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Thursday - Rob Cowan

A selection of music, including the daily brainteaser and Proms Artist Recommends. Plus Rob Cowan's guest is political cartoonist and novelist, Martin Rowson.

A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Le Boeuf Sur le Toit - Renaud Capu莽on (violin), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding (conductor), VIRGIN 545482 2; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.

10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. Each day an artist performing later today in the 麻豆约拍 Proms recommends three musical works, and on Essential Classics we'll play one of those pieces around 10am.

10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the political cartoonist and novelist, Martin Rowson. His work frequently appears in The Guardian and The Independent. He also contributes freelance cartoons to other publications, such as The Daily Mirror and the Morning Star. Martin's books include graphic adaptations of The Waste Land and Tristram Shandy. His first novel Snatches is a comic journey through history, while Stuff is part autobiography, part history of his family and upbringing. In 2008 he published The Dog Allusion: Gods, Pets and How to Be Human. Martin is an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society and a supporter of the British Humanist Association. He has been appointed 'Cartoonist Laureate' of London, and in 2006 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Journalism from the University of Westminster.

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Greeting Prelude

    Performers: Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky (conductor)

    • SONY SMK 46 296.

  • 9.01: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      Valse-Caprice, d'apres l'Etude en forme de valse pour piano Op. 52 No. 6 (arr. Ysay毛)

      Performers: Renaud Capu莽on (violin), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding (conductor)

      • VIRGIN 545482 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in G, BWV 1021

    Performers: Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord), Jaap Ter Linden (cello)

    • GLOSSA GCD C80807.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Les 茅olides

    Performers: Li猫ge Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

    • CYPRES CYP7612.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who am I?

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

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b

    Performers: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    • DELOS DE3157.

  • Claude Debussy

    F锚tes (transcr. Ravel)

    Performers: Pascal and Ami Rog茅 (pianos)

    • ONYX 4117.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D, op.46 no.6

    Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • DG 469 366-2.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    'Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol'; 'Vieni al regni del riposo', from Orfeo ed Euridice

    Performers: Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor - Orfeo), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 3425.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Nursery

    Performers: Margaret Price (soprano), James Lockhart (piano)

    • BMG 09026 61635 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D minor, RV242

    Performers: Dmitry Sinkovsky (violin), Il Pomo d'Oro

    • NA脧VE OP 30538.

  • 10.30: Martin Rowson's Choices

    • Francis Poulenc

      Les soir茅es de Nazelles: 1. Le comble de la distinction; 2. Le coeur sur la main; 3. La d茅

      Performers: Pascal Rog茅 (piano)

      • DECCA 417 438-2.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Performers: Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS 10638 (19).

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82: Finale

    Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • EMI 76882.

  • Prokofiev (arr. Sergei Samsonov)

    Visions Fugitives, op.22 - no.5, Molto giocoso

    Performers: Quartetto Energie Nove

    • DYNAMIC CDS 726.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Concerto for 2 pianos

      Performers: Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky (pianos)

      • DG 437 027-2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F, Op. 135

    Performers: Belcea Quartet

    • ZZT 321.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka and Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride

    Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)

    • SONY SWK 48279.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Greeting Prelude

    Performers: Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky (conductor)

    • SONY SMK 46 296.

  • 9.01: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

      Valse-Caprice, d'apres l'Etude en forme de valse pour piano Op. 52 No. 6 (arr. Ysay毛)

      Performers: Renaud Capu莽on (violin), Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding (conductor)

      • VIRGIN 545482 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in G, BWV 1021

    Performers: Wilbert Hazelzet (flute), Jacques Ogg (harpsichord), Jaap Ter Linden (cello)

    • GLOSSA GCD C80807.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Les 茅olides

    Performers: Li猫ge Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

    • CYPRES CYP7612.

  • 9.30am

    • Today's Brainteaser

      Who am I?

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

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b

    Performers: Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz (conductor)

    • DELOS DE3157.

  • Claude Debussy

    F锚tes (transcr. Ravel)

    Performers: Pascal and Ami Rog茅 (pianos)

    • ONYX 4117.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in D, op.46 no.6

    Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

    • DG 469 366-2.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    'Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol'; 'Vieni al regni del riposo', from Orfeo ed Euridice

    Performers: Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor - Orfeo), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 3425.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Nursery

    Performers: Margaret Price (soprano), James Lockhart (piano)

    • BMG 09026 61635 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D minor, RV242

    Performers: Dmitry Sinkovsky (violin), Il Pomo d'Oro

    • NA脧VE OP 30538.

  • 10.30: Martin Rowson's Choices

    • Francis Poulenc

      Les soir茅es de Nazelles: 1. Le comble de la distinction; 2. Le coeur sur la main; 3. La d茅

      Performers: Pascal Rog茅 (piano)

      • DECCA 417 438-2.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Performers: Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)

    • CHANDOS 10638 (19).

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Op. 82: Finale

    Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • EMI 76882.

  • Prokofiev (arr. Sergei Samsonov)

    Visions Fugitives, op.22 - no.5, Molto giocoso

    Performers: Quartetto Energie Nove

    • DYNAMIC CDS 726.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Igor Stravinsky

      Concerto for 2 pianos

      Performers: Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky (pianos)

      • DG 437 027-2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F, Op. 135

    Performers: Belcea Quartet

    • ZZT 321.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka and Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride

    Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)

    • SONY SWK 48279.

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  • Thu 1 Aug 2013 09:00
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