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Essential Classics

Music: Classical

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Essential Classics: Monday - Rob Cowan

Monday - Rob Cowan

19/03/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Essential Classics, Monday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt).

With Rob Cowan. Including Artist of the Week: the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Claire Taylor's favourite music; Rob's Essential Choice: Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt).

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: a disc of Verdi opera choruses, preludes and ballet music conducted by Riccardo Muti: EMI 0980152.

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.

10.30am
This week marks the biennial Sport Relief charity fund-raising effort, organized by Comic Relief in association with BBC Sport. Rob Cowan's Sport Relief guest is Claire Taylor MBE, who was named as the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year in 2009. Claire introduces her essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos (excerpt)
The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.

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