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Radio 3 Requests with Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners requests, including music set to Shakespeare by Purcell and Britten, and one of Schubert's final pieces for piano played by Maria Joao Pires.

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces the wish-list of music from Radio 3 listeners, including music set to Shakespeare by Purcell and Britten, and one of Schubert's final pieces for piano played by Maria Joao Pires. Conductor Ivor Bolton shares his passion for a performance of Weber's Der Freischutz overture.

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listeners, including music set to Shakespeare by Purcell and Britten, and one of Schubert's final pieces for piano played by Maria Jo茫o Pires. Conductor Ivor Bolton shares his passion for a performance of Weber's Der Freischutz overture.

Henri Mulet: Tu es Petra
John Scott (organ)
Priory PRCD 345, track 10

Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz
Dresden Staatskapelle orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 415 432-2, CD 1 track 1

Britten: I Know a Bank (A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream)
James Bowman (Oberon), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor)
Virgin Classics VCD 7593052, CD 1 track 6

Schubert: Allegretto (3 piano pieces D. 946)
Maria Jo茫o Pires (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 457 550-2, CD 2 track 6

Purcell: Halcyon Days (The Tempest)
Jennifer Smith (soprano), Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Erato 2292-45555-2, track 16

Rossini: String Sonata No. 3 in C major
Members of the Serenata of London: Barry Wilde (violin), Clive Lander (violin), Roger Smith (cello), Michael Brittain (double bass)
ASV CD DCA 767, tracks 7-9

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Last on

Sun 17 Aug 2008 14:00

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  • Sun 17 Aug 2008 14:00