Sunday Morning - 10/08/2008

Mary King sits in for Iain Burnside and explores the world of left-handed musicians, composers and performers - who include CPE Bach, Mozart, Scriabin, Ravel, one of the Beatles and Iain himself. Including: Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 1) Glenn Gould (piano) - 1984 recording CBS M3K79358 Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 1) Glenn Gould (piano) - 1955 recording CBS 1479 CPE Bach: Symphony in F, Op 183 No 3 Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin Stefan Mai (conductor) Harmonia Mundi HMC901622 Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, S49 Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) National Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) Sony CBS Masterworks 37846 Cole Porter: Any Tom Dick or Harry (Kiss me Kate) Broadway Cast Recording DRG 12988 Ravel: Concerto in F for left-handed piano and orchestra Leon Fleisher (piano) Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa (conductor) Sony Classical SK47188 Lennon and McCartney, arr. Daryl Runswick: Blackbird The Kings Singers EMI Cdkings2 Leoncavallo: Vesti la Giubba (I Pagliacci) Enrico Caruso Pearl GEMMCD9309 Django Reinhardt: Improvisation No 1 Django Reinhardt (guitar) Castle Pie Pie SD233 Beethoven: String Quartet, Op 130 (Cavatina) Emerson Quartet DG 444 0752 Paganini: Caprice No 13 Midori (violin) CBS CD44944 Scriabin: Le divin poeme (Jeu divin) Russian National Orchestra Mikhail Pletnev (conducting) DG 4596812 Mozart: Symphony No 39, K543 Prague Chamber Orchestra Charles Mackerras (conductor) Telarc CD80203.