Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces another selection of BBC Radio 3 listeners' requests, including infectious dance music from 18th-century Germany, memories of Vladimir Horowitz's triumphant return to Soviet Moscow in 1986 and Villa-Lobos's affectionate portrait of his Brazilian homeland in Bachianas Brasileiras No 2. Playlist: Georg Philipp Telemann Sinfonia Melodica Berliner Barock Solisten Deutsche Grammophon, B000576102, tracks 16-22 Giacomo Puccini Turandot (Act III, Nessun Dorma) London Philharmonic Orchestra, with tenor Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta. With the John Alldis Choir and the Wandsworth Boys Choir Decca 4142742, CD 2, track 5 & 6 Guest Requester: Yuri Zhislin Sergey Rachmaninov Polka W.R. Vladimir Horowitz on piano Deutsche Grammophon 4743702, CD3 track 15 Morton Gould West Point Symphony Eastman Wind Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Fennell Mercury 4343202, tracks1-2 Ignaz Pleyel String Quartet Op.2 No.6 Ensō Quartet Naxos 8557497, tracks 8-10 Peter Hope Four Sketches Stéphane Rancourt (oboe), Graham Salvage (bassoon), Peter Lawson (piano) Dutton Labortatories, CDLX7192, tracks 11-14 Chi-chi’s request: Sergey Rachmaninov Vocalise Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola), Olga Sitkovetsky (piano) BBC Recording, (first broadcast 08 July 09) Heitor Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.2 Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Montgomery Arte Nova 74321544652, tracks 3-6 Franz Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118 Elizabeth Schwartzkopf (soprano), Edwin Fischer (piano) EMI CDC7473262, track 6