Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a special, all-Haydn edition of Radio 3 Requests. Radio 3 listeners, perhaps inspired by Radio 3's own Haydn celebrations, choose their favourites; music from all corners of a huge and varied repertoire. Expect glorious moments from symphonies, string quartets and masses - as well as less well-known gems from the operatic and vocal music. With a guest request from the violinist, Matthew Truscott. To make a request, write to Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2Y, or email [email protected] Playlist: Haydn: Symphony no 97 in C major I. Adagio - Vivace Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell (conductor) Sony Classical MHK 62979 track 1 Haydn: The Creation Part I No 1 Die Vorstellung des Chaos (The Representation of Chaos); Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde (In the Beginning God Created Heaven and Earth); No 2 Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle (Now Vanish before the Holy beams) Raphael - Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass), Uriel - Jan Kobow (tenor), Cologne Vocal Ensemble, Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering (conductor) Naxos 8.557381/82, CD1 tracks 1-3 Haydn: String Quartet Op 9 no 4 in D minor The London Haydn Quartet: Catherine Manson, Margaret Faultless (violins), James Boyd (viola), Jonathan Cohen (cello) Hyperion CDA 67611 tracks 1-4 Haydn: L'Infedelta Delusa Act I Sc 4 Recitative 'Ecco fatto da cena'; Sc 5 Duet 'Son disperato' Vespina - Nancy Argenta (soprano), Nanni - Stephen Varcoe (bass), La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 0542 77316 2 CD1 tracks 10 + 11 Haydn: Concerto for cello and orchestra no 1 in C major Hob VII b:1 Mvt 2: Adagio Sebastian Comberti (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Cello Classics CC1023 track 2 Haydn: Piano Sonata no 54 in G major HobXVI:40 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) Conifer BIS CD 993 tracks 4 and 5 Haydn: Armida Act I Aria 'Se pietade avete, oh Numi' Armida - Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Teldec 8573 81108 2, CD 1 track 7 Haydn: Symphony no 31 in D major 'Hornsignal' Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Teldec 4509 90843 2, tracks 1-4 Haydn: The Creation Part I No 4. Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk (The marv'lous work beholds amaz'd) Gabriel - Sunhae Im (soprano), Cologne Vocal Ensemble, Capella Augustina, Andreas Spering (conductor) Naxos 8.557380-81 CD1 track 5.