Alfred Brendel plays Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto

Mark Forrest concludes his week of specially recorded music and performances from across the globe and his week long focus on pianists past and present. Today we hear a treasured archive recording of Alfred Brendel playing Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich. Plus, we have piano music from one of the prize winners from the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition: the Vietnamese pianist Khanh Nhi Luong, performs Henri Dutilleux's Piano Sonata in a concert recorded last month at London’s Wigmore Hall. Plus there's orchestral music from Vaughan-Williams and Robert Schumann.

Robert Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E major, Op. 52
Ulster Orchestra
Killian Farrell (conductor)

Georg Phillip Telemann: Concerto No.1 in G major, TWV.43:G1 (Paris Quartet)
Ensemble Augelletti (New Generation Baroque Ensemble 2023-2025)

Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Esther Hoppe (violin)
Christian Poltera (cello)
Hiroko Sakagami (piano)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb major ('Emperor'), Op. 58
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

George Frederick Handel: Air with 5 Variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith" [Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV. 430]
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)

Maurice Ravel: Tzigane (version for violin & orchestra)
Simone Lamsma (violin)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgards (conductor)

Henri Dutilleux: Piano Sonata
Khanh Nhi Luong (piano)

Richard Strauss: Variations on a Bavarian Folksong
Festival Strings Lucerne

Carl Maria von Weber: Overture - The Ruler of the Spirits, Op. 27
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)