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Disc 1
DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)
1:10 approx - Disc 2
MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)
2:25 approx - Disc 3
BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl Du Deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu Deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)
3:25 approx - Disc 4
LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)
PALESTRINA: Tota pulchra es, amica mea; Vulnerasto cor meum, soror mea; Sicut ilium inter spinas, from Song of Songs - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16091)
VIERNE: Triptyque Op 58 - Robert Sharpe (organ of Truro Cathedral) (Regent REGCD 263)
RHEINBERGER: Three Sacred Songs Op 69 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)
LISZT: Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67445)
G JACKSON: Cecilia Virgo - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67708)
PÄRT: Psalom - Franz Joseph Quartet (ATMA ACD 2 2310)
ANON arr Lundgren: Vinea Mea; LASSUS arr Lundgren: Carmina chromatico, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum; ANON arr Lundgren: Da pacem Domine - Jan Lundgren (synth, pno), Lars Danielsson (cello, dbass), Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir (ACT 9457)
ANON arr Harms: Latvian Prayer - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)
FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)
STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Renée Fleming (sop), Paul Willey (vln), Osian Ellis (harp), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458 858)
FOERSTER: Erinnerung - Jana Bousková (harp), Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)
MEDINS: Aria - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)
LILBURN: Canzona No 2, from Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi SLD 99)
COPLAND: Vocalise for flute & piano - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)
PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (Erato ECD 55018)
The life & music of AHMED ADNAN SAYGUN (1907-1991) presented by Robert Johnson (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Inci's Book Op 10 - Zeynep Üçbasaran (pno) (Naxos 8.570746)
Suite Op 14 - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Ari Rasilainen (CPO 777 043)
Bridging the Ages
Six programmes from the 2007 three-week California summer music festival
(1) HANDEL: Organ Concerto in D minor HWV304 - Kenneth Cooper (hpschd), Erin Keefe, Philip Setzer (vlns), Roberto Díaz (vla), David Finckel (cello), Daxun Zhang (dbass)
RAVEL arr Jones: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Carol Wincenc (fl), William Bennett (ob), Carey Bell (cl), William Vermeulen (horn), Dennis Godburn (bsn)
BACH: Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug - Christòphere Nomura (bar), William Bennett (ob), Philip Setzer, Erin Keefe (vlns), Paul Neubauer (vla), Colin Carr (cello), Daxun Zhang (dbass), Kenneth Cooper (hpschd)
SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Wu Han, Inon Barnatan (pno duo), Carol Wincenc (fl), Carey Bell (cl), Ian & Joseph Swensen (vlns), Masao Kawasaki (vla), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Daxun Zhang (dbass), Florian Conzetti, Christopher Froh (percussion) (Music@Menlo Live)
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Anner Bylsma (cello), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir) (DHM RD 77757)
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)
Peter Mechen reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)
Pianist Sviatoslav Richter
CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 (rec 1977) (RegisC 1199)
DVOŘÁK: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 33 - with Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (rec 1966-68) (Praga PR 256 001)
PROKOFIEV: Waltz, from War & Peace (rec 1979) (Melody MEL CD 10 01677)
Andreas Scholl
The star counter-tenor talks with Matthew Crawford (Media Maker)
Metropolitan Opera Season
Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House
(19) MASSENET: Manon, an opera in five acts
The passionate and wilful Manon, torn between her desire for a life of luxury and her love for the young nobleman Des Grieux, ends up with neither, dying a tragic death
Manon Lescaut............. Anna Netrebko
Des Grieux.................... Piotr Beczala
Lescaut......................... Paulo Szot
Comte des Grieux......... David Pittsinger
Guillot Morfontaine........ Christophe Mortagne
de Brétigny.................... Bradley Garvin
Pousette........................ Anne-Carolyn Bird
Javotte.......................... Jennifer Black
Rosette......................... Ginger Costa-Jackson
Innkeeper...................... Philip Cokorinos
Guards.......................... Alexander Lewis, David Crawford
Maid............................. Kathryn Day
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Fabio Luisi (EBU)
The birth of New Zealand popular music, written and presented by Chris Bourke
Three programmes
(1) Heartland hootenanny: regional talent, family friendly pop, folk nationalists and country ramblers (RNZ)
Jason Bae (pno)
BACH: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2; VINE: Piano Sonata No 1; TCHAIKOVSKY: Lullaby Op 16/1; MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; SCHUMANN: Carnaval Op 9; CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)
VIVALDI: Vedrò con mio diletto, from Il Giustino RV717; TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D115 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 419 318)
MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 95, Kommt, lasst uns anbeten - Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Deutsche Chamber Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus SACD 83.217)
11:00 TOCH: String Quartet No 7 in G Op 15 - Buchberger Quartet (CPO 999 775)
BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Curtis Macomber (vln), Derek Han (pno) (Bridge 9258)
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