BBC -

9.00 am CD Review

Andrew McGregor presents a weekly round-up of releases and re-releases from the record industry, with Building a Library in which Edward Seckerson assess the currently available recordings of Leonard Bernstein's Symphonies.

6.30 pm Opera on 3

Bernstein Candide (1956/1989)

Narrator/Pangloss/Martin Sir Thomas Allen
Candide Michael Slattery
Cunegonde Carla Huhtanen
The Old Lady Kim Criswell
Maximillian Sebastien Lemoine
Paquette Anna-Jane Casey
Governor/ Captain/ Vanderdendur/Crook
Bonaventura Bottone
Achmet/Alchemist/Segnor/Grand Inquisitor/Bear-Keeper/Ragotski
Christopher Dee
Charles Edward/Cosmetic Merchant/Inquisitor I/Judge
Andrew Busher
Herman/Junkman/Segnor/Inquisitor II/Croupier/Judge
Mark Meadows
Ivan/Doctor/Inquisitor III/Judge
Bruce Ogston

Maida Vale Singers (Director: Christopher Dee)
Trinity College of Music Singers (Chorus Master: Christopher Dee)
BBC Concert Orchestra
conducted by Rumon Gamba

(Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 11/12 February 2005)