Tuesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Oscar Hernandez's La rosa roja from the Essential CD of the Week. Plus Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes. Bruch: Kol Nidrei. Schumann: Piano Quintet.
Rob Cowan shares great music, with the Essential CD of the Week, Artist of the Week and guest Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, introducing his essential pieces of classical music.
9am
A selection of must-hear music including Oscar Hernandez's La rosa roja from the Essential CD of the Week: a collection of choral works performed by the Coro Nacional de Cuba conducted by Digna Guerra.
9.30am
Performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Janos Starker: Mendelssohn (Variations Concertantes, Op.17); Bruch (Kol Nidrei). Also in this hour, a mystery piece for you to guess.
10.30am
As part of World Space Week, the Essential Classics guest is Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal. Today he introduces music that he likes to work to and a piece that he finds particularly moving.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Schumann
Piano Quintet
Martha Argerich (piano)
Dora Schwarzberg (violin)
Lucy Hall (violin)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
EMI 5573082.
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Sir Hamilton Harty
An Irish Symphony: The Fair-Day
Performers: New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
- LYRITA SRCD.336 TRACK 7.
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Percy Grainger
A Reel (Four Irish Folk Dances No.4)
Performers: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)
- HYPERION CDA66884 TRACK 5.
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John Blow
Chaconne in G
Performers: Musica Antiqua Koln, Rheinhard Goebel (director)
- ARCHIV 4534182 TRACK 6.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo (final ballet)
Performers: Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski (conductor)
- ARCHIV 4775798 TRACK 5.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Trumpet Concerto in E flat
Performers: Rolf Smedvig (trumpet), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jahja Ling (conductor)
- TELDEC 80232 TRACKS 13-14.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK
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Felix Mendelssohn
Variations Concertantes Op.17
Performers: Janos Starker (cello), Gyorgy Sebok (piano)
- MERCURY 4343582 TRACK 5.
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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma - Casta Diva
Performers: Norma: Joan Sutherland (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
- DECCA 448387-2 TRACK 9.
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Giuseppe Verdi
String Quartet
Performers: The Alberni Quartet
- CRD 3366 TRACKS 1-4.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK
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Max Bruch
Kol Nidrei
Performers: Janos Starker (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dor谩ti (conductor)
- MERCURY 4756608 TRACK 4.
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Gustav Holst
Planets - Mercuryand Jupiter
Performers: Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
- DECCA 4606062 TRACKS 3-4.
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Anton Bruckner
Ave Maria
Performers: Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA 67629 TRACK 1.
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Antonio Salieri
Il Mondo alla Rovescia 鈥� Overture
Performers: Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)
- HANSSLER CD 98.554 TRACK 1.
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ESSENTIAL CHOICE
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet
Performers: Martha Argerich (piano), Dora Schwarzberg (violin), Lucy Hall (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Micsha Maisky (cello)
- EMI 5573082 TRACKS 1-4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberfl枚te 鈥� Overture
Performers: Philharmonia, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
- TESTMANT SBT 1273 TRACK 3.
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a theme of Haydn
Performers: Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling (conductor)
- CAPRICCIO 10 600, DISC 3 TRACK 5.
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