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Thursday - Andrew McGregor

With Andrew McGregor. Including Essential CD of the Week: Leonid Kogan in Italian and Spanish music; Artist of the Week: conductor Paavo Berglund; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3.

9am
Andrew McGregor presents a selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Leonid Kogan plays Italian and Spanish Music, MELODIYA MEL CD 1001 2920

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Paavo Berglund.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest this week is wine critic and journalist Jancis Robinson. Jancis started her wine writing career in 1975, when she became assistant editor for the trade magazine Wine & Spirit. In 1984 she became the first person outside the wine trade to become a Master of Wine. She also served as British Airways' wine consultant, supervised the BA Concorde cellar luxury selection, and provides advice for the Queen's wine cellar. Her book, Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, written to accompany her Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 2 series, has been published in several editions. She was made an OBE in 2003, and her many accolades include multiple Glenfiddich Awards and AndrΓ© Simon Memorial Awards. As a wine writer she edited The Oxford Companion to Wine, and The World Atlas of Wine, which she co-authored with Hugh Johnson, is one of the world's leading wine atlases. She currently writes for her own website, as well as a weekly column for the Financial Times.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Byron Janis (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 432 759-2.

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Thu 20 Dec 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Sinfonia (Don Juan)

    Performers: English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • WARNER APEX 8573 89233-2.

  • 9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Granados arr. Kreisler

      Spanish Dance in E minor, Op. 37, No. 5

      Performers: Leonid Kogan (violin), Naum Walter (piano)

      • MELODIYA MEL CD 1001292.

  • Maurice Ravel - Introduction and Allegro

    Performers: Edward Druzinsky (harp), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

  • Falla arr. Kochanski

    Spanish Folk Suite (from the 7 Popular Spanish Songs)

    Performers: Leonid Kogan (violin), Naum Walter (piano)

    • MELODIYA MEL CD 1001292.

  • 9.30:

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who am I?

      Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.

  • CΓ©sar Franck

    Petite Offertoire in F sharp minor

    Performers: Joris Verdin (organ)

    • RICERCAR RIC 324.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Solemn March ('The Capture of Kars')

    Performers: USSR State Symphony Orchestra , Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

    • MELODIYA MEL CD 10 02034.

  • JC Bach

    Sinfonia in B flat, Op. 6 No. 4

    Performers: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)

    • NEWTON CLASSICS 8802065.

  • Victoria

    O magnum mysterium

    Performers: Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA66190.

  • 9.55: Artist of the Week - Paavo Berglund

    • Edvard Grieg

      Symphonic Dances, Op. 64

      Performers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)

      • EMI CZS 568649-2.

  • 10.30: Jancis Robinson's Choices

    • Edward Elgar

      Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

      Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)

      • WARNER 2564 62199-2.

  • Trad. arr. Walford Davies

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Performers: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks (conductor)

    • EMI 7 63179-2.

  • FranΓ§ois Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc, from Troisieme Livre de pieces de clavecin

    Performers: Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)

    • WARNER 2564 64176-2.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Piano Concerto No. 3

      Performers: Byron Janis (piano), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)

      • RCA LIVING STEREO 09026 68762 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?' - cantata, BWV 8

    Performers: Catherine Fuge (soprano), Robin Tyson (alto), Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Guthrie (bass), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • SDG 104.

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  • Thu 20 Dec 2012 09:00
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