Thursday 12 December 2013 Rāpare 12 Hakihea 2013

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  MOZART: Symphonies, No 40 in G minor; No 38 in D, Prague - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 494)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  BELLA: Sonata in Bb minor; Piece in C minor for piano; Variations on In Pressburg by the Danube Op 9; Variations on A swarm, a swarm is flying Op 21; Sonatina in E minor; Four Little Pieces - Daniela Ruso (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223644)

  2:25 approx - Disc 3

  RACHMANINOV: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Natalia Kornieva (sop), Alexander Ranne (ten), Sergey Tsipcalo (bar), St Petersburg Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev (Philips 442 776)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BOËLY: Quartet in A Op 27/1; Quartet in G Op 29/3; Trio in D Op 5/1 - Edouard Popo (vln), Trio à Cordes de Paris (Chante Du Monde LCD 278 821)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  MAYERL: Marigold; A lily pond; Four Aces Suite; From a Spanish lattice; Minuet by candlelight; Aquarium Suite; Autumn crocus; Bats in the Belfrey; Pastoral Sketches; Fireside fusiliers; Parade of the sandwich-board men; Waltz for a lonely heart; Busybody - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 WAGENSEIL: Symphony in D WV374 - Bern Camerata/Thomas Füri (dir) (Archiv 410 599)

  TRAD arr J Gould: Oh can ye sew cushions? - Helen Callus (vla), Robert McDonald (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1130)

  ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Camden, Alison Alty (obs), London Virtuosi/John Georgiadis (dir) (Naxos 8.553002)

  MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song Op 34/2; Schilflied Op 71/4; Assai tranquillo; Song without Words in D Op 109 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (pno) (Orfeo C 750 101 A)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music, Orchestral version - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6526)

  7:00 BRAHMS: O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf Op 74/2 - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 67559)

  SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570329)

  BLISS: Bliss (A One Step) - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1128)

  MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 5338)

  COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Prisoners' Chorus, O welche Lust, from Fidelio - Ekkehard Wagner (ten), Frank Schiller (bar), Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

  PAGANINI: Sonata No 4 for violin & guitar - Moshe Hammer (vln), Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.553141)

  SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV447 - Alfredo Bernardini (ob/dir), Zefiro (Naïve OP 30478)

  WALDTEUFEL: Très jolie Waltz - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  MORTON GOULD (1913-1996)

  Interplay, American Concertette - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

  Fall River Legend - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7181)

  Concerto for Tap Dancer & Orchestra - Lane Alexander (dancer), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Albany TROY 521)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Suite - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (Signum SIGCD 310)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 123 - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67095)

  FASCH: Suite for 2 oboes & 2 bassoons in G minor FWV K/g3 - Basel CO/Julia Schröder (DHM 88697 44641)

  HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 85 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8507)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  STEFFANI: Sperate in Deo - Swiss Radio Television Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Decca 478 5336)

  CLEMENTI ed Spada: Overture in C - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  MELCER: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor - Jonathan Plowright (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Christoph König (Hyperion CDA 67630)

  BYRD: Farewell, false love - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Fretwork (Chandos CHAN 0578)

  ALKAN: Forty-eight Esquisses, Book 4 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67377)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G - Teresa Stich-Randall (sop), Vienna Phil/Otto Klemperer (rec 1955) (Testament SBT 1397)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor - Justine Cormack (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 101)

  HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

  MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, from Die Zauberflöte - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

  DVORÁK: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  VERDI: Luisa Miller, Overture - London SO/Colin Davis (Erato 8573 85823)

  CHOPIN arr Davydov: Waltzes Op 64 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Onyx 4078)

  M PHILLIPS: A Shakespearean Scherzo, Titania & her Elvish Court - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

  VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

  KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

  6:00 SWEELINCK: Under the Linden tree - Douglas Mews (organ of the Katharinenkirche, Braunschweig) (Private)

  COATES: Wood Nymphs - Eric Coates & his Orch (EMI CDM 5 66537)

  HOVHANESS: A Rose Tree Blossoms - St John's Episcopal Cathedral Choir/Donald Pearson (Delos DE 3700)

  LILBURN: The Young Pine Tree - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

  DVORÁK: Silent Woods - Tomás Jamník (cello), Prague Radio SO/Tomás Netopil (Supraphon SU 4034)

  HOLMBOE: To a Willow Tree Op 170/4 - Athelas Sinfonietta, Copenhagen/Giordano Bellincampi (Dacapo 8.224124)

  SOMERVELL: Loveliest of trees, from The Shropshire Lad - Christopher Maltman (bar), Duke Quartet, Graham Johnson (pno) (Naxos 8.557320)

  TRAD arr Rudnev: The Old Lime Tree - Evgeni Finkelstein (gtr) (Acoustic Music Records 319.1273.2)

  SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Christmas Oratorio

  Peter Walls takes us through JS Bach's 6-part masterpiece (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  James Ehnes (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Garry Walker

  ADÈS: Three Studies from Couperin; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21; ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61 (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 9:45 PM. Dorian

  BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV538 - Gillian Weir (organ of Symphony Hall, Birmingham) (Priory PRCD 867)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  HAYDN: Symphony No 90 in C - Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.629)

  BOWEN: Rhapsody for cello & orchestra Op 74 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7263)

  11:00 STRAUSS: Sonatina No 1 in F for winds, From an Invalid's Workshop - London Winds/Michael Collins (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66731)

  PLEYEL: Piano Trio in E minor Ben435 - Trio 1790 (CPO 777 544)

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