Bruckner's Great Mass in F minor from Salzburg

Mark Forrest introduces specially recorded concert performances from today's featured conductor, Riccardo Muti, including a powerful choral tour-de-force from Anton Bruckner. Riccardo Muti is one of the great conductors of today, and in Classical Live, we feature exclusive recent performances from him conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg.

Also in today's programme, French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau concludes his recent recital from Bad Kissingen of keyboard music by masters of the French Baroque. Including:

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 (''Tragic')
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Victoria Mullova (violin)
Alisdair Beatson (piano)

Anton Bruckner
Mass No. 3 in F minor
Ying Fang (soprano)
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, (contralto)
Pavol Breslik (tenor)
William Thomas (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

George Gershwin
Symphonic Picture - ‘Porgy and Bess’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lee Reynolds (conductor)

Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
(from Suite No. 3 in C (1746)) -
La Sensible (rondeau)
La marche des Scythes
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)