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Monday - Rob Cowan with Bil Oddie

With Rob Cowan and his guest Bill Oddie. A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romanian Rhapsody and a brain teaser.

9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Mihaela Ursuleasa - Romanian Rhapsody BERLIN CLASSICS 16642BC. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.

10am
Artist of the Week: Antal Dorati.

10.30am
This week marks the 125th anniversary of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds), and Rob's guest is the wildlife presenter, writer, musician and conservationist, Bill Oddie. Bill became famous as one of The Goodies, having previously written scripts for TV's That Was The Week That Was while a student at Cambridge. He was also a key member of the 91热爆 radio series I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, where many of his musical compositions were featured. Since the 1990s, he has become better known as a presenter of 91热爆 wildlife programmes.

11am
Purcell
Songs (selection)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    L'Egyptienne (Nouvelles suites de pi猫ces de clavecin)

    Performer: Viviane Chassot.
    • Genuin.

  • Franz Schubert

    Klavierst眉ck No 1 in E flat minor, D 946

    Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Belloli

    Concert for clarinet, horn and orchestra

    Performer: Egils Sefers. Performer: David M.A.P. Palmquist. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga. Conductor: Claus Efland.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • anon

    Place that Piece

    Singer: anon.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Pi猫ces de violes (Suite No 2)

    Ensemble: Musica ad Rhenum.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • William Byrd

    The Bells (Suite 'William Byrd')

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite, Op 39

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Decca.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Cantabile, Op 17

    Performer: Gy枚rgy Terebesi. Performer: Sonja Prunnbauer.
    • Apex.

  • Herrand/Villes

    The Jimmy Brown Song (The Three Bells)

    Ensemble: Les Compagnons de la Chanson.
    • Columbia.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • EMI.

  • Randy Newman

    Coalhouse and Sarah (Soundtrack to 'Ragtime', 1981)

    Conductor: Randy Newman. Orchestra: anon. Performer: anon.
    • Elektra.

  • Henry Purcell

    Purcell Songs (selection)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Laurence Cummings. Performer: Anne-Marie Lasla. Performer: Sarah Sexton. Performer: Andrea Morris. Performer: Jane Rogers.
    • BIS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No. 2 in C, Op. 53

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Philips.

  • Borodin

    Serenata alla spagnola

    Performer: Borodin Quartet.
    • TELDEC.

Today's Brainteaser Answer - Place that Piece

Answer: India.

The music played:

Delibes
鈥楤ell Song鈥� from Lakm茅 (鈥淥u va la jeune hindoue鈥�)
Mady Mespl茅 (soprano)
Roger Soyer (bass-baritone)
Choir and Orchestra of the National Comic Opera Theatre
Alain Lombard (conductor)
EMI 095003 2

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  • Mon 17 Feb 2014 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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