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   

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  MASCAGNI Cavelleria Rusticana - Intermezzo West Australian Symph. Orch.; Cond., David Measham  BRAHMS Three Intermezzi Op 117 Maria Joao Pires, piano  GRANADOS arr. MAISKY Goyescas - Intermezzo Mischa Maisky, cello; Lily Maisky, piano  STANFORD Three Intermezzi for Clarinet and Piano Op 13 Robert Plane, clarinet; Benjamin Frith, piano  POULENC Intermezzos Antony Gray, piano  STRAUSS Intermezzo Op 72 Sydney Symph. Orch.; Cond., Stuart Challender  MASCAGNI arr. LUSHPA Cavelleria Ruticana - Intermezzo arranged as Ave Maria Yvonne Kenny, soprano; Adelaide Symph. Orch.; Cond., David Stanhope   

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  SCHUMANN, R. Three Romances for Oboe and Piano Op 94 Albrechr Mayer, oboe; Markus Becker, piano  HARTY An Eastern Romance - Fantasy Scene Ulster Orch., Cond., Takuo Yuasa  HOLLAND Romantic Song Dulcie Holland, piano  SHOSTAKOVICH The Gadfly - Concert Suite Op 97A - Romance Barbara Jane Gilby, violin; Tasmanian Symph. Orch.; Cond., David Stanhope  BOTTESINI Romanza Patetica Duncan Mctier, double-bass; Kathron Sturrock, piano  BRAHMS Romance in F major Op 118 No 5 Wilhelm Kempff, piano  VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Romance for Harmonica Tommy Reilly, Harmonica; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields; Cond., Neville Marriner  GERSHWIN Love Walked in Simon Tedeschi, piano   

Classics in the Spotlight with Suzanne Pederson  featuring Russian composer Sergey Ivanovich TANEYEV  TANEYEV String Quartet No 3 in D minor Op 7 Carpe Diem String Quartet TANEYEV Symphony in No 1 in E minor (1874) Russian State Symph. Orch.; Cond., Valeri Polyansky TANEYEV Canzona in F minor Vytautas Sondeckis, cello; Lithuanian Chamber Orch.; Cond., David Geringas  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  featuring Spanish Composer Giovanni Felice SANCES SANCES Occhi, Occhi Miei Cari Musica Fabula; Dir., Jan Walters  SANCES Cantata Non Sia Chi mi Riprenda Liliana Mazzarri, soprano; Musica Fabula; Dir., Jan Walters SANCES Il Mio Cocente Ardore Musica Fabula; Dir., Jan Walters  SANCES L'Infortunio d'Angelica Scherzi Musicali; Dir., Nicolas Achten  ROSSI, S. Sonata Sopra L'aria Di Ruggiero Scherzi Musicali; Dir., Nicolas Achten  SANCES Presso l'Onde Tranquille Nicolas Achten, baritone; Scherzi Musicali; Dir., Nicolas Achten  SANCES Misera, hor si Chili Pianto Deborah Cachet, soprano; Scherzi Musical; Dir., Nicolas Achten  SANCES Chi Nel Regno Almo D'amore Nicholas Achten, baritone; Reinhoud van Mechelen, tenor; Scherzi Musicali; Dir., Nicolas Achten  SANCES Cantata Usurper Tiranno Maria Christina Kier, soprano; Concerto Soave; Dir., Jean-Marc Aymes   

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  featuring the works of German Composer Carl Maria von Weber  WEBER Beherrscher der Geister - Overture Op 27 The Hanover Band; Dir. Roy Goodman  WEBER Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra Op 26 Michele Zukowsky, clarinet; Los Angeles Phil Orch.; Cond., Zubin Mehta  WEBER Oberon - Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster J306 Birgit Nilsson, soprano; Orch. of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.; Cond., Sir Edward Downes  WEBER Variations sur un Air Russe Op 40 Stephanie McCallum, piano  WEBER Der Freischutz - Huntsmen's Chorus Huntsmen's Chorus Op 77 Leipzig Radio Chorus; Staatskapelle Dresden; Conductor, Silvio Varviso  WEBER arr. BERLIOZ Invitation to the Dance The Hanover Band; Dir. Roy Goodman   

Classics in the Spotlight with Suzanne Pederson  featuring 100th Anniversary of Sir Charles MACKERRAS SULLIVAN arr. MACKERRAS Pineapple Poll Ballet Suite Royal Phil. Orch.; Cond., Charles Mackerras NATHAN arr. MACKERRAS Don John of Austria - Selections Steve Davislim, tenor; Cheryl Barker, soprano; Grant Doyle, baritone; Paul Whelan, bass-baritone; Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano; Nathan Lovejoy, Garth Holcombe, Mark Pegler, Jonathan Hardy, Garth Holcombe, Frank Garfield, Speaking Roles; Sydney Philharmonia Chamber Singers; Sydney Symph.; Cond. Alexander Briger  

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  BRAHMS Vocal Quartets Op92 Monteverdi Choir; Cond. John Eliot Gardiner BRAHMS Symphony No3 in F major Op90 Philharmoniker Hamburg; Cond. Simone Young BRAHMS In The Churchyard, The Blacksmith Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano; Eric Werba, piano   

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  SCHUBERT Grand Rondo in A major D951 (1928) Brach Eden, piano; Alexander Tamir, piano SCHUBERT Introduction & Variations on a Theme from "Die Schoene Muellerin" D 802 Op 160 (1824) Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Robert Veyron-Lacroix, piano  SCHUBERT [orch. KOECHLIN] "Wanderer Fantasy" D760 (1822, Orch 1933) Radio Sinfonie Orchestra, Stuttgart des SWR; Conductor, Heinz Holliger  FRANCK "Die Forelle" [From Transcriptions of four Schubert Songs, Op 8] (1844) Julia Severus, piano  

Classics in the Spotlight with Suzanne Pederson  featuring the music of French Composer Gabriel FAURE  FAURE "Dolly" Suite Op 56 RTE Sinfonietta; Conductor John Georgiadis  FAURE Elegie Op 24 Niall Brown, cello; Isabelle Trub, piano  FAURE Ballade for Piano and Orchestra Op 19 John Ogden, piano; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, Louis Fremaux  FAURE, G. Requiem - "Pie Jesu" Op 48 Renee Fleming, soprano; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor, Andreas Delfs  FAURE "Masques et Bergamasques" Op 112 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  featuring two works by W.A. MOZART with Sir Charles MacKerras Conducting  MOZART Symphony No 38 in D major "Prague" Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Conductor, Sir Charles MacKerras. MOZART "The Supreme Decorator" Hanover Band; Conductor Sir Charles MacKerras  

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  SULLIVAN "Victoria and Merrie England" (1897) The Royal Phiharmonic Orchestra; Conductor, Rayston Nash  SULLIVAN Duo Concertante Op 2 (1868) Jamie Walton, cello; Murray McLachlan, piano  SULLIVAN Incidental Music to the Play, "The Foresters" by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1892) Claire Rutter, soprano; Ashley Catling, tenor; The New London Orchestra; The London Chorus; Conductor, Ronald Corp  SULLIVAN String Quartet (1859) Yeomans String Quartet   

Classics in the Spotlight with John Pederson  PAGANINI Violin Concerto and No.2 in B minor, Op.7 "La Campanella" Salvatore Accardo, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Charles Dutoit, Conductor. PAGANINI Guitar Sonata No.30, in A major, minuetto Marco Tamayo, guitar  PAGANINI Caprice No.5 [arr. for Guitar] Marco Tamayo, guitar  LISZT, F. La Campanella [Etude de Paganini No.3] Sergei Tarasov, piano  HUMMEL Fantasie [Recollections of Paganini] Madoka Inui, piano LEHAR “Girls Were Made to Love and Kiss” [Paganini] Donald Smith, tenor; Adelaide Symphony Orchestra   

Classics in the Spotlight with Suzanne Pederson  PART arr.DICKSON "Spiegel Im Spiegel" Amy Dickson, saxophone; Catherine Milledge, piano  RACHMANINOV arr.MAGANINI Vocalise Amy Dickson, saxophone; Catherine Milledge, piano  FINZI arr. DICKSON Elegy Amy Dickson, saxophone; Catherine Milledge, piano  WIEDOFT "Valse Vanite" Amy Dickson, saxophone; Catherine Milledge, piano  LUTOSLAWSKI, W. Dance Preludes Paul Dean, clarinet; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, Richard Mills  GLINKA Trio Pathetique for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano Paul Dean, clarinet; Leesa Dean, bassoon; Kevin Power, piano   

Classics in the Spotlight with Keith Hempton  PURCELL String Sonata and Pavane Purcell Quartet  PURCELL "In Guilty Night" Taverner Consort; Conductor, Andrew Parrott  PURCELL "Come Ye Sons of Art Away" Taverner Consort; Conductor, Andrew Parrott  PURCELL "Music for a While" Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano; Pinchgut Opera; Conductor, Antony Walker  

Classics in the Spotlight with Arlene Matheson & Stephen Wilkins  Featuring works of Leopold KOŽELUCH KOŽELUCH Piano Sonata in F major Op 5 Kemp English, piano KOŽELUCH Winds Symphonie in D major Consortium Classicum KOŽELUCH Concerto in B-flat major, P IV:8 (Ca 1800) Kolner Klavier Duo; Kolner Rundfunkorcherster; Conductor, Florian Merz  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  featuring Austrian composer and conductor Alexander von Zemlinsky ZEMLINSKY Four Piano Ballades Silke Avenhaus, piano ZEMLINSKY Lieder Op 3 "Empfängnis" Barbara Hannigan, soprano; Reinbert de Leeuw, piano ZEMLINSKY "Lyrische Symphonie" Op 18 "Fried Mein Herz" Mathias Goerne, baritone; Orchestre de Paris; Conductor, Christophe Eschenbach  ZEMLINSKY "Waldgesprach" Ballad for Soprano and Instrumental Ensemble Sandrine Piau, soprano; Orchestre Victor Hugo; Conductor, Jean-Francois Verdier  ZEMLINSKY Sinfonietta Op 3 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, James Judd  ZEMLINSKY Rustic Dances Op 1 No 9 Landler Tempo Sulke Avenhaus, piano  

Classics in the Spotlight with Ian Johnston  featuring the French Composer Alexandre Charles LECOCQ  LECOCQ “La Fille de Madame Angot” Overture / Act II Finale "Valse Tournez, Tournez" / Act Iii Finale "Cher Ennemi Que Je Devrais Hair" / "Ah! C'est Donc Toi, Madam' Barras" Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano; Mathias Vidal, tenor; Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; Choeur Du Concert Spirituel; Conductor, Sebastien Rouland  LECOCQ “Fables de la Fontaine” Francois La Roux, baritone; Jeff Cohen, piano  LECOCQ "Les Cent Vierges le Soupire et Maudis le Destin" ... “O Paris, Gai Sejour de Plaisir” Sonya Yoncheva, soprano; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana; Conductor, Frederic Chaslin  LECOCQ Overture “La Petite Mariee” ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, Michael Halasz  LECOCQ Le Coeur et la Main Un Soir Perez le Capitaine Dame Joan Sutherland, soprano; L'Orchestre de La Suisse Romande; Conductor, Richard Bonynge   

Classics in the Spotlight with Gabrielle Scherrer  SZYMANOWSKI, K. Concert Overture Op 12 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor, Antoni Wit  SZYMANOWSKI, K. “Songs of a Fairytale Princess” Iwona Sobotka, soprano; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Conductor, Simon Rattle  SZYMANOWSKI, K. Violin Concerto No. 1 Vesko Eschkenazy, violin; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Conductor, Mark Elder  SZYMANOWSKI, K. Mazurka No 13 Alexander Hanysz, piano