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Andrew McGregor with Radio 3’s regular look at what’s new in the world of recorded music.

In this week’s programme (timings are approximate):

09.05am

SARASATE: Music for Violin and Orchestra V.2
Fantasy on Carmen; Concert Fantasy on Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette etc.
Tianwa Yang (violin) / Orquesta Sinfonica de Navarra / Ernest Martinez Izquierdo (conductor)
Naxos 8.572216 (CD)

Habanera
Spanish songs and gypsy arias by Bizet, Lehar, Falla, Ravel, Balfe et al.
Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) / Coro Filarmonico del Regio di Torino / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai / Karel Mark Chichon (conductor)
DG 477 8776 (CD)

Slavic
Opera arias by Borodin, Tchaikovsky, Zelenski, Rimsky-Korsakov, Arensky, Dvorak et al.
Piotr Beczala (tenor) / Polish RSO / Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)
Orfeo C 814 101 A (CD)

Gypsic
RAVEL: Tzigane; ENESCU: Violin Sonata No.3; SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen; RAVEL: Blues (Violin Sonata) etc.
Sarah Nemtanu (violin) / Romain Descharmes (piano) / Chilly Gonzales (piano, percussion)
Naïve V 5235 (CD)

Rapsodia
ENESCU: Minstrel; Violin Sonata No.3; LIGETI: Duo; KURTAG: 8 Duos Op.4; RAVEL: Tzigane etc.
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) / Viktor Kopatchinsky (cimbalom) / Emilia Kopatchinskaja (violin, viola) / Martin Gjakonovski (double bass) / Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano)
Naïve V 5193 (CD)

09.30am Building a Library
Schumann’s Paradise and the Peri – Peter Quantrill makes his personal top recommendation of the currently available versions.
First choice:
c/w Requiem fur Mignon; Nachtlied
Barbara Bonney (soprano) / Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Christoph Pregardien (tenor) / Gerald Finley (bass) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantiques / John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Archiv 4576602 (2CD)

10.20am
SCHUMANN: Collection of Compositions from Old and New Times
Music by Mendelssohn, Henslt, Spohr, Moscheles, Bach, Schubert, Weber, Schumann et al.
Alsfelder Vokalensemble et al. / Wolfgang Helbich (conductor)
CPO 777 595-2 (3CD)

SCHUMANN: Fantasie; Davidsbundlertanze
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Decca 478 2280 (CD + bonus interview CD)

10.50am

Martin Cotton talks with Andrew about two recent releases in the EMI Icon series.

Icon: Pierre Fournier
Including concertos by Schumann, Brahms, Dvorak, Haydn and Saint-Saens, plus chamber music and short works.
EMI 6295392 (7CD)

Icon: Leopold Stokowski
EMI 6985552 (10CD)

11.50am Disc of the Week

BARTOK: Piano Concertos Nos.1-3
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Chandos CHAN10610

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