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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 David Owen Norris surveys the available recordings of Elgar's overture In the South (Alassio).
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.50 Stephen Plaistow reviews recent releases of Chopin's solo piano music performed by Maurizio Pollini , Stephen Kovacevich and Artur Pizarro ; plus a review of Chopin's complete works for piano and orchestra played by Korean pianist Kun-Woo Paik.
11.20 Andrew McGregor talks to British composer John Casken about the challenges of getting new works recorded and then kept in the catalogue.
11.55 The Listening Booth Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.20 Discs of the Week: Mozart String
Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance) Belcea Quartet www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: cdreviewiSbbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] (standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX. BBC1. page 651

Contributors

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Andrew McGregor
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David Owen Norris
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Stephen Plaistow
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Maurizio Pollini
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Stephen Kovacevich
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Artur Pizarro
Pianist:
Kun-Woo Paik.
Talks:
Andrew McGregor
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John Casken

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