Classical Collection - Wednesday - James Jolly

Today James Jolly opens with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in a performance by the Minnesota Orchestra, plus the second half of the programme has an Italian flavour with Italian composers, performers and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 "Italian". 10.00 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Garrick Ohlsson (piano) Minnesota Orchestra Edo de Waart (conductor) VIRGIN VC 7914312 10.18 Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Joshua Bell (violin) Samuel Sanders (piano) DECCA 4178912 10.33 Jack Halloran Witness The Ensemble Singers and Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series Minnesota Philip Brunelle (conductor) COLLINS 14492 10.38 Puccini Tosca "Vissi d'arte" Leontyne Price (soprano) Rome Opera Orchestra Oliviero Fabritis (conductor) RCA 09026688832 10.42 Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor D.537 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) DG 4698202 (10 CDs) 11.06 Alessandro Scarlatti Magnificat Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) NAIVE 709861303502 11.29 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op 90, "Italian" Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra James Levine (conductor) DG 4276702.