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Amongst this week's requests from Radio 3 listeners is Bax's First Northern Ballad, recorded by the late Vernon Handley, a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets composed by Kabalevsky and Stanford's concert variations on the theme 'Down Among the Dead Men'. Young tenor Jonathan Ansell chooses to hear Bryn Terfel in the role of Elijah. Presented by Chi-chi Nwanoku.

ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
Phone: 03700 100 300. email: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk
ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
Phone: 03700 100 300. email: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk

Fats Waller: Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller and friends
Empress RAJCD 824, track 24

Bax: Three Northern Ballads (No.1)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 10446, track 1

Kabalevsky: Shakespeare Sonnets Op.52 (Nos. 2, 5 + 7)
Vassily Savenko (bass-baritone), Alexander Blok (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67274, tracks 24-26

Vanhal: Quartet in G major
Stamic Quartet
Panton 8114312131, tracks 4-7

Mendelssohn: ‘It is enough, O Lord, now take’ (Elijah)
Bryn Terfel (Elijah), David Watkin (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel (conductor)
Decca 455 688-2, CD 2, track 6

Stanford: Concert Variations on ‘Down Among the Dead Men’
Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 7099, tracks 4-16

Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op.6 No.7
Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (director)
Chandos CHAN 0616, tracks 6-10

Liszt: Hunnenschlacht (Battle against the Huns)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
SK 66834, track 5

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