Classical Collection - Tuesday - James Jolly

James Jolly presents Visions of Spain and recordings from Jordi Savall and his Hesperion band. Highlights today include Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole from Herbert von Karajan, Wagner's Prelude to Parsifal and the quartet Mir ist so wunderbar from Beethoven's Spanish opera Fidelio. Jordi Savall and his band perform music from the late 1490s, the reign of Queen Isabella of Castille, and there are two clarinet concertos in classic recordings, Mozart's from Thea King, and Copland's from Richard Stolzman. 10.00 Bizet Carmen Suite No.1 Orchestra des Concerts Lamoureux Igor Markevitch (conductor) Phillips 450 043-2 10.11 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Orchestre de Paris Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI 512038-2 10.27 Beethoven Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio, Act I) Marzelline: Christiane Oelze (soprano) Leonore: Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Jaquino: Micheal Schade (tenor) Rocco: Franz Hawlata (bass) Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) DG 453719-2 10.32 Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K.622 Thea King (clarinet) English Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (conductor) HYPERION CDA66199 11.03 Tuesday's Group of 3 Songs from Wolf's Spanish Songbook Sagt, seid Ihr es, feiner Herr Herr, was tragt der Boden hier Geh', Gelieber, geh' jetzt Anne Sophie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Olaf Bar (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) EMI CDS 555325-2 11.12 Wagner Parsifal: Prelude to Act I Philadelphia Orchestra Christian Thielemann (conductor) DG 453 485-2 11.26 Juan del Enzina Levanta Pascual La Capella Reial de Catalunya Hesperion XXI Jordi Savall (director) ALIA VOX AVSA 9838 11.32 Copland Clarinet Concerto Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) London Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) RCA 09026 61790-2.