Schedule for Thursday 20 August 2009

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1
RESPIGHI: The Birds; Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 & 3; Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
1:10 (approx) - Disc 2
SWEELINCK: Toccata; Psalm 140; Hexachord Fantasia; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein; Echo Fantasia; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fantasia 'met bindingen'; Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Toccata; Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott; Toccata; Psalm 116; Fantasia - Robert Woolley (organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden) (Chandos CHAN 0701)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
BRAHMS: A German Requiem - Felicity Lott (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8942)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trios, in F Op 18/1; in E minor Op 92/2 - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.550935)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
Live from Budapest
Gypsy arrangements of traditional & popular tunes - Roby Lakatos (vln) & Lakatos Ensemble (DG 459 642)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 ROSSINI: La donna del lago, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)
DEBUSSY: Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon - Denis Pascal (pno) (Eloquentia EL 0814)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)
BLOCH: Baal Shem - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67571)
DVORÁK: Second movement, Largo, from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)
7:00 Gramophone Artist of the Year 2009
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RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - St Petersburg Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI 5 00885)
CRAS: Largo - Aleksandr Khramouchin (cello), Alain Jacquon (pno) (Timpani 1C 1151)
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Oprichnik, ballet music - Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Colin Davis (Philips 422 845)
CHOPIN: Waltzes Op 34 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 477 7626)
CORELLI: Sonata a Quattro in G minor - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (Pentatone PTC 5186 031)
8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANO: Amor ti vieta, from Fedora - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 425 681)
PURCELL: Ground, from Celebrate the festival - Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7428)
LALO: Fantaisie-ballet, from Namouna - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)
VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 5 45723)
BARBER: Summer Music - Canberra Wind Soloists (ABC Classics 456 357)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

JC BACH (1735-1782)
Grand Overture in D Op 18/6 - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553367)
Keyboard Sonata in C minor Op 17/2 - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)
Flute Concerto in D - Karl Kaiser (fl), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)
10:00 AM. The Works

SCHUBERT: Mass No 6 in Eb D950 - Brigitte Fournier (sop), Jacky Cahen (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller, Andreas Karasiak (tens), Gaston Sister (bass), Lausanne Vocal Ensemble & CO/Michel Corboz (Mirare MIR 051)
BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Fabio Biondi (vln), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (dir) (Naïve ES 9958)
M PHILLIPS: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor - David Owen Norris (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7206)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. The Prince of Denmark

BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (Conifer 75605 51327)
CPE BACH: Fantasia in C minor, Hamlet, reasoning on suicide - Gianluca Buratto (bbar), Lorenzo Ghielmi (fpno) (Winter & Winter 910 140)
WALTON arr Mathieson: Hamlet & Ophelia - BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5034)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

J RITCHIE: Papanui Road, Overture - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2040)
WAGNER: In fernem Land; Mein lieber Schwan!, from Lohengrin - Siegfried Jerusalem (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Gabriel Chmura (Sony SMK 60526)
PÄRT: Annum per annum - Andrew Lucas (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Hyperion CDA 66960)
DURUFLE: Ubi caritas - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer CDCF 503)
BURGON: Brideshead Revisited - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Burgon (Silva Screen FILM CD 117)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
HAYDN: Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/30 - Beaux Arts Trio (rec 1971) (Philips 420 790)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Wilhelm Backhaus (pno), Vienna Phil/Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (rec 1958) (Decca 425 778)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers
SPARKE: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)
AKUTAGAWA: Rapsodia per orchestra - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555975)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

VANHAL: Sinfonia in A (Bryan A9) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)
GERSHWIN arr Arnold: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)
SATIE: Embryons desséchés - Bojan Gorisek (pno) (LTM LTMCD 2501)
5:30 Gramophone Artist of the Year 2009
Listeners are invited to vote for the Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year category by following the link on our website www.radionz.co.nz/concert
SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot Op 16 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)
FRANCK: Grande Pièce Symphonique in F# minor, excerpt - Michael Murray (organ of St Sernin Basilica, Toulouse) (Telarc CD 80277)
WAGENSEIL: Trombone Concerto in Eb - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
PITFIELD: Overture on North-Country Tunes - Prague City Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2144)
BAX: Country-Tune - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557592)
GERMAN: Country dance, from Dances from Nell Gwyn - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)
R CLARKE: Three Irish Country Songs, I know my love; I know where I'm going; As I was goin' to Ballynure - Patricia Wright (sop), Jonathan Rees (vln) (Guild GMCD 7208)
GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)
W LLOYD WEBBER: Frensham Pond, from Country Impressions - Antony Pay (cl), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67008)
QUILTER arr Tomlinson: Country Pieces - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)
O'CONNOR: Old Country Fairytale - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)
HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)
J STRAUSS II: Town and Country Polka Op 322 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Handel in Dublin
A walkabout to Handel's Dublin haunts, produced and presented by Celia Donohoe (RTE)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Direct from Auckland Town Hall
Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier
MAHLER: Symphony No 6 in A minor, Tragic (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb Op 21 - Guarneri Trio (Praga PRD 250 259.60)
K JENKINS: Palladio - Konstantin Stoianov, Duncan Riddell, Robert St John Wright, Dermot Crehan (vlns), strings of the London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Sony SK 62276)
LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)
11:00 BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 - Ophélie Gaillard (cello/dir), Maude Gratton (fpno), Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)
IBERT: Six harp pieces, Matin sur l'eau; Scherzetto; En barque, le soir; Ballade; Reflets dans l'eau; Fantaisie - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)