Thursday 15 January 2015 Rāpare 15 Kohi-tātea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 48 in C, Maria Theresia; No 102 in Bb - Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.550382)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  CHOPIN: Rondos, Op 1, 5, 16 & 73; Mazurkas, in G, Bb, Bb, C, Ab and D; Variations brillantes; Variations sur un theme national allemande; Variations Puritains de Bellini; Variations Souvenir de Paganini; Variations Vierhandig - Idil Biret, Martin Sauer (pnos) (Naxos 8.550367)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  DAVY: Stabat Mater; BROWNE: Jesu, mercy, how may this be?; CORNYSH: Stabat Mater; SHERYNGHAM: Ah, gentle Jesu; BROWNE: Stabat Mater - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 13162)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  CPE BACH: Oboe Concertos, in Bb; in Eb; Sonata in A minor for solo oboe; A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jozsef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lilli Aldor (Naxos 8.550556)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  SUPPÉ: Overtures: Die Schöne Galatea; Isabella; Das Modell; Tantalusqualen; Der Krämmer und sein Kommis; Paragraph 3; Boccaccio; Fatinitza March; Donna Juanita - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223648)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 MOSCHELES: The Maid of Orléans, Overture Op 91 - Brandenburg State Orch/Nikos Athinäos (Christophorus CHE 0135)

  D SCARLATTI trans Williams: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk380 - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

  PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

  SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mikhail Muntian (pno) (RCA RD 60112)

  PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Chandos CHAN 9615)

  7:00 L MOZART: Symphony in G - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

  MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song Op 34/2; Schilflied Op 71/4; Assai tranquillo; Song without Words in D Op 109 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (pno) (Orfeo C 750 101 A)

  BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1; Farandole, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 459 555)

  YRADIER trans Tárrega: La Paloma - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 432 102)

  J STRAUSS II: Roses from the South - Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANI: Caro mio ben - Peter Schreier (ten), Berlin Radio Orch/Robert Hanell (Berlin Classics 030 0222BC)

  MOZART: March of the Priests, from The Magic Flute - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

  CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 448 645)

  ROSENBERG: Railway Fugue, from Journey to America - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

  A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

  LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 in D minor S359/4 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

• 9:00 AM. The Works

  How to Hear Classical Music

  Ten programmes

  A guide to assist the understanding, interpretation and appreciation of classical music. Spanning from the earliest plainsong chants to today's most avant-garde contemporary classical music offerings, the scope of How to Hear Classical Music is epic. Writer/presenter Davinia Caddy doesn't offer 'answers' as such, but will open your eyes and ears to the endless adaptability of classical music, its enduring appeal, and its extraordinary power and reach. Each episode features musical excerpts to illuminate the writer's perspective (4) (RNZ)

  MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Vienna Phil/Pierre Boulez (DG 477 5329)

  MESSNER: Salzburg Suite Op 51 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 734)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67273)

  BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Dresden State Opera Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli (DG 423 677)

• Noon Summer Sonic

  A Classical Collection

  Five programmes

  At home, David Morriss has some real treasures in his record collection and this week on Summer Sonic he shares with us a personal selection of the rare, the exquisite and the sometimes astounding (4) (RNZ)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  TRAD arr Hope: The lark in the clear air - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

  ROSSINI: Aragonese; Boléro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

  BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Rory Macdonald (Decca 478 6690)

  SHOSTAKOVICH: Six Romances on verses by Raleigh, Burns & Shakespeare Op 62/140 - Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10358)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Pierre Monteux (rec 1962) (RCO Live RCO 05001)

  STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Pierre Boulez (rec 1960) (RCO Live RCO 05001)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  FARQUHAR: Suite for guitar - John Mills (gtr) (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

  BACH: Peasant Cantata BWV212 - Pepe Becker (sop), David Morriss (bass), Baroque Players (Atoll ACD 506)

  GRENFELL: ... serenades and skirmishing - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  LEHÁR: Clo-Clo, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

  VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix, from Samson & Delilah - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Foster (Erato 3984 26499)

  HILL: Blue evening; Valse lente; Waltz caprice - Asmira Woodward-Page (vln), Scott Davie (pno) (Artworks AW 034)

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

  6:00 DIEPENBROCK: The Birds, Overture - Hague Residentie Orch/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

  H WOOD: A Brown Bird Singing - Robert White (tenor), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66818)

  LAMBERT: The Bird Actors - State Orch of Victoria/John Lanchbery (Chandos CHAN 9865)

  DAQUIN: Le Coucou - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

  BLACKFORD: Canticle of the birds, from Mirror of Perfection - Bo Skovhus (bar), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane School Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Blackford (Sony SK 60285)

  PARRY: Bridal March, from The Birds - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 220)

  DELIUS arr Threlfall/Lenehan/Lloyd Webber: Birds in the high hall garden - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)

  Josef STRAUSS: Village Swallows of Austria, Waltz Op 164 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

• 7:00 PM. Musical Guests

  2015 guest artists appearing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia and Chamber Music New Zealand

  Three programmes

  (2) TCHAIKOVSKY trans Lindberg: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Per Lundberg (pno) (BIS CD 808)

  YSAŸE: Sonata in A minor for solo violin Op 27/2 - Benjamin Schmid (vln) (Arte Nova 74321 67511)

  BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

  DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - Anthony Marwood (vln), Susan Tomes (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66934)

  VIERNE: Cortège - David Briggs (organ of St George's Hall, Liverpool) (Priory PRCD 284)

  PSATHAS: Corybas - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)

  WAGNER: Nur eine Waffe taugt, from Parsifal - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

• 8:00 PM. Adam Chamber Music Festival 2013

  Eighteen programmes

  (10) Waitangi Wonders

  RITCHIE: String Quartet - Penderecki String Quartet

  HARRIS: String Quartet No 5, Songs from Childhood - New Zealand String Quartet

  PSATHAS: Helix - NZTrio (recorded in the Nelson School of Music by RNZ)

• 9:05 PM. Mozart on Period Instruments

  Symphony No 37 in G K444 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 421 135)

  Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno), Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS SACD 2054)

  Ah, lo previdi...Ah, t'invola K272 - Hiroko Kouda (sop), Eduard Wesly (ob), Rudolf Linner, Viliam Vojcík (horns), Solamente Naturali/Didier Talpain (Brilliant Classics 94116)

• 10:00 PM. Day's End

  CHABRIER: Suite Pastorale - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

  DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C Op 10 - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

  HUMMEL: Theme & Variations in F Op 97 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 9886)

  11:00 BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in Bb G442 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (Sony SK 62679)

  TANEYEV: String Quartet No 2 in C Op 5 - Carpe Diem String Quartet (Naxos 8.572421)

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