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A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and recommendations.

A thorough look at the week's classical music releases, plus news and the Radio 3 Disc of the Week recommendation.

Record Review: Summer Record Review: Proms Composer Portrait - Wolfgang Rihm

30/07/2016

Summer Record Review: Proms Composer Portrait - Wolfgang Rihm

BBC Radio 3 - Record Review, Summer Record Review: Proms Composer Portrait - Wolfgang Rihm

Andrew McGregor presents music from the Aurora Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic.

With Andrew McGregor. Including Building a Library.

Andrew McGregor presents Summer Record Review with the usual mix of recent recordings, top releases of the past season and a Proms Composer.
This week, Andrew introduces the music of one of Germany's leading post-war composers and also assembles a collection of recordings made by some of the key figures in Arabic music.

0900 Hot off the Press - recordings from the Aurora Orchestra and the Bergen Philharmonic

0930 Proms Composer: Wolfgang Rihm (b. 1952)
Summer Record Review's weekly look at a Proms Composer explores recordings of music by Wolfgang Rihm. a hugely prolific composer who has written award winning music ranging from solo sonatas, chamber music to opera. 

1015 Recent Releases of music by Eric Satie 

1040 Oud player and composer, Joseph Tawadros, joins Andrew to assemble a collection of music from the Middle East. 

1145 Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D minor Op. 104 
Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor).

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