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Double bassist and Maestro judge Dominic Seldis makes his pick of the weekly postbag, including music from Walton's Henry V, ragtime from Scott Joplin, and Chopin played by Maurizio Pollini. Plus violinist Julian Rachlin on Brahms, Bernstein, and an unforgettable encounter with the American composer-conductor.

Address: Radio 3 Requests, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ
email: radio3requests@bbc.co.uk
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Including:

Havergal Brian: Comedy Overture – The Jolly Miller
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend (conductor)
NAXOS 8.557775

Beethoven: Violin Concerto – 3rd movement
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Berlin Philharmonic, Hebert von Karajan (conductor)
DG 413 818-2 t3

Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs Op.6
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Sharolyn Kimmorley (piano)
ABC 476 7175 t4-6

Eller: Videvik (Twilight)
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 8525 t6

Bach: Sonata in E major BWV1035
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Paul Nicholson (harpsichord), Richard Tunnicliffe (cello)
HYPERION CDA67264/5 CD1 t12-end

Chopin: Polonaise in A op.40 no.1
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 4137952 t3

Brahms: Symphony no.4 -4th mvt
Vienna Philharmoni, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
DG 4100842 t3

Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches: In the Mountain Pass
USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)
OLYMPIA OCD 107 t10

Joplin: Wall St Rag
Scott Joplin (piano roll)
BIOGRAPH BLP1010Q S1 B6

Virgil Thomson: Acadian Songs and Dances from Louisiana Story
The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66576 t11-17

Walton: Henry V – Agincourt
Christopher Plummer (narrator), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8892

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