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7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

1. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending (2011: No 1)
Iona Brown (vln), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Neville Marriner
Decca 466 945

2. PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel (2011: No 7)
Dietmar Schwalke (cello), Alexander Malter (pno)
ECM 1591

3. BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (2011: No 2)
Played 3rd movement, Finale: Allegro energico
Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy
CBS MK 42256

4. MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time (last appearance in 2006 at No 36)
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 (2011: No 3)
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 (2011: No 13)
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 (last appearance in 2010 at No 11)
Played Aria & Variations 1-8
András Schiff (pno)
ECM 1825

8. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 7 in C, Leningrad (new entry)
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 (2011: No 12)
Played 1st movement, Adagio-Moderato
Jacqueline du Pré (cello), London SO/John Barbirolli
EMI CDC 7 47239

10. BACH: St Matthew Passion (last appearance in 2010 at No 18)
Played Aria, Erbarme dich
Michael Chance (cten), Brandenburg Consort/Stephen Cleobury
Brilliant Classics 99676

11. MAHLER: Symphony No 9 in D (new entry)
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 (2011: No 4)
Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Universal 99172

13. BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A (last appearance in 2002 at No 8)
Played 3rd mvt, Presto
Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington
Hänssler CD 93.087

14. BACH: Mass in B minor (2011: No 6)
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 (2011: No 10)
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 (last appearance in 2008 at No 27)
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 (last apperance in 2010 at No 28)
Jussi Björling (ten), Robert Merrill (bar), RCA Victor SO/Renato Cellini
RCA GD 87799

18. SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C (last apperance in 2010 at No 14)
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 (2011: No 8)
Played 2nd movement, Adagio
Philip Green (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong
(RNZ, 2003)

20. GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (2011: No 27)
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 (2011: No 16)
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 (last appearance in 2009 at No 19)
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 (last appearance in 2006 at No 27)
Played Introduction & Dance of the Young Girls
Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez
DG 471 741

24. SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor, Organ (last appearance in 2010 at No 15)
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 (last appearance in 2007 at No 35)
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 (2011: 11)
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 (2011: 26)
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 (last appearance in 2008 at No 25)
Played 1st movement, Moderato
Simon Trpčeski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko
Avie AV 2192

29. FAURÉ: Requiem (last appearance in 2010 at No 36)
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 (2011: 24)
Played 4th movement, Adagietto
New York Phil/Zubin Mehta
Teldec 2292-46152

31. BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été (new entry)
Played 2nd song, La spectre de la rose
Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim
DG 410 966

32. RAVEL: Boléro (last appearance in 2005 at No 30)
Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel
Zig Zag ZZT 060 901

33. BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (last appearance in 2004 at No 24)
Played 3rd movement, Nocturne
Borodin Quartet (1962)
Decca 444 389

34. ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus (2011: 22)
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 (new entry)
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 (2011: 28)
Played 2nd movement, Largo
Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado
DG 457 651

37. BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (new entry)
Played 1st movement, Andante sostenuto
Michael Houstoun (pno)
Trust MMT 2015

38. FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (2011: 21)
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 (last appearance in 2004 at No 38)
Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music
Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155

40. BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody (last appearance in 2005 at No 32)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil Chorus & Orch/Clemens Krauss
Decca 433 477

41. SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor (last appearance in 2010 at No 27)
Played 1st movement, Allegro moderato
Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard
Virgin 5 45534

42. LILBURN: Sings Harry (new entry)
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 (last appearance in 2007 at No 36)
NZSO Chamber Orch
(RNZ, 1995)

44. BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (last appearance in 2007 at No 29)
Played 4th movement, Finale: Allegro guerriero
James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi
CBC SMCD 5222

45. BACH: Christmas Oratorio (2011: 19)
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 (last appearance in 2007 at No 22)
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 (last appearance in 2007 at No 22)
Played 2nd movement, Allegro molto
Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy
Exton EXCL 00018

48. DEBUSSY: Claire de Lune (new entry)
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 (last appearance in 2008 at No 28)
Played Doppio movimento & Moderato (like a prayer)
CBS session orchestra/Aaron Copland
CBS MK 42431

50. ORFF: Carmina Burana (last appearance in 2002 at No 22)
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 (last appearance in 2010 at No 35)
Martin Jones (pno), Engilsh String Orch/William Boughton
Nimbus NI 5665

52. BRUCH: Kol Nidrei (new entry)
Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Bremen German Chamber Phil
Channel Classics CCS SA 16501

53. BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (new entry)
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 (new entry)
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 (last appearance in 2001 at No 37)
Played 3rd movement, Menuetto, Allegretto
Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1959

56. BUCHANAN: Century Fanfare, Peace (new entry)
Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya
Atoll ACD 100

57. PIAZZOLLA: Milonga del ángel (new entry)
Astoria
Fuga Libera FUG 603

(Photo of Pedro Carneiro by Alexandre Simas Dias from pedrocarneiro.com.)

 

58. BIZET: Carmen (last appearance in 2002 at No 11)
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 (new entry)
Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (arr. Garbarek)
ECM 1525

60. LILBURN: Drysdale Overture (new entry)
New Zealand SO/James Judd
Naxos 8.557697

(Photo of Maria Callas from wikipedia.org.)