Classical Collection - Tuesday - Sarah Walker

with Sarah Walker: this week Paris through the ages, Beethoven cello sonatas and recordings by the conductor Michael Tilson Thomas Today's highlights include Bizet's Carmen Suite No.1, an extract from Gluck's opera Orpheus and Euridice, and a Group of 3 vocal pieces by early Parisian masters. 10.00 Gershwin Overture to Strike Up the Band Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) SONY SMK 60028 10.08 Bizet Carmen, Suite no.1 Montreal S O Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 10.21 Gossec Marche lugubre Orchestre d'Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix de Paris Claude Pichaureau (conductor) ERATO 2292-45006-2 10.29 Beethoven Sonata for piano and cello in g minor, op.5 no.2 Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Dejan Lazic (piano) CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 22605 CD 1 10.52 Perotin (fl.c.1200) Isaias cecinit The Hilliard Ensemble Paul Hillier (director) ECM 837 751-2 10.55 Philippe de Vitry O canenda vulgo per compita / Rex quem metrorum / Rex regum Sequentia Benjamin Bagby & Barbara Thornton (direction) DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI RD77095 10.57 Claudin de Sermisy Joyssance vous donneray Ensemble Doulce Memoire ASTREE E 8545 11.01 Berlioz Dies irae and Tuba mirum from Grande Messe des Morts, op.5 London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Colin Davis (conductor) PHILIPS 416 283-2 11.16 Couperin Les Fastes de la grande et ancienne Mxnxstrxndxsx Olivier Baumont (harpsichord) ERATO 4509-96364-2 11.26 Gluck Orphee et Euridice (1774 Paris version) - Act 3, scene 1 Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Orphee) Catherine Dubosc (Euridice) Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus Ryan Brown (conductor) NAXOS 8.660185-86 11.43 Borodin Polovtsian Dances Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Beecham Choir Thomas Beecham (conductor) EMI 566998-2.