valse-Fantasie
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
- GUILD GHCD 2391.
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9.52am
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Frederick Delius
Irmelin Prelude
Performers: The Cleveland Orchesrta, Christoph von DohnΓ΅nyi (conductor)
- MAA-01032-C.
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9.58am
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Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell: Act 4, scene 2: "Vengeance... Guillame est prisonnier"; "Amis, amis, secon
Performers: Arnold: John Osborn (tenor), Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
- EMI 28826-2.
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10.05am: Artist of the Week - Isabelle Faust
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Gabriel FaurΓ©
Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108
Performers: Isabelle Faust (violin), Florent Boffard (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901741.
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10.26am
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Eric Coates
London Calling
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)
- ASV CD WHL2112.
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10.30: Andrew Graham-Dixon's Choice
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Giuseppe Verdi
"Teneste la promessa... Addio, del passato" (La Traviata, Act III)
Performers: Violetta: Maria Callas (soprano), Turin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriele Santini (conductor)
- NAXOS 8110300-01.
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10.45: Andrew Graham-Dixon's Choice
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Waltz in A flat major Op. 34 No. 1 'Valse brillante'; Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 No. 2
Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
- DG 453 456-2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Anton Bruckner
Adagio for string orchestra (3rd mvt of String Quintet arr. Hans Stadlmair)
Performers: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
- DECCA 458 964.
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11.18am
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Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.Performers: Mady Mesple (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
- EMI 095003-2.
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11.22am
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Alexander Glazunov
Stenka Razin
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
- GUILD GHCD 2391.
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11.38am
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Ottorino Respighi
Brazilian Impressions
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 432 007-2.
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