Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Antonia Fraser
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love French Melodies; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: Arthur Grumiaux; Rob's Essential Choice: Delibes: Sylvia (Act 3).
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love...French Melodies'. With performances of songs by composers including Berlioz, Ravel and Duparc from such diverse singers as Rita Streich, Thomas Hampson, Mady Mespl茅, Leopold Simoneau and Sandrine Piau, Rob explores the wide range of expression this genre offers.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the biographer and novelist Lady Antonia Fraser. The author of many acclaimed historical works including Marie Antoinette and Mary Queen of Scots, Lady Fraser will be sharing a selection of her favourite classical music, including works by Byrd, Mozart and Schubert, every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features the Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux. A fine pianist as well as a violinist, Grumiaux was known for his graceful performances and purity of tone. Rob features classic recordings of him in repertoire for which he is especially celebrated, including the solo violin music of Bach, as well as works by Mozart, Brahms, Debussy and Faure.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
This week Rob explores great ballet scores
Delibes
Sylvia: Act III
London Symphony Orchestra
Anatole Fistoulari (conductor)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434 3132.
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Karl Davydov
Waltz, Op. 41 No. 2
Performer: Colin Stone. Performer: Leonid Gorokhov.- OLYMPIA.
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Robert Schumann
Abegg Variations Op.1
Performer: Lise de la Salle.- 狈础脧痴贰.
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5 reasons to love... French melodies
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Maurice Ravel
5 Greek Melodies
Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Mady Mespl茅.- EMI.
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel & Gretel: Overture
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.- PHILIPS.
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Artist of the Week: Arthur Grumiaux
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Maria Theresia von Paradis
Sicilienne
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Istvan Hadju.- Favourite Violin Encores.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Oboe Concerto in A minor
Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Igor Stravinsky
Danse russe (3 Movements from Petrushka)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Antonia Fraser's Choice No. 1
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
E Susanna non vien... Dove sono (The Marriage of Figaro)
Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Antonia Fraser's Choice No. 2
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No 10 in C major, K 330 (1st mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- PHILIPS.
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Artist of the Week: Arthur Grumiaux
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux.- PHILIPS.
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Edward Elgar
Give unto the Lord for chorus and organ, Op 74
Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.- Naxos.
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Essential Choice
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L茅o Delibes
Sylvia: Act III
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.- MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Arpege, Op. 76 No. 2; En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2
Performer: Jacqueline Robin. Singer: G茅rard Souzay.- TESTAMENT.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 48 in C major 'Maria Theresia'
Conductor: Max Goberman. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper.- SONY.
Recording Rewind
Three Movements for Petrushka: I Danse russe. Allegro giusto
Yuja Wang (piano)
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