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CD Review

on BBC Radio 3

With Andrew McGregor , who plays some of this month's newest releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Rodney Milnes compares the currently available recordings of Bizet's The Pearl Fishers.
10.15 A roundup of recent CD re-issues.
10.30 David Fanning reviews new CDs of Russian music, including two each of Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 and Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky.
11.00 An interview with Michael Berkeley , including news of the "Berkeley Edition"
CD series featuring his own compositions and those of his father Lennox.
11.30 Disc of the Week:
Bach St Matthew Passion (excerpt) Deborah York and Julia Gooding
(sopranos), Magdalena Kozena and Susan Bickley (mezzos), Mark Padmore and James Gilchrist (tenors), Peter Harvey and Stephan Loges (basses), Gabrieli Players, conductor Paul McCreesh www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview EMAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
DISC DETAILS: call the Radio 3 Information Line on [number removed] or consult CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Contributors

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Andrew McGregor
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Rodney Milnes
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David Fanning
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Alexander Nevsky.
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Michael Berkeley
Sopranos:
Julia Gooding
Sopranos:
Magdalena Kozena
Sopranos:
Susan Bickley
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Mark Padmore
Tenors:
James Gilchrist
Tenors:
Peter Harvey
Tenors:
Stephan Loges
Conductor:
Paul McCreesh

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