Colin Low
Sunday 27 April 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley talks to Colin Low, Chairman of the RNIB, a professor of Law and Criminology and a campaigner for the rights of people with disabilities, especially relating to sight impairment. A passionate music lover, his choices include songs by Schumann, Wolf, Quilter and Warlock, and piano music by Schumann, Godowsky and Messiaen. Plus a little-known orchestral work by Percy Grainger and an extract from Wagner's opera Die Walkure.
Private Passions playlist 27 April 2008
Sig: M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
1. Godowsky: Study No.43 in C sharp minor (after Chopin's Study Op.25/12)
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67411/2 Disc 2 T.20
Godowsky: The Complete Studies on Chopin's Etudes
2. Wolf: Muhvoll komm'ich und beladen (from Spanish Songbook)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)
DG SLPM 138059 S.1 (exc.)
Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch
3. Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16 (1st mvt - Agitatissimo)
Lydia Artimiw (piano)
Artist's private recording T.1
Artimiw live at the Kennedy Centre
4. Schumann: Mondnacht (from Liederkreis, Op.39)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Orfeo C 294921 B T.24
Schumann: Dichterliebe/Schubert: Schwanengesang
5. Quilter: O Mistress Mine
Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
DG 4216-02 T.2
Silent Noon
6. Warlock: Rest, sweet Nymphs
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
EMI 5568302 T.19
The English Songbook
7. Wagner: Die Walkure (conclusion of Act I)
Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), James King (Siegmund), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Karl Bohm
Wagner: Die Walkure
Philips 4124782 Disc 1 T.11 (exc.)
8. Messiaen: L'Alouette calandrelle (from Catalogue d'Oiseaux)
Yvonne Loriod (piano)
Erato ECD 71590 Disc 2 T.2
Messiaen: Catalogue d'Oiseaux
9. Arlen & Koehler: Get Happy
Art Tatum (piano) (rec. 1940)
Classics 560 T.16
Art Tatum: 1934 - 1940
10. Grainger: The Warriors (conclusion)
BBC Philharmonic/Richard Hickox
Chandos CHAN 9584 T.14 (exc.)
Grainger Edition Vol.6
