Sunday Morning - Pastoral Pleasures

With Suzy Klein. Shepherds, nymphs and fauns cavort in idyllic surroundings as Suzy is joined by writer and philosopher Roger Scruton for a programme focusing on pastoral pleasures in music. With works by Beethoven, Debussy, Schubert and Strauss. Rameau: Diane et Acteon, Air Gai: Fuyez, fuyez, faune sauvage Hugues Cuénod (tenor) Robert Brink (violin) Alfred Zighera (viola da gamba) Daniel Pinkham (director/harpsichord) LYS 140-141, CD2 Tr 2 Duration: 2m30s Strauss: Vars II and III from Don Quixote, Op 35 Milton Preves (viola) Antonio Janigro (cello) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) RCA RD85734 Trs 4-5 Duration: 1m51s; 8m38s Schubert: Wohin? (Die Schone Mullerin, D795) Peter Schreier (tenor) Walter Olbertz (piano) Berlin Classics 0092842BC Tr 2 Duration: 2m16s Fisher: Whispering Grass (Don't tell the Trees), Inkspots EMI CD MFP 6064 Tr 4 Duration: 2m44s Corelli: Concerto grosso, Op 6 No 8 (Fatto per la notte di Natale) Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage (conductor) CHAN 0754 X Trs 18-23 Duration: 14m27s Bach, arr. Friedmann: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645 Piers Lane (piano) CHAN 9493 Tr 9 Duration: 3m36s Berlioz: Serenade of a mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his mistress (Harold in Italy, Op 16) Yehudi Menuhin (viola) Philharmonia Orchestra Colin Davis (conductor) EMI CDM 7635302 Tr 3 Duration: 6m26s Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op 91 No 2 Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Thomas Riebl (viola) Irwin Gage (piano) Acanta 43507 Tr 13 Duration: 6m13s Bach: Cantata No 104 (Du Hirte Israel, hore) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) BIS CD 1261 Trs 13-18 Duration: 17m50s Three Tales: Dolly Steve Reich Ensemble Synergy Vocals Nonesuch 7559798352 Tr 15 Duration: 1m53s Handel: Du roter als die Kirsche (Acis and Galatea) John Tomlinson (baritone) English Concert Trevor Pinnock (conductor) DG 447700, CD2 Tr 4 Duration: 3m6s Beethoven: Sonata in D, Op 28 (Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo) Alfred Brendel (piano) Philips 446624-2 Tr 8 Duration: 5m36s Earl Robinson and Alfred Hayes: Joe Hill Joan Baez (guitar and vocal) Europe 260 001, CD1 Tr 9 Duration: 2m40s Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No 3) (3rd mvt: Moderato pesante) London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) EMI 7423 5565642 1 Tr 3 Duration: 7m20s Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor) DG 435766-2 Tr 1 Duration: 8m52s.