Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63.
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
Sibelius
Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
FINLANDIA 060149512.
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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 F major Op. 72 No. 3
Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- DG 419 056 2.
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Franz Danzi - Wind Quintet in G minor Op. 56 No. 2
Performers: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Chanson g茅orgienne: "Oh! Cesse de chanter, gentile jeune fille" Op. 4 No. 4
Performers: Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
- EMI CDM 764078 2.
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9.24: Rob's CD of the Week
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in in G minor Op. 46 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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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata in A minor for recorder, oboe and continuo
Performers: S茅bastien Marq (recorder), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), J茅r么me Hanta茂 (viola da gamba), Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)
- ASTREE E8554.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dances No. 15 in B flat & No. 10 in F
Orchestrator: Brahms Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- MERCURY 434 326 2.
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9.45: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hanta茂
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 848 (Well Tempered Clavier Bk 1)
Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)
- MIRARE MIR9930.
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George Frideric Handel
Galatea's aria from Cantata 'Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'
Performers: Delphine Haidan (soprano), Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim (director)
- VIRGIN 730 799 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K. 421
Performers: Juilliard String Quartet
- SONY CLASSICAL 88697884152.
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10.30: Edward Gillespie's Choices
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Arranger: Jonathan Rathbone Performers: Swingle Singers
- SWINGCD 17.
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Harty
In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)
Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN6525.
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Johannes Brahms
Botschaft op 47 no 1 & Staendchen op 106 no 1
Performers: Hans Hotter (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
- EMI 264901 2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63
Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund (conductor)
- FINLANDIA 060149512.
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Edvard Grieg
Melodie op 47 no 3
Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
- DG 459 671 2.
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Robert Schumann
Konzertst眉ck in F major for 4 horns and orchestra Op. 86
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
- DG 453 482 2.
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