Classical Collection - Monday - James Jolly

Featuring great performances and classic recordings. This week's theme is Little Symphonies, Big Sonatas. 10.00 Bellini: Sinfonia breve in D Chopin Chamber Orchestra, Winston Dan Vogel DYNAMIC CDS 79 10.07 Bellini: “Eccola! Va, mi lascia…Va, crudele, al Dio spietato” (Norma, Act I) Jose Carreras (tenor) Agnes Baltsa (mezzo) LSO, Placido Domingo SONY SK 53968 10.16 Mozart: Symphony No 25 in G minor, K 183 Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch ORFEO C 795091 B 10.39 Schumann: Faust's Death (Scenes from Goethe's Faust) Faust: Christian Gerhaher (baritone) Mephistopheles: Alastair Miles (bass) Netherlands Radio Choir Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt RCO LIVE RCO 09001 10.54 Brahms: Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 Radu Lupu (piano) DECCA 4171222 11.35 Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op.16 The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday’s CD Review