The Blue of the Night with Eamonn Lenihan Sunday 31 August 2014
Leonard Bernstein was rated as "one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history". This week he's under the Blue spotlight.
Title: Tonight
Composer: Bernstein, Leonard/Sondheim, Stephen
Performer(s): Andre Previn (Piano), Red Mitchell (Bass), Shelly Manne (Drums)
Album: My Fair Lady / West Side Story / Contemporary / CDCOPD 942
Duration: 5:24
Title: Theme From Schindler's List
Composer: Williams, John
Performer(s): Itzhak Perlman (Violin), The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Album: A Tribute To John Williams - An 80th Birthday Celebration / Sony Classical / 88691942532
Duration: 3:35
Title: Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story' (Ii) Somewhere
Composer: Bernstein, Leonard
Performer(s): City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Album: Bernstein: West Side Story/ On the Town/ Candide / EMI Classics / 50999 2 06626 2 2
Duration: 4:34
Title: The Sub
Composer: 3epkano
Performer(s): 3epkano
Album: At Land - 3epkano / Smiling Politely Records / SPR002
Duration: 3:58
Title: Ballerina
Composer: Van Morrison
Performer(s): Van Morrison
Album: Astral Weeks / Warner / 246 024
Duration: 9:25
Title: Bulletproof
Composer: Radiohead
Performer(s): Christopher O'Riley (Piano)
Album: True Love Waits - Christopher O' Riley Plays Radiohead / Sony / Sk87321
Duration: 3:02
Title: Immersia Iii
Composer: Buckley, Linda
Performer(s): Linda Buckley (Electronics/ Programming)
Album: Immersia (Recordno: ER2/ Digital) / Ergodos / ER2/ Digital
Duration: 2:20
Title: When Were You Happy?
Composer: Marling, Laura
Performer(s): Laura Marling (Vocal)
Album: Once I Was An Eagle / Virgin Records / 006023738618
Duration: 3:53
Title: String Quartet No.12 In F Major (2nd Movement) Lento
Composer: Dvorak, Antonin
Performer(s): Martin Beaver, Kikuei Ikeda (Violins), Kazuhide Isomura (Viola), Clive Greensmith (Cello)
Album: Dvorak, Smetana - Tokyo String Quartet / Harmonia Mundi / HMU 807429
Duration: 7:13
Title: Takeda (Homesick Blues)
Composer: Traditional
Performer(s): Lionel Loueke (Guitar), Curtis Fowlkes (Trombone), Ben Allison (Bass), Nasheet Waits (Driums)
Album: Gathering Light / Motema / 233033
Duration: 4:51
Title: After The Goldrush
Composer: Young, Neil
Performer(s): Patti Smith (Vocals)
Album: Banga / Columbia / 88697222175
Duration: 4:10
Title: Angel Eyes
Composer: Dennis/Brent
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra (Vocal), Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra
Album: Frank Sinatra - Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely / Capitol / 72434 94756 2 5
Duration: 3:44
Title: When The Wind Begins To Sing
Composer: Renbourn
Performer(s): John Renbourn (Guitar), Joe Mckenna (Pipes) Maire Breathnach (Fiddle)
Album: Traveller's Prayer / Shanachie / 78018
Duration: 6:17
Title: Valse Tres Lente
Composer: Massenet, Jules
Performer(s): Aldo Ciccolini (Piano)
Album: Aldo Ciccolini - 13 Waltzes / La dolce volta / LDV 13
Duration: 4:18
Title: Cello Concerto In A Minor (2nd Movement)
Composer: Schumann, Robert
Performer(s): Jamie Walton (Cello), Philharmonia Orchestra
Album: Cello Concertos - Schumann Dvorak: Jamie Walton/Philharmonia Orch / Signum Classics / SIGCD322
Duration: 4:28
Title: Two Children
Composer: Buchanan, Paul
Performer(s): Paul Buchanan (Vocal, Piano)
Album: Mid Air / Newsroom Records / ROOM01
Duration: 2:35
Title: Nobody Cares For Me
Performer(s): Mississippi John Hurt (Vocals, Guitar)
Album: Essential Recordings - Candy Man Blues / Rounder Records / 612 2082
Duration: 3:41
Title: Ballad For The Unborn
Composer: E.S.T.
Performer(s): Esbjorn Svensson (Piiano), Dan Berglund (Bass), Magnus Ostrom (Drums)
Album: Seven days of falling (Recordno: ACT 9012-2) / Act Music / ACT 9012-2
Duration: 5:32
Title: Prelude To A Kiss
Composer: Ellington, Duke
Performer(s): Billie Holiday (Vocals), Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet), Benny Carter (Alto Sax), Jimmy Rowles (Piano), Barney Kessel (Guitar), John Simmons (Bass), Larry Bunker (Drums)
Album: Music For Torching / Velvet Mood / Poll Winners Records / PWR 27317
Duration: 5:33
Title: Gaspard De La Nuit - Le Gibet
Composer: Ravel, Maurice
Performer(s): Louis Schwizgebel (Piano)
Album: Poems - Louis Schwizgebel / Aparté / AP067
Duration: 5:43
Title: Tre Canti - Ii: Quasi Grave E Commosso
Composer: Pizzetti, Ildebrando
Performer(s): Arnon Erez (Piano)
Album: Pizzetti & Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Violin Sonatas / Hyperion / CDA67869
Duration: 3:49
Title: Five Melodies - V. Andante Non Troppo
Composer: Prokofiev, Serge
Performer(s): Steven Osborne (Piano)
Album: Prokofiev - Violin Sonatas, Five Melodies / Hyperion / CDA67514
Duration: 3:16
Title: On The Way To Exile
Complete Work Name: From A Modern Greek Adaptation Of "Medea" By Giorgos Cheimonas
Composer: Karaindrou, Eleni
Performer(s): Sokratis Sinopoulos (Constantinople Lute And Lyre), Yiorgos Kaloudis (Cello), Andreas Katsigiannis (Santouri), Harris Lambrakis (Ney), Andreas Papas (Bendir), Alexandros Arkadopoulos (Clarinet)
Album: Medea - Eleni Karaindrou / ECM Records / ECM 2376 376 2816
Duration: 4:51
Title: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
Composer: Rodgers / Hart
Performer(s): Art Pepper (Alto Saxophone), Russ Freeman (Piano), Ben Tucker (Bass), Chuck Flores (Drums)
Album: The Art Pepper Collection / HMV Jazz / 7243 5 27435 2 0
Duration: 4:28
Title: Sleepy Maggie
Composer: Trad arr Mooney
Performer(s): Susanna Pell (Viol), Andy Watt (Guitar, Mandolin)
Album: Northumbrian Exchanges / sfz Music / SFZM0114
Duration: 5:44
Title: Some Other Time
Composer: Bernstein/Comden/Green
Performer(s): Tony Bennett (Vocal), Bill Evans (Piano)
Album: Sings For Lovers / Concord Records / 0025218902328
Duration: 4:43
Title: Lachrimae Tristes
Composer: Dowland, John
Performer(s): Hesperion Xx
Album: Dowland - Lachrimae or Seaven Teares / Alia Vox / AVSA9901
Duration: 5:20
Title: Suite No.1 In G Major - Menuets I & Ii
Composer: Bach, J S
Performer(s): Hopkinson Smith (Theorbo)
Album: Bach Suites Nos. 1,2,3 / Naive / E 8937
Duration: 3:39
Title: My Favorite Things
Composer: Rodgers / Hammerstein
Performer(s): Youn Sun Nah (Vocals)
Album: Same Girl / Act Music / ACT 9024-2
Duration: 3:58
Title: Qui Est Homo
Composer: Pergolesi, Giovanni
Performer(s): Matinier / Ambrosini
Album: Inventio / ECM Records / ECM 2348 375 9429
Duration: 4:19
Title: Prisoner's Monologue: Industrialists, Bankers, In Comfortable Chairs /
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Performer(s): Samuel West (Narrator), Mervyn Cooke, Lucy Walker (Piano), Jonathan Holland, Bruce Nockles (Trumpet); Matthew Dickinson (Percussion), Ex Cathedra
Album: Britten To America - Music For Radio And Theatre / NMC Recordings / NMC D190
Duration: 5:48
Title: Come, Heavy Sleep
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Performer(s): Craig Ogden (Guitar)
Album: Tippett: The Blue Guitar - Craig Ogden - 20th Century Classics / Nimbus / NI 5390
Duration: 2:13
Title: Yif Ic Of Luve Can
Composer: Britten, Benjamin
Performer(s): Rias Chamber Choir
Album: Britten: Sacred and Profane / Harmonia Mundi / HMG 501734
Duration: 2:42
Title: Time After Time
Composer: Lauper / Hyman
Performer(s): Miles Davis (Trumpet), John Scofield (Guitar), Robert Irving Iii (Piano), Darryl Jones (Bass), Al Foster (Drums)
Album: You're Under Arrest / Columbia / Legacy / CK 40023
Duration: 3:40
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Presenters: Eamonn Lenihan (Fri-Sun)
Producer: Ian McGlynn