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Chapter A Day

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
CHAPTER - A - DAY


Books in 1997 on Chapter a Day:

  • 12/29 - 01/09 Stories from the Round Barn by Jacqueline Dougan Jackson read by Karl Schmidt
  • 12/17 - 12/26 Christmas Remembered by Ben Logan read by Karl Schmidt
    George Butterworth: The Banks of Greenwillow; The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, conducting (London 452 707 C)

  • 11/19 - 12/16 Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier read by Jim Fleming
    "The Lover's Waltz" with Jay Unger and Molly Mason (Angel 5561-2)

  • 11/17 - 11/18 Notes From Little Lakes by Mel Ellis read by Jim Fleming
    Daniel Hecht: Willow (Windham Hill WHS C-1013)

  • 11/13 - 11/14 Short Stories by Tobias Wolff read by Karl Schmidt
    The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige OJCCD 709-2)

  • 10/27 - 11/12 The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger read by Karl Schmidt
    Shostakovich: String Quartet #13 - Cut 5 - Borodin Quartet (EMI CDC 7 49269-2)

  • 10/13 - 10/24 Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson read by Jim Fleming
    Eric Coates: London Again Suite - Oxford Street and Mayfair - Royal Liverpool Phil. - Charles Groves (Arabesque Z 8036)

  • 10/06 - 10/10 Selected Stories by Alice Munro read by Karl Schmidt
  • 09/29 - 10/03 The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff read by Karl Schmidt
    The Hawk Relaxes (Prestige OJCCD 709-2)

  • 09/08 - 09/26 The Music Teacher by Robert Starer read by Jim Fleming
    Schubert: Fantasy in f, D 940; Paul Badura-Skoda and Jorg Demus, piano 4-hands (Valois V 4622)

  • 08/25 - 09/05 The Time Before History by Colin Tudge read by Karl Schmidt
    Billy Barber: Shades of Gray (DMP - Rockefeller Center Station PO Box 2317 NY, NY 10185)

  • 08/11 - 08/22 The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman read by Jim Fleming
    Shrul Irving Glick: Suite Hebraique: Hora, Cantorial Chant, Dance (RCI 389)

  • The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacqueline Mitchard read by Karl Schmidt
    John Taverner: The Lamb (text by William Blake) - The Tallis Scholars (Gimmel CDGIM 005)
    Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue (Tatiana Nikolaeva, piano) (Hyperion CDA 664413)

  • Bad Land by Jonathan Raban read by Jim Fleming
    Brother's Keeper Soundtrack excerpt - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason (Angel 7777-54828-2)

  • Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman read by Jim Fleming
    Yishu Tuan: China - Classical Music Today (Ensemble Zhonggo Mijian) (Ocora C-559 049)

  • Firestorm by Nevada Barr read by Jim Fleming
    Respighi: The Birds - the hen, the cuckoo (EMI CDC 747844-2)

  • Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett read by Karl Schmidt
    Solas: "crested hens" (Shanachie 78002)

  • Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner read by Karl Schmidt
    Schubert: Sonata in A - andantino (Alfred Brendel, piano)

  • The Confetti Kid by Robert Lane read by Jim Fleming
    Lennon and McCartney: Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday (Ofra Harnoy, cello) (RCA 74321-22488-2)