Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Amongst this week's wish-list from Radio 3 listeners, Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces Shostakovich's seldom-heard Symphony No. 3 "The First of May" and a heroic piano sonata by VítÄ•zslav Novak. Pianist Lucy Parham requests an orchestral rendition of Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You', recorded in 2000. Braga Santos: Symphony No. 2; Movement 3 (Allegretto Pastorale) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto (conductor) Naxos 8.225216, track 3 Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis (conductor) RCA 09026626462, CD 3, track 2 Richard Stoker: Zodiac Variations Eric Parkin (piano) Priory PRCD 659, tracks 23-34 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 “The First of May” Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Choirs of the Russian Republic, Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) Melodiya 74321198452, track 5 Rachmaninov: All-night Vigil; Ave Maria (Bogoroditse Djevo) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hiller (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907384, track 6 Novák: Sonata Eroica, Op. 24 FrantiÅ¡ek Rauch (piano) Supraphon SU 3744-2 113, CD 2, tracks 1-2 Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” – movement 1 (Lebhaft) Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Archiv 457 591-2, CD 3, track 4 Joni Mitchell: A Case of You Joni Mitchell and orchestra ‘Both Sides Now’, Reprise 9362-47620-2, track 6 Beethoven: Choral Fantasy Op. 80 Carola Hohn (soprano), Katharina Kammerloher (soprano), Andrea Bönig (mezzo-soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor), Pär Lindskog (tenor), René Pape (baritone), German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (piano & conductor) EMI 7243 5 5551627, tracks 4-9 ADDRESS: Radio 3 Requests, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Phone: 03700 100 300. email: [email protected]