Iain Burnside talks to Australian poet Peter Porter, who moved to England in the 1950s. He chooses songs by Campion, Britten, Stravinsky, Wolf, Cole Porter and Gilbert and Sullivan.
Duration:
1 hour
Playlist
Gilbert/Sullivan Princess Ida, King Gama’s 2nd song John Reed/D’Oly Carte/Sir Malcolm Sargent Track 3 Dur: 2.02 CDVIR8316
Wolf – Morike Lieder/Abscheid Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/ Gerald Moore Track 20 Dur: 2:40 Orfeo C 140401
Campion - It fell upon a Summer’s Day Track 7 Dur: 1:54 Alfred Deller (countertenor) Desmond Dupré (lute)
Campion – Never weatherbeaten sails Track 11 Dur: 2:29 Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor) Sylvian Bergeron (Lute) Dorian DOR 90287
Offenbach – Orphee aux Enfers/Quand j’etais roi de Beotia CD 2 Track 4 Dur 1:44 Steven Cole/ L’Opera National de Lyon Chorus/ Orchestre de chamber de Grenoble/Minkowski
Schubert – Die Götter Griechenlands (+ G Johnson) Track 6 Dur: 4.55 Janet Baker/G Johnson BBCL 4070-2
Britten – Winter Words Op. 52 – Before and after Life Track 23 Dur: 3.18 Peter Pears/ Benjamin Britten DECCA 425 996-2
Puccini – Gianni Schicchi – Rinuccio’s air in praise of Florence Recit + Aria Firenze e come un albero fiorito Track 3 Dur: 3:10 Peter Seiffert (tenor) Chor des Beyrischen Rundfunks/ Giuseppe Patane RCA 74321 25285-2
Stravinsky – Three Shakespeare Songs - Full Fathom Five Track 15 + 16 Dur 1:45 Music Masters 67158-2 Catherine Ciesinski (mezzo)
Cole Porter – Kiss me Kate Always true to you darling in my fashion Track 11 Dur: 2:49 Blossom Dearie