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Wednesday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Szymon Goldberg and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Artist of the Week: Andres Segovia; Writer Paul Bailey's favourite music.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Szymon Goldberg and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra RETROSPECTIVE 93407

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, guitarist, Andres Segovia.

10.30am
Rob Cowan's guest on Essential Classics this week is the writer and critic Paul Bailey, who won a scholarship to The Central School of Speech and Drama, and began his career as an actor. In 1967 he became a freelance writer. He was awarded the E.M. Forster Award in 1974 and the George Orwell Prize for his essay 'The Limitations of Despair' in 1978. His novels, 'Peter Smart's Confessions' (1977) and 'Gabriel's Lament' (1986), were both shortlisted for the Booker Prize, he has written plays for radio and TV and his non-fiction writings include biographies of Cynthia Payne and Quentin Crisp.

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Wed 29 Aug 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Waltz Op. 54 No. 2

    Performers: Prague String Quartet

    • DG 463 165-2.

  • 9.03am

    • Johannes Brahms

      Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

      • MERCURY 434 326-2.

  • 9.21am: ROB'S ESSENTIAL CD OF THE WEEK

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 9 No. 5 'La Cetra'

      Performers: Szymon Goldberg (violin, conductor), Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

      • RETROSPECTIVE 93407.

  • 9.31am: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA

    • Francisco T谩rrega

      Recuerdos de la Alhambra

      Performers: Andr茅s Segovia (guitar)

      • DG 471 697-2.

  • 9.42am

    • Bach orch. Schoenberg

      Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552, 'St Anne'

      Performers: CBC Symphony Orchestra, Robert Craft (conductor)

      • SONY 92987 78746-2.

  • 9.58am

    • Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Flos Campi

      Performers: Choir of King's College Cambridge, The Jacques Orchestra with Cecil Aronowitz (solo viola), David Willcocks (conductor)

      • EMI CDM769962-2.

  • 10.19am: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA

    • Fernando Sor

      Etudes (selection): Op. 6 No. 2 in A major; Op. 35 No. 17 in D major; Op. 35 No. 16 in D m

      Performers: Andr茅s Segovia (guitar)

      • DG 471 430.

  • 10.30am: PAUL BAILEY'S CHOICE

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet in F major, Op. 135

      Performers: Takacs Quartet

      • DECCA 470 849-2.

  • 10.58am

    • Louis Couperin

      Air Leger (Huitieme Concert, dans le gout Theatral - Les Gouts Reunis)

      Performers: Musica Ad Rhenum

      • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92178.

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  • Wed 29 Aug 2012 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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