Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: Nelson Freire. Chopin: Nocturnes. Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme of Paganini; Choice: Schubert: Mass in A flat, D678.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Hear him playing a selection of nocturnes by Chopin, as well as Lutoslawski's Variations on a theme of Paganini.
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential pieces.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Schubert
Mass in A flat D.678
Helen Donath (soprano)
Ingeborg Springer (contralto)
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Theo Adam (bass)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Staatskapelle Dresden
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
PHILIPS 426 654-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat major, BWV866 (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performers: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01848.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op.11
Performers: Hrachya Avanesyan (violin), Sinfonia Varsovia, Augustin Dumay (conductor)
- FUGA LIBERA FUG588.
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9:15: Rob's CD of the Week
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Anna Amalia of Prussia
Sonata in F major
Performers: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Jonathan Manson (cello), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
- EMI 084220-2.
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Lutoslawski
Polish Christmas Carols: Angels to the shepherds came; Hey! We rejoice now; When the Chris
Performers: Olga Pasichnyk (soprano); Polish Radio Chorus, Krakow; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.555994.
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9:32am
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Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No.5 in B flat major
Performers: Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)
- HANNSLER CD 98.547.
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9:45 Artist of the Week: Nelson Freire
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Franz Liszt
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S1615
Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
- DECCA 478 2728.
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Lutoslawski
Variations on a theme by Paganini
Performers: Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos)
- PHILIPS 411 034-2.
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10:01am
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet in E flat for wind and piano, K.452
Performers: Colin Horsley (piano), Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
- REGIS RRC1363.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tale of Tsar Sultan: Introduction to Act I
Performers: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
- MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01745.
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10:32: Rory Bremner's Choice
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Richard Wagner - Prelude & Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
Performers: Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink (conductor)
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10:57: Rory Bremner's Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV852 (Well-tempered Klavier, Book 1)
Performers: Glenn Gould (piano)
- SONY CLASSICAL SM2K52600.
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11:05: Rob's Essential Choice
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Franz Schubert
Mass in A flat major, D.678
Performers: Helen Donath (soprano), Ingeborg Springer (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Christoph Albrecht (organ), Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 426 654-2.
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