BBC Radio 3

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Charles-François Gounod Variations du Miroir aka Helen's Dance (Faust)
Performers: National Theatre Orchestra of the Paris Opera, George Pretre (conductor)
EMI CDS 747493
9.02: Sarah's CD of the Week
- Franz Schubert Klavierstücke, D.946 No.1
  Performers: Maria João Pires (piano)
  DG 457 550-2
Stanford Fantasy No.1 for clarinet and string quartet
Performers: Thea King (clarinet), Britten String Quartet
HYPERION CDH55076
9.31am
- Morley Arise, awake; Stay heart, run not so fast
  Performers: The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director)
  L’OISEAU-LYRE 436 862-2
Falla Spanish Dance No. 1 (La Vie breve)
Performers: Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos (conductor)
EMI CZS 767474 2
9.42: Artist of the Week - The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sérénade melancholique, Op.26
  Performers: Gil Shaham (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  DG 449 923-2
Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville overture
Performers: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 477 501-2
9.59: Artist of the Week - The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
  Performers: Richard Goode (piano), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
  NONESUCH 7559 79439-2
10.30: Claire Tomalin's Choice
- Johann Sebastian Bach “Erbarme dich, mein Gott” (St Matthew Passion)
  Performers: Janet Baker (alto), Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter (conductor)
  ARCHIV 413 613-2
10.46: Claire Tomalin's Choice
- Richard Strauss Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)
  Performers: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, George Szell (conductor)
  EMI CDC 747276-2
Louis Couperin Canaries & Volte (Suite in D minor)
Performers: Christophe Rousset (harpsichord)
APARTE AP0006
11am: Sarah's Essential Choice
- Igor Stravinsky The Firebird
  Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)
  MERCURY 432 012-2
11.42am
- George Frideric Handel Israel in Egypt: conclusion
  Performers: Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford, English Chamber Orchestra, Simon Preston (conductor)
  DECCA 421 602-2
11.48am
- Camille Saint-Saëns Le Rouet d'Omphale
  Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham (conductor)
  EMI 909932-2