Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Constantin Silvestri - The Complete EMI Recordings; Artist of the Week; Rob's Essential Choice: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 8.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Constantin Silvestri - The Complete EMI Recordings: EMI ICON 7 23347 2.
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Baroque Spring Artist of the Week, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the great pioneers of early music performance.
10.30am
Essential Classics guests in the month-long Baroque Spring season include baroque music enthusiasts, and this week Rob Cowan is joined by renowned jeweller, Kevin Coates. Kevin is an award-winning independent artist-goldsmith who creates one-off jewels, larger ceremonial silver items, medals, and small sculpture. He is known for his extraordinary technical virtuosity and symbolic imagery, which is drawn from mythology, folklore, music and mathematics. His work appears in private and public collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Museums of Scotland, the British Museum, the Silver Trust for No. 10 Downing Street, and the Goldsmiths' Company, London. He is also an accomplished instrumentalist, specialising in Baroque and early Classical music, and formed the Duo Vinaccia with his wife, Nel Romano.
11am: Rob?s Essential Choice
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
HallΓ© Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)
Halle CDHLL7533.
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Dohnanyi
Widmung (Winterreigen, Op. 13)
Performers: Martin Roscoe (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67871.
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9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Edward Elgar
In the South (Alassio)
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Cedric Morgan (viola), Constatin Silvestri (conductor)
- EMI 723347 2.
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Today's Brainteaser
Who am I?
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.31: Artist of the Week - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon Γ 4
Performers: Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
- AMADEO 423 418-2.
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Edward Elgar
Scenes from 'The Bavarian Highlands', Op. 27: The Dance; False Love
Performers: Cambridge University Chamber Choir, Iain Farrington (piano), Christopher Robinson (director)
- NAXOS 8.570541.
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Paganini arr. Kreisler
I Palpiti, Op. 13
Performers: Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
- TELDEC 9031 77351-2.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Zelenka
Ouverture Γ 7 concertanti
Performers: Concentus musicus of Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director)
- TELDEC 8.42415.
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10.30: Kevin Coates' Choices
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Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado
Performers: Pablo de Sarasate (violin), Camille Decreus (piano)
- OPAL CD 9851.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Navarra, Op. 33
Performers: David & Igor Oistrakh (violins), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Franz Konwitchny (conductor)
- DG 463 616-2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Performers: HallΓ© Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor)
- HALLÉ CD HLL 7533.
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Erno Dohnanyi
Widmung (Winterreigen, Op. 13)
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Edward Elgar
In the South (Alassio)
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon a 4
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Edward Elgar
The Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27: The Dance; False Love
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.- Kathleen Ferrier: Bach, Gluck, Handel.
- Decca.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Ouverture a 7 concertanti
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Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado
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Pablo de Sarasate
Navarra
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anon. - Rob's Personal Shopper Piece for Kevin Coates
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
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