Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Michael Frayn
With Rob Cowan. Including Five Reasons to Love Schubert Lieder; Musical challenge; Artist of the Week: conductor Simon Rattle; Rob's Essential Choice: Shostakovich: Symphony No 10.
Discover definitive recordings of the greatest classical music with your trusted guide, Rob Cowan. His guest is the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.
9am
A selection of music including '5 Reasons to Love... Schubert Lieder'. Throughout the week Rob enjoys songs by Schubert, with performers including Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jonas Kaufmann and Margaret Price.
9.30am
Take part in our daily musical challenge: Take part in our daily musical challenge and identify the personal relationship that connects two pieces of music.
10am
Rob's guest this week is the writer Michael Frayn; a successful dramatist, novelist and translator, Michael started out as an award-winning journalist. Michael will be sharing his favourite classical music every day at 10am.
10.30am
This week Rob features recordings by Sir Simon Rattle, widely considered to be one of the foremost conductors of his time. Radio 3 continues its celebrations of Rattle's 60th birthday. Rob showcases some of his favourite recordings by the conductor, including music by Haydn, Szymanowski, Bruckner and Shostakovich, and featuring the Berlin Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia.
11am
Rob's Essential Choice
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10
Philharmonia Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI.
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Music Played
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Band No 2 (March)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cello Concerto in F major, RV 410
Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.- RCA.
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5 REASONS TO LOVE... SCHUBERT LIEDER
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Franz Schubert
Die schone Mullerin: Die liebe Farbe
Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.- DECCA.
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Johann Strauss II
Morgenbl盲tter - Waltz Op.279
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.- RCA LIVING STEREO.
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Claude Debussy
Danse sacr茅e et danse profane
Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- DG.
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Johannes Brahms
Rhapsody in B minor, Op 79 No 1
Performer: Radu Lupu.- DECCA.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Serenade, Op 98
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.- HYPERION.
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MICHAEL FRAYN'S CHOICE NO. 1
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for unaccompanied violin No 3 in E - Preludio
Performer: Hilary Hahn.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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MICHAEL FRAYN'S CHOICE NO. 2
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Jean [1865-1957] Sibelius
Lemmink盲inen and the Maidens of Saari (Lemmink盲inen Legends)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.- SONY CLASSICAL.
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: SIMON RATTLE
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ch'io mi scordi di te?, K.505
Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Performer: Jos van Immerseel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- ARCHIV.
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C茅cile Chaminade
脡tude de concert, Op 35 No 2, 'Automne'
Performer: John Ogdon.- EMI.
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Leonard Rosenman
Rebel without a Cause (excpts)
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ESSENTIAL CHOICE & ARTIST OF THE WEEK: SIMON RATTLE
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Relative Values
The music played:
Saint-SaensSamson et Dalila: BacchanaleOrchestre de ParisDaniel Barenboim (conductor)DG 413 2972聽
FaureRequiem: Requiem aeternam, dona eis DominePhilharmonia ChorusPhilharmonia OrchestraCarlo Maria Giulini (conductor)DG 419 2432聽
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