Classical Collection - 20/10/2010

with Sarah Walker. This week: Liszt and his friends, baroque concertos for numerous instruments and recordings by the pianist Earl Wild. Today, our Wednesday Award-winner is the tenor, Jonas Kaufmann who caused a sensation as Lohengrin in Munich last year. There are concertos from Mozart, played by Maria Joao Pires, and Vivaldi, conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Gershwin's jazzy variations on "I got rhythm" from Earl Wild. 10.00 Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso, Op.66 London Symphony Orchestra Istvan Kertesz (conductor) DECCA 417 724-2 10.14 Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 in A major, K.414 Maria-Joao Pires (piano) Lausanne Chamber Orchestra Armin Jordan (conductor) WARNER APEX 2564 60161-2 10.40 Our Wednesday Award-winner is Jonas Kaufmann. Wagner "Mein lieber Schwann" (Lohengrin) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DECCA 478 1463 10.45 Vivaldi Concerto in C major, RV 558 New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein (director/harpsichord) SONY CLASSICAL SMK 47642 10.57 Gershwin Variations on "I got rhythm" Earl Wild (piano) Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler (conductor) RCA GD86519 11.22 Saint-Saens Symphony No.3 in C major, Op.78 'Organ Symphony' Gillian Weir (organ) Ulster Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN8822.