Thursday - Rob Cowan with Russell Grant
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again; Brainteaser: Who/What/Where am I?; Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope; Essential Choice: Falla: El amor brujo.
Rob Cowan with his guest, astrologer and media personality Russell Grant.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under John Wilson, AVIE 2070. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Today, Who/What/Where am I?
10am
Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the astrologer and media personality, Russell Grant. Russell has written several books on Astrology and regularly provides newspaper horoscopes. He is best known for his appearances on radio (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon) and breakfast television shows such as This Morning with Richard and Judy, offering astrological advice. More recently, he has appeared in several reality television shows including Celebrity Fit Club, Kitchen Burnout and most notably, Strictly Come Dancing and its sister show, It Takes Two.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Falla
El amor brujo
Shirley Verrett (mezzo soprano)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
SONY.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Two-Part Invention in B flat major BWV.785
Performer: Wendy Carlos.- esd.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Cenerentola (Overture)
Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- EMI.
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Eric Coates
Cinderella: A Phantasy
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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AntonΓn DvoΕ™Γ΅k
Humoresque in G flat major, Op 101 No 7
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
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William Byrd
Descendit de caelis
Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.- Hyperion.
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FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin
Nocturne in B major, Op. 9 No. 3
Performer: Claudio Arrau.- Philips.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in E minor, RV 273
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- DG.
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Igor Stravinsky
Octet
Performer: Europäische Kammersolisten. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor).- DECCA.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- DG.
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld, Act I (excerpt)
Singer: Stuart Kale. Choir: Chorus of English National Opera. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Singer: Sally Burgess. Singer: Emile Belcourt. Singer: Richard Angas. Orchestra: Orchestra of English National Opera.- That's Entertainment.
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Peter Wishart
Alleluya, a new work is on hand
Performer: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Layton (conductor).- HELIOS.
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Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo
Singer: Shirley Verrett. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.- CBS.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 100 in G (Military)
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor).- TESTAMENT.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
An Wasserflussen Babylon
Performer: Simon Preston (organ).- DG.
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