Classical Collection - 04/03/2008

With James Jolly. 10.00am Verdi, transcr. Muzio: Luisa Miller (Nos 1,2,3 - Act I) Hagen Quartet DG 447 069 2 10.16am Mendelssohn: Paulus (excerpt) Ingeborg Danz (alto) Michael Schade (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (bass) Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Prague Chamber Choir Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Helmuth Rilling (conductor) HANSSLER CLASSIC 98926 (2 CDs) 10.36am Bach: Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo, BWV 1034 Janet See (baroque flute) Davitt Moroney (harpsichord) Mary Springfels (viola da gamba) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90702425 (2 CDs) 10.52am Haydn: Introduction (Winter) (The Seasons) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Rene Jacobs (conductor) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90182930 (2 CDs) 10.56am Bach: Sinfonia, Part 2 (Christmas Oratorio) Bach Collegium, Japan Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) BIS CD 941/942 (2 CDs) 11.02am Handel: Overture (The Messiah) Philharmonia Orchestra Otto Klemperer (conductor) EMI CMS 763 621 2 (3 CDs) 11.08am Chopin: Three Waltzes, Op 64 Zoltan Kocsis (piano) PHILIPS 412 890 2 11.17am Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (excerpt) John ...... Sig Andrersen (tenor) Christiane Oelze (soprano) Cornelia Kallisch (contralto) Lothar Odinius (tenor) Alfred Reiter (bass) Friedemann Winklhofer (organ) Choir and Orchestra of Bavarian Radio Franz Welser-Most (conductor) EMI CDS 556 660 2 (2 CDs) 11.38am Britten: Simple Symphony Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Iona Brown (director) VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545 121 2 11.55am Mendelssohn: Elijah (excerpt from Act 2) MDR Choir Leipzig Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) TELDEC 9031731312 (2 CDs).