Classics in the Spotlight

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  featuring German composer Carl REINECKE REINECKE Harp Concerto in E minor Op 227 Elsie Bedleem, harp; Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt.; Cond., Heribert Beissel  REINECKE Ballade Op 288 Jessica Archbold, flute; Sachido Hidaka, piano  REINECKE Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 227 Excerpts Tasmanian Symph. Orch.; Cond., Howard Shelley   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  MONTEVERDI Mass for 4 Voices King's Consort; Dir., Robert King  MONTEVERDI "Coronation of Poppea" Scenes Soloists Les Arts Florissants; Dir., William Christie  

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson   D'ALBERT Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor Op 10 Piers Lane, piano  D'ALBERT Piano Concerto No 2 in E major Op 12 Piers Lane, piano; BBC Scottish Symph. Orch.; Cond., Alun Francis  BACH, J.S. arr. LISZT Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV546, S462 Leslie Howard, piano 

Classics in the Spotlight with Lange Powell  SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude & Fugue No 8 in F-sharp minor Konstantin Shamray, piano  BRITTEN Prelude & Fugue for 18 Part String Orchestra English Chamb. Orch.; Cond., Stuert Bedford  DEBUSSY Pour Le Piano Alain Planes, piano  BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge Op 133 in B-flat Quartetto Italiano BACH Gigue Fugue BWV577 Amy Johansen, organ  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  WESLEY, S. String Quartet in E-flat major The Salomon Quartet  WESLEY, S. Violin Concerto No 2 in D major Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin; The Parley of Instruments; Cond., Peter Holman  WESLEY, S. Symphony in B-flat major (1802) London Mozart Players; Cond., Matthias Bamert  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston featuring the musical works of English Baroque Composer JOHN BLOW  BLOW Prologue: "Welcome, Welcome" Christine Brandes, soprano; Arcadian Academy; Dir., Nicholas Mcgegan  BLOW Chaconne A 4 in G major The Parley of Instruments; Dir., Roy Goodman  BLOW An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell Samuel Boden & Thomas Walker, tenors; Arcangelo; Cond., Jonathan Cohen  BLOW Lessons in A minor Bradford Tracey, harpsichord  BLOW Symphony Anthem "I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me" Tom Hammond-Davies; Alexander Chance; Guy Cutting; Sasha Ockenden; Brian Mcallen; Choir of New College, Cambridge; Oxford & St James Baroque; Dir., Robert Quinney   

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  featuring works of Michael HAYDN HAYDN, M "Andromeda E Perseo" Overture MH438 Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss; Cond., Johannes Goritski  HAYDN, M Duo Sonata Np 1 in C major Mh333 Rachel Podger, violin; Jane Rogers, viola  HAYDN, M "Fiddler of Worgl, Singsiel", MH205 Barbara Meszoros, soprano; Hans Christoph Begemann, baritone; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neus; Cond., Johannes Goritzki  HAYDN, M Divertimento in G major MH26 Wiener Oktett   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  HAYDN Missa "Sancti Nicolai" Soloists, The Academy of Ancient Music; Cond., Simon Preston  HAYDN String Quartet in G major Op54 No1 Salomon Quartet   

Classics in the Spotlight with Yvonne Schwerdt  featuring works premiered on this date  RIMSKY-KORSAKOV "The Snow Maiden" - "Dance of the Tumblers" Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields; Cond., Sir Neville Marriner  TCHAIKOVSKY "The Snow Maiden" Melodrama Op 12 Moscow Virtuosi.; Cond., Vladimir Spivakov  BRAHMS Serenade No 2 in A major Op 16 Movements 3 - 5 Scottish Chamber Orch.; Cond., Charles Mackerras  OFFENBACH "Les Contes d'Hoffmann Vous Me Quitter" Placido Domingo, tenor; Edita Gruberova, soprano; Orch. National de France; Cond., Seiji Ozawa HAYDN Symphony No 99 in E-flat major Hob 1:99 Movements 2 - 4 Royal Concertebouw Orch Cond., Nikolaus Harnoncourt   

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  DOHNANYI Pastorale on A Hungarian Christmas Song (WoO 1920) Stephanie McCallum, piano  DOHNANYI Two Songs Op.22 Evan Thomas Jones, baritone; Florida State University Symph. Orch.; Cond., Alexander Jimenez  DOHNANYI Konzertstuck for Cello and Orchestra Op 12 Maria Kliegel, cello; Nicolas Esterhazy Sinfonia; Cond., Michale Halasz  DOHNANYI Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song Op 29 Markus Pawluk, piano   

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  featuring the works of Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA PALESTRINA Missa "Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La" [Solfège] The Sixteen; Dir., Harry Christophers  PALESTRINA Lamentations Zum Karsamstag Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ensemble Cantus Figuratus der Schola Santorum, Basiliensis; Dir., Dominique Vellard PALESTRINA "Song of Songs" No 23 Pulchra Es, Amica Mea ["You are beautiful, my beloved"] The Sixteen; Cond., Dir., Harry Christophers   

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  featuring Polish ComposerJuliusz Zarębski ZARĘBSKI Les Roses et Les Epines Op 13 (1883) Karzyna Popowa-Zydron, piano  ZARĘBSKI Piano Quintet in G minor Op 34 (1885) Quatuor Wilanow  

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins featuring Johann Nepomuk HUMMEL HUMMEL Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor Op 81 (1819) John Khouri, forte-piano  HUMMEL Te Deum (1806) Patricia Wright, soprano; Tower Voices, New Zealand; New Zealand Symph. Orch.; Cond., Uwe Grodd HUMMEL Trio Op 78 - Introduction & Variations (1818) Clive Conway, flute; Charles Tunnell, cello; Christine Croshaw, piano  

Classics in the Spotlight with Yvonne Schwerdt  featuring renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pre PROKOFIEV "Peter and the Wolf" Op 67 Opening Jacqueline du Pre, Narrator; English Chamber Orchestra.; Cond., Daniel Barenboim  BRUCH Kol Nidrei Jacqueline du Pre, cello; Israel Phil. Orch, Cond., Daniel Barenboim  BRAHMS Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 Jacqueline du Pre, cello; Daniel Barenboim, piano  BOCCHERINI Cello Concerto in B-flat 3rd Movement Jacqueline du Pre, cello; English Chamber Orch; Cond., Daniel Barenboim  ELGAR Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 1st Movement Jacqueline du Pre, cello; London Symph. Orch.; Cond., Sir John Barbirolli   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton BARTOK String Quartet No 2 Op17 The Emerson String Quartet DEBUSSY "Jeux" New Phil Orch.; Cond., Pierre Boulez  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  HEROLD Piano Concerto No 3 in A major Jean-Frederick Neuberger, piano; Sinfonia Varsovia; Condu., Herve Niquet  HEROLD Symphony No 2 in D major Les Bremen's; Conductor, Guy van Waas   HEROLD Cantata Ariane Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano; Opera Fuoco; Cond., David Stern   

Classics in the Spotlight with Yvonne Schwerdt  VICTORIA "O Magnum Mysterium" Adelaide Chamber Singers  SOLER Harpsichord Sonata in G minor SR 81 Prestissimo Diego Ares, harpsichord  FALLA "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" Alicia de Larrocha, piano; London Phil. Orch.; Cond., Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos  ALBENIZ "Songs of Spain Cordoba" Gareth Koch, guitar; Herwig Tachezi, cello  GRANADOS Three Spanish Dances Ulster Orch.; Cond., Josep Caballe-Domenech   

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  KRAUS "Rheinweinlied" Vb73 Martin Hummel, baritone; Glen Wilson, piano LALANDE Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roi Musica Florea; Cond., Marek Stryncl  KRIEGER "Der Rheinische Wein" Andreas Scholl, counter-tenor; Markus Markl, harpsichord; Karl Ernst Schroder, lute; Alix Verzier, cello; Pablo Valetti,Stephanie Pfister, violins; Friederike Heumann, Juan Manuel Quintana, violas Da Gamba  LULLY Concert Donne au Souper du Roi Musica Florea; Cond., Marek Stryncl  STRAUSS, JOH 2 "Die Fledermaus" - "Drink, My Darling, Drink To Me" Joan Sutherland, soprano; Anson Austin, tenor; Elizabethan Sydney Orch.; Cond., Richard Bonynge  QUILTER "Drink To Me Only" David Wilson-Johnson, baritone; David Owen Norris, piano  SHOSTAKOVICH "Tea for Two" - "Tahiti Trot" Royal Concertgebouw Orch.; Cond., Riccardo Chailly    

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston featuring music of the late 19th cent. Russian Composer, Alexander SCRIABIN  SCRIABIN Reverie, Symphonic Movement Op 24 Czech Phil. Orch.; Cond., Libor Pesek  SCRIABIN Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor Op 20 Roger Woodward, piano; Sydney Symph. Orch.; Cond., Edo de Waart  SCRIABIN "Le Poeme de L'Extase" Op 54 Czech Phil. Orch.; Cond., Libor Pesek  SCRIABIN Concert Allegro Op 18 Tamara Anna Cislowska, piano  

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  TELEMANN - Gulliver's TravelsDavide Monti & Simone Slattery, violins  LECLAIR Sonata for 2 Violins in C major Op3 No3 Davide Monti & Simone Slattery, violins  BACH Concerto in E major for Violin BWV 1042 Andrew Manze, violin; Academy of Ancient Music  BIBER Sonata Representativa Davide Monti & Simone Slattery, violins  

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  featuring works by STAMITX family members JAN VACLAV ANTONINJ STAMIC [JOHANN STAMITZ] Clarinet Concerto in B-dur Sabine Meyer, clarinet; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Cond., Iona Brown KAREL STAMITZ [CARL STAMITZ} Symphonic Concertante in C, Kaiser 9, for Two Violins and Orchestra London Festival Orchestra; Cond., Ross Pople  ANTON THADEUS JOHANN NEPOMUK [ANTON STAMITZ] Concerto for Two Flutes and Orchestra in G major Shigonoti Kudo, flute; Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute & Cond., Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  HAIBEL "Der Tyroler Wastl Alles will ich Brechen, Beugen" Sarah Traubel, soprano; Prague Philharmonia; Conductor, Jochen Rieder  MOZART "Die Zauberflöte" K620 Act 1 O "Zittre Nacht" / Act 2 "Der Holle Rache" Simone Kermes, soprano; Concerto Koln; Con., Christoph-Matthias Mueller  VON WINTER "Das Labyrinth, Oder Der Zauberflöte Zweiter Teil" Act 1 "Ha! Wohl Mir! Hore es Natur!" Sarah Traubel, soprano; Prague Philharmonie; Cond., Jochen Rieder  WRANITZKY "Oberon, König der Elfen dies ist des Edlen Huons' Sprache" Sarah Traubel, soprano; Prague Philharmonia; Cond., Jochen Rieder  MOZART "La Clemenza" Act 1 "Non Ci Pentiam" ... "Ah Perdona Al Primo Affetto "/ Act 2 "Torna di tito a Lato" / "Tu Fosti Tradito" Diana Montague, Mezzo-Soprano; Barbara Bonney, soprano; The Academy of Ancient Music Orch.; Cond., Christopher Hogwood  RIGHINI Il "Natal D'apollo" Act 1 "Ove Son? Qual Aure Io Spiro?" / Act 2 "Bella Fiamma" Sarah Traubel, soprano; Prague Philharmonia Orch.; Cond., Jochen Rieder  MOZART Concert Aria "Schon Lacht Der Holde Frühling" K 580 Sabine Devieilhe, soprano; Ensemble Pygmalion; Cond., Raphael Pichon   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  BARTOK String Quartet No 1 Op7 Emerson String Quartet  HAYDN Piano Trio Gypsy Trio Martha Argerich, Gautier and Renaud Capuçon  BRAHMS 4 Gypsy Songs Brigitte Fassbaender Karl Engel   

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  CHERUBINI Overture: "Eliza Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont St Bernard" (1794) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Cond., Sir Neville Marriner  CHERUBINI Piano Sonata No 6 in E-flat (C. 1780) Francesco Giammarco, piano  CHERUBINI String Quartet No 3 in D minor (1834) Melos Quartett   

Classics in the Spotlight with Gabrielle Scherrer  featuring François-Adrien BOIELDIEU BOIELDIEU. A, "La Dame Blanche" London Symph. Orch; Cond., Richard Bonynge  BOIELDIEU, A. "Ah! Quel Plaisir D'etre Soldat" Juan Diego Florez, tenor; Orch. E Coro Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna; Cond., Roberto Abbado  BOIELDIEU, F. "Komm O Holde Dame" Fritz Wunderlich, tenor; Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Cond., Hans Muller-Kray  BOIELDIEU, F. "Maintenant Observons" Piotr Beczala, tenor; Orch. de L'opera National de Lyon; Cond., Alain Altinoglu  BOIELDIEU, F-A. "Chut Chut" Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano; Jean-Christophe Keck, tenor; Mahler Chamber Orch.; Cond., Marc Minkowsky  BOIELDIEU, F-A. Harp Concerto in C major Marielle Nordman, harp; Franz Liszt Chamber Orch.; Cond., Jean-Pierre Rampal   

Classics in the Spotlight with Yvonne Schwerdt  BEETHOVEN Music for A Ballet of Knights WoO1 Berliner Philharmoniker; Cond., Herbert von Karajan BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis Gloria Sylvia Mcnair, soprano; Janice Taylor, mezzo-; John Aler, tenor; Tom Krausae, bass; Atlanta Symph. Orch. and Chamber Chorus; Cond., Robert Shaw  BEETHOVEN Seven Variations in E-flat on a Theme from "The Magic Flute" WoO46 Emma-Jane Murphy, cello; Kathy Selby, piano  BEETHOVEN Twelve Contredanses WoO14 Capella Istropolitana; Cond., Oliver Dohnànyi   

Classics in the Spotlight with Meg Alexander featuring Aaron Copland COPLAND Four Dance Episodes From Rodeo Leonard Bernstein, New Your Philharmonic TRAD arr. COPLAND Simple Gifts Taryn Fiebig, Soprano; Juan Jackson, Tenor; Andrew Greene, Piano TRAD arr. COPLAND I Bought Me A Cat Taryn Fiebig, Soprano; Juan Jackson, Tenor; Andrew Greene, Piano COPLAND Fanfare For The Common Man West Australian Symph. Orch.; Cond. Benjamin Northey COPLAND Concerto For Clarinet & String Orch. With Harp & Piano. Stanley Drucker, Clarinet; New York Philharmonic; Cond. Leonard Bernstein. COPLAND Threnodies I And Ii Fenwick Smith (Flute) Stephanie Chase Violin Katherine Murdock Viola Ronald Thomas Cello
 

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  BARTOK String Quartet No 3 Emerson String Quartet  DVORAK String Quartet No 12 in F The American Lindsay String Quartet  DVORAK 5 Gypsy Songs Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano; Karl Engel, piano