Friday - 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 and critic Paul Bailey.
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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Bach arr. Holst
Fugue 脿 la Gigue, BWV 577
Performers: 91热爆 Philharmonic, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
- CHANDOS CHAN 9835.
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9.03am [0.03]: ROB'S ESSENTIAL CD OF THE WEEK
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 44 in E minor
Performers: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Szymon Goldberg (conductor)
- RETROSPECTIVE 93407.
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9.26am [0.26]
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Gabriel Faur茅
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Performers: Alban Gerhardt (cello), Cecile Licad (piano)
- HYPERION CDA67872.
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9.32am [0.32]: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA
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Luis de Narv谩ez
Variations on 'Gu谩rdame Las Vacas'
Performers: Andr茅s Segovia (guitar)
- UNIVERSAL UMD80467.
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9.40am [0.40]
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Franz Liszt
贵别蝉迟办濒盲苍驳别
Performers: Vienna Academy Orchestra, Martin Haselb枚ck (conductor)
- MEMBRAN 60255.
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10.00am [1.00]
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture to 1858 original production
Performers: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
- EMI CDS 749472-2.
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10.04am [1.04]
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Jacques Offenbach
Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture to 1860 Vienna production
Performers: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
- TESTAMENT SBT1277.
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10.15am [1.15]: ARTIST OF THE WEEK - ANDRES SEGOVIA
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Gaspar Sanz
贰蝉辫补帽辞濒别迟迟补
Performers: Andr茅s Segovia (guitar)
- UNIVERSAL UMD 80467.
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Pedrell
Gutiarreo
Performers: Andr茅s Segovia (guitar)
- DG 471 697-2.
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10.18am [1.18]
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C茅sar Franck
Eolides
Performers: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
- DG 476 2800.
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10.30am [1.30]: PAUL BAILEY'S CHOICES
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Bach arr. Webern
Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci (Musical Offering, BWV 1079)
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
- DG 447 099-2.
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10.40am [1.40]: ROB'S PERSONAL SHOPPER PIECE FOR PAUL
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Paul Constantinescu
Suite for piano: 1st movement, Joc
Performers: Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano)
- BERLIN CLASSICS 0016642BC.
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10.45am [1.45]
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Bedrich Smetana
The Swallows are Back (Three Female Choruses)
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Chorus, Josef Veselka (chorus master)
- SUPRAPHON SU3040-2.
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10.47am [1.47]
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Benjamin
Benjamin - Concerto in C minor on themes by Cimarosa
Performers: Heinz Holliger (oboe), I Musici
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