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Faur茅's Requiem in Building a Library with Samir Savant and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases.

Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases.

c2.10pm
Sarah Walker joins Andrew to showcase a batch of releases that have caught her ear.

3pm
Building a Library.
Chief executive of St George's Bristol, Samir Savant, surveys recordings of Faur茅's Requiem and makes a top recommendation. The work was first performed in 1888 in La Madeleine in Paris and the composer said: "Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."

Top choice:
Stephan Genz (baritone)
Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Chapelle Royale
Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMC901771

c3.50pm
Record of the Week.
Andrew's top pick of this week's new releases.

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Sat 16 May 2026 14:00
91福利社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn concerto no.2 in E flat major K.417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Piano trio no.3 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Boh茅mo.
    • Supraphon.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A major Op.5 no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barr茅. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • APARTE.

  • Nico Muhly

    With eys lift up

    Choir: Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Conductor: Mark Williams.
    • CORO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Shrovetide Fair (3 Movements from Petrushka)

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.
    • ALPHA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Oboes in D minor RV.535 (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Prince鈥怣onaco. Conductor: Gianluca Capuano.
    • Naive.
    • 16 & 17.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.6 in C major D.589 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Schubert: Symphonies No. 5 & No. 6.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Freda Swain

    Clarinet Concertino 'Lumine naturi' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Director: John Andrews.
    • ApIvor, Finzi & Swain: Clarinet Concertos.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 104.

  • Record of the Week

    • Francesco Cavalli

      La Calisto (Act 1 Sc.2-5)

      Singer: Lauranne Oliva. Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: S茅bastien Dauc茅.
      • Harmonia Mundi.

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  • Sat 16 May 2026 14:00
    91福利社 Radio 3

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