Classical Collection - Wednesday - James Jolly

Classical Collection with James Jolly: this week music from Munich orchestras, orchestral works by Walton and recordings by the pianist Wilhelm Kempff. Our Wednesday Award-winner is the album White Moon, a sequence of songs to Morpheus. The Munich Bach Orchestra plays Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051, Wilhelm Kempff performs Schubert's Sonata in E minor, D566 and there's a recording of Walton's Overture: Portsmouth Point. 10:00 Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn (conductor) EMI 573371-2 10:06 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051 Munich Bach Orchestra Karl Richter (harpsichord and director) ARCHIV 463 657-2 10:24 Haydn Symphony No 49 in F minor La Passione Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Frans Bruggen (conductor) PHILIPS 473 016-2 10:47 Schubert Sonata in E minor, D566 Wilhelm Kempff (piano) BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4114-2 10:59 Wednesday's Award-Winner Songs to Morpheus Warlock Sleep Handel Gentle Morpheus (Calliope's song from Alceste) Monteverdi Oblivion soave (Arnalta's aria from L'incoronazione di Poppea) Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Margo Garrett (piano), The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Sergio and Odiar Assad (guitars) NONESUCH 7559-79364-2 11:11 Walton Viola Concerto Yuri Bashmet (viola) London Symphony Orchestra Andre Previn (conductor) RCA 74321 92575-2 11:38 Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) DG 449 735-2.