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Adventures in classical.

LIVE,14:00 - 16:00

Respighi's ballet "La Boutique Fantasque" in Building a Library with Ben Gernon and Andrew McGregor
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Andrew McGregor with the week's best new classical releases. 2.10pm Andrew is joined by guest reviewer Emily McGregor, who picks four new releases that have caught her ear. 3pm Building a Library: conductor Ben Gernon picks his favourite recordings of Respighi's balled "La Boutique Fantasque" (sometimes called "The Magic Toyshop"), a piece based on piano music by Rossini. The world premiere, at the Alhambra Theatre in London on 5 June 1919, was danced by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, with a host of famous artists in the audience, including Pablo Picasso who sketched the final scene from the ballet. 3.50pm Record of the Week: Andrew picks a new release that has most impressed him this week.

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