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Monday - Rob Cowan with Julian Glover

With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Vladimir Horowitz; Mozart: Symphony No 36; Artist of the Week: violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No 1.

9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Vladimir Horowitz'. Rob makes the case for the Russian-American pianist as one of the 20th century's great musical interpreters. Throughout the week he showcases Horowitz's ability to transform Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas into finely crafted piano miniatures, his individual approach to Chopin's mazurkas, his colourful interpretations of Czerny, the genius of his transcriptions and arrangements of Liszt and his understanding of Scriabin's mysterious muse.

9.30am
Take part in today's music-related challenge and identify the place associated with a well-known work.

10am
Rob's guest this week is Julian Glover. Julian started out as a classically trained stage actor who performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He achieved Hollywood fame in the 1980s when he acted in the Star Wars franchise, was the Bond villain to Roger Moore's 007 in For Your Eyes Only and starred in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with Harrison Ford. His credits range from guest appearances in Doctor Who to providing the voice of the giant spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. More recently he has portrayed Grand Maester Pycelle in the hugely popular Game of Thrones. Julian will be sharing a selection of his favourite classical music, every day at 10am.

10.30am
Rob features the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Mozart
Symphony No.36 in C major 'Linz'

11am
Rob's Artist of the Week is the master violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann. A thoroughly modern virtuoso - brilliant, intelligent and thoughtful in works such as Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No.1 and Britten's Concerto in D minor - Zimmermann is also responsive to the pathos of Mozart's Sonata in E minor, the autumnal strains of Brahms's Horn Trio and the Gallic elegance of Saint-Sa毛ns's Third Concerto.

Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Warsaw Philharmonic
Antoni Wit, conductor.

3 hours

Music Played

  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN

    • Niccol貌 Paganini

      Caprice in E major, Op 1 No 1

      Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann.
      • EMI.
  • 5 REASONS TO LOVE...VLADIMIR HOROWITZ

    • Domenico Scarlatti

      Sonata in D major, K491

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
      • SONY.
    • Domenico Scarlatti

      Sonata in E minor, K198

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
      • SONY.
    • Domenico Scarlatti

      Keyboard Sonata in A major, K 39

      Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
      • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Hier auf den Fluren (Rosamunde)

    Choir: Ernst Senff Choir. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Das K盲thchen von Heilbronn (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Staatskapelle. Conductor: Otmar Suitner.
    • EDEL CLASSICS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva, Op 81 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 1 in D major, K 412

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • JULIAN GLOVER'S CHOICE NO.1

    • Carl Orff

      Olim lacus colueram (Carmina burana)

      Singer: Gerhard Stolze. Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Choir: Chorus of German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Eugen Jochum.
      • DG.
  • JULIAN GLOVER'S CHOICE NO.2

    • Antonio Vivaldi

      II. Largo (Concerto for lute in D minor, RV93)

      Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman. Director: Peter Holman.
      • HYPERION.
  • JULIAN GLOVER'S CHOICE NO.3

    • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

      When thy sweet glances fall on me (Cypresses)

      Ensemble: Prague String Quartet.
      • DG.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Quem vidistis, pastores?

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
  • THE BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION FROM LAST SATURDAY'S CD REVIEW

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Symphony No.36 in C major 'Linz', K.425

      Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
      • LINN.
  • ARTIST OF THE WEEK: FRANK PETER ZIMMERMANN

    • Karol Szymanowski

      Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35

      Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
      • SONY.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A flat, Op.110

    Performer: Claude Frank.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.

Mapping the Music

Answer: The island of Cythera

The music played:

Debussy
L'isle joyeuse
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
DOREMI

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