Lenny Henry
Sunday 24 June 2007 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is actor and comedian Lenny Henry, who is currently finding great delight in exploring classical music alongside music he grew up with, such as Elvis Presley, Louis Prima and Stevie Wonder.
His recent discoveries include an aria from Donizetti's La fille du regiment sung by Juan Diego Florez, a Mozart piano sonata played by Glenn Gould, and an exquisite song by Ginastera, sung by Bernarda Fink.
Private Passions playlist 24 June 2007
Sig M. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T.10
Stevie Wonder: Living for the City
Stevie Wonder
Motown 5307572 T.8
Stevie Wonder - Song Review
Mozart: Sonata in A, K.331 (1st mvt - Andante grazioso)
Glenn Gould (piano)
CBS M2YK 45613 Disc 1 T.1
Mozart - The Piano Sonatas Vol. 2
Leiber & Stoller: Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
RCA 07863680792 T.8
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
Donizetti: Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fete (conclusion) 4.54
Juan Diego Florez (Tonio), Nikola Mijailovic (Corporal),
Giuseppe Verdi Chorus and SO, Milan/Riccardo Frizza
Decca 4734402 T.9 (exc.)
Donizetti & Bellini Arias
Prince: Adore
Prince
Warner 9362462392 T.9
The Hits 1
Ginastera: Cancion al arbol del olvido, Op.3/2
Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperion CDA 67186 T.22
Canciones Amatorias
Fisher, Goodwin & Shay/Smith, Snyder & Wheeler: When you're Smiling/The Sheikh of Araby
Louis Prima
Capitol CDP 7940722 T.11
Louis Prima Capitol Collectors Series
Patrick Cassidy; Vide cor meum (from the soundtrack of Hannibal)
Danielle de Niese (soprano), Bruno Lazzaretti (tenor), Lyndhurst Orchestra/Gavin Greenaway
Hannibal - Film Soundtrack
Decca 4676962 T.12
