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Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Artists of the Week: the Hagen Quartet; explorer Benedict Allen introduces his favourite pieces of classical music; Elgar: Violin Concerto.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Arias of Anna de Amicis featuring Teodora Gheorghiu, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. APARTE AP021.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and a performance by the Artists of the Week, the Hagen Quartet.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is explorer, Benedict Allen, who introduces his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Elgar: Violin Concerto.
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Mon 16 Jan 2012 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Ciaccona paradiso

    Performers: Pera Ensemble, Mehmet C. Yesilcay (director)

    • BERLIN CLASSICS 0300275BC.

  • Robert Schumann

    Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op.52

    Performers: Berne Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDH88020.

  • 9.20: Rob's CD of the Week

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      "Vanne. T'affretta... Ah se il crudel" (Lucio Silla)

      Performers: Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (director)

      • APARTE AP021.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasia in G minor, Op.77

    Performers: Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)

    • EMI 648309-2.

  • 9.40: Artists of the Week - The Hagen Quartet

    • Wolf

      Italian Serenade

      Performers: Hagen Quartet

      • NEWTON CLASSICS 8802072.

  • Claude Debussy

    Rhapsody for alto saxophone and orchestra

    Performers: Gerard McChrystal (saxophone), Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN9129.

  • 10.00: Artists of the Week - The Hagen Quartet

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet in F major, Op.135

      Performers: Hagen Quartet

      • DG 431 814-2.

  • Ramones

    La embarazada del viento

    Performers: Lucinana Mancini (vocal), L'Arpeggiata directed by Christina Pulhar

    • VIRGIN 6785162.

  • 10.30: Benedict Allen's Choices

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Montagues and Capulets (Romeo and Juliet)

      Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)

      • EMI CDC 747004-2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, ihr Tochter (St Matthew Passion)

    Performers: Vienna Singverein, Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Boys鈥� voices of the State and Cathedral choirs of Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    • DG 419 789-2.

  • 11.00am

    • Edward Elgar

      Violin Concerto

      Performers: The Building a Library recommended recording from last Saturday鈥檚 CD Review

  • 11.49am

    • Zelenka

      Hipocondrie

      Performers: Camerata Bern

      • ARCHIV 469 842-2.

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  • Mon 16 Jan 2012 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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