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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer: Shostakovich with Ben Gernon and Andrew McGregor

Conductor Ben Gernon picks five indispensable recordings by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer: Shostakovitch, plus some of the week's new releases

Ben Gernon picks five indispensable recordings by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer: Shostakovitch, plus some of the week's new releases

Presented by Andrew McGregor

2.30pm
Proms Conductor
Conductor Ben Gernon joins Andrew with five key recordings by this week's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Composer, Dmitri Shostakovich

3.30pm
Proms Recording
A recent Building a Library recommendation of a work by a key composer featured in this year's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms
Brahms
Symphony no.1
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nezet-Seguin

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1 hour, 59 minutes

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  • Saturday 14:00

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