Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Soprano Soile Isokoski talks to Sean about appearing in a revival of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House in London, and French violinist Philippe Graffin performs in the studio ahead of a concert in Leeds. 17:03 MOZART Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro The English Concert Winds HYPERION CDA66887 Track 1 3’51 17:07 NIELSEN Humoreske bagateller, Op.11 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) EMI CZS5747892 CD 2, Tracks 4-9 5’44 17:13 R. STRAUS Der Rosenband Soile Isokoski (soprano) Marita Viitasalo (piano) WHLIVE0011 Tracks 14 3’04 17:24 SCHOENBERG Gurrelieder (Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick) Soile Isokoski (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) SIGNUM SIGCD173 CD 1, Track 9 4’55 17:34 R. STRAUS Der Rosenkavalier (Marie Theres!..Hab’mir’s gelobt to the end of Act 3) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Marschallin) Teresa Stich-Randall (Sophie) Christa Ludwig (Octavian) Eberhard Wächter (Faninal) Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI CDS7493542 CD 3, Tracks 13-15 12’46 17:45 CHOPIN Etude in C sharp minor Op. 10 No. 4 Murray Perahia (piano) Sony SK64399 Track 12 1’56 17:50 LOLLI Violin Concerto in C major Op.lla, no.2 (3rd movement) Giuliano Carmignola (violin) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (director) ARCHIV 477 6606 Track 12 8’08 18:03 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps (Ballet and final tableau) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra James Judd (conductor) NAXOS 8.572304 Track 5 6’35 18:10 MACMILLAN So Deep Elysian Singers Sam Laughton (conductor) SIGNUM SIGCD507 Track 10 3’13 18:14 LIVE MUSIC KREISLER Marche Miniature Viennoise Philippe Graffin (violin) Marisa Gupta (piano) 2’49 18:24 SIBELIUS Berceuse from Six Pieces for Piano (Op.79, No. 6) Philippe Graffin (violin) Marisa Gupta (piano) 2’21 18:30 DELIUS Suite for Violin and Orchestra (Fınale) Philippe Graffin (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) DUTTON CDLX 7226 Track 6 3’55 18:35 HALFFTER Espagnolade Martin Jones (piano) NIMBUS NI 5849 Track 1 4’34 18:41 ROSSINI Le Dodo des enfants Cathryn Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) Opera Rara ORR247 Track 4 6’28 18:49 DEBUSSY L’Après-midi d’un Faune Orchestre National de L’ORTF Jean Martinon (conductor) EMI 9677342 CD 2, Track 14 10’25