Wednesday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Peter Hurford - Bach Great Organ Works; The guest is actor and author Simon Callow; Essential Choice: Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1.
9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Peter Hurford - JS Bach Great Organ Works
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and Sarah's recommended performance by the next pianist in Peter Donohoe's survey of 50 Great Pianists. This week in Essential Classics as part of Piano Season, Sarah will be showcasing pianists and piano music from the USA, the Far East and beyond.
10.30am
Sarah is joined by her guest for the week, actor and author Simon Callow, discussing his essential pieces of classical music.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op. 49
David Golub: piano
Mark Kaplan: violin
Colin Carr: cello
ARABESQUE Z6599.
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Scott Joplin
Elite Syncopations
Performers: Joshua Rifkin (piano)
- NONESUCH 7559 79447 2.
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9.03: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
Performers: Peter Hurford (organ of The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
- DECCA 443 486 2.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sinfonia in G, Wq 183 No. 1/H666
Performers: CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra, Hartmut Haenchen (conductor)
- CAPRICCIO 10175.
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Albeniz trans. Segovia
Asturias and Tango
Performers: John Williams (guitar)
- SONY CLASSICAL SBK 46347.
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Today's Brainteaser
The Year in Question
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S514
Performers: Van Cliburn (piano)
- RCA GD60417.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Trio Sonata in A minor for recorder, oboe & continuo
Performers: Camerata K枚ln
- DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI GD77017.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Waltz no 11 op 70 no 1
Performers: Maria Joao Pires (piano)
- ERATO ECD88067.
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Peter Donahoe's 50 Great Pianists
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no 27 in B flat K595
Performers: Richard Goode (piano)
- NONESUCH 7559796082.
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10.30: Simon Callow's Choices
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Chopin arr. Stokowski
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
- CALA CACD0525.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme: Act I (conclusion)
Performers: Mimi: Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Rodolfo: Jussi Bj枚rling (tenor), RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (conductor)
- EMI CDC 7472358.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Performers: David Golub (piano), Mark Kaplan (violin), Colin Carr (cello)
- ARABESQUE Z6599.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Czech Suite
Performers: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek (conductor)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VB5618532.
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Liszt arr Horowitz
Hungarian Rhapsody no 15
Performers: Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
- RCA GD87755.
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