Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests including Mendelssohn's Sextet, astonishingly written when the composer was still in his teens, Rodrigo's Cello Concerto in a recording made by Julian Lloyd-Webber, who commissioned the work, and Nigel Kennedy's take on Chopin. Percussionist Chris Brannick makes a guest request. Elgar Salut d’Amour Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano) EMI CDC 7548822 t2 Gilbert & Sullivan Ruddigore or “The Witch’s Curse” (excerpt) Hornpipe; “My boy you may take it from me” Robin - Gordon Sandison (baritone) New Sadlers Well Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Simon Phipps (conductor) That’s Entertainment CDTER 21128 CD1 t7 + 8 Golijov Lullaby and Doina for flute, clarinet, double bass and string quartet Tara Helen O’Connor (flute), Todd Palmer (clarinet), Mark Dresser (double bass), St. Lawrence String Quartet EMI 5 57356 2 t3-5 Mendelssohn Sextet in D major for violin, 2 violas, cello, double bass and piano, op.110 Bartholdy Piano Quartet with Andra Darzins (2nd viola), Wolfgang Wagner (double bass) Naxos 8.550966 t1-4 Messiaen Turangalila (excerpt) Jardin du sommeil d’amour Finale Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Dominique Kim (ondes martenot) Berlin Philharmonic, Kent Nagano (conductor) Teldec 8573820432 t6 + 10 Rutland Boughton The Immortal Hour (excerpt) Act 2: The Faery Song Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor) Chandos CHAN 3035 t18 Rodrigo Concierto Como un Divertimento Julian Lloyd-Webber (cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos (conductor) BMG 74321 8412 2 t1-3 Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie Act 3, Scenes 8 and 9 Thésée – Laurent Naouri (bass), une matelote – Gaëlle Mechaly (soprano), Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (conductor) Erato 0630155172 CD2 t19-22 Chopin Nocturne op 9 no 2 andante arr. Krzesimir Debski for violin and orchestra Nigel Kennedy (violin), Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor) EMI 3799342 t8