Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: The Last Night of the Proms; Artist of the Week: Otto Klemperer; Rob's Essential Choice: Liszt: Piano Concerto No 2 in A.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: The Last Night of the Proms, GUILD.
9.30-10.30am
A daily brainteaser, and performances by our Artist of the Week, Otto Klemperer.
10.30am
Rob?s guest this week is the author David Mitchell, whose first novel, Ghostwritten (1999), won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His two subsequent novels were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize: number9dream (2001); and Cloud Atlas (2004), which was made into a film starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. In 2003, he was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, and four years later he was listed among Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World. As well as novels, David has also written opera libretti: Wake, based on the 2000 Enschede fireworks disaster with music by Klaas de Vries, was performed by the Dutch National Reisopera in 2010. Most recently, he worked with the Dutch composer and video director Michel van der Aa on the opera Sunken Garden, premiered earlier this year by English National Opera.
11am
Essential Choice ? A Great Proms Performance
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
John Ogden (piano)
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor).
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Billy Mayerl
Whirligig (Aquarium Suite)
Performers: Philip Martin (piano)
- SOMM SOMMCD 0124.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV 1055
Performers: Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwwod (director)
- L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE 443 326-2.
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9.16: Rob's Essential CD of the Week
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Andante cantabile (String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11)
Performers: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
- GUILD GHCD 2393.
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Eduard Strauss
Alpenrose, Polka mazurka, Op. 127
Performers: Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra, Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
- EMI CDC 747449-2.
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9.30am
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Today's Brainteaser
Maths Puzzle
Performers: The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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9.32: Artist of the Week - Otto Klemperer
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72
Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
- EMI CDC 747190-2.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in F, Op. 6 No. 2
Performers: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (director)
- ARCHIV 423 626-2.
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10am: Artist of the Week - Otto Klemperer
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Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: Christa Ludwig (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
- EMI CDM 769650-2.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 in E, Op. 54
Performers: Claudio Arrau (piano)
- PHILIPS 412 610-2.
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10.30: David Mitchell's Choice
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Edward Elgar
Violin Concerto: 1st movement
Performers: Hilary Hahn (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- DG 000302602.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
2-part Invention in G minor, BWV782 and 3-part Sinfonia in G minor, BWV797
Performers: Glenn Gould (piano)
- SONY 517483-2.
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11am: Rob's Essential Choice
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Franz Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
Performers: John Ogdon (piano), 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- 91热爆 LEGENDS 91热爆L 4089-2.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in C minor, Op 30 No 2
Performers: Josef Suk (violin), Jan Panenka (piano)
- SUPRAPHON SU 4077-2.
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Moritz Moszkowski
Spanish Dances, Op 12 Nos 2, 4 and 5
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Ataulfo Argenta (conductor)
- DECCA 475 7747.
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