Monday - Rob Cowan with Geraldine James
With Rob Cowan. Including Reasons to Love Schumann songs; Musical challenge; Artists of the Week: the LaSalle Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Haydn: Nelson Mass.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs.' Amongst the greatest musical achievements of the nineteenth century, each day this week Rob will handpick a great interpreter to showcase these miniature marvels.
9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge: listen to the clues and identify the mystery composer.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the actress Geraldine James. An award-winning actress of both stage and screen, Geraldine will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Tallis, Schubert and Bach, every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features the LaSalle Quartet. A personal favourite of Rob's, he will be exploring this American string quartet's finest recordings by composers including Brahms, Wolf, Beethoven and Debussy, as well as their renowned interpretations of Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.
11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review
Haydn
Missa in angustiis Hob:XXII:11 'Nelson Mass'.
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Joseph Haydn
Il mondo della luna (Act 2, March)
Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antal DorΓ‘ti.- PHILIPS.
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William Herschel
Symphony no.13 in D major
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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5 Reasons to Love... Schumann songs
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Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25: Widmung; Liederkreis, Op. 39: In der Fremde
Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.- EMI.
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Gioachino Rossini
Variazioni a piΓΉ strumenti obbligati
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ‘n Fischer.- CHANNEL CLASSICS.
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Marcel DuprΓ©
Magnificat VI: Gloria
Performer: Michael Murray.- TELARC.
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Igor Stravinsky
Apollon musagète: Pas de deux
Conductor: Igor Stravinsky. Orchestra: Columbia Orchestra.- SONY.
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Hector Berlioz
The damnation of Faust Op.24 (excerpts)
Conductor: Ernest Ansermet. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.- DECCA ELOQUENCE.
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François-Joseph Gossec
Marche Lugubre
Orchestra: The Wallace Collection. Conductor: John Wallace.- NIMBUS.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 1
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Frederick Loewe
βOn the Street Where You Liveβ, from My Fair Lady
Singer: Leonard Weir. Director: Cyril Ornadel.- COLUMBIA.
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Geraldine James' Choice No. 2
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA.
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Artist of the Week: LaSalle Quartet
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Arnold Schoenberg
VerklΓ€rte Nacht
Performer: Donald McInnes. Performer: Jonathan Pegis. Ensemble: LaSalle Quartet.- DG.
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Essential Choice
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Joseph Haydn
Missa in Angustiis Hob. XXII:11 βNelson Massβ
Ensemble: BachβCollegium Stuttgart. Conductor: Helmuth Rilling. Singer: Letizia Scherrer. Singer: Roxana Constantinescu. Choir: GΓ€chinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Singer: Michael Nagy.- HANSSLER CLASSIC.
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Mystery Object
Clues:
Iβm usually fairly large. Iβve even been known to have a diameter bigger
than 16 feet.
I was a favourite of composers such as Mahler, Stravinsky and
Messiaen
I have an eye-catching presence, and when hit, Iβm extremely ear-catching.
The answer: a gong
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