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Tuesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Rob's Essential Choice: Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor.

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

Schumann
Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.120
Staatskapelle Dresden
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI CDM 7694712.

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Tue 13 Mar 2012 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • 9am: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂

    • Dowland/Morley

      Captain Digorie Pipers Galliard (1599)

      Performers: Skip Semp茅 (virginal), Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord), Olivier Fortin (harpsichord)

      • ASTREE E8841.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No. 6 in E flat

    Performers: Concerto K枚ln

    • TELDEC 4509 98435 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res and General Lavine - eccentric, from Bk 2 of Preludes

    Performers: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

    • DG 427 391 2.

  • 9.17: Rob's CD of the Week

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      Slavonic Dances in F major Op. 46 No. 4 & in C major Op. 72 No. 7

      Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

      • DG 419 056 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Soliloquy

    Performers: Ruth Bolister (oboe), Elgar Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Bell (conductor)

    • ASV CD DCA 1173.

  • 9.39: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Variations 16 - 21 of the Goldberg Variations BWV 988

      Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)

      • OPUS OPS3084.

  • Richard Wagner - Overture: The Flying Dutchman

    Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)

  • Franz Schubert

    Suleikas Gesang II D. 717

    Performers: Elly Ameling (soprano), J枚rg Demus (piano) 聽

    • EMI 6 79073 2.

  • Jean-Marie Leclair - Sonata for Violin and continuo No. 1 in A minor

    Performers: Fran莽ois Fernandez (violin), Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord), Philippe Pierlot (viola da gamba)

  • 10.30: Edward Gillespie's Choices

    • Minoru Miki

      Marimba Spiritual

      Performers: Evelyn Glennie (marimba), Percussionists from the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

      • TELDEC 4509978682.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Elegy in C minor

    Performers: Paul Tortelier (orchestra), Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)

    • EMI CDC 747 939 2.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Performers: Hall茅 Orchestra, John Barbirolli (conductor)

    • DUTTON LABORATORIES CDSJB1006.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Robert Schumann

      Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op. 120

      Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 769471 2.

  • Luis de Mil谩n

    Pavane VI

    Performers: Julian Bream (lute)

    • RCA 0902661606 2.

  • 11.28:

    • Manuel de Falla

      El amor brujo

      Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

      • EMI CDM 759 037 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Mar 2012 09:00
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