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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: Stephen Plaistow surveys the available recordings of Beethoven's Bagatelles.
10.15 round-up of recent reissues.
11.00 Gillian Moore assesses new recordings of contemporary music, including Birtwistle's Earth Dances and Theseus Game,
George Benjamin 's Palimpsests, and Peteris Vasks 's Violin Concerto.
11.30 An interviewwith Matthew Cosgrove , director of Warner Classics, on the recent history and development of the CD label.
12.00 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:
A Scarlatti La Santissima Trinita
Roberta Invernizzi and Veronique Gens (sopranos), Vivica Genaux (mezzo),
Paul Agnew (tenor), Roberto Abbondanza (bass), Europa Galante , conductor Fabio Biondi www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] 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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Stephen Plaistow
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Gillian Moore
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George Benjamin
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Peteris Vasks
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Matthew Cosgrove
Sopranos:
Veronique Gens
Sopranos:
Vivica Genaux
Tenor:
Paul Agnew
Tenor:
Roberto Abbondanza
Conductor:
Europa Galante
Conductor:
Fabio Biondi

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