Private Passions
Sunday 18 May 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley draws on the programme's archives for a selection of Chopin pieces chosen by previous guests.
They include psychiatrist Anthony Storr and jazz bassist Charlie Haden on the Etudes; the late writer and scholar Edward Said on the Impromptu, Op 36; and journalist Anne Karpf on a Nocturne played by her mother Natalia.
Plus politician William Hague, writer Andre Brink and poet Anne Stevenson on a selection of Preludes, as well as actor Patrick Malahide on the G minor Ballade.
Private Passions playlist 18 May 2008
M BerkeleyThe Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP)
Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet
BBQ BBQ 003 T10
Chopin Nouvelles Etudes nos 1 [02 10] & 2 [01 52]
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Chopin RCA RD 89911 T7-8
Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1
Natalia Karp (piano)
BBC ARCHIVE RECORDING
Chopin Impromptu No 2 in F sharp, Op.36
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Chopin RCA RD 89911 T2
Chopin Prelude in C minor, Op 28 No 20
Martha Argerich (piano)
Chopin DG 463 663-3 T20
Chopin Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15 ("Raindrop")
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Chopin Decca 443 739-2 T15
Chopin Preludes in Csharp minor, Op.28/10 [00 25]; and F major, Op.28/23 [00 44]
Martha Argerich (piano)
Chopin DG 463 663-2 T10 & 23
Chopin Etude in E flat, Op 10 No 6)
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Chopin DG 413 794-2 T6
Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)
Chopin DG 413 449-2 T1
