Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: the Complete Faure piano music performed by Paul Crossley. Artist of the Week: soprano Barbara Bonney; Christian Jessen.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week, Faure: The Complete Piano Works, performed by Paul Crossley.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, soprano Barbara Bonney.
10.30am
Sarah Walker's guest is Dr Christian Jessen, the presenter the BAFTA award-winning 'Embarrassing Bodies'. He is involved in a number of public health campaigns and writes health columns for several magazines and newspapers. He is an accomplished oboist, performing in public from time to time, and he has a particular interest in antique bronzes.
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Spiardo
Suono del Ballo d'Selvaggi (Naples 1620)
Performers: The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
- DEUX-ELLES DXL913.
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9.02: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Gabriel Fauré
Valse-Caprice No. 3 in G flat Op. 59
Performers: Paul Crossley (piano)
- CRD CRD3406.
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Frederick Delius
In a Summer Garden
Performers: Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5753152.
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Astor Piazzolla
Fugato
Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Nestor Marconi (bandoneon), Band directed by Jorge Calandrelli
- SONY CLASSICAL SK63122.
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9.32: Artist of the Week - Barbara Bonney
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Tamino mein! Welch ein Glück – Wir wandelten durch Feursgluten (Act 2 Die Zauberflote)
Performers: Pamina: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Tamino: Kurt Streit (tenor), The Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra, Arnold Östman (conductor)
- L'OISEAU-LYRE 4400852.
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Quartettino for clarinet & string trio
Performers: Ensemble Walter Boeykens
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901419.
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9.53: Artist of the Week - Barbara Bonney
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Felix Mendelssohn
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op. 34/2; Frülingslied Op. 47/3
Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- TELDEC 2292449462.
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Sanz arr. Williams
Canarios
Performers: John Williams (guitar)
- SONY CLASSICAL SBK 46347.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Qui tollis peccata mundi from Mass in F BWV 233
Performers: Barbara Bonney (soprano), CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, Peter Schreier (conductor)
- PHILIPS 438 873 2.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 102
Performers: Dmitri Shostakovich (Jnr) (piano), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN8443.
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10.30: Dr Christian Jessen's Choices
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Gaetano Donizetti
"Piangete voi?....Al doce guidami" (Act 2, Scene 3 Anna Bolena)
Performers: Anna Bolena: Joan Sutherland (soprano), Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
- DECCA 421 099 2.
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Michael Nyman
An eye for optical theory (The Draughtsman's Contract)
Performers: Michael Nyman Band, Michael Nyman (piano / director)
- ARGO 4368202.
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Bartok arr. Szekely
Romanian folkdances
Performers: Vadim Repin (violin), Boris Berezovsky (piano)
- ERATO 8573857692.
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Gaetano Donizetti
"Piangete voi?... Al dolce guidami" (Anna Bolena)
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Michael Nyman
An Eye for Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract)
Performer: Michael Nyman Band. Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.- The Essential Michael Nyman Band.
- ARGO.
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