Exploring music from different perspectives on each day of the week:
Mondays: A Year in Retrospect (music composed in a particular year) Tuesdays: Colours of the Keyboard (music of the keyboard in all its forms and combinations) Wednesdays: Rescued from the Shadows (music of composers whose music has been rediscovered in recent times) Thursdays: Romance and Romantics (love songs, love gifts and music of the Romantic period, a program of warmth and drama) Fridays: Something Borrowed (works transformed from their original through variation, transcription and arrangement)
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09:01
09:01Sullivan, A. – Overture to Iolanthe (1882). – Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny.
09:11
09:11Liszt, F. – La lugubre gondola (1882). – Emmanuelle Bertrand, vc; Pascal Amoyel, pf.
09:40Pfohl, F. – Hagbart: Nordic rhapsody on a theme of Edvard Grieg (1882). – Jamina Gerl, pf.
09:59
09:59Millöcker, C. – Pot-pourri, from The beggar student (1882). – Anni Frind, sop; Marcel Wittrisch, ten; Wilhelm Strienz, bass; Ch & O/Bruno Seidler-Winkler.
10:09
10:09Reinecke, C. – Sonata, op 167, [Undine] (1882). – Sharon Bezaly, fl; Ronald Brautigam, pf.
09:02
09:02Albinoni, T. – Concerto in D minor, op 9 no 2 (pub. 1721; arr. Thilde). – Maurice André, tpt; London PO/Jésus López-Cobos.
09:12
09:12Alyabyev, A. – The Russian nightingale (arr. Richardson). – Beverly Hoch, sop; Hong Kong PO/Kenneth Schermerhorn.
09:20
09:20Gershwin, G. – Rhapsody in blue (1924; transcr. Dokshitser). – Edward Tarr, tpt; Elisabeth Westenholz, pf.
09:33
09:33Minkus, L. – Pas de deux, from Don Quixote Act III (1869; arr. Lanchbery). – State O of Victoria/John Lanchbery.
09:44
09:44Brahms, J. – Variations on a theme by Haydn, op 56b (1873). – Robert Chamberlain, pf, Darryl Coote, pf.
10:03
10:03Hoffmeister, F. – Quartet in A, after Mozart’s K331, [Alla turca.] – Israel Flute Ensemble.
09:02
09:02Suk, J. – Excerpts from Fairy tale, op 16 (1899-1900). – Czech PO/Jiri Bélohlávek.
09:24
09:24Massenet, J. – Esprits de l’air esprits de onde; Dance of the spirits; Où suis-je? from Esclarmonde (1890). – Joan Sutherland, sop; National PO/Richard Bonynge.
09:35
09:35Liszt, F. – Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert (1879). – Leslie Howard, pf.
09:54
09:54Bernstein, L. – Suite from West Side story (1960; arr. Gale). – Center City Brass Quintet.
10:13
10:13Spohr, L. – Sonata in C minor (c1805). – Sophie Langdon, vn; Hugh Webb, hp.
09:01
09:01Grétry, A-E-M. – Overture to Le Magnifique (1773). – English CO/Richard Bonynge.
09:13
09:13Vachon, P. – String quartet in D, op 7 no 2 (1772). – Rasumovsky Quartet.
09:29
09:29Naudot, J-C. – Flute concerto in D, op 11 no 1 (pub. 1737). – Neil McLaren, fl; Cambridge Baroque Camerata.
09:39
09:39Yost, M. – Duets: nos 1 and 2. – Michel Portal, cl; Paul Meyer, cl.
10:06Duport, J-L.<br /> – Allegro, from Étude no 17 in E flat minor; Allegro, from Étude no 7 in G minor. – Alessandro Andriani, vc.
10:12
10:12Colin de Blamont, F. – Greek and Roman festivals (1723). – Les Ombres.
09:01
09:01Albrechtsberger, J. – Prelude and fugue. – Elizabeth Anderson, Douglas Lawrence, org.
09:10
09:10Bruch, M. – Fantasy, op 11 (1860). – Martin Berkofsky, pf; David Hagan, pf.
09:20
09:20Galuppi, B. – Sonata no 4 in D, from A pastime at the harpsichord (1781). – Jörg Ewald Dähler, hpd.
09:30
09:30Valentini, Giuseppe. – Sonata in E. – Lev Yevgrafov, vc; Lydia Yevgrafova, pf.
09:44
09:44Debussy, C. – Images, first set (1905). – Boris Berman, pf.
10:03
10:03Clarke, Rebecca. – Piano trio (1921). – Bekova Sisters.
09:01
09:01Schumann, R. – Overture to Manfred, op 115 (1848; arr.). – Eckerle Piano Duo.
09:14
09:14Nicolai, O. – Duo sonata no 1 in F (1848). – Roger Montgomery, hn; Christopher Larkin, hn.
09:32
09:32Spohr, L. – Sextet in C, op 140 (1848). – Sándor Papp, va; Tamás Varga, vc; New Haydn Quartet.
09:57
09:57Liszt, F. – Grand fantasy I: Reminiscences of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, (1848). – Leslie Howard, pf.
10:09
10:09Berlioz, H. – The death of Ophelia, from Tristia, op 18 no 2 (1848). – Lyon NO Choir; Noel Lee, pf; Bernard Tetu, cond.
10:15
10:15Czerny, C. – Andante e polacca (1848). – Hermann Baumann, hn; Leonard Hokanson, pf.
09:00
09:00Czerny, C. – Introduction and brilliant variations on a favourite march, from Pacini’s opera Arabi nelle Gallie (1831). – Rosemary Tuck, pf; English CO/Richard Bonynge.
09:15
09:15Mendelssohn, F. – Selected Songs without words (arr. Ottensamer). – Andreas Ottensamer, cl; Yuja Wang, pf.
09:34
09:34Tintner, G. – Variations on a theme of Chopin (1934). – Helen Huang, pf.
09:46
09:46Borne, F. – Fantaisie brillante after Bizet’s Carmen. – Sharon Bezaly, fl; Ervin Nagy, pf.
09:59
09:59Paviour, P. – Ruminations, after Elgar; Love of the father, after Gibbons. – Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir; Christopher Allsop, org; Stephen Shellard, cond.
10:09
10:09Stravinsky, I. – Suite from The soldier’s tale (1918; arr. Stravinsky 1919). – Dene Olding, vn; Nigel Westlake, cl; David Bollard, pf.
09:01
09:01Williams, J. – Music from Jane Eyre (1971). – Boston Pops O/John Williams.
09:15
09:15Fauré, G. – Orchestral suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, op 80 (1898). – Basle SO/Ivor Bolton.
09:36
09:36Tárrega, F. – Recuerdos de la Alhambra, op 29. – John Williams, gui.
09:40
09:40Campra, A. – Cantata: Énée et Didon (pub. 1714). – Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.
09:57
09:57Mendelssohn, F. – Songs without words, bk I, op 19b (1834). – Luba Edlina, pf.
10:16
10:16Lovreglio, D. – Fantasia on themes from Verdi’s La traviata, op 45. – Colin Bradbury, cl; Oliver Davies, pf.
09:01
09:01Boyce, W. – Overture to Cambridge installation ode (1749). – New Philharmonia O/Raymond Leppard.
09:11
09:11Buonamente, G. – Suite for recorder, violin and continuo, from Book III (pub. 1626). – Palladian Ensemble.
09:21
09:21Byström, T. – Air russe varié (pub. 1799). – Eero Heinonen, pf.
09:36
09:36Albert, H. – Turpe snex miles, turpe senilis amor. – Andreas Scholl, ct; Pablo Valetti, vn; Alix Verzier, vc; Karl Ernst Schröder, lute; Markus Märk, hpd.
09:42
09:42Campra, A. – Cantata: Les femmes (pub. 1708). – Peter Harvey, bar; London Baroque.
09:57
09:57Cambini, G. – Quintet no 1 in B. – Avalon Wind Quintet.
10:14
10:14Blavet, M. – Sonata no 1 in G, op 2 (1732). – Masahiro Arita, fl; Kiyomi Suga, fl; Masako Hirao, bass viol; Yasunori Imamura, theorbo; Chiyoko Arita, hpd.
09:01
09:01Chopin, F. – Polonaise in G flat, op posth (1829). – Roger Woodward, pf.
09:11
09:11Brixi, F. – Organ concerto in C. – Jan Hora, org; Prague CO/Frantisek Vajnar.
09:25
09:25Bach, J. Christian – Sonata in G, op 5 no 3 (pub. 1766). – Susan Alexander-Max, clvd.
09:37
09:37Grieg, E. – Humoresques, op 6 (1865). – Eva Knardahl, pf.
09:50
09:50Haydn, J. – Trio in F, Hob.XV17 (1790). – Wilbert Hazelzet, fl; Christiaan Norde, vc; Jacques Ogg, fp.
10:08
10:08Liszt, F. – Legends (1863). – Alfred Brendel, pf.
09:01
09:01Saint-Saëns, C. – Danse macabre, op 40 (1874). – French NO/Lorin Maazel, vn & dir.
09:10
09:10Brahms, J. – Three quartets, op 64 (1874). – RIAS Chamber Choir; Alain Planès, pf; Marcus Creed, cond.
09:25
09:25Doppler, F. – Andante et rondo, op 25 (pub. 1874). – Claudi Arimany, fl; Shigenori Kudo, fl; Alan Branch, pf.
09:34
09:34Mussorgsky, M. – Death of Boris Godunov, from Boris Godunov (1874). – Eliane Lublin, sop; Ruggero Raimondi, bass; Paris National Opera Theatre Ch & O/Emil Tchakarov.
09:48
09:48Fibich, Z. – String quartet no 1 in A (1874). – Talich Quartet.
10:12
10:12Grieg, E. – Album leaf, op 28 no 2 (1874). – Eva Knardahl, pf.
10:15
10:15Sarasate, P. de – Concert fantasy on Gounod’s Faust (1874). – Ruggiero Ricci, vn; Graeme McNaught, pf.
09:01
09:01Beethoven, L. – Sonata in F, op 17 (1800; arr.). – Maria Kliegel, vc; Nina Tichman, pf.
09:17
09:17Ravel, M. – Suite from Mother Goose (1908-10; arr. McIntyre). – Canberra Wind Soloists.
09:33
09:33Mussorgsky, M. – St John’s night on Bald Mountain (1867; arr. Rimsky-Korsakov). – Finnish RSO/Leif Segerstam.
09:45
09:45Milhaud, D. – La création du monde (1923; arr. Seidenburg). – Turtle Island String Quartet; Ying Quartet.
09:58
09:58Albinoni, T. – Sonata da chiesa in D minor (transcr. Balsom). – Alison Balsom, tpt; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock.
10:07
10:07Tartini, G. – Concerto no 2 in E minor, D55 (transcr.). – Björn Gäfvert; org; Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble.
10:23
10:23Paganini, N. – Moto perpetuo, op 11 (aft. 1830; arr. Hunsberger). – Wynton Marsalis, cornet; Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger.
09:01
09:01Rossini, G. – Overture to Eduardo and Cristina (1819). – Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner.
09:11
09:11Grainger, P. – The man I love; Love walked in, after Gershwin (1945). – Leslie Howard, pf.
09:20
09:20Pfitzner, H. – Six love songs, op 35 (1924). – Julie Kaufmann, sop; Iris Vermillion, sop; Donald Sulzen, pf; Axel Bauni, pf.
09:33
09:33Franck, C. – Suite from Psyché (1888). – Christian Ivaldi, pf; Noël Lee, pf.
09:55
09:55Sibelius, J. – The lover, op 14 (1893/1911). – Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier.
10:03
10:03Bruch, M. – Quintet in A minor, op posth. (1918). – Vadim Gluzman, vn; Sandis Steinbergs, vn; Maxim Rysanov, va; Ilze Klava, va; Reins Birznieks, vc.
09:01
09:01Martin y Coll, A. – Danza del hacha; El villano (pub. 1708). – Hesperion XX/Jordi Savall.
09:06
09:06Janitsch, J. – Chamber sonata in D, op 5, [Echo]. – Il Gardellino.
09:06
09:06Orejón y Aparicio, J. de – Recitative and aria: Mariposa de sus misterioso, from Ya que el sol misterioso. – Carol Ann Allred, sop; Danny Mallon, perc; Chatham Baroque.
09:22
09:22Araia, F. – The shepherd who in shadowy night, from Seleuco (1744). – Cecilia Bartoli, mezz; Pier Luigi Febretti, ob; I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis.
09:43
09:43Carulli, F. – Grand duo in E minor, op 86 (pub. 1814). – Leopoldo Saracino, gui; Massimo Palumbo, fp.
10:01
10:01Hassl, F. – Trio sonata VI in G, from Six trio sonatas (1751). – L’Arcadia.
10:13
10:13Caudioso, D. – Mandolin concerto in G. – Artemandoline.
09:02
09:02Beethoven, L. – Allegro con brio, from Piano concerto no 3 in C minor, op 37 (1804; transcr. Alkan). – Marc-André Hamelin, pf.
09:22
09:22Handel, G. – Sonata in A, HWV361. – Hiro Kurosaki, vn; William Christie, org.
09:31
09:31Liszt, F. – Consolations: Six pensées poétiques, S172 (c1844-49). – Leslie Howard, pf.
09:47
09:47Schumann, R. – Fairy tales, op 132 (1853). – Gabor Reeves, cl; Alexandru Todicescu, va; Rachel Valler, pf.
10:02
10:02Beethoven, L. – Sonata no 32 in C minor, op 111 (1822). – Stephen Hough, pf.
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09:01
09:01Beethoven, L. – Ten variations on Müller’s song Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu for piano trio, op 121a (1792-95). – Macquarie Trio.
09:21
09:21Bach, J.S. – Sonata no 1 in G minor, BWV1001 (1720; transcr. North). – Nigel North, lute.
09:40
09:40Riisager, K. – Summer rhapsody on Danish folk melodies (1943). – Aarhus SO/Bo Holten.
09:52
09:52Grieg, E. – Ten song arrangements from Norwegian melodies (1875). – Love Derwinger, pf.
10:06
10:06Gieseking, W. – Variations on a theme by Grieg (1932). – Ali Goldsmith, fl; Miles Graber, pf.
09:01
09:01Mendelssohn, F. – Serenade and allegro giocoso in B minor, op 43. – Stephen Hough, pf; City of Birmingham SO/Lawrence Foster.
09:15
09:15Strauss, R. – Romance in F (1883). – Mischa Maisky, vc; Pavel Gililov, pf.
09:28
09:28Boulanger, L. – D’un soir triste (1918). – Women’s PO/JoAnn Falletta.
09:40
09:40Liszt, F. – Gondoliera, from Venice and Naples, supplement to Années de Pèlerinage, vol 2 (1859). – Leslie Howard, pf.
09:48
09:48Saint-Saëns, C. – Five poems of Ronsard (1921). – Tassie Christoyannis, bar; Jeff Cohen, pf.
10:04
10:04Herzogenberg, H. – Trio, op 61 (1889). – Albrecht Mayer, ob; Marie-Luise Neunecker, hn; Markus Becker, pf.
09:02
09:02Blow, J. – Suite from Venus and Adonis – Stephen Pedder, Julia Kuhn, violins; Mark Levy, viola da gamba; William Carter, theorbo.
09:15
09:15Pepusch, J. – Cantata V: Corydon (1710). – Bergen Barokk.
09:25
09:25Paisible, J. – Sett in D, from Six setts of aires (pub. 1720). – Musica Barocca.
09:39
09:39Wesley, S. – Symphony no 3 in A (1784). – Milton Keynes CO/Hilary Davan Wetton.
09:56
09:56Boyce, W. – Corydon and Miranda, a pastoral interlude (1750). – Opera Restor’d/Peter Holman.
10:15
10:15Pinto, G. – Fantasia and sonata in C minor (1806; compl. Woefl). – Míceál O’Rourke, pf.
09:01
09:01Schubert, F. – Four impromptus, D935 (1827). – András Schiff, fp.
09:19
09:19Corelli, A. – Sonata in G minor, op 5 no 5 (pub. 1700). – Jonas Zschenderlein, vn; Alexander von Heissen, hpd.
09:33
09:33Bach, J.S. – Regis iussu cantio et reliqua canonica arte resoluta à 3, from A musical offering, BWV1079 (1747). – Henk Bouman, hpd.
09:39
09:39Saint-Saëns, C. – Improvisation on Samson and Delilah. – Camille Saint-Saëns, reproducing pf.
09:46
09:46Martucci, G. – Fantasia, op 51 (1881). – Francesco Caramiello, pf.
09:59
09:59Briggs, D. – Improvisation on Tantum ergo (2012). – David Briggs, org.
10:05
10:05Beethoven, L. – Sonata no 13 in E flat, op 27 no 1, [Quasia una fantasia] (1801). – Wilhelm Kempff, pf.
10:22
10:22Chopin, F. – Fantasy-impromptu in C sharp minor, op 66 (1834). – Maria João Pires, pf.
09:01
09:01Hasse, J. – Cervo al bosco, from Cleofide (1731). – Flavio Ferri-Benedetti, alto; Il Basilico.
09:08
09:08Weiss, S. – Lute concerto in F (1731). – Richard Stone, lute; Tempesta di Mare.
09:26
09:26Porpora, N. – Raggio amico fi speranza, from Poro (1731). – Roberta Invernizzi, sop; I Turchini/Antonio Florio.
09:33
09:33Bach, J.S. – Partita no 5 in G, BWV829 (1725-31). – Rosalyn Tureck, pf.
09:56
09:56Handel, G. – Let me weep, from Rinaldo, HWV7 (1711/31). – Yvonne Kenny, sop; Australian Brandenburg O/Paul Dyer.
10:01
10:01Vivaldi, A. – Concerto in D, RV93 (1730-31; arr.). – Amadeus Guitar Duo.
10:11
10:11Bach, C.P.E. – Trio sonata in D minor for flute, violin and continuo, Wq145 (1731). – Le Nouveau Quatuor.
