Quentin Blake
Sunday 2 January 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is artist and illustrator Quentin Blake. His choices include string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek, and songs by Dowland, Britten and Georges Brassens.
Playlist
SigÌýM. Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer) (pub. OUP)Ìý
Beaux-Arts Brass QuintetÌý
BBQÌý BBQ 003Ìý T.10
Dowland: In darkness let me dwellÌý
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)/Desmond Dupré (guitar)Ìý
EMIÌý CDH 565501 2Ìý T.4
Janácek: Quartet No 2 - Intimate Letters (1st mvt -Andante - Allegro)Ìý
The LindsaysÌý
ASVÌý CDDCA 749Ìý T.5
Britten: At the railway station, Upway (from Winter Words, Op.52)Ìý
Peter Pears (tenor)/Benjamin Britten (piano)Ìý
DeccaÌý 425 996-2Ìý T.22
Verdi: Era la notte + Si, pel ciel (from Otello, Act II)Ìý
Placido Domingo (Otello)/Sherrill Milnes (Iago)/National PO/James Levine
RCAÌý 74321 39501 2Ìý Disc 1Ìý T.19-20
Offenbach: Oui, c'est un rêve (from La Belle Hélène, Act II)Ìý
Jane Rhodes (Hélène)/Bernard Plantey (Paris)/Orchestra/Manuel RosenthalÌý
PhilipsÌý 442 237-2Ìý T.7
Brassens: Le ParapluieÌý
Georges BrassensÌý
PhilipsÌý 9101 043Ìý S.2Ìý B 2
Beethoven: Quartet in F, Op.135 (4th mvt - Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro)Ìý
Hollywood QuartetÌý
TestamentÌý SBTÌý 3082Ìý Disc 3Ìý T.9
