Classical Collection - Friday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker As our theme of The Comic ends, giggle with two 2 masters of comic opera and revel in Venetian carnival silliness 10.00 Rameau Platee - Suite of dances Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor) DHM 74321 93580 2 10.11 Sullivan Iolanthe - Act I (excerpt) April Cantelo, Heather Harper, Elsie Morison (sopranos), Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair (contraltos), John Cameron, George Baker (baritones), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) EMI CMS 7 64400 2 (2 CDs) 10.31 Mozart Horn Concerto in Eb K.417 English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell (horn/conductor) DECCA 410 281-2 10.45 Giovanni Croce Mascarate piacevoli et ridicolose (excerpts) Triaca Musicale (1595) - 'Poor Luckless Pantaloon' I Fagiolini, Eligio Quinteiro (lute, chitarrone, chitarrino) Robert Hollingworth (director/counter-tenor) CHANDOS CHAN 0665 10.59 Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Op.47 'Kreutzer' Johanna Martzy (violin), Jean Antonietti (piano) COUP D'ARCHET COUP CD003 11.36 Offenbach La belle Helene - Act I (excerpt) Janine Linda (soprano), Andre Dran, Jean Mollien, Roger Giraud (tenors), Jacques Linoslas (baritone), Lucien Mans (bass), Paris Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz (conductor) REGIS RRC 2062 (2 CDs) A Classic Arts Production Produced by Nick Morgan.