Friday 18 July 2014 Rāmere 18 Hōngoingoi 2014

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  J STAMITZ: Symphonies, in D Op 3/2; in Eb Op 11/3; Three Mannheim Symphonies, in G; in A; in Bb; Trio in E Op 5/3 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553194)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  ELGAR: Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84; BRIDGE: Quintet in D minor for piano, two violins, viola & cello - Allan Schiller (pno), Coull String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 678)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  HAYDN: Mass in Bb HobXXII/12, Theresienmesse; Mass in G, St. Nicholas - Nancy Argenta (sop), Catherine Robbin (contralto), Michael Schade (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), English Consort & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 437 807)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  VILLA-LOBOS: Preludes, No 1 in E minor; No 2 in E; No 3 in A minor; PONCE: Preludio, Balletto & Giga; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio Diabolico; ALBÉNIZ: Asturias; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata; TURINA: Fandanguillo; SOR: Introduction & Allegro Op 14 - Guillermo Fierens (gtr) (ASV CD DCA 685)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Holberg Suite Op 40; Elegiac Melodies Op 34; SIBELIUS: Valse Triste Op 44; NIELSEN: Little Suite Op 1; WIRÉN: Serenade Op 11; SIBELIUS: Rakastava Op 14 - Roy Gillard (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo 417 132)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

  MERK: Fantasy on Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor Op 26/2 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

  SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Ellen Sherman (cor anglais), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

  BEETHOVEN: Variations in C on God save the King WoO78 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)

  WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

  7:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 218)

  RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Allegro scherzando, from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Warsaw National Phil/Stanislav Wislocki (DG 423 772)

  BOTTESINI: Introduction & Variations on Carnival of Venice - Thomas Martin (dbass), Anthony Halstead (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1052)

  LISZT: La Danza, from Soirées musicales - Tristan Pfaff (pno) (Aparté AP 019)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: MACDOWELL: To a water-lily, from Woodland Sketches - Joseph Cooper (pno) (London 443 333)

  ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 2 Op 24, Uppsala-rapsodi - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (Brilliant Classics 8974)

  ALBÉNIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

  DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCS 446)

  WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

  LILBURN: Allegro for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)

  The immortal legions, from Pageant of Empire - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

  Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84 - Piers Lane (pno), Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67857)

  Pomp & Circumstance March No 5 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

  PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 8 in Bb Op 84 - Boris Giltburg (pno) (Orchid ORC 100023)

  MAHLER arr Schoenberg/Riehn: Das Lied von der Erde - Jane Irwin (mezzo), Peter Wedd (ten), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Avie AV 2195)

  BRITTEN after Rossini: Soirées musicales - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 410 139)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  J STRAUSS II arr Berg: Wine, Women & Song - Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (Linn CKD 442)

  SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Sara Trickey (vln), Daniel Tong (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 080)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  PRUDEN: Harbour Nocturne - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  BELLINI: Casta diva, from Norma - Anna Netrebko (sop), SWR SO, Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Marco Armiliato (DG 477 7177)

  D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in G Kk13; in G Kk14 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75401)

  HADJIDAKIS arr Janson/Ekdahl: Le Facteur (The postman) - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Margareta Bengtson (vocalist/harp), Carl Bagge (Hammond org), Mats Bergström (gtr), Olle Linder (dbass) (Naïve V 5343)

  HOVHANESS: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for harp & guitar - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), David Leisner (gtr) (Telarc CD 80530)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in G BWV1021 - Reinhard Goebel (vln), Robert Hill (hpschd) (rec 1983) (Archiv 427 152)

  MONTEVERDI: Salve Regina for three voices; Confitebor No 1; Sanctorum meritis; Laudate Dominum No 2, from Selva morale e spirituale - Elisabeth Popien (contralto), Wilfried Jochens (ten), Stephan Schreckenberger (bass), Cantus Cologne, Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel (lute/dir) (rec 2000) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1718.20)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 33/6 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  RIES: Introduction & Rondeau Brillant Op 144 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572742)

  HESPE: The Three Musketeers - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

  FARR: Waka - Aroha Priest (vocalist), Orchestra Wellington/Kenneth Young (Private)

  COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 477)

  DEBUSSY: Rêverie - James Galway (fl/dir), Marisa Robles (harp), CO of Europe (RCA RD 87173)

  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)

  PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: Portrait of Madame Butterfly - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

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

  6:00 FUCIK: Florentine March Op 214 - Berlin Phil Wind Ensemble/Herbert von Karajan (DG 439 346)

  CESARINI: Firenze sogna - Giuseppe di Stefano (ten), New Symphony Orch of London/Dino Olivieri (Decca 417 794)

  LISZT: La Campanella, from Six Transcendental Studies after Paganini - Yundi Li (pno) (DG 471 585)

  PUCCINI: Firenze è come un albero fiorito, from Gianni Schicchi - José Cura (ten), Philharmonia/Plácido Domingo (Erato 0630-18838)

  ROSSINI: Une pensée à Florence, from Album de Chaumière - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 22705)

  TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Adagio cantabile e con moto, from Souvenir de Florence - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 440 366)

  LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Nocturne in Db Op 54, Les cloches du monastère - Bart van Oort (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94048)

  DUPARC: Sérénade florentine - Bernadette Greevy (mezzo), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8735)

  SUPPÉ arr Waldenmaier: Florence has beautiful women, from Boccaccio - Raphaele Concert Orch/Peter Walden (Mozart MECD 1002)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  The Critic's Chair

  William Dart reviews recent releases (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Chucho Valdes (pno), Angel Gaston Joya Perellada (dbass), Dreiser Durruthy Bombale, Yaroldy Abreu Robles (percussion), Rodney Yllarza Barreto (drums)

  VALDES: Conga Danza; Julian; Y Ansa; Coridad Cemaslo; Abdel; GERSHWIN: But not for me; VALDES: Pilar; Las dos caras; Blues Scherezada; Comanche (recorded in the Opera House, Wellington by RNZ)

• 9:40 PM. American Journey

  BARBER: Adagio for Strings; IVES: The Unanswered Question - Poitou-Charentes Orch/Jean-François Heisser (Mirare MIR 244)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  LOVREGLIO: Fantasia on Verdi's La Traviata - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

  HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Viridissima Virga - Pepe Becker, Amanda Barclay (sops), Horomona Horo (taonga puoro), Voices16/Karen Grylls (Atoll ACD 213)

  MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

  C STAMITZ: Symphony in E minor Op 15/2 - l'arte del mondo/Werner Ehrhardt (CPO 777 526)

  11:00 CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

  SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

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