Suzanne Vega
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American singer songwriter Suzanne Vega, famous for her global hit Tom's Diner.
The American singer songwriter Suzanne Vega released her first studio album almost exactly 40 years ago 鈥� and it soon found an audience, particularly here in the UK where it sold more than 300, 000 copies.
Listeners responded to her understated, acoustic sound and thoughtful lyrics, in songs such as Marlene on the Wall and Luka. Another of her songs, Tom鈥檚 Diner, took on a life of its own. It鈥檚 been sampled by dozens of artists and one remix became a global hit.
Suzanne recently released her tenth studio album, Flying with Angels, and will be embarking on a major tour with dates in England and Scotland later this year.
Her mix of music includes Bartok, Rachmaninov, Philip Glass and Debussy.
Producer: Clare Walker
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- Nightfall.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Ant么nio Carlos Jobim
The Girl From Ipanema
Composer: Vinicius de Moraes. Performer: Stan Getz. Performer: Jo茫o Gilberto. Singer: Astrud Gilberto.- Ipanema Girl: The Very Best Of.
- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Coffee)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 16.
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B茅la Bart贸k
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.- Bart贸k: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta.
- BIS.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook Vol 1.
- Verve.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G sharp minor, Op.32 No.12
Performer: Sergey Rachmaninov.- The Essential Rachmaninov Volume 2: Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov.
- Superlative Classical Records.
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Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians: Section IX & X
Music Arranger: Erik Hall. Performer: Erik Hall.- Music for 18 Musicians.
- Nonesuch.
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Francis Poulenc
Clarinet Sonata (2nd mvt)
Performer: Michel Portal. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.- Poulenc: Solo Piano & Chamber Works: Pascal Roge.
- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550; 1st movement; Allegro molto
Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.- Mozart: Symphonies 39 - 41.
- Sony Classical.
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Philip Glass
November 25: Ichigaya (Mishima)
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet. Conductor: Michael Riesman.- Mishima.
- Nonesuch.
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Claude Debussy
The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)
Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.- Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
- Philips.
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