Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces a series of choices featuring some of music's greatest female composers and performers. Among the choices are works by Amy Beach, Nadia Boulanger, Elisabeth Lutyens, Sally Beamish and Louise Farrenc, plus settings by Copland of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Playlist: Amy Beach: Kyrie; Gloria (Grand Mass In E flat) Margot Law (soprano) Martha Remington (mezzo-soprano) Ray Bauwens (tenor) Joel Schneider (baritone) Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra Barbara Jones (conductor) ALBANY TROY179, Trs 1-2 Copland: Nature, The Gentlest Mother; There Came A Wind Like A Bugle; Why Do They Shut Me Out Of Heaven; The World Feels Dusty; I Felt A Funeral In My Brain; I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes; Going To Heaven!; The Chariot (12 Poems Of Emily Dickinson) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Andre Previn (piano) DECCA 4555122 Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn Swedish Chamber Orchestra Ola Rudner (conductor) BIS CD1161 Nadia Boulanger: Two Pieces for cello and piano Roland Pidoux (cello) Emile Naoumoff (piano) MARCO POLO 8223636, Trs 15 and 16 Elisabeth Lutyens: Lament of Isis on the Death of Osiris Jane Manning (soprano) NMC NMCD011, Tr 20 Raff: Reunited In Death (Symphony No 5, Op 177 - Lenore) London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) UNICORN UKCD2031, Tr 4 Schubert: Lied der Anna Lyle Marie McLaughlin (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) HYPERION CDJ33013, Tr 9 Louise Farrenc: Nonet in E flat for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass, Op 38 Consortium Classicum DIVOX CDX29205, Trs 1-4.