Thursday - Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan shares great music and performances. Including the Essential CD of the Week featuring recorder player Michala Petri, and Artist of the Week Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The recorder player Michala Petri plays baroque Concertos and Sonatas: RCA 88697672632
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by our Artist of the Week, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
10.30am
In the week of Burns Night, the Essential Classics guest is the Scottish poet and novelist Jackie Kay who introduces her essential pieces of classical music.
11.00am
Rob's Essential Choice
Ravel:
Miroirs
Monique Haas (piano).
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Arnold Cooke
Jabez and The Devil - The Devil's Dance
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithewaite (conductor)
- LYRITA SRCD 2337.
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Johann Strauss II - Mephisto's Hollenrufe, Waltz, Op. 101
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
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9.10: Rob's CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata in E flat major BWV1031 (transposed to G major)
Performers: Michala Petri (alto recorder), Keith Jarrett (harpsichord)
- RCA 88697672632.
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Bedrich Smetana
Libuse Overture
Performers: 大象传媒 Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10518.
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9.30: Artist of the Week - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Franz Schubert
Winterreseise D.911 - Die Post; Tauschung
Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
- DG 4635012.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
English Folksong Suite
Performers: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
- EMI CFP 75760.
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9.45: Artist of the Week - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Franz Liszt
Petrarc Sonnets S.270 No.123 - No.1 Benedetto sia 'l giorno
Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jorg Demus (piano)
- DG 4635082.
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Fantaisie Polonaise in G minor Op.19
Performers: Earl Wild (piano), The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
- IVORY CLASSICS 77003.
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Deep River
Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin) and Milton Kaye (piano)
- MCA 42212.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Bluebeard's Castle - Door 7
Performers: Duke Bluebeard: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Judith: Julia Varady (soprano), Bavarian State Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
- DG 4232362.
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10.30: Jackie Kay's Choices
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Double Violin Concerto BWV1043
Performers: Daniel Hope & Marieke Blankestijn (violins), Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62545-2.
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Joe Hill
Performers: Paul Robeson (bass), Lawrence Brown (piano)
- PEARL GEMM CD9264.
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Gardner
From the Canebrake
Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin) and Milton Kaye (piano)
- MCA 42212.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs
Performers: Monique Haas (piano)
- ERATO ECD 71570.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto No.1 in C RV181a
Performers: The Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown (director)
- DECCA 4481102.
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John Taverner
Ave Dei patris filia
Performers: Alamire, David Skinner (director)
- OBSIDIAN CD707.
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Debussy (arr. Busser)
Petite Suite
Performers: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (conductor)
- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434306.
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