Monday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Steven Isserlis (cello) in Saint-Saens: La muse et le poete. Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B flat; Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Elijah (excerpt).
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Robert Johnson: The Prince's Almain and other dances for lute (Nigel North)
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Steven Isserlis, in music by Saint-Saens (La muse et le poete, op.132) and Haydn (Sinfonia Concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon, Hob I:105).
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is weather presenter Sian Lloyd, who introduces her essential pieces of classical music. Today she reveals the first piece of classical music she remembers hearing, and talks about a work that reminds her of a particular place.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Mendelssohn:
Elijah, op.70 (excerpt)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Toccata from Orfeo
Performers: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e, Emmanuelle Ha茂m (conductor)
- VIRGIN 5 45642 2.
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Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Semiramide
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
- EMI 7 69042 2.
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9.15: Sarah's CD of the Week
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Robert Johnson
The Fairies' Dance
Performers: Nigel North (lute)
- NAXOS 8.572178.
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Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky Korsakov
A Night on Bald Mountain
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
- RCA 09026 61958 2.
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9.30: Artist of the Week - Steven Isserlis
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Performers: Steven Isserlis (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
- RCA 09026 61678 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto RV 471 in C
Performers: Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L鈥橝ura Soave Cremona
- NAIVE OP 30496.
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Franz Liszt
Au lac de Wallenstadt from Ann茅es de P茅lerinage Bk 1, S160
Performers: Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
- NAIVE V 5260.
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10.10: Artist of the Week - Steven Isserlis
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Joseph Haydn
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon
Performers: Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Roger Norrington (conductor)
- RCA 09026 68578 2.
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10.30: Sian Lloyd's Choices
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 5, 1st movement: Allegro con brio
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- EMI 7 63312 2.
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Jacques Offenbach
Entracte et Barcarolle 鈥� 'Belle Nuit' from The Tales of Hoffmann, Act 3
Performers: Joan Sutherland (soprano 鈥� Giulietta), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano 鈥� Niklausse), Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choeur Pro Arte du Lausanne, Choeur Du Brassus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
- DECCA 00289 477 9336.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah (excerpt)
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday鈥檚 CD Review
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in F, BWV540
Performers: Ton Koopman (organ)
- ARCHIV 410 999-2.
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Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto
Performers: Hilary Hahn (violin), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- SONY 89649.
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