Radio 3 Requests - Fiona Talkington

Fiona Talkington introduces a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including Maria Callas in the 'Mad Scene' from Donizetti's opera, Lucia di Lammermoor, Gerald Finzi's Clarinet Concerto and excerpts from Dvorak's Stabat Mater. The guest is trombonist and composer Christian Lindberg, who chooses music by Tchaikovsky. Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor Act III Scene 1: Scena della pazzia (Mad Scene) Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce; Spargi d’amaro pianto Lucia - Maria Callas (soprano), Enrico - Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Raimondo - Bernard Ladysz (bass), Normanno - Renzo Casellato (tenor), Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin (conductor) EMI 747440 8 CD 2 Tracks 16 and 17 Finzi Concerto for Clarinet and Strings Emma Johnson (clarinet) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor) CD DCA 787 Tracks 1-3 Stoker Music That Brings Sweet Sleep 1. There is Sweet Music (Tennyson) 2. Music (George du Maurier) 3. To Music To Becalm His Fever (Herrick) 4. Orpheus With His Lute (Shakespeare) Margaret Feaviour (soprano), Richard Stoker (piano) ASC CS CD10 Tracks 9-12 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Mazur (conductor) 9031-76456-2 Track 1 Michael Haydn Concerto in D for alto trombone 3. Presto Christian Lindberg (alto trombone, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti(conductor) BISCD1268, Track 3 Dvořák Stabat Mater Op. 58 1. Stabat Mater Dolorosa 10. Quando Corpus Morietur Marina Shaguch (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), James Taylor (tenor),Thomas Quasthoff (bass) Oregon Bach Festival Choir, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling (conductor) Hanssler CD 98.935 CD 1 Track 1 and CD 2 track 6 Herbert Babes in Toyland 1. The March of the Toys New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) Hyperion CDA67067 Track 15