Classical Collection - Friday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Classic recordings and great performances. The ethereal spirituality of Wagner's prelude to Lohengrin and a song on the subject of Courtly Love summon up the Medieval age, and there are classic recordings of Ethel Smyth's overture to the Wreckers & Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44. 10.00* Brahms Tragic Overture, Op.81 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) EMI 512038-2 10.14* Mozart Hm! Hm! Hm! (Die Zauberflote, Act I Quintet) Papageno: Anton Scharinger (baritone) Tamino: Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor) Three Ladies: Anna-Maria Panzarella (soprano) Doris Lamprecht (mezzo-soprano) Delphine Haidan (alto) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (director) ERATO 0630 12705-2 10.20* Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op.44 Martha Argerich (piano), Dora Schwarzenberg & Lucy Hall (violins), Nobuko Imai (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello) EMI CDS 5554842 10.50* Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude, Act I Vienna Philharmonic Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 440 606-2 11.00* Chastelain de Couci (fl.1180-1200) also known as Gui IV de Couci Li nouviauz tanz John Mark Ainsley (tenor) HYPERION CDH55292 11.06* Smyth The Wreckers: Overture Scottish National Orchestra Alexander Gibson (conductor) EMI CDM 769206-2 11.20* Lalo Symphonie espagnole, Op.21 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Orchestre de Paris Daniel Barenboim (conductor) DG 429 977-2.