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Thursday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Opera overtures conducted by Albert Wolff; Artists of the Week: the Guarneri Quartet; Essential Choice: Glazunov: The Sea, Op 28.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Opera overtures conducted by Albert Wolff and the Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performance by the Artists of the Week, the Guarneri Quartet.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics this week is the best-selling novelist Joanna Trollope.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Glazunov: The Sea, Op.28
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Jose Serebrier (conductor)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 66467-2.

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Thu 2 Aug 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor (from Cantata: Uns ist ein Kind Geboren BWV 142)

    Performers: Deutsche Bachsolisten, Helmut Winschermann (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 454 346-2.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Scherzo (Festive Symphony)

    Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Sejna (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON SU 1914-2.

  • 9.20: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Auber

      Le Domino Noir: Overture

      Performers: Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra, Albert Wolff (conductor)

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1308.

  • 9.30: Artists of the Week - Guarneri Quartet

    • Franz Schubert

      Quartettsatz, D.703

      Performers: Guarneri Quartet

      • NEWTON 8802089.

  • 9.42am

    • Gioachino Rossini

      Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

      Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

      Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

      • EMI 5 62802 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Performers: Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)

    • SONY SBK89286.

  • 9.53: Artists of the Week - Guarneri Quartet

    • Robert Schumann

      String Quartet, Op. 41 No. 2

      Performers: Guarneri Quartet

      • RCA 94198.

  • 10.14am

    • Bridge

      Dance Poem

      Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN10729(6).

  • 10.30: Joanna Trollope's Choice

    • Benjamin Britten

      'Dawn' from Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford (conductor)

      • NAXOS 8.557196.

  • 10.38: Joanna Trollope's Choice

    • Zipoli

      Mass for St Ignacio: Kyrie & Gloria

      Performers: Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor)

      • HYPERION CDA67380.

  • 10.59am

    • Moritz Moszkowski

      Etude in A flat, Op.72 No.11

      Performers: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

      • SONY SX10K 89765.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Alexander Glazunov

      The Sea, Op. 28

      Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, JosΓ© Serebrier (conductor)

      • WARNER 2564 66467-4.

  • 11.17am

    • JoaquΓ­n Rodrigo

      En Aranjuez con tu amor

      Performers: The Spanish Art Quartet

      • MEMBRAN 60213.

  • 11.23am

    • Johannes Brahms

      Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90

      Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

      • DECCA 478 2661.

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  • Thu 2 Aug 2012 09:00
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