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Iain is joined by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion to dip into a selection of pieces about war, reflecting on the power of music to evoke it. With works by Stravinsky, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Milhaud.

Including:

Debussy: Berceuse Heroique 4’43
ORTF Orch/Jean Martinon
EMI CDM7695872 tr9

Gustav Holst: Ode to Death 12’25
London Symphony Chorus/City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN9437 tr10

Cecil Coles Estaminet de Carrefour 3’15
´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO/Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67293 tr 11

Erik Satie: Parade/Prestidigitateur chinois 3’40
The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp (conductor)
Helios CDH55176 tr 3

Sweeping the clouds away 2’39
Maurice Chevalier
ASV CDAJA5016 tr 2

Elgar Violin Sonata 26’13
Midori (vln)/ Robert McDonald (pno)
Sony Classical SK63331 tr 1-3

Wilfred Owen The Send Off 1’30
(read LIVE by Andrew Motion)

Benjamin Britten War Requiem 3’30
One ever hangs where shelled roads part (Wilfred Owen)
Peter Pears (tenor) / New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus / Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
´óÏó´«Ã½L 4046-2 tr 15

Ivor Gurney Lights Out 3’45
Text: Edward Thomas
Roderick Williams (baritone) / Susie Allan (piano)
SOMM 057 tr15

Ivor Gurney The Silent One 1’15
(read LIVE by Andrew Motion)

John Adams The Wound Dresser 19’15
Text: Walt Whitman
Nathan Gunn (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor)
Naxos 8.559031 tr 2

Stravinsky L’Histoire du Soldat
Danse du Diable / Marche triomphale du Diable
Members of Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 471 197
T.13 + 15 3’40

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral"
Margaret Price (mezzo) / New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
EMI CDC7472142
T.4 d 10.04 10’04

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