Classical Collection - 04/02/2008

With James Jolly. 10.00am Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) TELDEC 2292-46323-2 10.13am Stravinsky: Apollon musagette Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) DG 415 979-2 10.47am Lully: Dormons, dormons tous… (Atys, Act 3, Scene 4) Sleep ...... Gilles Ragon (tenor) Morpheus ...... Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) Phobetor ...... Bernard Deletre (baritone) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901257.59 (3 CDs) 10.58am Koechlin: String Quartet No 1 in D, Op 51 Ardeo Quartet AR RE-SE AR 2006-3 11.20am Elgar: Dream Children, Op 43 London Philharmonic Orchestra Adrian Boult (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1106 11.28am Wagner: Ring Cycle on DVD The Building a Library recommendation 11.54am Wagner, orch. Felix Mottl: Wesendonk-Lieder (Träume) Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer (conductor) EMI 764074-2 (4 CDs).