42/60: The Path to War
Tuesday 25 September 2007 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.
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42/60. The Path to War
Many composers' lives were shaped by the horrors of World War I. Some, like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Schoenberg, were drafted themselves. Including music by Gurney, Debussy and Berg.
Gurney: Severn Meadows
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Hyperion CDA67243 Track 6
Poulenc: Trois Mouvements Perpetuels
Pascal Roge (piano)
Decca 417 438-2 Tracks 16-18
Gurney: In Flanders and By a Bierside
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67065 Tracks 12-13
Berg: Wozzeck Act 3, Scenes 4 and 5
Bo Skovhus (Wozzeck)
Chris Merritt (Captain)
Frode Olsen (Doctor)
Daniel Michel (Marie's Son)
Kinderchor Cantilene
Hamburg State Opera
Ingo Metzmacher (conductor)
EMI Classics 7243 5 56865 27 CD 2 Tracks 4-5
Gurney: The Fields are Full
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)
Hyperion CDA67243 Track 21
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Decca 417 833-2 Tracks 9-11
Ernest Schelling: A Victory Ball
New York Philharmonic
Willem Mengelberg (conductor)
Gemm CDS 992 CD 1 Track 4
Gurney orch. Finzi:Four Elizabethan Songs, no.1 Under the Greenwood Tree
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67065 Track 8
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