Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces a varied selection of Radio 3 listeners' choices, including works by Schubert, Petrassi, Coltrane, Ravel, Martinu and Brahms. The guest is fellow double-bassist Lynda Houghton, who requests a work by Ravel and the voice of French soprano Regine Crespin. Playlist: Fibich: A Night at Karlstein, Op 26 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Frantisek Vajnar (conductor) SUPRAPHON - SU31972, Tr 4 Martinu: Half-Time Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra Petr Vronsky (conductor) SUPRAPHON SU30582, Tr 16 Josquin Desprez: La deploration de Johannes Ockeghem (Nymphes des Bois) New London Choir James Wood (conductor) AMON RA CDSAR24, Tr 13 Goffredo Petrassi: Concerto No 3 for orchestra (Recreation Concertante) BBC Symphony Orchestra Zoltan Pesko (conductor) WARNER FONIT 8573832742, Tr 5 Schubert: Fischerweise Gerard Souzay (baritone) Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) DECCA 440 065 2, Tr 12 Berwald: Konzertstuck for bassoon and orchestra Patrik Haakansson (bassoon) Gavle Symphony Orchestra Petri Sakari (conductor) NAXOS 8.555370, Tr 2 John Coltrane: Giant Steps Rino Vernizzi (bassoon) Gianluca Renzi (bass) Giampaolo Ascolese (drums) Arts Music 47644 Ravel: Asie; La flute enchante; L'indifferent (Sheherazade) Regine Crespin (soprano) Orchestra Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet (conductor) Decca 460 973 2, Trs 7-9 Brahms: String Quintet in F, Op 88 Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 419 875 2 - Disc 2, Trs 5-7.