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Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces this week's wish-list from Radio 3 listeners, which includes a performance by Marisa Robles of Boieldieu's beautiful Harp Concerto, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7, the bawdy original version of 'Lavender' s Green', and 'Riff-Raff' on the organ by Giles Swain. Soprano Kate Royal shares her passion for Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's recording from Handel's Theodora.

Including:

Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt suite no. 1)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 437 523-2, track 8

Boieldieu: Harp Concerto
Marisa Robles (harp), The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown (conductor)
Decca 425 723-2, tracks 4-6

Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Robert Quinney (organ), Martin Baker (master of music)
Hyperion CDA 67503, track 1

Boccherini: Sonata in A major (with cello)
Richard Lester (cello), David Watkin (cello)
Hyperion CDA 66719, tracks 10-12

Handel: Theodora: Ah! Whither should we fly…As with rosy steps the morn
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (conductor)
AVIE AV 0030, tracks 1+2

Giles Swayne: Riff-Raff
Kevin Bowyer (organ)
Priory PRCD 001, track 2

Trad. Lavender’s Green (original version)
The City Waites
Soundalive SAMHS/CD/202, track 3

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor
Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa (conductor)
Deutsche Grammophon 463 761-2, CD2, tracks 3-6

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Phone: 03700 100 300. email: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk

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