CD Review - 26/07/2008

Andrew McGregor presents the summer edition of the programme, with a chance to request and catch up with some of the best new recordings of early 2008. Including: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A flat, Op 110 Paul Lewis (piano) Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1, Op 107 Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Yakov Kreizberg (conductor) Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (excerpts) Recorded live at the 1962 Glyndebourne Festival, with a cast including Heinz Blankenburg, Mirella Freni, Hughes Cuenod and Edith Mathis. Joe Cutler: Music for Cello and Strings Robin Michael (cello) BBC Concert Orchestra Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor).