Thursday 31 December 2015 Rāpare 31 Hakihea 2015

• 12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

  Disc 1

  HANSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 33; The Lament for Beowulf Op 25; Symphony No 5 Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra - Seattle Chorale & SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3709)

  1:10 approx - Disc 2

  GARDNER: Petite Suite Op 245; McCABE: Domestic Life; LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade; LEIGHTON: Concerto Op 88; LANE: Suite Champêtre; MELLERS: Aubade; MILFORD: Two Pipe Tunes; KAY: Mr Pitfield's Pavane; DODGSON: Concerto Chacony - John Turner (rec), Keith Elcombe (hpschd), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

  2:20 approx - Disc 3

  VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (contralto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

  3:35 approx - Disc 4

  BACH: Keyboard Concertos, No 1 in D minor BWV1052; No 5 in F minor BWV1056; Concerto for two harpsichords & strings BWV1060; Concerto in C for three harpsichords & strings BWV1064; Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords & strings BWV1065 - Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet (hpschds), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 497)

  4:45 approx - Disc 5

  GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op 12; Op 38; Op 43; Op 47 - Gerard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

• 6:00 AM. Classic Morning

  6:00 PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - John Wallace (tpt), Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (Nimbus NI 1757)

  CORELLI: Violin Sonata in F Op 5/10 - Michala Petri (rec), Mahan Esfahani (hpschd) (Our Recordings 6.220610)

  ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - English CO/Julian Lloyd Webber (Naxos 8.573250)

  REICHA: Adagio for cor anglais and wind quartet - Sarah Assmann (cor anglais), Thalia Ensemble (Linn CKD 471)

  MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

  GISMONTI trans Jervis: Palhaço - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10512)

  LEHÁR: Sirens of the Ball, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

  7:00 REGER arr Sadin: Maria Wiegenlied - Kathleen Battle (sop), Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (Sony SK 48235)

  SARASATE: Romance & Gavotte after Mignon - Volker Reinhold (vln), Ralph Zedler (pno) (MDG 903 1909)

  REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Lance Friedel (Naxos 8.573418)

  ARBAN: Fantaisie Brillante - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

  BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

  DVORÁK: Second movement, Allegro grazioso, from Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1833)

  WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

  8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Plácido Domingo (ten), Rome Theatre Opera Orch, Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Decca 440 072)

  DUTILLEUX: Sarabande et Cortège - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/ZIMBALIST: Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

  WOLF: Italian Serenade - Ana Bela Chaves (vla), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Erato 2292 45416)

  CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO arr Fung: Figaro - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Chandos CHAN 9973)

  GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

• 9:00 AM. Christmastide

  HAMILTON: Century fanfare, Zarya - Auckland Philharmonia/Anthony Halstead (Atoll ACD 100)

  NIETZSCHE: Eine Sylvesternacht - Nicholas Eanet (vln), John Bell Young (pno) (Newport Classic NPD 85535)

  IRELAND: Four Unaccompanied Carols, Adam lay ybounden; New Prince, New Pomp; The Holy Boy; A New Year Carol - Lincoln Cathedral Choir/Aric Prentice (Naxos 8.573014)

  CURTIS: Ring in the New - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2035)

  WAXMAN: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Ula Ulijona (vla), Marta Sudraba (cello), Louis Lortie (pno) (Nonesuch 7559 79657)

• 10:00 AM. The Works

  LISZT: Piano Concerto No 2 in A - Alexandre Kantorow (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 2100)

  F COUPERIN: Premier ordre, La Françoise - Les Ombres (Ambronay AMY 035)

  SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 123 - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67095)

  MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - Melbourne SO/Markus Stenz (ABC Classics 465 681)

• Noon Recent Releases

  MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sonata in G minor Op 105 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68098)

  BRUCKNER: String Quartet in C minor - Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Linn CKD 402)

  J STRAUSS II: On the beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony 88875 03549)

• 1:00 PM. Afternoon Requests

  JC BACH: Symphony in Bb Op 18/2 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

  PARRY: I was glad - Musica Sacra, New Zealand Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/John Rosser, Indra Hughes (org) (Atoll ACD 117)

  SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

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

• 2:00 PM. Afternoon Concert

  DEBUSSY: La Mer - Cologne Radio SO/Gary Bertini (Capriccio 71 092)

  LALO: Symphonie espagnole - Sarah Chang (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Charles Dutoit (EMI CDC 5 55292)

• 3:00 PM. CD Masters

  Classic performances from the back catalogue

  MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Julius Patzak (ten), Vienna Phil/Bruno Walter (rec 1952) (Decca 414 194)

• 4:10 PM. Made in New Zealand

  NZ performers and composers

  GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (Private)

  BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

  OFFENBACH: Intermezzo & Barcarolle, from Tales of Hoffmann - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

  CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 3 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

• 5:00 PM. Early Evening Classics

  SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - RCA Victor SO/Leopold Stokowski (RCA 09026 61503)

  PAGANINI arr Cello Duello: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

  GODARD: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Eroica Trio (EMI 5 58002)

  SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5134)

  SANDSTROM: Song to Lotta - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano(pno) (BIS CD 1824)

  DELIUS: Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

  CHABRIER: España - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (IMG Artists 5 62869)

  6:00 TRAD arr Butterworth: Folk Songs from Sussex, Part 1, A brisk young sailor courted me; Seventeen come Sunday; Roving in the dew; The true lover's farewell; Tarry trousers - Roderick Williams (bar), Iain Burnside (pno) (Naxos 8.572426)

  TRAD arr Saunders/Evans: West Indian Folk Songs, Papa didn't know; Murder in de market; Time for man go home - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

  TRAD: Walk, my beloved - Julie Fowlis (vocalist), Nicola Benedetti (vln), Phil Cunningham (accordion), Tony Byrne (gtr), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki), Ewen Vernal (dbass) (Decca 478 6690)

  TRAD arr Beethoven: The Vale of Clwyd WoO155/19 - Lynne Dawson (sop), Alida Schat (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Bart van Oort (fpno) (Berlin Classics 001639)

  TRAD arr Savall: El mariner - Arianna Savall (sop/harp), Pedro Estevan (palos de agua) (Alia Vox AV 9833)

  TRAD arr Leon: The Salley Gardens; My love is like a red, red rose - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

  TRAD arr S Jaroff: Song of the Volga Boatmen - Ivan Beresoff (bar), Don Cossack Choir/Serge Jaroff (DG 423 770)

• 7:00 PM. The Chart Toppers

  A selection of the CDs sold this year that have risen to No 1 on the Concert Classical Chart

  BEETHOVEN: Fourth movement, Allegro ma non troppo, from Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 479 3442)

  RACHMANINOV: First movement, Moderato, from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2192)

  ROSSINI: Miei rampolli femminini, from La Cenerentola - Paolo Montarsolo (bass), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 5659)

  WALTON: Passacaglia; Touch her soft lips and part, from Henry V - English CO/Julian Lloyd Webber (Naxos 8.573250)

  PÄRT: O Adonai, from Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 049)

  TCHAIKOVSKY arr Lascae: Mélodie, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

  CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Grigory Sokolov (pno) (DG 479 4342)

  TRAD arr Haines/Patrick: Amazing Grace - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Choir & Orch (Universal 470 4768)

  VIVALDI: Third movement, Adagio, from Concerto in F for four violins & cello RV567, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Rachel Podger (vln/dir), Brecon Baroque (Channel CCS SA 36515)

  PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Choir & Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 88875 092492)

  HAYDN: Third movement, Allegro, from Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Håkan Hardenberger (tpt), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 464 028)

  BIZET: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Bavarian State Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli (Warner 2564 69689-6)

• 8:00 PM. Music Alive

  Blues to Bebop

  James Morrison (tpt/piano et al), Hetty Kate (vocalist), William Morrison (gtr), Harry Morrison (dbass), David Jones (drums), Auckland Philharmonia/Brett Kelly

  Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison joins with the Auckland Philharmonia to present a potted history of jazz, Blues to Bebop. From 'Basin Street Blues' through the swing of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington to the bebop of Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis and on to the jazz fusion of Herbie Hancock and Weather Report (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

• 10:10 PM. Day's End

  MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)

  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola & piano - Christian Euler (vla), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 903 1796)

  SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

  GRIEG: String Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 27 - Amphion String Quartet (Nimbus NI 6289)

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