What's in a name?
Tuesday 10 October 2006 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Iain Burnside, with a little help from Alfred Deller, Dory Previn and others, asks - what's in a name?
Playlist
Presenter: Iain Burnside
Producer: Tony Sellors
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns
Terry Shand, Leader, Jim Eaton, Dave Kapp
'Betsy' (2'42")
Performed by Roy Rogers (voice, guitar) with Billy Hill (violin) and his Orchestra: Carl Hunt (violin), Max Fidler (violin), Milton DeLugg (accordion), Richard Anderson (piano), John Weis (guitar), Cameron Hill (guitar), Joaquin Murphy (steel guitar), Alan Barker (bass), Jackie Mills (drums)
Recorded 4 December 1947, Los Angeles
Taken from the album 'The King of the Cowboys'
CD: ASV Living Era CD AJA 5297, track 24
Anonymous
'Annie Laurie' (3'27")
Performed by Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupré (guitar)
Taken from the album Western Wind and other English Folk Songs and Ballads
CD: Vanguard 08 5032 71, track 8
Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden
'Johnny' from Caberet Songs (4'33")
Performed by Della Jones (mezzo soprano), Steuart Bedford (piano)
Recorded April 1997, London
Taken from the album Settings of Poems by W.H. Auden
CD: Collins Classics 14902, track 21
Dory Previn
'Michael, Michael' (2'14")
Performed by Dory Previn
Taken from the album In Search of Mythical Kings (the U.A. Years)
CD: EMI 0777 7 81235 2 1, track 14
Giuseppe Verdi
'Caro nome' from Rigoletto (7'10")
Performed by Andrea Rost (soprano), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded February 1997, London
Taken from the album Le delizie dell'amor
CD: Sony Classical SK62789, track 1
Robert Schumann
'Mit Myrthen und Rosen' from Liederkreis Op.24 (3'40")
Performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
Taken from the album Dichterliebe and Liederkreis
CD: EMI 7243 5 56575 2 7, track 9
Traditional arr. Percy Grainger
'Shallow Brown' (6'32")
Performed by Lynette Alcantara (alto), Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded March 1994, London
Taken from the album Londonderry Air - the Music of Percy Grainger
CD: Philips 446 657-2, track 5
Gerald Finzi
'To Lizbie Browne' (3'56")
Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Taken from the album Earth and Air and Rain
CD: Naxos 8557963, track 7
James Marchant, Larry Royal, Billy Faber
'The Duke of Dubuque' (2'30")
Performed by the Manhattan Transfer: Cheryl Bentyne, Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel, with Buddy Williams (drums)
Recorded 20 or 21 February 1986, Tokyo
Taken from the album The Manhattan Transfer Live
CD: Atlantic 7 81723-2, track 9
John Wallowitch
'Bruce' (4'52")
Performed by Blossom Dearie (voice, piano)
Recorded 27 or 28 April 1984, New York City
Taken from the album Et Tu Bruce - Volume VIII
CD: Mastermix CDCHE5, track 8
Ludwig van Beethoven
'Adelaide' Op.46 (5'40")
Performed by Peter Schreier (tenor), András Schiff (piano)
Recorded September 1994, Vienna
Taken from the album An die ferne Geliebte
CD: Decca 4448172, track 3
Charles Ives
'William Will' (4'02")
Performed by Paul Sperry (tenor), Steven Blier (piano)
Taken from the album The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol.1
CD: Albany TROY077, track 26
Kurt Weill
'Saga of Jenny' (3'58")
Performed by Lotte Lenya (voice), with orchestra and chorus conducted by Maurice Levine
Taken from the album Lenya Sings Weill: The American Theatre Songs
CD: Sony Classical MHK 60647, track 3
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