Monday - Rob Cowan with Will Gregory
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Scherzos; Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 1; Artist of the Week: David Zinman, featured conducting Beethoven's Symphony No 2.
9am
A selection of music including '5 reasons to love... Scherzos'. The word 'scherzo' comes from the Italian 'to joke' or 'I joke'. Rob showcases a range of these playful pieces by composers including Chopin, Prokofiev, Schubert and Stravinsky.
9.30am
Take part in today's musical challenge: a piece of music is played backwards. Do you know what it is?
10am
Rob's guest this week is the musician Will Gregory. Will is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer and is best known as part of the electronic music duo Goldfrapp. He will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music with Rob every day at 10am.
10.30am
Rob features the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD review
Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor
11am
The conductor David ZInman is Rob's artist of the week. Rob will be traversing a wide selection of recordings by Zinman, a conductor who has always shown a flair for versatility and an ear for a varied range of repertoire. Throughout the week Rob will be dipping into Zinman's critically acclaimed set of Beethoven symphonies with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra and exploring his interpretations of Hummel via Richard Strauss and Arthur Honegger.
Including:
Beethoven
Symphony No.2 in D Op.36
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
David Zinman (conductor).
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George Frideric Handel
Bouree
Ensemble: Will Gregory Moog Ensemble.- BOWERS AND WILKINS.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in F Op. 6 No. 2
Ensemble: Haydn and Handel Society. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.- DECCA.
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5 Reasons To Love Scherzos
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Franz Schubert
Scherzo in D flat major D.593
Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.- Melodiya.
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Franz Berwald
Estrella de Soria (Overture)
Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roy Goodman.- Hyperion.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
Oh! For a closer walk with God
Performer: Jamal Sutton. Choir: Winchester College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Malcolm Archer.- COVIVIUM.
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Artist Of The Week: David Zinman
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- ARTE NOVA.
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Arvo P盲rt
Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Orchestra: Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.- NAIVE.
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Will Gregory: Choice 1
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Benjamin Britten
Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op.31: Dirge; Hymn; Sonnett; Epilogue
Performer: Dennis Brain. Singer: Peter Pears. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: The Boyd Neel Orchestra.- DECCA.
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Will Gregory: Choice 2
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Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor: conclusion
Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.- PHILIPS.
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Johann Christoph Bach
Quam Pulchra es
Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado. Ensemble: Balthasar鈥怤eumann鈥怑nsemble.- Archiv.
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Building A Library Recommendation
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Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No.1 in D minor
Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: Jonathan Gilad. Performer: Julia Fischer.- PENTATONE.
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Artist Of The Week: David Zinman
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Johann Christian Bach
Symphony in E flat major for double orchestra, Op 18 No 1
Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: David Zinman.- PHILIPS.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
The Noonday Witch, Op 108
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Teldec.
Recording Rewind
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Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic
Kristjan J盲rvi (conductor)
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