Schedule for Thursday 8 May 2014

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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1
BERWALD: Tragic Overture, Estrella de Soria; Reminiscences from the Norwegian Mountains; Racing; Symphony No 2 in D, Sinfonie capricieuse; Symphony No 4 in Eb - Royal Phil/Ulf Björlin (EMI CDM 5 65866)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
CLEMENTI: Preludio, alla Haydn Op 19; Sonata in F minor Op 13/6; Capriccio in Bb Op 17; Sonata in G minor Op 34/2; Preludio, alla Mozart Op 19; Sonata in F Op 33/2; Fantasia on Au Clair de la Lune Op 48 - Andreas Staier (fpno) (Teldec 3984 26731)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
DOWLAND: Second Book of Songs - Emma Kirkby (sop), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (ten), David Thomas (bass), Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (lute) (Oiseau-Lyre 425 889)
3:40 approx - Disc 4
CORELLI: Sonatas, in F Op 3/1; in D Op 3/2; in C Op 4/1; in G minor Op 4/2; in Bb Op 3/3; in B minor Op 3/4; in A Op 4/3; in D Op 4/4; in D minor Op 3/5; in G Op 3/6; in A minor Op 4/5; in E Op 4/6 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0526)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
NIELSEN: Prelude to the second act of Saul & David; Rhapsodic Overture, An imaginary trip to the Faroe Islands; The Mother; Little suite for strings Op 1; Pan & Syrinx Op 49; En Sagadrøm; Overture, Prelude & Dance of the Cockrells from Maskarade - Odense SO/Tamás Vetö (Big Ben 571 011)
6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 M HAYDN: Divertimento in G - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 513)
FAURÉ arr Busser: Pavane - Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson (cello), Allan Sternfield (pno) (Naxos 8.570545)
SUPPÉ: Liebeswalzer - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223864)
BACH: Violin Concerto in G minor BWV1056 - Rachel Podger (vln/dir), Brecon Baroque (Channel Classics CCS SA 30910)
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570794)
7:00 BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Patricia Kopatchinskaja (vln), Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Naïve V 5174)
CAVALLINI: Adagio & Tarantella - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)
HOLST: Brook Green Suite - English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)
HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 1 in Bb HWV434 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 410 656)
COPLAND: El Salón México - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 98)
8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON orch Shoujounian: Where are you, O Mother? - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop), Elmer Iseler CO/Raffi Armenian (CBC SMCD 5215)
RAMEAU: Les Paladins, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)
SATIE: Gnossienne No 1 - John Anderson (ob), Simon Wynberg (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 6581)
GÓRECKI: Three Pieces in Old Style - NZSO CO (RNZ)
BOTTESINI: Introduction & Variations on Carnival of Venice - Thomas Martin (dbass), Anthony Halstead (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1052)
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Onyx 4074)
9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

JACK BODY (b1944)

Caravan - David Radzynski (vln) (RNZ)

Rainforest - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

Sentimental Songs - Dan Poynton (pno) (Waiteata WTA 006)

A House in Bali - Jack Body (narrator), Ross Harris (accordion), New Zealand String Quartet, with pre-recorded Gamelan Wrdhi Swaram (Denpasar), directed by Sang Nyoman Putra Arsawijaya, supervised by I Wayan Gde Yudane (Atoll)
10:00 AM. The Works

BALAKIREV: Symphony No 2 in D minor - Philharmonia/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Hyperion CDA 66586)
BACH: Cantata No 173a, Durchlauchtster Leopold - Joanne Lunn (sop), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS 2041 SACD)
BEACH: Theme & Variations - Emily Beynon (fl), Henk Rubingh, Marijn Mijnders (vlns), Roland Krämer (vla), Daniël Esser (cello) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26408)
SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Thomas Trotter (org), Auckland Philharmonia/Arvo Volmer (Atoll ACD 116)
Noon Upbeat

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

ALFORD: HM Jollies; PRIMA: Sing, Sing, Sing; LANGFORD: Fantasy on British Sea Songs - Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001)
GRIEG: Piano Sonata in E minor Op 7 - Ivana Gavric (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 067)
2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

MOZART: Symphony No 11 in D K84 - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 427 241)
GOUNOD: O divine redeemer; Sanctus, from St Cecilia Mass - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)
VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)
HAMILTON: At the lighting of the lamps - Judy Bellingham (sop), Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2044)
(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)
3:00 PM. CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue
2001 Award Winners from New Zealand, Britain and America
FARR: Volume Pig - Strike (rec 2000) (Trust MMT 2030)
BERLIOZ: Nature immense, from The Damnation of Faust; GLUCK: Unis dès la plus tendre enfance; BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers; LALO: Vainement, ma bien-aimée, from Le Roy d'Ys - Roberto Alagna (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Bertrand de Billy (rec 1999) (EMI 5 57012)
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 10 in Ab Op 118 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1994) (DG 463 284)
4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers
ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)
PSATHAS: Spike - Brian Resnick (perc), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Rattle RAT D008)
HOGAN: Chasing the White Whale - Toru Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 9 in C - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)
5:00 PM. Cadenza

ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino, Overture - Prague SO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570934)
SCHUBERT: Rondo brillant in B minor D895 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1870)
SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)
MARTIN Y COL: Variations on La Folia - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Arianna Savall (harp), Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Adela Gonzalez-Campa (castanets) (Alia Vox AV 9805)
PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany - NZSO CO (RNZ)
6:00 MELARTIN: Overture, from Sleeping Beauty - Tampere Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 923)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Let beauty awake, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)
SUPPÉ arr Waldenmaier: Florence has beautiful women, from Boccaccio - Raphaele Concert Orch/Peter Walden (Mozart MECD 1002)
LAMB: American Beauty Rag - Joshua Rifkin (pno) (Decca 425 225)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)
KHAPANTSI: In praise of the beauty of a rose - Armenuhi Seiranian (sop), Naira Kajoyan (fl), Sharakan/Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)
J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)
BOUGHTON: How beautiful they are, from The Immortal Hour - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Philharmonia/David Parry (Chandos CHAN 3035)
GOODWIN: Beauty & the Beast, Belle's Love Theme - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)
SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 Op 89 - Dmitri Alexeev (pno), English CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (EMI CD CFP 4547)
7:00 PM. Appointment

Larry Pruden (1925-1982)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

Direct from the Auckland Town Hall
Benjamin Schmid (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Paul McCreesh
MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor K546; Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216
(Interval)
ELGAR: Symphony No 2 in Eb Op 63 (RNZ)
10:00 PM. Day's End

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Variations on a theme of Tárrega - Enno Voorhorst (gtr) (Naxos 8.555718)
ROUSSEL: Le marchand de sable qui passe - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.570323)
11:00 D'INDY: String Quartet No 2 in E Op 45 - Joachim Quartet (Calliope CAL 3891.2)
GLINKA: Trio Pathétique in D minor - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)