Classical Collection - 22/10/2010

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.