06/05/2013
Rob Cowan's guest is the writer, broadcaster and critic, Sarah Dunant. Sarah is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major acclaim.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Jean Fournet in Prague, SUPRAPHON SU 4122-2
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the writer, broadcaster and critic, Sarah Dunant. Sarah is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major worldwide acclaim, and In the Company of the Courtesan. With the publication of Sacred Hearts she completed a Renaissance trilogy, bringing voice to the lives of three different women in three different historical contexts. Her most recent novel, based on the lives of the Borgias and entitled Blood and Beauty, was published earlier this month. Sarah was a founding vice patron of the Orange Prize for women's fiction. She sits on the editorial board of the Royal Academy magazine, and reviews for The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent on Sunday.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in F major, BWV 856
Performers: Andras Schiff (piano)
- DECCA 4143882.
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Bach arr Stokowski
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
- EMI 5555922.
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Bach arr Myra Hess
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Performers: Dinu Lipatti (piano)
- PHILIPS 4568922.
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Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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CΓ©sar Franck
Le chasseur maudit
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU 41222.
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Today's Brainteaser
Who's Dancing?
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117 No.2
Performers: Radu Lupu (piano)
- DECCA 4757070.
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9.32: Artist of the Week - Jean-Pierre Rampal
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034
Performers: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Roland Pidoux (cello)
- SONY 39746.
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Percy Grainger
In Dahomey (The Cakewalk Smasher)
Performers: Alan Feinberg (piano)
- ARGO 4444572.
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10.09: Artist of the Week - Jean-Pierre Rampal
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Oliver Reinecke
Movements for a Clarinet Concerto
Performers: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor)
- WARNER APEX 2564623622.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri
Performers: Natalie Clain (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
- EMI 501409-2.
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10.30: Sarah Dunant's Choices
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Josquin des Prez
O intemerata Virgo
Performers: Orlando Consort
- ARCHIV 4634732.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69 (1st movement)
Performers: Paul Tortelier (cello), Eric Heidsieck (piano)
- EMI CMS 7691962.
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Igor Stravinsky
The Soldier's Tale: Suite
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review
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Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129
Performers: Janos Starker (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowazceski (conductor)
- MERCURY 432 010-2.
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Henry Purcell
Ye gentle spirits of the air (The Fairy Queen)
Performers: Dorothee Mields (soprano), Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katscher (conductor)
- CARUS 83.435.
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