Wednesday - Rob Cowan with Monica Galetti
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Folk Dances; Artist of the Week: Hilliard Ensemble; Rob's Essential Choice: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. His guest is the chef Monica Galetti.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... folk dances'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys works based on folk themes by Arnold, Grieg, Bartok and Bruch.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: identify a piece of music played backwards.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the chef Monica Galetti. Well known for her role as a judge on the cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals, Monica is the Senior Sous Chef at top London restaurant Le Gavroche. Monica will be sharing her favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by the vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble. Regarded as one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, The Hilliards have established a formidable reputation both for their interpretations of early music and for their premieres of works by living composers. As they celebrate their 40th anniversary and prepare for their final performance, Rob showcases favourite recordings chosen especially by the members of the ensemble.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (original version)
Alexander Ghindin (piano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor).
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Music Played
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in E flat minor, Op.23 no.9
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Overture in D major
Ensemble: Musica Viva. Conductor: Alexander Rudin.- FUGALIBERA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lucio Silla (Overture)
Orchestra: Mozart Orchestra. Conductor: Leopold Hager.- DG.
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5 Reasons to love... Folk Dances
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Edvard Grieg
Folk Dances, Op 17
Performer: H氓vard Gimse.- NAIM.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Sinfonia in G minor
Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.- CHANDOS.
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Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Officium Defunctorum: Taedet Animam Meam
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- ECM NEW SERIES.
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Aaron Copland
The Red Pony Suite: Morning on the Ranch; Walk to the Bunkhouse
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- NAXOS.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Pha毛ton, Op 39
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.- DECCA.
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Monica Galetti's Choice No. 1
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Erik Satie
Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire: No. 1 L鈥檈ntement & No. 2 Enleve
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Monica Galetti's Choice No. 2
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major (Air)
Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steven Mercurio.- eONE.
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Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble
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Johannes Ockeghem
Requiem: Graduale, Si ambulem
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- Virgin.
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Jean [1865-1957] Sibelius
En Saga Op.9
Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.- BIS.
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Jean Sibelius
10 Pieces for piano (Op.24), no.9; Romance in D flat major
Performer: Folke Gr盲sbeck.- The Sibelius Edition: Volume 4: Piano Music I.
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Essential Choice
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1 (original version)
Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Alexander Ghindin.- ONDINE.
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Ian Hope
Can it Be True?
Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: David Hill. Lyricist: Susan Hill. -
Artists of the Week: The Hilliard Ensemble
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Arvo P盲rt
Passio: Part IV Tunc ergo tradidit eis illum ut crucifigeretur
Choir: The Western Wind Chamber Choir. Director: Paul Hillier. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.- ECM.
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- Wed 17 Dec 2014 09:00成人快手 Radio 3