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20 May - 10:33 am NZ
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The perfect start to the day. Three hours of music with news and weather on the hour to keep you informed about what’s going on in the world.
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6:00 am Today
6:00 CIMAROSA: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)
BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)
SIBELIUS: Two Chorales, Herr du bist ein Fels (Lord, you are a rock); Herr erzeige uns deine Gnade (Lord, show us your mercy) - Dominante Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1365)
PITFIELD: Prelude, minuet & reel - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)
RODRIGO: Qué buen caminito - Marco Socìas (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9177)
GURIDI: The Country House, Prelude to Act 2 - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)
7:00 TRAD arr Barton Pine/Fraser: Medley of Scots' Tunes, Lament of Flora MacDonald; The Waukin of the Fauld; Miss Lyall or Mrs Grant of Laggan; Timour the Tatar - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)
GRIEG: In Autumn, Overture - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1191)
GALLON: Récit et Allegro - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)
SCHUMANN: First movement, Andante espressivo, from String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Doric String Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10692)
CHOPIN orch Stravinsky: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1874)
8:00 Beauty Spot: TRIMBLE: The Bard of Lisgoole - Una Hunt, Roy Holmes (pno duo) (Marco Polo 8.225059)
DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'isle joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)
POULENC: Trois mouvements perpétuels - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell (cl), Rachel Gough (bsn), Richard Watkins (horn), Chris West (dbass), members of the Allegri String Quartet chamber ensemble (Cala CACD 1018)
MARINI: Romanesca - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
HALVORSEN: Air norvégien - Marianne Thorsen (vln), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)
GRISON: Toccata in F - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)
ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)
6:00 am Tomorrow
6:00 MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)
TRAD arr Russell: Three Celtic Pieces, Spatter the dew; Neil Gow's lament for the death of his second wife; The bucks of Oranmore - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)
BARTÓK: Rhapsody No 2 Sz89 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)
BALAKIREV orch Casella: Islamey - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)
7:00 BIZET arr Salzedo: Carmen, Pas de deux - City of Prague Phil/Julian Bigg (Dutton CDLX 7151)
TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67889)
GERSHWIN orch Grofé: The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)
LISZT: Petrarch Sonnet No 104 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)
VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 for viola d'amore & lute - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 5 45723)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BALDWIN: O vos omnes - Lisette Wesseling (sop), Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Private)
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)
WOLF: Italian Serenade - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10761)
HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)
DINICU arr Walton: Hora staccato; ITURRALDE: Pequeña Czarda; DRASKOCZY: Dances from Transylvania - Mark Walton (sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)
J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)
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