Radio NationalSunday January 10, 1999
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 9 `Courante(from cello suite no 2 in D Minor)'
J S Bach
C BBC/EMI Records Ltd
CDM 7 63165 2
Lib no 89 1432
Jacqueline Du Pre `Her Early BBC Recordings'
(lively solo cello dance)
1'50"
1009 CD cut 3 `Argentine Dance Opus 2#2(Dance of the Graceful Girl)'
Alberto Ginastera
P Durand Editions SA
C Teldec Classics International GMBH
Teldec 0630-13474-2
Lib no 85 7834
Barenboim/Mederos/Console `Mi Buenos Aires Querido'
(lyrical solo piano-based on Argentinian folk music)
3'25"
segue
CD cuts 27-29 `My Lass, My lass, little swallow'/'Were you not at home'/`The Dawn'(from `About Swallows and Girls')
Petr Eben
Publisher not shown
C Chandos Records Ltd
Chandos Chan 9257
Lib no 90 2399
Prague Chamber Choir `Dvorak/Suk/Smetana/Eben'
1'20"/55"/1'03"
(lovely 20th century Czech choral music-based on folk songs-female voices)
segue
1017 CD cut 11 `O Promenach Sveta'
arr Jiri Pavlica
P and C Sunset France/Auvidis
Playasound PS 65190
Uncatalogued
Hradistan `Moravian Songs and Dances'
(lovely female voice with cymbalom and chorus-ancient Moravian song-stately)
2'24"
1021 CD cut 14 `String Quartet no 15'
Alois Haba
P Filmkunst Verlag Munick
C Praga/Le Chant du monde
Praga Productions PR 255 005
Lib no 89 4211
Suk Quartet/Czech Nonet `Czech Music of the Twentieth Century-Alois Haba Centenary Edition'
(jagged short string quartet)
4'57"
segue
CD cut 9 `Velkomoravsky(The Great Moravian Chant)'
trad arr Jiri Pavlica
other details as per 1017
(solemn-ancient Moravian chant for mixed voice choir)
2'10"
segue
CD cut 1 `Hradistu,Hradistu'
trad arr Jiri Pavlica
other details as per 1017
(lovely female voice with cymbalom and clarinet)
2'48"
1032 CD cuts 7-9 `Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola'
Bohuslav Martinu
P Boosey and Hawkes
C Virgin Classics
Virgin 7243 5 45015 2 4
Lib no 89 4978
Domus `Dohnanyi/Kodaly/Martinu: String trios'
(40's composition-exuberant/lyrical music for violin and viola)
4'00"/6'16"/5'11"
1048 CD cut 7 `Care for thy Soul'
Francis Pilkington
C Bayer Records
BR 100 028 CD
Lib no 87 5119
Deller Consort `Madrigale & Chansons'
(beautiful-shifting male and female voices- 16th/17th century English madrigal)
4'35"
segue
CD cut 16 `Arc en ciel(from etudes book 1)'
Gyorgy Ligeti
Music publisher not shown
C Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC Classics ABC 456 668-2
Uncatalogued
Stephanie McCallum `Illegal Harmonies-The Twentieth Century Piano'
(solo piano-uneasy)
2'31"
Australian performance******************
segue
1055 CD cut 7 `And the Woods are Silent'(from Gypsy Songs Opus 55)'
Antonin Dvorak
Music publisher not shown
C BMG Music
RCA Red Seal 09026 60823 2
Lib no 87 2224
Gabriela Benackova/Rudolf Firkusny `Dvorak/Martinu/Janacek:Songs/Lieder'
3'14"
(haunting-soprano and piano)
1100 CD disc 2 cut 8 `Gypsy Aires'
Sarasate
C Acoustic Disc
ACD 27
Uncatalogued
Dave Apollon `The Man with the Mandolin'
(mandolin w piano/band-spectacular soloist-40's recording)
3'06"
segue
CD cut 8 `Souvenir'
Ladislav Kupkovic arr Kremer/Moser/Maisenberg
Music Publisher not shown
C Philips Classics Productions
Philips 432 252-2
Lib no 89 3059
Kremer and friends `Encore'
(violin,accordeon and piano-humorous)
applause to 6'06"
1110 CD cut 8 `Istunpa Sankys Laitalla'
trad arr Kalaniemi
Public Domain
C Olarin Musikki Oy/Rykodisc
Hannibal HNCD 1396
Uncatalogued
Maria Kalaniemi and Algardaz `Iho'
(very beautiful accordeon solo -slow)
3'50"
segue
CD cut 5 `Okolo Hradista'
trad arr Pavlica
other details as per 1017
(lovely female voice with cymbalom and small ensemble-violin,clarinet etc)
3'18"
segue
CD disc 2 cut 12 `Mademoiselle de Bucarest'
composer not shown
this compilation c Network Medien GmbH Frankfurt
Network 24.756
Uncatalogued
Various artists `L'epopee Tzigane-Road of the Gypsies'
1'58"
(little gypsy tune-spectacular guitar,plus cymbalom etc)
On this cut: Matelot Ferret
1121 CD Disc 1 cut 5 `The Madonna of Frydek(from `On the overgrown path-little
pieces for piano')'
Leos Janacek
C Deutsche Grammophon GmbH Hamburg
Deutsche Grammophon 449 764-2
Uncatalogued
Rudolf Firkusny/Rafael Kubelik `Janacek: Piano Works'
(grave and lyrical solo piano)
2'46"
segue
CD cut 20 `A Letter'
Leos Janacek(after folk song)
other details as per 1055
(art song-soprano and piano)
2'31"
segue
CD Disc 1 cut 14 `Piu mosso(from `On the Overgrown Path)'
Leos Janacek
other details as per 1121
(solo piano)
2'48"
1130 CD cut 3 `Nandy'
Chucho Valdes
P Eldon Music Copyright
C Capitol Records
Blue Note CDP 0777 7 80597 2 1
Uncatalogued
Chucho Valdes `Solo piano'
(cuban-solo piano dance)
4'57"
1136 CD cut 14 `Bailecito'
Jose Resta
other details as per 1009
(raggy latin piano solo)
1'22"
segue
CD cut 9 `Russian Lullaby'
Irving Berlin
C Polygram Records Inc
Verve 537 701-2
Uncatalogued
Various artists `How Deep is the Ocean?The Irving Berlin Songbook'
(`exotic' 20's show tune-xylophone,trumpet,trombone,clarinet,piano,bass,drums)
4'41"
segue
CD cut 4 `Eulogy for a Friend'
Sandy Evans
P Copyright Control
C Rufus Records/Polygram
RF 023
Lib no 85 8942
Bernie McGann `Playground'
(slow portentous groove for double bass,brushes and saxes-lovely solos)
Australian composition and performance*************************
7'55"
1151 CD disc 1 cut 14 `Milko'
Titi Winterstein
P Hammer Musikverlag
This compilation C Network
Network 24.756
Various artists `L'Epopee Tzigane-Road of the Gypsies'
(swinging `hot club' type jazz-spectacular guitar, plus violin, accordeon etc)
3'58"
1155 CD disc 1 cut 5 `Skippy'
Thelonious Monk
P thelonious Music BMI
C Capitol Records
Blue Note 7243 8 56399 2 0
Uncatalogued
Various artists `Blue Note-A Story of Modern Jazz'
On this cut: Thelonoius Monk Sextet
(Monk sextet-wonky with intent)
2'58"
Melisma with Robyn Johnston 1005-1200 Radio National (repeated the following Sunday 0105-0300 on RN and RA)