Schedule for Monday 24 March 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)
1:05 approx - Disc 2
BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)
2:20 approx - Disc 3
Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR, MORALES, CARCERES, FLEXTA, GUERRERO & ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8582)
3:25 approx - Disc 4
MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)
4:30 approx - Disc 5
Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 TAVENER: Eternal Memory - Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (EMI 2 35134)
ESTEVEZ: Mediodía en el Llano - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)
GRIEG arr Haaland: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)
VIVALDI arr Red Priest: Four Seasons, Winter - Red Priest (Dorian DOR 90317)
CANNABICH: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)
7:00 SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)
WAGENAAR: Larghetto for oboe & orchestra - Ingrid Nissen (ob), Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)
BOCCHERINI: Cello Sonata in C G74 - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)
GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime/A woman is a sometime thing; It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Sonya Ovrutsky (pno) (Berlin Classics 030 0060 BC)
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor S359/2 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)
8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Crisantemi - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC Classics 426 380)
MOSZKOWSKI: Ballade in G minor Op 16/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)
CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonatina in D Op 36/6 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)
ANON: Masque Dances - Alison Melville (recorder), Margaret Gay (cello), Peter Lehman (theorbo), Valerie Weeks (hpschd) (EBS EBS 6016)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
The song of the Titans - Giuseppe Verdi Male Voice Chorus & SO of Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 470 298)
Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra, Act 1 excerpts
Elisabetta..................... Jennifer Larmore
Norfolk........................ Antonio Siragusa
Guglielmo................... Colin Lee
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Phil/Giuliano Carella (Opera Rara ORC 22)
Moses in Egypt, Act 3
Moses.......................... Ruggero Raimondi
Elcia............................ June Anderson
Amenophis.................. Sandra Browne
Aaron........................... Salvatore Fisichella
Pharoah........................ Siegmund Nimsgern
Mambre....................... Keith Lewis
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia/Claudio Scimone (Philips 420 109)
10:00 AM. The Works

HUMMEL: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 87 - The Music Collection (ASV CD GAU 210)
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 416 498)
GADE: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 6 - Dora Bratchkova (vln), Andreas Meyer-Hermann (pno) (CPO 999 644)
SPOHR: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 20 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 179)
Noon Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
1:30 PM. Recent Releases

WEINBERG: The Golden Key, Suite No 4 Op 55d - St Petersburg State SO/Vladimir Lande (Naxos 8.573085)
GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

BELLINI: Casta diva, from Norma - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maria Goldschmidt (fl), International Chamber Soloists, La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 475 9077)
GLINKA: Variations on Scottish Themes - Valery Kamishov (pno) (Melodiya MCD 124)
VERDI: Requiem, Part 2 - Patricia Wright (sop), Carmel Carroll (mezzo), Richard Greager (ten), Rodney Macann (bass), Opera NZ Chorus, Viva Voce, Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll A9805)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
BRUCKNER: Symphony No 6 in A - Chicago SO/Georg Solti (rec 1979) (Decca 417 389)
4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)
HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Rachel Bolt (vla), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)
LILBURN: Sings Harry - Robert Oliver (ten), Milton Parker (gtr) (Kiwi SLD 47)
COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)
RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Alexander Dedyukhin (pno) (EMI 3 80013)
SARASATE arr A Labrie: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Similia (Analekta AN 2 9819)
BACH trans Stokowski: Arioso - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.572050)
PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)
GOTTSCHALK orch Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)
6:00 BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Madrigal Gavotte - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)
LASSUS: Two French Madrigals, Au feu, au feu, venez-moi secourir?; Paisible domaine - King's Singers (EMI CDC 7 49158)
STRAUSS: Madrigal Op 15/1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Georg Solti (pno) (Decca 430 511)
GESUALDO: Madrigals Book 3, excerpts - Lee Santana (lute), Alexander Weimann (hpschd), Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam/Harry van der Kamp (CPO 777 138)
RODRIGO: Tenth movement, Caccia a la española, Allegro vivace, from Concierto madrigal - Ricardo Gallén, Joaquín Clerch (gtrs), Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés (Naxos 8.555842)
DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Warner 2564 63235)
7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

The life and music of GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868) presented by Steve Danby (RNZ)
No, non temer; Che ascolto!; Assisa a piè d'un salice, from Otello - Salvatore Fisichella (ten), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Philharmonia/Jesús López-Cobos (Philips 432 456)
arr Hinge & Bracket: Duetto buffo di due gatti - Hinge & Bracket (EMI 350 085)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Bravo! Britten
Two programmes from the New Zealand String Quartet
(2) SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz; PURCELL: Fantasia No 8 in D minor; Fantasia No 11 in G; BRITTEN: String Quartet No 3 Op 94; RAVEL: String Quartet in F (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University, Wellington by RNZ)
9:20 PM. Featuring Fortepiano

BEETHOVEN: Nine Variations in C minor WoO63 on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1883)
MOZART: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno), Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS SACD 2044)
10:00 PM. Day's End

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: Children's Corner - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.570759)
BARBER: Summer Music - Les Vents Français (Warner 2564 63484)
SUK: Prague Op 26 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHSA 5109)
11:00 HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 - Classical Chrome (Concordance CCD 04)
SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Virgin Classics 9 48625)