8 January 2006
Sunday 8 January 2006 16:00-17:45 (Radio 3)
Brian's New Year selection of listeners' requests includes Benjamin Britten's brilliant showcase for the orchestra, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, some rarely heard sacred music by Verdi, Leonard Bernstein's colourful and vivid Chichester Psalms and Ravel's only String Quartet, which he touchingly dedicated to his dear teacher, Gabriel Fauré, plus some fascinating choices from this month's special theme, your favourite accompanists.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
HOLST: JUPITER from THE PLANETS
BBC SO / Sir Andrew Davis
Teldec 4509 94541-2, T 4
VERDI: PATER NOSTER
Groupe Vocale de France / John Poole
EMI 5 55150-2, T 14
SAINT-SAENS: SONATA FOR OBOE
Nicholas Daniel / Julius Drake
Cala CACD 1017, CD 2, T 11-13
BERNSTEIN: CHICHESTER PSALMS
Soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir / Vienna Youth Choir / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein
DG 415 965-2, Tracks 13-15
RAVEL: STRING QUARTET
Hagen Quartet
DG 437 836-2, T 5-8
VIGNOLES: THE ACCOMPANIST'S REVENGE
Roger Vignoles
BBC recording
BRITTEN: YOUNG PERSONS GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA
LSO / Benjamin Britten
Decca 417 509-2, T 1
