Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: Peter Hurford - Bach Great Organ Works; actor and author Simon Callow; Essential Choice: Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44.
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
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44
Martha Argerich (piano)
Dora Schwarzberg & Lucy Hall (violins)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Mischa Maisky (cello).
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Dora Schwarzberg. Performer: Lucy Hall. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Mischa Maisky.- Schumann: Chamber Works: Martha Argerich.
- EMI Classics.
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Samaniego
Tocata de ministriles (1665)
Performers: Los M煤sicos de Su Alteza, Luis Antonio Gonz谩les (director)
- ALPHA 153.
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Mozart
Piano Sonata in C, K.309
Performers: Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
- PHILIPS 422 722 2.
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Percy Grainger
We were dreamers
Performers: 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)
- CHANDOS 10638.
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9.19: Sarah's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasy in C minor, BWV 562
Performers: Peter Hurford (organ of The Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Toronto)
- DECCA 443 487 2.
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9.30:
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Today's Brainteaser
Only Connect
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Francaix
L'heure de berger
Performers: Ivan Kl谩nsky (piano), Prague Wind Quintet
- PRAGA PRD250126.
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Meyerbeer
Mina; La Fille de l'air
Performers: Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Melvyn Tan (fortepiano)
- ARCHIV 4690742.
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Benjamin Britten
Variations from Act 3 scene 2 'The Prince of the Pagodas'
Performers: London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen (conductor)
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VCD 759 578 2.
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Peter Donahoe's 50 Great Pianists
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Albinoni improvised Montero
Adagio
Performers: Gabriela Montero
- EMI 514838 2.
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Ginastera
Danzas Argentinas
Performers: Gabriela Montero
- EMI 558039 2.
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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.Performers: San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
- RCA 09026 635 112.
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10.30: Simon Callow's Choices
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Gustav Mahler
Abschied (conclusion of the 6th movement from Das Lied von der Erde)
Performers: Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), 91热爆 Northern Symphony, Raymond Leppard (conductor)
- 91热爆M 5012-2.
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Toru Takemitsu
Music of Training and Rest (from Jose Torres)
Performers: London Sinfonietta, John Adams (conductor)
- NONESUCH 7559-79404-2.
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11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
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Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44
Performers: Martha Argerich (piano), Dora Schwarzberg & Lucy Hall (violins), Nobuko Imai (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello)
- EMI CDS 555484 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 49 'La Passione'
Performers: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Frans Br眉ggen (conductor)
- PHILIPS 462 117 2.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 49 'La Passione'
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