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6:00 ROSETTI: Notturno in Eb K1/58 - Bavarian CO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 999 734)
SCHARWENKA: Sonatina in E minor Op 52/1 - Seta Tanyel (pno) (Collins 13522)
M PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)
KUULA: Sunrise - Accentus Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (Naïve V 5037)
LEO: Cello Concerto No 4 in F minor - Julius Berger (cello), Southwest German CO, Pforzheim/Vladislav Czarnecki (Brilliant Classics 93681)
7:00 SCHUBERT: Overture in D D590, In the Italian Style - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570329)
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)
SARASATE: Miramar Op 42 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572191)
POULENC: Three Novelettes - Charles Owen (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 035)
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0005)
8:00 Beauty Spot: BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)
COOKE: Sonatina for flute & piano - Celia Redgate (fl), Michael Dussek (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25061)
LØVENSKJOLD: Pas de deux, from La Sylphide - Erich Gruenberg (vln), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 861)
HAYDN: Divertimento in C HobXIV/3 - L'Arte dell'Arco (Brilliant Clasics 94004)
SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)
Choral Curtain Raisers
Six programmes
(6) Brian Kay looks at Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah - Letizia Scherrer, Sarah Wegener (sops), Renée Morloc (contralto), Werner Güra (ten), Michael Volle (bass), Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Stuttgart Classical Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus 83.215)
BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Julia Fischer (vln), ASMF (Decca 478 0650)
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1612)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Boris Berman (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10522)
FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)
DONIZETTI: Com'è soave quest'ora di silenzio, from Lucrezia Borgia - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 550)
VILLA-LOBOS arr Chilcott: Five Preludes - Kaori Muraji (gtr), Grace Davidson (sop), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Decca 475 8199)
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Classic performances from the back catalogue
RESPIGHI: The Birds; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome - London SO/Antal Dorati (rec 1957/60) (Mercury 432 007)
NZ musicians and composers
BRUHNS: Praeludium No 3 in E minor - Gillian Weir (organ of Clare College, Cambridge) (Argo 460 185)
LISZT: Enfant, si j'étais roi; S'il est un charmant gazon; Comment, disaient-ils; O quand je dors (second version) - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)
A RITCHIE: As long as time - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)
MARILLIER: Lorne Concerto - Cavin Adams (sopranino rec), Ruth Hope (treble rec), Ben Allan (sub contra-bass rec), Christchurch Youth Recorder Ensemble/Neville Forsythe (CYRE)
BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)
BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDZ 7 62605)
D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in E minor Kk292 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)
BRIDGE: Miniature Pastorals, Set 1 - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 082)
IBERT: Cinq pièces en trio - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)
J STRAUSS II: Roses from the South, Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 425 429)
BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Rolando Villazón (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)
WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)
BARRIOS: Una limosna por el amor de Dios - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)
HAYDN: Windsor Castle, Overture - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (dir/fp) (Hyperion CDA 66528)
SKINNER: Fyvie Castle - Chris Duncan (vln), Catherine Strutt (pno) (ABC Classics 465 263)
MUSSORGSKY arr Cohen: The Old Castle, from Pictures at an Exhibition - Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen (Meridian CDE 84561)
CASTELLO: Quarta Sonata - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
TURINA: The castle of Almodóvar Op 65 - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5619/23)
SIBELIUS: At the Castle Gate, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45493)
Eight programmes
(6) Julie Sperring talks about the lives and music of AMY BEACH (1867-1944) and REBECCA CLARKE (1886-1979) (RNZ)
R CLARKE: Lullaby; Morpheus - Paul Coletti (vla), Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66687)
BEACH: Theme & Variations in A minor Op 80 - Helen Keen (fl), Elizabeth Layton, Ruth Ehrlich (vlns), Martin Outram (vla), Naomi Butterworth (cello) (Chandos CHAN 9752)
Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir)
ORTIZ: Romanesca & Passamezzo; TRAD Catalan arr F Savall: La cançó del Lladre; TRAD: Danse de l'âme; Dialogue; TRAD Sephardic: Paxarico tu to llamas; Hermoza muchachica; MARAIS: Muzettes I, II; TRAD Catalan arr F Savall: El Mariner; TRAD: Rast, Murass'a; TRAD Hebrew: Noumi, noumi yaldatii; HUME: Soldier's March; Harke, Harke, from Musicall Humors; TRAD: Mireu el nostre mar: TRAD Iranian: Chaharmezrab; TRAD African: African Ostinato; MARCABRU: Pax in nomine Domini; El testament d'Amèlia, from Musicall Humors; TRAD: Saltarello, from Cantigas de Santa Maria; TRAD Sephardic: Marinero soy de amor; Yo m'enamori d'un aire (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)
MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - James Galway (fl/dir), Catrin Finch (harp), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 477 6233)
GOULD: Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)
11:00 BRAHMS: Fantasies Op 116 - Markus Groh (pno) (Avie AV 2136)
SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A minor Op 41/1 - Quatuor Renoir (Zig Zag ZZT 060 602)
12:00 - Disc 1
TUBIN: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Concerto for Balalaika & Orchestra; Music for Strings - Swedish Radio Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 351)
1:15 approx - Disc 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 1 in C Op 15; No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)
2:30 approx - Disc 3
DVORÁK: Mass in D Op 86; Te Deum Op 103 - Marina Meshcheriakova (sop), Sergei Miasnikov (bass), Russian State Cappella & SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9505)
3:35 approx - Disc 4
RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; A la maniére…Borodin; A la maniére…Chabrier; Prélude; Miroirs; Sonatine - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8647)
4:45 approx - Disc 5
ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40; Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47; Serenade for Strings Op 20; Enigma Variations Op 36 - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73279)

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