Fine Music Drive - 6 November 2026

 

FINE MUSIC DRIVE
With James Hunter

Bellini, V. Sediziose voci ... Casta diva, from Norma (1831).    Joan Sutherland, soprano; Royal Opera House Ch & O Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor.
Decca 421 305-2 [12:51]

Bellini, V. Oboe concertino in E flat.    Peterborough String O; Nicholas Daniel, oboe and director.
Helios CDH55034 [06:56]

Vaughan Williams, R. The lark ascending (1914, rev. 1920).    Michael Dauth, violin; Sydney SO; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor.
Melba MR301131 [15:00]

Handel, G. Largo (Ombra mai fù) from Xerxes, HWV40 (1738; arr.).    Yorum Levy, trumpet; Tasmanian SO; David Stanhope, conductor.
ABC 476 4110 [02:48]

Liszt, F. Waltz, after Gounod’s Faust (1861).    Leslie Howard, piano.
Hyperion CDS44537 [09:22]

Kats-Chernin, E. Re-invention no 6 for sopranino recorder (2004; based on Invention no 10 in G, BWV781, by J.S. Bach).    Genevieve Lacey, recorder; Flinders Quartet.
Flinders Quartet [02:59]

Paganini, N. Sonata concertata (1803).    Monica Huggett, violin; Richard Savino, guitar.
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907116 [05:37]

Handel, G. Iris, hence, away, from Semele, HWV 58 (1743).    Sally-Anne Russell, mezzo-soprano; Adelaide SO; Nicholas Milton, conductor.
ABC 476 3335 [03:37]

Godard, B. Violin concerto no 2 in G minor, op 131. Allegro    Chloë Hanslip, violin; Slovak State PO; Kirk Trevor, conductor.
Naxos 8.570554 [06:27]

Gounod, C. Even the bravest heart, from Faust (1859).    Peter Dawson, baritone.
AO AO1 [03:25]

Carr-Boyd, A. Balmoral Beach rag (2009).    Joshua Clarke, cornet; John Martin, piano.
Wirripang Wirr 029 [06:35]

Paganini, N. Variations on Rossini’s Non più mesta accanto al fuoco, from Cinderella, op 12 (1819).    Salvatore Accardo, violin; London PO; Charles Dutoit, conductor.
DG 423 717-2 [11:40]

Strozzi, B. Basta cosi v’ho intesto.    Ensemble Incantato
cpo 999 533-2 [02:55]

Mendelssohn, Fanny. Piano sonata in G minor (1843). Final mvmt.    Heather Schmidt, piano.
Naxos 8.570825 [05:54]

Bach, J.S. Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, from Cantata BWV51 (1730).    Emma Kirkby, soprano; Leanne Sullivan, baroque trumpet; O of the Antipodes; Antony Walker, conductor.
ABC 476 4110 [04:17]

Liszt, F. Seven brilliant variations on a theme by Rossini, op 2 (c1824).    Leslie Howard, piano.
Hyperion CDS44501 [09:15]

Bellstedt, H. Napoli, Variations on a Neapolitan song.    Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Donald Hunsberger, director.
CBS MK 42137 [05:43]

Paganini, N. Violin concerto in E minor, op 6 (1815). Rondo    Salvatore Accardo, violin; London PO; Charles Dutoit, conductor.
DG 423 717-2 [11:20]

Puccini, G. Donna non vidi mai, from Manon Lescaut(1893).    Joseph Calleja, tenor; Suisse Romande O; Marco Armiliato, conductor.
Decca 478 2720 [02:54]

Vivaldi, A. Recorder concerto in C, RV444.    Genevieve Lacey, recorder; Australian Brandenburg O; Paul Dyer, director.
ABC 476 9233 [08:56]

Fasch, J. Concerto in D    Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet; Lajos Lencsés, László Párkányi, oboes; Aladár Tüske, bassoon; Budapest Strings.
Capriccio 5073 [06:38]

Mercury, Freddie Bohemian rhapsody (1975; arr Buc).    Benaud Trio. Lachlan Bramble, violin; Ewen Bramble, cello; Amir Farid, piano.
Melba MR301142 [05:26]

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