07/05/2013
Rob Cowan's guest is the writer, broadcaster and critic, Sarah Dunant. Sarah is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major acclaim.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Jean Fournet in Prague, SUPRAPHON SU 4122-2
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal.
10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest this week is the writer, broadcaster and critic, Sarah Dunant. Sarah is the author of the international bestseller The Birth of Venus, which has received major worldwide acclaim, and In the Company of the Courtesan. With the publication of Sacred Hearts she completed a Renaissance trilogy, bringing voice to the lives of three different women in three different historical contexts. Her most recent novel, based on the lives of the Borgias and entitled Blood and Beauty, was published earlier this month. Sarah was a founding vice patron of the Orange Prize for women's fiction. She sits on the editorial board of the Royal Academy magazine, and reviews for The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent on Sunday.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
Michael Flanders (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Efrem Kurtz (conductor).
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Gabriel Faur茅
Allegretto moderato for two cellos
Performers: Steven Isserlis and David Waterman (cellos)
- RCA 09026680492.
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on the St Anthony Chorale (Haydn Variations)
Performers: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
- EMI 5686552.
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Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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C茅sar Franck
Les eolides
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU 41222.
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C茅sar Franck
Le chasseur maudit
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU 41222.
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Today's Brainteaser
Critic's Corner
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117 No.2
Performers: Radu Lupu (piano)
- DECCA 4757070.
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Artist of the Week - Jean-Pierre Rampal
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Sonata in F minor
Performers: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord)
- EMI 5696422.
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Igor Stravinsky
Suite No 2 for small orchestra
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch (conductor)
- PHILIPS 4389732.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
Intrada & Introduction (original version Glagolitic Mass)
Performers: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9310.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Bourees from Cello Suite no 3
Performers: Janos Starker (cello)
- MERCURY 432 757 2.
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Artist of the Week - Jean-Pierre Rampal
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Ibert
Flute Concerto
Performers: Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Orchestra of the Lamoureux Concerts Association, Louis de Froment (conductor)
- ERATO 2292458392.
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10.30: Sarah Dunant's Choices
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Michael Nyman
The Promise (from the film score to The Piano)
Performers: Michael Nyman (conductor and piano), Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
- VENTURE CDVEX 919.
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11am; Rob's Essential Choice
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf, Op 67
Performers: Michael Flanders (narrator), Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz (conductor)
- EMI 聽CDM 7631772.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral'
Performers: Alfred Brendel (piano)
- PHILIPS 4466242.
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Sommer
Auslesne Paduanen, 1607: Paduana-Galliard
Performers: Concentus Musicus, Ensemble fur alte Musik
- AMADEO 423 418 2.
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