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Chapter A Day

WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
CHAPTER - A - DAY


Books in 1998 on Chapter a Day:

  • 12/24 - 12/25 This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury by Maeve Binchy read by Jim Fleming
    (Delacorte Press; ISBN: 0385315031)
    "Circle of Joy" by Lisa Lynne, from "Celtic Christmas III: A Windham Hill Sampler" (01934-11233-2)
  • 11/23 - 12/29 Echo House by Ward Just read by Karl Schmidt
    (Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0-395-85697-3)
    "Night Song" - The Verdehr Trio (Crystal Records CD-746)
  • 10/19 - 11/13 Evening Class by Maeve Binchy read by Jim Fleming (Doubleday ISBN 0-385-31807-3)
    "Un Bel Di" from "Madama Butterfly" by Giacomo Puccini; Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80260), then John Bayless, piano (Angel CDC 54801)
  • 10/05 - 10/16 The Sky, the Stars, The Wilderness by Rick Bass read by Karl Schmidt
    (Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0-395-71758-2)
    John Corligliano: "Troubadores" from Sharon Isbin: American Landscapes (Virgin Classics CDC 7243-5-55083-2-4)
  • 09/14 - 10/02 Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz read by Karl Schmidt (Pantheon ISBN 0-679-43978-1)
    "Battle Cry of Freedom" from "The Civil War" soundtrack (Elektra Nonesuch 9-79256-2) and Charlie Hayden & Hank Jones: Steal Away (Verve 314 527 249-2)
  • 08/24 - 09/11 Blind Descent by Nevada Barr read by Jim Fleming (Putnam ISBN 0-399-14371-8)
    "Painted Desert from Grand Canyon Suite" by Ferde Grofe; Boston Pops - Arthur Fiedler (RCA 6806-2-RG)
  • 08/03 - 08/21 American Sphinx: the character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph Ellis read by Jim Fleming (Knopf ISBN 0-679-44490-4)
    "Allegro" from Mozart: Piano Sonata Nr 6 in D, K 284; Alicia de Larrocha, piano (RCA 60709-2-RC
  • 06/22 - 07/31 Zeke and Ned by Larry McMurtry (Pocket Books ISBN 0-671-89168-5) read by Karl Schmidt
    "Man of Constant Sorrow" from Chris Norman: Man With the Wooden Flute (Dorian DOR 90166) and John Corligliano: "Troubadores" from Sharon Isbin: American Landscapes (Virgin Classics CDC 7243-5-55083-2-4)
  • 05/22 - 06/19 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage ISBN: 0679731725) read by Jim Fleming
    Albert Ketelby: Sanctuary of the Heart (Philips 6514 152)
  • 05/11 - 05/21 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir (University of Wisconsin Press ISBN: 0299036545) read by Karl Schmidt
    "Allegro and Lento Religioso" from Randall Thompson: Suite for Oboe, Clarinet and viola-Peter Christ,oboe (Crystal Records CD321)
  • 04/20 - 05/08 Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant (Library of America)
    read by Karl Schmidt
    Music of the Civil War; Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennel conducting (MERCURY SRI 2-77011)
  • 03/30 - 04/17 Straight Man by Richard Russo (Random House)
    read by Jim Fleming
    Mozart: Horn Concerto Nr 3 - allegro; Horn Concerto Nr 2 - rondo; Hermann Baumann, horn, Concentus Musicus Vienna - Nikolaus Harnoncourt (TELDEC 8.41272 ZK)
  • 03/23 - 03/27 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominque Bauby (Knopf) read by Jim Fleming
    Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Jacques Ibert: Entr'Acte - Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute (CBS MK 45548)
  • 03/09 - 03/20 Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (Doubleday) read by Karl Schmidt
    Ronnie Earl: Still Water (AudioQuest AQ-CD 1018)
  • 02/17 - 03/06 The Land, Always the Land by Mel Ellis (The Cabin Bookshelf) read by Jim Fleming
    Claude Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio - Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal (Milan 35735)

  • 02/03 - 02/16 To the Hoop by Ira Berkow read by Karl Schmidt
    Gil Evans: Las Vegas Tango (Verve 833 804-2)

  • 01/12 - 02/02 The Gypsy in Me by Ted Simon read by Jim Fleming
    Istenem, Istenem (My Lord, My Lord) - Marta Sebestyen with Muzsikas from the album "The Best of Marta Sebestyen" (HNCD 1412)


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