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Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Paavo Berglund - The Bournemouth Years; Artist of the Week: Brigitte Fassbaender; Beethoven: String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131.

Rob's guest this week is the popular stage and screen actress, Penelope Wilton. Currently appearing on our screens as Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey, Penelope is also well known for her role opposite Richard Briers in the popular 91热爆 sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles, and her film appearances including Cry Freedom, where she played the South African anti-apartheid activist Wendy Woods, Iris, Calendar Girls, and The History Boys. She has had a prestigious stage career, twice winning the Critics Circle Theatre Award, in 2004 in she was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to drama in recognition for her long and celebrated career.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Paavo Berglund - The Bournemouth Years and at 9.30 our brainteaser: Who's Dancing?

10am
Artist of the Week: Brigitte Fassbaender

10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the stage and screen actress, Penelope Wilton. Currently appearing on our screens as Isobel Crawley in Downton Abbey, Penelope is also well known for her film appearances including Cry Freedom, where she played the South African anti-apartheid activist Wendy Woods, and The History Boys. In 2004 in she was made OBE for her services to drama.

11am
Beethoven
String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op.131
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Music Played

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Ugros (Ancient Hungarian Dances)

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op 22)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Franz Liszt

    Elegie No.1

    Performer: Cyprien Katsaris.
    • PIANO21.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony no.13 in C major, G.515

    Orchestra: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Erxleben.
    • PHOENIX EDITION.

  • Today's Brainteaser - Who's Dancing?

  • Franz Liszt

    Les pr茅ludes

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay.
    • DG.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ballet music from Faust

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY.

  • Richard Heuberger

    Geh'n wir uns chambre s茅par茅e (Der Opernball)

    Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: M眉nchner Symphoniker. Conductor: Franz Allers.
    • EMI.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 54

    Performer: Aaron Rosand. Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Louis de Froment.
    • DA CAPO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in B flat major, Op.119 no.11

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Alfred Brendel plays, vol.4.
    • Vox Box.
    • 37.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No.8: iv Allegro, ma non troppo

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Cole Porter

    Just one of those things

    Music Arranger: Max Harris. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Ike Isaacs. Performer: Denny Wright. Performer: Lennie Bush. Conductor: Max Harris.
    • EMI.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 131

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ZIG ZAG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major K.417

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Tango, Op.165 No.2

    Performer: Erich Gruenberg. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.

Who's Dancing?

It was the sylphes who were dancing.

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The music we heard was:

Berlioz

Danse des sylphes (Damnation of Faust, Part 2)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Thomas Beecham (conductor)

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