17th January
Show PlaylistVerdi, Giuseppe:
La traviata:
Parigi o cara. Carlo Bergonzi, ten., Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orch del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Sir John Pritchard.Gounod, Charles:
Faust:
Salut! Demeure chaste et pure. Giuseppe di Stefano, ten. Tonhalle Orch, Zurich/Franco Patane.Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich:
Jeanne d'Arc:
Adieu, forets. Regina Resnik, m-sop. Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Edward Downes.Strauss Josef:
Village Swallows from Austria waltz, Op.164. Hilde Gueden, sop. Vienna PO/Josef Krips.Sibelius, Jean:
Eight Songs, Op.57/8:
Nacken. Pentti Koskimies, pno., Tom Krause, bar.Strauss R:
Standchen, Op.17/2. Pentti Koskimies, pno., Tom Krause, bar.Weber, Carl Maria von:
Der Freischutz:
No, I Will No Longer Endure the Torment. James McCracken, ten. Vienna Opera Orch/Dietfried Bernet.
10th January
Show PlaylistMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Magic Flute - Ach, ich fuhl's. Pilar Lorengar, sop. Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.Mascagni, Pietro:
Cavalleria Rusticana. Agnes Baltsa, m-sop., Juan Pons, bar. Philharmonia Orch, Royal Opera House Chorus/Giuseppe Sinopoli.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Macbeth:
Una macchia e qui tuttóra. Elizabeth Bainbridge, contr., Monserrat Caballe, sop., Thomas Allen, bar. Royal PO/Anton Guadagno.Puccini, Giacomo:
The Girl of the Golden West:
Ch'ella mi creda. Jose Cura, ten. Philharmonia Orch/Placido Domingo.Arambarri, Jesus:
Eight Basque Songs. Itxaro Mentxaka, sop. Bilbao SO/Juan Jose Mena.Soler, Vincente Martin Y:
La Capricciosa Corretta. Josep-Miquel Ramon, bar. Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Falstaff. Alfredo Kraus, ten., Mirella Freni, sop. RCA Italiana Opera Orch/Sir Georg Solti.Falla, Manuel de:
Seven Popular Spanish Songs. Juan Antonio Alvarez, pno., Teresa Berganza, m-sop.Massenet, Jules:
Werther - Pourquoi me reveiller. Jose Carreras, ten. Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Colin Davis.
3rd January
Show PlaylistVerdi, Giuseppe:
Don Carlos: Tu che le vanita. Regine Crespin, sop., Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges PretreOffenbach, Jacques:
La Perichole. Excerpts. Alain Vanzo, ten., Regine Crespin, sop. Strasbourg PO/Alain Lombard.Schumann, Robert:
Liederkreis, Op.39: Waldesgesprach, Die Stille, Mondnacht. Regine Crespin, sop., John Wustman, pno.Ravel, Maurice:
Sheherazade. L'indifferent. Regine Crespin, sop. Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet.Wagner R:
Parsifal: Ich sah' das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust. Regine Crespin, sop., French National Radio Orchestra/Georges PretrePoulenc, Francis:
C from Deux Poemes. John Wustman, pno., Regine Crespin, sop.Berlioz, Hector:
Les Troyens: Je vais mourir ... Adieu, fiere cite. Regine Crespin, sop., Paris Opera Orchestra, Georges PretreOffenbach, Jacques:
Le Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein:
J'aime les militaires. Regine Crespin, sop. Vienna Folk Opera Orch/Alain Lombard.
27th December
Show PlaylistIves, Charles:
The Ending Year. Douglas Dickson, pno., Sara Jakubiak, sop.Bach, Johann Sebastian:
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248. Gerd Turk, ten. Bach Collegium, Japan/Masaaki Suzuki.Stolz, Robert:
Fruhjahrsparade:
Wien wird bel Nacht erst schon. Lucia Popp, sop. Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.Wolf, Hugo:
Zum neuen Jahr. Geoffrey Parsons, pno., Olaf Baer, bar.Strauss Jnr:
Die Fledermaus:
Ich lade gern mir Gaste ein. Angelika Kirchschlager, sop. Lower Austria Tonkunstler Orch/Alfred Eschwe.Strauss Jnr:
Die Fledermaus:
Mein Herr Marquis. Lorina Gore, sop. Tasmanian SO/Marko Letonja.Strauss Jnr:
Die Fledermaus:
Czardas. Edita Gruberova, sop. Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Strauss Jnr:
Die Fledermaus:
Dieser Anstand, so manierlich. Eberhard Waechter, bar., Gundula Janowitz, sop. Vienna PO/Karl Bohm.Strauss Jnr:
Die Fledermaus:
Bruderlein und Schwesterlein. Eberhard Waechter, bar., Erich Kunz, bass, Gundula Janowitz, sop., Heinz Holecek, bar., Renata Holm, sop., Wolfgang Windgassen, ten. Vienna PO, Vienna State Opera Chorus/Karl Bohm.Traditional:
Drinking. Malcolm McEachern, bass .
20th December
Show PlaylistBach, Johann Sebastian:
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248:
Bereite dich, Zion. Angelika Kirchschlager, sop. Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon.Bach, Johann Sebastian:
Christmas Oratorio, BWV248:
Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben. Fritz Wunderlich, ten. Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orch/Caspar Richter.Handel, George Frederic:
Messiah: Behold ..., O thou that tellest. Cantillation, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker.Saint-Saens, Camille:
Christmas Oratorio, Op.12.Domine, ego credidi. Dresden Kreuz Choir, Dresden Philharmonic/Martin Flamig.Reger, Max:
Maria Wiegenlied, Op.76/52. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop.Strauss R:
Three holy kings from the Orient, Op.56/6. Steve Davislim, ten. State Orch of Victoria/Simone Young.Schubart, Christian F.D. (arr. Weismann, Wilhelm):
Weihnachtslied der Hirten. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar., Joerg Demus, pno.Berlioz, Hector:
Childhood of Christ, Op.25. Frederic Caton, bass, Laurent Naouri, bar., Olivier Lallouette, bar., Paul Agnew, ten., Veronique Gens, sop. Collegium Vocale Cologne, La Chapelle Royale, Orchestre des Champs Elysees/Philippe Herreweghe.Strauss R:
Christmas Thoughts. Edita Gruberova, sop., Friedrich Haider, pno.Faure, Gabriel:
The Holy Child is born. Geraldine McGreevy, sop., Graham Johnson, pno.Britten, Benjamin:
La Noel passee. Graham Johnson, pno., Philip Langridge, ten.Sibelius, Jean:
Five Christmas Songs, Op.1. Irwin Gage, pno., Tom Krause, bar.Ravel, Maurice:
The Toys' Christmas. Gerald Finley, bass-baritone, Julius Drake, pno.
13th December
Show PlaylistSchubert, Franz:
Alinde, D904. Berta Brozgul, pno., Christopher Saunders, ten.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Abduction from the Seraglio, K384:
Martern aller Arten. Yvonne Kenny, sop. Zurich Opera Mozart Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Vinci, Leonardo:
Alessandro:
Risveglia lo sdegno. David Hansen, alto. Academia Montis Regalis/Alessandro De Marchi.Mascagni, Pietro:
Cavalleria Rusticana :
Oh! Il Signore vi manda. Cheryl Barker, sop., Peter Coleman-Wright, bar. Tasmanian SO/Martin Andre.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Don Giovanni:
Il mio tesoro. Brenton Spiteri, ten. Orch 21/Roy Theaker.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Don Giovanni - Notte e giorno faticar. Donald Shanks, bass, Joan Carden, sop., Stephen Bennett, bar. Australian Opera and Ballet Orch/Richard Bonynge.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Otello:
Piangea cantando...Ave Maria. Joan Carden, sop. Sydney SO/Eric Clapham.
6th December
Show PlaylistBritten, Benjamin:
Billy Budd:
O Beauty, Handsomeness, Godness. Forbes Robinson, bass Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Georg Solti.Elgar, Sir Edward:
Sea Pictures, Op.37. Margreta Elkins, m-sop. Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert.Bowman, Calvin:
Three Sea Songs. Christopher Richardson, bass, Ian Munro, pno.Vaughan Williams, Ralph:
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1). Christopher Maltman, bar., Joan Rodgers, sop. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Paul Daniel.Traditional (arr. Kennedy-Fraser, Marjorie):
Sea Longing. Kenneth McKellar, ten. Unnamed Orch/Robert Sharples.Schubert, Franz (arr. Reger, Max):
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D583. Anne Sofie von Otter, m-sop. CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado.Stanford, Sir Charles:
Songs of the Sea, Op.91. No 5. Gerald Finley, bass-baritone BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC NO of Wales/Richard Hickox.
29th November
Show PlaylistBach, Johann Sebastian:
St. Matthew Passion, BWV244:
Erbarme dich. Sally-Anne Russell, m-sop. Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Per questa bella mano, K.612. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, bar. Torino Theatre Orch/Gianandrea Noseda.Handel, George Frederic:
Agrippina:
Voi che udite il mio lamento. Nathalie Stutzmann, contr. Orfeo 55/Nathalie Stutzmann.Verdi, Giuseppe:
Requiem. Dies irae: Quid sum miser. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop., Luciano Pavarotti, ten., Marilyn Horne, m-sop. Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
La Clemenza di Tito, K621:
Non piu di fiori. Della Jones, m-sop. Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood.Weber, Carl Maria von:
Der Freischutz. Einst träumte meiner sel'gen Base. Eva Lind, sop.Dresden State Orch/Sir Colin Davis.Strauss R:
Alphorn, Op.15/3. Barry Tuckwell, horn, Marie McLaughlin, sop., Vladimir Ashkenazy, pno.
