Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: The Lyrical Clarinet with Michael Collins; Artist of the Week: Andre Previn; Sarah's Essential Choice.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The Lyrical Clarinet with Michael Collins: CHANDOS CHAN 10637
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist, conductor and composer, Andre
Previn
10.30am
Sarah Walker's guest on Essential Classics this week is the TV and radio comedian and bestselling author Tony Hawks. He is a regular guest on radio programmes such as The News Quiz, Would I Lie to You, Just a Minute, and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. As an author he has written the bestseller, 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' and 'Playing the Moldovans at Tennis', which was released as a film earlier this year.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1: Forlane
Performers: Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
- BIS BIS-SACD-1431.
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Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 469 354.
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9.20: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Heinrich Joseph Baermann (Arr. P Weston)
Adagio
Performers: Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10637.
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Carl Maria von Weber
Der Beherrscher Der Geister J.122
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9066.
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9.34: Artist of the Week - Andre Previn
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Francis Poulenc
Trois Pieces
Performers: Andre Previn (piano)
- PHILIPS 456 9342.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme - Che gelida manina
Performers: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- DECCA 4302102.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake: Act IV
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
- EMI CDS 7495312.
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George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn (conductor)
- EMI CDC 7471612.
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10.30: Tony Hawks' Choices
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Magic Flute: Overture
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA 433 2112.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Act I: Dance of the Knights
Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
- DECCA 417 5102.
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Johann Christoph Bach
Ach, dass ich wassers g'nug hatte
Performers: Magdelena Kozena (mezzo-soprano), Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
- ARCHIV 4790377.
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