Thursday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures And Orchestral Works and Essential Choice: Balakirev: Piano Concerto No 2.
9am: A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures And Orchestral Works played by the Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev. 9:30am: A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. 10.30am: This week Sarah's guest is Stephen Bayley who played a major role in the foundation of the Design Museum. Author, critic, columnist, broadcaster and curator, Stephen is an expert commentator on matters relating to style, taste and contemporary design. His books and journalism, on subjects as diverse as the Albert Memorial, Commerce and Culture, Sex: a cultural history, Cars, and Woman as Design, have changed the way the world thinks about design. As well as talking about music, with the Olympic Games soon to begin, they'll also be discussing a new exhibition opening at the Design Museum: Sports vs Design. 11am: Sarah's Essential Choice. Balakirev: Piano Concerto No.2. Malcolm Binns (piano), English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Polka in B flat
Performers: Philip Martin (piano)
- HYPERION CDS444518.
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9.02: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Alexander Glazunov
Ouverture solennelle, Op. 73
Performers: Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
- NEWTON CLASSICS 8802037.
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C.P.E. Bach
Rondo in D minor Wq.62 / 19
Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
- DG 479 0356.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Op. 45
Performers: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin (conductor)
- RCA LIVING STEREO 63302.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Five bagatelles for string trio and harmonium - Allegretto scherzando
Performers: Domus
- VIRGIN 61904.
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa
O Maria Vernans Rosa
Performers: The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 701.
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9.43: Artist of the Week - Leonard Bernstein
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Leonard Bernstein (piano / director), Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- SONY 63086.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in A minor 'Fur Elise' WoO59
Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano)
- PHILIPS 4122272.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf
Performers: New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor and narrator)
- CBS 37765.
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10.30: Stephen Bayley's Choices
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV170 'Vergn眉gte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust' 鈥� Aria
Performers: Andreas Scholl (counter tenor), Ghent Collegium Vocale Orchestra, Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901644.
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Giacomo Puccini
"E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca)
Performers: Cavaradossi: Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Victor de Sabata (conductor)
- EMI 5856442.
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Dieterich Buxtehude
Sonata VII BuxWV258
Performers: The Purcell Quartet
- CHANDOS CHAN 0766.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Piano Concerto No. 2
Performers: Malcolm Binns (piano), English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA66640.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in C minor K.388
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- DG 4714422.
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