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Thursday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Songs and Dances of Bohemian Baroque; Artist of the Week: Simon Preston; Rob's Essential Choice: Glazunov: Symphony No 5.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Songs and Dances of Bohemian Baroque played by Musica Bohemica conducted by Jaroslav Krcek: SUPRAPHON SU 40982

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, organist, conductor and composer, Simon Preston.

10.30am

During British Food Fortnight, This week Rob's guest is guest on Essential Classics this week, is the actress, writer and cake-maker Jane Asher. Since beginning her acting career at the age of 5, she has appeared in several feature films including the original film of 'Alfie', and has starred in many TV series including 'Brideshead Revisited', 'The Mistress', 'The Choir', 'Crossroads', 'Poirot' , 'Miss Marple' and 'The Old Guys'. Jane has also written three best-selling novels and published over a dozen lifestyle and cake decorating books. As a young mother she started making novelty cakes for her children, and opened her own cake-making shop, Jane Asher Party Cakes, in 1990. It is now one of the UK's foremost bespoke cake makers.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Glazunov
Symphony No.5 in B flat Op.55
USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
MELODIYA MEL CD 1001793.

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Thu 9 Aug 2012 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Scenes de Ballet – Scherzino

    Performers: Minnesota Orchestra, Edo de Waart (conductor)

    • TELARC CD 80347.

  • LΓ©o Delibes

    Coppelia: Marche de le cloche; Fete de la cloches - Valse des heures

    Performers: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434313.

  • 9.11: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Anon.

      Dances from Ondrej Hulka's Collection from Zlata Koruna: If there were war - Look at me; G

      Performers: Musica Bohemica, Jaroslav Krcek (conductor)

      • SUPRAPHON SU 40982.

  • 9.16:

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      String Quartet No.13 in B flat K.172

      Performers: Amadeus Quartet

      • DG 4778680.

  • 9.31: Artist of the Week - Simon Preston

    • Louis Vierne

      Carillon de Westminster Op. 54 No. 6

      Performers: Simon Preston (organ)

      • DG 4134362.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: 'Jusqu'aux premiers feux de matin…Doux nectar'

    Performers: Mephistopheles: Evgeny Nestrenko (baritone), Faust: Francisco Araiza (tenor), Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 4201642.

  • 9.48: Artist of the Week - Simon Preston

    • LASSUS

      Alma Redemptoris Mater

      Performers: Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Simon Preston (director)

      • DECCA 4336792.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic.

    Performers: Margrit Weber (piano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

    • DG 4743832.

  • 10.15:

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582

      Performers: Simon Preston (organ)

      • DG 469 4202.

  • 10.30: Jane Asher's Choices

    • Carl Maria von Weber

      Invitation to the Dance (arr. piano)

      Performers: Stephen Hough (piano)

      • HYPERION CDA67686.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto: 2nd movement

    Performers: Jack Brymer (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 442390.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Alexander Glazunov

      Symphony No. 5

      Performers: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

      • MELODIYA MEL CD 1001793.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor BWV1001

    Performers: Ruggiero Ricci (violin)

    • DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802086.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Birds from The Snow Maiden

    Performers: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Kees Bakels (conductor)

    • BIS 1667/68.

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  • Thu 9 Aug 2012 09:00
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