Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Essential Choice: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: a disc of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances played by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik: DG 419 056 2
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, harpsichordist and conductor Pierre Hantai.
10.30am
In the week of the Cheltenham Race Festival, the Essential Classics guest is the managing director of Cheltenham Racecourse, Edward Gillespie, who introduces his essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Vaughan Williams
Symphony No.4
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
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9am: Rob's CD of the Week
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in C major Op. 46 No. 1
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 419 056 2.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in A major Op. 46 No. 5
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 419 056 2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurkas Op. 24 No. 3 in A flat & Op. 24 No. 4 in B flat minor
Performers: Artur Rubinstein (piano)
- RCA RD85171.
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Samuel Scheidt
Canzon super O Nachbar Roland
Performers: The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
- DEUX-ELLES DXL 1088.
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Hector Berlioz
Overture: Beatrice et Benedict
Performers: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
- RCA 09026614002.
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9.35: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂
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Domenico Scarlatti
3 Sonatas 鈥� F major K. 525; F minor K. 204a; D minor K. 18
Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)
- ASTREE NA脧VE E8836.
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Frank Bridge
Threads
Performers: Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)
- RCA 74321 987082.
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9.50: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata in G minor BWV 915
Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VC545284 2.
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Johann Strauss
Jugendfeuer-Galopp op 90
Performers: Boskovsky Ensemble directed by Willi Boskovsky
- DECCA 436 784 2.
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Aram Khachaturian
Suite from Masquerade (Waltz, Nocturne, Mazurka, Romance, Galop)
Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Schmahl (violin solo), Horst Stein (conductor)
- BERLIN CLASSICS 0094352BC.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (1st chorus, Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf 鈥� Sleepers Awake)
Performers: South German Madrigal Choir and Instrumentalists, Consortium Musicum, Wolfgang G枚nnenwein (director)
- EMI CZS 568 672 2.
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Arthur Sullivan
With cat-like tread (Act 2, Pirates of Penzance)
Performers: Samuel, a pirate: John Cameron (baritone), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, The Pro Arte Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
- EMI CDS7477858.
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Robert Schumann
Traumerei (Kinderszenen) op 15 no 7
Arranger: Cassidy Performers: Brodsky Quartet & Philip Edward Fisher (piano)
- CHANDOS CHAN 10708.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" K. 265
Performers: Clara Haskil (piano)
- DECCA 478 254 2.
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Ernest Chausson
笔辞猫尘别
Performers: David Oistrakh (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
- RCA GD 60683.
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