Friday - Sarah Walker with James May
A selection of music with Sarah Walker and at 10.30am her guest is writer and television presenter James May. Also, at 9.30am, our daily brainteaser Only Connect.
Sarah Walker's guest this week is writer and television presenter James May.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: Bach - Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Book II, Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), APART脡 AP070. We also have our daily brainteaser at 9.30.
10am
Artist of the Week: Alfred Brendel.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is James May, the writer and TV presenter best known as one of the trio of 'Top Gear' presenters alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. But there's more to James than his macho image would suggest - not many people know that he studied music at Lancaster University, and is a keen flautist and keyboard player who loves early music, as Sarah Walker will discover this week.
11am
Sarah's Essential Choice:
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Luba Orgonasova (soprano)
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Gilles Cachemaille (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
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Gy枚rgy Ligeti
Studies - Bk.2 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Performer: Yuja Wang.- DG.
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Franz von Supp茅
Pique-Dame (Overture)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
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Alexander Gretchaninov
Nine sili nebesniya
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Tenebrae-Signum.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV 874; Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875
Performer: Christophe Rousset.- Aparte.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in F minor, D 935 No 4
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Philips.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Quartet in E minor, TWV 43:E2 (Tafelmusik 3, No 2)
Performer: Karl Kaiser. Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Stefan M眉hleisen. Performer: Hille Perl. Performer: Lee Santata. Performer: Torsten Johann.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Sonata in A minor, D.784
Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Philips.
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Ricketts, arr. Arnold
Colonel Bogey, from Bridge over the River Kwai
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor).- CHANDOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57 'Appassionata': 1st movement
Performer: Richard Goode.- Nonesuch.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die mit Tranen sahen, arr. from B flat minor prelude from WTC Book I
Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Music Arranger: Ralph Allwood. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.- Signum.
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Henry Purcell
Sonata no.7 in E minor, Z796
Performer: London Baroque.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral'
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Singer: 慕uba Orgon谩拧ov谩. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Gilles Cachemaille. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique.- Archiv.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Only Connect
Answer: the connection was Preludes.
The music played:
Bach
Prelude in C, Book 1 No. 1
Jeno Jando (piano)
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Debussy
Prelude a l鈥檃pres-midi d鈥檜n faune
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
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Bernstein
Prelude (Fugue and Riffs)
London Sinfonietta
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 747991 2聽
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