Wednesday 25 March 2015 Rāapa 25 Poutū-te-rangi 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  BLISS: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.553460)

  1:15 approx - Disc 2

  BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in G Op 1/2; FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120; BRAHMS: Piano Trio in C minor Op 101- Gould Piano Trio (BBC Music BBC MM 48)

  2:30 approx - Disc 3

  HANDEL: Opera Arias, from Ariodante, Giustino, Giulio Cesare, Flavio, Radamisto, Agrippina, Theodora & Attone - Dorothea Röschmann, Sally Bradshaw (sops), Lorraine Hunt (mezzo), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Michael Chance, Jeffrey Gall, Derek Lee Ragin, Ralf Popken, Drew Minter (countertenors), Various ensembles & conductors (BBC BBC HM 2)

  3:40 approx - Disc 4

  SCHUBERT: Quartets, in Eb Op 125/1; in A minor Op 29/13 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Auvidus Astrée 8580)

  4:50 approx - Disc 5

  BEETHOVEN: Overture, Leonore No 3; PRÉVOST: Fantasmes; DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; DVORÁK: Scherzo Capriccioso; TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Raffi Armenian (Bell 1990)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 L MOZART: Symphony in C, Eisen D1 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

  ALBENIZ arr Tárrega: Tango, from España Op 165 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private)

  WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

  RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 1 in G minor, Elégiaque - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)

  SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Indianapolis SO/Krzysztof Urbanski (Telarc TEL 34030)

  7:00 PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

  PROKOFIEV arr Heifetz: Masks, from Romeo & Juliet - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Artemis ATM CD 1555)

  JACOB: Concertino for piano & strings - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)

  MONTEVERDI: Beatus vir, from Selva morale e spirituale - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1250)

  ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 456 709)

  RESPIGHI: Burlesca - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10388)

  DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

  FARQUHAR: Waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

  CASTELLO: Violin Sonata No 2 - Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2202)

  BUSONI: Tanzwalzer Op 53 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572922)

• 9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

  PYTOR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

  Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Itzhak Perlman (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello) (EMI CDC 7 47988)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr Barshai: Chamber Symphony in C minor Op 110a - Scottish Ensemble/Clio Gould (vln/dir) (Linn CKD 095)

  WAGNER orch Mottl: Wesendonck Lieder - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), German Opera Orch Berlin/Donald Runnicles (Decca 478 5189)

  STRAUSS: Sonatina No 1 in F for winds, from an Invalid's Workshop - London Winds/Michael Collins (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66731)

  LEHÁR: Concertino in Bb minor for violin & orchestra - Latica Honda-Rosenberg (vln), North German Radio Phil/Klauspeter Seibel (CPO 999 423)

  GODARD: Scènes poétiques Op 46 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570554)

• Noon Upbeat

  Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

• 1:30 PM. Recent Releases

  BRUMEL: Lauda Sion salvatorem - Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice (Hyperion CDA 68065)

  MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0553)

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  WHITACRE: The River Cam - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

  GRÉTRY: Tandis que tout sommeille, from L'Amant jaloux - Roberto Alagna (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Bertrand de Billy (EMI 5 57012)

  VIVALDI: Four Seasons - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of the Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57647)

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

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (rec 2002) (EMI 5 75203)

  HAYDN: String Quartet in F Op 77/2 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

• 4:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

  CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar CD TRL 069)

  GERSHWIN arr Wilkinson: Rhapsody in Blue - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

  GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 1 in F Op 8 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Dynamic CDS 278)

  SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Part 2: Poco adagio, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

• 5:00 PM. Cadenza

  CLIFFE: Cloud & Sunshine - Malmö Opera Orch/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1055)

  SARASATE arr Dokshizer: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 4509 94554)

  PRYOR: The Whistler and his Dog - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

  ALWYN: French Suite - Philippa Davies (fl), Malin Broman (vln), Louise Williams (vla), Lucy Wakeford (harp) (Dutton CDLX 7176)

  DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in Ab Op 46/3 - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Warner 25646 45276)

  6:00 GOODWIN: Puppet Serenade - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

  LIADOV: Marionettes Op 29 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66986)

  SHOSTAKOVICH arr T Batiashvili: Lyrical Waltz, from Seven Doll's Dances - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Bavarian Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 9299)

  MARTINU: Puppets, Book 3 - Emil Leichner (pno) (Supraphon SU 3656-2 133)

  POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

  KOSHKIN: Marionette - Dimitri Illarionov (gtr) (Naxos 8.557293)

  GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

  RAVEL arr Maganini/Lawrence: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

  COPLAND: Cuban Dance - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (Argo 436 737)

• 7:00 PM. Appointment

  Sara Brodie

  Christine Argyle talks with one of New Zealand's busiest stage directors (RNZ)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Carolyn Sampson (sop), Damien Guillon (countertenor), Maximilian Schmitt, Benjamin Hulett (tens), Thomas Bauer (bar), Peter Kooij (bass), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Dutch National Boys' Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Philippe Herreweghe

  BACH: St Matthew Passion BWV244 (recorded in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam by Radio Netherlands)

  (EBU)

• 11:00 PM. Day's End

  RHEINBERGER: Clarinet Sonata Op 105a - Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (cl), Hans Eijsackers (pno) (Challenge CC 72505)

  D'INDY: String Quartet No 2 in E Op 45 - Joachim Quartet (Calliope CAL 3891.2)

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