Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

A heady mix of the traditional and the extraordinary, as Chi-Chi Nwanoku introduces Elgar, Brahms, Verdi and Beethoveen, via Australian orchestral jazz, Debussy on the synthesizer, and a symphony featuring bouncing balls and a Hammond organ. The guest requester is composer and pianist John McCabe. Brahms: 111, Wie Lieblich sind deine Wohnungen/How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (A German Requiem) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) PHILIPS 4321402 CD1, Tr 3 Strauss: Burleske for piano and orchestra Helen Grimaud (piano) Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester David Zinman (conductor) ERATO 0630117272 Cd1, Trs 4-7 Lionel Tertis: Sunset Lionel Tertis (viola) Ethel Hobday (piano) BIDDULPH 802192 CD4, Tr 15 Kreisler: Preludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani Lionel Tertis (viola) Frank St Ledger (piano) BIDDULPH 802192 CD3, Tr 2 Don Banks: Nexus for jazz quintet and orchestra (1st mvt) Don Burrows and the Judy Bailey Quintet Sydney Symphony Orchestra Stuart Challender (conductor) VOX AUSTRALIS VAST006-2 CD1, Tr 1 Verdi: La Traviata (finale) Maria Callas (soprano) Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) EMI CMS 7636282 Disc 2, Trs 16-20 Beethoven: An Ferne Geliebte, Op 98 (excerpts) Matthias Goerne (baritone) Alfred Brendel (piano) DECCA 4756011 CD1, Trs 2-7 Debussy, arr Isao Tomita: Snowflakes are Dancing The Girl With The Flaxen Hair Golliwog's Cakewalk Tomita Isao (conductor) CAMDEN 74321 535812 CD1, Trs 1,11, 17 Elgar: Sursum Corda BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) TELDEC 4509923742 CD1, Tr 5 Ernest Toch: Symphony No 3 (excerpts) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra William Steinberg (conductor) EMI CDM 7243 5658682 CD1, Trs 1-3.