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Thursday 18 February 2010 Rāpare 18 Hui-tanguru 2010

News & Weather: 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00am, 12 noon, 3.00, 5.00, 11.00pm

 6:00 Classic Morning

6:00 ROTA: Music from the film, Rocco & his brothers - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Muti (Sony SK 63359)

WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 2 in A Op 21 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Joanna Gruenberg (pno) (RegisC 1249)

ALBINONI: Sonata in C in five parts Op 2/2 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 090 202)

LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

KAJANUS: Finnish Rhapsody No 1 in D minor Op 5 - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1223)

7:00 MUSSORGSKY arr Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bare Mountain - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Igor Markevitch (Berlin Classics 1383 BC)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Zurmühle: Concerto for trombone & military band - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Kosei Wind Orch/Chikara Imamura (BIS CD 848)

PARRY: Jerusalem - Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes, Jeffrey Makinson (org) (Naxos 8.572104)

HASSELMANS: La Source - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80116)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: Solveig's song, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (Decca 468 818)

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Mexican State SO/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)

RACHMANINOV trans Sudbin: Spring waters Op 14/11 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1728)

LILBURN arr Couch: Desdemona's Song - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Matthew Halls (organ of the Dutch Bach Society), Sonnerie/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2055)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (Linn CKD 219)

 9:00 The Works

GRIEG: Lyric Suite Op 54 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 26 in D K537, Coronation - Oliver Schnyder (pno), Camerata Bern/Erich Höbarth (dir) (RCA 88697 32317)

ANON: Sibila Galaica - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9900)

ALBINONI: Flute Sonata in A minor - Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl), Wieland Kuijken (cello), Robert Kohnen (hpschd) (Accent ACC 9177 D)

SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor D915; Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - David Fray (pno) (Virgin 6 94489)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 11 in G minor Op 103, The Year 1905 - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (BBC Music BBC MM 309)

12:00 Upbeat

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

 1:30 Music in Italy, 1910-1919

BUSONI: Song of the Spirit Dance Op 47 - BBC Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10302)

WOLF-FERRARI: Overture & Intermezzo, from Doctor Cupid - Stephen Orton (cello), ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 7 54585)

CARDILLO: Core 'ngrato - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Teatro Comunale Orch, Bologna/Giancarlo Chiaramello (Decca 417 117)

 2:00 Afternoon Requests

MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 410 188)

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 3:00 CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25, No 5 in E minor; No 8 in Db; No 11 in A minor; No 12 in C minor; Nocturnes, in E Op 62/2; in E minor Op 72/1; Polonaise-Fantasy in Ab Op 61; SCRIABIN: Piano Sonatas, No 2 in G# minor Op 19; No 5 in F# Op 53 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (rec 1988/72) (Praga PR 54056)

 4:05 Made in New Zealand

NZ musicians and composers

ELMSLY: Century fanfare, Resound! - Auckland Philharmonia/Vladimir Verbitsky (Atoll ACD 100)

ARNOLD: Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

H ANDREWS: Ah, see the fair chivalry come - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Mark Duley (Priory PRCD 639)

BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

 5:00 Cadenza

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Stuttgart Radio SO/Roger Norrington (Hänssler CD 93.251)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian (vln), Brittany Orch/Moshe Atzmon (Timpany 1C 1172)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2221)

MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80318)

VERDI: Tu che le vanità, from Don Carlo - Felicia Weathers (sop), Vienna Opera Orch/Argeo Quadri (Decca 475 7167)

TRAD: The Skye Boat Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 416 698)

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

SARTI: Now the Powers of Heaven - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7318)

HESS: The Winds of Power - London Symphonic Wind Orch/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 9764)

MUSSORGSKY: I have attained the highest power, from Boris Godunov - Paata Burchuladze (bass), English Concert Orch/Edward Downes (Decca 414 335)

SCOTT arr Jackson: Powerhouse - Mark Duggan (perc), Caliban Quartet (BIS Northern Lights CD 5012)

GRAINGER: The Power of Love - Susan Gritton (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

Josef STRAUSS: Dynamids (Secret Powers of Attraction) Waltz - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

 7:00 Appointment

The Record Shelf

Helmuth Rilling

Jim Svejda in conversation with the German conductor (KUSC)

 8:00 Music Alive

Takács Quartet

HAYDN: String Quartet in G minor Op 74/3, Rider; PSATHAS: A Cool Wind; BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky; SHOSTAKOVICH: Polka, from Two Pieces for string quartet (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

 9:20 Richard Strauss between 1910-1919

Festival Prelude Op 61 - Peter Solomon (org), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 92779)

German Motet Op 62 - Jane Archibald, Elodie Kimmel, Edwige Parat, Kristina Vahrenkamp (sops), Dagmar Pecková (mezzo), Eric Soklossa (ten), Robert Gleadow (bbar), Latvian Radio Choir, Accentus/Laurence Equilbey (Naïve V 5194)

trans Prihoda: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

10:00 Day's End

BACH: Ricercare in six parts, from A Musical Offering - Ton Koopman, Tini Mathot (hpschd duo) (Challenge CC 72309)

PETERSON-BERGER: Violin Concerto in F# minor - Ulf Wallin (vln), Norrköping SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 984)

HOLST: A Moorside Suite - Dallas Wind Symphony/Howard Dunn (Reference Recordings-39 CD)

11:00 RIES: Flute Quartet in E minor Op 145/2 - John Herrick Littlefield (fl), Aaron Boyd (vln), Ah Ling Neu (vla), Yari Bond (cello) (Naxos 8.570330)

ONSLOW: Quintet in G for piano & strings Op 76 - Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet (Brilliant Classics 93203)

12:00 Music Through the Night

12:00 - Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Française d’apres Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Melancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, First nocturne, Second nocturne, Third nocturne - Taverner Choir & Consort/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSENBERG: Marionetter, Overture; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla, Overture; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Bergakungen, Vallflickans dans - Malmo SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)