Irene Kral
Friday 16 September 2005 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Stacey Kent appreciates the tragically short life of singer Irene Kral, from her vocal development in the 40s to her Carnegie Hall debut in the 70s.
Playlist
1.
Title: THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS
Artist: IRENE KRAL with THE JUNIOR MANCE TRIO
Composer: Ray Noble
Publisher: Copyright Control
Album: Better than Anything
Label: Ava Records/Freshsound
Number: FSR-CD69
2.
Title: I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
Artist: JACKIE & ROY with CHARLIE VENTURA
Composer: Kenbrovin/Kellette/Brockham/Kendis/Vincent
Publisher: Feldman
Album: Charlie Ventura 1949
Label: Classics Records
Number: 1215
3.
Title: THE SONG IS YOU
Artist: IRENE KRAL with MAYNARD FERGUSON
Composer: Kern/Hammerstein II
Publisher: Chappell & Co.
Album: Boys With Lots of Brass
Label: Mercury
Number: MMC 14050
4.
Title: LAZY AFTERNOON
Artist: IRENE KRAL AND THE HERB POMEROY ORCHESTRA
Composer: Moross/LaTouche
Publisher: Chappell Music/ASCAP
Album: The Band And I
Label: Liberty
Number: TOCJ-6076
5.
Title: NOBODY ELSE BUT ME
Artist: IRENE KRAL with THE JUNIOR MANCE TRIO
Composer: Kern/Hammerstein II
Publisher: Chappell & Co.
Album: Better than Anything
Label: Ava Records/Freshsound
Number: FSR-CD69
6.
Title: THE RAIN IN SPAIN
Artist: SHELLY MANNE
Composer: Lerner/Loewe
Publisher: Chappell & Co.
Album: My Fair Lady
Label: Capitol
Number: ST 2173
7.
Title: GOIN' TO CALIFORNIA
Artist: IRENE KRAL
Composer: David Wheat/ B.Loughborough
Publisher: Harmony Music
Album: Wonderful Life
Label: Fontana
Number: TL 5309
8.
Title: THE SHINING SEA
Artist: JOHNNY MANDEL with IRENE KRAL
Composer: Lee/Mandel
Publisher: United Artists Music/Mecolico
Album: The Russians Are Coming
Label: United Artists
Number: ULP 1147
9.
Title: A TIME FOR LOVE/SMALL WORLD
Artist: IRENE KRAL & ALAN BROADBENT
Composer: Johnny Mandel & P.F Webster /Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim
Publisher: Warner Brothers Music-ASCAP/ Chappell Music-ASCAP
Album: Where Is Love?
Label: Candid Records
Number: CHCD 71012
10.
Title: ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
Artist: IRENE KRAL
Composer: Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher: Chappell
Album: Angel Eyes-Live In Tokyo
Label: TDK Records
Number: TDCN-5143
11.
Title: THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
Artist: IRENE KRAL with THE LOONIS MCGLOHON TRIO
Composer: Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster
Publisher: Big 3
Album: You Are There
Label: Audiofile
Number: ACD-299
12.
Title: YOU ARE THERE
Artist: IRENE KRAL with ALAN BROADBENT
Composer: Johnny Mandel
Publisher: Swiftwater
Album: The Gentle Rain
Label: Candid Records
Number: CHCD 71020
13.
Title: LUCKY TO BE ME
Artist: IRENE KRAL
Composer: Leonard Bernstein/Adolph Green/Betty Comden
Publisher: Harms Witmark
Recorded at Donte's ,California 25th May 1978 (Private Recording)