大象传媒

Actress Kate O'Mara is this week's guest requester. Listener choices include George Gershwin's Summertime (in a mesmerising performance by saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky), stirring military music by Beethoven and Richard Rodgers, Mendelssohn's ambitious choral work Lauda Sion, and a tribute to the late pianist Clifford Benson. Presented by Chi-chi Nwanoku.

ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, 大象传媒 Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
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Vivaldi: Concerto for violin and orchestra (RV293) in F major 鈥淎utumn鈥�
Antonio de Secondi (violin), Luca Peverini (cello),
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (Director)
Na茂ve Records OP30363, track 7

Gershwin: Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Kenneth Radnofsky (saxophone)
Continuum CCD 1015, track 2

Richard Rodgers, arr Robert Russell Bennett: Five Selections from the NBC-TV series 鈥淰ictory at Sea鈥�
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Telarc CD-80175, tracks 1-5

Howard Ferguson: Five Bagatelles, Op 9
Clifford Benson (piano)
Hyperion CDA66192, tracks 5-9

Mendelssohn: Lauda Sion, Op 73
Evelyn Brunner (soprano), Naoko Ihara (contralto), Alejandro Ramirez (tenor), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Michel Corboz (conductor)
Erato 4509943592, tracks 9-15

Beethoven: Wellington鈥檚 Victory or the Battle of Victoria
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Philips 4262392, tracks 5-6

Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for string orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)
Chandos CHAN8629, tracks 5-9

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