Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

John Shea presents highlights from the 2009 EBU Schwetzingen Festival in Germany. Russian virtuoso pianist Arcadi Volodos performs Scriabin's ecstatic White Mass sonata, works by Spanish composer Mompou, a set of waltzes by Ravel and one of Liszt's most formidable compositions, the sonata Apres une lecture de Dante. Arcadi Volodos (piano) Scriabin: Piano Sonata No 7, Op 64 (White Mass) Mompou: Paisajes - La fuente y la campana; El lago; Carros de Galicia Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales Liszt: Apres une lecture de Dante, Fantasia quasi sonata (Annees de pelerinage - 2eme annee: Italie).