9 January 2005
Sunday 9 January 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is author DBC Pierre, winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize. His eclectic tastes range from Holst and Delius to Glenn Miller and Jazz Jamaica.
Playlist
M Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T10
Holst Prelude, Song of the Fishermen (from Japanese Suite, Op 33)
LSO/Adrian Boult
LYRITA SRCD 222 T8
Shostakovich Prelude no.24 (from 24 Preludes, Op 34)
Tatyana Nikolaeva (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66620 T27
Harri Wessman Water under snow is weary
Eva Tigerstedt (flute), Minna Pekonen (piano), Tapiola Choir of Finland/Errkki Pohjola
FINANDIA FACD 921 T5
Britten Finale (Tarantella) (from Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra. Op 21)
Julius Katchen (piano), LSO/Benjamin Britten
ACE OF CLUBS MONO ACL 314 S1 B1
Wagner Schmerzen (No.4 of the Wesendonk-Lieder)
Christa Ludwig (mezzo soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer
EMI CDM 764078-2 CD4 T13
Beethoven arr William Finnegan Moonlight Sonata
Glenn Miller Orchestra
MERCURY 826 635-2 T16
Delius I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak (Songs of Farewell No.2)
Ambrosian Singers, RPO/Eric Fenby
UNICORN UKCD 2077 T2
Juventino Rosas Sobre las olas (Over the Waves)
Berlin PO/Robert Stolz
EURODISC 258 665 T18
Schubert Die junge Nonne
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
DECCA 430 096-2 T14
Jazz Jamaica Theme from Exodus (from the album Double Barrel)
HANNIBAL HNCD1421 T4
(Ernest Gold)