Friday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Karajan Conducts Works of the Great Composers; Artists of the Week: Il Giardino Armonico; Rob's Essential Choice: Schumann: Ruckert-Lieder.
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.
11am: Rob's Essential Choice
Schumann
R眉ckert-Lieder Op. 37
Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano)
Anthony Spiri (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902031.
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Billy Mayerl
Robots
Performers: Philip Martin (piano)
- SOMMCD 0124.
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Leonard Bernstein
Divertimento for Orchestra
Performers: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
- DG 415 9662.
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9.19: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Johann Strauss II
Blue Danube Waltz
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
- MAJOR CLASSICS M3CD305.
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Bedrich Smetana
Rondo in C for wo pianos, eight hands
Performers: Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein, Anton Gerzenberg, Daniel Gerzenberg (pianos)
- EMI 9721119.
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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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9.32: Artists of the Week - Il Giardino Armonico
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 11 No. 2/RV 277 "Il favorito"
Performers: Viktoria Mullova聽(violin), Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- ONYX 4001.
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Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances Arie di Corte
Performers: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff (conductor)
- WARNER APEX 2564696152.
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10am: Artists of the Week - Il Giardino Armonico
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Performers: Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- WARNER 2564617732.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata No.53 in E minor Hob XVI: 34
Performers: Emanuel Ax (piano)
- SONY 88765440182.
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10.30: Sir John Tusa's Choice
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Giuseppe Verdi
Don Carlo: "Ella giammai m'amo"
Performers: Boris Christoff (baritone), Rome Opera Orchestra, Gabrielle Santini (conductor)
- EMI 7646422.
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Leclair
Tambourin
Performers: Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Istvan Hajdu (piano)
- PHILIPS PHCP4955.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Robert Schumann
R眉ckert-Lieder, Op. 37
Performers: Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano), Anthony Spiri (piano)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902031.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K.191
Performers: Guilhaume Santana (bassoon), Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DG 4779331.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
The Fiddler's Child
Performers: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomas Netopil (conductor)
- SUPRAPHON SU41312.
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Marco Uccellini
Sonata XVIII
Performers: Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini (conductor)
- WARNER 2564632642.
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