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Monday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Including Grieg: Norwegian Dances Nos 1 and 2. Haydn: Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII 11. Pacoloni: Padoana della Duchessa. Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini.

In Classical Collection this week, Sarah Walker's Artist of the Week is the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, who was born in Karmoy, Norway in 1970, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory under the renowned Czech professor Jiri Hlinka. Andsnes cites Dinu Lipatti, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, and Geza Anda among the pianists who have most inspired him. He has been nominated for seven Grammys and awarded many international prizes, including five Gramophone Awards and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist Award.

We hear him today as concerto soloist in Haydn's most popular Piano Concerto and in chamber music from Schumann. Also today, a selection of music from the Building a Library recommended recording of Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale and pieces connected with the Italian artistocracy from Pacoloni and Tchaikovsky.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 4 Jul 2011 10:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances, Op.35: No. 1 in D minor & No. 2 in A major

    Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.557854.
  • Artist of the Week: Leif Ove Andsnes

    • Joseph Haydn

      Piano Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:11

      Performers: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

      • EMI CDC 556 960-2.
  • Giovanni Pacoloni

    Padoana della Duchessa; Saltarello della Duchessa

    Performers: David Miller, Lynda Sayce, Eligio Quinteiro (lutes)

    • Chandos CHAN 0665.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Francesca da Rimini, Op.32

    Performers: Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    • EMI 370065-2.
  • Artist of the Week: Leif Ove Andsnes

    • Robert Schumann

      Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44

      Performers: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Artemis Quartet

      • VIRGIN CLASSICS 395143-2.
  • Building a Library Recommendations

    A selection of music from the Building a Library recommended recording of Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale as chosen in last Saturday's CD Review.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Jul 2011 10:00