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James Jolly

James Jolly marks Julius Caesar's birthday in music including Bonincini, Rozsa, Milhaud, Schumann and Handel. Plus Beethoven's Cello Sonata No 4 and Scriabin's Piano Sonata No 2.

James Jolly celebrates Julius Caesar's birthday in music by composers as varied as Bonincini, R贸zsa, Milhaud, Schumann and Handel. Among the morning's other selected recordings, James plays Beethoven's Fourth Cello Sonata in C, Op. 2 no. 1 in the famous version by Rostropovich and Richter, as well as Yevgeny Sudbin's account of Scriabin's Second Piano Sonata.

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Jul 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2 / The Enchanted Lake.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare - Piangero la sorte mia

    Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Singer: Patricia Petibon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Rosso: Italian Baroque Arias.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No 4 in C, Op 102 No 1

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter. Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-5.
    • Philips.
  • John Luther Adams

    Strange Birds Passing

    Conductor: Stephen Drury. Ensemble: New England Contemporary Music Ensemble.
    • Song Bird Songs.
    • Mode.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Sonata No 2

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Yevgeny Sudbin plays Scriabin.
    • BIS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Celeste Aida

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Singer: Jon Vickers. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra.
    • Aida.
    • Decca.
  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Julius Caesar - Overture

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Bruce Broughton.
    • Julius Caesar.
    • Intrada.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Suite d'apres Corrette

    Ensemble: In Modo Camerale.
    • In modo camerale - Works for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon.
    • Panton.
  • Robert Schumann

    Julius Caesar Overture

    Performer: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2, etc..
    • Chandos.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    Il Ritorno di Giulio Cesare: Aria - E pur le mie rovine

    Ensemble: Ensemble Tourbillon. Conductor: Petr Wagner. Singer: Hana Bla啪铆kov谩.
    • Vienna 1709: Opera Arias.
    • Accent.
  • John Ireland

    Themes from Julius Caesar - Scherzo & Cortege

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Boult conducts Ireland.
    • Lyrita.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare - Va tacito

    Singer: David Daniels. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel 鈥 Operatic Arias.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Giulio Cesare, Op 78

    Conductor: Andrew Penny. Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Shakespeare Overtures, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
  • Henry Purcell

    Urge me no more

    Performer: Anthony Rooley. Performer: Richard Campbell. Performer: Catherine Mackintosh. Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
    • Purcell: Songs and Airs.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
  • Vladimir Martynov

    The Beatitudes

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Music of Vladimir Martynov.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 36

    Performer: Van Cliburn.
    • Rachmaninov, Prokofiev - Sonatas.
    • RCA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes: Now The Great Bear and Pleiades

    Singer: Jon Vickers. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Peter Grimes.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Springtime on Funen

    Singer: Jorgen Klint. Singer: Inge Nielsen. Conductor: Tamas Veto. Choir: University Choir 'Little Muko'. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Singer: Kim von Binzer.
    • Nielsen: Springtime in Funen, Suite from Aladdin.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Jul 2015 09:00