Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku delves into the latest postbag of listeners' requests. This week's line-up includes music from one of Verdi's lesser known operas, 'Giovanna d'Arco', a movement from Beethoven's 'Waldstein' piano sonata, heart-stirring scenes from Saint-Saens' 'Samson et Dalila' and Scriabin's Piano concerto in F sharp minor. Plus, this week's guest, counter-tenor Andreas Scholl, chooses a poignant rendition of 'Wayfaring Stranger'. ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Phone: 03700 100 300. email: [email protected] Verdi Giovanna d’Arco: Overture New Philharmonia Orchestra, Igor Markevich (conductor) Philips 426 078-2, track 6 Bach Motet “O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht BWV 118b The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Boccherini Sinfonia in C minor Tafelmusik, Jean Lamon (conductor) Sony SK 53 121, track 11-14 Beethoven Piano Sonata no 1 in C major “Waldstein”: mvt 1 Allegro con brio Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) BIS SACD 1573, track 1 Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila, Act II Sc 3 Mon Coeur s’ouvre à ta voix; Mais!... Non! Que dis-je? Samson – Placido Domingo (tenor), Dalila – Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) EMI Classics CDC 754471/72 2, CD2 tracks 9+10 Paganini Terzetto in D major for violin, ‘cello and guitar Alan Loveday (violin), Amaryllis Fleming (‘cello), John Williams (guitar) CBS 72678, LP S2 B1-4 Trad Wayfaring Stranger Charlie Haden (vocal) with string quartet Murray Adler, Don Palmer (violins), Carol Mukagawa (viola), Larry Corbett (‘cello) VERVE 547 403 2, track 13 Scriabin Piano concerto in F sharp minor, Op 20 Peter Jablonski (piano) Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor) Decca 452 852 2, tracks 6-8