CD Review - Building a Library: Monteverdi Vespers of 1610

CD Review Andrew McGregor with all that's new in the world of classical music recordings including: 0930 Building a Library - an update on the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610. Simon Heighes looks at some recent recordings of this ever popular choral work which four hundred years ago bridged the Renassiance with the Baroque. Until recently the vogue seemed to be to deploy the full panoply of Monteverdi's instrumentation for maximum variety and impact but recently a more subtle, maybe more historically accurate approach has been essayed on disc. So which is the recording to go for in this anniversary year? 1020 Andrew talks to acclaimed conductor Riccardo Chailly about his recent recordings of Bach with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 1105 New releases of Brahms Variations for piano by a dazzling array of pianists including Garrick Ohlsson, Murray Perahia & Claire Desert 1155 Disc of the Week: JS Bach Cantata no. 61 (BWV.61) "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" The Bach Players.