Martin Cotton compares the available recordings of Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra. Roderick Swanston and Jan Smaczny discuss new orchestral releases, including Christian Thielemann 's recording of Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh Symphonies,
Mendelssohn from Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic, Dvorak from Myung-Whun Chung and the Vienna Philharmonic, Holst from the New Queen's Hall Orchestra and Roy Goodman , and Elgar from
Georg Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic.
Revised repeat tomorrow 11.45pm