Anthony Burton introduces new releases.
Locatelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 1 No 5
Raglan Baroque Players
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) Nicholas Kraemer
(chamber organ)
7.12 Danzl Wind Quintet in B flat, Op 56 No 1
Michael Thompson Wind Quintet
7.30 Frank Martin Ballade
Ronald Brautigam (piano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor
Riccardo Chailly
7.48 Handel Italian Cantata
No 10: Crudel tiranno amor
(HWV97)
Nancy Argenta (soprano) Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage (violin)
8.08 Schubert Sonata in A
(D664)
Andras Schiff (piano)
8.33 Hlndemlth Suite:
Nobilissima Visione
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado

Schubert's Mass in E flat
(D950) by Richard Wigmore. Michael Oliver and Peter
Paul Nash discuss new
20th-century choral and orchestral releases.
Revised repeat tomorrow
11.15pm
10.15 Record Release
Ives Three Places in New
England
Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
10.36 Dallaplccola Canti di Prigionia
New London Chamber
Choir, Ensemble
InterContemporain, conductor Hans Zender
11.05 Tlppett Concerto for Double String Orchestra Academy of St Martin, conductor Neville Marriner
11.30 Blrtwlstle
Secret Theatre
Ensemble
InterContemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez
Producers Clive Portbury and Patrick Lambert

Polymath and former presenter of University Challenge,
Bamber Gascoigne , who is currently at work on a history of the world for CD-Rom, takes time out to discuss his musical tastes with Michael Berkeley
. His particular love for opera is reflected in his choices which range from
Mozart and Mercadante to
Massenet and Verdi. A Classic Arts production

Continuing the award-winning series in which
Leslie Forbes explores the flavours and people on the old spice routes of India.
2: Into the Cardamom Hills
Rpt
BBC BOOK: Recipes from the Indian Spice Trail is available

"Ida Rubinstein succeeded not only in mounting more original works than any independent impresario in living memory, but also in starring in each and every one of them herself -
Michael de Cossart.
The Ida Rubinstein Legacy The first of four programmes in which Roger Nichols examines the colourful life of the dancer and the music she commissioned. With
Madeleine Milhaud and the late William Chappell. Reader Neville Jason.
Including
Rlmsky-Korsakov Night on Mount Triglav (Mlada) Glazunov Bacchanale
(The Seasons)
Musorgsky Persian Dances (Khovanshchina)
Pizzetti Suite: La Pisanella and excerpts from
Rlmsky-Korsakov Suite: Scheherazade
Debussy Le Martyre de St Sebastien (excerpts)
An Arthur Johnson production

Gwawr Owen presents the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Conductor Elgar Howarth has introduced a 20th-century focus to the orchestra's repertoire, evidence of which can be heard in this afternoon's performance.
Mahler Symphony No 6

With Geoffrey Smith. Producer Alan Hall Discs
ADDRESS: Jazz Record Requests. BBC, London W1A 4WW FAX: (0171) [number removed]

"In order to understand the 19th century, it is essential to understand Berlioz."
W H Auden 's words are explored this week by Ivan Hewett as he reviews two forthcoming series of concerts and a new book about the composer.
And there's an exploration of word-setting in Britten's songs.
Producer Anthony Sellors
Repeated tomorrow at 12.15pm
FAIREST ISLE

Handel's heroic opera, written for London in 1720, weaves a complex plot of jealousies, rivalries, confusion, courage and despair, revolving around the story of the capture of Thracian prince Radamisto and his wife Zenobia by Tiridate, King of Armenia, who is Radamisto's brother-in-law but is driven by his passion for Zenobia. His lust imperils the entire
Thracian royal household, who resolve to die rather than yield to the tyrant. This 1983 BBC studio recording is of the original version of the opera, which Handel revised substantially in his later years.
Michael Lewin (arch-lute) Robin Jeffrey (arch-lute/ theorbo)
Olga Hegedus (cello)
Celia Harper (harpsichord)
English Chamber Orchestra/ Roger Norrington Rpt

A monthly poetry series of performance, interviews and reviews.
Michael Rosen interviews
Paul Durcan , Adam Mars-Jones reflects on the reputation of American poet Amy Clampitt , and there's news of plans for a major poetry event in London's Royal Albert Hall.
Producer Fiona McLean

Imogen Cooper plays a selection of piano music, including two Impromptus:
No 3 in G flat; No 4 in A flat (D935)

Mingus Big Band
Formed by Sue Mingus to play the compositions of her husband Charles, who died in 1979, the 14-piece Mingus Big Band is heard in a concert recorded in July at the Old Fruitmarket.
The line-up includes saxophonists
John Stubblefield and Steve
Slagle, trumpeter
Kenny Rampton , trombonist Robin Eubanks and pianist Kenny Drew Jr. During the interval, presenter Brian Morton talks to Sue Mingus about the band and her husband's compositions. Mingus So Long Eric;
Invisible Lady; Jump Monk; Started Melody; Nostagia in Times Square; Baby take a chance with me.
Producer Derek Drescher