Radio NationalSunday August 16, 1998
Music details of each track are presented in the following order:
BROADCAST TIME OF ITEM
TRACK NUMBER AND TITLE
COMPOSER
PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT DETAILS
RECORDING COMPANY AND CD NUMBER
ARTIST AND CD TITLE
DURATION OF TRACK
DESCRIPTION OF TRACK
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)
1006 CD cut 6 `Gavotte(from Suite No 2 Opus 131c No2)'
Max Reger
C Channel Classics
CCS 9596
Pieter Wispelwey `Max Reger'
(playful solo cello)
3'50"
1011 CD cut 1 `Theme(from Variations and Fugue on a theme by Johann Sebastian Bach for Piano Opus 81)'
Max Reger
C CBS
CBS Masterworks MK 39562
Rudolf Serkin `Reger:Bach Variations'
(Bach-like solo piano)
1'31"
segue
Cd Disc 1 cut 4 `Aria(Duetto) - from Cantata BWV 128'
J S Bach
C Teldec GMBH
Teldec 242 617-2
Leonhardt Consort/Concentus Musicus Wien `Bach:The Complete Cantatas'
(bach aria - tenor and alto with oboe d'amore,cello,violin,organ)
7'20"
segue
CD cut 16 `Fugue(from Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Johann Sebastian Bach for piano Opus 81)'
Max Reger
C CBS
CBS Masterworks MK 39562
Rudolf Serkin `Reger:Bach Variations'
(solo piano - delicate then powerful)
8'25"
1030 CD cut 3 `Fratres'
Arvo Part
C ECM Records
ECM 1275
Arvo Part `Tabula Rasa'
(twelve cellos-very serene)
11'48"
segue
CD cut 8 `Agnus Dei(from:Berliner Messe)'
Arvo Part
P Universal Edition
C Hyperion Records
CDA66960
Polyphony/Stephen Layton `Arvo Part'
(choir and organ)
2'56"
1O46 CD cut 28 `Hydra(Timelessness)'
Urmas Sisask
P and C Fazer Music
Finlandia 4509-95880-2
Lauri Vainmaa `Sisask:Starry Sky Cycle'
(solo piano-still moments and rapid passages)
2'44"
segue
CD cut 7 `Eagle Flew from the Northeast'
Veljo Tormis
C Finlandia
Finlandia 3984-23014-2
Various `Song of Dawn - Highlights from the Estonian and Baltic Music Series'
On this track: The National Male Choir of Estonia
(powerful male choir)
3'14"
segue
CD cut 13 `Perpetuum Mobile'
Jurgis Juozapaitis
C Finlandia
Finlandia 3984-23014-2
Various `Song of Dawn - Highlights from the Estonian and Baltic Music Series'
On this track:Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
(fast,soaring piece for strings)
4'26"
1058 CD cuts 5/6/7 `Trio for violin,viola and cello in D minor opus 141b'
Max Reger
C Intercord
Intercord Int 860.875
Deutsches Streichtrio `Max Reger:Sreichtrios'
(early 20th century string trio)
9'35"/8'50"/3'19"
1121 CD cut 9 `Toccata I'
Kapsberger
C Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907211
Romanesca `Phantasticus'
(17th century piece for lute(theorbo)and organ-sounds very improvisatory)
7'05"
segue
CD cut 4 `Goizan Goizik(At Dawn)'
trad
C Radio France/Harmonia Mundi
HM83
Benat Achiary `Pays Basque:Arranoa'
(17th century Basque song- male voice and israj[string instrument])
6'23"
segue
CD cut 1 `Sonata La Monella Romanesca'
Pandolfi
C Harmonia Mundi
HMU907211
Romanesca `Phantasticus'
(lovely bright 17th century piece for lute(theorbo)and violin)
6'05"
1142 CD cut 4 `Georgia on My Mind'
Carmichael/Gorrel
P Peer Music Ltd BMI
C Li-Sem Enterprises/Cymekob
CYK 801-2
Stephane Grappelli/Toots Thielemans `Bringing it Together'
(gorgeous slow swing treatment of Carmichael tune - violin, harmonica and guitar featured)
5'57"
segue
CD cut 16 `Stardust'
Parrish/Carmichael
C BMG
RCA Bluebird 1 26372 2
Various `Jazz Cafe:Standards'
On this cut:Hoagy Carmichael
(1960 recording of the composer of Stardust at the piano singing the song)
3'48"
1154 Disc 2 Cut 7 `Skylark'
Carmichael/Mercer
C ECM
ECM 1575-80
Keith Jarrett `At the Blue Note - The Complete Recordings'
(jazz ballad for piano,bass,drums)
6'00"
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)
