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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 The available recordings of Grieg's incidental music to Peer Gynt are compared by Fiona Talkington.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.50 Sarah Walker reviews new releases of piano music, including Ravel's Gaspardde la Nuit played by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and the Debussy Préludes from Pascal Roge and Melvyn Tan.
11.20 Andrew McGregor talks to tenor Robert
Tear about evangelism in Bach, the shifting sands of "authentic" music-making, working with Britten and Tippett, and his gigantic discography.
11.55 The Listening Booth Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.25 Disc of the Week: Gluck Paride ed Elena (excerpts) Magdalena Kozena (mezzo: Paride), Susan Gritton (soprano: Elena),
Carolyn Sampson (soprano: Amore), Gillian Webster
(soprano: Pallade/a Trojan), Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh 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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Fiona Talkington.
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Pascal Roge
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Melvyn Tan.
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Magdalena Kozena
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Soprano:
Carolyn Sampson
Soprano:
Gillian Webster
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Gabrieli Consort
Conductor:
Paul McCreesh

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