Classical Collection - Wednesday - Sarah Walker

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week music with Polish connections, concert overtures and recordings by the violinist Nigel Kennedy. A particularly Polish day. Our Wednesday Award-winner is a recording of Mozart's Piano Sonata in D, K311, recipient of a Polish Fryderyk award in 2009. There's Mlynarski's Violin Concerto No.2 in D played by Polish resident Nigel Kennedy and the Polish Chamber Orchestra. Plus, we have Brahms's Tragic Overture, Op.81 courtesy of the Staatskapelle Dresden. 10.00 Brahms Tragic Overture, op.81 Staatskapelle Dresden Kurt Sanderling (conductor) RCA 74321 21285 2 10.14 Moniuszko Halka: Act 1 (conclusion) Andrzej Hiolski (Janusz) Bernard Ladysz (Stolnik) Andrzej Saciuk (Dziemba) Krakow Radio and TV Chorus Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Jerzy Semkow (conductor) Harmonia Mundi LDC 278 889 90 10.23 Chopin Mazurka in A minor, op.17 no.4 Ignaz Jan Paderewski (piano) Nimbus NI 8816 10.27 Chopin Mazurka in C, op.24 no.2 Artur Rubinstein (piano) RCA GD60822 10.30 Mlynarski Violin Concerto no. 2 in D, op.16 Nigel Kennedy (violin) Polish Chamber Orchestra Jacek Kaspszyk EMI 3 79934 2 11.00 Lutoslawski Symphonic Variations Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra Witold Lutoslawski (conductor) EMI CDM 7 69840 2 11.09 The Wednesday Award-winner Mozart Piano Sonata in D, K311 Rafal Blechacz (piano) DG 477 7453 11.27 Schubert Symphony no.5 in B flat, D485 Sinfonia Varsovia Yehudi Menuhin (conductor) Apex 4605302.