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Monday - Rob Cowan with Ian Rankin

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Tangos; Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2; Manfred Honeck conducts Mahler's Kraftig. Entschieden (Symphony No 3).

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... tangos'. Rob explores this fiery and sensual dance form, which originated in South America in the late 19th century. Throughout the week Rob shares works that highlight the wit, passion and full-on Latin temperament of the dance, with featured composers including Niels Gade, Albeniz, Stravinsky, and Carlos Gardel, the great tango writer of the 20th century who did so much to popularise the form.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
This week's guest is the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Best known as the creator of the Inspector Rebus series, Ian has written books that have been translated into over twenty languages and are bestsellers around the world. His latest novel in the John Rebus series, 'Even Dogs in the Wild', was released this month. Ian will be talking about his writing career and sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Rob features the recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 2

11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is Manfred Honeck, a maestro with the power to make magic with a musical phrase and summon a colossal range of dynamics, and who, for Rob, is one of the greatest conductors alive today. Throughout the week Rob features Honeck together with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in acclaimed recordings of music by the great Romantics, Mahler, Bruckner and Richard Strauss, as well as Verdi and Johann Strauss II.

Mahler
KrΓ€ftig. Entschieden (Symphony No.3, 1st movt)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor).

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Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: NΓ©stor Marconi. Performer: Antonio Agri. Performer: Horacio Malvicino. Performer: Leonardo Marconi. Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli. Singer: HΓ©ctor Console.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Josef Strauss

    Die Libelle, Op 204

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Manfred Honeck conducts Strauss.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.
    • 2.

  • 5 Reasons to Love...Tangos

    • Isaac AlbΓ©niz

      Tango (Espana, No. 2)

      Music Arranger: Godowsky. Performer: Jorge Bolet.
      • DECCA.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in D major, G479

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • ERATO.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 60 in C major, H XVI 50

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Bryan Kelly

    Jamaican Canticles

    Performer: Katherine Dines. Choir: Choir of Norwich Cathedral. Director: David Dunnett.
    • PRIORY.

  • Ian Rankin's Choice No.1

    • Erik Satie

      Trois morceaux en forme de poire (No 2)

      Performer: Gabriel Tacchino. Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.
      • EMI.

  • Ian Rankin's Choice No.2

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Requiem aeternam & Kyrie (Requiem in D minor, K.626)

      Singer: Joanne Lunn. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
      • LINN.

  • THE BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST SATURDAY'S CD REVIEW

    • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

      Piano Concerto No 2

      Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
      • CHANDOS.

  • Artist of the Week: Manfred Honeck

    • Gustav Mahler

      I. Kraftig. Entschieden (Symphony No.3)

      Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
      • EXTON.

  • Robert Schumann

    Adagio and Allegro, Op 70

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.

  • Jules Massenet

    Ballet Music from Le Cid

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.

Mapping the Music

Answer: Jamaica

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  • Mon 23 Nov 2015 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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