Monday - Rob Cowan with Richard Stilgoe
With Rob Cowan. Five Reasons to Love Vocal Chamber Music; Musical challenge: Mapping the Music; Artists of the Week: Jerusalem Quartet; Rob's Essential Choice: Bach: Magnificat.
With Rob Cowan and his guest Richard Stilgoe.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Vocal Chamber Music'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys vocal quartets, sextets, duets and trios by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Shostakovich.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Mapping the Music - identify the place evoked by the music.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the songwriter, lyricist, and musician Richard Stilgoe. From writing musicals with Andrew Lloyd Webber (Cats, Starlight Express, Phantom of the Opera) appearances on Nationwide and That's Life and working as a double act with Peter Skellern - music has been at the heart of Richard's career. Richard will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the Jerusalem Quartet. Former 蜜芽传媒 New Generation Artists, the quartet has been carving out a remarkable reputation in both string quartet and chamber music repertoire. Rob showcases their recordings of Haydn, Mozart, Schumann, Schuann, Brahms and Shostakovich.
11am
Today's Essential Choice is taken from the Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.
Bach
Magnificat.
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Jacques Offenbach
Galop (Genevi猫ve de Brabant)
Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.- CD-80294.
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Franz Schubert
String Quartet in C minor, D.703 'Quartettsatz'
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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5 Reasons to Love... Vocal Chamber Music
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Wife, Children and Friends (Irish Songs); Constancy (Welsh Songs)
Performer: Sophie Daneman. Performer: Alix Verzier. Performer: Alessandro Moccia. Performer: J茅r么me Hanta茂. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Peter Harvey.- NA脧VE ASTR脡E.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Fantasie in F minor, Op.49
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- DG.
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Benjamin Britten
O Waly, Waly
Performer: Peter Pears. Performer: Benjamin Britten.- DECCA.
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 1
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Claudio Monteverdi
Il Combattimento di Tancredi I Clorinda - Si dolce e虁 'l tormento
Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m. Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Ensemble: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e.- ERATO.
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Richard Stilgoe's Choice No. 2
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Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto 鈥� Bella Figlia dell鈥檃more
Singer: Giuseppe Di Stefano. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Tito Gobbi. Singer: Adriana Lazzarini.- Warner.
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Artist of the Week: Jerusalem Quartet
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet in B flat major, K 589
Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Essential Choice
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat BWV243
Performer: Francis Jacob. Singer: Anna Zander. Singer: Hans-J枚rg Mammel. Singer: Stephan MacLeod. Singer: Maria Keohane. Director: Ricercar Consort. Conductor: Philippe Pierlot. Singer: Carlos Mena.- MIRARE.
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Maurice Ravel
Violin Sonata
Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.- DECCA.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Ballet Music
Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
Mapping the Music
The answer: Somerset
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The music played:
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Holst
Somerset Rhapsody Op.21 No.1
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult (conductor)
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