Radio NationalSunday December 13, 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 cuts 15/16 `Prelude and Fugue no 8 in E Flat Minor BWV853'
J S Bach
C Hyperion Records
CDA67301/2
Angela Hewitt `Bach:The Well-Tempered Clavier'
(solo piano)
3'40/5'25
1016 CD cut 21 `Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara'
Johann Kuhnau
C Hyperion Records
CDA67059
The King's Consort `Bach's Contemporaries:Sacred Music by Johann Kuhnau'
(early 18th cent German chorale - duetting sopranos and ensemble -uplifting)
1'58
segue
CD disc 2 cut 13 `4 Goldberg Canons'
Bach arr Boeke
C Glossa
GCD 921102
The Sour Cream Legacy `The Passion of Reason'
(recorders - sweet and unusual Bach arrangement)
1'46
1021 CD cuts 3/4 `Praludium und Fuge uber BACH for String Trio Opus 46'
Hanns Eisler
C CPO
CPO 999 341-2
Leipziger Streichquartett `Adorno/Eisler:Works for String Quartet'
(dark string trio inspired by Bach)
1'29/2'47
segue
CD cut 15 `Hotel Room 1942'
Music:Hanns Eisler Text:Bertolt Brecht
P Breitkopf & Hartel
C Teldec Classics (CD No: 4509 97459-2..though this played from an Austrian foreign affairs issued set: Music from Austria Vol 2, The Twentieth Century'
Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau(baritone) Aribert Reimann(piano)
1'52
segue
CD disc 4 cut 1 `No 1(from:Forgotten Melodies Opus 39)
Nicolas Medtner
C Hyperion Records
CDA67221/4
Marc-Andre Hamelin `Medtner:The Complete Piano Sonatas'
(solo piano)
4'44
1033 CD cut 8 `Sounds of the Forest'
Sofia Gubaidulina
P Sikorski
C Cala Records
CACD88026
Leslie Newman/Amanda Hurton `Beyond the Iron Curtain'
(flute and piano)
2'53
segue
CD cut 20 `From my youth'
anon
C Lambourne Productions Ltd
Collins 14432
The Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir `Kastalsky:Liturgy of St John of Chrysostom'
(old russian chant - children's choir w boy soloist)
2'55
segue
CD disc 3 cut 5 `No 1 (from Forgotten Melodies Opus 38'
Nicolas Medtner
C Hyperion Records
CDA67221/4
Marc-Andre Hamelin `Medtner:The Complete Piano Sonatas'
(lovely solo piano)
16'02
1056 CD cut 6 `Arch'
Robert Davidson
P and C Tall Poppies Records
TP098
Patricia Pollett `Viola Power'
(vibrant canon for three violas)
Australian composition and performance******************
6'40
segue
CD disc 2 cut 2 `Land Owner'
Text:Margaret Scott Music:Andrea Breen
C Robin Records
Contact: PO Box 682 Kingston Tasmania 7050
`Improvisation-Image-Voice'
(poet reading over viola improvisation)
1'22
Australian composition and performance****************
segue
CD cut 4 `...y solos - bajo una luna amarilla - discuten sobre el pasado'
Dino Saluzzi
C ECM Records
ECM 1638
`Dino Saluzzi/Rosamunde Quartett'
(mysterious then dramatic piece for string quartet and bandoneon)
8'37
1114 CD cut 9 `Mazurka Apasionata'
Agustin Barrios
C Dorian Discovery
DIS 80159
Berta Rojas `Concierto Latinoamericano'
(solo guitar-sweet and lyrical)
5'58
segue
CD cut 12 `Cantos de Trabajo'
trad?
C Buda Records
92544-2
Soledad Bravo `Songs of Venezuela'
(lovely solo female voice `calling' in Spanish with a series of couplets/work chants)
3'02
segue
CD cut 1 `Cruz del sur'
Dino Saluzzi
C ECM Records
ECM 1638
`Dino Saluzzi/Rosamunde Quartett'
(bandoneon and string quartet - a kind of elegy for latin america)
10'08
1134 CD cut 12 `Ajubete jepe amo mbae'
Liduino Pitombeira
C Grammofon AB BIS
BIS CD 952
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet `Summer Music'
(lively wind quintet- contemporary Brazilian piece)
1'21
segue
CD cut 2 `A Furiosa'
Paulo Bellinati
C Sony Classical
SK 60274
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet `L.A.G.Q'
(lively contemporary Brazilian piece-classical guitar quartet and percussion)
3'11
1143 CD cut 5 `Desafinado'
Newton Mendonca
C Polygram Records Inc
Verve 557 532-2
`Ultimate Stan Getz'
(swinging Brazilian tune for sax,guitar,bass,perc)
5'48
segue
CD cut 3 `Besame Mucho'
Skylar/Velazquez
C Somethin' Else Records
BlueNote CDP 797197 2
Gonzalo Rubalcaba `The Blessing'
(very moving version of latin standard -piano,bass,drums)
7'40
1159 CD cut 6 `Osun'
Jesus `Chucho Valdes'
C Messidor
Messidor 15976-2
Jesus `Chucho' Valdes `Lucumi Piano Solo'
(cuban solo piano - like a rousing chant)
30 excerpt
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)
