Radio 3 Requests - 25/01/2009

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including Durufle's Four Motets on Gregorian themes, Dohnanyi's orchestral folk suite Ruralia Hungarica and a complete performance of Anton Rubinstein's Piano Concerto No 4. Address: Radio 3 Reqeusts, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Email: [email protected] Phone: 03700 100300 Playlist: Sibelius: Impromptu Op.5 No.5 Di Xiao (piano) Ecstasy Records 08DX01, track 16 Mendelssohn: Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde: Nos 2 and 3 Hanna Schwarz (alto), Helen Donath (soprano), Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg (conductor) CPO 9995552 Durufle: Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens Op.10 Michel Piquemal vocal ensemble, Michel Piquemal (director) Naxos 8.553196 tracks 10-13 Vivaldi: Concerto for mandolin in D, RV93 Ugo Orlandi (mandolin), I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone (director) Erato 4509-92132-2, tracks 7-9 Dohnanyi: Ruralia Hungarica Op.32b BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert (conductor) Chandos, CHAN9649, tracks 1-5 Mozart: Don Giovanni No.10 'Or sai chi l'onore' Donna Anna - Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Don Ottavio - Peter Schreier (tenor), Orchestra of the National Theatres in Prague, Karl Bohm (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon, 429 870-2, CD1, track 22 and 23 Joan Trimble: Phantasy Trio Dublin Piano Trio: Fionnuala Hunt (violin), Aisling Drury-Byrne (cello), Una Hunt (piano) Marco Polo 8225059, track 11 Anton Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No.4 Shura Cherkassky (piano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Decca 4480632, tracks 1-3.