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CD Review

on BBC Radio 3

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Christopher Cook recommends a recording of Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville.
10.10 A look at some recently reissued classic recordings.
10.30 William Mival surveys recent chamber releases, including string quartets by Haydn, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich.
11.00 An interview with conductor
Vernon Handley , including news of his recording of Bantock's Thalaba the Destroyer.
11.30 Disc of the Week: John Adams El
Nino (excerpt) Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Willard White (baritone), Theatre of Voices,
London Voices, Berlin German Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kent Nagano Producers Mark Lowther and Andrew Lyle.
WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview E-MAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
DISC DETAILS: call the Radio 3 Information Line on [number removed] or consult CEEFAX, BBC1. page 651

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
William Mival
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Soprano:
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Baritone:
Willard White
Producers:
Mark Lowther
Producers:
Andrew Lyle.

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