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This Week's Guest:
Randy Newman
19 October 2008
Repeated
24 October 2008 |
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Randy's Choice |
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Photograph by Pamela Springsteen
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the American composer, singer and song-writer Randy Newman.
Colleagues say he stands shoulder to shoulder with musical legends Cole Porter and George Gershwin. He first made his name by writing mordant and often satirical pop songs - including A Few Words in Defence of Our Country, Political Science and Short People. For the past twenty five years he has been better known for his Hollywood film music - including writing the scores for the first four Disney/Pixar films. He held the unique distinction for being Oscar nominated fifteen times without winning until 2002 when he picked up the award for Best Original Song for If I Didn't Have You from Monsters Inc.
His songs are often written from the point of view of unlikeable characters - from slave masters to stalkers - it was a style, he acknowledges, that wasn't universally liked, but he adds: "I wouldn't have it any differently". |
1. The 3rd movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet No.16 in F Major
Performer The Hollywood String Quartet
Composer Beethoven
CD Title Beethoven: String Quartets
Track CD3 trk 8
Label TESTAMENT
Rec No SBT3082
2. Goodbyes
Performer Film soundtrack
Composer Alfred Newman
CD Title How Green Was My Valley
Track 15
Label TWENTIETH CENTURY
Rec No 07822110082
3. The Door
Performer George Jones
Composer B Sherrill/N Wilson
CD Title The Best of George Jones
Track Side 1 trk 1
Label EPIC Rec No SEPC80847
4. The Stampede
Performer Fletcher Henderson
Composer Henderson
CD Title Fletcher Henderson/1925-28
Track 4
Label BBC
Rec No BBCCD720
5. Part of the Sacrificial Dance from Rite of Spring
Performer The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Zander
Composer Stravinsky
CD Title Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Track 14
Label I.M.P.
Rec No MCD25
6. The beginning of Shostakovich Symphony No 15
Performer London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink
Composer Shostakovich
CD Title Shostakovich: The Symphonies
Track Cd11 trk 1
Label LONDON
Rec No 4444302
7. Part of the Adagio from Mahler’s 9th symphony
Performer Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
Composer Mahler
CD Title Mahler: Symphony No.9
Track CD2 trk 1
Label DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
Rec No 4530402
8. Come Rain or Come Shine
Performer Ray Charles
Composer Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen
CD Title The Genius of Ray Charles
Track 12
Label ATLANTIC
Rec No 13122
Record: Beethoven Late Quartets
Book: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Italian with English translation.
Luxury: A piano |
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