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Jonathan Dimbleby

Michael Berkeley talks to broadcaster and political commentator Jonathan Dimbleby, who has chosen a Mozart piano sonata as well as music by Verdi, Bach, Beethoven and Britten.

Michael Berkeley talks to broadcaster and political commentator Jonathan Dimbleby, chair of Radio 4's Any Questions?, biographer of Prince Charles and presenter of a 麻豆官网首页入口 TV series about contemporary Russia. He studied the piano until his mid-teens and has chosen a Mozart piano sonata as well as music by Verdi, Bach, Beethoven, Britten and traditional ambassel music from Ethiopia.

Including:

1 Sig M Berkeley: The Wakeful Poet (from Music from Chaucer)
(Berkeley/OUP) 0鈥�26
Beaux Arts Brass Quintet

2 Britten: 鈥楾he Birth of Nicholas鈥� from 鈥楽t Nicholas鈥� op 42 EMI CDM5651122 鈥� Track 14
Robert Tear (tenor), Bruce Russell (treble),
Andrew Davis & Ian Hare (piano duet), Cambridge Girls鈥� Choir,
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Leader Neville Marriner),
Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge (Sir David Willcocks)
2鈥�34

3 Beethoven: 3rd mvt 鈥楽cherzo鈥� from Symphony No.7 in A major Op 92 Beethoven Piano Concerto no 1 etc SONY CLASSICAL CD45830 鈥� Track 6
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim
(Live Recording at the Philharmonie Berlin West, 1989)
7鈥�35

4 Verdi: 鈥楢ve Maria鈥� from Otello 鈥楽usan Chilcott in Brussels鈥� CYPRES RECORDS CYP8061 鈥� Track 2
Susan Chilcott (soprano), Symphony Orchestra of La monnaie/
Antonio Pappano conductor
4鈥�20

5 Chanson Amhorique classique accomp on masenqo Ambassel music from Ethiopia (rec by Jean L Jenkins in 1964/66)
VOGUE CLVLX164 鈥� Track 8
3鈥�29

6 Mozart: 1st mvt from Piano Sonata in A major K331 RCA RD60407 鈥� Track 4
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
13鈥�35

7 JS Bach: Music from Part II of The St John Passion BWV 245 NAXOS 8557297 鈥� CD2 Track 7
Choir of New College Oxford, Collegium Novum/Edward Higginbottom
James Gilchrist (tenor), John Bernays, Eamonn Dougan (bass)
2鈥�44

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Sun 4 Jan 2009 12:00

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  • Sun 4 Jan 2009 12:00

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