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Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces listeners' requests, including music by Beethoven, Elgar, Isao Tomita and Verdi, plus a guest request from composer John McCabe.

A heady mix of the traditional and the extraordinary, as Chi-Chi Nwanoku introduces Elgar, Brahms, Verdi and Beethoveen, via Australian orchestral jazz, Debussy on the synthesizer, and a symphony featuring bouncing balls and a Hammond organ. The guest requester is composer and pianist John McCabe.

Brahms: 111, Wie Lieblich sind deine Wohnungen/How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (A German Requiem)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
PHILIPS 4321402
CD1, Tr 3

Strauss: Burleske for piano and orchestra
Helen Grimaud (piano)
Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester
David Zinman (conductor)
ERATO 0630117272
Cd1, Trs 4-7

Lionel Tertis: Sunset
Lionel Tertis (viola)
Ethel Hobday (piano)
BIDDULPH 802192
CD4, Tr 15

Kreisler: Preludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani
Lionel Tertis (viola)
Frank St Ledger (piano)
BIDDULPH 802192
CD3, Tr 2

Don Banks: Nexus for jazz quintet and orchestra (1st mvt)
Don Burrows and the Judy Bailey Quintet
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Stuart Challender (conductor)
VOX AUSTRALIS VAST006-2
CD1, Tr 1

Verdi: La Traviata (finale)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor)
Ettore Bastianini (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CMS 7636282
Disc 2, Trs 16-20

Beethoven: An Ferne Geliebte, Op 98 (excerpts)
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Alfred Brendel (piano)
DECCA 4756011
CD1, Trs 2-7

Debussy, arr Isao Tomita: Snowflakes are Dancing
The Girl With The Flaxen Hair
Golliwog's Cakewalk
Tomita Isao (conductor)
CAMDEN 74321 535812
CD1, Trs 1,11, 17

Elgar: Sursum Corda
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
TELDEC 4509923742
CD1, Tr 5

Ernest Toch: Symphony No 3 (excerpts)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg (conductor)
EMI CDM 7243 5658682
CD1, Trs 1-3.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 7 Jun 2009 14:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    A German Requiem

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Performer: Revolutionnaire Et Romantique Performer: John Eliot Gardiner

    • PHILIPS.
    • 4321402.
  • Richard Strauss

    Burleske for Piano and Orchestra

    Performer: Helen Grimaud (piano)

    • Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester/David Zinman.
    • 0630117272.
  • Lionel Tertis

    Sunset

    Performer: Lionel Tertis (viola) Performer: Ethel Hobday (piano)

    • BIDDULPH.
    • 802192.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Preludium & Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Lionel Tertis (viola) Performer: Frank St Ledger (piano)

    • BIDDULPH.
    • 802192.
  • Don Banks

    Nexus for jazz quintet and orchestra (Mvt 1)

    Performer: Don Burrows and the Judy Bailey Quintet Performer: Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Stuart Challender

    • VOX AUSTRALIS.
    • VAST006-2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (finale)

    Performer: Maria Callas (soprano) Performer: Giuseppe Di Stefano (tenor) Performer: Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Performer: Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini

    • EMI.
    • CMS 7636282.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    An Ferne Geliebte, Op. 98

    Performer: Matthias Goerne (baritone) Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • DECCA.
    • 4756011.
  • James Rhodes

    Snowflakes are Dancing

    arr. Isao Tomita Performer: Tomita Isao

    • CAMDEN.
    • 74321 535812.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sursum Corda

    Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis

    • TELDEC.
    • 4509923742.
  • Ernst Toch

    Symphony No. 3

    Performer: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg

    • EMI.
    • CDM 7243 5658682.

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Jun 2009 14:00