Isaac wanted (as a proud Northerner) to appear more informed and cultured than he really is. David (a pensioner) wanted to feel young again by pretending he's still at university, and to abuse Isaac every time he mispronouces anything. Will actually knows something about music, so tries to keep the rest of us in order.
Together, we will pick some music to play, and we will undoubtedly make a bedtime show with the singular potential to lull anyone to sleep - but only when we're talking...
Track | Artist | Time |
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Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden | Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm | 20:02 |
Ešenvalds: The Earthly Rose "Did the king in his cardboard house?" | Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Sally Pryce, Stephen Layton | 20:13 |
Sibelius: Svarta rosor, Op 36 No 1 | Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg | 20:17 |
Handel: Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210 | Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort | 20:20 |
Now Found is the Fairest of Roses | Danish String Quartet | 20:25 |
Machaut: Rose, liz, printemps, verdure | Gothic Voices, Christopher Page | 20:29 |
Henri Salvador: Cherche la Rose | Marlene Dietrich, Burt Bacharach and his Orchestra | 20:34 |
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier - Act 2 (beginning) | Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stich-Randall, Eberhard Wachter, Ljuba Welitsch, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | 20:40 |
Canteloube: Chants de France - Au Pré de la Rose | Véronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille-Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais, Serge Baudo | 20:53 |
Joubert: There is no rose | The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, George Guest | 20:55 |
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers | Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle | 21:02 |
Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1 - Flower Duet | Hei-Kyung Hong, Jennifer Larmore, Munich Radio Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos | 21:09 |
Puccini: Crisantemi | Signum Quartet | 21:15 |
Sullivan: The Mikado - The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring | Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Suart, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras | 21:23 |
Saint-Saëns: Two Choruses, for mixed chorus a capella, Op 68 - No 2: Les Fleurs et les arbres | Ensemble Vocal Jean Sourisse, Jean Sourisse | 21:25 |
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - Prologue - No 3 - Var VI. La Fée des lilas | Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev | 21:27 |
Mahler: Blumine | Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | 21:29 |
Bernstein: Candide - Finale: Make Our Garden Grow | Scottish Opera, Justin Brown | 21:37 |
Debussy: Préludes, Book 2 - V. Bruyères | Víkingur Ólafsson | 21:42 |
Debussy: Estampes, L108 - III. Jardins sous la pluie | Lívia Rév | 21:45 |
Britten: Folk Songs - The Salley Gardens | Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 21:50 |
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op 82 - III. Einsame Blumen | Maria João Pires | 21:53 |
Beethoven: King Stephen, Op 117 - "Wo die Unschuld Blumen steute" | Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | 21:56 |