Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Homage to Pavlova; Artist of the Week: Quartetto Italiano; Rob's Essential Choice: Wagner: Das Rheingold (excerpts).
With Rob Cowan and his guest Alex Jennings
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: 'Homage To Pavlova' with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge. Also, at 9:30am, our daily brainteaser - Who's Dancing?
10am
Artist of the Week: Quartetto Italiano
10.30am
With Radio 3 having just marked Benjamin Britten's centenary, our guest on Essential Classics is acclaimed actor Alex Jennings. He has a particular insight into the life of Britten, having played him on stage at the National Theatre in Alan Bennett's play, The Habit of Art. Alex Jennings has played many other leading roles in productions at the National Theatre, as well as at the RSC. He has also performed in Bernstein's Candide at the English National Opera and won an Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the role of Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Demonstrating his versatility, he has won two other Oliver awards for roles in the Russian comedy Too Clever by Half and Ibsen's Peer Gynt. His TV appearances include The State Within, Inspector Morse, Silk, Spooks and The Inspector Alleyn Myteries, whilst his film roles include Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and The Queen, in which he played Prince Charles.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Wagner
Das Rheingold: Prelude, Interludes and entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Orchestre de l'Op茅ra National de Paris
Philippe Jordan (conductor)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Suite No. 1 in D minor, Op. 43: Marche Militaire
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA.
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Alfredo Catalani
Elda: Danze della Ondine
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Decca Eloquence.
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George Frideric Handel
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Overture
Orchestra: King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.- Hyperion.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
The Noonday Witch Op.108
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Warner.
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Who's Dancing?
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 2 in D, K.155
Ensemble: Quartetto Italiano.- Philips.
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Elena Kats鈥怌hernin
Wild Swans: Eliza and the Prince
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.- ABC.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra No.5 in F BWV
Performer: Glenn Gould (piano). Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Golschmann (conductor).- SONY.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Keyboard and Orchestra No.5 in F BWV
Performer: Glenn Gould (piano). Performer: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Vladimir Golschmann (conductor).- SONY.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135
Ensemble: Quartetto Italiano.- Decca.
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Fritz Kreisler
Rondino on a theme by Beethoven
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (violin). Performer: Istvan Hajdu (piano).- PHILIPS.
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings: Prologue; Pastoral; Nocturne
Singer: Peter Pears. Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.- Decca.
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Arturo M谩rquez
Danzon No. 2
Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.- DG.
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Johann Steuerlein
Wie Lieblich ist der Maien
Performer: Dresden Vocal Consort.- BERLIN CLASSICS.
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Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold: Prelude, Interludes and Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.- Erato.
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Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin
Scherzo from Quartet No.5
Performer: Borodin Quartet.- TELDEC.
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Claude Debussy
La Mer
Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Tchaikovsky
Album for the Young Op.39 (selection)
Performer: Borodin Quartet.- TELDEC.
Today's Brainteaser Answer
Who's Dancing? The Swans in Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
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The music played:
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Concertgebouw Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
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