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Wednesday - Andrew McGregor

With Andrew McGregor. Including Essential CD of the Week: Leonid Kogan in Italian and Spanish music; Artist of the Week: conductor Paavo Berglund; Bernstein: Symphony No 2.

9am
Andrew McGregor presents a selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Leonid Kogan plays Italian and Spanish Music, MELODIYA MEL CD 1001 2920

9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by the Artist of the Week, Paavo Berglund.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest this week is wine critic and journalist Jancis Robinson. Jancis started her wine writing career in 1975, when she became assistant editor for the trade magazine Wine & Spirit. In 1984 she became the first person outside the wine trade to become a Master of Wine. She also served as British Airways' wine consultant, supervised the BA Concorde cellar luxury selection, and provides advice for the Queen's wine cellar. Her book, Jancis Robinson's Wine Course, written to accompany her 91热爆 2 series, has been published in several editions. She was made an OBE in 2003, and her many accolades include multiple Glenfiddich Awards and Andr茅 Simon Memorial Awards. As a wine writer she edited The Oxford Companion to Wine, and The World Atlas of Wine, which she co-authored with Hugh Johnson, is one of the world's leading wine atlases. She currently writes for her own website, as well as a weekly column for the Financial Times.

11am
The Essential Choice

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2 (Age of Anxiety)
Philippe Entremont (piano)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY 60697.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    German Dance in D, K.567 No. 4

    Performers: Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 422 647-2.

  • 9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week

    • Albeniz arr. Heifetz

      In the port (Iberia Suite, No. 2); Sevillia (Spanish Suite, No. 3)

      Performers: Leonid Kogan (violin), Andrei Mytnik (piano)

      • MELODIYA MEL CD 1001292.

  • 9.10am

    • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Concerto for harpsichord and fortpiano H.479 (Wq. 47)

      Performers: L茅on Berben (harpsichord), Robert Hill (fortepiano), Musica Antiqua of Cologne, Reinhard Goebel (conductor)

      • ARCHIV 479 0377.

  • 9.30am

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 3

      Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)

      • DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 274-2.

  • 9.38: Artist of the Week - Paavo Berglund

    • Bedrich Smetana

      Tabor (Ma Vlast)

      Performers: Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor)

      • EMI CZS 568649-2.

  • 9.50am

    • Edward Elgar

      "The Singers are before the Altar" (The Kingdom, Part 2)

      Performers: Margaret Marshall (soprano), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor)

      • CHANDOS CHAN8788/89.

  • 9.58am

    • Richard Strauss

      Oboe Concerto

      Performers: Douglas Boyd (oboe), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund (conductor)

      • ASV CD COE 808.

  • 10.23am

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      No.5 in D major; No.6 in F sharp minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' (Lieder ohne Worte, Op.

      Performers: Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

      • BIS-CD-1982.

  • 10.30: Jancis Robinson's Choice

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Pura siccome un angelo (La Traviata, Act II)

      Performers: Sherrill Milnes (Germont), Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Bavarian Sate Opera Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)

      • DG 415 132-2.

  • 10.48: Jancis Robinson's Choice

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Mass in C minor: Kyrie

      Performers: Maria Stader (soprano), Choir of St Hedwig鈥檚 Cathedral, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)

      • DG 429 161-2.

  • 10.56am

    • Trad. arr. Blackwell

      Lo how a Rose e'er blooming

      Performers: Choir of Merton College, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor)

      • DELPHIAN DCD34122.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Leonard Bernstein

      Symphony No. 2 'Age of Anxiety'

      Performers: Philippe Entremont (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

      • SONY BSM3K 47162.

  • 11.39am

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Violin Sonata, Op.30 No.3

      Performers: Josef Suk (violin), Jan Panenka (piano)

      • SUPRAPHON SU4077-2.

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