Iain Burnside's guest in today's programme is one of the most versatile of British composer/performers, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. A pupil of Boulez, Bennett has written for film and the concert hall, and is equally at home as a jazz singer and pianist. His choices of song range from Purcell, Walton and Webern to Gershwin and Harold Arlen. There's also a chance to hear some of Bennett's own songs.
Duration:
1 hour
Playlist
Richard Rodney Bennett Bennett Let’s go and live in the country Richard Rodney Bennett (piano & vocal) Lush Life CD ODE 1292
Warlock Sleep John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperion CDA66736
Purcell Music for a While Catherine Bott (soprano) Richard Egarr (harpsichord) Mark Levy (bass viol) Oiseau Lyre 443 699 2
Walton Old Sir Faulk Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano) Chandos CHAN 8722
RRB Sweet Isabell (A Garland for Marjorie Fleming) Sarah Leonard (soprano) Malcolm Martineau (piano) SOMM CD213
Britten Pastoral (Serenade) Peter Pears (tenor) Dennis Brain (horn) Boyd Neel String Orchestra Conductor Benjamin Britten PEARL GEMM CD 9177
Webern Der Tag ist vergangen (4 Lieder, Op 12) Christiane Oelze (soprano) Eric Schneider (piano) DG 447 103 2
Debussy L’echelonnement des haies Lisa Milne (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) BLACK BOX BBM1073
Ravel La-bas vers l’eglise (5 Melodies Populaires Grecques) Elly Ameling (soprano) Rudolf Jansen (piano) Erato ECD 75324
Gershwin Someone to Watch Over Me Ella Fitzgerald Ellis Larkins (piano) LP MEMOIR MOIR 111
RRB Wee Willie Winkie (Songs Before Sleep) Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Michael Hampton (piano) BBC Recording
Arlen I Had Myself A True Love Barbara Streisand Columbia 474909 2
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