Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
Part Two
Tuesday 12 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 19 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Donald Macleod introduces three musicals that firmly established Porter's reputation as one of the most important songwriters of the day.
Playlist
Love for Sale (from The New Yorkers)
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT CDVIR 8313
Elizabeth Welch (singer)
Mister and Missus Fitch
ROULETTE SR 42004
Pearl Bailey (singer)
Night and Day; After you, Who?; I've Got You Under my Skin
(from Gay Divorce)
PEARL GEM 0111 T.16-18
Fred Astaire (singer)
It
'
s Bad for Me; Solomon; The Physician
(from Nymph Errant)
PEARL GEM 0111
Tracks 19-24
Gertrude Lawrence
I Get a Kick out of You; All Through the Night; There'll always be a Lady Fair; Where are the Men; You're the Top; Anything Goes
(from Anything Goes)
EMI CDC 749 848-2 T. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
Kim Criswell, Cris Groenendaal, Frederica von Stade, Ambrosian Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
John McGlinn (conductor)