Marilyn Monroe centenary: What is beauty?

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:00

  Kara Karayev

  7 Beauties for orchestra: The most beautiful of all beauties

  Performer: Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra.

  • Delos.
  • Tr11.
• 00:01

  Kara Karayev

  7 Beauties for orchestra: The most beautiful of all beauties

  Orchestra: Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra.

  • Karayev: Ballet Suites.
  • Delos.
  • 11.

• Lord Byron

  She Walks in Beauty (extract) read by Ralf Little

• Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill

  Lament for Art O’Leary (extract) read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:03

  John Field

  Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

  Performer: Alice Sara Ott.

  • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Tr9.
• 00:04

  John Field

  Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

  Performer: Alice Sara Ott.

  • Field, complete Nocturnes.
  • DG.
  • 1.

• Austin Clarke

  The Planters Daughter read by Ralf Little

• 00:06

  Hans Gerle

  Auff Erd lebt nit ein schoneres Weyb (There is no more beautiful woman on earth)

  Performer: Magnus Andersson.

  • Rondeau.
  • Tr4.
• 00:07

  Hans Gerle

  Auff Erd lebt nit ein schoneres Weyb (There is no more beautiful woman on earth)

  Performer: Magnus Andersson.

  • Music for Lute from Nuremberg.
  • Rondeau.
  • 4.

• Sappho translated by Anne Carson

  Fragment 16 read by Susannah Fielding

• Colin Clark

  My Week With Marilyn read by Ralf Little

• 00:09

  Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby

  I wanna be loved by you

  Performer: Marilyn Monroe. Performer: Marilyn Monroe.

  • Warner Bros.
  • Tr2.
• 00:10

  Herbert Stothart

  I Wanna Be Loved by You

  Composer: Harry Ruby. Performer: Marilyn Monroe.

  • The Very Best Of Marilyn Monroe.
  • Warner Brothers.
  • 2.

• Andrew Wilson

  Marilyn Monroe, a life in 100 takes read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:11

  Elton John

  Candle in the Wind

  Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Decca.
  • Tr10.
• 00:12

  Elton John

  Candle in the Wind

  Composer: Bernie Taupin.

  • Pop Goes Classical.
  • Decca.
  • 1.

• Giuseppe di Lampedusa

  The Leopard read by Ralf Little

• 00:15

  Léo Delibes

  Flower Duet from Lakme

  Performer: Katherine Bryan. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.

  • Chandos.
  • Tr8.
• 00:16

  Léo Delibes

  Flower Duet from Lakme

  Performer: Katherine Bryan.

  • Silver Voice, opera arias played by flute and orchestra.
  • Chandos.
  • 8.

• Stevie Smith

  Persephone read by Susannah Fielding

• James Baldwin

  Giovanni’s Room read by Ralf Little

• 00:19

  Clara Schumann

  3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 - II. Allegretto

  Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Alice Sara Ott.

  • UME.
  • Tr17.
• 00:20

  Clara Schumann

  3 Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22 - II. Allegretto

  Performer: Lisa Batiashvili.

  • Female Classical Composers - Great Recordings.
  • UME.
  • 17.

• Jhumpa Lahiri

  The Lowlands read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:22

  Rebecca Clarke

  I’ll bid my heart be still

  Performer: Dame Avril Piston.

  • Oxford University Press.
  • Tr17.
• 00:23

  Rebecca Clarke

  I'll bid my heart be still

  Performer: Dame Avril Piston.

  • Heartache - An Anthology of English Viola Music.
  • OUP.
  • 17.

• FBI redacted files

  Marilyn Monroe in Mexico

• 00:25

  Leroy Anderson

  Plink, plank, plunk for orchestra

  Performer: New London Orchestra.

  • Hyperion.
  • Tr14.
• 00:26

  Leroy Anderson

  Plink, plank, plunk for orchestra

  Performer: New London Orchestra.

  • : New London Orchestra.
  • Hyperion.
  • 14.

• Joyce Carol Oates

  Blonde

• 00:28

  Alexandre Desplat/Conrad Pope

  Marilyn’s Theme

  Performer: Lang Lang.

  • Sony Classical.
  • Tr4.
• 00:28

  Alexandre Desplat

  Marilyn's Theme

  Performer: Lang Lang.

  • Lang Lang at the Movies.
  • Sony Classical.
  • 4.
• 00:29

  Hoagy Carmichael

  When Love Goes Wrong Nothing Ever Goes Right

  Performer: Marilyn Monroe.

  • AML.
  • Tr7.
• 00:30

  Hoagy Carmichael

  When Love Goes Wrong Nothing Ever Goes Right

  Performer: Marilyn Monroe.

  • The Very Best Of Marilyn Monroe.
  • AML.
  • 1.

• Pablo Casals

  Joy and Sorrow read by Ralf Little

• 00:31

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10

  Composer: J.S. Bach. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • DG.
  • Tr1.
• 00:32

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10

  Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • DG.
  • 1.
• 00:33

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Partita for violin solo no. 3 (BWV.1006) in E major, Prelude

  Performer: Viktoria Mullova.

  • Onyx.
  • Tr10.
• 00:34

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Partita for violin solo no. 3 (BWV.1006) in E major, Prelude

  Performer: Viktoria Mullova.

  • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
  • Onyx.
  • 10.

• Jane Austen

  Pride and Prejudice read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:39

  Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

  Adagio for 2 Violins

  Performer: Enrico Onofri.

  • Warner.
  • Tr20.
• 00:38

  Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

  Adagio for 2 Violins

  Performer: Enrico Onofri.

  • The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico.
  • Warner.
  • 20.

• Steven Galloway

  The Cellist of Sarajevo read by Ralf Little

• Irenosen Okojie

  Grace Jones read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:43

  Miles Davis

  Blue in Green

  Performer: Bill Evans Trio.

  • Riverside.
  • Tr7.
• 00:43

  Miles Davis

  Blue in Green

  Performer: Bill Evans Trio.

  • The Best Of Bill Evans.
  • Riverside.
  • 7.

• Haruki Murakami

  Norewegian Wood read by Ralf Little

• Edna St Vincent Millay

  I said to beauty

• 00:48

  Missy Mazzoli

  Heartbreaker

  Performer: Michael Mizrahi.

  • New Amsterdam Records.
  • Tr5.

• Oscar Wilde

  The Picture of Dorian Gray read by Ralf Little

• 00:50

  Erland Cooper

  A Thing of Beauty is a joy forever

  Performer: Erland Cooper.

  • Mercury.
  • Tr1.
• 00:51

  Erland Cooper

  A Thing of Beauty is a joy forever

  Performer: Erland Cooper.

  • Never pass into nothingness.
  • Mercury.
  • 1.

• Christina Rosetti

  In an artists studio read by Susannah Fielding

• 00:55

  Nat King Cole

  You Stepped out of a dreams

  • Sony Classical.
  • Tr17.
• 00:55

  Nacio Herb Brown

  You Stepped out of a dream

  Composer: Gus Kahn. Performer: Nat King Cole.

  • My Week with Marilyn.
  • Sony Classical.
  • 17.

• Normal Mailer

  Marilyn, an autobiography read by Ralf Little

• 00:57

  Amy Beach

  Romance Op 23

  Performer: Tasmin Little.

  • Chandos.
  • Tr12.
• 00:57

  Amy Beach

  Romance Op 23

  Performer: Tasmin Little.

  • Romance Op 23.
  • Chandos.
  • 12.

• Zadie Smith

  On Beauty read by Susannah Fielding

• 01:00

  Seckou Keita

  Simply Beautiful Miro arr Davide Mantovanni

  Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Davide Mantovani.

  • Falber Alt.
  • Tr1.
• 01:02

  Seckou Keita

  Simply Beautiful Miro arr Davide Mantovanni

  Performer: Abel Selaocoe.

  • Simply Beautiful Miro (Arr. by Davide Mantovani).
  • Falber Alt.
  • 1.

• Marilynne Robinson

  Gilead read by Ralf Little

• 01:05

  Edvard Grieg

  Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3, I Love but Thee (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra

  Performer: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Marco Polo.
  • Tr1.
• 01:06

  Edvard Grieg

  Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3, I Love but Thee (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra

  Performer: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • O Sole Mio, Classic love songs for violin and orchestra.
  • Marco Polo.
  • 1.

• E Annie Proulx

  The Shipping News read by Susannah Fielding

• 01:07

  Judith Weir

  Still, Glowing

  Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Platoon.
  • Tr3.
• 01:08

  Judith Weir

  Still, Glowing

  Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Dalia's Mixtape.
  • Platoon.
  • 3.