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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Arensky: Nuits Egyptiennes (excerpts); Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 (soloist: Clifford Curzon); Rob's Essential Choice: Suk: The Ripening.

9am
A selection of must-hear music including excerpts from Arensky's Nuits Egyptiennes from the Essential CD of the week: a recording by Les Siecles.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and a recording of our Artist of the Week, the pianist Clifford Curzon, performing Brahms and Beethoven (Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58) with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Rafael Kubelik.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is the psychological illusionist Derren Brown. Today he introduces a favourite piece by a favourite composer.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Suk
The Ripening, Op.34
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Vaclav Neumann (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 38642.

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Tue 1 Nov 2011 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Scheidt

    Gagliarda; Corrente a 5

    Performers: Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (director)

    • CPO 7770132.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F BWV1047

    Performers: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)

    • NA脧VE OP 30412.

  • ESSENTIAL CLASSICS DISC OF THE WEEK

    • Arensky

      Nuits Egytiennes - Danse egyptiennes; La charmeuse de serpent; Danse des Ghazies

      Performers: Les Siecles, Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

      • MUSICALES ACTES SUD ASM06.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    May Night 鈥� Overture

    Performers: L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)

    • DECCA 4434642.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • Johannes Brahms

      Intermezzi Op.117 No.1 in E flat & Op.119 No.3

      Performers: Clifford Curzon (piano)

      • DECCA 4176412.

  • Laszlo Draskoczy

    Dances from Korond

    Performers: Kari Kriikku (clarinet), Tapiola Sinfonietta

    • ONDINE ODE 11402.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Mazurka from Coppelia

    Performers: National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • DECCA 4145022.

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58

      Performers: Clifford Curzon (piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

      • AUDITE 95.459.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.6 in D BWV1012

    Performers: Janos Starker (cello)

    • MERCURY 4327562.

  • Richard Strauss

    'Morgen', Op.27 No 4

    Performers: Angelika Kirchschlager (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

    • WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE0040.

  • Suk

    The Ripening Op.34

    Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann (conductor)

    • SUPRAPHON 3864.

  • MOZART Symphony No.13 in F K.112

    Prague Chamber Orchestra

    Performers: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • TELARC CD 80300.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Nov 2011 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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