Classical Collection
Thursday - James Jolly
With James Jolly. This week exploring One-Hit Wonders, Mendelssohn's Music for String Quartet, and recordings by soprano Gundula Janowitz. Today's highlights include a carol symphony, Gundula Janowitz singing Weber, arabesques from Sibelius, Debussy and Schumann and a classic recording of Brahms's Third Symphony conducted by Eugen Jochum. 10.00 Elgar Harmony Music No.1 Athena Ensemble Chandos CHAN 241-33 10.04 Mendelssohn Tema & Variations & Scherzo (Pieces for String Quartet, Op.81) Eroica Quartet Harmonia Mundi HMU 907288 10.14 Our Thursday light music has a seasonal flavour. Hely-Hutchinson A Carol Symphony City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Gavin Sutherland (conductor) NAXOS 8 557099 10.39 Today's Group of 3 are arabesques for the piano Sibelius Arabesque, Op.76 No.9 Havard Gimse (piano) NAXOS 8.555363 Debussy Arabesque No.1 Zoltan Kocsis (piano) PHILIPS 422 404-2 Schumann Arabesque, Op.18 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) SONY CLASSICAL SX10K89765 11.07 Brahms Symphony No.3 in F major, Op.90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Eugen Jochum (conductor) EMI 569515-2 11.45 Weber "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer... Leise, leise, fromme Weise" (Der Freischutz) Gundula Janowitz (soprano) Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Ferdinand Leitner (conductor) DG 477 5832.