Classical Collection - Thursday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker. Great performances and classic recordings. Sleeping Beauty and the Golden Goose are amongst the fairy-tale characters in today's programme and the Group of 3 is a rare chance to hear excerpts from lesser-known Dvorak operas. 10.00 Tchaikovsky Nutcracker: Act II Divertissement Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 440 477 2 10.12* Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516 Takacs Quartet with Denes Kormzy (viola) HUNGAROTON HCD12656-2 10.46* Holst The Golden Goose Guildford Choral Society The Philharmonia Orchestra Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor) HYPERION CDA66784 11.12* Haydn Piano Sonata in D HobXVI/37 Alfred Brendel (piano) PHILIPS 416643-2 11.24* Dvorak Excerpts from his operas, The Cunning Peasant, The King and the Charcoal Burner and Kate and the Devil. In more detail... Dvorak "The Month of May has come" (The Cunning Peasant) Jitka Sobehartova (soprano) Prague Radio Chorus & Symphony Orchestra Frantisek Vajnar (conductor) SUPRAPHON SU 0019-2 632 Dvorak "Oh, how I long for you" (The King and the Charcoal Burner) Miroslav Kopp (tenor) Prague National Theatre Orchestra Josef Chaloupka (conductor) Dvorak Kate and the Devil: conclusion to Act II Anna Barova (mezzo-soprano) Richard Novak (bass) Brno Janacek Opera Chorus & Orchestra Jiri Pinkas (conductor) 11.40* Vivaldi Concerto in D major for 2 violins, 2 cellos & strings RV 564 Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini (director) TELDEC 4509-94552-2 11.51* Tchaikovsky Adagio (Sleeping Beauty) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 440 477 2.