Tuesday 24 November 2015 Rātū 24 Whiringa-ā-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  REGER: Variations and Fugue on a theme of Beethoven; A Ballet Suite; Four Böcklin Tone Pictures - Norrköping SO/Leif Segerstam (BIS CD 601)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  VIVALDI: Concertos for violin & orchestra Op 11, No 1 in D; No 2 in E minor; No 3 in A; No 4 in G; No 5 in C minor; No 6 in G minor - Stanley Ritchie (vln), Frank De Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 436 172)

  2:35 approx - Disc 3

  SCHUMANN: Spanische Liebeslieder Op 138; Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47; Andante & Variations for two pianos, two cellos & horn - Kathleen Battle (sop), D'Anna Fortunato (contralto), John Aler (ten), Dominic Cossa (bar), Charles Wadsworth, Richard Goode (pnos), Jaime Laredo (vln), Walter Trampler (vla), Leslie Parnas, Laurence Lesser (cellos), John Barrows (horn) (ASV CD AMM 155R)

  3:45 approx - Disc 4

  IRELAND: Decorations; The Almond Tree; Preludes; Rhapsody; The Towing-Path; Merry Andrew; Summer Evening; Piano Sonata in E minor - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9056)

  4:55 approx - Disc 5

  BACH arr various: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068; Beloved Jesu, We are Here; Christmas Oratorio, Sinfonia; Oboe Concerto in F BWV1053, Siciliano; Prelude in Eb minor; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067, Sarabande, Minuet and Badinerie; Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049, Allegro; Sleepers Awake; Sanctify Us by Thy Goodness; Concerto in C minor for oboe and violin BWV1060, Adagio; Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058, Andante; Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043, Largo ma non troppo; Prelude in C; Sheep May Safely Graze - Various artists (London 440 082)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

  6:00 KELLY: Three Pieces for strings - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

  BRAHMS: Harp notes ring forth, from Four songs for women's chorus, 2 horns and harp Op 17 - Dave Everson, Steve Multer (horns), Erik C Nielsen (harp), Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Nimbus NI 5524)

  ALBÉNIZ: Minueto a Sylvia, from 12 Characteristic Pieces - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

  GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

  WARLOCK arr Lane: Folksong Preludes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

  FRANCOEUR: Cello Sonata in E - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

  HAYDN: First movement, Adagio, from Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (Nimbus NI 7041/2)

  7:00 EWAZEN: First movement, ...past hopes and dreams, from Down a river of time - Linda Strommen (ob), International Sejong Soloists/Hyo Kang (dir) (Albany TROY 577)

  HOPCYN arr Hazell: Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Catrin Finch (harp), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

  TRAD arr O'Connor/Meyer: Limerock - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 66782)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)

  ANON arr Sirena: Petrone, from the Robertsbridge Codex (1360) - Sirena Recorder Quartet (BIS SACD 2115)

  VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV362, Hunt - Stefano Montanari (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Arts 47565)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 64399)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: KORNGOLD: Ich ging zu ihm, from Das Wunder der Heliane - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

  SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

  BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO/22581 CD)

  ELGAR arr Milone: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

  KATS-CHERNIN: Butterflying - Nicola Sweeney (vln), Sarah Nicolls (pno) (Signum SIGCD 058)

  ALPAERTS: Capriccio, Merriment - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Etcetera KTC 4025)

  C SCOTT: Russian Fair - Leslie De'Ath, Anya Alexeyev (pno duo) (Dutton CDLX 7166)

  BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture - Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 806)

  9:00 Composer of the Week

  MUZIO CLEMENTI (1752-1832)

  The Black Joke with 21 Variations WO2 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67850)

  Sonata for two organs - Luigi Celeghin, Bianka Pezic (organs of the Basilica of the Madonna della Misericordia, Sant' Elpidio a Mare, Ascoli Piceno, Italy) (Naxos 8.557131)

  Capriccio in Bb Op 17 - Lilya Zilberstein (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.096)

  Piano Trio in D Op 27/2 - Trio Galatea (Etcetera KTC 4010)

• 10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

  BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Northern Sinfonia/Steuart Bedford (Collins Classics 15262)

  GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Dynamic CDS 278)

  ARUTIUNIAN: Trumpet Concerto - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Jena Phil/Andrey Boreyko (Teldec 8573 85558)

  RESPIGHI: Rossiniana - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.557711)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five English Folksongs, The dark-eyed sailor; The springtime of the year; Just as the tide was flowing; The lover's ghost; Wassail song - Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer (Chandos CHAN 9425)

  GIBBS: Prelude, Andante & Finale - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (Hyperion CDA 67093)

  12:00 Recent Releases

  POULENC: Concerto in D minor for two pianos - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pno duo), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10875)

  BERLIOZ: Inutiles regrets, from Les Troyens; MASSENET: Ne pouvant réprimer les élans de la foi, from Hérodiade - Bryan Hymel (ten), Prague SO/Emmanuel Villaume (Warner 2564 17950)

  TANSMAN: Fantaisie - Klaidi Sahatçi (vln), Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.573127)

  1:00 Afternoon Requests

  SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Boston SO/Eugen Jochum (DG 427 195)

  MEYERBEER: Quai soavi concenti, from L'Africaine - Salomea Kruszelnicka (sop), with orchestral accompaniment (rec 1912) (Pearl GEMM CD 9215)

  DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Sarah Chang (vln), Berlin Phil/Plácido Domingo (EMI 5 57220)

  RODGERS: Cock-eyed optimist; Happy talk, from South Pacific - Mary Martin, Juanita Hall (vocalists), Majestic Theatre, New York Orch/Salvatore Dell'Isola (Sony 749 919)

  SOUSA: Resumption March; Gallagher & Shean, Humoresque - Central Band of the RAF/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559729)

  (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

  BARTÓK trans Szigeti: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56; Mikrokosmos, Volume 5, No 124 Staccato; No 146 Ostinato; Allegro Barbaro Sz49; Suite Sz62 - Joseph Szigeti (vln), Béla Bartók (pno) (rec 1930/37/29) (EMI 5 55031)

  BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Joseph Szigeti (vln), Béla Bartók (pno) (rec 1940) (Andante RE A 1090)

  4:00 Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction, The Lilac Fairy; Adagio, Pas d'action; Pas de caractère, Puss in Boots & the White Cat, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (Private)

  K YOUNG: Brass Quintet No 1 - NZ Chamber Brass (Private)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  5:00 BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Philippe Honoré (vln) (Decca 466 945)

  STRAVINSKY: Tango - Orpheus CO (Brilliant Classics 9089)

  CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 478 2182)

  PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

  GASSMANN: La casa di campagna - Eclipse CO/Sylvia Alimena (Naxos 8.570421)

  GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Christoph Ess (horn), Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 281)

  SIBELIUS: Menuetto - Turku Phil/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.573300)

  DVORÁK: Mazurek in E minor Op 49 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)

  6:00 ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 552)

  SHERWIN arr Danillon: A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67967)

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

  GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)

  GRAINGER: Country Gardens - CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 56412)

  BRAHMS: The gardener, from Four songs for women's chorus, 2 horns and harp Op 17 - Dave Everson, Steve Multer (horns), Erik C Nielsen (harp), Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Nimbus NI 5524)

  KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (Oehms OC 861)

  DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (DG 457 667)

  DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Miah Persson (sop), Katarina Karnéus (mezzo), Swedish Radio SO/Daniel Harding (BIS SACD 2112)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Burt Bacharach

  In a COW series from 2007 William Dart interviews and looks at the music of the American composer who has recently visited New Zealand

  (1) (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Banned by the Nazis

  Music that was outlawed by the Nazi regime, including a world première by German-Jewish composer Richard Fuchs who emigrated to New Zealand in 1938

  Jenny Wollerman, Margaret Medlyn (sops), Richard Greager (ten), Christian Thurston (bar), Roger Wilson (bass), Inbal Megiddo (cello), Cantoris Choir, NZ School of Music Orch/Martin Riseley, Forbidden Voices Orch/Donald Maurice

  FUCHS: Vom Jüdischen Schicksal (The Jewish Fate); WEINBERG: Cello Concerto; ULLMANN: Introduction & Final Scene, from The Emperor of Atlantis (recorded in St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:35 PM. Classical Fantasies

  MOZART: Fantasia in D minor K397 - Jill Crossland (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25111)

  HUMMEL: Fantasy in G minor - Rainer Moog (vla), Hamburg Soloists/Emil Klein (Arte Nova 74321 37319)

  MOURET: Rondeau - Martin Setchell (org) (Atoll ACD 600)

  WF BACH: Fantasia in D minor F19 - Siegbert Rampe (hpschd) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 341 1592)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), London Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0652)

  SCHRECK: Bassoon Sonata in Eb Op 9 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Edward Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10703)

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

  LAURIDSEN: Sure on this shining night, from Nocturnes - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

  SCHUMANN: Nachtstücke Op 23 - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67983)

  MARX: Quartetto in modo antico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)

  KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

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