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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. 9.00am Essential CD of the Week: Opera overtures conducted by Albert Wolff. 10.30am Joanna Trollope. 11.00am Rob's Essential Choice: Khachaturian: Violin Concerto.

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
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
RCA 09026 63708-2.

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Fri 3 Aug 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Rondino on a theme of Beethoven

    Performers: Henryk Szeryng (violin), Charles Reiner (piano)

    • MERCURY LIVING PRESNECE 434 451-2.

  • 9.02am

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K.495

      Performers: David Jolley (horn), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

      • DG 478 4221.

  • 9.20: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Franz von SuppΓ¨

      Pique Dame Overture

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

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1308.

  • 9.31am

    • Claude Debussy

      Estampes

      Performers: Pascal RogΓ© (piano)

      • DECCA 443 021-2.

  • 9.47am

    • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

      Dardanus: Ouverture

      Performers: Pygmalion, RaphaΓ«l Pichon (director)

      • ALPHA 814.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Performers: Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander Eric Banks (conductor)

    • EMI CDM 565122-2.

  • 9.57: Artists of the Week - Guarneri Quartet

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13

      Performers: Guarneri Quartet

      • RCA 94198.

  • 10.30: Joanna Trollope's Choice

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' (final 2 movements: Gewitter. Storm; Hirtenge

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

      • LSO LIVE LSO0082.

  • 10.47: Rob's Personal Shopper piece for Joanna

    • Robert Schumann

      Arabeske, Op. 18

      Performers: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

      • SONY CLASSICAL 89765-2.

  • 10.55am

    • Percy Grainger

      Molly on the Shore

      Performers: Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander Eric Banks (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 565122-2.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Aram Khachaturian

      Violin Concerto

      Performers: Leonid Kogan (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)

      • RCA 09026 63708-2.

  • 11.36am

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata in F major, K.533/494

      Performers: Fou Ts'ong

      • CARLTON CLASSICS 30366 01112.

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  • Fri 3 Aug 2012 09:00
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