Classical Collection - Monday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week Sarah presents a collection of works influenced by Goethe's writing and recordings from Jacqueline du Pre. Sarah pays homage to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe with a selection of works influenced by the great German writer, including excerpts from Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust. The programme opens with Beethoven's Egmont Overture played by the Berlin Philharmonic and there's also Jacqueline du Pre playing Elgar's Cello Concerto. 10.00 Beethoven Egmont Overture Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) DG 419 624-2 10.09 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV1049 La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken (director) DHM 05472 77308 10.25 Mendelssohn Songs without Words in D, Op.109 Jacqueline du Pre (cello) Gerald Moore (piano) EMI CDC 555529-2 10.31 Samaniego De esplendor se doran los ayres (1666) Al Ayre Espanol Eduardo Lopez Banzo (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMI 987053 10.38 Kodaly Dances of Marosszek Budapest Festival Orchestra Ivan Fischer (conductor) HUNGAROTON HCD 31324 10.51 Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 Jacqueline du Pre (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra John Barbirollli (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT1388 11.22 Schubert Gesang der Geister uber den Wassern, D.714 Austrian Radio Chorus Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Gottfried Preinfalk (conductor) DG 437 649-2 11.43 Berlioz Excerpts from La Damnation de Faust Minuet of the Will-o'-the-Wisps Dance of the Sylphs Rakoczy March Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) TELARC CD-80164.