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Thursday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: pianist/conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy in music by Rachmaninov and Stravinsky; Sarah's Essential Choice: Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op 85.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Alison Balsom playing arrangements of Bach: EMI 5 58047 2

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Hear him in recordings of Rachmaninov: Waltz in A (piano, 6 hands, featuring Dody and Vovka Ashkenazy); Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat - suite for violin, clarinet and piano (featuring Dmitri Ashkenazy on clarinet); and Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is the novelist Mavis Cheek who introduces her essential pieces of classical music. Today, Mavis talks about music intended for the screen, and reveals which piece she would like to have played at her funeral.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
Testament SBT 1388.

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Thu 8 Dec 2011 09:00
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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Waltz in A

    Performers: Vladimir, Vovka and Dody Ashkenazy (piano, 6 hands)

    • DECCA E4702912.

  • Elgar (arr. S酶ren Barfoed)

    La capricieuse

    Performers: Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago (conductor)

    • RCA 88697630812.

  • 09.06: Essential CD of the Week

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Aria Variata in A minor, BWV 989

      Performers: Alison Balsom (trumpet), Alistair Ross (harpsichord)

      • EMI 5 58047 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento no.1 in E flat, K113

    Performers: Vienna Octet: Willi Boskovsky, Philipp Matheis (violins), G眉nther Breitenbach (viola), Nikolaus H眉bner (cello), Johann Krump (double-bass), Alfred Boskovsky, Christian Cubasch (clarinets), Josef Veleba, Otto Nitsch (horns)

    • DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 4328.

  • Corrette

    Bassoon Sonata in F, op.20 no.1

    Performers: Musica Franca: Nadina Mackie Jackson (solo bassoon), Fraser Jackson (contrabassoon), Paul Jenkins (harpsichord)

    • MSR Classics MS 1171.

  • 09.30: Artist of the Week: Vladimir Ashkenazy

    • Igor Stravinsky

      L'Histoire du Soldat 鈥� suite for violin, clarinet and piano

      Performers: Alan Brind (violin), Dmitri Ashkenazy (clarinet), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

      • DECCA 448 177-2.

  • Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso after Corelli's Violin Sonata in D minor, op.5 no.12 ('La Folia')

    Performers: Andrew Manze (violin and director), David Watkin (cello), Richard Egarr (harpsichord), The Academy of Ancient Music

    • HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2907262.

  • Stockhausen

    'Schuetze' from Tierkreis

    Performers: Schlagwerk Nordwest Percussion Ensemble

    • ANTES EDITION 4014513022943.

  • 10.02: Artist of the Week: Vladimir Ashkenazy

    • Sergey Rachmaninov

      Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42

      Performers: Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

      • Decca 417 671-2.

  • 10.30: Mavis Cheek's Choices

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Concerto in C, K467 ('Elvira Madigan') 鈥� 2nd movement

      Performers: Annie Fischer (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

      • EMI 7 67002 2.

  • Richard Strauss

    'Im Abendrot' from Four Last Songs

    Performers: Lisa della Casa, Vienna Philharmonic, Karl B枚hm (conductor)

    • DECCA 425 959-2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 887

    Performers: Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)

    • Virgin 5617112.

  • 11.00: Sarah's Essential Choice

    • Edward Elgar

      Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

      Performers: Jacqueline du Pr茅, 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli (conductor)

      • TESTAMENT SBT 1388.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Vocal Ensemble, Adrian Boult (conductor)

    • EMI 7 47218 2.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for 3 violins and orchestra in F from Tafelmusik, pt 2

    Performers: Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Golltz and Anne Katharina Schreiber with the Freiburger Barockorchester

    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902042.45.

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  • Thu 8 Dec 2011 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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