21st February
Show PlaylistPurcell, Henry:
If music be the food of love. Alfred Deller, alto., Wieland Kuijken, bass viol, William Christie, hpschd.Monteverdi, Claudio:
How sweet the breeze today. Emma Kirkby, sop., Judith Nelson, sop., Poppy Holden, sop. Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley.Rameau, Jean-Philippe:
Platee. "Formons les plus brillants concerts". Jennifer Smith, sop., Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski.Monteverdi, Claudio:
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, 1610. Duo seraphim. Paul Agnew, Joseph Cornwell, Francois Piolino, tens. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.Purcell, Henry:
Come Ye Sons of Art, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694, Z232. Sound the trumpet. John Mark Ainsley, ten., Timothy Wilson, alto. Taverner Choir, Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott.Cavalli, Francesco:
La Calisto:
I live for You….. Sweetest Kisses. David Walker, alto., Fiona Campbell, contr. Ironwood/Neal Peres da Costa.Purcell, Henry:
King Arthur. What ho! ... What power art thou (Frost song). Petteri Salomaa, bass, Susannah Waters, sop., Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.Strozzi, Barbara:
Heraclitus in love. Magdalena Kozena, m-sop. Private Musicke/Pierre Pitzi.Bach, Johann Sebastian:
Magnificat in D, BWV243. "Et exultavit". Greta de Reyghere, sop.La Petite Bande, Nederlands Kamerkoor/Sigiswald Kuijken.
14th February
Show PlaylistBeethoven, Ludwig van:
To the Distant Beloved, Op.98. Fritz Wunderlich, ten., Heinrich Schmidt, pno.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Ah! Perfido, Op.65. Dame Gwyneth Jones, sop. Vienna Opera Orch/Argeo Quadri.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Wonne der wehmut, Op.83/1. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop., Gerald Moore, pno.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Fidelio:
Mir ist so wunderbar. Hans-Peter Blochwitz, ten., Jessye Norman, sop., Kurt Moll, bass, Pamela Coburn, sop. Dresden State Orch/Bernard Haitink.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Fidelio (orig. Leonora). Jonas Kaufmann, ten., Nina Stemme, sop., Lucerne Festival Orch, Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
No, non turbarti .. Ma tu tremi, o mio tesoro?, WoO92a. Sophie Bevan, sop. The Mozartists/Ian Page.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Sally in our Alley, Op.108/25. Elizabeth Layton, vln., Krysia Osostowicz, vln., Malcolm Martineau, pno., Toby Spence, ten., Ursula Smith, vlc.
7th February
Show PlaylistBeethoven, Ludwig van:
To the Distant Beloved, Op.98. Fritz Wunderlich, ten., Heinrich Schmidt, pno.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Ah! Perfido, Op.65. Dame Gwyneth Jones, sop. Vienna Opera Orch/Argeo Quadri.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Wonne der wehmut, Op.83/1. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, sop., Gerald Moore, pno.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Fidelio:
Mir ist so wunderbar. Hans-Peter Blochwitz, ten., Jessye Norman, sop., Kurt Moll, bass, Pamela Coburn, sop. Dresden State Orch/Bernard Haitink.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Fidelio (orig. Leonora). Jonas Kaufmann, ten., Nina Stemme, sop., Lucerne Festival Orch, Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
No, non turbarti .. Ma tu tremi, o mio tesoro?, WoO92a. Sophie Bevan, sop. The Mozartists/Ian Page.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Sally in our Alley, Op.108/25. Elizabeth Layton, vln., Krysia Osostowicz, vln., Malcolm Martineau, pno., Toby Spence, ten., Ursula Smith, vlc.
31st January
Show PlaylistSchubert, Franz:
Ganymed, D544. Benjamin Britten, pno., Kathleen Ferrier, contr.Vivaldi, Antonio
Miserere Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638. Delpine Galout, cont. Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio DantoneRossini, Gioachino:
The Italian Girl in Algiers:
Cruda sorte. Ewa Podles, m-sop. Hungarian State Opera Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi.Sullivan, Sir Arthur:
HMS Pinafore. A many years ago. Hillary Summers, cont., Scottish Opera Orchestra/Richard EgarrVerdi, Giuseppe:
Il trovatore:
Stride la vampa!. Lauris Elms, contr. West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold.Handel, George Frederic:
Dixit Dominus - Virgam Virtutis Tuae. Aafje Heynis, contr. Amsterdam CO/Marinus Voorberg.Wagner R:
Siegfried. John Wegner, bass, Liane Keegan, contr. Adelaide SO/Asher Fisch.Vivaldi, Antonio:
La fida ninfa, RV714:
S'egli e ver, che la sua rota. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contr., Sandrine Piau, sop., Topi Lehtipuu, ten. Ensemble Matheus/Jean-Christophe Spinosi.Handel, George Frederic:
The Triumph of Time and Truth, excerpts. Sara Mingardo, contr. Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini.Britten, Benjamin:
A Charm of Lullabies, Op.41. No 1. Pamela Bowden, contr., Peter Gellhorn, pno.
24th January
Show PlaylistOffenbach, Jacques:
Orpheus in the Underworld:
Invocation to death. June Bronhill, sop. Sadlers' Wells Orch/Alexander Faris.Donizetti, Gaetano:
La favorita:
O mio Fernando. Heather Begg, m-sop. Melbourne SO/Richard Bonynge.Mussorgsky, Modest:
Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea. John Wegner, bass Orch Victoria/Richard Divall.Wolf, Hugo:
Kennst du das Land? Mignon's Song. Amir Farid, pno., Siobhan Stagg, sop.Puccini, Giacomo:
La Boheme: Che gelida manina. Victor Franklin, ten. No orch, no cond.Dvorak, Antonin:
Rusalka:
Song to the Moon. Nicole Car, sop. Australian Opera and Ballet Orch/Andrea Molino.Verdi, Giuseppe:
La forza del destino:
Morir, remenda cosa!. Robert Allman, bar. Sydney SO/Eric Clapham.Lehar, Franz (arr. Gamley, Douglas):
Paganini - Love live forever. Suzanne Johnston, m-sop. Ashton-Smith Singers, Australian Pops Orch/Douglas Gamley.Verdi, Giuseppe:
I lombardi:
La mia letizia. Rosario La Spina, ten. Monte Carlo PO/Richard Mills.
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.
