Richard Osborne introduces an edition devoted entirely to new releases.
George Pratt reviews discs of Purcell and Handel, including Dioclesian and Alexander's Feast.
Claudio Abbado 's set of the Schubert symphonies is reviewed by Stephen Dodgson. Stephen Johnson reviews
Rostropovich's recordings of Prokofiev's symphonies and his opera War and Peace.
10.40 Record Release
Purcell Timon of Athens: Overture; Masque; Curtain Tune
LYNNE DAWSON (soprano) GILLIAN FISHER (soprano)
ROGERS COVEY-CRUMP (tenor) PAUL ELLIOTT(tenor)
MICHAEL GEORGE (bass) STEPHEN VARCOE (bass) MONTEVERDI CHOIR
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
11.02* Handel Nisi dominus (HWV238)
DIANA MONTAGUE (Contralto) JOHN MARK AINSLEY (tenor) SIMON BIRCHALL (bass)
CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
ORCHESTRA/SIMON PRESTON
11.16* Schubert Symphony
No 5 in B flat: CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
OF EUROPE/CLAUDIO ABBADO
11.46* Mozart Piano Concerto in c (K 467) (Mono: 1950) DINU LIPATTI (piano)
LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA/
HERBERT VON KARAJAN
12.18* Prokofiev Symphony No 2 in D minor: FRENCH NATIONAL
ORCHESTRA/MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS ('Record Review ' is repeated on Wednesday at 2.00pm)