Friday - Sarah Walker
With Sarah Walker. Including Essential CD of the Week: Petit-Fours: Favourite Things; Artist of the Week: Julian Bream; Sarah's Essential Choice: Holst: Choral Symphony No 1.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Petit-Fours: Favourite Things, The Brodsky Quartet CHANDOS CHAN10708; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
Artist of the Week: Julian Bream, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the writer and philosopher, Roger Scruton. Roger frequently engages in contemporary political and cultural debates from the standpoint of a conservative thinker. His most recent books include Our Church: A Personal History of the Church of England, and Green Philosophy. His books dedicated specifically to music include The Aesthetics of Music and Understanding Music: Philosophy and Interpretation. He has also composed two operas: The Minister, and Violet, based on the life of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse.
11am
Essential Choice
Holst: Choral Symphony No 1
Susan Gritton (soprano)
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Andrew Davis (conductor).
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Aram Khachaturian
Gayaneh: Lezghinka
Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, BWV 1047
Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Michael Niesemann. Performer: Neil Brough. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner.- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Franz Schubert
Moments Musicaux, D.780 (selection)
Performer: Clifford Curzon.- Decca.
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Fritz Kreisler
Caprice viennois, Op 2
Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.- Chandos.
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Various Artists
Only Connect
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Bedrich Smetana
Sarka (Ma Vlast)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.- SUPRAPHON.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem, K.626: Introitus; Kyrie; Dies Irae
Singer: Margaret Price. Choir: Leipzig Radio Choir. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Peter Schreier.- Philips.
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Josef Strauss
Feuerfest! Polka francaise, Op. 269
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.- Blue Danube (Vienna Philharmonic feat. conductor: Willi Boskovsky).
- Decca.
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Mauro Giuliani
Guitar Concerto in A, Op. 30
Performer: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.- RCA.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne No.4
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Zdenek Fibich
Sarka: Act II (excerpt)
Singer: Eva Depoltova. Singer: Vil茅m P艡ibyl. Orchestra: Filharmonie Brno. Conductor: Jan Stych.- Supraphon.
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Robert Schumann
Kind im Einschlummern (Kinderszenen, Op.15)
Performer: Martha Argerich.- Martha Argerich: Schumann Kinderszenen / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G etc..
- DG.
- 16.
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Luigi Bassi
Concert fantasy on Verdi's 'Rigoletto' for clarinet and orchestra
Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Orchester der Oper Z眉rich. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.- A Night at the Opera: Sabine Meyer.
- EMI Classics.
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Gustav Holst
Choral Symphony No 1
Singer: Susan Gritton. Choir: 91热爆 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Isaac Alb茅niz
Asturias (Suite espanola No.1, Op.47)
Performer: Julian Bream.- Classical Guitar Anthology Julian Bream.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
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