Classical Collection - Tuesday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. Highlights include a focus on Benjamin Britten as composer, editor and conductor, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 1. 10.00am Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) DECCA 443 847-2 10.12am Britten: Diversions, Op 21 Steven Osborne (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) HYPERION CDA67625 10.35am Purcell: The Sweet Passion (The Fairy Queen) Shepherd and Coridon ...... Peter Pears (tenor) Nymph ...... Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) Mopsa ...... Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Shepherd ...... James Bowman (countertenor) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) DECCA 468 561-2 10.59am Selection of Grieg's Norwegian Peasant Dances Thomas Ades (piano) EMI 57051-2 11.05am Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13 (Winter Daydreams) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) SONY SK 48056.