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CD Review

on BBC Radio 3

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's classical music CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library Simon Heighes recommends a recording of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater from those currently available on CD.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.45 David Nice reviews new orchestral releases, including rival recordings of Mahler's Eighth
Symphony from Kent Nagano and Simon Rattle , Tchaikovsky's Fourth and Sixth Symphonies from Valery Gergiev , and Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto from pianist Lang Lang.
11.15 Canadian violinist James Ehnes talks to Andrew McGregor about solo Bach and rare
Bruch, about his job as a Strad-tester and about his recordings on other instruments - Hummel on the viola and John Adams on the piano.
11.45 The Listening Booth: Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.30 Disc of the Week: Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (excerpts) Veronique Gens (soprano), Lille National Orchestra, conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]0300 email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Contributors

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Andrew McGregor
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Simon Heighes
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Stabat Mater
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David Nice
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Simon Rattle
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Valery Gergiev
Pianist:
Lang Lang.
Violinist:
James Ehnes
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Andrew McGregor
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John Adams
Soprano:
Veronique Gens
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Casadesus

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