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6:00 TOMLINSON: An English Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223413)
ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)
POULENC: Flute Sonata - Carol Hohauser (fl), Bruce Greenfield (pno) (RNZ)
ALBINONI: String Sonata in C Op 6/1 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66831/2)
HOLST: Japanese Suite - London SO/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 222)
7:00 BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 71467)
KORNGOLD restored Morgan: Cello Concerto in C Op 37, Deception - Alexander Zagorinsky (cello), Moscow SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.570110-11)
JOPLIN arr English: Maple Leaf Rag - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)
SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (Avanti 5414706 10232)
WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BACH: Second movement, Adagio, from Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)
WEBER: Oberon, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 415 840)
SAINT-SAËNS: Cyprès, from Cyprès et Lauriers - Andrew-John Smith (organ of La Madeleine, Paris) (Hyperion CDA 67713)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Danse Russe, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Sony 88697 21423)
GRIEG: Melodie; Halling; Elegie; Waltz, from Lyric Pieces Op 38 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)
J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)
MAHLER: Symphony No 6 in A minor, Tragic - Chicago SO/Bernard Haitink (Chicago SO/CSOR 901 807)
BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes Op 52 - Marlis Petersen (sop), Stella Doufexis (contralto), Werner Güra (ten), Konrad Jarnot (bbar), Christoph Berner, Camillo Radicke (pno duet) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1945)
REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele Op 30 - Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen (pno duet) (Sony 88697 12146)
STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto in A minor Op 80 - Robert Plane (cl), Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570356)
RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Mercury 416 496)
Michael Houstoun
The second of two programmes in which the New Zealand pianist talks to Tim Dodd about his approach to playing Chopin’s music (RNZ)
CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33; Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ/Tartar CD TRL 069)
KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)
DEBUSSY arr Matthews: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest; Fuilles mortes; Feux d'artifice, from Preludes - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)
BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 4 in C# minor BWV873, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - John Wells (organ of St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland) (Ribbonwood RCD 1007)
TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno), Philharmonia/Ettore Gracis (EMI CDC 7 49326)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2 - Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)
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Classic performances from the back catalogue
ORFF: Carmina Burana - Gundula Janowitz (sop), Gerhard Stolze (ten), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Schöneberger Boys' Choir, Chorus & Orch of the German Opera, Berlin/Eugen Jochum (rec 1968) (DG 423 886)
NZ musicians and composers
GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)
WAGNER: Dich teure Halle, from Tannhäuser - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Manu CD MANU 1317)
FRANCHI: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
MAREK: Serenade for violin & orchestra - Ingolf Turban (vln), Philharmonia/Gary Brain (Koch Schwann 3-6440)
ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (Medici Arts MM 008)
RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Narciso Yepes (gtr), Spanish Radio & Television SO/Odón Alonso (DG 423 784)
FRANCK arr Delsart: Fourth movement, Allegretto poco mosso, from Violin Sonata in A - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)
TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)
CHABRIER: Habanera - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)
DVORÁK: Song to the Moon, from Rusalka - Pilar Lorengar (sop), Orch of the Academy of St Cecilia, Rome/Giuseppe Patané (Decca 444 614)
ELGAR arr Ball: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Black Dyke Mills Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)
PUCCINI arr Stoltzman: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O clap your hands - Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDS 44322)
SUK: Bagatelle, With Nosegay in Hand - Jirí Válek (fl), Josef Suk (vln), Josef Hála (pno) (Supraphon 11 1533)
HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, Let thy hand be strengthened - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)
SCRIABIN: Pieces for the left hand, No 1, Prelude in C# minor; No 2, Nocturne in D flat - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49079)
LEHRER arr Marshall: I hold your hand in mine - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)
J STRAUSS II arr anon: The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, Potpourri - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225074)
The Darwin Lectures
Six programmes
(3) The Principles of Evolution: Absolute Simplicity
From Palmerston North, David Perry on how evolutionary principles explain the rise of life on earth (RNZ)
David Geringas (cello), NDR SO/Christoph von Dohnányi
SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto No 1; SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (recorded in Laeiszhalle, Hamburg by German Radio, Hamburg)
Fantasia in F minor K608 - Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein (pno duo) (EMI 5 18333)
Idomeneo, Overture - New York Philharmonic SO/Dimitri Mitropoulos (rec 1941) (Music & Arts CD 1052)
Second movement, Andantino, from Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67677)
SVIRIDOV: Night Clouds - Moscow New Choir, percussion group/Elena Rastvorova (Alto ALC 1029)
STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No 6 Op 191 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)
PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80597)
11:00 BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1143)
RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 2 in D minor, Élégiaque - Moscow Rachmaninov Trio (Hyperion CDA 67178)
MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 426 315)
SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C D934; STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante; PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin solo Op 15; RAVEL: Sonata for violin & piano; SATIE: Choses vues a droite et a guache; MILHAUD: Le Printemps - Gidon Kremer (vln), Elena Bashkirov (pno) (Philips 426 387)
Sacred music by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, Eybler, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Fauré, Handel, & Verdi - Max Emanuel Cencic, Benjamin Schmidinger (trebles), Vienna Boys’ Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Folkopera CO (Philips 438 871)
ROSSINI: Ballet music from The Siege of Corinth, Moses, William Tell & Othello - National Orch of the Monte Carlo Opera/Antonio De Almeida (Philips 422 843)
HANDEL: Oboe Concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander’s Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org & hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)
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