David Mellor Recommends - 2 June

This Saturday’s New CD Show is a Diamond Jubilee special, and every featured album has a connection to Britain or the Commonwealth. Among the highlights, we’ll hear music from the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s official CD to mark the Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant, and a very special recording of The Walk To The Paradise Garden by Delius.

Best for Beginners
Thomas Diamond Jubilee Pageant – The Official CD
London Philharmonic Orchestra
LPO 0063

Connoisseurs Choice
Chopin Recital 2
Janina Fialkowska
ATMA
ACD2 2666

Young Artist to Watch
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Robin Ticciati
LINN
CKD 400

Recording of Special Historical Significance
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden & A Song of Summer
Sir John Barbirolli
Barbirolli Society
SJB105960

Best Bargain & Choice for the Very Curious
Beethoven
Der Glorreiche Augenblick
City of London Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Whetton
Naxos
8.572783