Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Michael Morpurgo
Discover definitive recordings of classical music with your trusted guide Rob Cowan. His guest is children's author Michael Morpurgo.
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Rob's guest this week is the author Michael Morpurgo. Michael is one of the UK's best-loved children's authors, novels such as Private Peaceful, War Horse, and The Butterfly Lion are now classics. He's a former Children's Laureate and a four-time Children's Book Award winner; he received his fourth in June 2017 for An Eagle in the Snow. Many of his novels have been adapted into plays, films, operas and ballets - most famously War Horse - and the themes of war, the countryside and animals have become familiar in Michael's story-telling. As well as discussing his writing, Michael shares his passion for classical music, choosing a selection of his favourite works.
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Music on Location: Vienna
This week Rob explores music connected with Vienna. Today Rob tells the story of Mahler's time as director of the Vienna Court Opera, where he conducted Leoncavallo's Pagliacci 137 times.
Double Take
Rob explores the nature of performance by highlighting the differences in style between two interpretations of a piano miniature by Alexander Scriabin, by Vladimir Sofronitzky and Glenn Gould.
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Rob's Proms Artist of the Week is the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Founded in 1888, the orchestra takes its name from its concert hall, the Concertgebouw, which is regarded as one of the world's finest. Despite its near 130-year history, the orchestra has only had eight Chief Conductors: Willem Kes, Willem Mengelberg, Eduard van Beinum, Eugen Jochum, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Chailly, Mariss Jansons, and Daniele Gatti who took over in 2016. Known today as a Royal institution, it wasn't until 1998 that Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the title upon the orchestra. Living up to this title, the orchestra is known for its 'velvet' strings, 'golden' brass sound, and the exceptional timbre of the woodwinds. This Friday (1st September) Daniele Gatti brings the orchestra to the 91热爆 Proms to play music by Bruckner and Wolfgang Rihm. Throughout the week Rob will be featuring the orchestra in recordings made under a number of different conductors: Haydn with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Richard Strauss with Mariss Jansons, Tchaikovsky with Riccardo Chailly, and Diepenbrock and Poulenc with Bernard Haitink.
Haydn
Symphony No 97 in C major
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).
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PROMS ARTISTS OF THE WEEK: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato-Polka
Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
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Arnold Bax
5 Greek Folksongs
Choir: The Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.- NAXOS.
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Christian Cannabich
Sinfonia in A major
Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- CHANDOS.
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Franz Liszt
The Canticle of the Sun, S499
Performer: Leslie Howard.- HYPERION.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major for 4 violins, Op 3 No 1
Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.- L'estro Armonico.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.- DG.
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Michael Morpurgo's first choice
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata in A major K.331 (1st mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
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Michael Morpurgo's second choice
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Vittorio Monti
Czardas no.1 arr Parhamovsky
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Vag Papian. Ensemble: Virtuosi.- Vengerov and Virtuosi.
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Michael Morpurgo's third choice
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 1 in E flat major: III. Presto
Performer: Jaap Schr枚der. Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.- L'OISEAU-LYRE.
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Music on Location: Vienna
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)
Singer: Franco Corelli. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Lovro von Mata膷i膰.- WARNER.
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Alexander Scriabin
Desir (Two Pieces, Op 57 No 1)
Performer: Vladimir Sofronitsky.- BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
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Alexander Scriabin
Desir (Two Pieces, Op 57 No 1)
Performer: Glenn Gould.- SONY.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No 139, 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott'
Singer: Gillian Keith. Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 12: Gardiner.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.97 in C major鈥�
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- TELDEC.
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Karol Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No 2
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
2 Polonaises Op.26 (no.1 in C sharp minor)
Performer: Ivan Moravec.- MMG.
Musical Challenge: Recording Rewind
The piece played in reverse was Dvo艡谩k's Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
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