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Monday - Sarah Walker

With Sarah Walker. J Strauss II: Spharenklange. Schubert: 12 German Dances, D790. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings, Op 48. Debussy: La plus que lente. Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy.

Classical Collection with Sarah Walker: this week a collection of waltzes and recordings from Maurizio Pollini.

Sarah evokes the ballroom with a selection of concert waltzes. She opens with a member of the Strauss dynasty, Johann Strauss II, and a recording of his Spharenklange from the 1972 Vienna New Year's Day Concert. Other music includes Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings played by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir John Barbirolli and Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales.

10.00
J Strauss II
Spharenklange
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
DECCA 410 256-2

10.10
Schubert
12 German Dances (Landler), D790
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
EMI 555359-2

10.19
Tchaikovsky
Serenade for strings, Op 48
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI 457767-2

10.51
Debussy
La plus que lente
John Leach (cimbalom)
ORTF Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
EMI 575526-2

10.58
Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD 60179

11.15
Schubert
Wanderer Fantasy, D760
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 447 451-2

11.38
Faure
Dolly Suite
French National Radio Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
EMI 379986-2.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 6 Sep 2010 10:00

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  • Mon 6 Sep 2010 10:00