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6:00 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)
TINTNER: Variations on a theme of Chopin - Helen Huang (pno) (Naxos 8.570258)
TANEYEV: Adagio in C - Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling (Naxos 8.570584)
SC DUSSEK: Harp Sonata in C minor Op 2/3 - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)
MILFORD: Concertino in E for piano & strings - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)
7:00 WAGENAAR: Concert Overture, Frühlingsgewalt Op 11 - Netherlands Radio SO/Jac van Steen (NM Classics 92090)
BRAHMS: Five Songs Op 106, Serenade; On the lake; The hoar-frost hung on the lime-tree; My songs; A traveller - Andreas Schmidt (bar), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (CPO 999 840)
HANDEL: Minuet, from Berenice - English CO/Raymond Leppard (Sony MLK 64066)
KOCH: Rumba Flamenca - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)
DEBUSSY orch Büsser: Petite Suite - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)
8:00 Beauty Spot: MCKEVITT: Sebastiane, from Translucence - Michael Chance (countertenor), Catherine Manson (vla), Caroline Dale (cello) (Instant Karma Classics DHARMACD 5)
HUMPERDINCK: Humoresque in E - Bamberg Sinfonia/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1197)
VIEUXTEMPS arr Bailey: Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations on Yankee Doodle Op 17 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)
LEWIS: Suite navarraise - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557752)
KREBS: Chorale Prelude, O Gott, du frommer Gott - Neil Black (ob), Peter Hurford (organ of Gloucester Cathedral) (Argo 430 208)
WALTON arr Sargent: Henry V Suite - London Phil Choir & Orch/Carl Davis (EMI CDC 7 47944)
ARRIAGA: Symphony in D - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Fuga Libera FUG 522)
PROKOFIEV arr Pletnev: Cinderella Suite - Ufuk Dördüncü, Bahar Dördüncü (pno duo) (Hat Hut ART 177)
BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G483 - Ophélie Gaillard (cello/dir), Maude Gratton (fpno), Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)
MOSZKOWSKI: From Foreign Lands Op 23 - Polish National Radio SO, Katowice/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.553989)
R CLARKE: Viola Sonata - Philip Dukes (vla), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Naxos 8.557934)
RESPIGHI: La Sensitiva - Damiana Pinti (mezzo), Palermo Teatro Massimo SO/Marzio Conti (CPO 777 071)
Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)
BEETHOVEN: Variations on a Russian Air Op 107 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)
SARASATE: Spanish Airs Op 18 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572191)
SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell (cl), Julius Drake (pno) (Cala CACD 1017)
FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)
PORPORA: Parto, ti lascio, o cara, from Germanico in Germania - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 1521)
NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)
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Classic performances from the back catalogue
SUK: The Ripening Op 34 - women of the Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (rec 1984) (Supraphon SU 3864)
DVORÁK: Hussite Overture Op 67 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (rel 1978) (Supraphon 2 SUP 0028)
NZ musicians and composers
RIES: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)
BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows from the Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
MOZART: Violin Sonata No 18 in G K301 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)
NEWMAN: Wuthering Heights - 1996 New Zealand Youth Choir, New Zealand SO/Richard Kaufman (Koch 3-7376)
ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)
RACHMANINOV: Mélodie in E Op 3/3, from Five Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private recording ER 0001)
TELEMANN: Oboe Concerto in F minor TWV51/f1 - Burkhard Glaetzner (ob), Berlin CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Berlin Classics 1386 BC)
SOR: Les deux amis Op 41 - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (gtr duo) (Brilliant Classics 93898)
SAINT-SAËNS: Concert Piece in F minor Op 94 - Peter Damm (horn), Dresden State Orch/Siegfried Kurz (Ars Vivendi 210 0219)
BRUCKNER: Ave Maria - South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble/Marcus Creed (Hänssler SACD 93.199)
JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 18/1 - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 752)
MANKELL: Waves, from Preludes Op 56 - Anna Christensson (pno) (Phoenix Edition 184)
IVANOVICI: The Waves of the Danube, Waltz - Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Philips 420 815)
GRASSE: Waves at Play - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)
PORPORA: Come nave in mezzo all'onde, from Siface - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 1521)
JOBIM arr Silvetti: Wave - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Larry Combs (cl), Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Robert Kassinger (dbass), Cyro Baptista (perc) (Teldec 3984 21482)
SMETANA: Vysehrad, from Má Vlast - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)
The Record Shelf
Stephen Hough
Jim Svejda in conversation with the British-born, naturalised Australian pianist (KUSC)
Patricia Wright (sop), Michael Houstoun (pno)
SCHUBERT: Der Musensohn D764; SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben Op 42; STRAUSS: Das ist ein schlechtes Wetter Op 69/5; Traum durch die Dämmerung Op 29/1; Meinem Kinde Op 37/3; Cäcilie Op 27/2; MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Op 91/1; Op 30/6, Venetian Gondola Song; Op 62/6, Spring Song; Op 102/3; LISZT after Chopin: Meine Freuden Op 74/12; SCHUMANN trans Liszt: Widmung; FAURÉ: Clair de lune Op 46/2; Après un rêve Op 7/1; Mandoline Op 58/1; PUCCINI: E l'uccellino; Sole e amore; Canto d'anime; KABALEVSKY: There was an old woman; The little pigs; LOEWE: Before I gaze at you again (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)
MAHLER: First movement, Adagio, from Symphony No 10 in F# minor - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live 0666)
SCHOENBERG: Friede auf Erden - Simon Joly Chorale/Robert Craft (Naxos 8.557525)
GRÉTRY: L'ami de la maison, Overture - Britanny Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)
TANSMAN: Album d'amis - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10527)
ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)
11:00 RESPIGHI: Violin Sonata in B minor - Isabelle van Keulen (vln), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72307)
FESCA: Flute Quartet in D Op 37 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)
12:00 - Disc 1
BLASIUS arr Koch: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C; FIALA: Concerto in Bb for clarinet, cor anglais & orchestra; DEMAR: Clarinet Concerto in Eb - Karl Schlechta (cl), Helmut Koch (cor anglais), Kurpfalz CO/Jiri Malat (Arte Nova 74321-37299)
1:05 approx - Disc 2
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 27 in E minor; No 28 in A; No 29 in Bb, Hammerklavier - Jeffrey Swan (pno) (Arkadia CDAK 140.1)
2:20 approx - Disc 3
BEETHOVEN: Adelaide; SCHUBERT: Frühlingsglaube D686; Die Forelle D550; Ständchen D957; Die böse Farbe D795; STRAUSS: Traum durch die Dämmerung; Cäcilie; BRAHMS: Ständchen Op 106/1; MOZART: Don Giovanni, Il mio tesoro; GIORDANO: Fedora, Amor ti vieta; Chénier, Come un bel dì di Maggio; BIZET: Carmen, Flower Song; MASSENET: Manon, The Dream; GRIEG: En Svane; En Drøm; SIBELIUS: Demanten på marssnön; Säv, säv susa; Svarta rosor; SJØBERG: Tonerna; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Addio alla madre; TOSTI: Ideale; L’Alba separà della luce ombra; PUCCINI: Tosca, E lucevan le stelle; La Bohème Che gelida manina; FOSTER: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair - Jussi Björling (ten), Frederick Schauwecker (pno) (RCA 82876 53379)
3:40 approx - Disc 4
MOZART: Divertimentos, No 8 in F K213; No 9 in Bb K240; No 12 in Eb K252; No 13 in F K253; No 14 in Bb K270; No 16 in Eb K289 - Octophoros (Accent ACC 8856 D)
4:55 approx - Disc 5
FAURÉ: En Prière; ANON arr Harms: Latvian Prayer; TRAD arr Ken Young: Barb’ra Ellen; O Waly Waly; The Last Rose of Summer; VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the Black Swan; FAURÉ: Nocturne; RAVEL: Habanera; de FALLA: Nana; Astoriana; Cancion; RAVEL arr Maganin/Lawrence: Pavane for a Dead Princess; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy for Violin and Harp; MASSENET: Méditation - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (hp) (Atoll ACD 199)

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