Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Rob's Essential Choice: Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E 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
Brahms
Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SBK 46330.
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Fritz Kreisler
Liebesfreud 聽
Performers: Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Brooks Smith (piano) 聽聽
- DG 477 9942.
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Uuno Klami
Suomenlinna Overture Op. 30 聽
Performers: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam (conductor)
- ONDINE ODE 1112-2 聽.
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Jean Sibelius
10 Piano pieces Op. 58: No. 5 (In the evening) & No. 6 (Dialogue)
Performers: Olli Mustonen 聽
- ONDINE ODE 1014-2.
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9.20: Rob's CD of the Week
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in A flat major Op. 72 No. 8
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 419 056 2.
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9.30: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂
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Thomas Morley
Galiarda
Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)
- ALPHA ALPHA081.
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Robert Schumann
Manfred Overture 聽聽
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL 88697884.
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9.45: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering: Canon 1 a 2 (cancrizans); Ricercar a 6
Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord), Le Concert des Nations
- ALIA VOX AV9817.
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Carl Orff
Closing part of Carmina Burana
Performers: Lynne Dawson (soprano), San Francisco Symphony & Chorus conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
- DECCA 4305092.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 26 in E flat K. 184 聽
Performers: Mozart Akademie Amsterdam, Jaap ter Linden (conductor)
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94295.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne no 20 in C minor
Arranger: Milstein Performers: Nathan Milstein (violin), Leon Pommers (piano)
- EMI 7648302.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonatas in F minor Kk185 & B flat major Kk249
Performers: Pierre Hantai (harpsichord)
- MIRARE MIR9918.
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Maurice Durufl茅
Santus & Pie Jesu from Requiem
Performers: Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Hugh (cello), John Butt (organ), Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge, Philip Ledger (conductor)
- HMV HMV5721212.
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Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man
Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
- CBS MLK39443.
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Edward Elgar
Sospiri for strings, piano and organ Op. 70
Performers: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor)
- TELDEC 4509923742.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98
Performers: Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
- SONY CLASSICAL SBK 46330.
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Vittorio Rieti
Allegro danzante
Performers: Jonathan Plowright (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67903.
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Felix Mendelssohn
End of Part 1 of Elijah
Performers: Leipzig Radio Choir and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 4201062.
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