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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Szymon Goldberg and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Artist of the Week: Andres Segovia; Writer Paul Bailey's favourite music.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Szymon Goldberg and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra RETROSPECTIVE 93407

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, guitarist, Andres Segovia.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics this week is the writer and critic Paul Bailey, who won a scholarship to The Central School of Speech and Drama, and began his career as an actor. In 1967 he became a freelance writer. He was awarded the E.M. Forster Award in 1974 and the George Orwell Prize for his essay 'The Limitations of Despair' in 1978. His novels 'Peter Smart's Confessions' (1977) and 'Gabriel's Lament' (1986) were both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, he has written plays for radio and TV and his non-fiction writings include biographies of Cynthia Payne and Quentin Crisp.

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Tue 28 Aug 2012 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Louis Couperin

    Bour茅e gayement; Double de la Bour茅e pr茅cedente (Les Nations, 2猫me Ordre: L'Espagnole)

    Performers: Musica Ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz (director)

    • BRILLIANT 92178.

  • 9.02am: ROB'S ESSENTIAL CD OF THE WEEK

    • Joseph Haydn

      Piano Concerto in D major Hob.XVIII:11

      Performers: Ingrid Haebler (piano), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Szymon Goldberg (conductor)

      • RETROSPECTIVE 93407.

  • 9.21am

    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila, Act III)

      Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (conductor)

      • EMI 909932-2.

  • 9.31am: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA

    • Francisco T谩rrega

      Marieta

      Performers: Andres Segovia (guitar)

      • DG 471 697-2.

  • 9.34am

    • George Frideric Handel

      Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 5

      Performers: Handel and Haydn Society, Christopher Hogwood (director)

      • DECCA 458 817-2.

  • 9.50am

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2 'Tempest'

      Performers: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

      • EMI 217411-2.

  • 10.15am

    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

      Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

      • RCA 09026 61776-2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales Nos 6 & 7

    Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

    • RCA 09026 61776-2.

  • 10.21am: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA

    • Manuel Ponce

      Cancion Mexicana No. 10

      Performers: Andres Segovia (guitar)

      • DG 471 697-2.

  • Turina

    Fantasia, Op. 29 'Sevilliana'

    Performers: Andres Segovia (guitar)

    • DG 471 697-2.

  • 10.30: PAUL BAILEY'S CHOICE

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825: Praeludium; Allemande; Courante

      Performers: Dinu Lipatti (piano)

      • EMI 562820-2.

  • 10.43am: PAUL BAILEY'S CHOICE

    • Enescu

      Finale of Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25 ("dans la caract猫re populaire roumain")

      Performers: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Peter Nagy (piano)

      • ECM 476 053-2.

  • 10.54am

    • Meyerbeer arr. Lambert

      Pas des Patineurs; Finale (Les Patineurs)

      Performers: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

      • DECCA 475 7209.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Aug 2012 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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