Natalie Wheen looks beyond the everyday realities of wartime 1943.
Webem Variations for Orchestra, Op 30 Vienna PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Weill One Touch of Venus (excerpt) Mary Martin (soprano), orchestra, conductor Maurice Abravanel
Bernard Herrmann For the Fallen
NSO, conducted by the Composer Harry Partch US Highball (Part 1) William Wendlandt and players, conducted by the Composer
Messiaen Visions de IAmen (excerpt) Yvonne Loriod and the Composer (pianos)
Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 (4th mvt) BBCPO/Richard Hickox Tippett Boyhood 's End Martyn Hill (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano) Producer Edward Blakeman