22nd February
Show PlaylistTchaikovsky; Iolanta; Lullaby; Larissa Diadkova, Tatiana Kravtsova, Olga Korzhenskaya; Kirov Orchestra of St Petersburg; ValeryGergievTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: The Queen of Spades:
Yeletsky's Aria. Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bar. Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker.Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: Eugen Onegin:
Pretty maidens. Dresden State Orch, Leipzig Radio Choir/James Levine.Rachmaninov, Sergei: Francesca da Rimini:
Oh, do not weep, my Paolo!. Dinara Alieva, sop. New Russia State SO/Dmitry Yablonsky.Rachmaninov, Sergei: Aleko: Aleko's cavatina. Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass London SO/Sir Edward Downes.Rachmaninov; Aleko; Zemphira's aria and duet;Svetlana Volkova and Evgeni Nesetrenko; Moscow Philarmonic Symp Orch; Dmitri Kitaenko
15th February
Show PlaylistINTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH TALIAMussorgsky, Modest: Boris Godounov: Coronation scene. Kirov Opera Chorus, Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev.Borodin, Alexander: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances. Bolshoi Chorus, Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev.Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay: Servilia:
My flowers !. Nicole Car, sop. Australian Opera and Ballet Orch/Andrea Molino.Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay: The Tsar's Bride: What do you want?....It seems that you no longer love your Lyubasha. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, bar., Olga Borodina, m-sop. Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev.Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay (arr. Campbell, Paul):Golden Cockerel: Seduction Aria. Aida Garifullina, sop. ORF SO/Cornelius Meister.
8th February
Show PlaylistGlinka, Mikhail:
Overture - Ruslan & Lyudmila. USSR RSO/Vladimir Fedoseyev.Glinka, Mikhail:
Ruslan and Lyudmila:
O joy!...the hour of my triumph. Feodor Chaliapin, bass .Glinka; A life for the Tsar; Antonida's cavatina - To the field, to the field (Act 1)Glinka; A life for the Czar; Act 3 quartetGlinka, Mikhail: A Life for the Tsar: Final Chorus. Bolshoi Chorus, Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev.Dargomijski, Alexander: Rusalka:
Miller's Aria. Alexander Kipnis, bass Unnamed Orch/Nicolai Berezowsky.
1st February
Show PlaylistBeethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
O war ich schon mit dir vereint. Helen Donath, sop. Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
Mir ist so wunderbar. Barbara Bonney, sop., Charlotte Margiono, sop., Deon van der Walt, ten., Laszlo Polgar, bass CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
Ha! welch ein Augenblick!. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish RSO/Paul Daniel.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
Abscheulicher. Jessye Norman, sop. Dresden State Orch/Bernard Haitink.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
O welche Lust. Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Orch/Johannes Fritzsch.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
Gott! welch Dunkel hier. Jon Vickers, ten. Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
Er sterbe!. Helga Dernesch, sop., Jon Vickers, ten., Karl Ridderbusch, bass, Zoltan Kelemen, bass Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio:
O namenlose Freude. Helga Dernesch, sop., Jon Vickers, ten. Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan.
25th January
Show PlaylistMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87:
Vado incontro, al fato estremo. Gunnar Gudbjornsson, ten. Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Abduction from the Seraglio, K384:
Ich baue ganz auf deine. Ernst Haefliger, ten. English CO/Jorg Ewald Dahler.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Apollo & Hyacinthus, K38:
Natus cadit. Allan Clayton, ten., Martene Grimson, sop. Orch of the Classical Opera Company/Ian Page.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Ascanio in Alba, K111:
Ah di si nobil alma. Bejun Mehta, alto. Academy for Ancient Music Berlin/Rene Jacobs.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Cosi fan tutte, K588:
Ladies, you treat so many thus. Hermann Prey, bar. Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Bruno Weil.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Don Giovanni - Non mi dir. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Idomeneo - Torna la pace. Luciano Pavarotti, ten. Vienna PO/Sir John Pritchard.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
La Clemenza di Tito, K621:
Ah, perdona al primo affetto. Anna Netrebko, sop., Elina Garanca, m-sop. Dresden State Orch/Sebastian Weigle.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Magic Flute - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon. Ernst Haefliger, ten. English CO/Jorg Ewald Dahler.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:
Marriage of Figaro - Hai gia vinta la causa. Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone New Zealand SO/James Judd.
18th January
Show PlaylistChabrier, Emmanuel:
Ballad of the fat turkeys. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de SanChabrier, Emmanuel: Pastoral of the pink pigs. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de San, bar.Chabrier, Emmanuel:
The cicadas. Diane Andersen, pno., Ludovic de San,Chabrier, Emmanuel: Gwendoline:
Ne riez pas. Barbara Hendricks, sop. Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson.Chabrier, Emmanuel: Song for Jeanne. Barbara Hendricks, sop., Michel Dalberto, pno.Auber, Daniel: Le cheval de bronze:
Ah pour un jeune Coeur...O tourment du veuvage. Huguette Tourangeau, sop. Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge.Auber, Daniel: Le Domino noir:
Flamme vengeresse. Magdalena Kozena, m-sop. Mahler CO/Marc Minkowski.Auber, Daniel: Manon Lescaut:
This is the story. Amelia Farrugia, sop. BBC SO/Alexander Briger.Auber, Daniel: The Oath:
Du village voisin...Des l'enfance. Angela Denning, sop. Melbourne SO/Richard Bonynge.
11th January
Show PlaylistCavalli, Francesco: La Calisto:
D'aver un consorte. Dominique Visse, alto., Gilles Ragon, ten. Concerto Vocale/Rene Jacobs.Cimarosa, Domenico: La vergine del sole:
Tormented by so many woes. Cecilia Bartoli, m-sop., Corrado Giuffredi, cl. I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis.Halevy, Jacques: La Juive - Il va venir. Francoise Pollet, sop. Montpellier PO/Cyril Diedrich.Verdi, Giuseppe: Don Carlos:
Spuntato ecco il di. La Scala Chorus, Milan, La Scala Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado.Wagner R: Kinderkatechismus. Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna PO/Sir Georg Solti.Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca: Recondita armonia. Fernando Corena, bass, Jussi Bjoerling, ten. Rome Opera House Orch/Erich Leinsdorf.Lehar, Franz (arr. Bonynge, Richard):The Merry Widow:
Love in my heart was dying. John Brecknock, ten. National PO/Richard Bonynge.Nicolai, Otto: The Merry Wives of Windsor:
Nun eilt herbei. Rita Streich, sop. Berlin RSO/Kurt Gaebel.
4th January
Show PlaylistLotti, Antonio (arr. Docker, Robert): Pur dicesti. David Hughes, ten. Unnamed Orch/Robert Docker.Pergolesi, Giovanni: La Serva Padrona; Stizzoso, mio Stizzoso. Teresa Berganza, m-sop. Royal Opera House Orch. Covent Garden/Sir Alexander Gibson.Tippett, Sir Michael:
The Weeping Babe. The Finzi Singers/Paul Spicer.Handel, George Frederic: Scipione:
Scoglio d'immota fronte. Lisa Saffer, sop. Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan.Meyerbeer, Giacomo: Margherita D'Anjou:
Oh Rabbia! Oh furore!. Alastair Miles, bass, Annick Massis, sop., Bruce Ford, ten., Daniela Barcellona, m-sop., Pauls Putnins, bass London PO/David Parry.Gounod, Charles: Mireille:
Mon coeur est plein d'un noir souci!. Rolando Villazon, ten. French Radio PO/Evelino Pido.Saint-Saens, Camille: Samson and Delilah:
Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse. Lauris Elms, contr. West Australian SO/Geoffrey Arnold.Puccini, Giacomo: The Girl of the Golden West:
Or son sei mesi. Mario del Monaco, ten., Renata Tebaldi, sop. St Cecilia Academy Orch/Franco Caracciolo.Berg, Alban: Wozzeck:
Dort links geht's in die Stadt…Du sollst da bleiben, Marie. Dorothea Roschmann, sop., Matthias Goerne, bass Swedish RSO/Manfred Honeck.
28th December
Show PlaylistHandel, George Frederic: Ariodante:
Volate, amori. Patricia Petibon, sop. Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon.Pacini, Giovanni: Annetta e Lucindo:
Fra l'orror di notte oscura. Eiddwen Harrhy, sop., Geoffrey Dolton, bass, John Cashmore, bass, Paul Nilon, ten. Philharmonia Orch/David Parry.Verdi, Giuseppe: Attila:
Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima. Jose Van Dam, bass-baritone Loire PO/Marc Soustrot.Schubert, Franz: Alfonso and Estrella:
Schon wenn es beginnt zu tagen. Jonas Kaufmann, ten. Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado.Manfredini, Francesco: Carlo Magno:
You believe me to be bound. Cecilia Bartoli, m-sop. I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis.Smetana, Bedrich:
Bartered Bride - Endlich allein. Sena Jurinac, sop. Philharmonia Orch/Warwick Braithwaite.Brahms; Die Mainacht Op 43 no 2.
Hermann Prey, Pianist Karl EngelHandel; Rinaldo; Suzie Leblanc and Daniel Taylor; Individual players conducted by Stephen Stubbs
