06 January, 2012

Breakfast and EC for 24/12/2011 - 30/12/2011

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SAT SATURDAY 24 DECEMBER 2011 SAT SAT 07:00 Breakfast b0186f1g (Listen) SAT Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast SAT show, including Adams' O Holy Night sung by Kiri te Kanawa, SAT Strauss (the Younger)'s Vienna Bon-bons played by the Royal SAT Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, SAT and The Young Prince and Princess from Rimsky-Korsakov's SAT Scheherazade is performed by the New York Philharmonic under SAT Kurt Masur. SAT SAT Playlist SAT SAT NB This playlist is subject to change during transmission. SAT The final playlist will be put up after the Bank Holiday SAT period. SAT 00:03 SAT Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov SAT Christmas Eve : Polonaise SAT Moscow Symphony Orchestra SAT Igor Golovshin (conductor) SAT Naxos 8.570344 SAT 00:09 SAT Adolphe Adam SAT O Holy Night SAT Kiri te Kanawa SAT London Voices SAT Philharmonia Orchestra SAT Carl Davies (conductor) SAT Decca 478 2105 SAT 00:14 SAT Franz Liszt SAT Scherzo “Lighting Candles on the Christmas Tree” from SAT Weihnachtsbaum SAT Rhondda Gillespie (piano) SAT CHAN 6629 SAT 00:16 SAT Johann Sebastian Bach SAT Concerto for harpsichord, two recorder and strings BWV 1057 SAT The Purcell Quartet SAT Robert Woolley (harpsichord) SAT Marion Scott, Rachel Beckett (recorders) SAT Chaconne CHAN 0636 SAT 00:24 SAT Hector Berlioz SAT L' Enfance du Christ (Op.25), Pt.2; L' Adieu des bergers SAT (The Shepherds Farewell) SAT Academy and Choir of St Martin in the Fields SAT Neville Marriner SAT Philips 442 1412 SAT 00:30 SAT Claudio Monteverdi SAT Opening Toccata From Vespers of the Blessed Virgin SAT Onyx Brass SAT Onyx Brass SAT 00:33 SAT Johann Strauss II SAT Vienna Bonbons op 307 SAT Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra SAT Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) SAT Apex 0927 49981 2 SAT 00:42 SAT Franz Xaver Gruber SAT Silent Night SAT Arranger: David Hill (B.1957) SAT BBC Singers SAT Paul Brough (conductor) SAT Tenor solo: Christopher Bowen SAT Bass solo: Jamie W. Hall SAT BBC Recording SAT 00:47 SAT Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev SAT Winter Fairy from Five Pieces from Cinderella SAT Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) SAT Olga Sitkovetsjy (piano) SAT Angel 7243 5 57025 2 SAT 00:52 SAT Dmitri Shostakovich SAT Music from Ballets Suites 1, 2 and 3 SAT Scottish National Orchestra SAT Neeme Jarvi SAT CHAN 6512 SAT 01:03 SAT Leroy Anderson SAT A Christmas Festival SAT Royal Scottish National Orchestra SAT Christopher Bell SAT SIG CD 202 SAT 01:10 SAT Morten Lauridsen SAT O magnum mysterium SAT Polyphony SAT Stephen Layton SAT Hyperion NOEL 2 SAT 01:17 SAT Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SAT The Seasons, op 37b: December : Noel SAT Yefim Bronfman (piano) SAT SK 60689 SAT 01:21 SAT Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov SAT Scheherazade, op 35: The Young Prince and Princess SAT New York Philharmonic Orchestra SAT Kurt Masur (conductor) SAT APEX 2564 60374 2 SAT 01:33 SAT Herbert Howells SAT Sing Lullaby From Three Carol Anthems SAT Choir of St Johns College Oxford SAT Nimbus NI 5589 SAT 01:37 SAT Arcangelo Corelli SAT Christmas Concerto: Allegro and Pastorale SAT I Solisti Veneti SAT Erato 4509 91778 2 SAT 01:42 SAT Johann Sebastian Bach SAT Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 SAT Christopher Herrick (organ of the Jesuitenkirche, Lucerne) SAT Hyperion CDS44130 SAT 01:47 SAT Philip Lane SAT Wassail Dances (Somerset, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire) SAT City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra SAT Gavin Sutherland (conductor) SAT Naxos 8.557099 SAT 01:56 SAT [traditional] SAT Tomorrow shall be my Dancing Day SAT Cambridge Singers SAT John Rutter (conductor) SAT COLDCD 133 SAT SAT 15:00 Saturday Classics b0186f47 (Listen) SAT John Wilson: Screen Music Greats of Hollywood, Curl up in SAT Front of the Fire for a Christmas Movie SAT SAT Conductor John Wilson presents a personal selection of SAT Christmas music for the cinema including scores from Dmitri SAT Tiomkin, John Williams, Malcolm Arnold and Danny Elfman. SAT SAT Some of his selection includes music with specific Christmas SAT themes such as "It's A Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th SAT Street" , but many reflect the spirit of the family at SAT Christmas time, the kind of films that folk might enjoy in SAT front of the television after the Christmas dinner. SAT SAT The films themselves are much loved, but John invites us to SAT revel is some of the inventiveness of the often SAT under-appreciated film composer. SAT SAT Film titles for this programme also include "Whistle Down SAT the Wind", "Edward Scissorhands", "A Christmas Carol", "The SAT Sound of Music", "Gremlins" and "The Polar Express". SAT 00:00 SAT Richard Rodgers SAT The Sound of music - musical SAT Julie ANDREWS - Singer SAT RCA SAT 07863679652 SAT 00:02 SAT Tiomkin SAT Heaven (It's A Wonderful Life: Suite) SAT Arranger: SAT Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Newman SAT TELARC SAT CD-88801 SAT 00:17 SAT Harold Arlen SAT The Wizard of Oz - musical film SAT Judy GARLAND - Singer SAT Ray Bolger - Singer SAT MGM SAT CD7933032 SAT 00:19 SAT Maurice Jarre SAT Doctor Zhivago - music for the film SAT Maurice JARRE SAT Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SAT CBS SAT CD42307 SAT 00:24 SAT Jerry Bock SAT Fiddler On The Roof - Sunrise, Sunset SAT Arranger: John Williams SAT Isaac STERN - Violin SAT Topol SAT Norma Crane Orchestra SAT EMI SAT CDP7460912 SAT 00:28 SAT John Williams SAT E.T. - Adventure on Earth SAT John WILLIAMS SAT studio orchestra SAT MCA SAT DMCL1878 SAT 00:43 SAT L.Harline/N.Washington SAT When you wish upon a star [from Disney's `Peter Pan'] SAT Eric Kenzel SAT Cincinnati Pops Orchestra SAT TELARC SAT CD80196 SAT 00:46 SAT Malcolm Arnold SAT Whistle down the wind - suite, arr. C Palmer [from the film SAT music] SAT Richard HICKOX SAT London Symphony Orchestra SAT CHANDOS SAT CHAN9100 SAT 00:55 SAT Danny Elfman SAT Grand Finale Edward Scissorhands SAT Orchestra conducted by Shirley Walker SAT MCA RECORDS SAT MCAD-10133 SAT 00:58 SAT Cyril J. Mockridge SAT Miracle on 34th Street Suite SAT David Newman SAT The Royal Philharmonia Orchestra SAT TELARC SAT CD88801 SAT 01:09 SAT Richard Addinsell SAT A Christmas Carol for orchestra SAT David Newman SAT Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SAT TELARC SAT CD88801 SAT 01:23 SAT Jerry Goldsmith SAT Gremlins Suite SAT Jerry Goldsmith SAT The Philharmonia Orchestra SAT LONDON SAT 8207572 SAT 01:31 SAT Alan Silvestri SAT Suite Polar Express SAT Studio Orchestra SAT WARNER SAT 9362-488972 SAT 01:37 SAT Adolf Deutsche SAT I Wanna Be Loved By You SAT Adolf Deutsche SAT Arranger: Kalmar/Stothart/Ruby SAT Marilyn MONROE - Singer SAT RYKODISC SAT R341303 SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 25 DECEMBER 2011 SUN SUN 07:00 Breakfast b0186gvq (Listen) SUN Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast SUN show - music to celebrate Christmas Day. SUN 00:03 SUN Trad Welsh SUN Deck the Hall SUN Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra SUN Alfred Newman (conductor) SUN EMI 5 57256 2 SUN 00:05 SUN Johann Sebastian Bach SUN Cantata for Christmas day – Unser Mund sei voll Lachens: SUN Opening chorus SUN The Monteverdi Choir SUN The English Baroque Soloists SUN John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SUN SDG 113 SUN 00:11 SUN Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky SUN Nutcracker Suite SUN Philharmonia Orchestra SUN Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) SUN CBS MDK 45649 SUN 00:35 SUN David SUN Born on a new day SUN Arranger: Knight/Lawson SUN The King’s Singers SUN Unnamed String Quartet SUN Signum SIGCD502 SUN 00:37 SUN Leroy Anderson SUN Sleigh Ride SUN BBC Concert Orchestra SUN Leonard Slatkin (conductor) SUN Naxos 8.559357 SUN 00:40 SUN Trad 16th century French tune SUN Ding, dong! Merrily on High SUN Arranger: Stuart Nicholson SUN BBC Singers SUN Stephen Farr (organ) SUN Paul Brough (conductor) SUN BBC Recording SUN 00:43 SUN Émile Waldteufel SUN Les Patineurs (The Skaters) waltz SUN Philharmonia Orchestra SUN Sir Charles Groves (conductor) SUN Denon CO 73674 SUN 00:50 SUN Michael Praetorius SUN Christmas Mass: Introit – Puer natus in Bethlehem SUN Susan Hemington Jones and Constanze Backes (sopranos) SUN Simon Grant (bass) SUN Gabrieli Consort and Players SUN Paul McCreesh (conductor) SUN Archiv 439 250-2 SUN 00:59 SUN Trad. English SUN The Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) SUN Choir of St John’s College Cambridge SUN Andrew Nethsingha (conductor) SUN Chandos CHSA5096 SUN 01:03 SUN John Rutter SUN Star Carol SUN The Cambridge Singers SUN City of London Sinfonia SUN John Rutter (conductor) SUN Collegium CSCD SUN 01:06 SUN Léon Jessel SUN Parade of the Tin Soldiers SUN The new London Orchestra SUN Ronald Corp (conductor) SUN Hyperion CDA66998 SUN 01:09 SUN Johann Sebastian Bach SUN In dulci Jubilo BWV 729 SUN Peter Hurford (Organ of the chapel of Knox Grammar School, SUN Sydney) SUN Decca 443 485-2 SUN 01:12 SUN John Goss SUN See amid the winter’s snow SUN Arranger: David Willcocks SUN Soprano solo: Margaret Feaviour [pronounced: Fāy-vee-ur] SUN BBC Singers’ Come and Sing Choir SUN BBC Singers SUN Stephen Farr (organ) SUN Paul Brough (conductor) SUN BBC Recording SUN 01:17 SUN Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev SUN Lieutenant Kijé: Troika SUN Cleveland Orchestra SUN George Szell (conductor) SUN Sony SBK 48 162 SUN 01:20 SUN Anon English SUN Lullay, lullay SUN Margaret Philpot (Gothic Voices/Christopher Page) SUN Hyperion CD”44252 SUN 01:25 SUN George Frideric Handel SUN Messiah: For unto us a child is born SUN The Sixteen SUN Harry Christophers (conductor) SUN Coro COR16062 SUN 01:33 SUN Hely-Hutchinson SUN Carol Symphony SUN Pro Arte Orchestra SUN Barry Rose (conductor) SUN EMI CDM 7 64131 2 SUN 01:58 SUN [traditional] SUN We wish you a merry Christmas! SUN Arranger: Ryan SUN Hallé Choir and Orchestra SUN Maurice Handford (conductor) SUN EMI 5 57256 2 SUN SUN 09:00 Sunday Morning b0186gvs (Listen) SUN Rob Cowan SUN SUN Rob Cowan is live in the studio on Christmas morning with SUN three hours of great music, featuring the best recordings SUN from the archive and the present day. Today with works by SUN Bach, Schumann, Mozart and Dvorak. Plus your emails and a SUN challenge for your Innocent Ear. SUN SUN Anon SUN Das himmlische Tor SUN Tölzer Knabenchor SUN Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 69996 2 Disc 2, track 11 SUN SUN Camille Saint-Saëns SUN Ascanio, mvts 1-4 SUN Orchestra Victoria, Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor) SUN Melba MR301130, tracks 3-6 SUN SUN Johann Sebastian Bach SUN Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 SUN Jean-Bernard Pommier (piano) SUN EMI CZS 7 628742, disc 2, tracks 1-3 SUN SUN Johannes Brahms SUN Ave Maria op 12 SUN Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Antoni Wit SUN (conductor) SUN Naxos 8.572694 tr1 SUN SUN Robert Schumann SUN Five Pieces in Folk Style, No. 1 ‘Mit humour’ SUN Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano) SUN Decca 452 895-2, track 6 SUN SUN Traditional SUN Sunset; He promis’d me at parting SUN Arranger: Ludwig van Beethoven SUN Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Edith Mathis SUN (soprano), Alexander Young (tenor), Andreas Roehn (violin), SUN Georg Donderer (cello), Karl Engel (piano) SUN DG 480 0385, disc 1, tracks 10 and 11 SUN SUN Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SUN Notturno in D major, Kv 286 SUN Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Sándor Végh SUN (conductor) SUN Capriccio 10 302, tracks 14-16 SUN SUN Claudio Monteverdi SUN Chiome d’oro SUN Vocal Ensemble (inc. Hugues Cuenod, tenor), Nadia Boulanger SUN (conductor) SUN EMI CDH7 61025 2, track 13 SUN SUN Lili Boulanger SUN Renouveau SUN New London Chamber Choir, James Wood (conductor) SUN Helios CDHS5153, track 15 SUN SUN Antonin Dvorak SUN Czech Suite, Op. 39 SUN Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier (conductor) SUN Warner Classics 2564 66656-3, tracks 6-10 SUN SUN Cesar Cui SUN Velichit dusha moya Gospoda, Op. 93 SUN Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), St Petersburg Chamber Choir, SUN Nikolai Korniev (conductor) SUN Philips 473 068-2, Disc 5, track 7 SUN SUN Padre Antonio Soler SUN Sonata No. 10 in B minor SUN Jonathan Woods (harpsichord) SUN Allegro PCD 1086, track 19 SUN SUN Henri Contet / Marc Heyral SUN Le Noel de la Rue SUN Edith Piaf SUN Jade 699 738-2 tr 12 SUN SUN Jan Dismas Zelenka SUN Sechs Reiterfanfaren SUN Philip Jones Brass Ensemble SUN Decca B0000807-2 Disc 2, track 1 SUN SUN Maurice Ravel, arr. Herbie Hancock SUN Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G, Second Movement SUN Herbie Hancock (piano) and friends SUN Verve 557 797-2, track 13 SUN SUN Felix Mendelssohn SUN Violin Sonata in F minor SUN Aaron Rosand (violin), Eileen Flissler (piano) SUN Artkor Ltd. ART2734, track 4 SUN SUN Peter Cornelius SUN Christmas Songs, Op. 8 SUN Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano) SUN DG 474 573-3, Disc 2, tracks 22-27 SUN SUN Sergei Prokofiev arr. Oliver Nelson SUN Peter and the Wolf, finale SUN Oliver Nelson and his Orchestra SUN Verve 547 264-2, track 6 SUN SUN Édouard Lalo SUN Le Roi d’Ys (Overture) SUN L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet SUN (conductor) SUN Decca 480 0049 CD2 tr 2 SUN SUN anon SUN Santa Maria SUN Knut Rossler (saxophone), Johannes Vogt (guitar), Ute SUN Kreidler (voice) SUN ACT 9496-2 tr 5 SUN SUN MON MONDAY 26 DECEMBER 2011 MON MON 06:30 Breakfast b0186h25 (Listen) MON Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, MON including Sullivan's overture to The Mikado played by the MON D'Oyly Carte Opera Company conducted by Jonathan MON Pryce-Jones, the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform MON Elgar's Serenade for Strings conducted by Paul Daniel, and MON Brahms' Capriccio in B minor is performed by pianist Evgeny MON Kissin. MON 00:01 MON Henry Charles Litolff MON Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor: mvt ii – scherzo MON Peter Donohoe (piano) MON Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra MON Andrew Litton (conductor) MON Hyperion CDA66889 MON 00:08 MON Vincenzo Bellini MON Norma: Casta diva MON Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) MON International Chamber Soloists MON Orchestra la Scintilla MON Adam Fischer (conductor) MON Decca 478 2558 MON 00:15 MON Sir Arthur Sullivan MON The Mikado: Overture MON The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company MON John Pryce-Jones (conductor) MON TER CDVIR 8316 MON 00:23 MON Johann Sebastian Bach MON Christmas Oratorio: Sinfonia (from Pt 2) MON Taverner Players MON Andrew Parrott (conductor) MON EMI CDM 7 69853 2 MON 00:33 MON Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart MON Rondo alla turca (from Sonata K331) MON András Schiff (piano) MON Decca 443 762-2 MON 00:38 MON John Rutter MON When icicles hang: Icicles; Winter nights MON Wayne Marshall (harpsichord) MON The Cambridge Singers MON City of London Sinfonia MON John Rutter (conductor) MON Collegium COLCD 117 MON 00:45 MON William Boyce MON Symphony No 5 in D major MON The English Concert MON Trevor Pinnock (director) MON Archiv 419 631-2 MON 00:53 MON Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky MON Lensky’s aria (paraphrase from Eugene Onegin) MON Arranger: Guy Braunstein MON Emmanuel Pahud (flute) MON Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra MON Yannick Nezet-Ségun (conductor) MON EMI 4 57814 2 MON 01:01 MON Jacob van Eyck MON Boffons MON Pamela Thorby (reorder) MON Andrew Lawrence King (harp) MON Linn CKD 291 MON 01:04 MON Max Bruch MON Violin Concerto no.1 (Op.26) in G minor, 3rd movement; MON Finale MON Nicola Benedetti (violin) MON Czech Philharmonic Orchestra MON Jakub Hrůša (conductor) MON DG 4764092 MON 01:11 MON Trad from Piae Cantiones (1582) MON Good King Wenceslas MON Arranger: Bob Chilcott (B.1955) MON BBC Singers MON Stephen Farr (organ) MON Paul Brough (conductor) MON BBC Recording MON 01:14 MON George Gershwin MON Delicious (New York Rhapsody) MON Hollywood Bowl Orchestra MON John Mauceri (conductor) MON Philips 434 274-2 MON 01:25 MON Johann Sebastian Bach MON Schäfe können sicher weiden (from Cantata 208) MON Gillian Fisher (soprano) MON The Kings’ Consort MON Robert King (director) MON Regis RRC 1062 MON 01:33 MON Ludwig van Beethoven MON Piano Sonata in C sharp minor “Moonlight” Op 27’2: Finale MON Steven Osborne (piano) MON Hyperion CDA67662 MON 01:41 MON Benjamin Britten MON A Boy was born: In the bleak midwinter MON Ladies from the Cambridge Univeristy Chamber Choir MON Choir of King’s College, Cambridge MON Stephen Cleobury (conductor) MON Argo 433 215-2 MON 01:47 MON Sir Edward Elgar MON Serenade for Strings in E minor MON London Philharmonic Orchestra MON Paul Daniel (conductor) MON BMG 75605 570412 MON 02:01 MON Leroy Anderson MON Song of the bells MON BBC Concert Orchestra MON Leonard Slatkin (conductor) MON Naxos 8.559356 MON 02:08 MON [traditional] MON Ding dong merrily on high MON Arranger: Charles Wood MON Winchester Cathedral Choir MON Andrew Lumsden (conductor) MON Regent REGCD 350 MON 02:11 MON Carl Maria von Weber MON Clarinet Concerto No 2L mvt iii – Alla Polacca MON Michael Collins (clarinet/director) MON City of London Sinfonia MON Chandos CHAN 10702 MON 02:17 MON Olivier Messiaen MON La Nativite du Seigneur: Les Enfants de Dieu MON Olivier Latry (organ of Notre Dame, Paris) MON DG 471 480-2 MON 02:22 MON Johannes Brahms MON Capriccio Op 76’2 in B minor MON Evgeny Kissin (piano) MON RCA 82876 52737 2 MON 02:26 MON Trad. arr. Holst MON Wassail Song MON Christ Church Cathedral Choir MON Stephen Darlington (conductor) MON Nimbus NI 5098 MON MON 09:00 Essential Classics b0186hf8 (Listen) MON 9am MON A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: MON The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the MON Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, MON Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. MON MON 9.30am MON A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the MON Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today we hear him in recordings MON of Schumann's Papillons and Chopin's Scherzo No. 3 in C MON sharp minor. MON MON 10.30am MON The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and MON playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential MON pieces. MON MON 11am MON Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra MON The Building a Library recommendation from last Saturday's MON CD Review. MON MON Today's Brainteaser Answer MON MON The couple was: Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck MON MON The music played: MON MON Schumann MON Widmung (Myrthen, Op.25 No.1) MON Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano) MON DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77085-2 MON MON Edvard Grieg MON Norwegian Dance No.2 MON Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin (conductor) MON EMI CDM 763737-2 MON MON George Gershwin MON Overture to “Oh Kay” MON Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel (conductor) MON VOX BOX CD3X 3035 MON MON Murschhauser MON Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen MON Choir of St Thomas, Leipzig MON BERLIN CLASSICS 0300290BC MON MON Benda MON Flute Concerto in E minor MON Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), MON Kammerakademie Potsdam MON EMI 084220-2 MON MON Robert Schumann MON Widmung MON Elly Ameling (soprano), Jorg Demus (piano) MON DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77085-2 MON MON Frédéric Chopin MON Waltz No.14 in E minor MON Nelson Freire (piano) MON SANCTUS SCSH 026 MON MON Émile Waldteufel MON Roses de Nöel, Op.230; Galop, Op.152 MON Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Swierczewski (conductor) MON NAXOS 8.557099 MON MON Robert Schumann MON Papillons, Op.2 MON Nelson Freire (piano) MON DECCA 473 902-2 MON MON Hely-Hutchinson MON A Carol Symphony: Andante quasi lento e cantabile (Coventry MON Carol & The First Nowell); Allegro energico come prima MON (Here we come a-wassailing & Adeste fideles) MON City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland MON (conductor) MON NAXOS 8.557099 MON MON Frédéric Chopin MON Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39 MON Nelson Freire (piano) MON WARNER APEX 2564 63676-2 MON MON Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev MON “Once upon a time…” (Peter and the Wolf) MON Micheal Flanders (narrator), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic MON Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor) MON EMI CDM 763177-2 MON MON Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov MON The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship (Scheherazade – opening movement) MON Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor) MON RCA 82876 66377-2 MON MON Max Reger MON Maria Wiegenlied MON Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown (director) MON REGIS RRC1347 MON MON Benjamin Britten MON Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra MON London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor) MON DECCA 425 659-2 MON MON Ralph Vaughan Williams MON Fantasia on Christmas Carols MON Donald Sweeney (bass), Choir of Winchester Cathedral, MON Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David MON Hill (conductor) MON DECCA 444 130-2 MON MON Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky MON Francesca da Rimini MON Stadium Symphony of New York, Leopold Stokowski MON DELL'ARTE CDDA 9006 MON MON Rebikov MON Christmas Tree MON Shura Cherkassky (piano) MON DECCA 433 651-2 MON MON TUE TUESDAY 27 DECEMBER 2011 TUE TUE 06:30 Breakfast b0186h0h (Listen) TUE Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, TUE including Walton's Crown Imperial played by the English TUE Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel, the Vienna TUE Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel perform Ravel's 2nd Daphnis TUE & Chloe orchestral suite, Michael Collins plays and directs TUE Weber's Concertino for clarinet and orchestra, and a look at TUE the Specialist Classical Chart. TUE 00:02 TUE George Frideric Handel TUE Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99: Sonata (Introduzione) TUE The English Concert TUE Harry Bicket (director) TUE Harmonia Mundi HMU 907559 TUE 00:07 TUE Sir William Walton TUE Crown Imperial TUE English Northern Philharmonia TUE Paul Daniel (conductor) TUE Naxos 8.570573 TUE 00:14 TUE Frédéric Chopin TUE 3 Waltzes for piano Op.34: No. 1 in A flat major TUE Janina Fialkowska (piano) TUE Atma Classique ACD 22597 TUE 00:20 TUE Franz Anton Hoffmeister TUE Horn Quintet in E flat major TUE Nury Guarnaschelli (horn) TUE Signum Quartet TUE Capriccio C5059 TUE 00:33 TUE Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky TUE Swan Lake: Spanish Dance TUE Philharmonia Orchestra TUE John Lanchberry (conductor) TUE EMI Classics 9 07149 2 TUE 00:35 TUE Franz Schubert TUE Die schöne Müllerin Op. 25 D.795: Das Wandern TUE Michael Schade (tenor) TUE Malcolm Martineau (piano) TUE CBC Records MVCD 1170 TUE 00:36 TUE Domenico Scarlatti TUE Sonata in D major Kk.140 TUE Christophe Rousset (harpsichord) TUE Decca 458 165-2 TUE 00:42 TUE Ravel TUE Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2 TUE Vienna Philharmonic TUE Lorin Maazel (conductor) TUE RCA 09026 68600 2 TUE 01:03 TUE Malcolm Arnold TUE Cornish Dances Op. 91: No.1 Vivace TUE London Philharmonic Orchestra TUE Malcolm Arnold (conductor) TUE Lyrita SRCD.201 TUE 01:05 TUE Antonio Vivaldi TUE ‘Paris’ Concerto No. 2 for strings and continuo in E minor TUE RV 133 TUE La Serenissima TUE Adrian Chandler (director) TUE Avie AV2218 TUE 01:12 TUE [traditional] TUE Sans Day Carol TUE Arranger: Rutter TUE BBC Singers TUE Stephen Farr (organ) TUE Paul Brough (conductor) TUE BBC Recording TUE 01:16 TUE Johann Sebastian Bach TUE Herzlich tut mich verlangen BWV 727 (trans. Reger) TUE Marcus Becker (piano) TUE Hyperion CDA67683 TUE 01:19 TUE Carl Maria von Weber TUE Concertino, Op. 26 for Clarinet and Orchestra TUE Michael Collins (clarinet/conductor) TUE City of London Sinfonia TUE Chandos CHAN 10702 TUE 01:34 TUE Alessandro Striggio TUE Missa Ecco si beato giorno: Gloria TUE I Fagiolini TUE Robert Hollingworth (conductor) TUE Decca 478 2734 TUE 01:39 TUE Franz Liszt TUE Liebe straum No 3 in A flat TUE Lang Lang (piano) TUE Sony 88697891402 TUE 01:45 TUE Paul Mealor TUE Ubi Caritas TUE Tenebrae TUE Nigel Short (conductor) TUE Decca 2781149 TUE 01:49 TUE Johann Strauss II TUE Fruhlingsstimmen [Voices of spring] - waltz Op.410 TUE Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna TUE André Rieu (conductor) TUE Decca 5323879 TUE 01:55 TUE [anonymous] TUE Romance TUE Arranger: Chris Hazell TUE Miloš Karasaglić (guitar) TUE English Chamber Orchestra TUE Paul Watkins (conductor) TUE DG 477 9693 TUE 02:01 TUE Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart TUE German Dance K.605 No.3 “Sleighride” TUE Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra TUE Claudio Abbado TUE 02:06 TUE Gustav Holst TUE Hymn of Jesus TUE Della Jones (mezzo) TUE London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus TUE Richard Hickox TUE Chandos CHAN 241-6 TUE TUE 09:00 Essential Classics b0186h27 (Listen) TUE 9am TUE A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: TUE The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the TUE Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, TUE Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. TUE TUE 9.30am TUE A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the TUE Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Hear him performing Debussy's TUE First Book of Preludes and Rachmaninov's Suite No. 2, where TUE he is joined by Martha Argerich. TUE TUE 10.30am TUE The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and TUE playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential TUE pieces. TUE TUE 11am TUE Rob's Essential Choice: TUE TUE Tchaikovsky TUE Symphony No.1 'Winter Daydreams' TUE London Symphony Orchestra TUE Antal Dorati (conductor) TUE PHILIPS 6582 016. TUE TUE Today's Brainteaser Answer TUE TUE The Year in Question: 1935 TUE TUE The music played: TUE TUE Bizet TUE Symphony in C TUE ORTF National Orchestra TUE Jean Martinon (conductor) TUE DG 4373712 TUE TUE Vaughan Williams TUE Intermezzo ‘Pretty Bess’ – no 2 of Five Tudor Portraits TUE John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) TUE London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra TUE Richard Hickox (conductor) TUE CHANDOS CHAN 9593 TUE TUE Gershwin TUE ‘Summertime’ from Porgy and Bess TUE Clara: Harolyn Blackwell TUE The Glyndebourne Chorus TUE The London Philharmonic TUE Simon Rattle (conductor) TUE EMI CDC7543252 TUE TUE John Philip Sousa TUE Washington Post March TUE Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel (conductor) TUE VOXBOX CD3X 3035 TUE TUE Quantz TUE Flute Concerto in G major, QV5: 174 TUE Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Kammerakademie Potsdam TUE EMI 084220-2 TUE TUE Ludwig van Beethoven TUE The Consecration of the House: overture TUE Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado (conductor) TUE DG 447 748-2 TUE TUE Claude Debussy TUE Preludes, Book 1: Danseuses de Delphes; Voiles; Ce qu’a vu TUE le vent d’Ouest TUE Nelson Freire (piano) TUE DECCA 478 1111 TUE TUE Johann Sebastian Bach TUE Part of ‘the 3rd Day of Christmas’ (Christmas Oratorio, TUE BWV248): No.29 Herr dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen; No.30 Und TUE sie kamen eilend; No.31 Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige TUE Wunder TUE Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter TUE (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor – Evangelist), TUE The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John TUE Eliot Gardiner (conductor) TUE ARCHIV 423 232-2 TUE TUE Ralph Vaughan Williams TUE Intermezzo ‘Pretty Bess’ – no 2 of Five Tudor Portraits TUE John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Chorus & TUE Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) TUE CHANDOS CHAN 9593 TUE TUE Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov TUE Suite No.2, Op.17 TUE Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos) TUE PHILIPS 411 034-2 TUE TUE [traditional] TUE Shepherds shake off your drowsy sleep TUE Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey (director) TUE DECCA 480 2064 TUE TUE Johann Sebastian Bach TUE Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 TUE Ian Tracey (organ) TUE EMI CD-CFP 4558 TUE TUE Stephen Sondheim TUE A Little Priest (closing number of Act I) TUE Mrs Lovett: Angela Lansbury, Sweeney Todd: Len Cariou, TUE Original Broadway Cast Recording TUE RCA 3379RC TUE TUE [traditional] TUE The Shepherd's Star TUE Anonymous 4 TUE HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 807453 TUE TUE Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky TUE Symphony No.1 in G minor 'Winter daydreams' TUE London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor) TUE MERCURY 475 6261 TUE TUE Aram Khachaturian TUE Gayaneh (ballet music selection) TUE London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor) TUE MERCURY 434 323-2 TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 28 DECEMBER 2011 WED WED 06:30 Breakfast b0186h0k (Listen) WED Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, WED including music for violin by Sarasate performed by Maxim WED Vengerov with pianist Itamar Golan, the Philharmonia WED Orchestra play Weber's Overture to Der Freischutz conducted WED by Neeme Jarvi, and the Vocalconsort Berlin sing Bach's WED Motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden (BWV230). WED 00:01 WED Ravel WED Rigaudon (from Le tombeau de Couperin) WED Alexandre Tharaud (piano) WED HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901811-12 WED 00:04 WED Johann Pachelbel WED Canon and Gigue WED London Baroque WED HARMONIA MUNDI HMA1951539 WED 00:10 WED Zoltán Kodály WED Prelude and Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos Suite) WED New York Philharmonic Orchestra WED Kurt Masur (conductor) WED TELDEC 9031775472 WED 00:16 WED Pablo de Sarasate WED Caprice basque Op.24 WED Maxim Vengerov (violin) WED Itamar Golan (piano) WED TELDEC 9031773512 WED 00:24 WED [anonymous] WED Hanacpachap cussicuinin (excerpt) WED Ex Cathedra WED Jeffrey Skidmore (director) WED HYPERION CDA67600 WED 00:33 WED Antonio Vivaldi WED Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 WED Nigel Kennedy (violin) WED Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker WED EMI 5578592 WED 00:42 WED Ludwig van Beethoven WED Bagatelle in A minor ‘Fur Elise’ Wo059 WED Alfred Brendel (piano) WED PHILIPS 4122272 WED 00:46 WED Carl Maria von Weber WED Overture to Der Freischutz WED Philharmonia WED Neeme Järvi (conductor) WED CHANDOS CHAN9066 WED 00:56 WED Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart WED Rondo from Sonata for Piano & Violin in E flat KV380 WED Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin) WED Antonio Pappano (piano) WED HANNSLER CD98251 WED 01:03 WED Henry Purcell WED Sound the Trumpet WED Andreas Scholl (countertenor) WED Christophe Dumaux (countertenor) WED Accademia Bizantia WED Stefano Montanari (leader) WED DECCA 4782262 WED 01:07 WED Gustav Mahler WED Symphony No.5 – Fourth movement Adagietto WED Chicago Symphony Orchestra WED Sir Georg Solti (conductor) WED DECCA 4333292 WED 01:18 WED Robert Schumann WED Fantasie in C Op.17 – Second movement WED Franceso Piemontesi (piano) WED CLAVES 50-1003/04 WED 01:27 WED Leos Janacek WED Vixen is Running (from The Cunning Little Vixen) WED New Zealand Symphony Orchestra WED Peter Breiner (conductor) WED NAXOS 8570706 WED 01:34 WED Johann Sebastian Bach WED Motet – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 WED Vocalconsort Berlin WED Marcus Creed (director) WED HARMONIA MUNDI HMC902079 WED 01:41 WED Frédéric Chopin WED Nocturne No.8 in D flat major, Op.27 No.2 WED Nelson Freire (piano) WED DECCA 4782182 WED 01:46 WED Johann Nepomuk Hummel WED Trumpet Concerto in E flat – First movement WED Alison Balsom (trumpet) WED German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen WED EMI 2162130 WED 01:55 WED Fernando Sor WED Minuet in D major Op.11 No.5 WED William Carter (guitar) WED LINN CKD343 WED 02:03 WED Joseph Haydn WED Orlando Paladino – Sinfonia in D major WED Haydn Sinfonietta Wein WED Manfred Huss (conductor) WED BIS CD1818 WED 02:09 WED Alessandro Striggio WED Ecce beatam lucem WED Huelgas-Ensemble WED Paul Van Neven (director) WED HARMONIA MUNDI HMC801954 WED 02:17 WED Bedrich Smetana WED Overture to The Bartered Bride WED BBC Philharmonic WED Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) WED CHANDOS CHAN10518 WED 02:25 WED Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky WED December (from The Seasons Op.37) WED Vassily Primakov (piano) WED BRIDGE 9283 WED WED 09:00 Essential Classics b0186h29 (Listen) WED 9am WED A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: WED The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the WED Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, WED Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. WED WED 9.30am WED A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the WED Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today he performs music by WED fellow Brazilian Villa-Lobos, as well as Schubert's Grand WED Rondeau in A, D.951. WED WED 10.30am WED The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and WED playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential WED pieces. WED WED 11am WED Rob's Essential Choice WED WED Beethoven WED Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) WED Mindru Katz (piano) WED Halle Orchestra WED John Barbirolli (conductor) WED THE BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB 1048-499am WED A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: WED The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the WED Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, WED Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. WED WED 9.30am WED A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the WED Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today he performs music by WED fellow Brazilian Villa-Lobos, as well as Schubert's Grand WED Rondeau in A, D.951. WED WED 10.30am WED The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and WED playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential WED pieces. WED WED 11am WED Rob's Essential Choice WED WED Beethoven WED Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) WED Mindru Katz (piano) WED Halle Orchestra WED John Barbirolli (conductor) WED THE BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB 1048-49. WED WED Today's Brainteaser Answer WED WED The Connection was: Pantomimes WED WED The music played: WED WED Rossini WED ‘La Cenerentola’ (Cinderella) OvertureLondon Symphony WED Orchestra WED Claudio Abbado (conductor) WED DG 419 869 2 WED WED Ravel WED Laideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes (Mother Goose ballet) WED Paris Orchestra WED Jean Martinon (conductor) WED EMI CDM 769 567 2 WED WED Prokofiev WED “And now, this is how things stood…” (Peter & the Wolf) WED Dame Edna Everedge/Barry Humphries (narrator) WED Melbourne Symphony Orchestra WED John Lanchbery (conductor) WED NAXOS 8554170 WED WED Briceno WED Danza de la Hacha WED Le Poème Harmonique WED ALPHA 182 WED WED Beethoven arr. himself WED Quartet in F major, Op.14 No.1 [from the Piano Sonata] WED Wihan Quartet WED LOTOS LT01482 WED WED Arvo Pärt WED Bogoroditsye Dyevo WED King’s Singers WED SIGNUM SIGCD502 WED WED Ramirez arr. Knight WED La Peregrinacion WED King’s Singers WED SIGNUM SIGCD502 WED WED C.P.E. Bach WED Hamburger Sonata in G major WED Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Jonathan Manson (cello), Trevor WED Pinnock (harpsichord) WED EMI 084220-2 WED WED Antonin Dvorak WED Prague Waltzes WED Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor) WED PHILIPS 476 2179 WED WED Franz Schubert WED Rondo in A major, D951 ‘Grand Rondeau’ WED Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (piano, four hands) WED DG 477 8570 WED WED Gioachino Rossini WED La Cenerentola – Overture WED London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor) WED DG 419 869 2 WED WED Monti WED Czardas WED Max Jaffe Trio WED LP: SCD 2127 WED WED Howells WED A Spotless Rose WED Choir of Winchester Cathedral WED DECCA 444 130-2 WED WED Peter Warlock WED Lullaby my Jesus WED Choir of Winchester Cathedral WED DECCA 444 130-2 WED WED Heitor Villa-Lobos WED A Prole de Bebê WED Nelson Freire (piano) WED WARNER APEX 2564 63676-2 WED WED Franz Liszt WED Liebestraum No.3 WED Evgeny Kissin (piano) WED RCA 09026 61202-2 WED WED Weill WED Der Silbersee – Act III Finale WED Olim: H.K. Gruber, Severin: Heinz Kruse, Fennimore: Juanita WED Lascarro, London Sinfonietta Chorus, London Sinfonietta, WED Markus Stenz (conductor) WED RCA 09026 63447-2 WED WED Johann Sebastian Bach WED Kommt ihr Hirten WED St Thomas's Choir, Leipzig WED BERLIN CLASSICS 0300290BC WED WED Franz Schubert WED Entr'acte No.3 (Rosamunde - incidental music) WED Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor) WED DECCA 480 038-2 WED WED Ludwig van Beethoven WED Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 ‘Emperor’ WED Mindru Katz (piano), Hallé Orchestra, John Baribirolli WED (conductor) WED BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB 1048-49 WED WED Richard Wagner WED Der Fliegende Hollander: Sailors' chorus from Act III WED Steve Davislim (Steersman), Berlin Radio Chorus & Symphony WED Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor) WED PENTATONE PTC 5186 400 WED WED Domenico Scarlatti WED Sonata in D major, K.96 WED Sergio and Odair Assad (guitars) WED ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79292-2 WED WED THU THURSDAY 29 DECEMBER 2011 THU THU 06:30 Breakfast b0186h0m (Listen) THU Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, THU including Humperdinck's overture to Konigskinder played by THU the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Karl Anton THU Rickenbacher, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No.1 is performed by THU the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Ivan Fischer, THU and the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Edo de Waart THU perform Adams' The Chairman Dances. THU 00:01 THU Frédéric Chopin THU Berceuse in D flat, Op 57 THU Nelson Freire (piano) THU Teldec 8.44075 THU 00:06 THU Engelbert Humperdinck THU Overture: Konigskinder THU Bamberg Symphony THU Conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher THU Virgin Classics 628584 2 THU 00:15 THU George Frideric Handel THU Concerto grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1 THU English Baroque Soloists THU Conductor John Eliot Gardiner THU Erato 2292-45981-2 THU 00:26 THU Antonin Dvorak THU Slavonic Dance in C, Op 46 No 1 THU Alfred Brendel (piano) THU Walter Klien (piano) THU VOX CD6X3601 THU 00:33 THU Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier THU Joyeuse Marche THU Montreal Symphony Orchestra THU Conductor Charles Dutoit THU Decca 4215272 THU 00:35 THU Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THU Romance (Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K525) THU Academy of St Martin Fields THU Conductor Neville Marriner THU Philips 426 007-2 THU 00:45 THU Ludwig van Beethoven THU Menuet in C, WoO 10 No 2 THU Pablo Casals (cello) THU Otto Schulhof (piano) THU SIRIO SO530019 THU 00:49 THU Franz Liszt THU Mephisto Waltz No 1 THU Budapest Festival Orchestra THU Conductor Ivan Fischer THU Quintana QUI903049 THU 00:56 THU Antonio Vivaldi THU Nel profondo cieco mondo (Orlando Furioso) THU Magdalena Kozena (Orlando) THU Venice Baroque Orchestra THU Director Andrea Marcon THU Archiv 00289 477 8096 THU 01:06 THU David Arnold THU A Grand Grand Festival Overture, Op 57 THU BBC Philharmonic THU Conductor Rumon Gamba THU CHAN 10293 THU 01:15 THU Johannes Brahms THU Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op 117 No 2 THU Emanuel Ax (piano) THU Sony Classical CD45933 THU 01:20 THU Pablo de Sarasate THU Zigeunerweisen, Op 20 THU Nicola Benedetti (violin) THU Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra THU Conductor Vasily Petrenko THU DG 476 3399 THU 01:33 THU Percy Grainger THU Pritteling, prattelin, pretty Poll Parrott THU Penelope Thwaites (piano) THU John Lavender (piano) THU Pearl SHECD9623 THU 01:38 THU Antonin Dvorak THU Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 THU Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra THU Conductor Mariss Jansons THU EMI CDD 7 64291 2 THU 01:52 THU Ralph Vaughan Williams THU Youth and Love THU Janet Baker (mezzo) THU Martin Isepp (piano) THU Saga Classics SCD 9012 THU 01:55 THU Felix Mendelssohn THU Scherzo in A minor (Four Pieces, Op 81) THU Elias String Quartet THU ASV GLD 4025 THU 02:02 THU Gerald Finzi THU Clarinet Concerto in C minor, Op 31 (finale) THU Andrew Marriner (clarinet) THU Academy of St Martin in the Fields THU Conductor Neville Marriner THU Philips 4544382 THU 02:11 THU Gabriel Fauré THU Sanctus (Requiem, Op 48) THU Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus THU Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini THU DG 469 268-2 THU 02:17 THU John Adams THU The Chairman Dances THU San Francisco Symphony THU Conductor Edo de Waart THU Nonesuch 9791442 THU THU 09:00 Essential Classics b0186h2c (Listen) THU 9am THU A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: THU The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the THU Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, THU Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. THU THU 9.30am THU A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the THU Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Hear him playing a selection of THU nocturnes by Chopin, as well as Lutoslawski's Variations on THU a theme of Paganini. THU THU 10.30am THU The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and THU playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential THU pieces. THU THU 11am THU Rob's Essential Choice THU THU Schubert THU Mass in A flat D.678 THU Helen Donath (soprano) THU Ingeborg Springer (contralto) THU Peter Schreier (tenor) THU Theo Adam (bass) THU Rundfunkchor Leipzig THU Staatskapelle Dresden THU Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) THU PHILIPS 426 654-2. THU THU Today's Brainteaser Answer THU THU Dennis Brain THU THU Johann Sebastian Bach THU Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat major, BWV866 THU (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1) THU Sviatoslav Richter (piano) THU MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01848 THU THU Antonin Dvorak THU Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra, Op.11 THU Hrachya Avanesyan (violin), Sinfonia Varsovia, Augustin THU Dumay (conductor) THU FUGA LIBERA FUG588 THU THU Anna Amalia of Prussia THU Sonata in F major THU Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Jonathan Manson (cello), Trevor THU Pinnock (harpsichord) THU EMI 084220-2 THU THU Lutoslawski THU Polish Christmas Carols: Angels to the shepherds came; Hey! THU We rejoice now; When the Christ to us is born THU Olga Pasichnyk (soprano); Polish Radio Chorus, Krakow; THU Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Antoni Wit THU (conductor) THU NAXOS 8.555994 THU THU Felix Mendelssohn THU String Symphony No.5 in B flat major THU Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor) THU HANNSLER CD 98.547 THU THU Franz Liszt THU Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S1615 THU Nelson Freire (piano) THU DECCA 478 2728 THU THU Lutoslawski THU Variations on a theme by Paganini THU Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire (pianos) THU PHILIPS 411 034-2 THU THU Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart THU Quintet in E flat for wind and piano, K.452 THU Colin Horsley (piano), Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble THU REGIS RRC1363 THU THU Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov THU The Tale of Tsar Sultan: Introduction to Act I THU USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor) THU MELODIYA MEL CD 10 01745 THU THU Richard Wagner THU Prelude & Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) THU Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Bernard Haitink THU (conductor) THU PHILIPS 420 886-2 THU THU Johann Sebastian Bach THU Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV852 (Well-tempered THU Klavier, Book 1) THU Glenn Gould (piano) THU SONY CLASSICAL SM2K52600 THU THU Franz Schubert THU Mass in A flat major, D.678 THU Helen Donath (soprano), Ingeborg Springer (alto), Peter THU Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Christoph Albrecht THU (organ), Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, THU Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) THU PHILIPS 426 654-2 THU THU FRI FRIDAY 30 DECEMBER 2011 FRI FRI 06:30 Breakfast b0186h0p (Listen) FRI Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast FRI show. FRI 00:01 FRI Sir Edward Elgar FRI La Capricieuse FRI James Ehnes (violin) FRI Eduard Laurel (piano) FRI Onyx 4038 FRI 00:06 FRI Josef Myslivecek FRI Harmoniemusik of London FRI Harmoniemusik of London FRI Virgin Classics 5 61368 2 FRI 00:15 FRI Pietro Mascagni FRI Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana) FRI Berlin Philharmonic FRI Conductor Herbert von Karajan FRI DG 415 856 2 FRI 00:19 FRI Antonio Vivaldi FRI “Paris” Concerto in C, RV114 FRI La Serenissima FRI Director Adrian Chandler FRI Avie AV2178 FRI 00:26 FRI Stanford FRI Beati quorum via FRI Choir of King’s College, Cambridge FRI Conductor David Willcocks FRI EMI 2 28944 0 FRI 00:33 FRI Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky FRI Overture: Colas Breugnon FRI Russian National Orchestra FRI Conductor Mikhail Pletnev FRI DG 439 892-2 FRI 00:39 FRI Frédéric Chopin FRI Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op 26 No 1 FRI Maurizio Pollini (piano) FRI DG 457711 2 FRI 00:49 FRI Johannes Brahms FRI Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor FRI Concertgebouw Orchestra FRI Conductor Bernard Haitink FRI Philips 422 477-2 FRI 00:53 FRI Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart FRI String Quartet in G, K387 (4th movement: Molto Allegro) FRI Hagen Quartet FRI DG 471 024-2 FRI 01:02 FRI Francis Poulenc FRI L’embarquement pour Cythere FRI Katia & Marielle Labeque (pianos) FRI Philips 426 284-2 FRI 01:04 FRI Claudio Monteverdi FRI Beatus vir FRI Cambridge Singers FRI La Nuova Musica FRI Director John Rutter FRI Collegium COLCD 134 FRI 01:13 FRI Percy Grainger FRI Shepherd’s Hey FRI BBC Philharmonic FRI Conductor Richard Hickox FRI CHAN 9493 FRI 01:16 FRI Giacomo Puccini FRI Vissi d’arte (Tosca) FRI Renata Tebaldi (Tosca) FRI Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome FRI Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli FRI Decca 478 2200 FRI 01:20 FRI George Gershwin FRI Girl Crazy FRI Orchestrator: Don Rose FRI Aalborg Symphony FRI Conductor Wayne Marshall FRI Virgin Classics 5 62056 2 FRI 01:27 FRI Franz Liszt FRI La Campanella (6 Etudes d’execution transcendante) FRI Agustin Anievas (piano) FRI EMI 2 35733 2 FRI 01:33 FRI Johann Sebastian Bach FRI Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV1056 FRI Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) FRI Concerto Copenhagen FRI cpo 777 248 2 FRI 01:42 FRI Hugo Alfvén FRI Dance of the Shepherd Girl (The Mountain King, Op 37) FRI Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra FRI Conductor Stig Westerberg FRI Caprice CAP21340 FRI 01:47 FRI Claude Debussy FRI The Snow is Dancing (Children’s Corner) FRI Nelson Freire (piano) FRI Decca 478 111 1 FRI 01:50 FRI Ralph Vaughan Williams FRI English Folk Song Suite FRI Arranger: Gordon Jacob FRI Lso FRI Conductor Adrian Boult FRI EMI CDM 7640222 FRI 02:01 FRI Gabriel Fauré FRI Une chatelaine en sa tour FRI Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) FRI DG 4692682 FRI 02:07 FRI Jeremiah Clarke FRI Trumpet voluntary (The Prince of Denmark’s March) FRI Maurice Murphy (trumpet) FRI Consort of London FRI Director Robert Haydon Clark FRI Collins Classics 10732 FRI 02:10 FRI Ludwig van Beethoven FRI Der Zufriedene FRI Roderick Williams FRI Iain Burnside FRI SIGCD139 FRI 02:14 FRI Josef Suk FRI Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25 FRI Czech Philharmonic Orchestra FRI Conductor Charles Mackerras FRI Decca 466 443 2 FRI FRI 09:00 Essential Classics b0186h2f (Listen) FRI 9am FRI A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: FRI The Flute King - Music from the Court of Frederick the FRI Great. Emmanuel Pahud, Trevor Pinnock, Matthew Truscott, FRI Jonathan Manson, Kammerakademie Potsdam. EMI 0842202. FRI FRI 9.30am FRI A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the FRI Week, pianist Nelson Freire. Today we hear him tackling the FRI virtuosic writing of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2. FRI 10.30am FRI The Essential Classics guest is impressionist, comedian and FRI playwright Rory Bremner, who introduces his essential FRI pieces, and Rob picks out a mystery piece he hopes Rory will FRI enjoy. FRI FRI 11am FRI Rob's Essential Choice FRI FRI Rachmaninov FRI Symphony No. 2 FRI Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra FRI Alfred Wallenstein (conductor) FRI SERAPHIM 69029. FRI FRI Today's Brainteaser Answer FRI FRI Spot the Artist: Elly Ameling was No.3 FRI The music played: FRI Schubert FRI Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 FRI Felicity Lott (soprano) FRI Graham Johnson (piano) FRI IMP PCD2016 FRI FRI Schubert FRI Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 FRI Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) FRI Richard Amner (piano) FRI SONY CLASSICAL MK 39208 FRI FRI Schubert FRI Gretchen am Spinnrade D118 FRI Elly Ameling (soprano) FRI Dalton Baldwin (piano) FRI PHILIPS 420 870 2 FRI FRI Flynn FRI Clatter of the Clogs (novelty fox-trot) FRI Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor) FRI DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7276 FRI FRI Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky FRI Sleeping Beauty: Waltz, Act I FRI London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor) FRI PHILIPS 475 7798 FRI FRI [traditional] FRI Oh, du schöner Rosengarten FRI Christine Maria Rembeck (voice, piano), Emilia Gliozzi FRI (cello) FRI RAUMKLANG RK 3002 FRI FRI Johann Sebastian Bach FRI Trio Sonata (Musical Offering, BWV1079) FRI Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Matthew Truscott (violin), Johathan FRI Manson (cello), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) FRI EMI 084220 2 FRI FRI Richard Wagner FRI Spinning Chorus (Der Fliegende Holländer, Act II) FRI Ricarda Merbeth (soprano – Senta), Silvia Hablowetz FRI (mezzo-soprano - Mary), Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Radio FRI Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor) FRI PENTATONE PTC 5186 400 FRI FRI Frédéric Chopin FRI Nocturnes, Op.62 Nos 1 & 2 FRI Nelson Freire (piano) FRI DECCA 478 2182 FRI FRI Franz Schubert FRI Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 FRI Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) FRI PHILIPS 420 870 2 FRI FRI Marc-Antoine Charpentier FRI Noël pour les instruments, H.534: Les Bourgeois de Chastre; FRI Or nous dites Marie; Ou s’en vont ces gays bergers FRI Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (director) FRI HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 1905124 FRI FRI Franz Liszt FRI Piano Concerto No.2 in A major FRI Nelson Freire (piano), Dresden Philharmonic, Michel Plasson FRI (conductor) FRI BERLIN CLASSICS 0011302BC FRI FRI Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart FRI Clarinet Concerto – finale FRI Thea King (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey FRI Tate (conductor) FRI HYPERION CDA66199 FRI FRI Luigi Cherubini FRI Ali Baba: overture FRI NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (conductor) FRI RCA GD 60278 FRI FRI Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov FRI Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op.27 FRI Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein FRI (conductor) FRI SERAPHIM CDE 569029-2 FRI FRI Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart FRI Symphony No.12 in G major, K.110/75b FRI Prague Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras (conductor) FRI TELARC CD-80300 FRI