Wednesday - Rob Cowan
With Rob Cowan. Including CD of the Week: Paavo Berglund - The Bournemouth Years; Artist of the Week: Brigitte Fassbaender; Rob's Essential Choice: Debussy: Violin Sonata.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Paavo Berglund - The Bournemouth Years and at 9.30 our brainteaser: Back to the Beginning.
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
Rob's Essential Choice
Debussy
Violin Sonata
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Istv谩n Hajdu (piano)
Also in this hour, Lucky Dip: Rob dips into his CD collection and shares a piece - it could be a recent discovery, an old favourite, or simply something that just has to be heard. Expect the unexpected!
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B茅la Bart贸k
Stick Dance (Romanian Folk Dance No.1)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- PHILIPS.
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Johan Halvorsen
Entry of the Boyars
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in G minor, Hob. XVI:44
Performer: Ekaterina Dershavina.- PROFIL.
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Claude Debussy
Nocturnes: Sir猫nes
Choir: Royal Concertgebouw Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Trois Nocturnes, Jeux (Concertgebouw Orchestra feat. conductor: Bernard Haitink).
- PHILIPS.
- 003.
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Today's Brainteaser - Back to the Beginning
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Arvo P盲rt
My heart's in the highlands
Singer: Else Torp. Performer: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.- Creator Spiritus.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 006.
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Eric Coates
London Everyday
Performer: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic.- CHANDOS.
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Gioachino Rossini
Agnus Dei (Petite Messe solennelle)
Performer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Performer: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que. Performer: David Briggs. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- EMI.
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Robert Schumann
Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op 52
Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.- AUDITE.
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Johannes Hanssen
Valdres March
Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.- NAXOS.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, Op 20 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.- DG.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Zampa: overture
Conductor: Paul Paray.- MERCURY.
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Claude Debussy
Sonata in G minor for Violin and Piano
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Istv谩n Hajdu.- 3 Sonatas / Syrinx.
- Philips Classics.
- 001-003.
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Kurt Weill
Suite panam茅enne
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern. Conductor: H. K. Gruber.- LARGO.
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Johann Ludwig Bach
Ich will meinen Geist in euch geben
Singer: Maria Zadori. Singer: Lena Susanne Norin. Singer: Wilfried Jochens. Singer: Stephan Schreckenberger. Choir: Rheinische Kantorei. Orchestra: Das Kleine Konzert. Conductor: Hermann Max.- CAPRICCIO.
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Carl Nielsen
Aladdin Suite: selection
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- SONY CLASSICAL.
Back to the Beginning
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Ride of the Valkyries
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt (conductor)
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