Classical Collection - Friday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week a selection of music inspired by the warming sun, Handel Oratorios; recordings by Vernon Handley. Today's highlights include Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, virtuoso singing from Hermann Prey as Rossini's Barber of Seville, and Nigel Kennedy performing Elgar's Violin Concerto. 10.00 Ravel Alborada del gracioso Orchestre de Paris Jean Martinon (conductor) EMI 500892-2 10.08 Handel As steals the morn upon the night (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato) Susan Gritton (soprano) Paul Agnew (tenor) King's Consort Robert King (conductor) HYPERION CDA67283/4 10.17 Mendelssohn Octet, Op.20 Christian Tetzlaff, Isabelle Faust, Lisa Batiashvili, Antje Weithaas (violins) Rachel Roberts, Ori Kam (violas) Tanja Tetzlaff, Quirine Viersen (cellos) AVI Music 8553163 10.47 Wagner Good Friday Music (Parsifal) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) EMI CZS 575 389-2 Our Friday Virtusoo is Hermann Prey 10.54 Rossini Largo al factotum (Barber of Seville) Hermann Prey (tenor) London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DECCA 457 901-2 11.00 Elgar Violin Concerto, Op.61 Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) EMI CD-EMX-2058.