Thursday - Rob Cowan with Henry Goodman
With Rob Cowan. CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works; Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky; Rob's Essential Choice: Poulenc: Stabat Mater.
with Rob Cowan and his guest, the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Russian Overtures and Orchestral Works ? Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev: NEWTON CLASSICS. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artists of the Week: Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky
10.30am
Rob's guest this week is the stage and screen actor Henry Goodman. A graduate of RADA, Henry has twice won the Olivier Award for his stage performances: in 1993 for Assassins, directed by Sam Mendes, and again in 2000 for The Merchant of Venice, directed by Trevor Nunn. His many stage appearances include, for the Royal National Theatre: Angels in America, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Guys and Dolls; for the Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III (in the title role), Henry V and The Comedy of Errors; and Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre. In 2010 Henry played the role of Sir Humphrey Appleby in the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Chichester Festival. His television work includes guest appearances in a host of series, including Spooks, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Foyle's War, and he has also appeared in films such as Taking Woodstock, The Damned United and Notting Hill.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Poulenc
Stabat mater
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Capella Amsterdam
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Reuss (conductor).
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Music Played
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Richard Strauss
The Fencing Master (Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op 60
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf.- ASV.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture, Op. 96
Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.- Newton Classics.
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Robert Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 94
Performer: Douglas Boyd. Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A, Op 4 No 5 (La Stravaganza)
Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.- Channel Classics.
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Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Divertimento for cello and orchestra
Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Orchestra: Chamber orchestra.- Sony.
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Padre Antonio Soler
Sonata No 78 in F sharp minor
Performer: Virginia Black.- CRD.
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Trad
Tuba Polka
Performer: Charles Daellenbach. Ensemble: Canadian Brass. Music Arranger: Scott Irvine.- RCA Victor Red Seal.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Trio in E flat, Op 70 No 2
Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Performer: Leonard Pennario.- Sony.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Joyeuse Marche
Performer: hr brass. Performer: Lutz Kohler (conductor).- CAPRICCIO.
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Carl Orff
Carmina Burana (excerpts)
Singer: Norma Burrowes. Singer: John Shirley鈥怮uirk. Choir: Southend Boys鈥 Choir. Choir: Brighton Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.- London.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade (The Tale of the Young Prince and The Young Princess)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.- Decca.
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Francis Poulenc
Stabat mater
Singer: Fran莽oise Pollet. Choir: Ch艙ur de Radio France. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- Decca.
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Jacques Ibert
Escales
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.- RCA.
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Percy Grainger
Mo Nighean Dubh (My dark-haired maiden)
Performer: Blossom Street. Performer: Hilary Campbell (conductor).- NAXOS.
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