1 January 2012
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7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
1. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending
Iona Brown (vln), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner
Decca 466 945
2. PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel
Dietmar Schwalke (cello), Alexander Malter (pno)
ECM 1591
3. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Played 3rd movement, Finale: Allegro energico
Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
CBS MK 42256
4. MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time
Played 5th movement, Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus)
Albert Tétard (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno)
DG 449 377
5. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs
Played No 2, September
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell
EMI CDC 7 47276
(Photo of a skylark having a mean-as feed by Daniel Pettersson, used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Sweden licence.)
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
6. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral
Played 4th movement, Finale: Presto
Alessandra Marc (sop), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Siegfried Jerusalem (ten), Falk Struckmann (bass), Berlin State Opera Chorus & Orch/Daniel Barenboim
Erato 4509 94353
7. BACH: Goldberg Variations
Played Aria & Variations 1-8
András Schiff (pno)
ECM 1825
8. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 7 in C, Leningrad
Played 2nd movement, Moderato (poco allegretto)
Rotterdam Phil & Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev
Philips 470 623
(Photo of Valery Gergiev © Laura Luostarinen from polarmusicprize.org.)
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
A little extra at 5:55pm:
Poem Beginning with a Line by Ralph Hotere
Norman Meehan (pno/music), Bill Manhire (words), Hannah Griffin (vocals)
From the album Making Baby Float
Rattle RAT-D030
9. ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor
Played 1st movement, Adagio-Moderato
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), London SO/John Barbirolli
EMI CDC 7 47239
10. BACH: St Matthew Passion
Played Aria, Erbarme dich
Michael Chance (cten), Brandenburg Consort/Stephen Cleobury
Brilliant Classics 99676
11. MAHLER: Symphony No 9 in D
Played 3rd mvt, Rondo-Burleske. Allegro assai. Sehr trotzig.
Philharmonia Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen
Signum SIGCD 188
(Photo of Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim from wikipedia.org.)
12. LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture
Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Universal 99172
13. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A
Played 3rd mvt, Presto
Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington
Hänssler CD 93.087
14. BACH: Mass in B minor
Played Choruses, Confiteor unum baptisma and Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Emma Kirkby & Emily van Evera (sops), Michael Kilian (alto), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), David Thomas (bass), Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott
EMI CDS 7 47293
(Photo of Douglas Lilburn from The Dominion Post Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.)
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
15. BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D
Played 3rd movement, Rondo
Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier
Cedille CDR 90000 106
16. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor
Played 1st movement, Allegro ma non tanto
John Chen (pno), Sydney Symphony/János Fürst
ABC Classics 476 272-0
17. BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers
Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini
RCA GD 87799
18. SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C
Played 2nd movement, Adagio
Borodin Quartet (1995), Misha Milman (cello)
Teldec 4509-94564
(Photo of John Chen by Jane Ussher from maximaltd.com.)
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
19. MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A
Played 2nd movement, Adagio
Philip Green (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
(RNZ, 2003)
20. GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Played 2nd movement, Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo
Dawn Upshaw (sop), London Sinfonietta/David Zinman
Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79282
21. BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb, Emperor
Played 2nd movement, Adagio un poco mosso
Mitsuko Uchida (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Kurt Sanderling
Chandos CHAN 8822
(Photo of Henryk Górecki from Agence France-Presse.)
22. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier
Played Trio & Finale from Act III
Renée Fleming & Barbara Bonney (sops), Susan Graham (mezzo), Walter Berry (bbar), Vienna Phil/Christoph Eschenbach
Decca 466 314
23. STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Played Introduction & Dance of the Young Girls
Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
DG 471 741
24. SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor, Organ
Played 2nd half of 2nd movement, Maestoso - Allegro - Più allegro - Molto allegro
Gillian Weir (organ of Ulster Hall, Belfast), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Chandos CHAN 8822
(Photo of Renée Fleming by David Shankbone used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.)
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A little extra at 2:56pm:
Bill Bailey - Classical Cockney
Featuring Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Grieg's Piano Concerto, Bach's Prelude No 21 in Bb and Mozart's Piano Sonata in C "for beginners".
Sound Entertainment TLCD 35
25. GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor
Played 3rd movement, Allegro moderato molto e marcato - Quasi presto - Andante maestoso
Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon
EMI CDM 7 63778
26. HANDEL: Messiah
Played Recitative, Comfort ye, my people; Aria, Every valley shall be exalted; Chorus, And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
Allan Clayton (ten), Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia/Stephen Layton
Hyperion CDA 67800
27. RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
Played 2nd movement, Adagio
Pepe Romero (gtr), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner
Philips 475 6360
28. RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor
Played 1st movement, Moderato
Simon Trpčeski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko
Avie AV 2192
29. FAURÉ: Requiem
Played Agnus Dei & Libera me
Simon Estes (bass), Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis
Philips 412 743
(Photo of Vasily Petrenko styled by Lorraine McCulloch, courtesy of Cricket Liverpool, photo credit Mark McNulty, from imgartists.com.)
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
30. MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor
Played 4th movement, Adagietto
New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
Teldec 2292-46152
31. BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été
Played 2nd song, La spectre de la rose
Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim
DG 410 966
32. RAVEL: Boléro
Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel
Zig Zag ZZT 060 901
33. BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D
Played 3rd movement, Nocturne
Borodin Quartet (1962)
Decca 444 389
34. ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus
Roy Goodman (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (sung in English arr. David Willcocks)
Decca 448 995
(Photo of Roy Goodman from roygoodman.com.)
Midday to 1:00 p.m.
35. BERG: Violin Concerto, To the memory of an angel
Played 2nd half of 2nd movement, Adagio
Kyung Wha Chung (vln), Chicago SO/Georg Solti
Decca 452 696
36. DVOŘÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World
Played 2nd movement, Largo
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
DG 457 651
37. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight
Played 1st movement, Andante sostenuto
Michael Houstoun (pno)
Trust MMT 2015
38. FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs
Played 2nd movement, Thus Spake the Sea Gongs
New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young
Trust MMT 2021
(Photo of Gareth Farr by schwede66 used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported licence.)
11:00 a.m. to midday
39. BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins
Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music
Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155
40. BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil Chorus & Orch/Clemens Krauss
Decca 433 477
41. SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor
Played 1st movement, Allegro moderato
Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard
Virgin 5 45534
42. LILBURN: Sings Harry
Terence Finnigan (ten), Frederick Page (pno)
Kiwi EC-26
(Photo of Kathleen Ferrier from cantabile-subito.)
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
43. LILBURN: Four Canzonas
NZSO Chamber Orch
(RNZ, 1995)
44. BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy
Played 4th movement, Finale: Allegro guerriero
James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi
CBC SMCD 5222
45. BACH: Christmas Oratorio
Played Chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket
Cappella Amsterdam, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend
Challenge CC 76607
(Photo of James Ehnes from jamesehnes.com.)
46. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherezade
Played 3rd movement, The Young Prince and the Princess
Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly
Challenge CC 76607
47. RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor
Played 2nd movement, Allegro molto
Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Exton EXCL 00018
48. DEBUSSY: Claire de Lune
Leif Ove Andsnes (pno)
EMI 2 17448
(Photo of Vladimir Ashkenazy by Petr Novák, Wikipedia used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence.)
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
49. COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
Played Doppio movimento & Moderato (like a prayer)
CBS session orchestra/Aaron Copland
CBS MK 42431
50. ORFF: Carmina Burana
Played Amor volat undique, Tempus est iocundum, Dulcissime, Ave formisissima & O Fortuna
Gundula Janowitz (sop), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Schöneberg Boys' Choir, Chorus & Orch of the German Opera, Berlin/Eugen Jochum
DG 423 886
51. FINZI: Eclogue
Martin Jones (pno), Engilsh String Orch/William Boughton
Nimbus NI 5665
52. BRUCH: Kol Nidrei
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Bremen German Chamber Phil
Channel Classics CCS SA 16501
53. BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Peter Hurford (organ of Ratzeburg Cathedral)
Decca 421 337
(Photo of Aaron Copland from US Library of Congress.)
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
54. PSATHAS: View from Olympus
Played 3rd movement, Maenads
Pedro Carneiro (perc), Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei
Rattle RAT-DV 015
55. MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb
Played 3rd movement, Menuetto, Allegretto
Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1959
56. BUCHANAN: Century Fanfare, Peace
Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Atoll ACD 100
57. PIAZZOLLA: Milonga del ángel
Astoria
Fuga Libera FUG 603
(Photo of Pedro Carneiro by Alexandre Simas Dias from pedrocarneiro.com.)
58. BIZET: Carmen
Played the Habanera, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Maria Callas (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre
EMI 5 65808
59. DE MORALES: Parce mihi Domine
Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (arr. Garbarek)
ECM 1525
60. LILBURN: Drysdale Overture
New Zealand SO/James Judd
Naxos 8.557697
(Photo of Maria Callas from wikipedia.org.)