Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Violinist/conductor Gidon Kremer in Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4. Waxman: Auld Lang Syne Variations; Rob's Essential Choice: Mahler: Symphony No 8.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Samson Francois playing piano music by Debussy and Ravel.EMI 5859902
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, violinist and conductor Gidon Kremer in music by Beethoven (Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23) and Franz Waxman ('Auld Lang Syne' Variations)
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is the actress and author Sheila Hancock who introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Mahler: Symphony No.8 in E flat major
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK
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Johann Strauss II - Kettenbrucken Waltz Op.4
Performers: Gidon Kremer (violin), Peter Guth (violin), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Georg Hortnagel (cello)
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu mein Freude BWV227
Performers: Collegium Vocale Gent, Phillipe Herreweghe (conductor)
- OUTTHERE LPH002 TRACKS 6-16.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No.4 in A minor Op.23
Performers: Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)
- DG 4197872 TRACKS 1-3.
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ESSENTIAL CD OF THE WEEK
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Claude Debussy
Preludes Nos. 20 Ondine; 11 Danse de Puck, Minstrels
Performers: Samson Francois (piano)
- EMI 5859902 TRACKS 20 & 11.
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Farkas
Early Hungarian Dances
Performers: The Galliard Ensemble
- DEUX-ELLES DXL 1025 TRACKS 14-18.
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George Frideric Handel
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne 鈥� Eternal Source of Light Divine
Performers: Robin Blaze (counter tenor), The Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
- EMI 5714022 TRACK 16.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grossi Op.6 No.7 in B flat
Performers: Handel and Haydn Society, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
- DECCA 458 8172 TRACKS 26-30.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci - Vesti la Giubba
Performers: Enrico Caruso (tenor), Will Gaisberg (piano)
- EMI CDH 7610462 TRACK 13.
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen - No.1 Allegro con spirit
Performers: The Galliard Ensemble
- DEUX-ELLES DXL 1025 TRACK 8.
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in D minor
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 4320152 TRACK 3.
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.8, Part I
Performers: Cheryl Studer (Soprano), Sylvia McNair (Soprano), Andrea Rost (Soprano), Rosemarie Lang (Mezzo Soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Peter Seiffert (Tenor), Bryn Terfel (Baritone), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass), T枚lz Boys Choir, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 4458432.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (excerpts from Suites 1, 2 and 3), The Montagues and the Capulets; Juliet
Performers: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
- DG 4398702 TRACKS 1-2.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Performers: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
- EMI 3700652 TRACK 2.
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Waxman
Auld Lang Syne' Variations
Performers: Gidon Kremer (violin), Kremerata Baltica
- NONESUCH 7559796572 TRACKS 21-24.
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