Classical Collection - Monday - James Jolly

Classical Collection with James Jolly. Great recordings and classic performances. This week James unearths the first thoughts of composers and performers. Today with the original piano version of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and Simon Rattle's first recording of The Rite of Spring. 10.00 Copland Fanfare for the Common Man London Symphony Orchestra Aaron Copland (conductor) SONY SMK 60133 10.03 Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) DECCA 414 386-2 10.36 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Simon Rattle (conductor) ASV CD QS 6031 11.11 J.S. Bach Prelude & Fugue in B major, BWV 868; Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 869 Angela Hewitt (piano) HYPERION CDS 44292 11.26Haydn String Quartet, op.77 no.2 in F major The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review.