Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Artist of the Week: Nash Ensemble in Arnold: 3 Shanties for wind quintet, Op 4; Sarah's Essential Choice: Strauss. Le bourgeois gentilhomme Suite.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Mendelssohn Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado. DG 423 104-2.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artists of the Week, the Nash Ensemble. Today we hear the ensemble in Three Shanties for wind quintet op. 4 by Malcolm Arnold, and in one of the great Romantic chamber works of the nineteenth century: Brahms' Horn Trio, op.40
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is actor and director Philip Franks, well known for his performances on stage and screen, including The Darling Buds of May, Heartbeat, Bleak House and numerous leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On his final day as this week's guest, Philip talks about a hidden musical gem he thinks should be more widely known, and Sarah introduces him to a piece she hopes he will enjoy.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
R Strauss
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme suite, op.60
German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
PENTATONE 5186060.
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Max Bruch
8 Pieces, op.83 鈥� no.2 in B minor
Performers: G茅rard Causs茅 (viola), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Fran莽ois-Ren茅 Duchable (piano)
- ERATO 2292-45483-2.
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9.03: Sarah's CD of the Week
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Felix Mendelssohn
Overture, The Hebrides, op.26
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 423 104-2.
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Joseph Haydn
'The Old Highland Laddie', HXXXIa: 248
Performers: Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Haydn Trio Eisenstadt
- BRILLIANT 92278.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Variations in E flat, op.44, for piano trio
Performers: Florestan Trio: Anthony Marwood (violin), Richard Lester (cello), Susan Tomes (piano)
- HYPERION CDS44474.
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9.30: Artists of the Week - The Nash Ensemble
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Arnold
Arnold - 3 Shanties for Wind Quintet, op.4
Performers: The Nash Ensemble: Judith Pearce (flute), Gareth Hulse (oboe), Michael Collins (clarinet), Brian Wightman (bassoon), John Pigneguy (horn)
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John Dowland
3 Dances from Lachrimae: The King of Denmark's Galliard; M. John Langtons Pavan; M. George
Performers: Fretwork: Wendy Gillespie, Richard Campbell, Julia Hodgson, William Hunt and Richard Boothby (viols), Christopher Wilson (lute)
- VIRGIN 5 61561 2.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Carnaval Romain
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 474 1652 4.
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10.00: Artists of the Week - The Nash Ensemble
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Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio in E flat, op.40
Performers: The Nash Ensemble: Frank Lloyd (horn), Marcia Crayford (violin), Ian Brown (piano)
- CRD 3489.
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10.30: Philip Franks' Choices
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Bolcom
Graceful Ghost (Rag)
Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)
- DG 463 483-2.
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Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performers: West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Penny (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.572500.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Two Pushkin Waltzes, op.120
Performers: Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme J盲rvi (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10484X.
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11.00: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Richard Strauss
Le bourgeois gentilhomme 鈥� suite, op.60
Performers: German Chamber Orchestra Bremen, Paavo J盲rvi (conductor)
- PENTATONE PTC5186 060.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Le bourgeois gentilhomme [selection]: Gavotte; Marche pour la C茅r茅monie turque; Chaconne d
Performers: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
- ALIA VOX AV9807.
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Claude Debussy
Pour le Piano [Pr茅lude 鈥� Sarabande 鈥� Toccata]
Performers: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
- DECCA 452 022-2.
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