Monday - Rob Cowan with Susan Hill
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love: violin miniatures; author Susan Hill; Artist of the Week: Belcea Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Oboe Concerto.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. This week his guest is the author Susan Hill.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love' violin miniatures, featuring
great romantic showpieces performed by star violinists Hagai Shaham, Nikolaj Znaider, Isaac Stern, Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Grumiaux.
9.30am
Mapping the Music
Take part in our daily challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.
10am
Especially for Halloween week, the author Susan Hill joins Rob in the studio. Susan?s writing career has encompassed acclaimed literary novels, ghost stories, children's books, detective novels and memoirs. Her ghost story The Woman in Black was adapted into a successful film and is currently running as a play in the West End. Susan shares a selection of her favourite music with Rob.
10.30am
Artist of the Week:
The Belcea Quartet performing quartets by Ravel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' and Brahms' String Quintet, Op. 111.
11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
Strauss
Oboe Concerto.
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Moritz Moszkowski
Spanish Dance, op.12 No.1 (Book 1)
Conductor: Ataúlfo Argenta. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- DECCA.
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5 Reasons to love... Violin Miniatures
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Enrique Granados
Andaluza (Danza espanola, Op.37/5)
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: István Hajdu.- PHILIPS.
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Hugo Alfvén
Swedish Rhapsody No.1, Op.19 ‘Midsummer Vigil’
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul’s Suite, Op.29 No.2
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.- CHANDOS.
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Maurice Ravel
Jeux d’eau
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Susan Hill's Choice No. 1
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Susan Hill's Choice No. 2
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George Frideric Handel
For unto us a child is born (Messiah – the Dublin version)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort and Players. Conductor: John Butt.- LINN.
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Susan Hill's Choice No. 3
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oboe Concerto - 2nd movement
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- CONIFER.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Lyrita.
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Artists of the Week: Belcea Quartet
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet, Op. 135
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ZIG-ZAG TERRITORIES.
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Albeniz arr. Kreisler
Tango
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: István Hajdu. -
Building a Library Recommendation (from last Saturday's CD Review)
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Richard Strauss
Oboe Concerto in D
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Jonathan Small. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- AVIE.
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Franz Liszt
Apres une lecture du Dante
Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.- TELDEC.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D major, RV232
Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
Musical Challenge - Mapping the Music
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The Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy
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The music played:
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Liszt
Les Jeux d'eaux a la villa d'Este
Lazar Berman (piano)
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