Classical Collection - Monday - 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 the Dublin version of Handel's Messiah, Tintagel by Arnold Bax, and piano music by Charles Alkan. 10.00 Handel (Dublin version, 1742) Messiah: opening numbers Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Dunedin Consort & Players John Butt (director) LINN CKD285 10:12 Walton Crown Imperial City of Birmingham Symphony Louis Fremaux (conductor) EMI CDM 764201-2 10.19 Mozart compl. Lowicky Adagio K580a The Fibonacci Sequence Deux-Elles DXL1121 10.26 Bax Tintagel BBC Philharmonic Vernon Handley (conductor) Chandos CHAN10122 10.38 Alkan A selection of his Esquisses, Op.63 Steven Osborne (piano) HYPERION CDA67377 10.47 Handel He was despised (Messiah) John Elwes (tenor) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (director) BIS-CD-891/892 11.00 Strauss Alpine Symphony The Building a Library choice as recommended in last Saturday's CD Review.