Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Russell Grant
With Rob Cowan. Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again; Brainteaser: Back to the Beginning; Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope; Essential Choice: Ravel: Ma mere l'oye.
Rob Cowan with his guest, astrologer and media personality Russell Grant.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Eric Coates - London Again: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under John Wilson, AVIE 2070. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30. Today - Back to the Beginning.
10am
Artist of the Week: Daniel Hope
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the astrologer and media personality, Russell Grant. Russell has written several books on Astrology and regularly provides newspaper horoscopes. He is best known for his appearances on radio (大象传媒 Radio 2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon) and breakfast television shows such as This Morning with Richard and Judy, offering astrological advice. More recently, he has appeared in several reality television shows including Celebrity Fit Club, Kitchen Burnout and most notably, Strictly Come Dancing and its sister show, It Takes Two.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice:
Ravel
Ma mere l'oye
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux (conductor)
PHILIPS.
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Music Played
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Madamina, il catalogo 猫 questo (Don Giovanni)
Music Arranger: Josef Triebensee. Ensemble: Budapester Bl盲serensemble.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Carl Nielsen
Overture: Maskarade
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Keyboard Concerto in F major, H XVIII 7
Performer: Mikhail Pletnev. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Virgin.
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Eric Coates
Mayfair (London Again)
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.- Avie.
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Openings
Conductor: anon. -
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Gerald Finzi
Elegy in F major Op.22
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.- Nimbus.
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Richard Strauss
Serenade, Op. 7
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.- Arte Nova Classics.
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Percy Grainger
Country Gardens
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Chandos.
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Peter Warlock
Bethlehem Down
Performer: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Layton (conductor).- HELIOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata in G, K.379
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.- Warner.
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Giuseppe Verdi
I vespri siciliani, Overture
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor).- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- DG.
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Ignacio de Jerusalem y Stella
Amen (from Mass in D)
Performer: Chanticleer. Performer: Joseph Jennings (director).- TELDEC.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma mere l'oye
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.- Philips.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel Suite
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor).- DECCA ELOQUENCE.
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Anon, Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor) & Ex-Cathedra
Riu, Riu Chiu
- ASV.
Today's Brainteaser Answer
Openings
The music played:
Brahms
Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony Chorale Variations)
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 435 349 2聽
Grainger
Country Gardens
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9584聽
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Iona Brown (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
DECCA 430 093 2聽
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