Sunday Morning - 20/07/2008

Iain is joined by The Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger to ponder the complicated and entwined nature of the relationship between politics and music across the centuries. Including: Copland: Emblems 'The President's Own' United States Marine Band Michael J Colburn (conductor) Naxos 8.570243 Hildegard von Bingen: O lucidissima Apostolorum turba Ensemble fur fruhe musik Augsburg Sabine Lutzenberger (conductor) Christophorus CHR77205 Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 2 Sarah Chang (violin) Jonathan Feldman (piano) EMI CDC7547532 Ligeti: Artikulation Electronic Studio of West German Radio, Cologne Wergo WER6016150 Theodorakis: The Ballad of Mauthausen Maria Farandouri (vocals) EMI Greece 14C045702042 Strauss: Metamorphosen San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Decca 4365962 John Adams: News has a kind of mystery (Nixon in China) Nixon ...... James Maddalena Chou En-Lai ...... Sanford Sylvan Orchestra of St Lukes and Chorus Edo de Waart (conductor) Nonesuch 9791772 Marc Blitztein: The Freedom of the Press (The Cradle will Rock) Mr Mister ...... Ralph MacBane Editor Daily ...... Bert Weston Marc Blitzstein (piano/narrator) Pearl GEMS0009 Britten: Strange Meeting (War Requiem) Philip Langridge (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (bass baritone) Roderick Elms (Organ) LSO Chorus London Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Chandos CHAN89894 Beethoven: 12 variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes (Judas Maccabaeus) Alfred Brendel (piano) Adrian Brendel (cello) Philips 4753792 Tom Waits: The Day after Tomorrow Anti 66782 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 (final mvt and speech by Daniel Barenboim) West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) Warner 2564627912.