Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: Martha Argerich. Chopin: Scherzo No 2. Schumann: Andante and Variations, Op 46; Essential Choice: Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: English Idylls - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Neville Marriner (conductor) PHILIPS 442 8415.
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Martha Argerich. Today we hear her in Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 Op. 31 and Schumann's Andante and Variations op. 46.
10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is science writer, broadcaster and professor of genetics Prof. Steve Jones. Today he discusses musical works that make him feel energized.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S178
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
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Lecuona
Andalucia
Performers: Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, Frederick Fennell (conductor)
- MERCURY 434 349 2.
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9.03: Rob's CD of the Week
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Gustav Holst
Invocation for cello and orchestra
Performers: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- PHILIPS 442 8417.
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Falconiero
Chaconne in G
Performers: Daniel Hope & Lorenza Borrani (violins), Jonathan Cohen (cello), Kristian Bezuidenhout (harpsichord), Stefan Maass & Stephan Rath (theorbos), Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen (baroque percussion)
- DG 477 9165.
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Franz Schubert
Der Schiffer D 536 (Mayrhofer); An die Laute D 905 (Rochlitz); An Silvia D 891 (Bauernfeld
Performers: Olaf B盲r (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- EMI 754 773 2.
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Edward Elgar
Two Interludes from Falstaff
Performers: Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman del Mar (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 2414.
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9.30: Artist of the Week - Martha Argerich
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Scherzo no 2 in B flat minor op 31
Performers: Martha Argerich (piano)
- PHILIPS 456 704 2.
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Vogler
Overture to 'Erwin und Elmire'
Performers: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10504.
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9.45: Artist of the Week - Martha Argerich
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Robert Schumann
Andante and Variations op 46
Performers: Martha Argerich & Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos), Natalia Gutman & Mischa Maisky (cellos), Marie-Luise Neunecker (horn)
- EMI 557308 2.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Ecco l'orrido campo鈥a dell' arido from Un Ballo in Maschera Act 2
Performers: Martina Arroyo (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti (conductor)
- EMI 608512 2.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Symphony for strings no 5 Wq 182
Performers: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gustav Leonhardt (conductor)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS 561 794 2.
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10.30: Steve Jones' Choices
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Richard Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
Performers: The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
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Bhundu Boys
Faka Puresha (Keep up the pressure 鈥� 'An Exhortation to work hard for satisfaction')
Performers: Bhundu Boys
- DISCAFRIQUE ARICD02.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata in B minor S178
Performers: Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
- 大象传媒 大象传媒L41462.
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Kabalevsky
Violin Concerto in C op 48
Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
- DG 457 064 2.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Sonata in G minor op 2 no 3 BuxWV261
Performers: Capriccio Stravagante & Skip Sempe (harpsichord)
- DHM 88697281822.
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