18/12/2013

The young much-vaunted Czech pianist Libor Novacek performs Beethoven, Brahms and Mussorgsky. Plus a blaze from Schumann's Konzertstuck for 4 horns. Introduced by Jonathan Swain.

12:31 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van [1770 -1827]
Piano Sonata No 3 in C major Op.2'3

12:59 AM
Brahms, Johannes [1833-1897]
7 Fantasies Op.116 for piano

1:21 AM
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich [1839-1881]
Pictures from an exhibition for piano
Libor Novácek (piano)

1:52 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Quartet for strings (Op.59 No.2) in E minor 'Rasumovsky'
Australian String Quartet

2:31 AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Symphony No.9 in C major 'The Great' (D.944)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Paul McCreesh (conductor)

3:32 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) arr. Fiona Walsh
Fugue in G minor (BWV.542) 'Great'
Guitar Trek

3:39 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation
Robert Silverman (piano)

3:51 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
Extase - for voice and piano (?1874)

3:54 AM
Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
Elégie - for voice and piano (1874)
Catherine Robbin (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Ralls (piano)

3:58 AM
Suk, Josef (1874-1935)
Elegy (Op.23) arr. for piano trio
Trio Lorenz

4:05 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.11 in F major (Op.72 No.3)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

4:09 AM
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Dumka - Russian rustic scene for piano (Op.59)
Duncan Gifford (piano)

4:19 AM
Matteis, Nicola (d.c.1707) and Anon (17th century)
Matteis: Passages in Imitation of the Trumpet (Ayres and Pieces IV (1685))
Anon: 5 Marches from John Playford's new tunes. After Nicola Matteis: Chaconne, Plaint, Ecchi
Pedro Memelsdorff (recorder), Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

4:31 AM
Zarzycki, Aleksander (1834-1895)
Mazurka in G major, for violin and piano (Op.26)
Monika Jarecka (violin), Krystyna Makowska (piano)

4:37 AM
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872)
Overture to Flis 'The Raftsman' (1858)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jerzy Salwarowski (conductor)

4:46 AM
Schiavetto, Giulio (fl.1562-5)
Madrigal: Per pieta (Out of piety)

4:49 AM
Schiavetto, Giulio (fl.1562-5)
Madrigal: Liete piante (Tender plants)
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)

4:52 AM
Elsner, Józef Antoni Franciszek (1769-1854)
Polonaise in E flat major
Urszula Bartkiewicz (harpsichord)

4:57 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Fantasia on Polish airs for piano and orchestra (Op.13) in A major
Nelson Goerner (1849 Erard Piano), Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)

5:12 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849) arr. Kocsis, Zoltán (b.1952)
Mazurka (Op.67 No.2) in G minor arr. Kocsis for clarinet and piano
Zsolt Szatmári (clarinet); Zoltán Kocsis (piano)

5:15 AM
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
Aria No.2 (Vocalise No.2)
Antanas Talocka (clarinet), Lilija Talockiene (piano)

5:17 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arranged for orchestra by Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor orch. Dvorák (orig. for piano four hands)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

5:21 AM
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Trio Sonata in B minor (Wq.143)
Les Coucous Bénévoles

5:31 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Magnificat in G minor (RV.610)
Choir of Latvian Radio and the Riga Chamber Players, Sigvards Klava (conductor)

5:45 AM
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.12 in F Major 'American' (Op.96)
Keller Quartet

6:11 AM
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
Konzertstück for 4 horns and orchestra in F major (Op.86)
Kurt Kellan, John Ramsey, William Robson, Laurie Matiation (horns), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor).