Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Includes CD of the Week: Arias of Anna de Amicis, featuring Teodora Gheorghiu and Les Talens Lyriques; Artists of the Week: Hagen Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice.
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.
11.00am
Rob's Essential Choice.
Dvorak
In Nature's Realm
Czech Philharmonic
Karel Ancerl (conductor).
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Bagatelle No.1 (Six Bagatelles)
Performers: Aulos Wind Quartet
- KOCH SCHWANN 3-6737-2.
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
- PHILIPS 422 267-2.
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9.17am: Rob's CD of the Week
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J.C. Bach
"Tortorella abbandonata" (Zanaida)
Performers: Teodora Gheorghiu (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (director)
- APARTE AP021.
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William Byrd
Fortune
Performers: Canadian Brass
- SONY CLASSICAL 88697 767982.
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Johnson
The Satyr's Dance
Performers: Canadian Brass
- SONY CLASSICAL 88697 767982.
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9.33am
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Offenbach arr. Rosenthal
Vivo & Barcarolle from Gait茅 Parisienne
Performers: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 2724.
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Claude Debussy
Images, 2nd series
Performers: Michel Beroff (piano)
- EMI CZS 574122-2.
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9.55am: Artists of the Week - Hagen Quartet
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in A major, K.464
Performers: Hagen Quartet
- DG 471 024-2.
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10.30am: Benedict Allen's Choices
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Franz Liszt
Consolation No.3 in D flat major
Performers: Vladimir Horovitz (piano)
- DG 419 045-2.
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10.42am
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Richard Strauss
The Presentation of the Silver Rose (Der Rosenkavalier, Act II)
Performers: Octavian: Sena Jurinac (soprano), Sophie: Hilde Gueden (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Erich Kleiber (conductor)
- DECCA 467 111-2.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Papillons
Performers: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67872.
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11.00am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
In Nature's Realm
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ancerl (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU 0605-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cello Suite No.3 in C, BWV1009: Bourrees & Gigue
Performers: Gerard Causse (viola)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS 907665-2.
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11.22am
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Claude Debussy
Images
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
- PHILIPS 420 392-2.
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