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Settling the Score
The countdown of your favourite works will be posted on this webpage in stages throughout New Year's Day, as they are broadcast on Radio New Zealand Concert.
January 2010
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
1. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending (2009: No 1)
Iona Brown (vln), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner
Decca 466 945
2. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A (2009: No 9)
Michael Collins (cl), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev
DG 457 652
3. HANDEL: Messiah (2009: No 15)
Played the Pastoral Symphony; I know that my redeemer liveth; and Hallelujah
Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago Chorus & SO/Georg Solti
Decca 417 449
(Photo of a skylark, Alauda arvensis, by Daniel Pettersson, used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Sweden licence.)
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
4. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs (2009: No 6)
Gundula Janowitz (sop), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan
DG 423 888
5. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (2009: No 2)
Played 2nd movement, Adagio
Janine Jansen (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Decca 475 8328
6. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb, Emperor (2009: No 7)
Played 2nd movement, Adagio un poco mosso
Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/János Fürst
Trust MMT 2009
(Photo of Michael Houstoun © Hannah Evans.)
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
7. BACH: Mass in B minor (2009: No 4)
Played the Sanctus
New Philharmonia Chorus & Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini
BBC Legends BBCL 4062
8. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F, Pastoral (2009: No 23)
Played 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo; and 2nd movement, Andante molto mosso
Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood
L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 696
9. ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus (2009: No 28)
Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom
Erato 0630 14634
10. ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (2009: No 3)
Played 3rd movement, Adagio; and 4th movement, Allegro
Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley
EMI 5 01409
(Photo of Natalie Clein © Daniela Mueller-Brunke / EMI Classics.)
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
11. BACH: Goldberg Variations (last appearance in 2006 at No 6)
Played from Variation 25 to the end
Pierre Hantaï (hpschd)
Mirare MIR 9945
12. GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2009: No 25)
Played 2nd movement, Lento e largo - Tranquilissimo
London Sinfonietta/David Zinman
Nonesuch 7559 79282
13. DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 9, From the New World (last appearance in 2006 at No 38)
Played 2nd movement, Largo
New Zealand SO/James Sedares
(RNZ)
(Photo of New Zealand Symphony Orchestra wind players by Robert Catto.)
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
14. SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C (2009: No 21)
Played 2nd movement, Adagio; and 3rd movement, Scherzo, Presto - Trio.
Melos Quartet: Wilhelm Melcher & Gerhard Voss (vlns); Hermann Voss (vla), Peter Buck (cello); Mstislav Rostropovich (2nd cello)
DG 415 373
15. SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor, Organ (last appearance in 2007 at No 26)
Played 3rd movement, Allegro moderato; and 4th movement, Maestoso
Gillian Weir (org), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos CHAN 8822
16. MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (2009: No 18)
Played 4th movement, Adagietto; and 5th movement, Rondo, Finale (Allegro)
Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle
EMI 5 57385
(Photo of Gillian Weir by Neil Collier.)
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
17. PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel (2009: No 27)
Thomas Kemp (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno)
Black Box BBM 1071
18. BACH: St Matthew Passion (last appearance in 2008 at No 17)
Played final sections: Mache dich, mein Herze rein; Und Joseph nahm den Leib; Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht; and Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
Deborah York (sop), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh
Archiv 474 200
19. SCHUBERT: Impromptu No 3 in Gb D899 (new entry)
Maria João Pires (pno)
DG 457 550
20. SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D (last appearance in 2006 at No 29)
Played 3rd movement, Vivacissimo; and 4th movement, Allegretto moderato
Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi
Telarc CD 80585
(Photo of Stephen de Pledge © Jack Liebeck.)
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
21. MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture (last appearance in 2002 at No 26)
NHK SO/Jun Märkl
Altus ALT 006-7
22. LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture (new entry)
New Zealand SO/John Hopkins
Kiwi CD SLD 99
23. MAHLER: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Resurrection (2009: No 29)
Played 3rd movement, Scherzo - In ruhig fließender Bewegung; and 4th movement, "Urlicht" (from Des Knaben Wunderhorn), Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht.
Yvonne Naef (mezzo), Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach
Ondine ODE 1134
24. SIBELIUS: Finlandia (new entry)
Boston SO/Colin Davis
Philips 446 160
25. GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (last appearance in 2000 at No 31)
André Previn (pno/dir), Pittsburgh SO
Philips 456 934
(Photo of André Previn © Harald Hoffmann / Deutsche Grammophon.)
Midday to 1:00 p.m.
26. MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture (last appearance in 2003 at No 34)
Concerto Cologne/René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 80 1818.20
27. SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor (last appearance in 2007 at No 24)
Played 1st movement, Allegro moderato
Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo
Sony 886971 29362
28. BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers (2009: No 10)
Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini
RCA GD 87799
29. RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances (new entry)
Played 1st movement, Non allegro
London SO/André Previn
EMI 7 64530
30. HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (new entry)
Alison Balsom (tpt), German Chamber Phil of Bremen
EMI 2 16213
(Photo of Lisa Batiashvili by Kasskara.)
11:00 a.m. to Midday
31. CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor (last appearance in 2005 at No 33)
Played 3rd movement, Rondo - Vivace
Evgeny Kissin (pno), Moscow Phil/Dmitri Kitaenko
RCA 09026 68378
32. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10 in E minor (new entry)
Played 3rd movement, Allegretto
Prague SO/Maxim Shostakovich
Supraphon SU 3890
33. TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's Aria, from Eugene Onegin (new entry)
Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd
EMI 5 57605
34. BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in Bb Op 133 (new entry)
Borodin Quartet: Ruben Aharonian & Andrei Abramenkov (vlns), Igor Naidin (vla), Valentin Berlinsky (cello)
Chandos CHAN 10268
35. FINZI: Eclogue Op 10 (new entry)
Peter Katin (pno), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley
Lyrita SRCD 239
(Photo of Jonathan Lemalu © Richard Dunkley / EMI.)
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
36. FAURÉ: Requiem (last appearance in 2006 at No 9)
Played Pie Jesu; Agnus Dei; Libera me; and In Paradisum
Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker
ABC Classics 472 045
37. ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 (last appearance in 2008 at No 19)
Hallé Orch/Mark Elder
Hallé CD HLL 7507
38. HANDEL: Water Music (last appearance in 2004 at No 27)
Played Suite No 3 in G
Concerto Cologne
Berlin Classics 1617 BC
39. BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (last appearance in 2007 at No 19)
Played 3rd movement, Rondo
Maxim Vengerov (vln), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich
EMI 3 36403
(Photo of Sara Macliver by Frances Andrijch.)
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
40. BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor (new entry)
London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti
Decca 444 389
41. PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor (new entry)
Played 1st movement, Andantino-Allegretto
Boris Berman (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi
Chandos CHAN 10522
42. SCHUMANN: Widmung (new entry)
Barbara Bonney (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno)
Decca 452 898
43. MENDELSSOHN: Octet Op 20 (new entry)
Played 2nd movement, Andante
Leipzig String Quartet: Andreas Seidel & Tilman Büning (vlns), Ivo Bauer (vla), Matthias Moosdorf (cello); Matthias Wollong & Yamei Yu (vlns), Hartmut Rohde (vla), Michael Sanderling (cello)
MDG 307 1057
44. HANDEL: Let the bright seraphim, from Samson (new entry)
Carolyn Sampson (sop), Bach Choir, English Concert/David Hill
BIS SACD 1736
45. TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor (new entry)
Played part of the 1st movement, Adagio con duolo e ben sostenuto - Allegro giusto
Yefim Bronfman (pno), Cho-Liang Lin (vln), Gary Hoffman (cello)
Sony SK 53269
(Photo of Neeme Järvi © Frederick Stucker.)
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
46. SCHUMANN: Fantasie in C Op 17 (new entry)
Played 3rd movement, Langsam getragen
Murray Perahia (pno)
CBS MK 42124
47. BRAHMS: German Requiem (new entry)
Played "Denn alles Fleisch"
Monteverdi Choir, Orch Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 432 140
48. WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude (new entry)
Sydney SO/Edo de Waart
ABC Classics 462 013
49. PSATHAS: Three Psalms (new entry)
Played 2nd movement, "Inferno"
Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei
Rattle RAT-DV 015
50. RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé (new entry)
Played "Sunrise"
Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink
Pentatone PTC 5186 167
(Photo of John Psathas from johnpsathas.com.)
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Settling the Score 2010
On New Year's Day 2010, Radio New Zealand Concert broadcasts Settling the Score. Christine Argyle, Robbie Ellis and Margaret Ogilvie present a countdown of your favourite pieces of the past year, starting at 8:00 a.m. and finishing with the Number One piece just before 8:00 p.m.
What will the public choose?
In the last Settling the Score, Beethoven and Bach had four works each in the Top 30 (including the mighty B minor Mass at No 4), but the list was comparatively light on Mozart. The music of Vaughan Williams took two of the top five spots; the Russians did comparatively poorly, represented by only Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2; while Górecki and Pärt held the fort for living composers.
2009 was a varied year in the New Zealand music scene. Did the NZSO's Sibelius Festival inspire new favourites from the grandfather of Finnish music, or has the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Splendour Series done the same for Tchaikovsky? A year ago, Messiah had its all-time lowest placing of No 15 - have the Handel anniversary commemorations improved its chances, or will the public be more interested in Mendelssohn's music to wish him a happy 200th birthday? On that note, we can't forget that the musical world is gearing up to celebrate round-number birthdays for Chopin, Schumann, Mahler and Barber in 2010 - and neither can we forget about New Zealand composers' works, old and new.
All will be revealed on New Year's Day!