12 February 2012 - 8:22 pm NZ time
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12:00 - Disc 1
HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 46 in B; No 47 in G - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66522)
1:15 (approx) - Disc 2
PAISIELLO: Piano Concertos, No 2 in F; No 4 in G minor; No 3 in A; No 6 in Bb - Mariaclara Monetti (pno), English CO/Stephanie Gonley (ASV CD DCA 872)
2:25 (approx) - Disc 3
HANDEL: Canatas, Haec est Regina virginum; Ah! Che troppo ineguali; Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi; Il pianto di Maria, Giunta l'ora fatal - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 439 866)
3:40 (approx) - Disc 4
MARTINU: Sonata for flute, violin & piano; Promenades for flute, violin & harpsichord; Sonata for flute & piano; Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin & piano; Scherzo for flute & piano; Madrigal-sonata for flute, violin & piano - Angèle Dubeau (vln), Marc-André Hamelin (pno/hpschd), Alain Marion (fl) (Analekta FL 2 3031)
4:50 (approx) - Disc 5
LLOBET: El Noi de la Mare; BARRIOS MANGORÉ: La Catedral; TORROBA: Romance de los Piños; Torija; CALATAYUD: Patrulla; Pequeña Tarantela; ALBÉNIZ: Asturias; GRANADOS: Dedicatoria; LAURO: El Niño; Vals Venezolano No 2; El Marabino; VILLA-LOBOS: Choros No 1; BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Julia Florida; TÁRREGA: Marieta; Maria; BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Un Sueño en la Floresta; ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla - Cheryl Grice-Watterson (gtr) (Private Recording)
ANON arr Lundgren: Vinea Mea; Da pacem Domine - Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, Jan Lundgren (pno), Lars Danielsson (dbass) (ACT 9457)
ANON/DUFAY: Miserere nostri/Vexilla Regis - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9816)
BYRD: Ne irascaris Domine - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Gaudeamus CD GAU 309)
FERRANDINI: Cantata, Il pianto di Maria; MARINI: Passacaglio for strings & basso continuo - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 478 1466)
TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah, Parts 1 and 2 - Patrick Craig (countertenor), Nicholas Todd, Daniel Norman (tens), Robert Rice (bar), Robert Macdonald (bass), Magnificat/Philip Cave (Linn CKD 075)
BACH: Mass in A BWV234 - Eugénie Warnier (sop), Magid El-Bushra (contralto), Sydney Fierro (bar), Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Alpha 130)
GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - James Tibbles (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)
RACHMANINOV trans Kin: Vocalise Op 34/14 - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya 74321 40064)
MONTEVERDI: Ave maris stella, from Vespers of 1610 - Janice Chandler, Karen Clift (sops), Christòpheren Nomura (bar), Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc 2CD 80453)
VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Tânia Lisboa (cello), Miriam Braga (pno) (Meridian CDE 84357)
FAURÉ: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (pno) (Mirare MIR 080)
PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Philips 462 592)
FRYDERYK CHOPIN (1810-1849)
The first two weeks of Composer of the Week for 2010 feature Chopin as we celebrate the bicentenary of his birth
(Week 1) Elric Hooper and Des Wilson discuss the composer's life and music (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Introduction & Polonaise brillant in C Op 3 - Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (pno) (EMI 3 66938)
Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)
PALESTRINA: Missa L'homme armé - Pro Cantione Antiqua/Mark Brown (Alto ALC 1061)
SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair (Avie AV 2150)
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60205)
CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 5 - Eric Hoeprich (cl), Cologne Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (ARS 38 016)
Robert Johnson catches up on some New Zealand releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 22 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), RCA Victor SO/Izler Solomon (rec 1954) (RCA GD 60927)
MEDTNER: Sonata-Ballada in F# Op 27 - Nicolas Medtner (pno) (rec 1947) (Appian APR 5548)
DEBUSSY: Six Épigraphes antiques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (rec 1953) (Testament SBT 1324)
Trailblazers and Tchaikovsky
Gustavo Dudamel Conducts the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra
Called "the most-talked-about young musician in the world" by the New York Times and "the most astonishingly gifted conductor I have ever come across" by Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel has burst onto the international music scene with a passion and fervour that is reinventing classical music. This programme, presented by Phil Ponce, focuses on Dudamel's affinity with the music of Tchaikovsky (WFMT)
Metropolitan Opera Season
Twenty-two operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House
(9) VERDI: Simon Boccanegra, an opera in a prologue and three acts
Five decades into a legendary Met career, Plácido Domingo makes history singing the baritone title role in Verdi's gripping political thriller
Simon Boccanegra........ Plácido Domingo
Jacopo Fiesco............... James Morris
Paolo Albiani................. Patrick Carfizzi
Pietro............................ Richard Bernstein
Gabriele Adorno........... Marcello Giordani
Amelia.......................... Adrianne Pieczonka
Maidservant.................. Joyce El-Khoury
Captain......................... Adam Laurence Herskowitz
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)
NZ musicians and composers
CARR: Two Mansfield Poems, Sanary; Sleeping Together - Jennifer Paull (ob d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)
Ten programmes
(1) With William Dart (RNZ)
Principals of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra
Amber Rainey (pno), Ben Morrison (vln), Edward King, Cameron Stuart (cellos), Hayden Sinclair (cl)
TURINA: Movements 1-2, Lento-Allegro molto moderato; Molto vivace, from Piano Trio No 2 in B minor Op 76; BACH: Third movement, Gavotte en Rondeau, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006; DAVIES: Clarinetics: The Full Workout; BRAHMS: First, Second & Fourth movements, Allegro; Adagio; Allegro, from Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (recorded in St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)
HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Tring International TRP 996)
STRAVINSKY: The Soldier's Tale - Jason O'Mara (narrator), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 650)
KUHLAU: Flute Trio in D Op 13/1 - European Flute Trio (Naxos 8.570220)
DELIUS: Suite for violin & orchestra - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7226)
HAYDN: Symphony No 95 in C minor - Fritz Reiner SO/Fritz Reiner (Testament SBT 1411)
11:00 DEBUSSY: Le vent dans la plaine; Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir; Les collines d'Anacapri; Des pas sur la neige; Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest; La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Yeol Eum Son (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7507)
KORNGOLD: String Sextet in D Op 10 - Flesch Quartet, Ian Humphries (vla), David Bucknall (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1062)
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