Thursday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Rob's Essential Choice: Walton: Cello Concerto.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: three of Neville Marriner's earliest recordings with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, reissued on CD for the first time: Neville Marriner: The First Recordings - DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802330
9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the pianist Gerhard Oppitz.
10.30am
This week the focus is on the art world, with the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition - the world's largest open-submission contemporary art show, now in its 244th year - coinciding with the London Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia. Rob's guest is Dame Rosalind Savill, the British museum and art curator, and acknowledged world authority on ceramics.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Brahms
Double Concerto in A minor Op.102
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein (conductor)
RCA LIVING STEREO 63531.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto RV181 - Allegro (alternative ending RV181a)
Performers: Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi (violin director)
- NA脧VE OP 30533.
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Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 1: Gagliarda; Passo mezzo e Mascherada
Performers: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
- WARNER APEX 2564696152.
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9.10: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Concerto a 5 in A minor Op. 5 No. 5
Performers: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
- DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2330.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in B flat KV.137
Performers: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown (conductor)
- SIMAX PSC1035.
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9.31: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz
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Franz Schubert
Three Piano Pieces D.946 鈥� Allegretto
Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
- HANSSLER 98.287.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite: Waltz of the Flowers
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- SONY 48056.
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Brahms arr. Swensen
Scherzo from 'F-A-E' Sonata
Performers: Malmo Opera Orchestra, Joseph Swensen (violin conductor)
- SIGNUM SIGCD191.
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Sullivan
The Lost Chord
Performers: Stuart Burrowes (tenor), The Ambrosian Singers, Martin Neary (organ), Wyn Morris (conductor)
- DECCA 4336732.
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Anthony Collins
Vanity Fair
Performers: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor)
- VANGUARD 08611871.
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10.10: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Gerhard Oppitz (piano)
- DG 429 7292.
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10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choice
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Francis Poulenc
Organ Concerto in G minor
Performers: Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, James Conlon (conductor)
- ERATO 88141.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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William Walton
Cello Concerto
Performers: Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch (conductor)
- RCA LIVING STEREO 66375.
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Anon.
Anon. - El Mariner
Performers: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
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Luigi Boccherini
Quintet in E Op.13 No.5
Performers: Alexander Schneider and Felix Galimir (violins), Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer and Lynn Harrell (cellos)
- VANGUARD 08611871.
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