Monday - Sarah Walker: Sound of Cinema
With Sarah Walker. Including CD of the Week: French Wind Band Classics; Artist of the Week: Janet Baker; Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand: Herrmann: Vertigo Suite.
9am
A selection of music, including the Essential CD of the Week: French Wind Band Classics - RNCM Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish, CHANDOS; and at 9.30 our daily brainteaser.
10am
Artist of the Week: Janet Baker, who celebrates her 80th birthday this year.
10.30am
Sarah's guest this week is the stage and screen actor, Tim Pigott-Smith. After a long career in smaller roles, Tim got his big break with the leading role of Ronald Merrick in the 1984 television serial The Jewel in the Crown. His distinctive voice has made him a popular narrator, and he provided the commentary for a series on the British Royal Family, entitled Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work. His film career has included The Gangs of New York, Alexander, Johnny English, The Remains of the Day, V for Vendetta and the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. Tim is a regular stage actor in Shakespearean and Greek roles, and in 2011 he took the title role in King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. He is also a noted radio actor, appearing in many productions on 大象传媒 Radio 4.
11am
Sound of Cinema with Neil Brand, who introduces his personal choice of Music that made the Movies:
Herrmann: Vertigo Suite.
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Arthur Bliss
War in the Air (Theme)
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.- Chandos.
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Gioachino Rossini
Matinees musicales
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. Composer: Benjamin Britten.- First Hand Records.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Orient et Occident, Op.25
Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.- Chandos.
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Claude Debussy
Poissons d'or (Images, Set 2)
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.- DG.
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anon
Who's Dancing?
Singer: anon.- CBS.
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George Frideric Handel
Dopo notte (Ariodante)
Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.- Philips.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in F, K.380
Performer: John Williams (guitar).- SONY.
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Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad
Performer: Hall茅. Performer: John Barbirolli (conductor).- EMI.
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Edward Elgar
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- EMI Classics.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Berceuse, Op. 16
Performer: Yan-Pascal Tortelier (violin). Performer: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Performer: Michel Plasson (conductor).- EMI.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Finale
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler.- EMI Classics.
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Franz Schubert
Quintet in C major D.956 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Borodin Quartet. Performer: Misha Milman.- Schubert: String Quintet: Borodin Quartet/Milman.
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Schubert
Marche militaire in G, D.733 No. 2
Performer: Christoph Eschenbach & Justus Frantz (piano duet).- EMI.
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Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo Suite (extract)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.- Decca.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Dance Suite
Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zolt谩n Kocsis.- Hungaroton.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
Performer: Maurice Murphy (trumpet). Performer: Consort of London. Performer: Robert Haydon Clarke (conductor).- REGIS.
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Franz Liszt
Sonetto 123 (Annees de Pelerinage: Italie)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim (piano).- WARNER.
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