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Classical Collection: Thursday - James Jolly

Thursday - James Jolly

20/05/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, Thursday - James Jolly

James Jolly presents music by Haydn, Strauss, Herrmann, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov.

With James Jolly. Haydn: Andante con variazioni in F minor, H XVII 6. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (excerpt). Herrmann: Aria (Citizen Kane). Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3.

Classical Collection with James Jolly. Great recordings and classic performances.

Musical quotations today include Richard Strauss quoting Couperin, while there are classic recordings of Alfred Brendel performing Haydn, and Martha Argerich performing Rachmaninov's 3rd Piano Concerto. 

10.00
Haydn
Andante con variazioni in F minor Hob. XVII:6 Alfred Brendel (piano) PHILIPS 416 643 2 (4 CD set)

Group of 3: 'Fake' Opera Arias

10.16*
Strauss
'Di rigori armato' (Der Rosenkavalier, Act I)
Singer: Vinson Cole (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 423 850 2 (3 CD set)

10.20*
Herrmann
Aria from 'Salammbo' (Citizen Kane)
Kiri te Kanawa (soprano)
National Phiharmonic Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt (conductor)
RCA GD80707 

10.25*
Tchaikovsky
'Monsieur Triquet, Monsieur Triquet!' (Eugene Onegin, Act II)
Triquet: Valeri Yaroslavstev (tenor)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Opera
Mark Ermler (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD115 (2 CD set)

10.31*
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor
Martha Argerich (piano)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
PHILIPS 4466732 

11.14*
Couperin
Les Nations: La Piemontoise (selection of movements) Hesperion XX Jordi Savall (director) ASTREE ES9956 (2 CD set)

11.23*
Strauss
Divertimento op 86 (after Couperin)
Toyko Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshi Wakasugi (conductor)
DENON CO 76366.

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