Voting for Settling The Score closed in October and as we rallied for the final few votes we all cast our minds to think about what it is that forms our musical taste.
Wallace Chapman Photo: RNZ
We created a mix tape for the host of this year’s live concert, Wallace Chapman, featuring a slice of music from various eras in Western classical music, from the Renaissance to today.
Wallace shares his thoughts on the selection with Clarissa Dunn.
Music details
VICTORIA
Kyrie, Requiem Mass
Tenebrae / Nigel Short
(SIGCD248)
BEETHOVEN
Andante con moto, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Murray Perahia (piano), Concertgebouw Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
(CBSMK 39814 – 1986)
PUCCINI
Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore, and finale of Act Two from Tosca
Maria Callas (soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala / Victor de Sabata
(EMI CDS 7 4175 8)
DEBUSSY
Jeux de vagues (“Play of the Waves”), La Mer
Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado
(Deutsche Grammophon 477 5082)
FURRER
Nuun
Klangforum Wien / Péter Eötvös
(Kairos 0012 062 KAI)
GEE
Mouthpiece VII|
Erin Gee (vocalist), Klangforum Wien
(Col Legno, WWE 1CD 20409)
