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Disc 1
ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12; MENDELSSOHN: Third movement, Finale, from Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo capriccioso Op 28; BRAHMS: Third movement, Finale, from Violin Concerto in D Op 77; RAVEL: Tzigane; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; DVORÁK: Romance Op 11; BRUCH: Fifth movement, Finale: Allegro guerriero, from Scottish Fantasy Op 46; SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen Op 20; LALO: Fifth movement, Finale, from Symphonie espangnole Op 21 - Various artists (RCA 09026063752)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
D'INDY: String Quartets, No 2 in E Op 45; No 1 in D Op 35 - Kodály Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223140)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
SCHUBERT: Five Goethe songs; BRAHMS: Five Lieder; BARBER: Three Songs Op 45; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Ernst Buscagne (bar), Tom McGrath (pno) (Genuin GMP 020202)
3:45 approx - Disc 4
TARTINI: Concerto in G for flute, strings & continuo; POKORNÝ: Flute Concerto in D Op 27; BOCCHERINI: Concerto in D; MERCANDANTE: Flute Concerto in E minor; VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in C minor RV441 - Severino Gazzelloni (fl), I Musici (Philips 420 875)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón; Trés movimientos tanguísticos porteños; Tangos - Pablo Mainetti (bandoneón), Lluis Vidal (pno), Teatre Lliure CO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1595)
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)
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
Tannhäuser, excerpts
Overture - Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (PentaTone PTC 5186 123)
Dich teure Halle; O Fürstin! - Petra Maria Schnitzer (sop), Peter Seiffert (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer (Orfeo C 760 091 A)
Entry of the Guests (Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle) - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)
Allmächt'ge Jungfrau (Elisabeth's Prayer); O du mein holder Abendstern - Petra Maria Schnitzer (sop), Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer (Orfeo C 760 091 A) (Sony 828768 84822)
Pilgrims' Chorus & Final Chorus of Younger Pilgrims, Act 3 (Beglückt darf nun dich, & Heil! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil!) - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - Bamberg Symphony/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7143)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 6 in Eb Op 70/2 - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9860)
HAYDN: Violin Concerto in A HobVIIa/3 - Andrea Cappelletti (vln), Scottish CO/James Blair (Il Canale DC U25)
RESPIGHI: Rossiniana - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.557711)
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
Music from film, the stage and international classical charts
Liza with Kander & Ebb
KANDER: Overture; Sing Happy, from Flora, the Red Menace
Flora............................. Liza Minnelli
Alvin Theatre Orch, New York/Hal Hastings (RCA 660821)
Coloured lights; The apple doesn't fall, from The Rink
Angel........................... Liza Minnelli
Anna............................ Chita Rivera
Martin Back Theatre Orch, New York/Paul Gemignani (JAY 881328)
Cabaret, from Cabaret
Sally Bowles................ Liza Minnelli
Studio orch/Ralph Burns (MCA 250 428)
Liza (with a "Z") - Liza Minnelli (vocalist), CBS Television Orch (CBS 465 716)
MATTIOLI: Ave regina coelorum - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Ensemble Artaserse (Virgin 3 44711)
DEBUSSY: D'un cahier d'esquisses - Chenyin Li (pno) (Genuin GEN 12228)
HANDEL: Scoglio d'imota fronte, from Scipione - Sandrine Piau (sop), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Naïve Astrée E 8894)
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Silke Avenhaus (pno), Arcanto Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2000)
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Classic performances from the back catalogue
BRUCKNER arr Samale/Phillips/Cohrs/Mazzuca: Symphony No 9 in D minor (four movement version) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 29692)
NZ performers and composers
TCHEREPNIN: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 30/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9770)
GOUNOD: Mon coeur ne peut changer, from Mireille - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 230)
A RITCHIE: Polish Dances Op 155 - Adrianna Lis (fl), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 742)
COPLAND: John Henry, A railroad ballad - South West German Radio SO/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)
CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Oleg Marshev (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 677)
MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso - Gil Shaham (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)
GRIEG: Ave maris stella - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)
GOSSEC: Tambourin; Gavotte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)
M HAYDN: Romance for horn & string quartet MH806 - Jasper de Waal (horn), Concertgebouw CO/Henk Rubingh (Channel Classics CCS SA 30210)
ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - English SO/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)
6:00 SVENDSEN: Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)
STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)
MENDELSSOHN arr Harrell: Songs without Words, Op 19/1; Op 109 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Bruno Canino (pno) (Decca 430 198)
CAMILLERI: Overture Classique - Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)
DVARIONAS: Elegy for Violin & String Orchestra - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), German CO (Teldec 0630 14654)
CHAPLIN arr Ogermann: Smile, from Modern Times - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Telarc 0630 17222)
BACH: Fourth movement, Allegro assai, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005 - Gidon Kremer (vln) (ECM 1926/27)
PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Otoño porteño - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79568)
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
The second of two programmes marking the bicentenary of Wagner's birth, presented by Heath Lees (RNZ)
GLUCK arr Wagner: Iphigénie en Aulide, Overture - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)
WAGNER: Mignonne; Tout n'est qu'images fugitives - Thomas Hampson (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55047)
Kaisermarsch (Imperial March) - Hong Kong Phil/Varujan Kojian (Marco Polo 8.220114)
Eliah Sakakushev von Bismarck (cello), Stephen de Pledge (pno)
BLOCH: From Jewish Life; MARTINU: Cello Sonata No 2; WEINBERG: Cello Sonata No 1 in C Op 21; POULENC: Cello Sonata Op 143 (recorded at the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)
Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/4; Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
DUBRA: Missa de Spiritu Sancto - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough, Alexander Norman (org) (Hyperion CDA 67799)
HAYDN/HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 48045)
MARX: Old Vienna Serenades - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)
11:00 HUMMEL: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 12 - Voces Intimae (Warner 2564 62596)
CAPLET: Conte fantastique, after The masque of the red death by Edgar Allan Poe - Sandrine Chatron (harp), Elias String Quartet (Ambroisie AMB 9978)
MOERAN: Theme & Variations - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)
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