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Classical Collection: 22/10/2010

22/10/2010

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Collection, 22/10/2010

With Sarah Walker. Including Weber, Wagner, Handel, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and Rosauro.

A sequence of great music in classic recordings.

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week Liszt and his friends, baroque concertos for numerous instruments and recordings by the pianist Earl Wild.

Today's, our Friday virtuoso is percussionist Evelyn Glennie, our series of complete Mozart concertos continues with one of the most popular, No.25, K.503, performed by Rudolf Serkin. Earl Wild dazzles with his own variations on Handel's 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' and there's Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, and a funereal concerto from Vivaldi.

10.00
Weber
Euryanthe: Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)
PHILIPS 462 869-2

10.09
Wagner
An Weber's Grab 'Hebt an der Sang'
Male choruses of the Vienna Singvereins der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, 
Vienna Chamber Chorus and the Dresden Philharmonic and Youth Choirs 
Michel Plasson (director) 
EMI CDC 556358-2

10.14
Handel
Air and Variations 'The Harmonius Blacksmith' (from the Suite in E major, HWV430) 
Earl Wild (piano) 
SONY CLASSICAL SK 62036

10.19
Mendelssohn
Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian'
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 470-3

10.48
Vivaldi
Concerto Funebre in B flat major, RV579
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
OPUS111 OP30367

10.57
Our Friday Virtuoso is Evelyn Glennie

Rosauro
Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra 
Evelyn Glennie (marimba) 
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 
Paul Daniel (conductor) 
RCA 09026 61277-2

11.21
Mozart
Piano Concerto No.25 in C major, K.503
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 410 989-2.

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