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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 Alexandra Wilson surveys the available recordings of Puccini's Manon Lescaut and selects the best of them.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.50 Andrew Green reviews new concerto recordings, including Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 with Sarah Chang ; his Cello
Concerto No 1 with Han-Na Chang ; a disc of piano concertos by the Austrian Romantic composer Henri Herz played by Howard Shelley ; and a new CD devoted to British tuba concertos.
11.20 Andrew McGregor talks to French pianist Louis Lortie about his career on disc, and his recordings of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Ravel.
11.55 The Listening Booth Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.20 Disc of the Week: Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) South-West German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Mid-German Radio Choir,
Stuttgart RSO, conductor Roger Norrington www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: cdreview@bbc.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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Alexandra Wilson
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Manon Lescaut
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Andrew Green
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Sarah Chang
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Han-Na Chang
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Henri Herz
Played By:
Howard Shelley
Talks:
Andrew McGregor
Pianist:
Louis Lortie
Conductor:
Roger Norrington

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