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Friday - Rob Cowan with Francine Stock

With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Glenn Gould; Mystery Object; Artist of the Week: Lorin Maazel; Rob's Essential Choice: Villa-Lobos. Preludes: No 1 in E minor; No 2 in E.

Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. This week his guest is the radio and TV presenter and novelist Francine Stock.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love - Glenn Gould'. Throughout the week Rob makes the case for the polarising pianist Glenn Gould in music by Byrd, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms and Bach.

9.30am
Recording Rewind
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.

10am
The radio and TV presenter and novelist Francine Stock joins Rob in the studio. Francine was one of the original presenters of 91热爆 Radio 4's Front Row and later moved to The Film Programme, as well as writing about film for Prospect magazine. On television she has presented Newsnight, The Money Programme and The Antiques Show, and she is also the regular host of the BAFTA Life in Pictures strand. As a novelist, she has published two works of fiction: A Foreign Country (shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel award) and Man-Made Fibre. Francine shares a selection of her favourite music with Rob.

10.30am
Artist of the Week
Conductor Lorin Maazel in music by Mendelssohn, Scriabin, Respighi, Schubert and Prokofiev.

11am
This week's Essential Choices feature the genre of the Prelude.
Villa Lobos
5 Preludes for guitar; No.1 in E minor, No.2 in E
Julian Bream (guitar).

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic suite, op.33 bis; No.6, The Escape

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Walter Weller.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C, RV 555

    Orchestra: King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Helios.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    脡l茅gie, Op 24

    Performer: J谩nos Starker. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Walter S眉sskind.
    • Warner.

  • 5 Reasons to Love Glenn Gould

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Piano Sonata in B flat, K570

      Performer: Glenn Gould.
      • CBS.

  • anon

    Recording Rewind

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances: No.6 in D; No.3 in F; and No.18 in D

    Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Warner.

  • anon

    Recording Rewind

  • Poenitz

    Spukhafte Gavotte, op.75

    Performer: Marielle Nordmann. Performer: Lily Laskine.
    • Warner.

  • Artist of the Week: Lorin Maazel

    • George Gershwin

      Cuban Overture

      Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
      • Decca.

  • Francine Stock's Choice No. 1

    • Thomas Ad猫s

      Asyla: III Ecstasio

      Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
      • EMI.

  • Francine Stock's Choice No. 2

    • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

      Etude in E major, Op.10 No.3

      Performer: Murray Perahia.
      • Sony.

  • Rob's Choice for Francine Stock

    • Joseph Haydn

      Piano Concerto in F major Hob. XVIII: 3: ii Largo cantabile

      Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
      • Chandos.

  • Artist of the Week: Lorin Maazel

    • Vladimir Horowitz

      Carmen Fantasy

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (piano).
      • SONY.

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat, Op. 75

      Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
      • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Strom, D 943

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Essential Choice

    • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

      5 Preludes for guitar; No.1 in E minor; No.2 in E

      Performer: Julian Bream.
      • RCA.

  • Artist of the Week: Lorin Maazel

    • Sergey Prokofiev

      Symphony no.5 in B flat, op.100

      Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
      • Decca.

  • Prokofiev

    Symphony no.5 in B flat, op.100 4th mvt.

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor).
    • DECCA.

  • Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36

    Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor).
    • DECCA.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Variations Symphonique

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅. Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra. Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor).
    • DECCA.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra, op.33

    Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Igor Oistrakh (violins). Performer: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Performer: Franz Konwitschny (conductor).
    • DG.

Musical Challenge - Recording Rewind

The answer:

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

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The music played:

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (original 'jazz band' version)
Lincoln Mayorga (piano)
Harmonia Ensemble New York
Steven Richman (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI

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  • Fri 7 Nov 2014 09:00
    91热爆 Radio 3

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