Wednesday - 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 Back to the Beginning.
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:
Nielsen
Symphony No. 6 ('Sinfonia semplice')
London Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
LSO LIVE.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Lieto cos矛 talvolta (Adriano in Siria)
Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- Naive.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Xerxes: Air pour les docteurs, frivelins et polichinelles
Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.- Archiv.
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Franz Schubert
Rosamunde (Ballet Music No 2)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 884; Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885
Performer: Christophe Rousset.- Aparte.
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Johann Strauss II
Roses from the South, Op 388
Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Boston Chamber Players.- DG.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
12 Variations on 'Ein Madchen oder Weibchen', Op. 66
Performer: Adrian Brendel. Performer: Alfred Brendel.- Decca.
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John Sheppard
Sacris solemniis
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Philips.- Gimell.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Grand March (Aida)
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- SONY.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto in C, K.415
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips.
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Bach, transcr. Rachmaninov
Prelude from Partita for solo violin in E major
Performer: Howard Shelley (piano).- HYPERION.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Lieutenant Kije - Wedding Scene
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA.
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Scott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
Ensemble: Katia & Marielle Lab猫que.- EMI.
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Olivier Messiaen
L'Ascension - Majeste du Christ demandant sa gloire e son Pere
Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- DG.
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Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 6 'Sinfonia semplice'
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO Live.
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George Gershwin
'I Got Rhythm' Variations
Performer: Lincoln Mayorga (piano). Performer: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Performer: Steven Richman (conductor).- HARMONIA MUNDI.
Today's Brainteaser Answer - Back to the Beginning
The music played:
Verdi
Grand March from Aida聽聽
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL MLK 44724聽
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