Schedule for Tuesday 9 June 2015

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonietta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
El Cancionero de Medinaceli
Instrumental and vocal music from P Guerrero, F Guerrero, Cebrián, de Morata, de Cabezón, de Cristo & Mudarra - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8764)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
Landmarks
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March; OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffman, Intermezzo and Barcarolle; KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Sabre Dance; ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ, Poco adagio; OFFENBACH: Gaité Parisienne, Can-Can; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; GINASTERA: Estancia, Malambo - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 ROSSINI: Il Signor Bruschino, Overture - St Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 0825 646243440)
F COUPERIN arr Bazelaire: Pièces en concert - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (Azica ACD 71265)
EINAUDI: I giorni - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Ricordi 74321 97462)
GRAENER: Three Swedish Dances Op 98 - Munich Radio Orch/Alun Francis (CPO 777 697)
LAMBARDI: Toccata; KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger; FALCONIERI: Folias - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (baroque harp) (Alpha 512)
KORNGOLD: Dance in the Old Style - Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1182)
7:00 STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)
DEBUSSY: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)
DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)
W LLOYD WEBBER: Three Spring Miniatures, Gossamer; Willow Song; Tree Tops - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)
MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 87287)
HEBERLE: Andante con variazioni - Hugo Reyne (csakan), Philippe Couvert, Frank Pichon (vlns), Serge Raban (vla), Dominique Dujardin (cello) (Musiques Chabotterie 605007)
NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)
8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Philips 462 592)
YORK: Sunburst - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984 23306)
HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80392)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)
DUBRA: Ubi caritas - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67799)
BELLINI: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Diego Dini Ciacci (ob/dir), Padua & Venice Orch (CPO 777 715)
WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Jeremy Woodside (organ of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Private)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
Hebrides Overture - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (Linn CKD 216)
Song without Words Op 19/1 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)
Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - City of Birmingham SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA 5139)
10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Cynthia Morahan

Michael Hill International Violin Competition Commissions
Eight programmes researched and produced by Amber Read
(4) ROSS HARRIS: Fanitullen (RNZ)
10:25 AM. The Works

DOBRZYNSKI: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 15, Characteristic - Polish Radio SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Chandos CHAN 10778)
SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in C minor - Klimt Piano Quartet (Brilliant Classics 95012)
DOHNÁNYI: Concert Piece in D Op 12 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London SO/Charles Mackerras (Chandos CHAN 10715)
Noon Recent Releases

ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine - BBC National Orch of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (BBC MM 383)
BRIAN: Symphony No 5, Wine of Summer - Roderick Williams (bar), Royal Scottish National Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7314)
WIDOR: La Nuit de Walpurgis Op 60 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7315)
1:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

SCHARWENKA: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 32 - Earl Wild (pno), Boston SO/Erich Leinsdorf (Ivory Classics 77003)
SEIBER: The Famous Tay Whale, A dramatic poem by William McGonagall, poet and tragedian, set to music for the Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival of 1958 - Edith Evans (declaimer), Annetta Hoffnung (fog-horn) (EMI CMS 7 63302)
SARASATE: Romanza andaluza Op 22 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63533)
BRENNAN: Robin (The Hooded Man); Theme from Harry's Game - Clannad (BMG 716 750)
DEBUSSY arr Roger-Ducasse: Rhapsody for alto saxophone & orchestra - Gerard McChrystal (sax), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4; Hat gesagt bleibt's nicht dabei Op 36/3; Glückes genug Op 37/1; Gefunden Op 56/1 - Arleen Augér (sop), Irwin Gage (pno) (rel 1987) (CBS MK 42447)

TIPPETT: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli - Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Masters (vlns), Derek Simpson (cello), Bath Festival Orch/Michael Tippett (rel 1965) (EMI CMS 7 63522)

HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes by Weber - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (rec 1979) (EMI CDC 7 47615)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - Ogen Trio (Ogen OG 0010)

BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (Waiteata WTA 006)

DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne & Finale - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7243)

5:00 CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Arthur Rubinstein (pno) (Philips 456 955)

CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80503)

GROVLEZ: Sicilienne et Allegro giocoso - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

CLEMENTI: Minuetto Pastorale - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573273)

MAURER: Three Pieces, Maestoso alla Marcia; Andante con moto; Allegro grazioso - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins Classics 14892)

SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson & Delilah - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster (Erato 3984 26499)

WIRÉN: March, from Serenade for Strings - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553596)

6:00 WEBER: Silvana, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - Philip Martin (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

CHEN/HE trans Xuefei Yang: Falling in love, from Butterfly Lovers - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 2 06322)

HARTY: Schmetterling - Andrew Fuller (cello), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7102)

OFFENBACH arr Bonynge: Le Papillon, Suite - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

BORTKIEWICZ: The Butterfly, from From Anderson's Fairy Tales Op 30 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66933)

PUCCINI: Flower Duet, from Madame Butterfly - Renata Scotto (sop), Gillian Knight (mezzo), Philharmonia/Lorin Maazel (Sony SMK 48094)

O'CONNOR arr Meyer: Butterfly's Day Out - Mark O'Connor (mdln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)
7:00 PM. Appointment

New Horizons
Ten programmes
(1) With William Dart (RNZ)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Rhythm and Resonance
Diedre Irons, Michael Endres (pno duo), Thomas Guldborg, Lenny Sakofsky (percussion)
MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448; RAVEL arr Guldborg: Le Tombeau de Couperin for two marimbas; BARTÓK: Sonata for two pianos & percussion; LUTOSLAWSKI arr Ptaszynska: Variations on a Theme of Paganini for two pianos & percussion (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)
9:30 PM. A Solo Voice

BROUWER: Six Epigrammatic Preludes - Emanuele Buono (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9445)
TELEMANN: Fantasia No 1 in A; Fantasia No 2 in A minor, from 12 Fantasias for solo flute - Barthold Kuijken (fl) (Accent ACC 57803 D)
MILSTEIN: Paganiniana Variations - Bella Hristova (vln) (AW Tonegold Records 20120192)
10:00 PM. Day's End

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 540)
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Preludes & Fugues, No 1 in G minor; No 2 in D; No 3 in A minor; No 4 in E, from Les Guitares Bien Tempérées - Brasil Guitar Duo: João Luiz & Douglas Lora (Naxos 8.570778)
RR BENNETT: Seven Country Dances, A new Dance; Lady Day; The Ladies' misfortune; Enfield Common; The Czar of Muscovy; The mulberry garden; Nobody's jig - Amy Dickson (soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)
ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)
TOCH: Dedication - Buchberger Quartet (CPO 999 775)
FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor Op 89 - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10576)
TAVENER: Song for Athene - Choir of the Temple Church, Holst Singers/Stephen Layton, Ian Le Grice (org) (Decca 475 096)