Radio 3 Requests - 14/09/2008

There's a Russian thread to this week's requests as Matthew Barley introduces a pioneering recording of an Orthodox Vespers, Nicolas Medtner accompanying his own songs, and a searing cantata from Shostakovich: 'The Execution of Stepan Razin'. Plus Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski shares his love for the music of his compatriate Karol Szymanowski. Beethoven: Symphony no.3 ‘Eroica’ (3rd mvt) Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Paavo Järvi (conductor) RCA 88697006552 t3 Russian chant (Vespers from the Russian Orthodox rite) Benedictine Choir of the Chevetogne Monastery MUSICA SACRA AMS 2564 S1 Schubert: The Hurdy Gurdy Man (Die Winterreise) Harry Plunket-Greene (singer) COLUMBIA DB1377 t3 Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky (op.78): Alexander’s Entry into Pskov St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov (conductor) RCA 09026619262 t15-18 Chopin: Waltz Op.64’2 in C sharp minor Artur Rubinstein (piano) RCA RD89564 t7 segue Martin Zarzar: Mar Desconocido (uncharted sea) Pink Martini (China Forbes, vocals) WRASS WRASS193 t3 John Garth: Cello Concerto no.2 Alexander Baillie (cello), European Community Chamber Orchestra, Dmitri Demetriades (conductor) HYPERION CDH88015 t7-9 Szymanowski: Metopes – II. Calypso Piotr Anderszewski (piano) VIRGIN 5457302 t9 Khachaturian: Russian Fantasy Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian (conductor) ASV CD DCA 946 t5 Medtner: Songs Op.46 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Nicolas Medtner (piano) EMI CDC7548392 t25-27 Vivaldi: Violin Concerto RV581 Antonio de Secondi (violin), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini (director) OPUS OP30383 CD2 t26-28 Shostakovich: The Execution of Stepan Razin Op.119 Anatoly Lochak, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polynasky (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 9813 t4