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Last broadcast on Mon, 30 Jan 2012, 09:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: Robert Johnson: The Prince's Almain and other dances for lute (Nigel North)

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, cellist Steven Isserlis, in music by Saint-Saens (La muse et le poete, op.132) and Haydn (Sinfonia Concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon, Hob I:105).

10.30am
The Essential Classics guest is weather presenter Sian Lloyd, who introduces her essential pieces of classical music. Today she reveals the first piece of classical music she remembers hearing, and talks about a work that reminds her of a particular place.

11am
Sarah's Essential Choice

Mendelssohn:
Elijah, op.70 (excerpt)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

Today's Brainteaser Answer

The Mystery Piece:

Liszt
‘Go not, happy day’
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI 5 55047 2

Music played

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

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Claudio Monteverdi — Toccata from Orfeo

Performers: Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor)
VIRGIN 5 45642 2
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Gioachino Rossini — Overture to Semiramide

Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI 7 69042 2
9.15: Sarah's CD of the Week
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  Robert Johnson — The Fairies’ Dance
  
  Performers: Nigel North (lute)
  NAXOS 8.572178
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Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky Korsakov — A Night on Bald Mountain

Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA 09026 61958 2
9.30: Artist of the Week - Steven Isserlis
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  Camille Saint-Saëns — Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
  
  Performers: Steven Isserlis (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
  RCA 09026 61678 2
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Antonio Vivaldi — Bassoon Concerto RV 471 in C

Performers: Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), L’Aura Soave Cremona
NAIVE OP 30496
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Franz Liszt — Au lac de Wallenstadt from Années de Pélerinage Bk 1, S160

Performers: Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
NAIVE V 5260
10.10: Artist of the Week - Steven Isserlis
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  Joseph Haydn — Sinfonia Concertante in B flat for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon
  
  Performers: Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Matthew Wilkie (bassoon), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Roger Norrington (conductor)
  RCA 09026 68578 2
10.30: Sian Lloyd's Choices
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  Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony no.7, op.92 – 1st movement
  
  Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
  EMI 7 63312 2
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Jacques Offenbach — Entracte et Barcarolle – ‘Belle Nuit’ from The Tales of Hoffmann, Act 3

Performers: Joan Sutherland (soprano – Giulietta), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano – Niklausse), Choeur de la Radio Suisse Romande, Choeur Pro Arte du Lausanne, Choeur Du Brassus, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 00289 477 9336
11am:
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  Felix Mendelssohn — Elijah (excerpt)
  
  Performers: The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review
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Johann Sebastian Bach — Toccata in F, BWV540

Performers: Ton Koopman (organ)
ARCHIV 410 999-2
11.35:
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  Igor Stravinsky — Violin Concerto
  
  Performers: Hilary Hahn (violin), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
  SONY 89649