Classical Collection - 04/01/2008

With James Jolly. 10.00am Grieg: Solveigs Sang; En svane Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) FINLANDIA FACD380 10.08am Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra) Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Max Pommer (conductor) CATALYST 09026 62671-2 10.26am Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) London Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli (conductor) EMI 3 79983-2 10.37am Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 Artur Rubinstein (piano) RCA RD 89651 10.48am Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, Op 135 Vegh Quartet VALOIS AUVIDIS V4408 11.14am Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes Orchestra of St Luke's John Adams (conductor) ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79249-2 11.25am Haydn: Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle (Die Schöpfung) Uriel ...... Michael Schade (tenor) Raphael ...... Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Arnold Schönberg Choir Concentus Musicus, Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) BMG DHM 82876 58340-2 (2 CD set) 11.38am Haydn: Es sammle sich das Wasser... Nun beut die Flur (Die Schöpfung) Gabriel ...... Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Raphael ...... Walter Berry (bass) Vienna Singverein Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan (conductor) DG 435 077-2 (2 CD set) 11.50am Haydn: Es seyn Lichter... Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes (Die Schöpfung) Gabriel ...... Simone Kermes (soprano) Raphael ...... Johannes Mannov (bass) Uriel ...... Steve Davislim (tenor) Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir Thomas Hengelbrock (director) DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI DHM 05472 77537-2 (2 CD set).