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21/09/2025

A complete performance of yesterday's Record Review Building a Library recommendation of Strauss' Le bourgeois gentilhomme, plus some of the best new releases of the week.

59 minutes

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • Alpha.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Swansong

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra.
    • Arvo Pärt: Credo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Richard Strauss

    Le bourgeois gentilhomme

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Armstrong.
    • Chandos.

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  • Sun 21 Sep 202520:00

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