List of Private Passions episodes (2010–2014)

This is a list of Private Passions episodes from 2010 to 2014. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.

2010 edit

Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
3 Jan 2010 Katie Mitchell Bach Erbarme Dich (St Matthew Passion, Part 2)
Beethoven String Quartet In A minor, Op. 132 (Finale: Allegro Appassionato)
Leoš Janáček String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) – 4th Mvt
Luigi Nono Al Gran Sole Carico D'Amore (In The Bright Sunshine Heavy With Love) – II Tempo – Scena 2
Paul Clark Waves Music
Schnittke Stille Nacht
Schubert Nacht Und Traume
Bach Prelude And Fugue In A-flat, Bwv862 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
10 Jan 2010 Leslie Caron Bach Bourrees 1 And 2 (Cello Suite In C, Bwv1009)
Frank Loesser Baby It'S Cold Outside
George Gershwin An American In Paris
Kurt Weill Alabama Song (Rise And Fall Of The State Of Mahagonny)
Sauguet Les Forains (Petite Fille A La Chaise And Galop Final)
Stephen Sondheim A Weekend In The Country (A Little Night Music)
Stravinsky Petrushka (Scene 3 – At The Moor's House)
Yves Montand A Bicyclette (Pierre Barouh/Francis Lai)
17 Jan 2010 Philip Campbell Bach Goldberg Variations (Variations 20 and 21)
William Byrd Agnus Dei (Mass in Four Parts)
Debussy Etude Pour Les Quartes
George Gershwin They Can'T Take That Away From Me
Jonathan Harvey Ashes Dance Back
Led Zeppelin Good Times, Bad Times
Messiaen Transports De Joie (L'Ascension)
Arnold Schoenberg Peripetia (Five Pieces For Orchestra, Op 16)
Michael Tippett Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage: Prelude And First Transformation)
24 Jan 2010 Fiona Reynolds Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 In G (First Movement Allegro Moderato)
Elgar Introduction And Allegro
Gerald Finzi The Salutation (Dies Natalis)
Leoš Janáček To Jste Si Vymyslily Peknou Vec!' (Kat'A Kabanova, The End Of Act 2)
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante In E-flat, K364 (Third Movement Presto, Excerpt)
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 (Second Movement Andante)
Bedřich Smetana String Quartet In E Minor (From My Life) (1st Movement Allegro Vivo Appassionato)
28 Feb 2010 Frieda Hughes Ac/Dc Rock N Roll Train (From The Album Black Ice)
Anonymous Work The Humours Of Ballyloughlin
Beethoven Für Elise
Chopin Preludes Nos 3, 7 And 8 (From The Preludes, Op 28)
Frieda Hughes Reading: Doll From The Book of Mirrors (Bloodaxe)
Frieda Hughes Reading: For Nick From The Book of Mirrors (Bloodaxe)
Holst Mars (From The Planets)
Laura Sullivan Hawaian Islands (From The Album Mystical America)
John Tavener The Protecting Veil
Vivaldi Spring (From The Four Seasons) (1st Movement, Allegro) [Concerto In E major, Rv 269]
7 Mar 2010 Mark Gatiss Leonard Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow (From Candide)
Cole Porter So In Love (From Kiss Me Kate)
Eden Ahbez Nature Boy
Miklós Rózsa Auf Wiedersehen (From The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes)
Jacques Offenbach Barcarolle (Prelude To Act Iv From The Tales Of Hoffmann)
Henry Purcell What Power Art Thou? (The Cold Genius From King Arthur, Act III)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6 In E Minor (1st Movement, Allegro)
Wagner Liebestod (From Tristan Und Isolde, Act III)
14 Mar 2010 Lee Hall Attributed To John Hall Of Sheffield Park Hark! Hark! What News
Conlon Nancarrow Study For Player Piano No. 6
Harvey Brough Lux Aeterna (From Requiem In Blue)
John Coltrane Ascension (The Opening)
Messiaen Louange De L'Immortalité De Jésus (From The Quartet For The End Of Time)
Mieczysław Weinberg Prelude No. 1 (From 24 Preludes, Op 100)
Henry Purcell Music For A While (From Oedipus)
Robert Schumann Im Ruhigen Tempo (No 1 From Gesänge Der Frühe, Op 133)
Traditional music Bonnie Jeannie O'Bethelnie (Also Known As Glenlogie)
Traditional music Ma Bonney Lad
21 Mar 2010 Gareth Malone Leonard Bernstein Part 3 Of 'Chichester Psalms'
William Byrd Iustorum Animae
Gerald Finzi Come Away, Come Away, Death ' From 'Let Us Garlands Bring' (Op 18)
Mozart Ah Perdona Al Primo Affetto From La Clemenza Di Tito
Robert Schumann Mit Myrten Und Rosen' From Liederkreis (Op24)
Shostakovich 2nd Mvt 'Allegretto' From Symphony No 5 In D Minor (Op 47)
Stravinsky I Go, I Go To Him' From 'The Rake'S Progress' Act 1 Sc III
Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1)
4 Apr 2010 Bernard Longley Arnold Bax Third Symphony (Epilogue To The 3rd Movement, Finale)
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 In D (3rd Movement, Notturno)
Elgar Sanctus Fortis (From The Dream Of Gerontius)
Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium
Francis Poulenc Dialogues Des Carmélites (Act 3, Tableau 4, Place De La Révolution)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Mass In G (Kyrie)
Verdi Rex Tremendae (Includes Salva Me) (From The Requiem)
11 Apr 2010 Alistair McGowan Chopin Nocturne In D-flat, Op. 27/2
Grieg Solveig'S Song (From Peer Gynt, Op. 23)
John Kander And Fred Ebb It Couldn'T Please Me More (From Cabaret)
Rachmaninov Prelude In G Minor, Op. 23/5
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 (3rd movement – The Young Prince and Princess)
Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 3
Shostakovich Waltz 2 (From Jazz Suite No. 2)
Marcel Zidani Prelude
18 Apr 2010 Edmund de Waal Bach Ich Habe Genug (Bwv82)
Brian Eno "This" from Another Day on Earth
Britten Prologue & Pastoral from Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Op. 31)
Carlo Gesualdo Alieni Insurrexerunt from Tenebrae Responses
John Adams A Final Shaking From Shaker Loops
Moby Porcelain
Mozart 1st Mvt From Sonata In A K331
Orlando Gibbons Magnificat From The 2nd Service
25 Apr 2010 Joanne Harris Ennio Morricone Theme From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Grieg In The Hall Of The Mountain King (From Peer Gynt)
Mahler Symphony No 1 In D (1st Movement Excerpt)
Rachmaninov Prelude In C-sharp Minor, Op 3 No 2
Schubert Piano Trio In E-flat, D929 (2nd Movement, Andante Con Moto)
Bedřich Smetana Vltava (From Ma Vlast)
9 May 2010 Philip Ball Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 2 (3rd movement, Allegro Molto) Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Orchestre de Paris/Lorin Maazel
Duke Ellington Cottontail Duke Ellington Label: SHOUT FACTORY 37470.
Sergei Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 83 (1st movement Allegro inquieto – Andantino) Maurizio Pollini (piano) Label: DG 447 4312.
Bach Prelude in E-flat Minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) Angela Hewitt (piano) Label: HYPERION CDS 44291.
Déodat de Séverac Dunántúli Ugrósok Muzsikás Label: HANNIBAL HNCD 1439.
Tom Waits Telephone Call from Istanbul (from Franks Wild Years) Tom Waits Label: ISLAND 4235723.
Paul Hindemith Interlude in A-flat (No. 15 from Ludus Tonalis) John McCabe (piano) Label: HYPERION CDA 66824.
Stravinsky Tango James Crabb and Geir Draugsvoll (accordions) Label: EMI 569705-2.
16 May 2010 John Adams John Adams News has a kind of mystery from Nixon in China (Act I sc i) James Maddalena (Nixon), Orchestra of St Lukes/Edo de Waart Label: NONESUCH 79177.
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever United States Airforce Band of the Golden West/Douglas Monroe Label: Altissimo 75442260332.
Beethoven Scherzo (5th Mvt) from Quartet in C-sharp minor Op 131 New Budapest String Quartet Label: HYPERION CDA66405.
Schubert 2nd mvt from Piano Sonata in B-flat major (D960) Richard Goode (piano) Label: NONESUCH 7559791242.
Wagner Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht (Götterdämmerung Act 1) Karl Ridderbusch, Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan
James Rhodes Jeux (excerpt) Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez Label: M2YK45620.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra The Tattooed Bride Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Label: MWML4418.
The Beach Boys Good Vibrations Beach Boys Label: CDP74667382.
23 May 2010 Rachel Cusk Bach Goldberg Variations (Variation 13) Glenn Gould (piano) Label: SONY SM3K 87703.
Beethoven Sonata no.32 in C minor, op 111 [excerpt from 2nd movt] Richard Goode (piano) Label: NONESUCH 979 211-2.
Handel As with rosy steps the morn (from Theodora) Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment/Harry Bicket Label: AVIE AV 0030.
Britten Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Op 51 David Daniels (counter tenor), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Label: VIRGIN 545525-2.
Leoš Janáček Jenufa (Act 2, excerpt) Eva Randova (Kostelnicka), Vienna PO/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: DECCA 414 483-2.
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 1 (2nd movement, Lento) Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet), English Chamber Orchestra/Jerzy Maksimiuk Label: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CD-CFP 4547.
Stravinsky Nonne erubescite (from Oedipus Rex, Act 2) Patricia Johnson (Jocasta), Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, RPO/Sir Colin Davis Label: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 585011-2.
Gerald Finzi Eclogue (extract) Piers Lane (piano), RLPO/Vernon Handley Label: EMI CDEMX 2239.
20 Jun 2010 Cecil Balmond Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu no 4 in C-sharp minor Op 66 Arthur Rubenstein (piano)
Bach Menuetto I & II from Cello Suite no 1 in G major Pablo Casals (cello) Label: EMI CHS7610272.
Paganini 1st mvt from Grand Sonata in A major John Williams (Guitar) Label: SONY CLASSICAL SBK62425.
The Benny Goodman Quartet Runnin' Wild Benny Goodman Quartet: Benny Goodman (clarinet), Teddy Wilson (piano), Gene Krupa (drums), Lionel Hampton (vibes) Label: Classics 1936-7.
Brahms 1st mvt from Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op115 (Excerpt) Karl Leister (clarinet), Amadeus Quartet Label: DG 4496112.
Beethoven Adelaide' (from 7 Lieder) op 46 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jörg Demus (piano) Label: DG 4151892.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Unomathemba Ladysmith Black Mambazo Label: WARNER 9255822.
27 Jun 2010 Sir Thomas Allen Michael Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) (pub OUP) Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet Label: BBQ BBQ 003.
Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Overture Dresden Staatskapelle Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis Label: PHILIPS 438 013-2.
Schubert Fantasia in F Minor, D. 940 (excerpt) Alfred Brendel and Evelyne Crochet (piano duet) Label: VOX BOX CD3X 3041.
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Prelude to Act III Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelik
Frank Bridge The Sea (part three: Moonlight) RLPO/Charles Groves Label: EMI CDM 566855-2.
Monteverdi Il Ritorno d'Ulisse (Act 2, scene 12 [final scene]) Arranger: Henze Thomas Allen (Ulysses), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Penelope), Vienna RSO/Jeffrey Tate Label: ORFEO C528003.
4 Jul 2010 Dame Barbara Stocking Michael Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet Label: BBQ BBQ 003.
Bach Gratias Agimus Tibi (from the Mass in B Minor) Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini Label: SONY S2K 66354.
Mozart Voi che sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro, Act II) Angelika Kirschlager (Cherubino), Concerto Köln/René Jacobs Label: HARMONIA MUNDI 901818/20.
Women Of The Calabash Nkosi sikeli iAfrika Label: ORCHARD 793415182323.
Agustín Lara Granada (from the 3 Tenors Concert at the 1990 World Cup) José Carreras (tenor), Orchestras of the Maggio musicale, Florence and the Rome Opera/Zubin Mehta Label: DECCA 430 433-2.
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No 2 in D (3rd movement, Notturno) The Lindsays Label: ASV CDDCA 1143.
Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 in B-flat (2nd movement, Larghetto) Daniel Barenboim (piano and director), Berlin PO Label: TELDEC 75716.
Juan Luis Guerra A pedir su mano Juan Luis Guerra and 440 Label: KAREN RECORDS 261927.
11 Jul 2010 Scott Turow Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D (1st movement) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Henryk Szeryng (violin), George Malcolm (harpsichord), ASMF/Neville Mariner Label: PHILIPS 470 934-2.
George Gershwin Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy & Bess, Act II, scene 1) Willard White (Porgy), Cynthia Haymon (Bess), LPO/Simon Rattle Label: EMI 749568-2.
Pink Martini – Music and lyrics by China Forbes Hey Eugene Pink Martini Label: WRASSE WRASS193.
Puccini Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly, Act II) Renata Tebaldi (Madama Butterfly), Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Tullio Serafin Label: DECCA 470 577-2.
Traditional music Big Rock Candy Mountain Arranger: Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn Label: Folkden podcast.
The Byrds – Words from The Book of Ecclesiastes – music Pete Seeger Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) The Byrds Label: CBS 656544-2.
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (Introduction, the Augurs of Spring and Dance of the Adolescents) LSO/Claudio Abbado Label: DG 453 085-2.
Stephen Sondheim Send in the Clowns (from A Little Night Music, Act II) Glynis Johns (Desirée), original cast recording, conducted by Harold Hastings Label: COLUMBIA CK32265.
Puccini O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Maria Callas(Lauretta), Philharmonia Orchestra/Tullio Serafin Label: EMI 566463-2.
25 Jul 2010 William Orbit William Orbit Aquarium William Orbit Label: Universal 4782546.
Stravinsky 1st Mvt from 'Symphony in Three Movements' London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Eugene Goossens Label: PHILIPS 4223032.
Nicola Porpora Alto Giove from Polifemo Act III Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Dir & Harpsichord) Label: TRAVELLING K1005.
Vincenzo Bellini Ah ! non credea mirarti' from La sonnambula Act II Maria Callas Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Antonino Votto Label: EMI CDC5564112.
Mozart 2nd mvt from Clarinet Quintet in A major K581 David Shifrin (clarinet), Emerson String Quartet, Label: DG 4596412.
Imogen Heap Hide and Seek Imogen Heap Label: MEGACD001.
Jean Mouton Nesciens Mater The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Label: HYPERION CDA66263.
Britten End Sequence from 'Night Mail' The Nash Ensemble/Lionel Friend, with Nigel Hawthorne (narrator) Label: HYPERION CDA66845.
1 Aug 2010 Russell Kane Beethoven Third mvt from Piano Sonata no 14 Op 27/2 Mikhail Pletnev (piano) Label: EMI VM5618342.
Béla Bartók Part One from Rhapsody for Violin & Piano György Pauk (violin), Jenó Jandó (piano)
Chopin Nocturne no 2 in E-flat Op 9 no 2 Daniel Barenboim (piano)
James Rhodes Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque Moura Lympany (piano) Label: EMI CDZ7625232.
Alexander Scriabin 1st mvt from Piano Sonata No 3 Op 23 John Ogdon (piano) Label: EMICZS5726522.
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor D703 Amadeus Quartet Label: DG4100242.
8 Aug 2010 Tracy Chevalier Michael Berkeley The Wakeful Poet (Music from Chaucer) Beaux-Arts Brass Quintet Label: BBQ BBQ 003.
Schubert Symphony no 8 in B minor (Unfinished), (excerpt from 1st movt, Allegro moderato) Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti Label: DECCA 430 439-2.
Brahms Clarinet Sonata no 2 in E-flat, Op 120 (2nd movement, Allegro appassionato) Thea King, clarinet; Clifford Benson, piano Label: HYPERION CDS 44340.
Antonín Dvořák Symphony no 9 in E minor (From the New World), (4th movement, Allegro con fuoco) London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis Label: LSO 0001.
Leonard Bernstein Prologue Original Broadway Cast Recording/Max Goberman (Musical Director) Label: SONY SK 60724.
Schubert Impromptu in G-flat major, D899 Paul Berkowitz, piano Label: MERIDIAN CDE 84102.
Anonymous work Polorum regina (from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, the Red Book of Montserrat) The Osnabrückner Youth Choir/Johannes Rahe Label: JARO 41712.
Robert Schumann Of Strange Lands and People (from Kinderszenen, Op 15, no 1) Alfred Brendel, piano Label: PHILIPS 434 732-2.
Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime Label: SIRE K256867.
15 Aug 2010 Martin Jarvis Stravinsky Final section 'Tableaux II' from The Firebird Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Stravinsky Label: CBS CD42432.
Schubert Die Forelle Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Label: EMI 7243 5693892.
Schubert 4th mvt from the 'Trout Quintet' András Schiff (piano), Members of the Hagen Quartet with Alois Posch (double bass) Label: DECCA 458608-2.
Bizet The Toreador Song from 'Carmen' Act II Michel Dens, Choir and Orchestra of the Théâtre National de L'Opéra-Comique Label: EMI CMS5653182.
Mozart 2nd mvt from Piano Concerto no 27 in B-flat major K595 Clifford Curzon (piano), English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten Label: DECCA 4172882.
Ambrose and His Orchestra Painting the Clouds with Sunshine Ambrose & His Orchestra Label: HISICD 78120.
Beethoven 4th mvt from Symphony no 7 in A, Op 92 Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Label: EMI CDM7638682.
Robert Schumann Widmung (Dedication) from Myrthen Op 25 no 1 Lucy Parham, piano Label: SANCTUARY CDRSB202.
22 Aug 2010 David Hyde Pierce Arthur Sullivan Overture to HMS Pinafore Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: TELARC CD80374.
Bach English Suite No 3 in G minor (Gigue) Rosalyn Tureck (piano) Label: ALBANY TROY 009.
Sir Hubert Parry Anthem I was Glad Iain Simcock (organ), Choir of Westminster Abbey/Martin Neary Label: IMP PCD919.
Felix Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25 (2nd movement, Andante) Stephen Hough (piano), CBSO/Lawrence Foster Label: HYPERION CDA 66969.
Berlioz Je vais le voir...Il me revient fidèle (from Beatrice and Benedict Act 1) Susan Gritton (Hero), LSO/Sir Colin Davis Label: LSO LIVE 004.
Louis Vierne Carillon de Westminster Andrew Lucas (organ of St Paul's Cathedral) Label: NAXOS 8550955.
29 Aug 2010 Hisham Matar Shed Alhezam Sayid Darweesh Shed Alhezam Label: SAWT AL-QAHIRA 10.
Chopin Study in C minor, Op.10 No 12 (The Revolutionary) Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
unknown Oghniat Al Wadaa Fairuz Label: EMI ARABIA 01-CC-100010-2.
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 – 3rd movement, Allegro, ma non tanto Kyung-wha Chung. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn Jascha Heifetz (violin), Chicago Symphony Orochestra, Walter Hendl Label: RCA RD87019.
unknown Ahwa Kamaran Ghada Shbeir Label: FORWARD MUSIC 63447930017-2.
Ligeti Tempo de Valse (No 4 from Musica ricercata) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Label: SONY SK 62308.
unknown Leley Leley el Layl Mawal (Part 1) (Vocal Power Demis Roussos) Sabah Fakhri Label: B002IDA78C.
Schubert Nacht und Träume Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Label: EMI 565670-2.
Nubia Escalay Song with Tar (The Water Wheel) Nubia Escalay Label: NONESUCH 72041.
Bob Dylan I Shall Be Released Jeff Buckley Label: COLUMBIA C2K 89202.
12 Sep 2010 Peter Bazalgette Schubert Impromptu No 3 in G-flat D899 Alfred Brendel (piano) Label: PHILIPS 4425432.
Britten Deo Gracias! (from A Ceremony of Carols Op 28) Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks Osian Ellis (harp) Label: EMI CDM5651122.
Bach 1st mvt from Keyboard Concerto no 1 in D minor BWV1052 Dinu Lipatti (piano), Concertgebouw Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum Label: JECKLIN DISCO 541.
Jack Hylton Love is the Sweetest Thing Jack Hylton and his Band feat Pat O'Malley (vocals) Label: ECM2046.
Mozart A Man in Search of Truth and Beauty (The Magic Flute, Act I) Rebecca Evans (soprano – Pamina), Simon Keenlyside (baritone – Papageno), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: CHANDOS CHAN31212.
John Lennon And Paul Mccartney In My Life The Beatles
Richard Strauss 1st mvt from Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D major AV144 Alex Klein (oboe), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim Label: TELDEC 3984239132.
Carl Davis Opening Title Music from Pride and Prejudice Carl Davis (Melvyn Tan – fortepiano) Label: EMI CDEMC3726.
19 Sep 2010 Jackie Kay Leoš Janáček Pozehany' (Blessed) from Lachian Dances JW VI/17 Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ondrej Lenárd Label: NAXOS 8550411.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi O Quam tristis et afflicta' from Stabat Mater Emma Kirkby (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Label: Oiseau Lyre 4256922.
Bach Prelude from Cello Suite no 6 in D major BWV 1012 Pablo Casals (cello) Label: EMI CHS7610272.
Nina Simone Four Women Nina Simone Label: PHILIPS 8228462.
Richard Strauss September' from 'Four Last Songs Jessye Norman (soprano) Gewandhaus Orchester/Kurt Masur Label: PHILIPS 411052-2.
Ali Farka Touré Heygana Ali Farka Toure Label: World Circuit WCD017.
Schubert Nacht und Traume Roland Hayes (tenor), Reginald Boardman (piano) Label: PREISER 93462.
Jean Redpath Leaving the Land Jean Redpath Label: Greentrax CDTRAX039.
Cole Porter Brush Up Your Shakespeare' from 'Kiss Me Kate Lee Wilkof & Michael Mulheren from The New Broadway Cast Recording Label: DRG1298.
3 Oct 2010 Graham Vick Guillaume de Machaut Messe de notre Dame, Kyrie Ensemble Organum, Marcel Péres (director) Label: HARMONIA MUNDI HMG 901590.
Monteverdi Vorrei baciarti (from Book 7 of the Madrigals) Sara Mingardo (alto), Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano), Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini Label: NAÏVE OP 30395.
Chopin Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op 45 Michelangeli (piano)
Ravi Shankar Raga Shudh Sarang [an early afternoon rag] Ravi Shankar Label: SAREGAMA RECORDS CDNFC150918/9.
Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op 131 (Finale, Allegro) Alban Berg Quartet Label: EMI CDS 7471358.
Mozart Die Zauberflöte (Act II, scene 8) Evelyn Lear (Pamina), Fritz Wunderlich (Tamino), James King and Marrti Talvela (Armed Men), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm Label: DG 449 749-2.
Leonard Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow (finale of Candide) Robert Rounseville (Candide), Barbara Cook (Cunegonde), The Company, Original Broadway Cast recording, Samuel Krachmalnick (musical director) Label: SONY SK 48017.
17 Oct 2010 Marina Lewycka Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV 1046 (1st movement) The Academy of St Martin's in the Fields/Neville Marriner Label: DECCA 470 934-2.
Handel I know that my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah, Part III) Carolyn Samson (soprano), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers Label: CORO 16062.
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (1st movement, opening) David Oistrakh (violin), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Gennady Rozhdestvensky Label: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 09421.
Mozart Piano Sonata in F, K332 (1st movement, Allegro) Maria Joao Pires (piano) Label: DG 477 5200.
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op 14 (4th movement, March to the Scaffold) Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch Label: RCA 82876 67899-2.
Mozart Dove sono (from Le nozze di Figaro, Act III) Margaret Price (soprano), English Chamber Orchestra/James Lockhart Label: RCA 82876-65841-2.
Traditional Russian folksong Black Raven (Cherniy Voron) Stella Zubkova (vocals) Label: A free download from audiopoisk.com.
Dawn Chorus Farm: Dawn in Summer Label: BBCCD 861.
24 Oct 2010 Ian McDiarmid Britten Piano Concerto (second movement, Waltz) Sviatoslav Richter (piano), English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten Label: DECCA 475 6051.
Britten Look. Through the port comes the moon-shine astray"" (Billy Budd, Act 2, scene 3, aka ""Bil Simon Keenlyside (Billy), LSO/Richard Hickox Label: CHANDOS CHAN 9826.
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano) Label: EMI 208087-2.
James Macmillan St John Passion (Part II, vi, Christ's garments divided) London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis Label: LSO LIVE LSO0671.
Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (the end of Act One) Galina Vishnevskaya (Katerina Ismailova), Nicolai Gedda (Sergey), Dimiter Petkov (Boris Ismailov), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich Label: EMI 567776-2.
William Wordsworth – by Robert Donat On Westminster Bridge Label: LP: ARGO RG 192.
Robert Burns – Read by Tom Fleming Ae fond kiss Label: LISMOR LCOM 6042.
Traditional music Ae fond kiss Arranger: Knight/Burns Kenneth McKellar (tenor), Patricia Cahill (soprano) Label: DECCA 466 415-2.
Leonard Bernstein On The Town (Dance: The Real Coney Island and the Finale) Ensemble, Chorus and Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY SM3K 47154.
31 Oct 2010 Baroness Shirley Williams Aaron Copland Music from 'Appalachian Spring' New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein Label: Sony Classical SMK63082.
Britten Storm at Sea' from Peter Grimes (Act 1) Orchestra: of the Royal Opera House/Britten Label: DECCA 467 682-2.
Henry Purcell The Plaint' from The Fairy Queen Jennifer Vyvyan (Nymph), Peter Graeme (oboe), Kenneth Heath (cello continuo), Philip Ledger (harpsichord continuo), (English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten) Label: DECCA 4331632.
Schubert Music from 1st mvt from The Trout Quintet D667 Emil Gilels (Piano) Norbert Brainin (violin), Peter Schidlof (viola), Martin Lovett (cello), Rainer Zepperitz (double bass) Label: DG 4134532.
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel Label: CBS CD63699.
Traditional music The Keel Row Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Phyllis Spurr (piano) Label: DECCA 4171922.
Handel How Beautiful Are The Feet (from Messiah) Emma Kirkby (soprano), The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Label: Oiseau Lyre 4118582.
7 Nov 2010 Arabella Weir Mozart Il mio tesoro (from Don Giovanni, Act II) [Joseph Losey film sound track] Kenneth Riegel (Don Ottavio), Paris Opera Orchestra/Lorin Maazel
Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat, D 960 (Scherzo, Allegro vivace con delicatezza) Alfred Brendel (piano)
Traditional music The Wraggle Taggle Gipsies Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Desmond Dupré (guitar)
Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No 1 (The Ghost) (1st movement, Allegro vivace e con brio) The Beaux Arts Trio
Ayah Marar Blow the wind southerly Kathleen Ferrier
Mozart Piano Sonata in A minor KV 310 Claudio Arrau (piano)
Traditional music The Skye Boat Song The Alexander Brothers
Verdi Sempre libera (La traviata, Act I) Montserrat Caballé (Violetta), Carlo Bergonza (Alfredo), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra/Georges Pretre
14 Nov 2010 Zdenka Fantlova[1] Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (1st movement) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
Chopin Study in C minor, Op 25 No 12 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Gideon Klein String Trio (1944) (2nd movement, Adagio) Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) and Paul Watkins (cello)
Nacio Herb Brown You are My Lucky Star Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds
Bedřich Smetana The Bartered Bride: Overture Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Zdenek Kosler
Johann Strauss II Radetzky March Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra /Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor (first movement, Molto allegro) New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bruno Walter
5 Dec 2010 Adam Foulds Nicholas Ludford Gloria from the Missa Videte Miraculum The Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood Label: ASV CD GAU 131.
Arnold Schoenberg Tanzszene (5th movement from the Serenade, Op 24) London Sinfonietta/David Atherton Label: DECCA 425 626-2.
Adam Foulds reads from his poem The Broken Word (Jonathan Cape) Adam Foulds
James Rhodes Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1st movement, Pastorale) Roger Bourdin (flute), Colette Lequien (viola), Annie Challan (harp) Label: PHILIPS 422 839-2.
Ligeti Der Sommer Christiane Oelze (soprano), Irina Kataeva (piano) Label: SONY SK 62311 T1103 07.
Stravinsky Full Fadom Five (from 3 Shakespeare Songs) Emma Kirkby (soprano), Basel Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Hogwood Label: ARTE NOVA 74321 92650-2.
Oliver Knussen Two Organa London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen Label: DG 449 572-2.
Leoš Janáček The vixen dreams she is a young girl (Pantomime 2 from The Cunning Little Vixen, Act I) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Mackerras Label: DECCA 417 129-2.
Neutral Milk Hotel Ghost (from the album In The Aeroplane Over The Sea) Label: DOMINO REWIGCD 21.
12 Dec 2010 Julian Rhind-Tutt Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto in D for trumpets, strings and continuo (I. Adagio) Haken Hardenberger (trumpet) Label: PHILIPS 420 954-2.
Bach Prelude from the Suite No 6 in D for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1012 Paul Tortelier (cello) Label: HMVD 572749-2.
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 (II. Canzonetta: Andante) Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Andre Previn Label: DG 474 874-2.
John Hilton Lord for thy tender mercy's sake Clare College Chapel Choir/Timothy Brown Label: GUILD GMCD 7115.
Puccini Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) (from La Bohème Act 1) Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Edward Downes Label: DECCA 470 011-2.
Bach Minuets I and II from the French Suite No 2 in C minor, BWV 813 Andras Schiff (piano) Label: DECCA CD1.
Mahler Ablösung im Sommer (from Songs of Youth) Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) Label: RCA 88697 56773-2.
Alan Hawkshaw Best Endeavours (the Theme to Channel 4 News) Unknown Label: BRUTON BRCD15.
Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 David Goode (organ) Label: HERALD HAVPCD 219.
Sergei Prokofiev The Fight and The Prince gives his order (from Romeo & Juliet, Act 1 scene 1) London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn Label: PHILIPS 464 726-2.
26 Dec 2010 Pamela Stephenson Connolly Vincenzo Bellini Ah! Non credea mirarti (from La somnambula Act II, scene 2) Joan Sutherland (Amina), Fernando Corena (Rodolfo), Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Richard Bonynge Label: DECCA 467 789-2.
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse Gymnopédie No 1 Anne Queffélec (piano) Label: VIRGIN 522020-2.
Kurt Weill Alabama Song (from Mahagonny words by Brecht) Lotte Lenya (vocal), orchestra conducted by Roger Bean Label: SONY MHK 63222.
James Rhodes Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune LSO/André Previn [Peter Lloyd, solo flute]
Balinese Gamelan Lagu Kotok (Frog Song) Label: NONESUCH EXPLORER SERIES 79794-2.
Phil Cunningham Strathmarches Blazin' Fiddles Label: BRCD002.
Richard Strauss Morgen', Op.27 No 4 Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), LSO/Andrew Davis Label: SONY SMK 89881.

2011 edit

Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
30 Jan 2011 Tim Waterstone Elgar Where corals lie' from 'Sea Pictures' op 37 Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), The Philharmonia/Sir John Barbirolli Label: PHILIPS 465 253-2.
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ The Apple Tree The Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks Label: EMI VTDCD933.
Puccini Doretta's song' from La Rondine, Act 1 William Matteuzzi (Prunier), Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (conductor) Label: EMI CDC556339 2.
Mahler Music from the 4th mvt 'Adagietto' from Symphony no 5 in C-sharp minor London Philharmonic Orchestra/Klaus Tennstedt Label: CDC 747105 2.
Gabriel Fauré Pie Jesu' from Requiem Op 48 Richard Eteson (treble), Peter Barley (organ) London Chamber Orchestra/Stephen Cleobury (director) Label: EMI CDC7498802.
Richard Strauss Im Abendrot' from Four Last Songs Renée Fleming (soprano), Houston Symphony Orchestra/Christoph Eschenbach Label: RCA 09026685392.
Jerome Kern The Way You Look Tonight Fred Astaire. Lyricist: Dorothy Fields Label: CONIFER TQ134.
6 Feb 2011 Richard Mabey John Dowland Come Again. The Consort of Musicke: Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Lucy Ballard (alto), Andrew King (tenor), Simon Grant (bass), Anthony Rooley (lute and director) Label: ASV GAUDEAMUS GAU 187.
Eric Bogle The Green Fields of France The men they couldn't hang Label: DEMON FIEND CD940.
Anonymous work Les Ameriquains Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall Label: ALIA VOX AV 9824.
I Muvrini Barbara furtuna Label: CDR 213.
Juan de Araujo Ay, Andar! Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore Label: Moon, sun and all things.
David Rothenberg And John Wieczorek And Robert Jürjendal Soo-roo – Improvisation over the song of marsh warblers David Rothenberg (clarinet), John Wieczorek (percussion), Robert Jürjendal (guitar). Label: TERRA NOVA MUSIC 0692 8630561-2.
Joseph Canteloube Lo Calhé (The Quail) (from Songs of the Auvergne) Netania Devrath (soprano), Orchestra conducted by Pierre de la Roche Label: VANGUARD 08800272.
George Butterworth Is my team ploughing? Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) Label: NAXOS 8.572426.
Evencio Castellanos Santa Cruz de Pacairigua (excerpt) Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel Label: DG 477 8337.
13 Feb 2011 Joanna van Kampen[2] Mozart Excerpts from Requiem K626 Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Chorus/Sir Neville Marriner Label: METRONOME 8251262.
Gustave Charpentier Depuis le jour' from Louise (Act III) Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra della RAI/Alfredo Simonetto (recorded in 1954, Casino, San Remo) Label: EMI CZS5720302.
John Williams Hedwig's Theme City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine Conductor: John Williams (Randy Kerber – Celeste) Label: ATLANTIC 7567930865.
Gounod Ave Maria Yo Yo Ma/Bobby McFerrin Label: SONY SK48177.
Henry Purcell When I Am Laid in Earth from 'Dido & Aeneas' Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), English Chamber Orchestra/Anthony Lewis Thurston Dart (harpsichord continuo) Label: Philips 4652532.
Bernard Herrmann The Prelude from the soundtrack to 'Psycho' National Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernard Herrmann Label: UNICORN UKCD2021.
Stevie Wonder If It's Magic Stevie Wonder Label: MOTOWN 157357-2.
20 Feb 2011 John Sergeant Mahler Symphony No 4 in G (2nd movement excerpt) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Lorin Maazel Label: CBS CD 39072.
Kurt Weill Alabama Song (from The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny) Lotte Lenya (vocal), with The Three Admirals and unnamed orchestra Label: NAXOS 8120831.
Harry Warren 42nd Street Ruby Keeler and chorus Label: LP UAG 29644.
Béla Bartók String Quartet No 6 (1939) (II. Mesto – Marcia) Takacs Quartet
Sergei Prokofiev War and Peace (1943) the final patriotic chorus Nikolai Okhotnikov (Kutusow), Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Opera/Valery Gergiev Label: PHILIPS 434 097-2.
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8 (1960) (IV. Largo) Fitzwilliam String Quartet Label: DECCA 421 475-2.
John Adams News has a kind of mystery (from Nixon in China, Act I, scene 1) James Maddalena (President Nixon), Sanford Sylvan (Chou En-lai), Thomas Hammons (Henry Kissinger), Orchestra of St Luke's/Edo de Waart Label: ELEKTRA NONESUCH 979 177-2.
27 Feb 2011 Douglas Gordon Puccini Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino"" (Madama Butterfly love duet, end of Act I) Maria Callas (Butterfly), Nicolia Gedda (Pinkerton), Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Herbert von Karajan Label: EMI 556298-2.
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E falt, K364 (cadenza to the 1st movement) Roi Shiloah (violin), Avri Levitan (viola) Label: Private recording, used with permission.
Joy Division Love will tear us apart The Oysterband Label: WESTPARK MUSIC 87105.
Bach Mein Freund ist mein (from Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme) Edith Mathis (sop), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Munich Bach Orchestra/Karl Richter Label: DG 419 466-2.
Mogwai Black Spider Mogwai Label: WALL OF SOUND LC07800.
Cornelius Cardew The Croppy Boy Cornelius Cardew (piano) Label: B & L BLCD011.
Schubert Erlkönig Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano) Label: EMI 456367-2.
6 Mar 2011 Amanda Vickery Bach Gigue (from the Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009) Anne Gastinel (cello) Label: NAÏVE 5121.
Mozart Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen (from Die Zauberflöte, Act 1) Ruth Ziesack (Pamina), Michael Kraus (Papageno), Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti Label: DECCA 433 210-2.
Britten O waly, waly David Daniels (counter tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Label: VIRGIN 545525-2.
Handel La Réjouissance (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner Label: PHILIPS 464706-2.
Thomas Arne The soldier tir'd of war's alarms (from Artaxerxes, Act 3) Catherine Bott (Mandane), The Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman Label: HYPERION CDA 67051/2.
Muzio Clementi Sonata for piano Duet, Op 6 No 1 (3rd movement, Presto) Genevieve Chinn and Allen Brings (piano duet) Label: CENTAUR CRC 2046.
Anonymous work The Housewife's Lament Gwyneth Herbert (singer) Label: Private recording used with permission.
Francis Poulenc Hommage à Edith Piaf (Improvisation No.15) Gabriel Tacchino (piano) Label: EMI 762551-2.
Charlie Parker's Reboppers Blue in Green (from Kind of Blue) Mile Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums) Label: COLUMBIA CK 64935.
Amy Winehouse Love is a losing game Amy Winehouse Label: ISLAND 1713041.
13 Mar 2011 Al Murray Handel Zadok the Priest Choir of King's College Cambridge/The Academy of Ancient Music Stephen Cleobury Label: CDC5571402.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 2nd mvt from Scheherazade op 35 (Symphonic Suite) Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert Von Karajan Label: DG 4636142.
Philip Glass Subterraneans' from Low Symphony The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra/Dennis Russell Davies Label: POINT 4381502.
Carl Orff Fortune plango vulnera' from Carmina Burana St Clement Danes Grammar School Boys' Choir London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/André Previn Label: EMI CDM5668992.
Elgar Nimrod' from The Enigma Variations op 36 Vienna Philharmonic/John Eliot Gardiner Label: DG 4632652.
Bach Chorale from 'Gott is mein König' BWV 71 Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Thomas Label: Classics 0092032BC.
Eric Coates The Dam Busters BBC Concert Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult Label: BBC Radio Classics BBCRD9106.
20 Mar 2011 Monty Don Bach Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (Opening chorus of the St Matthew Passion) London Oratory Junior Choir, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner Label: ARCHIV 469 769-2.
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E-flat, Eroica (excerpt from 2nd movt Funeral march) Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer Label: EMI 567740-2.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F, BWV1046 The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Label: ARCHIV 423 492-2.
Henry Purcell Drum Processional (Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary) The King's Consort/Robert King Label: Hyperion CDA 66677.
Henry Purcell When I am laid in earth (Dido & Aeneas, Act III) Anne Sofie von Otter (Dido), The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Label: ARKIV 427 624-2.
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (3rd movt, Molto Adagio, Heilige Dankgesang) The Guarneri Quartet
Haydn Symphony no 22 in E-flat, The Philosopher (1st movement, Adagio) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer Label: BRILLIANT 99925/6.
Tom Waits Green Grass Label: ANTI 66782.
27 Mar 2011 Nicole Krauss Bach, Beethoven, Bill Evans, Ry Cooder and Jim Dickinson, Joanna Newsom, Mahler, N.A, Nicole Krauss
3 Apr 2011 Frances Fyfield Bizet, Britten, John Ireland, John Masefield, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, Victor Borge, William Whiting and John Dykes
10 Apr 2011 Nicky Haslam Bizet 1st mvt from Symphony in C Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner Label: EMI CDC5551182.
Alexander Borodin And This is My Beloved' from 'Kismet Arranger: Wright/Forrest Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley, Henry Calvin (The Original Broadway Cast) Label: KISMET COLUMBIA CK32605.
Tolstoy Waltz for Piano in F major Lera Auerbach (piano) Label: BIS CD1502.
Frank Loesser Spring will be a little late this year Deanna Durbin Label: MCA MCLD19183.
Gustave Charpentier Depuis le Jour' from 'Louise', Act III Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Georges Prêtre Label: EMI CDM5664662.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Rose Garden' from 'The Sea Hawk BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba Label: CHANDOS CHAN10438.
Eddie Condon Wherever There's Love Lee Wiley/Eddie Condon & His Orchestra Label: HAPPY DAYS 75605522622.
Puccini Vissi d'arte' from Tosca Act II Lubja Welitch, Metropolitan Orchestra of New York/Max Rudolf Label: NIMBUS NI7959/60 CD2.
24 Apr 2011 Eric Knowles Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048 (1st movement) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner Label: PHILIPS 470 934-2.
Alexander Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Enrest Ansermet Label: DECCA 444 389-2.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The young prince and princess (from Sheherezade; 3rd movement excerpt) New York Philharmonic Orchestra /Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY.
Sergei Prokofiev The Wedding (from Lieutenant Kije) Empire Brass Label: TELARC CD 80220.
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68 (1st movt Pleasant feelings upon arrival in the countryside) New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY SMK 47517.
Debussy Arabesque No 1 Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano) Label: ASV PLT 8505.
Four Tops Ask the lonely The Four Tops Label: MOTOWN RECORDS 314530825-2.
1 May 2011 Olivia Williams Bach Prelude (from the Cello Suite in G, BWV) Pablo Casals (cello) Label: EMI 566215-2.
Diego Ortiz Laudate Dominum à 4 alternatim (Psalm 116) (from Ad Vesperas) Cantar Lontano/Marco Mencoboni Label: EL 062319.
Arvo Pärt Tabula Rasa Tasmin Little and Richard Studt (violins), Bournemouth Sinfonietta Label: CFP 575805-2.
Handel The trumpet shall sound (from Messiah) David Thomas (bass) The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Label: OISEAU LYRE 411 858-2.
Felix Mendelssohn The Overture to Elijah Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Paul Daniel Label: DECCA 455 688-2.
Vivaldi Mandolin concerto in C (2nd movement, Largo) Paul O'Dette (mandolin), The Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman Label: HYPERION CDA 66160.
Mahler Symphony No 2 (The Resurrection) [first movement, opening] New York PO/Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY SX12K 89499.
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Fritz Kreisler (violin), LPO/Sir John Barbirolli [recorded 1936] Label: EMI 265042-2.
8 May 2011 Ruth Goodman Ferdinand Hérold A Clog Dance' from 'La Fille Mal Gardée' Act I Arranger: John Lanchbery Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/John Lanchbery Label: DECCA 4308492.
Henry Purcell Symphony' from Act 4 of 'The Fairy Queen The Symphony of Harmony & Invention (The Sixteen)/Harry Christophers Label: CORO 16005.
Sergei Prokofiev Dance of the Knights' from 'Romeo & Juliet Act I London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn Label: EMI CDM5657212.
Philip Glass Knee Play 5' from 'Einstein on the Beach The Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman Label: ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559793232.
Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' from 'Solomon The English Concert/Trevor Pinnock Label: ARCHIV 4155182.
Lúnasa The Floating Crowbar Lunasa Label: GREEN LINNET GLCD1200.
Paganini Caprice no 5 in A minor (from 24 Caprices Op 1) Itzhak Perlman (violin) Label: EMI CDC7471712.
Stravinsky The Princesses' Round' from 'The Firebird New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY.
15 May 2011 Mike Leigh Arthur Sullivan I was once a Very Abandoned Person"" – from Ruddigore, Act II Singer: Ann Drummond-Grant. Librettist: Gilbert, William Schwenck. Singer: Richard Watson. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
Arthur Sullivan The World is but a Broken Toy"" – from Princess Ida, Act II Singer: Victoria Sladen. Librettist: Gilbert, William Schwenck. Singer: Thomas Round. Singer: Leonard Osborn. Singer: Jeffrey Skitch. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
Charlie Parker's Reboppers Blue in Green (from Kind of Blue) Miles Davis Quintet (John Coltrane, tenor sax; Bill Evans , piano; Paul Chambers, bass, Jimmy Cobb, drums) Label: COLUMBIA LEGACY CK 64935.
Shostakovich from ""Alone"" – film score Singer: Irina Kataeva. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald.
Shostakovich Overture, Kuzmina Wakes and song Konechen, Konchen, tekhnikum (from film score for Odna (' Irina Mataeva (soprano), Frankfurt RSO, conducted by Marc Fitz-Gerald Label: NAXOS 8570316.
Georges Delerue Le Tourbillon de la vie"" – from Jules et Jim Singer: Jeanne Moreau.
Georges Delerue Le Tourbillon de la vie (from Jules et Jim) Jeanne Moreau Label: WARNER FRANCE 5608 7743-2.
Gilbert & Sullivan I once was a very abandoned person (from Ruddigore, Act II) Richard Watson (Sir Despard) and Ann Drummond-Grant (Mad Margaret), The Orchestra of D'Oyly Carte, conducted by Isidore Godfrey
Gilbert & Sullivan The World is but a broken toy (from Princess Ida, Act II) Victoria Sladen (Princess Ida), Thomas Round (Hilarion), Leonard Osborn (Cyril), Jeffrey Skitch (Florian), D'Oyly Carte Opera and Orchestra, conducted by Isidore Godfrey
Jacques Offenbach Les oiseaux dans la charmille"" – from The Tales of Hoffmann, Act II Singer: Gianna D'Angelo. Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens.
Jacques Offenbach Les oiseaux dans la chamille ('The song of the doll', The Tales of Hoffmann, Act II) Gianna D'Angelo (Olympia), Orchestre de la Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, conducted by André Cluytens Label: EMI CMS 763222-2.
Kurt Weill Ballad of Mack the Knife"" – from The Threepenny Opera Singer: Harald Paulsen. Librettist: Bertolt Brecht.
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht Moritat von Mack The Knife ('Ballad of Mack the Knife' from Die Dreigroschenoper, 'The Thr Harald Paulsen (Mack the Knife), unknown orchestra and conductor (1928 recording) Label: CAPRICCIO 10346.
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 – 3rd movement: Rondo Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Philhamonia Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (3rd movement: Rondo (Allegro) excerpt) Itzhak Perlman (violin), Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini Label: EMI CDM 556210-2.
Miles Davis Blue in Green Ensemble: Miles Davis Quintet. Composer: Bill Evans.
Mozart Soave sia il vento"" – from Cosi fan tutte, Act I Singer: Hillevi Martinpelto. Singer: Alison Hagley. Singer: Thomas S. Allen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
Mozart Soave sia il vento (from Cosí fan tutte, Act I) Hillevi Martinpelto (Fiordiligi), Alison Hagley (Dorabella), Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Simon Rattle Label: EMI CDS 556170-2.
22 May 2011 Cathy Marston[3] Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 1, Op 35 (second movement) Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Philip Jones (trumpet), ECO/Jerzy Maksimiuk
Gabriel Prokofiev Allegro Gavotte, 'Snow Time' (from Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra) DJ Yoda & The Heritage Orchestra/Jules Buckley
Nina Simone Wild is the Wind Nina Simone
Charles Ives The Unanswered Question Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Robert Schumann Auf Einer Burg (from Liederkreis, Op. 39) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano)
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op. 15 (excerpt from II, Adagio) Hélène Grimaud (piano), Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling
Dave Maric Unspoken Katia Labèque Band
Gus MacGregor Lifeline Gus MacGregor
29 May 2011 Max Beesley Mozart Dies irae' from Requiem in D minor KV626 Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein Label: DG431041-2.
Schubert Ave Maria Elly Ameling (soprano)/Dalton Baldwin (piano) Label: DECCA 4625552.
Stravinsky The Shrove-Tide Fair' from 'Petrouchka Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi Label: TELARC CD80587.
Chopin Prelude Op 28 no 4 Terry King (cello), Shizue Sano (piano)Arranger: Copland Label: MUSIC & ARTS PROGRAMS OF AMERICA CD1076.
Bach Prelude in C minor' from The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 847 Hélène Grimaud (piano) Label: DG 4777978.
Max Beesley Music from 'The Emperor's Wife' soundtrack Max Beesley (piano), The London Session Orchestra Label: Used by permission.
Liszt Liebestraum no 3 Yundi Li (piano) Label: DG 471 585-2.
Pat Metheny Third Wind Pat Metheny Group Label: GEFFEN 92414521.
5 Jun 2011 Sir Trevor McDonald Elgar Introduction and Allegro Op 47 (Excerpt) Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli Label: EMI CDM7639552.
Verdi Prisoners' Chorus from 'Nabucco' Act III Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Claudio Abbado Label: DG 4194872.
Handel I Know That My Redeemer Liveth' from 'Messiah Margaret Marshall (soprano), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner, Alastair Ross (organ) Label: PHILIPS 4122672.
Beethoven 1st mvt from Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 (Excerpt) Nigel Kennedy (violin), Sinfonie Orchester des NDR/Klaus Tennstedt (Cadenza by Fritz Kreisler) Label: EMI CDC7545742.
Aaron Copland Simple Gifts' from Appalachian Spring London Symphony Orchestra/Aaron Copland Label: SONY CLASSICAL SMK60133.
Puccini Recondita armonia' from Tosca Act I Giuseppe Campora (Cavaradossi), Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma/Alberto Erede Label: LONDON 4402362.
Chopin 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto no 1 in E minor Op 11 Artur Rubinstein (piano), New Symphony Orchestra of London/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Label: RCA RD85612.
12 Jun 2011 Amanda Foreman Thomas Tallis If ye love me The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips Label: GIMELL CDGIMB 450.
John Bull Galliard (Britannica Musica no. 78) Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) Label: ASTREE E8543.
Vivaldi Amor, hai vinto Emma Kirkby (soprano), Mark Caudle (cello), Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord) Label: OISEAU LYRE 421 655-2.
Henry Purcell Drunk as I live, boys… (The Fairy Queen, Act I) David Thomas (The Drunken Poet), The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Label: ARCHIV 419 221-2.
Handel The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance (Israel in Egypt) The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Label: ERATO 4509-99758-2.
John Field Piano Concerto in A-flat major, Op. 31 (part of the 1st movement) Míceál O'Rourke (piano), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert Label: CHANDOS CHAN 9368.
Henry Bishop Lo! Here the Gentle Lark Kathleen Battle (soprano), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Margo Garrett (piano) Label: SONY SK 53106 Tr19.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Deep River Virginia Eskin (piano) Label: KOCH 7056
Mozart Ill Wind Arranger: Flanders and Swann Label: EMI CDP 7974662.
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (the opening) RPO/André Previn Label: TELARC CD-80158.
19 Jun 2011 David Bintley Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection) end of the Finale Lee Venora (soprano) Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), New York PO/Leonard Bernstein Label: SONY CLASSICAL SX12K 89499.
Stravinsky Dance of the Coachmen and the Grooms (Petrushka) LSO/Claudio Abbado Label: DG 453 085-2.
Verdi Otello Act II Finale 'Sì, pel ciel marmareo giuro!' Plácido Domingo (Otello), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Orchestra of the Opera, Bastille/Myung- Whun Chung Label: DG 439 805-2.
Britten Prince of the Pagodas Act 2 Coda to the 'Water' section London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen Label: VIRGIN CLASSICS0777 7595782-2.
Bob Dylan Make you feel my love (from the album 'Dylanesque') Bryan Ferry Label: VIRGIN CDV 3026.
James Macmillan Verily I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise (III from 'Seven Last Word Polyphony, The Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton Label: HYPERION CDA 67460.
Frank Wess Segue in C (from 'First Time! The Count meets the Duke') Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Count Basie and his orchestra Label: CBS 450509-2.
Matthew Hindson Westaway (from Violin Concerto No 1, 'Australian Postcards') Naoko Miyamoto (violin), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young Label: TRUST RECORDS TRI3004.
3 Jul 2011 Alex Horn Mozart 3rd mvt 'Rondo' from Horn Concerto no 4 in E-flat major K495 Barry Tuckwell – horn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner Label: EMI CDM7695692.
Sergei Prokofiev Music from 'Peter and the Wolf' Ben Kingsley (narrator), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: CALA CACD1022.
Editus Morning Label: INTEMPO.
Victor Hely-Hutchinson 3rd mvt from 'Carol Symphony' (Excerpt) Pro Arte Orchestra/Barry Rose Label: EMI CDM7641312.
John Philip Sousa Liberty Bell The Regimental Band of the Parachute Regiment/ WOI L Tyler (Bandmaster) Label: BANDLEADER BNA5006.
Vivaldi Concerto no 4 in F minor RV297 'Winter' from The Four Seasons Viktoria Mullova (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado Label: PHILIPS 4202162.
Cary Swinney Birdwatcher Label: JOHNSON GRASS RECORDS.
10 Jul 2011 Andrew Graham-Dixon Wagner Prelude to Das Rheingold (the opening of The Ring) Oda Balsborg (Woglinde) Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (part of 3rd movt, Molto Adagio, Heilige Dankgesang) The Guarneri Quartet Label: RCA 82876-55704-2.
Maceo Merriweather Chicago Breakdown Label: LP RCA PM 42039 LP2.
Bach Chaconne (from the Partita No 2 in D minor for solo violin, BWV 1004) Nathan Milstein (violin) Label: DG 423 294-2.
Keith Jarrett Staircase, part 3 Label: ECM 1090/91.
Garland & Razaf In the mood Arranger: Glenn Miller Glenn Miler and his Orchestra
Schubert Impromptu in E-flat, D899 No 2 Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Label: DG 459 412-2.
Sex Pistols – Paul Cook & Steve Jones Anarchy in the UK Label: VIRGIN CDVX 2086.
17 Jul 2011 Helen Dunmore Stephen Foster Ah! May the Red Rose Live Always Thomas Hampson (baritone), Armen Guzelimian (piano), Kenneth Sillito (violin obbligato) Label: EMI CDC7540512.
Gluck What is Life' from 'Orfeo ed Euridice' Act III Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent Label: DECCA 4334702.
Traditional music Bound for South Australia Fisherman's Friends Label: Island 2766794.
Country Joe and the Fish The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag Label: VANGUARD VMD792662.
Schubert 2nd mvt from String Quintet in C major D956 (EXCERPT) Melos Quartet/Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Label: DG 4153732.
Gregorian Chant Salve Regina – Ton Solennel I – Salut, ô Reine from Fêtes de la très Sainte Vierge Choeur des Moines de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac/ Dom André Saint-Cyr Label: FORLANE 3005102.
Jean Sibelius Intermezzo' from Karelia Suite Op 11 Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Label: EMI CZS5742002.
Mozart Confutatis & Lacrimosa from Requiem KV 626 English Baroque Soloists/Monteverdi Choir/ John Eliot Gardiner Label: PHILIPS 4201972.
Vampire Weekend Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Label: XL VAMP1.
24 Jul 2011 Hugh Hudson Richard Strauss Morgen' Op 27/4 Jessye Norman (soprano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur Label: PHILIPS 4110522.
Bach Aria' from Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Glenn Gould (piano) Label: CBS CD44868.
Thelonious Monk Straight No Chaser' (Excerpt) Thelonious Monk Quintet Label: HARMONIA MUNDI 2741365.66.
John Corigliano War Lament from 'Revolution' soundtrack National Philharmonic Orchestra/Harry Rabinowitz Label: VARESE SARABANDE 3020670002.
Elgar Softly and Gently' from 'The Dream of Gerontius' Op38 Dame Janet Baker (The Angel), CBSO Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle Label: EMI CDS7495492.
Ravel Lever du Jour from Daphnis and Chloe Suite no 2 New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein, Schola Cantorium Label: CBS CD42541.
Vangelis 5th mvt from 'Methodea Music for NASA'(Excerpt) Jessye Norman/Kathleen Battle, London Metropolitan Orchestra/Blake Neely, The National Opera of Greece Choir Label: SONY CLASSICAL SK89191.
McHugh/Fields On The Sunny Side of the Street Billie Holiday with The Eddie Heywood Trio Label: COMMODORE 624291.
7 Aug 2011 Simon Hopkinson Michael Tippett Magnificat' from 'Evening Canticles The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest, Andrew Carwood (organ) Label: NIMBUS NI5335.
Frederick Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring English Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim Label: DG 4197482.
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Serenade to a Cuckoo (Live) Rahsaan Roland Kirk (flute), Ron Burton (piano), Henry 'Pete' Pearson (bass). Robert Shy (drums), Joe Texidor (percussion) Label: ATLANTIC.
Britten For I will consider my cat Jeoffry + For the mouse is a creature of great personal valour Roger Parker (treble), Michael Pearce (counter-tenor), Brian Runnett (organ)Recording: The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest
Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man The London Philharmonic/Carl Davis Label: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7907162.
Soft Machine Out-Blood-Rageous' (Excerpt) Label: Third COLUMBIA 4714072.
Messiaen O Sacrum Convivium! The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest Label: DECCA 4780353.
Jehan Alain Litanies' from 'Trois Pieces Thomas Trotter (organ) Label: ARGO 430 833-2.
11 Sep 2011 Stella Tillyard Schubert 1st mvt from Piano Trio in B-flat Op 99, D898 Beaux Arts Trio Label: PHILIPS 4126202.
Sherman/Busch Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh Allan Sherman Label: RHINO R275771.
Bach Gigue' from Cello Suite no 1 in G major for Cello BWV 1007 Pablo Casals (cello) Label: PEARL GEMS0045.
Kurt Weill Alabama Song' from 'Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny Lotte Lenya with The Three Admirals and Orchestra Label: NAXOS 8120831.
Béla Bartók 1st mvt from 'Violin Concerto no 2 Sz112' Itzhak Perlman (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn Label: EMI CDM5660602.
John Hardy Symphony for Candlemas Eve Oxford University Orchestra/Hugh MacDonald Label: Used by permission of composer and
Gluck Che farò senza Euridice' from Orfeo ed Euridice Act III Dietrich Fischer Dieskau (baritone), Munchener Bach-Orchester/Karl Richter Label: DG 4635002.
Beethoven Prisoners' Chorus from Fidelio Act 1 Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Otto Klemperer Label: EMI 5673642.
Traditional music Oi Oi Di Koilen (The Coal Dance) Mishka Ziganoff (accordion) Label: CD7034 ARHOOLIE RECORDS.
Traditional music Bella Ciao Giorgio Gaber Label: DIGITAL PRESSURE/PEER SOUTHERN PROD.
18 Sep 2011 Aminatta Forna Bach Andante' from Italian Concerto in F (BWV971) Alfred Brendel (piano) Label: PHILIPS 4544092.
Elgar 1st mvt from Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Yehudi Menuhin Label: PHILIPS 4163542.
Louis Armstrong/Jelly Roll Morton Wild Man Blues Dr Michael White (clarinet), Steve Pistorious (piano) Label: VERVE 5177772.
Sergei Prokofiev Montagues and Capulets from 'Romeo and Juliet' Ballet Suite Op 64 Philharmonia Orchestra/Efrem Kurtz Label: EMI CDZ7625302.
Ali Farka Touré Sega' (trans The Grass Snake) Peul (of the Fula People) Ali Farka Toure (njarka), Hamma Sankare (calabash), Oumar Toure (congas) Label: WORLD CIRCUIT WCD040.
Rodrigo Leão Ave Mundi Rodrigo Leão Label: COLUMBIA 4814532.
Tchaikovsky 3rd mvt from Piano Concerto no 1 in B-flat minor Op 23 Andras Schiff (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti Label: DECCA 4172942.
25 Sep 2011 Simon Mawer Hildegard von Bingen Colomba Aspexit Emma Kirkby (soprano), Gothic Voices, Doreen Muskett (symphony) Label: HYPERION CDA 66039.
Mozart Kyrie Eleison [from the Great Mass in C minor, K427] Sylvia McNair (soprano), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardner; Label: PHILIPS 420 210-2.
Leoš Janáček A blown-away leaf (from On the Overgrown Path, book 1) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Label: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 759639-2.
George Antheil Ballet mécanique Ivan Davis (piano), Rex Lawson (pianolist), The New Palais Royale Orchetra and Percussion Ensemble/Maurice Peress Label: MUSIC MASTERS 01612-67094-2.
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Opus 111 [beginning of the 2nd movement] Daniel Barenboim (piano) Label: DG 423 371-2.
Léo Ferré Paname Juliette Gréco (singer) with André Popp and his orchestra Label: POLYGRAM DISTRIBUTION 830 955-2.
Duke Ellington Mood Indigo Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers Label: CLASSICS 860.
Vítezslava Kaprálová Partita for String Orchestra & Piano, Op 20 (1st movt, Allegro energico) Jiří Skovajsa (piano), Symphony Orchestra of Brno/Frantisek Jilek Label: STUDIO MATOUS MK0049-2011.
2 Oct 2011 Michael Grandage Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Kyrie' from 'Missa Pape Marcelli The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Director) Label: GIMELL CDGIM204.
Mozart 3rd mvt from Horn Concerto No 2 in E-flat major K417 Dennis Brain (Horn), Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan Label: EMI CDM5668982.
Shostakovich 4th mvt from Symphony no 5 in D minor op 47 National Symphony Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich Label: DG 4394812.
Malcolm Arnold 2nd mvt from Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Op 104 Phyllis Sellick/Cyril Smith (pianos), CBSO/Malcolm Arnold Label: EMI Classics CDM 760442.
Frank Loesser My Time of Day/I've Never Been In Love Before Ian Charleson/Julie Covington from the Original National Theatre Cast Recording Label: MUSIC FOR PLEASURE CDMFP5978.
Doug Hodge Wish I'd Found You First Doug Hodge Label: RIGHT BACK RECORDS RBRP002.
Daniel Evans Come Unto These Yellow Sands' – Incidental Music from 'The Tempest Daniel Evans Label: By permission of composer and
Britten Music from Billy Budd Act II sc ii London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox Label: VIRGIN CLASSICS 5190392.
9 Oct 2011 Margaret Mountford Charles-Valentin Alkan, Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, Schubert, Verdi, Wagner, Wagner
16 Oct 2011 Lucinda Lambton Bach Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B-flat (3rd movement, Allegro) The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Label: OISEAU LYRE 414 187-2.
Julia Ward Howe The Battle Hymn of the Republic Reinald Werrenrath (baritone), Josef Pasternack (conductor) Label: VICTOR B-19377.
Mozart Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je Maman', K. 265 Clara Haskil (piano) Label: DG 437 676-2.
Carl Maria von Weber Overture to Oberon Berlin PO/Herbert Von Karajan Label: DG 020 102-2.
Traditional music America the Beautiful Ray Charles Label: RHINO 605748.
Jacques Offenbach Les oiseaux dans la charmille (The Tales of Hoffmann, Act 1) Joan Sutherland (Olympia), Jacques Charon (Spalanzani), The Orchestra of the Suisse Romande/Richard Bonynge Label: DECCA 417 363-2.
Paganini Violin Concerto No 1 in D (part of the 3rd movement, Rondo, allegro spiritoso) Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paris SO/Pierre Monteux Label: EMI CDH 565959-2.
Savoy Family Cajun Band J'ai passé devant ta porte Savoy Family Cajun Band Label: FESTIVALINK R 1691304.
30 Oct 2011 Trevor Phillips Haydn 1st mvt from Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), National Philharmonic Orchestra/Raymond Leppard Label: CBS CD37846.
Handel How silently, how slyly' from 'Julius Caesar' Act I Dame Janet Baker (Caesar), Orchestra of the English National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: EMI CDM7637242.
Traditional music Because He Was a Bonny Lad The Unthanks Label: EMI 6871222.
Thomas Tallis (excerpt) Fantasia on a Theme Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner Iona Brown, Trevor Connah (violins), Stephen Shingles (viola), Kenneth Heath (cello) Label: ARGO 4145952.
Traditional music Mawnin' Neighba The Cari Singers Label: Guest's private recording.
Tom Lehrer The Elements Tom Lehrer Label: RHINO R279831.
6 Nov 2011 Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar Si no peurdo Vela (excerpt) Anoushka Shankar Label: Traveller DG4779360.
Debussy Dr Gradus ad Parnassum' from 'Children's Corner Philippe Entremont (piano) Label: SONY CLASSICAL SBK48174.
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté Monsieur Le Maire de Niafunké Ali Farka Touré (guitar), Toumani Diabaté (kora), Olalekan Babalola (percussion) Label: WORLD CIRCUIT WCD072.
Gabriel Fauré 2nd mvt 'Andantino' from Trio for Piano, Cello & Violin Op 120 Gil Shaham (violin), Akira Eguchi (piano), Brinton Smith (cello) Label: VANGUARD ATMCD1239.
Ravi Shankar Karnãtaki (Raga Kirvãni) Ravi Shankar (sitar), Kanai Dutta (tabla), Nodu Mullick (tampura) Label: BGO BGOCD115.
Erik Satie Gymnopédie no 1 Angela Brownridge (piano) Label: EMI CDEMX9507.
Gino D'Auri Recuerdo de la Alhambra Gino D'Auri Label: HEARTS OF SPACE 1034585.
Nick Cave Into My Arms Nick Cave (vocals, piano), Martyn P Casey (bass) Label: MUTE CDSTUMM142.
13 Nov 2011 Garry Fabian Miller Pérotin Beata viscera The Hilliard Ensemble/Dir Paul Hillier (David James – countertenor) Label: ECM 8377512.
William Byrd Agnus Dei' from 'Mass for Four Voices Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks Label: DECCA 4336752.
John Dowland Flow My Tears Alfred Deller (counter tenor), Desmond Dupré (lute) Label: HARMONIA MUNDI HM90215.
Traditional music The Border Widow's Lament June Tabor, Huw Warren (piano) Label: TOPIC TSCD543.
Antony and the Johnsons Hope There's Someone Antony & The Johnsons Label: ROUGH TRADE RTRADCD223.
Traditional music The Snow it melts the Soonest Anne Briggs Label: TOPIC TSCD7078.
Bach Sarabande' from English Suite no 2 in A Minor BWV 807 Murray Perahia (piano) Label: SONY CLASSICAL SK60277.
Grieg/Emanuel Geibel One day, my thought' from Six Songs Op 48 Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano) Label: DG4375212.
20 Nov 2011 Joey DeFrancesco Joey DeFrancesco Donny's Tune Joey DeFrancesco (organ), Ramon Banda (drums), Rick Zunigar (guitar) Label: HIGHNOTE HCD7226.
Bach Prelude' from 'Prelude and Fugue in D' BWV 532 Virgil Fox (organ) Label: MUSIC FOR PLEASURE MFP2096.
Jimmy Smith Blues for J Jimmy Smith (organ), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Grady Tate (drums) Label: VERVE 8256752.
Beethoven 4th Mvt from 'Symphony no 5 in C minor' op 67 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim Label: WARNER 2564627912.
Charlie Parker's Reboppers My Funny Valentine Miles Davis (trumpet), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) Label: SONY BMG 1211.
Debussy Clair de Lune' from 'Suite bergamasque Martin Jones (piano Label: NIMBUS N15160.
Chopin Nocturne no 2 in E-flat major Daniel Barenboim (piano) Label: DG 4314862.
Ray Charles Let the Good Times Roll Ray Charles/Count Basie Orchestra feat Joey DeFrancesco (organ) Label: CONCORD 7230026.
4 Dec 2011 Henry Sandon Thomas Tomkins O, that the salvation were given Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, David Burchell (organ) Thomas Carey & Christopher Neale (trebles), Michael Morton & Jeremy Burrows (basses) Label: CRD 3467.
Henry Purcell Strike the viol (Come ye sons of art away) Oriana Concert Orchestra/Alfred Deller (counter tenor) Label: VANGUARD 08 5060.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3 (1st movement) The Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood Label: OISEAU LYRE 414 187-2.
Elgar Ave verum corpus, Op 2 No 1 Worcester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Robinson, Harry Bramma (organ) Label: HMV CBD 3660.
Britten Nocturne (The splendour falls on castle walls, Tennyson) (from the Serenade for tenor, hor Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Boyd Neel Orchestra/Benjamin Britten Label: DECCA 425 996-2.
Lennox Berkeley The Lord is my shepherd Benjamin Durrant (treble), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson, Jonathan Vaughn (organ) Label: NAXOS 8.557277.
Leonard Bernstein America (from West Side Story) Marilyn Cooper (Rosalia), Chita Rivera (Anita), Original Broadway cast recording, Max Goberman (musical director) Label: COLUMBIA CK 32603.
Noël Coward Nina (aka Senorita Nina, or Nina from Argentina) Noel Coward (vocals), Piccadilly Theatre Orchestra/Mantovani Label: EMI CDP 7971572.
11 Dec 2011 Dan Stevens Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Lacrimosa The Hanover Band & Chorus/Roy Goodman Label: NIMBUS NI 5241.
Traditional Congolese Sanctus (from the Missa Luba) Les troubadours de roi Baudouin Label: EL ACMEM136CD.
William Byrd Kyrie (from the Mass for 4 voices) Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly Label: NAXOS 8550574.
Gabriel Fauré In Paradisum (from the Requiem) Maitrise de Paris & Accentus, Orchestre National de France/Laurence Equilbey Label: NAIVE 5137.
Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi (from the film Koyaanisqatsi) Albert De Ruiter (the voice of Koyaanisqatsi), orchestra conducted by Michael Reisman Label: ISLAND IMCD98.
Peter Bellamy Courting Too Slow (from the album Bellow) John Spiers & Jon Boden Label: FELLSIDE RECORDINGS FECD175.
Gregorio Allegri Miserere The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips Label: GIMELL CDGIM 339.
Bach Largo ma non tanto (from the Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043) Daniel Hope and Marieke Blankestijn (violins), Chamber Orchestra of Europe Label: WARNER 2564 62545-2.
Johnny Mercer (words), Jerome Kern (music) I'm Old Fashioned Chet Baker (vocals), Kenny Drew (piano), George Morrow (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums) Label: RIVERSIDE OJCCD-303-2.
25 Dec 2011 Andrew Lloyd Webber Narrator Love Never Dies' from 'Love Never Dies' (excerpt) Katherine Jenkins Label: DECCA 5336610.
Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella's Departure for the Ball' from 'Cinderella' Act I Cleveland Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy Label: DECCA 4101622.
Britten Dawn' from Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes op 33) London Symphony Orchestra/Steuart Bedford Label: COLLINS CLASSICS 10192COL.
Puccini Music from 'La Boheme' Act II Placido Domingo (Rodolfo), Montserrat Caballé (Mimi), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Biegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vicente Sardinero (Schaunard), Nico Castel (Alcindoro),The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Georg Solti Label: RCA 80371.
Shostakovich 1st mvt from Cello Concerto no 1 in E-flat major op 107 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy Label: SONY CLASSICAL MHK63327.
Leonard Bernstein Prologue The original soundtrack recording (conducted by Johnny Green) Label: CBS 4676062.
Rachmaninov How Fair This Spot' from '12 Songs' Op 21 no 7 Anna Netrebko (soprano), Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre/Valery Gergiev Label: DG 4776384.
Sergei Prokofiev 3rd mvt from Piano Sonata no 7 in B-flat major op 83 Martha Argerich (piano) Label: Live in the Concertgebouw (EMI).
Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Some Enchanted Evening' from 'South Pacific Giorgio Tozzi (from the Original Soundtrack Recording)

2012 edit

Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
8 Jan 2012 Tamara Rojo Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (Prologue to Act I) London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn Label: EMI CDS 749531-2.
Mahler The Song of the Earth [Das Lied von der Erde] (end of last song, Der Abschied) Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Bernard Haitink Label: PHILIPS 432 279-2.
Rodion Shchedrin Torero and Carmen (from Carmen Suite) Russian National Orchestra/Mikhael Pletnev Label: DG 471 136-2.
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel Tasmin Little (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) Label: VIRGIN VTDCD408.
Bach Variation 25 (from the Goldberg Variations) Murray Perahia (piano) Label: SONY SK 89243.
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor (first movement) Jacqueline Du Pré (cello), LSO/John Barbirolli Label: EMI 567341-2.
Traditional music Granada Paco de Lucia, Andres Battista and Maolo San Lucar (guitars) Label: DIVUCSA MUSIC 2197.
26 Feb 2012 Tacita Dean Henry Purcell Sound the Trumpet (Come ye Sons of Art) Alfred & Mark Deller, The Deller Consort Label: VANGUARD 08506071.
Gregorio Allegri Miserere Choir of King's College Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks Treble Soloist: Roy Goodman Label: DECCA 4211472.
Shostakovich 2nd mvt from Sonata no 4 for Cello & Piano in D minor (op 40) Stephen Isserlis (cello), Olli Mustonen (piano) Label: RCA 09026684372.
Ravel 1st mvt from 'Sonatine' Robert Casadesus (piano) Label: SONY CLASSICAL MP2K46733.
Leoš Janáček 1st mvt from String Quartet no 2 Smetana Quartet (In Prague Concert) Label: SUPRAPHON CO1130.
Miklós Rózsa Generique' from 'Providence from the original motion picture soundtrack Label: CAM CSE085.
Neil Young Like A Hurricane (live) Neil Young Label: WARNERS 7599272332.
11 Mar 2012 Trevor Peacock Antonín Dvořák 1st mvt of Symphony no 8 in G major (op 88) Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis Label: CBS M2YK45618.
William Walton Babylon was a great city' from 'Belshazzar's Feast John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/André Previn Label: EMI CDC7476242.
Ravel Prélude' from 'Le tombeau de Couperin Anne Queffélec (piano) Label: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7592332.
Ernest Tomlinson Dick's Maggot' from First Suite of English Folk-Dances Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Ernest Tomlinson Label: MARCO POLO 8223513.
Thomas Tallis Fantasia on a Theme (excerpt) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley Label: CFP CDCFPSD4754.
George Gershwin Gone' from Porgy & Bess Cbs 4509852 Label: Miles Davis (Orchestra dir by Gil Evans).
Shostakovich 1st mvt from Symphony no 10 (op 93) (excerpt) Emi Cdc7473502 Label: Philharmonia Orchestra/Simon Rattle.
Alain Romans Quel temps fait-il a Paris' from 'M. Hulot's Holiday The original soundtrack recording Label: POLYGRAM 8369832POLYG.
18 Mar 2012 Paul Scharner Mozart, Verdi, Grieg, Beethoven, Johann Strauss II, Mozart
8 Apr 2012 Caroline Quentin Britten, Chopin, Canteloube, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Enrique Granados Arr. Andrés Segovia, Tchaikovsky
15 Apr 2012 Keith Grant Vaughan Williams, Arne Nordheim, Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, John McLeod, Britten, Wagner
22 Apr 2012 Steven Berkoff Darius Milhaud La Creation du Monde (excerpt)
Britten I Know a Bank (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1)
Sergei Prokofiev The Death of Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
Traditional music Refuge & Seven-fold Offering (Buddhist Vajra Chant)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.111 (2nd mvt, excerpt)
Traditional Balinese The Monkey Dance (Bacak)
Paul Dessau The Marching Song (Mother Courage)
Richard Rodgers My Funny Valentine
6 May 2012 Lord Ashdown Strauss, Elgar, Beethoven, Puccini, Aleksa Šantić, Mozart
13 May 2012 Craig Revel Horwood Mozart Don Giovanni (Overture)
Puccini La Boheme (Musetta's Waltz-Song)
Astor Piazzolla & Osvaldo Pugliese La Yumba / Adios Nonino
Narrator As If We Never Said Goodbye (Sunset Boulevard)
Verdi La Traviata (Prelude: Act 1)
Henry Krieger And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls)
Lehár Meine Lippen die kussen so Heiss (Giuditta)
Sting Fields of Gold
20 May 2012 Tessa Hadley Monteverdi Pur to miro, pur to godo (final duet from L'Incoronazione di Poppea) Helen Donath (Poppea), Elisabeth Södeström (Nero), Concentus Musicus, Vienna/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt Label: TELDEC 8.35247.
Geoff Nichols Hulot Avon Cities Jazz Band Label: AVON CITIES ACCD50.
Béla Bartók 6 Romanian Folk Dances [BB68, Sz56], Nos 1, 2 and 6 Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Label: PHILIPS 478 2364.
Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt) Renaud Capuçon. Gautier Capuçon. Frank Braley Les Musiciens Label: HARMONIA MUNDI CD 1951047.
Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan Label: COLUMBIA COL CD 32390.
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan Label: DG 410 892-2.
Mozart Ah chi mi dice mai… (Terzetto from Don Giovanni, Act I) Kiri Te Kanawa (Donna Elvira), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Giovanni), José Van Dam (Leporello) Orchestra of the Paris Opera, /Lorin Maazel Label: CBS M3K35192.
Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat, op 130 (II. Presto) Amadeus Quartet Label: DG 423 473-2.
Duke Ellington Backward Country Boy Blues Duke Ellington (piano), Charlie Mingus (bass), Max Roach (drums) Label: BLUE NOTE 538227-2.
27 May 2012 Matthew Fort Mozart, Schubert, Gerald Finzi, Verdi, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Rossini, Charles-Valentin Alkan
3 Jun 2012 Carol Ann Duffy Chopin Etude in E major, Op.10, no.3
Mozart Tamino Mein! (Die Zauberflote)
Engelbert Humperdinck The Sandman and Prayer scene (Hansel und Gretel)
Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Act IV Finale)
Traditional Irish Danny Boy
Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV1043 (2nd mvt)
David Rose The Stripper
10 Jun 2012 Celia Imrie Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2 in F, Op.102 (2nd mvt: Andante)
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op.77 (Finale)
Josef Suk Love Song, Op.7 no.1
Gustave Charpentier Depuis le jour (Louise)
Sergei Prokofiev Cinderella's Waltz (Cinderella, Act 1)
Puccini Vissi d'arte (Tosca, Act II)
John Barry Diamonds are Forever
17 Jun 2012 David Phillip Traditional music Go Down Moses Louis Armstrong.
Verdi La Donna e mobile (Rigoletto) Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Singer: Plácido Domingo.
Puccini Recondita Armonia (Tosca) Singer: Beniamino Gigli.
Verdi Va Pensiero (Nabucco) Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Choir: Ambrosian Singers.
Scott Joplin Treemonisha (Overture & Act 3 Aria) Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gunther Schuller. Singer: Willard White.
Dave Brubeck Blue Rondo a la Turk Ensemble: The Brubeck Brothers.
Traditional music How Great Thou Art Singer: Mahalia Jackson.
24 Jun 2012 D.R. Thorpe Wagner, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Strauss, Sibelius, Britten, Butterworth
1 Jul 2012 Brian Blessed William Walton 4th mvt from Symphony no 1 in B-flat minor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Ashkenazy Label: DECCA 4337032.
Ravel Lever du Jour' from 'Daphnis et Chloé (Suite no 2) London Symphony Orchestra/Louis Fremaux Label: COLLINS CLASSICS EC10242.
Leoš Janáček 1st mvt from Sinfonietta Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Václav Neumann Label: SUPRAPHON 1120002.
Wagner Final moments from Götterdämmerung Rita Hunter (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras Label: CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFP4670.
Holst Neptune, the Mystic' from The Planets Op 32 by Holst Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/James Levine Label: DG 4297302.
Jean Sibelius Finale' from Symphony no 2 in D op 43 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle Label: EMI CDM7641202.
8 Jul 2012 Judith Kerr Julia Kerr Der Chronoplan
Mozart Don Giovanni (Final Scene)
Moshe Stern El Malei Rachamim (Jewish Memorial Prayer)
Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 (2nd movement: Allegretto)
Holst Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32
Sergei Prokofiev Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)
Mozart Kyrie (Mass in C minor, K.427)
15 Jul 2012 Mark Wallinger Tchaikovsky, Procol Harum, Shostakovich, Schubert, Copland, Bach, Allegri
22 Jul 2012 Anne Reid Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps – Overture
John Ireland April
Liszt Un Sospiro (Etudes de concert, no.3)
Eric Coates Springtime in Angus: Elizabeth of Glamis (Three Elizabeths Suite)
Meredith Willson My White Knight (The Music Man)
Ennio Morricone Deborah's Theme (Once Upon a Time in America)
Bill Evans Children's Play Song
29 Jul 2012 Sir Adrian Cadbury Beethoven Symphony No.1 (1st mov.)
Puccini Che gelida manina (La Boheme)
Mozart Non piu andrai (Regimental slow march of the Coldstream Guards)
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the apple tree
Simon Jeffes Air a danser
Verdi Va pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco)
Sergei Prokofiev Kije's Wedding (Lieutenant Kije Suite)
Chopin Prelude in D-flat major (Raindrop) Op.28 no.15
5 Aug 2012 Vangelis Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp (3rd mov)
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (opening)
Bach Prelude (Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007)
Rachmaninov Variation No.18 (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)
Wagner Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1
Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C, K.299 (2nd mov)
George Gershwin Gone (Porgy and Bess), arr. Gil Evans
12 Aug 2012 Es Devlin Britten Welcome Wanderer (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1)
Traditional music Ghiore Dos (Teasing)
Wagner Verwandlungsmusik (Transformation Music) (Parsifal)
Kanye West Diamonds from Sierra Leone
Berlioz Trojan March (Les Troyens)
Kate Bush The Man with the Child in his Eyes
Leoš Janáček Odesli (Jenufa)
Keith Jarrett The Koln Concert (Part 1, excerpt)
Bob Dylan I Shall Be Released
19 Aug 2012 Miriam Margolyes Rossini Nacqui all'affano... non piu mesta (Cenerentola)
Schubert Piano Quintet in A (Trout)(4th mvt)
Mozart Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote)
Secunda Adonay, Adonay (Kol Nidrei)
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor (1st mvt)
Hubert Parry Jerusalem
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé Barcelona
16 Sep 2012 Fay Weldon Handel All we like sheep (Messiah)
Wagner Siegfried (Act 3, opening)
Sergei Prokofiev The Burial of Kije (Lieutenant Kije)
Handel Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora)
Bach O du von Gott erhohte Kreatur (Cantata No.121)
Charles Ives The Cage
Nick Fox In the name of the Mother
23 Sep 2012 Joe Wright Trad arr Burgess, Max Richter, Anoushka Shankar, Dario Marianelli, Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass, Leoš Janáček, Beethoven
7 Oct 2012 Michele Roberts Bach Gloria Patri (Magnificat in D, BWV243) Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
Bach Sarabande (Cello Suite No.1 in G, BWV.1007) Pau Casals.
Jacques Brel La Chanson des vieux amants Singer: Jacques Brel.
Bob Dylan Tangled up in Blue Singer: Bob Dylan.
Handel Oh Thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah) Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.
Handel Sorga pure dall'orrido averno (Donna che in ciel di tanta luce splendi, HWV.233) Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
Hildegard von Bingen Ave generosa Singer: Margaret Philpot. Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
Tiago Machado Poetas Singer: Mariza.
14 Oct 2012 Arlene Phillips Leonard Bernstein Dance At The Gym
Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty (Act 2 sc.1 excerpt)
Narrator Variations (Theme and variations 1–4)
Claude-Michel Schönberg Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)
Mozart Lacrimosa (Requiem, K626)
Ferdinand Herold & John Lanchbery Clog Dance (La Fille mal gardee)
Philip Glass Dance 9 (In the Upper Room)
Johann Pachelbel Canon in D
Juan Larenza Flores del Alma
21 Oct 2012 Sir Tim Smit Dave Brubeck Blue Rondo a la Turk
Beethoven Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op.27 no2 (Moonlight)(1st mvt)
Vladimir Cosma Promenade Sentimentale (Diva)
Alfredo Catalani Ebben, Ne andro lontano (La Wally)
Chopin Polonaise in A-flat Op.53 (Eroica)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Alexander Gavrylyuk. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic.
Frederick Loewe I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)
Thelonious Monk Round Midnight
28 Oct 2012 Dame Linda Partridge Chopin Les Sylphides (No.2: Nocturne)
Bizet L'Amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen, Act 1)
Britten Missa Brevis, Op.68 (Kyrie)
Béla Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle (3rd and 4th Doors)
Wagner Das Rheingold (Prelude)
Philip Glass Glassworks (Opening)
Johann Joachim Quantz Flute Concerto in G major (1st mvt: Allegro)
11 Nov 2012 Dan Snow Jean Sibelius Symphony No.2, Op.43 (3rd mvt)
Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A (K.581)(2nd mvt)
Trevor Jones Promentory (The Last of the Mohicans)
Traditional Welsh Suo gan
Beethoven Symphony No.6 (Pastoral)(Finale)
Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op.36)
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture (excerpt)
18 Nov 2012 Charles Williams Monteverdi Duo Seraphim (Vespers of 1610)
Messiaen Abime des Oiseaux (Quartet for the End of Time)
Domenico Modugno Volare
Mozart Serenade in C minor, K388 (1st mvt)
Brahms Ruf zu Maria (Marienlieder, Op.22)
Alban Berg Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op.5 (No.1)
Berlioz Lacrymosa (Grande Messe des Morts)
25 Nov 2012 Thomas Keneally Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Lacrimosa
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61 (2nd mvt, excerpt)
Bach Zion Hort die Wachter Singen (Cantata No.140)
John Williams Schindler's List – Main Theme Itzhak Perlman. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Label: MCA.
Handel Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Percy Grainger Colleen Dhas
Filippo Azzaiolo Chi passa per 'sta strada
Joseph Canteloube Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne)
2 Dec 2012 Sir John Major Johann Strauss II Overture: Die Fledermaus
George Ware & Noel Coward The Boy I love is up in the gallery/Mad about the boy
George Botsford Black and White Rag
Gounod Ave Maria
Aram Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)
Jacques Offenbach Conduisez-moi vers celui qui j'adore (Robinson Crusoe)
Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Theme)
Maurice Jarre Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)
Richard Rodgers This Nearly Was Mine (South Pacific)
9 Dec 2012 Caroline Charles Ali Farka Touré Bonde
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op.61 (2nd mvt, excerpt)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk La Gallina (Cuban Dance)
Shostakovich Waltz (Jazz Suite No.1)
George Gershwin Strike Up the Band
Erik Satie Gymnopedie No.1
Mozart Andante in C, K.315
Richard Strauss September (Four Last Songs)
Dany Carvalho Tchintchirote
23 Dec 2012 Diana Rigg Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op.23 (1st mvt, excerpt)
Schubert Piano Quintet in A (Trout)D667 (4th mvt)
Sting Fields of Gold
Erik Satie Gymnopedie No.1
Felix Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
Anonymous work arr. Philip Ledger Away in a Manger
30 Dec 2012 Simon Hoggart Beethoven, Tallis, Piers Hellawell, Berlioz, Donizetti, Wagner, Mozart

2013 edit

Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
6 Jan 2013 Stephen Tompkinson Joaquín Rodrigo & Trevor Jones En Aranjuez con tu Amor (Concierto de Aranjuez)
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Act 1, tableau II)
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf (opening)
Scott Joplin Solace: A Mexican Serenade
Booker T. Jones Soul Limbo
Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Lacrimosa
Cole Porter Now You Has Jazz (High Society)
13 Jan 2013 Orhan Pamuk Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467 – 2nd movement (andante)
Peppino di Capri Melancolie
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture (excerpt)
Dede Efendi Yine Bir Gul-nihal
Chopin Funeral March from Piano Sonata No.2 in B minor, op.35 (arr. Elgar)
Shigeru Umebayashi Yumeji's Theme from In the Mood for Love
Mahler Symphony No.5 in C-sharp minor – 4th movement (excerpt)
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson Back to Black
27 Jan 2013 Lucy Hughes-Hallett Anonymous work Iqbalni-I-Yawm (Chant for Holy Thursday) Singer: Marie Keyrouz. Choir: Choir of St Julien-Le-Pauvre.
Debussy Gloire (The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, 5th window, excerpt) Choir: Narrator: Felicia Montealagre. – Choral Art Society. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Handel V'adore pupille (Giulio Cesare) Singer: Barbara Schlick. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
Mick Jagger Under my Thumb Music Group: The Rolling Stones. Composer: Keith Richards.
Monteverdi Orfeo (Act II, excerpt) Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Laurence Dale. Orchestra: Concerto Vocale. Conductor: René Jacobs.
Verdi Otello (Act 1, sc iii, excerpt) Singer: Jon Vickers. Singer: Mirella Freni. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
3 Feb 2013 Sir George Young MP Arthur Sullivan When the foeman bares his steel (Pirates of Penzance, Act II)
Verdi Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Don Carlos, Act II, sc.1)
Haydn Et resurrexit (Nelson Mass)
Mozart Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni, Act II, sc.2)
Donizetti Cum sancto spiritu (Messa di Gloria)
Schubert Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703
Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Octet Partita in E-flat (Finale: Vivace assai)
17 Feb 2013 Fiona Sampson Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major, Op.20 (1st mvt, excerpt)
Béla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste, Sz.106 (2nd mvt)
Traditional music Gde si bilo jare moje [Where is my little goat]
Bach Partita no.3 in E major (Prelude)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Bredon Hill (On Wenlock Edge)
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op.132 (5th mvt)
3 Mar 2013 Jared Diamond Bach Jesu meine Freude, BWV.610
Beethoven Violin Sonata in G, Op.96 (3rd mvt: Scherzo)
Bach Fugue in E-flat major BWV.552 (St Anne)
Schubert Erlkonig D.328
Brahms Sextet in B-flat major, Op.18 (2nd mvt: Theme and variations)
Bach Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft (from Cantata no.50)
C. P. E. Bach Magnificat (Opening chorus)
Richard Strauss Fruhling (Four Last Songs)
31 Mar 2013 Dame Janet Suzman Bach Contrapunctus 13 (The Art of Fugue)
Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op.87 no.2
Ravel Forlane (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Bach Allemande (Cello Suite no.1 in G, BWV.1007)
William Byrd Hughe Ashton's Ground
Henry Purcell Chaconne (King Arthur)
Traditional music Qongqothwane (Xhosa wedding song)
Monteverdi Tu sei morta (L'Orfeo)
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story (Prologue)
14 Apr 2013 Declan Donnellan Beethoven Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43
Traditional music The Irish Washerwoman
Traditional music Siege of Ennis/Mason's Apron
Shostakovich Symphony No.5
Ferdinand Hérold Colas' Solo (Pas de deux, La Fille Mal Gardee)
Stephen Sondheim Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George)
Adolphe Adam Giselle (Finale, Act I)
Henry Mancini Moon River
Traditional music Batucada: Olha a Virada
21 Apr 2013 Aleksandar Hemon Traditional music Jutros mi je ruza Procvjetala
Bach Blute nur, du liebes Herz (St Matthew Passion)
David Bowie Heroes'
Charles Mingus Boogie Stop Shuffle
Duke Ellington Isfahan (Far East Suite)
Mahler Symphony No. 5 (3rd mvt: Adagietto)
12 May 2013 Jonathan Hyde Shostakovich Piano Trio in E minor, Op.67 (1st mvt)
Bizet Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante (Carmen, Act III)
Stravinsky Apollon musagete (excerpt)
Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez Diablo Rojo
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 (excerpt)
Handel Care Selve (Atalanta)
Michael Price & Dan Walsh Ain't No Love
Traditional music I Know Where I'm Going
19 May 2013 Harriet Harman Béla Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle (Fifth Door)
Mozart Serenade in B-flat, K.361 (3rd mvt: Adagio)
Reynaldo Hahn A Chloris
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (Sacrificial Dance)
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances: West Side Story (Mambo)
Richard Rodgers People will Say we're in Love (Oklahoma)
Britten The Turn of the Screw (Act 1, sc.8: At Night)
26 May 2013 Bruce Munro Mozart Ave verum corpus, K618
Beethoven Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 (1st mvt)
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)
Einojuhani Rautavaara Melancholy (Cantus Arcticus, Op.61)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley Lead me, Lord (Praise the Lord, O my soul)
Sergei Prokofiev Morning Serenade (Romeo and Juliet, Act III)
Johann Strauss The Blue Danube, Op.314
2 Jun 2013 Gwyneth Lewis Brahms Alto Rhapsody, extract
Verdi Bella Figlia d'amore, from Rigoletto
Bach Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor)
Francis Poulenc Dialogues des Carmelites (Act 3, tableau 4: Salve Regina)
Charles Trenet La Mer
Mozart Soave sia il vento, from Cosi fan Tutte
Béla Bartók String Quartet No.1 (3rd mvt: Allegro vivace)
Traditional Welsh Lisa Lân
9 Jun 2013 Sean O'Brien Schubert Die Stadt (Schwanengesang)
Johnny Mercer Too Marvellous for Words
Joseph Kosma Autumn Leaves
Steve Reich America Before the War (Different Trains)
Lowell George Spanish Moon
Ralph Vaughan Williams I have trod the upward and the downward slope (Songs of Travel)
Sergei Prokofiev The Battle on the Ice (Alexander Nevsky)
Debussy Dialogue du vent et de la mer (La Mer)
23 Jun 2013 Paul Muldoon Cole Porter You're the Top
Cecil Frances Alexander There is a Green Hill Far Away
Mark-Anthony Turnage Fractured Lines
Stravinsky No Word from Tom – Act 1, sc.3 from 'The Rake's Progress'
Hamilton Harty Polka, from 'A John Field Suite'
Kurt Weill September Song
Donnacha Dennehy That The Night Come: These are the Clouds, from 'Gra agus Bas'
James Alan Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Kirk L. Hammett Enter Sandman
30 Jun 2013 Rufus Wainwright Walter Donaldson My Baby Just Cares for Me
Harold Arlen Come Rain or Come Shine
Francesco Corbetta Sarabande La Victoire
Messiaen L'Ange se prepare a jouer de la viole (St Francois d'Assise)
Jules Massenet Meditation (Thais)
Kurt Weill Surabaya Johnny
Verdi Rex Tremendae (Requiem)
Berlioz L'Absence (Les Nuits d'Ete)
Manuel de Falla Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)
7 Jul 2013 Ruth Rogers Mozart Sonata in C, K.545 (2nd mvt – Andante)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra Agnes and the Boy (Written on Skin)
Woody Guthrie This Land is Your Land
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A, Op.92 (4th mvt – Allegro con brio)
Traditional music Hush Little Baby
Mozart Laudate Dominum (Solemn Vespers, K.339)
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D 667 (Trout)(3rd mvt – Scherzo)
Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country
Mozart Finch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni)
14 Jul 2013 Robert Macfarlane Chopin Berceuse in D-flat major, Op.57
Messiaen Abime des Oiseaux (Quartet for the End of Time)
Brahms Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, Op.25 (4th mvt: Rondo alla Zingarese)
Traditional Scottish Gaelic Psalms
Modest Mussorgsky A Night on a Bare Mountain
Mahler Der Trunkene im Fruhling (Das Lied von der Erde)
21 Jul 2013 Lord Sacks Paul Simon America
Bach Concerto in D major for two violins, BWV.1043 (1st movement)
Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture (excerpt)
Thomas Newman Brooks was here (The Shawshank Redemption)
Beethoven Cavatina (String Quartet in B-flat, Op.130)(excerpt)
Stravinsky The Shrovetide Fair (Petrushka)
Mahler Symphony No. 4 (3rd movement: Ruhevoll, excerpt)
Stephen Glass, Raymond Goldstein & Stephen Levey Ashrei
4 Aug 2013 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
Bedřich Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast)
Rachmaninov Magnificat (All Night Vigil, Op.37)
Henry Purcell When I am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas)
Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Haydn The Heavens are Telling (The Creation)
Jean Sibelius At the Castle Gate (Pelleas et Melisande)
Arthur Sullivan Opening Dance (Pineapple Poll)
11 Aug 2013 Adam Nicolson Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
Joseph Canteloube Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)
Mozart Symphony No.41 (Jupiter)(2nd mvt: Andante Cantabile)
Ewan MacColl The first time ever I saw your face
Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque
Traditional music Bi Lamban
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) Op.26
18 Aug 2013 Sally Davies Rossini Cujus animam gementem (Stabat Mater)
Beethoven Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (Fidelio, Act 2)
Mozart A Man in search of Truth and Beauty (The Magic Flute)
Wagner So sterben wir (Tristan & Isolde, Act 2)
Brahms Sextet No.1 in B-flat (1st mvt: Allegro ma non troppo)
Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody
Ralph Vaughan Williams Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra (Prelude)
15 Sep 2013 Philip French Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A (Italian)(1st mvt)
Ray Henderson Button up your Overcoat
Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op.131 (6th mvt: Adagio quasi un poco andante)
Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)
Miles Davis Generique (Ascenseur pour l'echafaud)
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Suite: On the Waterfront (excerpt)
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (Introduction)
Harry Partch Ulysses at the Edge (excerpt)
29 Sep 2013 Beeban Kidron Mieczyslaw Weinberg Martha's Aria (The Passenger)
Wagner Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
John Williams Jaws (Main Title and First Victim)
Rachel Portman Oranges are not the Only Fruit (Main title)
John Barry Sea of Death (Swept from the Sea)
Jay Gorney Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Bach Toccata in E minor, BWV914
13 Oct 2013 Rory Kinnear Traditional music Big Rock Candy Mountain
Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob Vlle/1 (Andante)
Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96 (Adagio Espressivo)
Cole Porter It's All Right With Me
Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 3, Sz 119 BB127 (Adagio Religioso)
Alfred Schnittke Choir Concerto (4th mvt)
Bach Was willst du dich (Cantata BMV 8; Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?)
27 Oct 2013 Chris Mullin Traditional music Ly con sao
Kathryn Tickell Our Kate/The Welcome Home
Handel Organ Concerto in B-flat, Op.7 no.3
Mozart Mass in C Minor, K427 (Credo)
Traditional music Aya Ngena
Traditional music Padmakara (Selwa)
Chopin Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op.9 no.1
Mozart Mass in C, K.317 (extract)
The Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want
3 Nov 2013 Roddy Doyle Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Quae Moerebat (Stabat Mater)
George Formby Leaning On A Lamp Post
Brian Eno An Ending – Ascent (Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks)
Michael Nyman After Extra Time (Part 1)
Mozart Requiem in D minor, K.626 (excerpt)
Harry Woods River Stay Away from my Door
Steve Reich After the War (Different Trains)
1 Dec 2013 Laura Mvula Debussy Cakewalk (Children's Corner)
Laura Mvula Make Me Lovely (Sing to the Moon)
Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op.47 (excerpt)
Joe Cutler Music for Cello and Strings (Bartlebooth)
Eric Whitacre i thank you god for most this amazing day
Michael Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt: Allegro con brio)
Nina Simone Four Women
William Walton Jubilate Deo
Miles Davis Flamenco Sketches
29 Dec 2013 Hugh Masekela Bach Contrapunctus IX (The Art of Fugue)
Harold Arlen Ill Wind
Ralph Rainger Easy Living
Bill Carey You've Changed
Hugh Masekela Bring him back home
Miles Davis All Blues (Kind of Blue)
Ravel Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)
Hoagy Carmichael Rockin' Chair

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