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The very talented Mr Carter

27 Mar 2024

NZ pianist and cellist Benjamin Carter has won a scholarship to study music at London's Royal College of Music, and no, he hasn't decided which instrument to specialise in. Maybe he never will. Video, Audio

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Friday 29 March

10:00 AM. Days

with Nick Tipping

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Royal Phil/Jane Glover (Tring International TRP 996)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Oriental Dance Op 2/2 - Natalia Savinova (cello), Victor Yampolsky (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67178)

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Jayson Gillham (pno) (ABC Classics ABC4817686)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 11 - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)

Lauridsen, Morten: If, alas, because I have given you my heart, from Six Fire Madrigals - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Atoll ACD213)

11.00

Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp - Gewandhaus Quartet (nca 60139)

Mahler, Gustav: Rückert-Lieder, Excerpts - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69499)

Duncan, Stuart: 757 ml - Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Chris Thile (mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony 19439738552)

12.00

Buchanan, Dorothy: Peace song - Toronto Children's Chorus, Kathryn Tremills (pno) (Marquis 81439)

Metcalfe, John: The Third Fire (3) - Tom Kerstens (gtr) (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

Liszt, Franz arr Baril: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

Young, Kenneth: Invocation - Robert Orr (oboe d'amore), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

Vivaldi, Antonio arr Ohad Ben-Ari: Four Seasons, Winter (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 479 1907)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Allegro Appassionato Op 70 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

Rodrigo, Joaquin: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Sharon Isbin (gtr), New York Phil/José Serebrier (warner 2564 60296)

Couperin, François: Les baricades mistérieuses - Gillian Weir (hpschd) (EX TARTAR TRL 046)

Mancini, Henry: Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany's - Lori Cullen (vocal), David Matheson (piano), Drew Briston (bass), Brian MacMillan (guitar), Mark Mariash (drums) (Maple Nationwide 2006)

1.00

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Sitkovetsky/Breuer: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director), Stephen De Pledge (fortepiano), New Zealand SO (RNZ )

Josquin des Prez: Agnus Dei from Missa L'homme arme super voces musicales - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ )

Britten, Benjamin: Lachrymae Op 48a - Robert Ashworth (vla), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Beer (vln, dir) (RNZ )

Ritchie, Anthony: Farewell for bassoon and string quartet (world premiere) - Todd Gibson-Cornish (bssn), Donald Armstrong, Wilma Smith (vlns), Amanda Verner (vla), Matthias Balzat (cello) (RNZ MMF 2023)

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