Radio 3 Requests - 28/09/2008

Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras is this week's guest requester, and listener choices include the Bach Double with David and Igor Oistrakh, the Grieg Piano Concerto with Dudley Moore, and the celebrated voices of Alfred Deller and Conchita Supervia. Plus the recording that woke up thousands of Radio 3 listeners! ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Phone: 03700 100 300. email: [email protected] Arne: Overture No 5 Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood L’Oiseau-Lyre 4368592, track 5 Tarik O’Regan: Virelai: Douce Dame Jolie Orlando Consort Harmonia Mundi HMU807469, track 13 Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor Dudley Moore (piano), St Luke’s Orchestra / Yoav Talmi EMI CDEMC 3727, tracks 1-3 Dudley Moore: And the Same to You Dudley Moore (piano) EMI CDEMC 3727, track 10 Anonymous: Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupre (lute) Vanguard 08 203871, track 8 Raff: Sinfonietta for wind ensemble (Op.188) in F major Members of the Basle Radio Symphony Orchestra / Andres Joho Tudor TUDOR787, tracks 5-8 JS Bach: Double Concerto in D minor, BWV1043 David and Igor Oistrakh (violins), Royal Philharmonic / Eugene Goossens DG 4498442, tracks 12-14 Bizet: Habanera – L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen) Conchita Supervia (soprano), orchestra / Gustav Cloez EMI CDH7634992, track 9 Josef Szulc: Clair de Lune Patricia Hammond (mezzo), Zoe Mather (piano) Belleville BEV1001, track 5 Mozart: Al desio (Le nozze di Figaro) Renee Fleming (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke’s / Sir Charles Mackerras Decca 4526022, track 11