Classical Collection - Friday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Today there are highlights from Britten's and Mendelssohn's settings of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Charles Mackerras conducts Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade. 10.00 Purcell Fairy Queen: opening dances English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) ARCHIV 419 221 2 10.07* Mendelssohn Ye spotted snakes (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Arleen Auger (soprano) Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Ambrosian Singers Philharmonia Orchestra Neville Marriner (conductor) PHILIPS 411 106 2 10.11* Britten Welcome wanderer!...I know a bank A Midsummer Night's Dream) James Bowman (countertenor) City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox (conductor) VIRGIN CLASSICS VCD 759305 2 10.16* Beethoven Octet in E flat, Op.103 Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe ASV CDCOE807 10.38* Saint-Saens Danse Macabre Michele Boussinot (violin) French National Orchestra Georges Pretre (conductor) EMI CDC 7496372 10.46* Schumann Märchenbilder Nobuko Imai (viola) Martha Argerich (piano) EMI CDS 555484 2 11.02* Handel Mi restano le lagrime (Alcina, Act III) Alcina: Arleen Auger (soprano) City of London Baroque Sinfonia Richard Hickox (conductor) EMI CDC 749 771 2 11.10* Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade London Symphony Orchestra Kees Hulsmann (solo violin) Charles Mackerras (conductor) TELARC CD80208.