Monday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Karajan Conducts Works of the Great Composers; Artists of the Week: Il Giardino Armonico; Schumann: Myrthen, Op 25.
This week Rob Cowan is joined by arts administrator and broadcaster Sir John Tusa. During the 1980s Sir John was a main presenter of 91热爆 2's Newsnight programme, after which he was managing director of the 91热爆 World Service. From 1995 until 2007 he was managing director of the City of London's Barbican Arts Centre, and since 1998 he has been chairman of the board of the Wigmore Hall. He has written two books jointly with his historian wife Ann Tusa: The Nuremberg Trial and The Berlin Blockade. His writings on the arts include On Creativity, The Janus Aspect: Artists in the C20 and more recently, Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline (2007), which explores ways that the arts can be encouraged in climates where funding is constantly under threat. He continues to write and broadcast widely.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Karajan Conducts Works Of The Great Composers: MAJOR CLASSICS M3CD305
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artists of the Week, the pioneering Italian early music ensemble, Il Giardino Armonico.
10.30am
This week Rob Cowan is joined by arts administrator and broadcaster Sir John Tusa. During the 1980s Sir John was a main presenter of 91热爆 2's Newsnight programme, after which he was managing director of the 91热爆 World Service. From 1995 until 2007 he was managing director of the City of London's Barbican Arts Centre, and since 1998 he has been chairman of the board of the Wigmore Hall. He has written two books jointly with his historian wife Ann Tusa: The Nuremberg Trial and The Berlin Blockade. His writings on the arts include On Creativity, The Janus Aspect: Artists in the C20 and more recently, Engaged with the Arts: Writings from the Frontline (2007), which explores ways that the arts can be encouraged in climates where funding is constantly under threat. He continues to write and broadcast widely.
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Robert Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9: Paganini
Performers: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
- WARNER 25646342624.
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9.02: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- MAJOR CLASSICS M3CD305.
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Chopin arr. Godowksy
Waltz No. 1 in E flat, Op. 18 'Grande valse brillante'
Performers: Jorge Bolet (piano)
- DECCA 425 0592.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento, K.252
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- DG 471 4352.
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Today's Brainteaser
Who's Dancing?
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.38: Artists of the Week - Il Giardino Armonico
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Battalia for Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo in D major
Performers: Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- TELDEC 3984214542.
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Falla
Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the Miller's Wife
Performers: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
- DG 447 414-2.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in D, Op. 6 No. 5
Performers: Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- DG 478 0319.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
- DECCA 475 4652.
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dumka, Op. 59
Performers: Brigitte Engerer (piano)
- DECCA 4810009.
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10.30: Sir John Tusa's Choices
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Joseph Haydn
'Nelson' Mass in D minor (conclusion): Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei qui tollis; Agnus De
Performers: Felicity Lott (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo-soprano), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), Choir of the English Concert, English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
- ARCHIV 423 0972.
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Antonio Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)
- DG 463 483-2.
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Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op. 25 (selection)
Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday鈥檚 CD Review
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quartet in E flat, Op. 87
Performers: Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Brande (viola), Torleif Thedeen (cello)
- EMI 7211925.
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