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CD Review

on BBC Radio 3

With Andrew McGregor. Radio 3's long-running Saturday morning review programme returns with a new title and a new presenter.
Andrew McGregor plays some of the newest CDs, and Lucie Skeaping samples some recent recordings of Baroque concertos, including Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico set from violinist Fabio
Biondi and his Italian group Europa Galante , and concerti grossi by Handel from Simon Standage and Collegium Musicum 90.
10.00 Award-winning tenor
Ian Bostridge talks about his recording career and his approach to music making, with songs from his recent Schumann disc. The Radio 3 CD of the Week is Carlos Kleiber 's benchmark recording of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic.
11.00 Building a Library
Geoffrey Smith celebrates this month's Gershwin centenary by recommending a recording of An
American in Paris. Plus more music with a jazzy tinge, including Martinu's Le Jazz.
Producers Clive Portbury and Susan Kenyon

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
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Europa Galante
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Simon Standage
Tenor:
Ian Bostridge
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Carlos Kleiber
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Geoffrey Smith
Producers:
Clive Portbury
Producers:
Susan Kenyon

BBC Radio 3

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