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Including Bloch, arr. Schuster: Nigun. Sullivan: The Mikado (excerpts). Bartok: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra. Mozart: String Quartet in D.

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Bloch, arr. Schuster: Nigun (Baal Shem)
Mischa Maisky (cello)
Davia Hovora (piano)
DG 459 136 2

10.08am
Pergolesi (attrib.): Magnificat
Elizabeth Vaughan (soprano)
Janet Baker (contralto)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Christopher Keyte (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
David Willcocks (conductor)
DECCA 443 868 2 (2-CD set)

10.21am
Grainger: Fantasy on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe (piano)
CARLTON CLASSICS 3036600682 tk 3

10.41am
Sullivan: Comes a train of little ladies...Three little maids from school (The Mikado, Act 1)
Yum-Yum ...... Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
Pitti-Sing ...... Anne Howells (soprano)
Peep-Bo ...... Janice Watson (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
TELDEC CD 80284

10.45am
Sullivan: The sun whose rays (The Mikado, Act 2)
Yum-Yum ...... Marion Studholme (soprano)
Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Alexander Faris (conductor)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFPD 4730 (2-CD set)

10.49am
Sullivan: Miya sama...A more humane Mikado (The Mikado, Act 2)
Katisha ...... Monica Sinclair (contralto)
The Mikado ...... Owen Brannigan (bass)
Glynebourne Festival Chorus
Pro Arte Orchestra
Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
EMI 764 403 2 (2-CD set)

10.57am
Playford: Goddesses/Jamaica; The Waits; Pell Mell (The English Dancing Master)
Dufay Collective
CHANDOS CHAN 9446

11.03am
Bartok: Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra
Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI CDC 747 466 2

11.30am
Mozart: String Quartet in D, K575
Quartetto Italiano
PHILIPS 422 687 2 (4-CD set).

2 hours

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Thu 4 Oct 2007 10:00

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  • Thu 4 Oct 2007 10:00