Classical Collection - 25/02/2008

With Sarah Walker. 10.00am Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra DG 445 541 2 10.08am Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Soloists including Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Thomas Allen (baritone) English Chamber Orchestra Matthew Best (conductor) HYPERION CDA 66420 10.23am Rachmaninov: Preludes: in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2; in D minor, Op 23 No 3; in E flat minor, Op 23 No 9 Moura Lympany (piano) ERATO 4509917142 (2 CDs) 10.34am Martin: Ballade for alto saxophone, piano and orchestra John Harle (saxophone) Ronald Brautigam (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 444 455 2 10.50am Walton: Facade Suites Nos 1 and 2 (excerpts) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Louis Fremaux (conductor) EMI CDM 764 201 2 11.12 Mendelssohn: Konzertstuck in F minor, Op 113 Hans Rudolf Stalder (clarinet) Hansjurg Leuthold (basset horn) Jurg von Vintschger (piano) JECKLIN JD 5602 11.23am Bartok: Concerto No 2 for violin and orchestra The Building a Library recommendation.