Classical Collection - Friday - James Jolly

Classical Collection: this week James Jolly offers an Invitation to the Dance, Saint-Saens Piano Concertos & recordings by the conductor Pierre Monteux. Today's highlights include clowns from Kabalevsky and Stravinsky, the princess Lakme from Natalie Dessay, our Friday virtuoso, and the biblical temptress Salome from Fritz Reiner, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet performing Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No.5, nicknamed the Egyptian 10.00 Kabalevsky Suite from The Comedians, Op.26 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Kyrill Kondrashin (conductor) RCA 09026 63302-2 10.15 Korngold Marietta's Lied (Die tote Stadt) Kate Royal (soprano) Orchestra of English National Opera Edward Gardner (conductor) EMI 268192-2 10.22 Debussy Danse sacree et danse profane Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) PHILIPS 438 742-2 10.32 Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) RCA GD 60874 10.41 Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op.103 Egyptian Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Suisse Romande Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 475 8764 11.10 The Friday Virtuoso this week is soprano Natalie Dessay 11.10 Delibes The Bell song Ah! Par les dieux inspiree... Ou va la jeune hindoue (Lakme) Natalie Dessay (soprano) Toulouse Capitole Orchestra Michel Plasson (conductor) DECCA 363 332-2 11.20 Stravinsky Petrouchka Boston Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor) RCA 86529.