Friday 2 September 2011 Rāmere 2 Mahuru 2011

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  DVORÁK: Legends Op 59; JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta - Bamberg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 436)

  1:05 approx - Disc 2

  SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15; TCHAIKOVSKY: Album for the Young; DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550885)

  2:10 approx - Disc 3

  VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630; Concerto in D minor RV128; All'ombra di sospetto RV678; Cello Sonata in Bb RV45; Lungi dal vago volto RV680; Concerto in G for flute & strings RV436; Longe mala, umbrae, terrores RV629 - Patrice Michaels Bedi (sop), Chicago Baroque Ensemble (Cedille CDR 90000 025)

  3:30 approx - Disc 4

  JENKINS: The bell Pavan; Fantasies, Nos 4-7; In Nomine No 1; Fantasies, Nos 1-3; Pavan No 2; Fantasies, Nos 8-9; No 11; No 10; In Nomine No 2 - Hesperion XX (Astrée Auvidis E 8724)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, excerpts; Gayaneh, excerpts; PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, excerpts - Vienna Phil/Aram Khachaturian, Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel (Decca 417 737)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 FAURÉ: Pénélope, Prelude - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31; Waltz in Ab Op 34/1 - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8819)

  BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Lisa Ferschtman (vln), Netherlands SO/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 72384)

  DEBUSSY trans Roelens: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque; Nocturne & Scherzo - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 5 72017)

  TRAD arr Grainger: County Derry Air - Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9499)

  7:00 ROSSINI: Tancredi, Overture - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62802)

  KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

  BAIN arr Humphris: Brother James' Air - Choir of Ely Cathedral/Arthur Wills, Gerald Gifford (organ) (Chandos CHAN 6603)

  HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 47 in B minor HobXVI/32 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (Sony SK 53635)

  BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 98442)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Steven Isserlis (cello), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (RCA 09026 68049)

  RODGERS: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)

  BERNSTEIN: I feel pretty, from West Side Story - Chee-Yun (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (Denon CO 75118)

  ALBRIGHT: Three Novelty Rags, Sleight of Hand Rag; Burnt Fingers; Brass Knuckles - Nicola Melville (pno) (Equilibrium EQ 57)

  THOMAS arr Stoltzman: Je suis Titania, from Mignon - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

  J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 74321 61687)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  GERALD FINZI (1901-1956)

  Magnificat Op 36 - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson, Christopher Whitton (org) (Naxos 8.555792)

  Cello Concerto in A minor Op 40 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 236)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  GLAZUNOV: Finnish Sketches Op 89 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553839)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 18 in G D894 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 730)

  SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Ulf Wallin (vln), Robert Schumann Phil/Frank Beermann (BIS SACD 1775)

  BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (RCA 82876 60388)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Here's to the Heroes

  J WILLIAMS: Summon the Heroes - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 62622)

  STRAUS arr Gamley: My hero, from The Chocolate Soldier - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 880)

  DVORÁK: At a Hero's Grave, from Poetic Tone Pictures - Vassily Primakov (pno) (Bridge 9309)

  PANUFNIK: Heroic Overture - Tampere Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1101)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Boyd Neel String Orch/Boyd Neel (rec 1934) (Pearl GEMS 0062)

  RÓZSA: Piano Concerto, Spellbound, from the film Spellbound - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

  VERDI: Tacea la notte placida, from Il Trovatore - Renata Tebaldi (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Alberto Erede (rec 1949) (Decca 470 280)

  DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

  MOZART: Così fan tutte, Act 1 Scene 4

  Fiordiligi........................ Rachel Yakar

  Dorabella...................... Alicia Nafé

  Ferrando....................... Gösta Winbergh

  Guglielmo...................... Tom Krause

  Despina......................... Georgine Resick

  Don Alfonso.................. Carlos Feller

  Drottningholm Court Theatre Orch/Arnold Östman (L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 316)

  (Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (rec 2006) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

  PURCELL: Fantasias, No 7 in C minor; No 8 in D minor; No 9 in A minor (all in 4 parts) - Fretwork (rec 2008) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7502)

  GLUCK: Berenice, che fai?, from Antigono - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Bernhard Forck (vln/leader), Berlin Academy for Early Music (rec 2001) (Decca 467 248)

  BACH: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1997) (Sony SK 60276)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ musicians and composers

  HOVHANESS: Elibris (Dawn God of Urardu) Op 50 - Alexa Still (fl), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

  HUMMEL: Etudes Op 125 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

  RAVEL: Fourth movement, Feria, from Rapsodie espagnole - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (NZSO)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 6939)

  CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Anthony Camden (ob), City of London Sinfonia/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 8.553991)

  STRAUSS trans Godowsky: Ständchen Op 17/2 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Philips 456 781)

  PARADIS: Sicilienne in Eb - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55529)

  GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

  PUCCINI: Moon Chorus, Gira la cote, from Turandot - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 645)

  GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc CD 80698)

  LISZT: La campanella, from Six Transcendental Studies after Paganini - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1446)

  APPLEBAUM: High Spirits - Toronto Wind Orch/Tony Gomes (Naxos 8.572248)

  MUSSORGSKY: I have attained the highest power, from Boris Godunov - Paata Burchuladze (bass), English Concert Orch/Edward Downes (Decca 414 335)

  DUNCAN: High Heels - Slovak Radio SO/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223517)

  TRAD: The trees they do grow high - Carys-Anne Lane (sop) (Naxos 8.553088)

  FARNON: Alcan Highway - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7173)

  BRIDGE: Night lies on the silent highways - Gerald Finley (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67181/2)

  BYRNE: High Life for nine instruments - Balanescu Quartet (Argo 436 565)

  R RODGERS orch Spialek: Ev'ry Sunday afternoon, from Higher & Higher - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79406)

  ZIEHRER: On the High Seas Waltz Op 66 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8 225172)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  David Morriss reviews recent releases from the Leese family and a selection of historical recordings (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  New Zealand String Quartet

  MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12; BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1 Sz40; HARRIS: String Quartet No 3, Blood-red Roses; BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 135 (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. A Day in Rome

  RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome - Royal Phil/Josep Caballé-Domenech (Onyx 4083)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableaux, excerpts - Sa Chen (pno) (PentaTone PTC 5186 355)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 4 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67074)

  11:00 GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37, excerpts - Jorge Federico Osorio (pno) (Cedille CDR 90000 075)

  REGER: String Quartet in Eb Op 109 - Drolc Quartet (DG 477 5518)

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