Classical Collection - Monday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker Featuring great performances and classic recordings. This week's theme is The Comic - from Haydn's teasing note-play to Rossini's brilliant buffoonery 10.00 Britten Soirees musicales Op.9 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Robert Zeller (conductor) HMV SXLP 20090 (LP) 10.13 Rossini La pietra del paragone - Act I, 'Ombretta sdegnosa del Missipipì' Renato Capecchi (bass-baritone), Naples San Carlo Theatre Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (conductor) PHILIPS S 06200 R (LP) 10.21 Rossini La gazza ladra - Act I, 'Il mio piano e preparato' Franco Corena (bass), Suisse Romande Orchestra, Alberto Erede (conductor) PREISER 89597 10.38 Haydn String Quartet in E flat Op.33 No.2 'Joke' Weller Quartet DECCA 475 6796 (8 CDs) 11.13 Beethoven Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens (conductor) ABC CLASSICS 476 5957 (5 CDs) 11.23 Gottschalk Creole Eyes, Cuban dance Op.37; The Union, concert paraphrase Op.48 Leonard Pennario (piano) EMI CDM 7 64667 2 11.35 The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's CD Review Britten Violin Concerto Op.15.