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Monday - Rob Cowan with Omid Djalili

With Rob Cowan. Includes Five Reasons to Love Dvorak's Slavonic Dances; CD Review Building a Library: Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann (excerpts); Bach: The Art of Fugue (excerpts).

9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Dvor谩k's Slavonic Dances'. Dvor谩k's dances were an instant hit on their publication in 1878, propelling the Czech composer to international fame. A second set brought the total to sixteen dances. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for these miniature masterpieces, showcasing interpretations by conductors including Rafael Kubelik, Jean Martinon and V谩clav Talich.

9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.

10am
Rob's guest is the stand-up comedian and actor Omid Djalili. Omid has a varied career across stage and screen and is well known for his popular sketch shows and sell-out international tours. He will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob every day at 10am.

10.30am
Rob features the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD review

Offenbach
Tales of Hoffmann (excerpt)

11am
Rob's artist of the week is Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, whose performances display virtuosity, poetry and insight in equal measure. Sokolov is regarded as one of the greatest living pianists in Europe, but his refusal to make studio recordings has meant a relative lack of recognition in the UK and USA. This is starting to change following his recent contract, for live recordings only, with Deutsche Grammophon. Throughout the week Rob explores Sokolov's penetrating interpretations of masterpieces from Bach to Prokofiev and Stravinsky, by way of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Scriabin.

Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (excerpts).

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Music Played

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld, Act 2; Ballet des mouches: galop

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • EMI.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.

  • Franz Liszt

    Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, S 382 bis

    Performer: Ulf Wallin. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.

  • L茅on Bo毛llmann

    Symphonic Variations, Op 23

    Performer: Paul Tortelier. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.

  • Charles Gounod

    Faust: Waltz from Act 2

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor 'F眉r Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Earl Wild. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • SONY.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Tales of Hoffman: Act I (conclusion)

    Performer: R茅my Corazza. Performer: G茅rard Friedmann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Singer: Ann Murray. Singer: Pl谩cido Domingo. Choir: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. Singer: Catherine Malfitano. Conductor: James Levine. Singer: Jos茅 van Dam.
    • ORFEO.

  • Liadov

    Song of Praise from 'Birthday'

    Ensemble: Shostakovich Quartet.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus 1

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • NAIVE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue: Contrapunctus inversus 12 a 4

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • NAIVE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Art of Fugue: Canon alla Ottava

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • NAIVE.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat, Op 71 No 3

    Ensemble: Griller Quartet.
    • VANGUARD.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony in G minor, WoO 29 ('Zwickau')

    Orchestra: Radio Kamer Filharmonie. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • CHALLENGE.

Relative Values

Gounod and Saint-Saens: Pupil and Teacher听

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Saint-Saens听

Symphony No. 3 in C minor 鈥極rgan鈥櫶�

James O鈥橠onnell (organ)听

London听Philharmonic听Orchestra听

Yannick听Nezet-Seguin (conductor)听

LPO 0081

听

Gounod听

Faust: Act II Waltz听

Detroit Symphony Orchestra听

Paul听Paray听(conductor)听

MERCURY LIVING听PRESENCE 432 014-2

Broadcast

  • Mon 25 May 2015 09:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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