Classical Collection - Thursday - Sarah Walker

with Sarah Walker: this week autumnal music, Italian Cantatas by Handel and recordings by the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Today's highlights include a classic recording of the overture to Borodin's Prince Igor. There's light autumnal music by Vernon Duke with the soprano Dawn Upshaw conducted by Eric Stern, the contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux sings Handel's Irene, idolo mio and we conclude today's programme with Shostakovich's October Symphonic Poem played by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz. 10:00 Borodin Prince Igor - Overture State Symphony Orchestra of Russia Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) RCA 09026616742 10:12 Fumio Hayasaka Autumn Noriko Ogawa (piano) BIS CD854 10:17 Billy Mayerl Autumn Crocus Eric Parkin (piano) CHANDOS CHAN8848 10:20 Lu Wencheng Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake Lang Lang (piano) DG 4429484 10:23 Debussy Printemps Suite (arr Busser) Orchestre National de L'ORTF Jean Martinon (conductor) EMI CDM 7695882 10:40 Handel Irene, idolo mio Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto) Luc Beausejour (harpsichord) Amanda Keesmaat (baroque cello) ANALEKTA FL 231619 10:52 Haydn String Quartet in D minor, Op.103 Takacs Quartet DECCA 4301992 11:03 Frantisek Benda Concerto in E minor Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Prague Chamber Orchestra Milan Munclinger (conductor) SUPRAPHON 1113082 11:26 Alwyn Autumn Legend for Cor Anglais and String Orchestra Rachael Pankhurst (cor anglais) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) NAXOS 8.570704 11:37 Vernon Duke Autumn in New York (orch. Jonathan Tunick) The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull Dawn Upshaw (soprano) Orchestra Eric Stern (conductor) NONESUCH 7559795312 11:44 Shostakovich October, Op.131 Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz (conductor) NAXOS 8557812.