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A pirate of the high Cs

7 Feb 2025

Tenor Zachary McCulloch talks to Bryan Crump ahead of his performance in this year's Opera in a Days Bay Garden, playing Gualtiero in Bellini’s "Il Pirata" (The Pirate). Video, Audio

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Wednesday 12 February

6:00 AM. Mornings

with Andrew Clark

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (1) - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)

Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (2) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Sayuri Yamagata (vln), Richte van der Meer (c/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

Bjarke Falgren & Sönke Meinen: Harvest Song - Bjarke Falgren (violin), Sönke Meinen (guitar) (Neue Meister )

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

Lysenko, Mykola: Shumka, from Rhapsody on Ukrainian Themes No 2, Op 18 (Version for Piano) - Anastasia Rizikov (piano) (Erato )

Dvořák, Antonín: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 4 in F major - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

7.00

Johann Strauss I arr Nikoloz Rachveli: Furioso Galop Op 114 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Nikoloz Rachveli (DG 4838586)

Offenbach, Jacques: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Joan Sutherland (sop), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421866)

Hahn, Reynaldo: Piano Quartet in G, IV Allegro assai - Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (Chandos )

Kircher, Athanasius: Antidotum Tarantulae - Capella De Ministrers (Licanus )

Joan Manuel Serrat arr Quito Gatto: Mediterráneo - Mariana Flores (soprano), Leandro Marziotte (countertenor) Francisco Fernández-Rueda (tenor), Hugo Oliveira (Baritone), Cappella Mediterranea/Leonardo García Alarcón (Alpha Classics ALPHA412)

Manuel da Falla & Jérémy Jouve: Danse de la Vie Brève (arr for violin and guitar) - Pierre Fouchenneret (violin) & Jérémy Jouve (guitar) (Totem )

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13 - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4864553)

Benda, Georg: Sloth to thee will I sing - Rufus Müller (ten), Timothy Roberts (fpno) (Hyperion CDA 66649)

Grieg, Edvard: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 (3) - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (DABRINGHAUS & GRIMM MDG 940 1488)

Gjeilo, Ola: The Lake Isle - Tenebrae, ensemble (Decca )

8.00

Stravinsky, Igor: Tarantella, from Pulcinella (Concert Suite), K34 - Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (DG )

Strauss, Richard: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

Mahler, Gustav: Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, from Das Knaben Wunderhorn - Dietrich Hensche (baritone), Orchestre des Champs-Élysées/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC901920)

Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 II. Scherzo-Allegro vivace - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555862)

Gershwin, George: Prelude No 2 - Somi Kim (piano) (RNZ )

Bernstein, Leonard: Somewhere, from West Side Story - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Suite populaire brésilienne: No 2, Schottish - Choro - Iwan Tanzil (guitar) (Kreuzberg records )

Auber, Daniel: Marche des rois - Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava /Dario Salvi (Naxos )

Kreisler, Fritz: Tambourin Chinois - Philharmonix (Universal )

Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude in C sharp - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle )

Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Fugue in C sharp - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle )

Boccherini, Luigi: Cello Concerto No. 2 in A, G475 "The Frog", III Rondo - Steven Isserlis (cello), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Hyperion )

9.00

Sibelius, Jean: 4 Humoresques, Op 89: No 3, Commodo - James Ehnes (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (Chandos )

Bewald, Franz: Septet in B: III Finale: Allegro con Spirito - Berlin Philharmonic Octet (Eterna )

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 64 in A, Tempora mutantur - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ )

Buxtehude, Dietrich: Membra Jesu nostri, Cantata 4, Ad latus - Capella Angelica, Lautten Compagney/Wolfgang Katschner (Raum Klang RK 2403)

Zador, Eugene: Piano Quintet (Arr. for Piano & String Orchestra by Mariusz Smolij): I. Allegro con spirito - Anna Gorecka (piano), Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos )

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