大象传媒

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners' choices, which include a Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody arranged for piano and harmonium, Gounod's celebrated Ave Maria and the Bach prelude on which it was based, plus performances by the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle, Angela Hewitt and Leontyne Price. American composer John Adams is the guest requester.

Radio 3 Requests
TX: 21st September 2008, 1400-1600, 大象传媒 Radio 3
Presenter: Chi-chi Nwanoku
Producer: Simon Jordan
BA: Sian Grace
Recording: 30A/B, Broadcasting House, Friday 29th August 2008, 1000-1200
Programme number: 08CM5425CB0
Tape number: PCF835/08CM5425

Elgar
Chanson de matin
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Julian Milford (piano)
Chandos CHAN 9624, track 8

Debussy
La Mer
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 580452, tracks 2-4

Bach
Prelude no 1 in C (Well-tempered clavier book 1)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDS44291, CD 1 track 1

Gounod arr. Sabatini
Meditation sur le 1er prelude de Bach (Ave Maria)
Leontyne Price (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Decca 421103-2, track 12

John Adams
Kumudha's Prayer (A Flowering Tree)
Jessica Rivera (soprano), Eric Owens (baritone and storyteller), Schola Cantorum Caracas, London Symphony Orchestra, John Adams (conductor)
Nonesuch 327100 CD1 track 3 (Released Monday 22/09/08)

Roy Harris
Symphony No 3
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)
Naxos 8.559227, track 1

Liszt, arr Jonathan Scott
Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Scott Brothers Duo
Scott Brothers SBDRCD001, track 10

Johan Halvorsen
Suite Ancienne
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor)
NKF NKFCD500321, tracks 1-4

Strauss
Don Juan
Dresden Staatskapelle, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
EMI CDC7478652, track 1

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