Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

12 February 2012 - 3:44 pm NZ time

The Works

Monday to Friday at 10 am, Saturday at 11 am.

Major pieces, familiar and unfamiliar from new CDs which arrive every day, and the huge back-catalogue of classic recordings.

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 417 762)

ARENSKY: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 32 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 7/6 - Richard Egarr (org/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7447.48)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Cologne Gürzenich Orch/Dmitrij Kitajenko (Oehms Classics OC 666)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

CRAS: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio - Linos Harp Quintet (Hänssler CD 93.175)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 308)

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été - Elly Ameling (sop), Atlanta SO/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80084)

SCHUMANN: Carnival Jest from Vienna Op 26 - Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (pno) (Oehms OC 774)

FOOTE: Serenade for Strings Op 25 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (Dutton CDLX 7238)

Major pieces, familiar and unfamiliar from new CDs which arrive every day, and the huge back-catalogue of classic recordings.