Radio 3 Requests - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington introduces a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including a classic recording of Brahms from the Takacs Quartet, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro and a complete performance of Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata played by Maurizio Pollini. The guest requester is Andrew Marr. Playlist: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro Act 1 Cinque.. dieci..venti..trenta Orchestra de l’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Myung-Whun Chung Decca 458 9282 Track 1 Grieg arr. Garbarek Arietta from Lyric Pieces Jan Garbarek (saxophone) Rainer Bruninghaus (piano) Eberhard Weber (bass) Marilyn Mazur (percussion) ECM 519500 Tracks 2 to 6 Ropartz: Prelude, marine et chansons Ensemble Stanislav Timpani 1C1118 Tracks 9 to 11 Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, op34 Takacs Quartet, Andras Schiff (piano) Decca 475 6525 CD2 Tracks 1 to 4 Handel: Giustino Opera Act 3 Sc 2 Zeffiertto, che scorre nel prato Michael Chance (counter tenor) Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMU 907130/32 Tracks 1-4 Vasks Ainava ar putniem (landscape with birds) Algirdas Vizgirda (flute) Finlandia 8573-82185-2 Track 10 Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 21 (op.53) in C major “Waldstein” Maurizio Pollini (piano) Deutsche Grammophon DG 471 354-2 Martinu On Tourne! Ballet Le jeu des marionettes La danse des poisons La Scene dans le carre Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor) Supraphon SU 3749 2031 Tracks 17 to 19