Tuesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Stephen Hough - French Album; Proms Artist Recommentds; Rob's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Stephen Hough - French Album: HYPERION CDA67890; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
'Proms Artist Recommends'. A chance to hear a work recommended by an artist appearing in tonight's Prom.
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is author and screenwriter Patrick Gale. Patrick has written a number of novels, his latest being A Perfectly Good Man, as well as short stories, novellas and a non-fiction book about the American novelist Armistead Maupin. He chaired the St Endellion Summer Music Festival in its Golden Jubilee year and also works as a book reviewer for The Daily Telegraph. When he is not writing he spends his time raising cattle and playing the baroque 'cello.
11am
Essential Choice
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 4481162.
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Music Played
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Juan Ara帽茅s
Chacona: Una sarao de la chacona
Ensemble: Piffaro.- ARCHIV.
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脡mile Waldteufel
贰蝉辫补帽补
Performer: The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Felix Slatkin.- EMI.
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ROB'S ESSENTIAL CD OF THE WEEK
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- HYPERION.
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Gustav Holst
St Paul's Suite
Performer: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS.
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Today's Brainteaser - Critics' Corner
The answer will appear at the bottom of this page at 12pm.
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Jean Sibelius
Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1
Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- DG.
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Carl von Dittersdorf
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat
Performer: Weller Quartet.- Decca.
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Gioachino Rossini
La Boutique Fantastique: Galop
Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Composer: Ottorino Respighi. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- Decca.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E flat 'Romantic': Scherzo
Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Eugen Jochum.- DG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV 1051
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Archiv Produktion.
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Franz Schubert
Der Doppelganger (Schwanengesang)
Performer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.- ORCHID CLASSICS.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata: Andante
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion.
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Gioachino Rossini
Semiramide, Act II: "Ebben...a te: ferisci; Giorno d'orrore; Madre, addio
Performer: Joan Sutherland. Performer: Marilyn Horne. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- Decca.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Etude in G flat op 25 no 9
Performer: Geza Anda (piano).- HANSSLER CLASSIC.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
Orchestra: Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in G minor, H.XVI:44
Performer: Vladimir Feltsman.- Nimbus Alliance.
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Alonso Mudarra
Recuerde el alma dormida
Performer: Piffaro.- ARCHIV.
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