Classical Collection - Monday - Sarah Walker

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.