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Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Rob's Essential Choice. Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: three of Neville Marriner's earliest recordings with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, reissued on CD for the first time: Neville Marriner: The First Recordings - DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802330

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the pianist Gerhard Oppitz.

10.30am
This week the focus is on the art world, with the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition - the world's largest open-submission contemporary art show, now in its 244th year - coinciding with the London Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia. Rob's guest is Dame Rosalind Savill, the British museum and art curator, and acknowledged world authority on ceramics.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Dvorak
Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104
The recommended recording as chosen in Building a Library from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Puck

    Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)

    • DG 463 483-2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Midsummer Night's Dream - Overture Op. 21

    Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag (conductor)

    • DECCA 466 990-2.

  • Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Arcangelo Corelli

      Concerto Grosso in D Op. 6 No. 7

      Performers: Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)

      • DECCA ELOQUENCE 480 2330.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mourning Ode 'Verstummt, verstummt, ihr holden Saiten!' BWV 198

    Performers: Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano), Musical Florea, Marek Stryncl (conductor)

    • ARCHIV 457 367-2.

  • 9.35: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Robert Schumann

      Konzertst眉ck for four horns, Op. 86 (arr. for piano)

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano), Bamberger Symphoniker, Marc Andrae (conductor)

      • TUDOR 7181.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    Il Giulio Sabino - Sinfonias I, II & III

    Performers: Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata (conductor)

    • CDA67893.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Performers: St Mary's Choir Edinburgh, Duncan Ferguson (conductor)

    • DELPHIAN DC34071.

  • 10.11: Artist of the Week - Gerhard Oppitz

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

      Performers: Gerhard Oppitz (piano)

      • HANSSLER 98.208.

  • 10.30: Dame Rosalind Savill's Choices

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Fidelio - Act I, Prisoners Chorus

      Performers: Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, Michael Halasz (conductor)

      • NAXOS 8.660070-71.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Ballade No. 4 in B Op.10

    Performers: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

    • DG 469 820-2.

  • 11am:

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      Cello Concerto

      Performers: Pierre Fournier (cello), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)

      • DG 4741672.

  • Franz Schubert

    Szene aus Goethes Faust D.126

    Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Janet baker (mezzo soprano), RIAS Chamber Choir, Gerald Moore (piano)

    • BRILLIANT 94082.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Les Sylphides (opening)

    Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Irving (conductor)

    • EMI 9498342.

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  • Mon 11 Jun 2012 09:00
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