12 February 2012 - 3:56 pm NZ time
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6:00 HAYDN: La vera costanza, Sinfonia - Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis (dir) (DHM 88697 32632)
VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D RV428, Il gardellino - Henry Lebon (fl), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari (Mandala MNE 5067)
PAGANINI: Sonata in E for violin & guitar Op 64/5 - Amiram Ganz (vln), Maria Isabel Siewers (gtr) (Challenge Classics CC 72118)
ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)
G GABRIELI arr Crees/Block: Sonata pian e forte; Canzon on the 12th tone; Canzon on the 7th tone - Chicago SO Brass/Mark Ridenour (Chicago SO CSOR 901 1103)
7:00 JC BACH: Symphony in E Op 18/5 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)
ROUSSEL: Impromptu Op 21 - Katerina Englichová (harp) (Praga PRD 350 018)
SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - London Phil/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 425 014)
TELEMANN: Trio for flute, oboe & basso continuo - Karl Kaiser (fl), Hans-Peter Westermann (ob), members of Camerata Cologne (DHM 05472 77361)
GRAINGER: Dreamery - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)
WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus & Final Chorus of Younger Pilgrims, from Tannhäuser, Act 3 - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)
8:00 DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (Newton 880 2073)
CHOPIN: Nocturnes, in C# minor Op 27/1; in F Op 15/1 - Youra Guller (pno) (Tahra TAH 630)
REVUELTAS: Carminando - Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers (Channel Classics CCS SA 21104)
MOZART arr anon: Three arias from The Magic Flute arr for oboe & violin - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln) (Sony 88697 28585)
ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto, from the film Dangerous Moonlight - Rawicz & Landauer (pno duo), Mantovani & his Orch (Decca 421 397)
6:00 WAGENSEIL: Symphony in A WV432 - Stuttgart CO/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 777 112)
BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Roger Woodward (pno) (ABC Classics 456 366)
BACH: Second movement, Largo ma non tanto, from Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), Andrew Thomson (vln), NZSO CO (RNZ)
CHARLTON: Sonata for flute & guitar - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private Recording)
BERLIOZ: March for the Entrance of the Queen & Ballet Music, from The Trojans - women's choir, London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0040)
7:00 WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)
GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80445)
TRAD arr Christensen/McDunn: Londonderry Air - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)
BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)
BIZET arr Guiraud: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Igor Markevitch (Philips 420 863)
8:00 Beauty Spot: PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 420)
GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)
D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk30, Cat's Fugue - Racha Arodaky (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 060 202)
SOUSA: Liberty Bell - Incredible Columbia All-Star Band/Gunther Schuller (Sony MLK 66710)
FRANCHOMME: Fantasy on a Melody by Schubert - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)
SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)
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