Sunday Morning - 08/06/2008

Iain explores the ancient concept of music as science, asking: 'When did it become one of the arts and how do we really know it is one?' Including Borodin's String Quartet No 2 in D, Elgar's Prelude to the Kingdom and Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt. Elgar: Prelude (The Kingdom - Jerusalem, Op 51) London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Chandos chan878889 Glass: Knee Play 5 (Einstein on the Beach) The Philip Glass Ensemble CBS M4K38875 Brahms: Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 Augustin Dumay (violin) Maria Joao Pires (piano) DG 4358002 Michael Arne: The Lass with the Delicate Air/Die Maid mit dem lieblichen Sinn Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Michael Raucheisen (piano) Acanta 4243801 Gerard Grisey: Modulations for 33 musicians Ensemble Intercontemporain Pierre Boulez (conductor) Erato 0630459932 Borodin: Scherzo; Notturno; Finale (String Quartet No 2 in D) Borodin Quartet EMI CDC7477952 Laurie Anderson: Let X=X (Big Science) Laurie Anderson (vocals) Warner 7599236742 Bartok: Maestoso (Hungarian Folk Tunes) Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Philips 4341042 Hindemith: Symphony (Die Harmonie der Welt) (1st mvt) BBC Philharmonic Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor) Chandos CHAN9217 Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D (Finale) Vienna Philharmonic Carlos Kleiber (conductor) Deutsche Grammophone: 415 601-2.