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Last broadcast on Mon, 26 Dec 2011, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today we hear him in recordings of Schumann's Papillons and Chopin's Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor.

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential pieces.

11am
Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Today's Brainteaser Answer

The couple was: Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck

The music played:

Schumann
Widmung (Myrthen, Op.25 No.1)
Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77085-2

Music played

Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.

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Edvard Grieg — Norwegian Dance No.2

Performers: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin (conductor)
EMI CDM 763737-2
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George Gershwin — Overture to “Oh Kay”

Performers: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel (conductor)
VOX BOX CD3X 3035
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Murschhauser — Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen

Performers: Choir of St Thomas, Leipzig
BERLIN CLASSICS 0300290BC
9:14: Rob's CD of the Week
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  Benda — Flute Concerto in E minor
  
  Performers: Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Kammerakademie Potsdam
  EMI 084220-2
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Robert Schumann — Widmung

Performers: Elly Ameling (soprano), Jorg Demus (piano)
DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77085-2
9:36: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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  Frédéric Chopin — Waltz No.14 in E minor
  
  Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
  SANCTUS SCSH 026
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Émile Waldteufel — Roses de Nöel, Op.230; Galop, Op.152

Performers: Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Swierczewski (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557099
9:52: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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  Robert Schumann — Papillons, Op.2
  
  Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
  DECCA 473 902-2
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Hely-Hutchinson — A Carol Symphony: Andante quasi lento e cantabile (Coventry Carol & The First Nowell); Allegro energico come prima (Here we come a-wassailing & Adeste fideles)

Performers: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557099
10:20: Artist of the Week - Nelson Freire
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  Frédéric Chopin — Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
  
  Performers: Nelson Freire (piano)
  WARNER APEX 2564 63676-2
10:30: Rory Bremner's Choices
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  Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev — “Once upon a time…” (Peter and the Wolf)
  
  Performers: Micheal Flanders (narrator), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
  EMI CDM 763177-2
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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov — The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Scheherazade – opening movement)

Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 82876 66377-2
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Max Reger — Maria Wiegenlied

Performers: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown (director)
REGIS RRC1347
11am: Building a Library Choice
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  Benjamin Britten — Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
  
  Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor)
  DECCA 425 659-2
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Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Performers: Donald Sweeney (bass), Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill (conductor)
DECCA 444 130-2
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Francesca da Rimini

Performers: Stadium Symphony of New York, Leopold Stokowski
DELL'ARTE CDDA 9006
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Rebikov — Christmas Tree

Performers: Shura Cherkassky (piano)
DECCA 433 651-2