Classical Collection - Wednesday - Sarah Walker

with Sarah Walker: this week autumnal music, Italian Cantatas by Handel and the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. Our Wednesday Award-winner is a recording of Grieg's In Autumn conducted by Thomas Beecham, our artist of the week Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Reinecke's Sonata 'Undine' for Flute, Op.167 and the countertenor Gerard Lesne sings Handel's Splende l'alba in Oriente. 10:00 Grieg In Autumn, Op.11 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Thomas Beecham (conductor) EMI 5669142 10:12 Sibelius Autumn Evening Jubilate Choir Astrid Riska (conductor) BIS CD 998 10:14 Reinecke Sonata "Undine" for Flute Op.167 Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Robert Veyron-Lacroix (piano) WARNER APEX 2564623622 10:35 Handel Splende l'alba in Oriente Gerard Lesne (countertenor) Il Seminario Musicale VIRGIN 5905922 10:47 Mozart Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat K.449 Ivan Moravec (piano) Czech Chamber Orchestra Josef Vlach (conductor) SUPRAPHON SU0001 11:09 Veljo Tormis Autumn Landscapes Holst Singers Stephen Layton (conductor) HYPERION CDA67601 11:19 Sibelius Karelia Suite Op.11 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI CDM 7643312 11:36 Quilter Autumn Evening Op.14 No.1 Lisa Milne (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) NAXOS 8.557116 11:40 Respighi Autumn Poem Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Downes (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN9232.