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Classical Collection - Tuesday - Sarah Walker

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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 an Irish Rhapsody by Stanford from Vernon Handley, a Group of 3 fishing-inspired songs from Schubert sung by Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis and Elly Ameling, Handel's ground-breaking Israel in Egypt from John Eliot Gardiner and Bach from Andrew Manze. 10.00 Bach Concerto for two violins, BWV1060 Andrew Manze & Rachel Podger (violins) Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Manze (director/violin) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907155 10.13 Tchaikovsky Romance, Op.5 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) REGIS RRC1354 10.20 Handel He has his mansion fix'd on high...Hallelujah, your voices raise (The Occasional Oratorio, Act II) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) The Choristers and Choir of the The King's Consort The King's Consort Robert King (conductor) HYPERION CDA66961/2 10.28 Farkas Antique Hungarian Dances Frosunda Wind Quintet BIS-CD-136 10.38 Stanford Irish Rhapsody No.4 in A minor, Op.141 The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN7002/3 10.56 Group of 3: Fishing-related songs by Schubert Schubert Die Forelle, D550 Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Gerald Moore (piano) EMI CMS764074-2 Schubert Liebhaber in allen Gestalten, D558 Edith Mathis (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) HYPERION CDJ33021 Schubert Fischerweise, D881 Elly Ameling (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) PHILIPS 420 870-2 11.05 Albinoni Concerto a cinque in F Maurice Andre (trumpet) Bernard Soustrot (trumpet) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) EMI CES 569140-2 11.18 Nielsen Helios Overture, Op.17 Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) EMI CZS 569758-2 11.20 Handel Israel in Egypt, HWV54: excerpt Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) PHILIPS 432 110-2 11.48 Saint-Saens Phaeton, Op.39 Philharmonia Orchestra Charles Dutoit (conductor) DECCA 414 460-2.