Schedules for 25 - 31 December, 2010

Disc 1

BACH: Cantata No 142, Uns ist ein Kind geboren; TORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6; MANFREDINI: Sinfonia Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale; LALANDE: Christmas Symphony; FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony; M HAYDN: Pastorello; J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony Op 4/2; GOSSEC: Christmas Suite; HANDEL: Pifa, from Messiah; VALENTINI: Christmas Symphony Op 1/12 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

TALLIS: Videte miraculum; TAVERNER: Audivi vocem de caelo; BYRD: Rorate caeli desuper; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Gloria; BYRD: Tollite portas; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Sanctus & Benedictus; BYRD: Ave Maria; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Agnus Dei; BYRD: Ecce virgo concipiet; WHITE: Magnificat; TRAD: Puer natus est nobis (chant); SHEPPARD: Verbum caro factum est - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7517)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium; TRAD: Hodie Christus natus est; PALESTRINA: Hodie Christus natus est; TRAD: Puer natus est nobis - New York Polyphony

LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony

PEROTIN: Beata viscera - Geoffrey Dunstan Williams (countertenor)

CORNYSH: Ave Maria Mater Dei - New York Polyphony

TRAD: Alma Redemptoris Mater; TRAD arr Craig: The darkest midnight in December; MAXWELL DAVIES: The Fader of Heven; TRAD: Vox in Rama; CLEMENS NON PAPA: Vox in Rama; TRAD: Vox in Rama; TRAD: Away in a Manger - New York Polyphony

PARSONS: Ave Maria - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony

TRAD: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child; TRAD: Ave Maria; TRAD: Lullay, lullow, I saw a swete semly sight; TRAD: Mervele noght, Josep; SMERT: Dieus wous garde, byewsser; TRAD: Veni Redemptor gentium; BYRD: O Magnum Mysterium; TRAD: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus; CLEMENS NON PAPA: Magi veniunt ab oriente - New York Polyphony

SMITH: Nunc Dimittis - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

CORRETTE: Christmas Symphonies No 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

4:25 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: For unto us a boy is born, from Messiah - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti

BACH/GOUNOD: Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Wandsworth Boys' Choir, National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler

BACH: Pastoral Sinfonia, from Christmas Oratorio - Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger

TRAD: What child is this - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Phil/Richard Bonynge

MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae solennes de confessore K339 - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Joseph Silverstein

BRAHMS: Wiegenlied - Renata Tebaldi (sop), New Phil/Anton Guadagno

BACH: Jauchzet, frohlocket!, from Christmas Oratorio - Lubecker Kantorei, Stuttgart CO/Karl Munchinger

Schlafe mein Liebster, from Christmas Oratorio - Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Vienna Cantata Orch/Henry Lewis

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony; There were shepherds; Glory to God, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago Sym Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti

MOZART: Allelujah, from Exsultate jubilate; ADAM: O holy night - Leontyne Price (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan

BACH: Magnificat anima mea, from Magnificat - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/Philip Ledger

FRANCK: Panis angelicus - Anthony Way (treble), Warsaw Phil/Krzesimir Debski

CORELLI: Largo pastorale, from Concerto Grosso No 8 in G minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner

GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Utah SO/Julius Rudel

SCHUBERT: Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler

HANDEL: Hallelujah, from Messiah - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/George Solti (Decca 448 176)

6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Miniature Overture, from The Nutcracker - Paris Orch/Seiji Ozawa (PentaTone PTC 5186 107)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in C G427 - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67646)

BANTOCK: Sapphic Poem - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66899)

BOELLMANN trans Choisnel: Ronde française Op 37 - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)

VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522, from L'Estro Armonico - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), Anna Maria Cotogni (vln), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

7:00 S WESLEY: Symphony in A - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9823)

FOERSTER: Erinnerung - Jana Bousková (harp), Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

MENOTTI: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance, from Amahl & the Night Visitors - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7005)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

REYNOLDS: The Duenna, Suite of Five Dances - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)

8:00 GLIÈRE: The Sirens Op 33 - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.220349)

MOLINO: Trio in G for flute, viola & guitar Op 4/1 - Carlo Tamponi (fl), Raffaele Mallozzi (vla), Gianluigi Giglio (gtr) (Tactus TC 763801)

COATES: Knightsbridge, from London Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO ed Piatigorsky: Figaro, a concert transcription from Rossini's The Barber of Seville - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

ANON arr Langford: A Christmas Fantasy - Huddersfield Choral Society, John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band/Roy Newsome (Chandos CHAN 8679)

A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 644)

MENDELSSOHN: Concert aria, Infelice!...Ah, Ritorna - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Maxim Vengerov (vln), La Scintilla Orch/Adam Fischer (Decca 478 2249)

WOOD: Piano Concerto in D minor - Hamish Milne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67127)

KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger, from Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarone, Roma 1640 - Rolf Lislevand (theorbo), Brian Feehan (colascione), Pedro Estevan (perc) (Auvidis Tempo A 6259)

DELIBES: Bell Song, Où va la jeune Indoue? from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Patrick Fournillier (EMI 5 56159)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 7 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 1 for Christmas Day - Malin Hartelius (sop), Kristina Hammarström (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Detlef Roth (bass), Amsterdam Cappella, Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 76607)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

A seasonal programme of classic Christmas arrangements and original music by the American master of light music, Leroy Anderson. It's hosted by the composer's son Kurt Anderson and Leonard Slatkin who also conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride; A Christmas Festival; Suite of Carols for string orchestra, Pastores a Belen; It came upon the midnight clear; O little town of Bethlehem; Bring torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Away in a manger; Wassail song; Suite of Carols for woodwind ensemble, Angels in our fields; O Sanctissima; O come, O come Emmanuel; O come, little children; Coventry Carol; Patapan; Suite of Carols for brass choir, While by my sheep; In dulci jubilo; Lo, how a rose e'er blooming; I saw three ships; From heaven high I come to you; We three kings of orient are; March of the kings (WFMT)

Thirteen programmes from this Peabody Award winning series

Hosts Wendell Pierce and Wynton Marsalis offer backgrounds, interviews and insights to accompany spirited performances from jazz greats

(7) Dizzy's Atmospheres: Phil Woods, Cedar Walton and Steve Turre

An acoustic cocktail mixed by the masters, saxophonist Phil Woods, pianist Cedar Walton and trombonist Steve Turre. Real club jazz, shaken, stirred and captured live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (Murray Street Productions)

Indigenous music from around the world

An EBU Folk Music Christmas

The second of two programmes celebrating the festive season with music, songs and carols from throughout Europe (EBU)

ADAM's ballet in two acts based on a poem by Heinrich Heine - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 505)

BARRY: Gifts of Nature - English CO/John Barry (London 640 009)

RAUTAVAARA: Piano Concerto No 3, Gift of Dreams - Helsinki Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno/dir) (Ondine ODE 950)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

NZ musicians and composers

BODY: People look east; TRAD arr Carter: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)

HÜE: Fantasy - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

K YOUNG: Brass Quintet No 1 - NZ Chamber Brass (Private Recording)

WEBER: Oberon, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

MOSZKOWSKI: Ballade in G minor Op 16/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 3 75586)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

RACHMANINOV: The Rock Op 7 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2188)

Twelve Days

Viva Voce/John Rosser

LEONTOVICH: Carol of the Bells; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; POULENC: Quem vidistis; Videntes stellam, from Four Christmas Motets; BYRD: Lullaby, my sweet little baby; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; TRAD arr Carter: Twelve Days of Christmas; PIERPONT: Jingle Bells; WHITACRE: Lux aurumque; TAVENER: The Lamb; TRAD arr Poston: The Boar's Head Carol; TRAD arr Shearman/Tailors/Rathbone: Coventry Carol; PRAETORIUS arr Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen; TRAD arr Straight No Chaser/Rosser: Twelve Days of Christmas; MARTIN arr Gritton: Have yourself a merry little Christmas (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in Bb Op 133 - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7481.83)

KORNGOLD arr Rebay: Grosse Fantasie aus der Oper "Die Tote Stadt" - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5705/8)

ECCLES: Symphony for Mercury, from The Judgement of Paris - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman & Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66108)

FESCA: Flute Quartet in G Op 38 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

F SCHMIDT: Chaconne in D minor - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.572119)

11:00 TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Camerata of the 18th Century/Konrad Hünteler (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 311 0580)

CORNELIUS: Christmas Songs, Christmas tree; The shepherds; The three Kings; Simeon; Christ the friend of children; The Christ child - Peter Schreier (ten), Norman Shetler (pno) (Eurodisc 69013-2-RG)

ROSSINI: String Sonata No 2 in A - members of Serenata of London (ASV CD DCA 767)

Disc 1

RUTTER: Wexford Carol; Jesus childe; There is a flower; Donkey Carol; Wild wood carol; Angels' carol; Nativity carol; Mary's lullaby; Star carol; Candlelight carol; Shepherd's pipe carol; Christmas lullaby; Dormi, Jesu; Love came down at Christmas; Sans Day carol; I wonder as I wander; What sweeter music; Joy to the world; I saw three ships; Deck the hall; The very best time of the year; We wish you a merry Christmas; Silent night - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter, Stephen Varcoe (bar) (Collegium CSCD 510)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

Renaissance and Baroque Christmas Music for Brass in the Schwerin Cathedral - Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium, Jan Ernest (org) (Hänssler CD 98.444)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RESPIGHI: L'adorazione dei Magi; BRITTEN: A Boy was Born; HONEGGER: Une catante de Noël - various artists (BBC MM 236)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

LISZT: Christmas Tree; Weihnachtslied; Via Crucis; Chorale - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66388)

5:00 approx - Disc 5

Christmas à la Carte: including music by BACH; FRANCK; LEROY ANDERSON; GRUBER; TCHAIKOVSKY; STRAUSS; KODÁLY; CHARPENTIER; VICTORIA; HANDEL; WALDTEUFEL; FAURE - Christine Schäfer (sop), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo (tens), Byrn Terfel (bar), Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi, Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh, Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan, English Concert/Trevor Pinnock, Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler, Vienna Phil/James Levine etc (DG 459 155)

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est; ANON: There is no rose; ROREM: While all things were in quiet silence; ANON arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol; THOMSON: O my deir hert - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

BRITTEN: Interlude, from Ceremony of Carols - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

TRAD: Glory to God on high; Shepherds, leave your flocks; In Bethlehem a fire begins - Boston Camerata, Sharq Ensemble/Joel Cohen (dir) (Warner 2564 62560)

LISZT: Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67445)

HOWELLS: Three Carol-Anthems - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium - Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (Hänssler CD 98.272)

DUBOIS: Suite de Noëls - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of the Church of Saint Saturnin in Cazouls-les-Béziers) (PABCH 0000001)

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 - Malin Hartelius (sop), Kristina Hammarström (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Detlef Roth (bass), Amsterdam Cappella, Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 76607)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 4032)

KHAPANTSI: In praise of the beauty of a rose - Armenuhi Seiranian (sop), Naira Kajoyan (fl), Sharakan Grigor Danielian (Celestial Harmonies 13116)

CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 655)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 87287)

LIADOV: A Musical Snuffbox - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8804)

BEACH: Dreaming Op 15/3 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)

MOZART: Deh, vieni alla finestra, from Don Giovanni - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 866)

MARTUCCI: Serenata Op 57/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

PEROTIN: Sederunt principes - Tonus Peregrinus (Naxos 8.557340)

TORELLI: Christmas Concerto in G minor Op 8/6 - Elbipolis Baroque Orch (Berlin Classics 1660 BC)

BRITTEN: A boy was born Op 3 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro Cor 16034)

Performances recorded at the 2010 season of the Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Falls Village, Connecticut

Twenty-six programmes

(8) Voxare String Quartet

BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op 11; SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (WFMT)

WEYSE: Symphony No 6 in C minor - Royal Danish Orch/Michael Schønwandt (Da Capo 8.224014)

RAFF: Cello Concerto No 2 in G Op posth - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Bamberg SO/Hans Stadlmair (Tudor 7121)

Ten programmes

(2) The Greatest Child

MATTHESON: Christmas Oratorio, Das grösste Kind Susanne Rydén, Nele Gramss (sops), Anne Schmid (contralto), Gerd Türk (ten), Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Thilo Dahlmann (basses), Cologne Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (CPO 777 455)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Artur Schnabel (pno) (rec 1933) (Naxos 8.110761)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Cologne Radio SO/Dimitri Mitropoulos (rec 1957) (Medici Masters MM 014-2)

Rebirth of Auckland Town Hall's Organ

One of the major events this year was the completion of the Auckland Town Hall organ restoration. Matthew Crawford talks to those involved in the project (RNZ)

BAIRSTOW: Blessed city, heavenly Salem - Indra Hughes (organ of Auckland Town Hall), Musica Sacra, New Zealand Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 117)

2010 Gramophone Awards

Best Opera Recording

WAGNER: Götterdämmerung, an opera in three acts

Brünnhilde..................... Katarina Dalayman

Siegfried........................ Lars Cleveman

Gunther......................... Peter Coleman-Wright

Hagen........................... Attila Jun

Gutrune......................... Nancy Gustafson

Waltraute...................... Susan Bickley

Alberich........................ Andrew Shore

First Norn..................... Ceri Williams

Second Norn................ Yvonne Howard

Third Norn.................... Miranda Keys

Woglinde...................... Katherine Broderick

Wellgunde..................... Madeleine Shaw

Flosshilde...................... Leah-Marian Jones

Hallé Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Chorus, Royal Opera Chorus, Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (recorded live on 9 and 10 May 2009 in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester) (Hallé CDHLD 7525)

Michael Houstoun, Sarah Watkins (pno duo)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448; RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole; PSATHAS: Motet; RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

LEFEVRE: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Eb - Eduard Brunner (cl), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel (Tudor 7098)

JOSÉ: Guitar Sonata - Nirse González (gtr) (Naxos 8.570446)

DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Épigraphes antiques - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

11:00 BRAHMS: Trio in Eb for horn, violin & piano Op 40 - Teunis van der Zwart (horn), Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1981)

HOVHANESS: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for harp & guitar - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), David Leisner (gtr) (Telarc CD 80530)

Disc 1

ARNOLD: Symphony No 6 Op 95; Fantasy on a Theme of John Field for piano & orchestra Op 116; Concert Suite, Sweeney Todd Op 68a; Tam O'Shanter, Overture - John Lill (pno), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Conifer CDCF 224)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Piano Sonatas, No 1 in C minor Op 4; No 2 in Bb minor Op 35; No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Arabesque Z6628)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

In Dulci Jubilo

James Galway (fl), Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orch/John Georgiadis (RCA RD 60736)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

M HAYDN: Symphonies, No 18 in C; No 25 in G; Divertimento in G - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 155)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

RESPIGHI: Chaconne for violin, organ & strings; Concerto All'Antica for violin & orchestra; Pastorale for violin & strings; Concerto a cinque for oboe, trumpet, violin, double bass, piano & strings - Ingolf Turban (vln), English CO/Marcello Viotti (Claves CD 50-9017)

6:00 GLYN: Anglesey Sketches - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2136)

TRAD arr Johnson: Annie Laurie - Ruth Eckford (pno), New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2005-2006/Elise Bradley (NZSSC)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in F RV457 - Alex Klein (ob), New Brandenburg Collegium/Anthony Newman (Cedille CDR 7003)

SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart Op 9 - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in E minor TWV55/e3 - Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Brilliant Classics 93416)

7:00 TRAD arr Watts: Unto us a boy is born - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Carnival Band (Portrait PCL 1007)

WAGNER: Rienzi, Overture - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony MLK 64061)

COATES: The Unknown Singer - Peter Hughes (sax), BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

TRAD Irish: Banish Misfortune; Langstrom's Pony - Marcia Diehl (whistle), Bonnie Rideout (vln), Myron Bretholz (percussion), Carolyn Anderson Surrick (pardessus de viole/bass viol) (Dorian DIS 80139)

KORNGOLD arr Thibaudet/Kerber: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

ADDINSELL arr Zalva: Fire over England, Suite film music - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CDZ 7 67253)

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin, Philip Fowke (pno duo), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CDS 7 81421)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

J STRAUSS II: Vienna Blood Waltz - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 45808)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in Bb Op 2/3 - Zefiro (DHM 88697 63023)

GLINKA: Kamarinskaya - BBC Philharmonic/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9861)

RUTTER: Gloria - Cindy Winegar, Sharron Lindsay (sops), Rita Felt (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Canadian Brass/Craig Jessop, John Longhurst (org) (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

LILBURN: A Musical Offering - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Part 3, for the Third Day of Christmas - Malin Hartelius (sop), Kristina Hammarström (contralto), Jörg Dürmüller (ten), Detlef Roth (bass), Amsterdam Cappella, Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (Challenge CC 76607)

MOZART: Serenade No 13 in G K525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Concertgebouw CO/Marco Boni (PentaTone PTC 5186 002)

FRANCK: Symphonic Variations - Bertrand Chamayou (pno), Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naïve V 5208)

REGER: Clarinet Sonata in Ab Op 49/1 - Janet Hilton (cl), Jakob Fichert (pno) (Naxos 8.572173)

ELGAR: Symphony No 2 in Eb Op 63 - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (Signum SIGCD 179)

Fairytales in Words & Music

Five programmes

(1) PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55025)

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (PentaTone PTC 5186 167)

WAXMAN: Tristan & Isolde Fantasy, from Humoresque - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Charles Owen (pno), Royal Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559302)

BACH: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV564 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Lawrence Church, Rotterdam) (Argo 460 185)

GRUBER arr Herbert: Silent Night - The Priests, Irish Film Choir & Orch/Sally Herbert (Sony 757853)

GOTTSCHALK: The Banjo Op 15 - Philip Martin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66459)

KAMINSKI: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging - Dresden Children's Choir/Matthias Jung (DG 457 357)

MONTECLAIR arr Chédeville: Plainte d'Iphise; F COUPERIN arr Chédeville: Les Bergeries; MONDONVILLE arr Chédeville: Air - Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien (Alpha 148)

BELLINI: Polonaise, Son vergin vezzosa, from I Puritani - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

BELLINI: Casta diva, from Norma - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Clifford Curzon (pno), London SO/George Szell (rec 1962) (Decca 475 8202)

NZ musicians and composers

NORMAN: Wenceslas - Christchurch City Choir, Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Christchurch SO/Brian Law (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 005)

VANHAL: Sinfonia in A (Bryan A9) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonata in A D574 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5082)

WEBER: Silvana, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

GRIEG arr Freyhan: Ich liebe dich Op 5/3; To Spring Op 43/6 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Vernon Handley (Black Box BBM 1070)

FALLA: La Vida breve, dances - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555066)

FROLOV: Fantasy on Themes from Porgy & Bess - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: March past of the kitchen utensils, from The Wasps - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

DVORÁK arr Gamley: Songs my mother taught me - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 443 765)

PAGANINI arr Kreisler: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Philippe Quint (vln), Dmitriy Cogan (pno) (Naxos 8.570703)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Gervase de Peyer (cl), London SO/Rudolf Kempe (BBC Legends BBCL 4087)

WALDTEUFEL: Un premier bouquet - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223685)

CHABRIER: All the flowers! - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66937)

F LOPEZ arr Grafe: L'amour est un bouquet de violettes, from Violettes Imperiales - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 359622)

MARTINU: Idyll, from The Bouquet - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

JOPLIN: Heliotrope Bouquet - Alexander Peskanov (pno) (Naxos 8.559114)

SULLIVAN: The flowers that bloom in the spring, from The Mikado - Colin Wright (ten), John Reed (bar), Royal Phil/Royston Nash (Decca 430 095)

J STRAUSS II: Waltz Bouquet No 1 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223243)

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival; TRAD: Personent hodie; DAVIS arr Onorati: The little drummer boy; CHILCOTT: Hey! Now; MEAKINS: Stable Carol - Royal Scottish National Junior Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orch/Christopher Bell, Pippa Tunnell (harp) (Signum SIGCD 202)

BARBER: Die Natali - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559133)

TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem - Achern-Fautenbach Youth Choir/Priska Schöner, Markus Uhl (org); REGER: Schlaf, mein Kindelein - South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble/Marcus Creed; TRAD arr Buchenberg: Drei Schiffe - Rhein-Neckar Youth Chamber Choir/Mathias Rickert (Hänssler CD 98.607)

LISZT arr Collins: The Christmas Tree Suite, excerpts, Lighting the candles; In olden times; Games; Bedtime (Dreaming) - Rebecca Turner (vln), BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)

Emmanuel Despax (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Tom Woods

RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus; SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54; TOAN: Island of Wine; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (recorded in Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)

ANON: Speak for me; ROSSI: You will ever be my beloved; CESTI: Now am I dead; ROSSI: Say, O heavens; ANON: Softly, softly, my heart - Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén (sops), Peter Harvey (bar), Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (BIS CD 1715)

PIERNÉ: Sonata da camera Op 42 - London Conchord Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 010)

BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Miguel da Silva (vla), Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (Transart TR 105)

BORODIN orch Glazunov: Petite Suite - Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Brilliant Classics 93348)

11:00 HUMMEL: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 5/3 - Ralph Holmes (vln), Richard Burnett (fpno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 12)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 - Emerson String Quartet, Paul Neubauer (vla) (DG 477 8765)

Disc 1

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical; Lieutenant Kijé Op 60; Symphony No 7 in C# minor Op 131 - London SO/André Previn (EMI 747 855)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

DVORÁK: Piano Quintets, in A Op 81; in Eb Op 87 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 439 868)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

20th Century Christmas Carols by WALTON; LEIGHTON; RUBBRA; BRITTEN; TAVENER; MAXWELL DAVIES; HOWELLS; HAYWARD; WARLOCK; GARDNER - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 12702)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; Polonaise Op 77; Caprice arabe Op 96; Scherzo Op 87; Variations on a theme by Beethoven Op 35; Danse macabre Op 44 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pnos), Concentus Bestiales/Julian Reynolds (Globe GLO 5152)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

SOLER: Three Sonatas; REVUELTAS: Sensemayá; DIMAS: Sones de Mariachi; PONCE: Estrellita; HALFFTER: Obertura Festiva; REVUELTAS: Janitzio; HALFFTER: Tripartita; REVUELTAS: Ocho por Radio; VILLANUEVA: Vals Poetico; BUXTEHUDE orch Chávez: Chaconne in E minor - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD CDA 894)

6:00 MENDELSSOHN ed Hogwood: Hebrides Overture - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 1525)

BRUCKNER: Locus iste - Dorian Singers/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi SLD 45)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1889)

BOCCHERINI arr Maisky: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

QUILTER: Where the Rainbow Ends - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

7:00 DEMANTIUS: Jerusalem gaude gaudio magno - Dresden Kreuzchor, Cappella Sagittariana/Roderich Kreile (Berlin Classics 1658 BC)

GERSHWIN arr Cohn: Preludes for piano - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7508)

CPE BACH: Symphony in G Wq173 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)

SIBELIUS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 69a - Ida Haendel (vln), Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund (EMI 5 74200)

ARENSKY: Etude sur un thème chinois Op 25/3 - Jenny Lin (pno) (BIS CD 1110)

BRANDT orch Tamm: Concert Piece No 1 in F minor Op 11 - Giuliano Sommerhalder (cornet), Westfalen New Phil/Heiko Mathias Förster (Solo Musica SM 125)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GÓRECKI: Second movement, Lento e largo, from Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Dawn Upshaw (sop), London Sinfonietta/David Zinman (Nonesuch 7559 79282)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

DEBUSSY trans Prorvich: Golliwog's Cakewalk, from Children's Corner - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

CLEMENS NON PAPA: Vox in Rama - Orlando Consort (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7418)

TRAD arr Fernie: Coventry Carol - Sellers Engineering Band/Phillip McCann (Chandos CHAN 4530)

M HAYDN: Mass for the Feast of Holy Innocents - American Boychoir, members of the New York Collegium/James Litton (Linn CKD 152)

KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)

MOZART arr Stumpf/Hörberg/Anon: The Magic Flute, Harmoniemusik - Nachtmusique (Glossa GCD C80601)

RIES: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

ARRIAGA: Symphony in D - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Fuga Libera FUG 522)

Fairytales in Words & Music

Five programmes

(2) DELIBES: Coppélia - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55026)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

BLACK arr Mühling: Paper Doll - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Doll's Dances - Maria Chershintseva (pno) (NCA 60190)

MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms Classics OC 343)

PELÉCIS: Concertino bianco for piano & chamber orchestra - Alexei Lubimov (pno), Bremen German Chamber Phil/Heinrich Schiff (Erato 0630 12709)

TRAD: Good King Wenceslas - Joan Sutherland, Patricia Clark (sops), Valda Aveling (hpschd), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

GOTTSCHALK: Columbia - Subtitle: Caprice Américain Philip Martin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66459)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont Op 84 - Pilar Lorengar (sop), Klaus-Jürgen Wussow (narrator), Vienna Phil/George Szell (rec 1969) (Decca 475 6780)

NZ musicians and composers

ALBRIGHT: Three Original Rags, On the Lamb; The Queen of Sheba; Onion Skin - Nicola Melville (pno) (Equilibrium EQ 57)

TAYLOR: Flute music - Agus Supriawan (suling), Nicola West, Kate Marshall (fls), Nancy Haliburton (vln), Dylan Lardelli (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 2002)

KERN: Ol' man River, from Show Boat - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Michael Collins chorus & orch (Columbia 475 545)

HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes, Country gardens; Constant Billy; Laudnum bunches; Rigs O'Marlow; Trunkles; Shepherds Hey - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

FROM SCRATCH: 7, 8, 9, from Gung Ho 1,2,3D - From Scratch/Philip Dadson (Flying Nun FN 085)

MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)

LAURO: Suite Venezolana - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G RV310, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

GAUBERT: Cantabile & Scherzetto - Reinhold Friedrich (tpt), Thomas Duis (pno) (Capriccio 67 152)

CORIGLIANO: Promenade Overture - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80421)

ELGAR: Six Promenades - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6554)

HURST: Swagman's Promenade - West Australia SO/David Measham (ABC Classics 442 374)

GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - David Fuest (cl), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

TRAD arr Burton: Maria walks along the shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

ANDERSON: Promenade - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

MARTINU: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (fl), Adéla Stajnochrová (vln), Monika Knoblochová (hpschd) (Supraphon SU 3805)

GRAINGER: Walking Tune - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

GAL: Promenadenmusik - German SO, Berlin/Roger Epple (Wergo WER 6641)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

8:00 2010 ISCM Music Days from Sydney

Eleven programmes

(8) Ensemble Offspring present The Young and the Restless

DU TOIT: Items 1, 2, 3; POZNIAK: Mercurial; SVENSSON: Two Sides; TZORTZIS: Mnesique; DOROKHOV: Under Construction; THORSSON: Shore Leave; GLASS: Music in Fifths (recorded in the Lennox Theatre of the Riverside Theatres by ABC Classic FM)

10:00 Songs of these Islands

Morag Atchison (sop), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno), Susan Bierre (vla)

FREED: From the sun, the wind & the rain; LILBURN: Three Songs; A RITCHIE: Two Songs; HAMILTON: At the Lighting of the Lamps; A RITCHIE: Children & Adults; UTTING: Five Campbell Songs (recorded at the University of Auckland by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BILLINGS: Methinks I see an heav'nly host; FOSTER: While shepherds watched their flocks; CEREROLS: Serafin, que con dulce harmonia; VIDALES: Los que fueren de buen gusto; PRAETORIUS: Magnificat super "Angelus ad pastores"; M-A CHARPENTIER: In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum; PASCHA: Gloria; TRAD arr Greatorex: Adeste, fideles; BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Taverner Consort, Choir and Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI 7 54529)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy, Jonathon Gandelsman (vlns), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

6:00 DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

F MENDELSSOHN: Allegro molto in C minor; Notturno in G minor - Heather Schmidt (pno) (Naxos 8.570825)

BENDA: Symphony No 11 in F - Prague CO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.553409)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Love Derwinger (pno) (BIS SACD 1639)

F COUPERIN trans Visée: Les Sylvains - Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) (Mirare MIR 105)

BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Janine Jansen (vla), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 8328)

7:00 TRAD arr Runswick: The Virgin Mary had a baby boy - Cecilian Singers/Nan Anderson, Graham Hollobon (org) (TreeHouse T 0017)

ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

SEVERAC: Valse romantique - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

FASCH: Bassoon Concerto in C - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), La Stravaganza Cologne (CPO 777 015)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1754)

8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Philips 456 814)

HAYDN: Horn Concerto No 2 in D HobVIId/4 - Wilhelm Bruns (horn), Heidelberg SO/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.611)

SARASATE: Caprice basque - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)

PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Florence May Festival Orch/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 456 586)

ALAIN: Litanies - Marie-Claire Alain (organ of Saint-Christophe, Belfort, France) (Erato 0630 15343)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

RYBA: Christmas Pastorellas, Oh, you charming nightingale; Graceful song; How sweet & lovely - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Capella Regia Musicalis/Robert Hugo (Archiv 477 8365)

FUX: Pastorale K396 - Armonico Tributo Austria/Lorenz Duftschmid (dir) (CPO 999 850)

SCHÜTZ: The Christmas Story - Else Torp (sop), Adam Riis (ten), Jakob Bloch Jespersen (bass), Copenhagen Ars Nova, Copenhagen Concerto/Paul Hillier (Dacapo 8.226058)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Yefim Bronfman (pno), Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Jethro Marks (vla), Amanda Forsyth (cello), Joel Quarrington (dbass) (Sony 88697 16044)

BIZET: Symphony in C - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

DELIUS arr Tertis: Double Concerto for violin, viola & orchestra - Philippe Graffin (vln), Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7226)

BLANCAFORT: Cançons - Miquel Villalba (pno) (Naxos 8.557332)

Fairytales in Words & Music

Five programmes

(3) TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55028)

HERBERT: March of the Toys, from Babes in Toyland - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 66710)

SCOTT: The Toy Trumpet - Mark Calder (tpt), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

REYNOLDS: The Toy Cart, Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225184)

KOSHKIN: Toy Soldiers, from The Prince's Toys - María Isabel Siewers (gtr) (Aurophon CD AU 3405)

L MOZART: Toy Symphony in G - Toulouse CO/Georges Armand (vln/dir) (EMI CDZ 7 62516)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: The Lord is King - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 90 7200)

The Magic Flute

Simon Romanos offers some thoughts on what Mozart's multi-layered masterpiece all means (RNZ)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Dresden State Orch/Eugen Jochum (rec 1975) (Brilliant Classics 92084)

NZ musicians and composers

MCLEOD: Rock Sonata No 2 - Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - New Zealand SO/Franz Paul Decker (RNZ)

SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS M3K 44681)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/6 - Jaap Schröder, Catherine Mackintosh (vlns), Trevor Jones (vla), Anthony Pleeth (cello), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (hpschd/dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 522)

FOERSTER: Allegro giocoso - Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

ELGAR: Spanish Lady Suite - Munich SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 334)

ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

FRANCESCHINI: Sonata in D for two trumpets - John Wallace, John Miller (tpts), Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (Nimbus NI 1757)

TAILLEFERRE: First movement, Allegretto, from Concertino - Gillian Benet (harp), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 3-7169)

POULENC: Sarabande - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Decca 455 352)

AURIC: Trio for oboe, clarinet & bassoon - members of the Pro Arte Wind Quintet (Nimbus NI 5327)

DUREY: Epigrammes de Théocrite Op 13, Will you, in the name of the Nymphs; These roses wet with dew; Fair-skinned Daphnis; You sleep, Daphnis - François Le Roux (bar), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67257)

MILHAUD: Three Rag-Caprices - Capella Cracoviensis/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Koch 3-1138)

In Memoriam

Marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year

Two programmes

(1) HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

HANDEL trans Wild: Air & Variations, The Harmonious Blacksmith - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

RACHMANINOV: Bless the Lord, O my soul from Vespers Op 37 - Irina Arkhipova (mezzo), Russian Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir/Valeri Polyansky (Chant du Monde LDC 278 845)

BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Menuetto, from Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - London SO/Wyn Morris (Pickwick PCD 869)

DOWLAND: Come, heavy sleep, from First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597) - Philip Langridge (ten), Stephen Marchionda (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 10305)

WAGNER: Sailor's chorus, Steuermann, lass die Wacht!, from The Flying Dutchman - Bayreuth Festival Choir & Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 417)

HANDEL: Silent Worship, from Ptolemy - Kenneth McKellar (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Adrian Boult (Decca 425 851)

MASCAGNI: Voi lo sapete, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Giulietta Simionato (mezzo), Chicago Lyric Opera Orch/Georg Solti (rec 1956) (Decca 448 154)

MESSIAEN: 4 in the morning, from Bird's Awakening - Yvonne Loriod (pno), French National Orch/Kent Nagano (Erato 0630 12702)

LEHÁR: Ich bin verliebt, from Schön ist die Welt - Anneliese Rothenberger (sop), Graunke SO/Willy Mattes (EMI EMI)

MOZART: Madamina, il catalogo è questo, from Don Giovanni - Giuseppe Taddei (bar), Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI CDM 7 63078)

HANDEL: Piangerò, la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare - Maureen Forrester (contralto), Vienna State Opera Orch/Robert Zeller (CBC PSCD 2002)

(Programme 2 tomorrow at 7.00pm)

Subtilior Ensemble/Piotr Zawistowski, Teresa Kaminska (cello), Henryk Kasperczak (theorbo), Marek Toporowski (chamber org)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Praeter rerum seriem; VICTORIA: O Magnum Mysterium; TALLIS: Videte miraculum; JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Ave Maria; VICTORIA: Ave Maria; LASSUS: Omnes de Saba venient; ZIELENSKI: Magnificat (recorded in the Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Warsaw by Polish Radio)

MALIPIERO: Vivaldiana - Veneto Phil/Peter Maag (Naxos 8.555515)

CASELLA: Scarlattiana Op 44, Divertimento on music of Domenico Scarlatti for piano & small orch - Sun Hee You (pno), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572416)

GIULIANI: Rossiniana No 5 Op 123 - Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 93686)

KORNGOLD: Straussiana - Northwest German Philharmonia/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 146)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 - Jan Vogler (cello), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel (Sony 88697 11997)

STENHAMMAR: Late Summer Nights - Martin Sturfält (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67689)

MARX: Old Vienna Serenades - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

11:00 CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 2 - László Horváth (cl), Trio Dumas (Hungaroton HCD 32570)

VILLA-LOBOS: Popular Brazilian Suite - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (Calliope CAL 9415)

SCHMITT: Suite en rocaille Op 84 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30; Death & Transfiguration; Don Juan Op 20 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 438 300)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

ANON: Lamento di Tristano; Trotto; Salterello; ATTAINGNANT: Basse danses, La Brosse; La Gatta; La Magdalena; DALZA: Calata ala Ronde; NEUSIDLER: Der Judentanz; Welscher Tanz Wascha mesa; SUSATO: Ronde; GERVAISE: Branle de Bourgogne; Branle de Champagne; Palese; Passamezzo d'Italye - Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Ulsamer Collegium (Archiv 415 294)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

Joy to the World: Carols from Worcester Cathedral

A selection from the Novello Book of Carols - Worcester Cathedral Choir, Worcester Festival Choral Society/Donald Hunt (Helios CDH 88031)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate letters; On an overgrown path - Talich Quartet, Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (Calliope CAL 9699)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSSINI: Péchés de Vieillesse - Jeffrey Swan (pno) (Akademia CDAK 103)

6:00 LEWIS: English Suite - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)

BARBER: Agnus Dei - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605 51521)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Julia Fischer (vln), Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 095)

WEISS: Lute Sonata No 94 in G minor - Robert Barto (lute) (Naxos 8.570551)

MASSENET: Danse flamande, from Le Carillon - Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 472)

7:00 RUTTER: Nativity Carol - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)

WEBER arr Konoe: Invitation to the Dance - Vienna-Berlin Ensemble (Sony SK 42175)

FOSTER arr Ash: Jeannie with the light brown hair - Matthew Trusler (vln), Düsseldorf SO/Yasuo Shinozaki (Orchid Classics ORC 100005)

GRIEG: Åse's death, from Peer Gynt - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

GOTTSCHALK: Pasquinade - Philip Martin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66697)

HOLBROOKE: Three Blind Mice Op 37/1, Symphonic Variations on an old English Air - Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 442)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

COLLINS: Vanity Fair - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223522)

MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

FOERSTER: String Quintet Op 3 - Stamic Quartet, Jirí Hudec (dbass) (Supraphon SU 4050)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Padua & Venice Orch/Yuri Bashmet (Teldec 4509 94245)

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 6198)

MORAEUS arr Sund: Koppången; NIELSEN arr Sund: Wondrous to say; NORDQVIST: Yule, Yule, radiant Yule!; PALMGREN: Hosanna! - Ida Falk Winland (sop), Orphei Drängar/Cecilia Rydinger Alin (BIS CD 1833)

LEHRNDORFER: Meditation & Variations on O du fröhliche - Beatrice Maria Weinberger (organ of the Monastery Church of the Assumption, Roggenburg, Bavaria) (CPO 777 487)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Children's Christmas song; Wassail Song; In Bethlehem city; God bless the Master, from Folksongs of the Four Seasons, Winter - women of City of London Choir, Bournemouth SO/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.572102)

CALLAHAN: Christmas Fantasy - Beatrice Maria Weinberger, Gerhard Weinberger (organs of the Monastery Church of the Assumption, Roggenburg, Bavaria) (CPO 777 487)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0526)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Anne Gastinel (cello), Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine (Naïve V 5246)

BRAHMS: Variations on an Original Theme Op 21/1 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67777)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music - Swiss Romande Orch/Armin Jordan (Erato 4509 91734)

Fairytales in Words & Music

Five programmes

(4) TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55029)

HUMPERDINCK: Prelude to Sleeping Beauty - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Martin Fischer-Dieskau (Marco Polo 8.223003)

WHITACRE: Sleep - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

GLINKA: Divertimento Brillante on themes from Bellini's La Sonnambula - members of Russian National SO (RegisC 1288)

HANDEL: The trumpet shall sound, from Messiah - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 453 480)

FINZI: Concerto for violin & small orchestra - Tasmin Little (vln), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9888)

SCHUBERT: Ellen's Songs - Gundula Janowitz (sop), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 437 943)

MARTINU: Variations on a theme of Rossini - Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10602)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Julius Katchen (pno), London SO/Piero Gamba (rec 1958) (Decca 460 822)

Piano Trio No 8 in Eb WoO38 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (rec 1979) (EMI CDS 7 47455)

NZ musicians and composers

CARR: Mardi Gras Overture - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableau, in D Op 39/9; in C minor Op 39/1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D, Goldfinch RV428 - Janet See (fl), Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 5193)

SCHUMANN: Vogel als Prophet, from Forest Scenes Op 82 - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

SARASATE: Zapateado Op 23/2 - Alfredo Campoli (vln), Daphne Ibbott (pno) (Decca 433 220)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1215)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Renée Fleming (sop), Kenneth Freudigman (cello), Cellists of the New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68538)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

GUTMANN: Boléro in C minor Op 35 - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Naxos 8.572344)

LEFEBURE-WELY arr Drayton: Boléro in G minor Op 166 - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

ROSSINI: Boléro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

SITT: Bolero Op 95/12 - David Frühwirth (vln), Henri Sigfridsson (pno) (Avie AV 0042)

CHOPIN: Bolero in C Op 19 - Marcella Crudeli (pno) (KNS Classical KNS A/012)

VERDI: Bolero, Mercè, dilette amiche, from Sicilian Vespers - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Orch of Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 466 952)

RAVEL: Boléro - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 68600)

In Memoriam

Two programmes

(2) MOZART: Non più andrai, from The Marriage of Figaro - Cesare Siepi (bass), Vienna Phil/Erich Kleiber (rec 1955) (Decca 440 418)

FANSHAWE: First movement, from African Sanctus - Ambrosian Singers/Owain Arwel Hughes (Philips 426 055)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 46/2 - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (Testament SBT 1325)

HANDEL: Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 444 543)

JEFFREYS: Serenade for Strings - Orchestra de Camera/Kenneth Page (Divine art DDA 25082)

BURGON: Theme, from the television series Brideshead Revisited - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Burgon (Silva Screen FILM CD 117)

BELLINI: Qui la voce sua soave, from I Puritani - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

PROKOFIEV: Fourth movement, Molto vivace, from Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Philharmonia/Rudolf Barshai (Alto ALC 1086)

VERDI: O don fatale, from Don Carlo - Shirley Verrett (sop), Orch of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI CDZ 7 62521)

GÓRECKI: Wislo moja, Wislo szara Op 46 - Chamber Chorus/Lucy Ding (Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79348)

WAGNER: Prize Song, Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigem Schein, from The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Peter Hofmann (ten), Stuttgart Radio SO/Ivan Fischer (CBS CD 38931)

FAURÉ: Après un rêve - Hugues Cuénod (ten), Martin Isepp (pno) (Nimbus NI 5736/7)

Heroic Adventures

Eugene Mursky (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

LISZT: Les Préludes; Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb;

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Suite (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

DELIUS: To be sung of a summer night on the water 1 & 2 - Mark Padmore (ten), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 104)

AGUILA: Summer Song Op 26 - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 10001)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Thomas Rajna (pno) (CRD 3321)

ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 803 091 A)

11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in E Op 54/3 - Sacconi Quartet (Sacconi Records)

HERZOGENBERG: Piano Quintet in C Op 17 - Oliver Triendl (pno), Minguet Quartet (CPO 777 082)

Disc 1

WALTON: Portsmouth Point Overture; Capriccio Burlesco; The First Shoot; Scapino, A Comedy Overture; Granada, Prelude for orchestra; Prologo e Fantasia; Johannesburg Festival Overture; Music for Children; Music for Children, Galop finale - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8968)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

Miniatures by CHOPIN, GOTTSCHALK, LISZT, BACH, MENDELSSOHN, DEBUSSY, SCHUBERT, ALBÉNIZ, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, MOZART - Various artists (Decca 436 854)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Arias & Choruses from the Christmas Oratorio - Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle (sops), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Olaf Bär (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 653)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Symphonies, No 1 in C Op 21; No 2 in D Op 36 - Philharmonia/Kurt Sanderling (EMI CDM 7 69382)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

TUBIN: Double Bass Concerto; Valse Triste; Ballade for violin & orchestra; Violin Concerto No 2; Estonian Dances Suite - Hakan Ehrén (dbass), Gustavo Garcia (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

6:00 RACHMANINOV arr Stokowski: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Eric Kunzel (Telarc CD 80338)

ORFF arr anon: In trutina, from Carmina Burana - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

BRITTEN: Phantasy Quartet Op 2 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)

RODRIGO: Sones en la Giralda - Kaori Muraji (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (Decca 478 0076)

BRIDGE: Two poems, The open air; The story of my heart - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

7:00 HENRY VIII: Grene growith the holy - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7325)

WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 070)

VIOTTI: Serenade for flute & piano Op 23/5 - Mario Carbotta (fl), Carlo Balzaretti (pno) (Dynamic CDS 620/1-2)

BOCCHERINI: Violin Sonata in Bb Op 5/3 - Emilio Moreno (vln), Jacques Ogg (hpschd) (Glossa GCD C 80306)

Josef STRAUSS: Flattergeister Waltz Op 62 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

WELLS: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, from The Well-Tempered Piano - John Wells (pno) (RNZ)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

FA SCHUBERT: The bee; BENDIX: The butterfly - Mark Walton (cl/sax), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

ADDISON: Main Theme, from the film Murder, She Wrote - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for two keyboards BWV1062 - Güher & Süher Pekinel (pno duo), Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths (Warner 2564 61950)

FINZI: New Year Music - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 454 438)

BUXTEHUDE: Cantata, Das neugebor'ne Kindelein BuxWV13 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Michael Chance (countertenor), Charles Daniels (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0723)

INGALLS: The apple tree; TRAD arr Hillier: The cherry tree carol; A wassail, a wassail throughout all this town!; A New Year's gift - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

WAXMAN: Auld Lang Syne Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Ula Ulijona (vla), Marta Sudraba (cello), Louis Lortie (pno) (Nonesuch 7559 79657)

ARÁMBARRI: Witches on New Year's Eve - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557275)

From Russia with Love

SHCHEDRIN: Not Love Alone, Suite - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya CD MEL 10 01623)

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

GLINKA: Three dances from A Life for the Tsar - Ilya Konovalov (vln), Vitaly Nazarov (ob), Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva CO/Alexander Rudin (Fuga Libera FUG 571)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 1 - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Melodiya 74321 40065)

Fairytales in Words & Music

Five programmes

(5) TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55030)

ER WARREN: The Crystal Lake - Royal Scottish National Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton CDLX 7235)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The lake in the mountains - John McCabe (pno) (BMS 103 CDH)

TOMLINSON: Lakeside Idyll - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7170)

SULLIVAN: Chorus of Lake Spirits, from King Arthur - RTE Chamber Choir & Concert Orch/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.223635)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

GARCIA DE ZESPEDES: Night gathers a pageant - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XX1/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9834)

LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses S173 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), David Drury (org), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 472 045)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - London SO/Colin Davis (rec 1994) (RCA 09026 68218)

NZ musicians and composers

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst (DG 477 8773)

ANON: Sumer is icumen in - St George's Canzona/John Sothcott (ASV CDQS 6114)

NEDBAL: Valse Triste - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Orfeo 180 891)

ZABEL: Waltz Caprice Op 37 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

GERNSHEIM: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 78 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin Radio SO/Hannu Lintu (Hyperion CDA 67583)

FRANÇAIX: Quartet for cor anglais, violin, viola & cello - Lajos Lencsés (cor anglais), members of Parisii Quartet (CPO 999 779)

PITFIELD: Overture on North-Country Tunes - Prague City Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2144)

BAX: Country-Tune - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557592)

QUILTER arr Tomlinson: Country Pieces - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Mulberry Cottage; Frensham Pond, from Country Impressions - Jonathan Snowden (fl), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67008)

GRAINGER: Country Gardens - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9554)

TRAD arr Wilby: The Farmer's Boy; Marianne, from Three North Country Folksongs - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (Private Recording)

J STRAUSS II: Town and Country Polka Op 322 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

BOYCE: Ode for the New Year, Overture - Philip Lloyd (tpt), Auckland Sinfonietta/Peter Scholes (PMI L 282)

2010 Gramophone Awards

Recording of the Year

BYRD: Venite, exsultemus Domino; Domine, non sum dignus; Visita quaesumus, Domine; Domine, salva nos; Haec dies; Gaudeamus omnes; Timete Dominum; Iustorum animae; Beati mundo corde; Deo gratias; Afflicti pro peccatis nostris; Cantate Domino; Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; Infelix ego - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67779)

Red Hot Holiday Stomp

Stomp in the holidays New Orleans style! Wycliffe Gordon leads us Down by the Riverside, on Just a Closer Walk with Thee and in The Battle Hymn of the Rebublic. Featured performers are Eric Reed (pno), Reginald Veal (dbass), Alvin Atkinson (drums) and Damien Sneed (org) with the Crescent City Gospel Choir/Wycliffe Gordon (WFMT)

ARNELL: Overture, The New Age Op 2 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7161)

SANDSTRÖM: A New Heaven & A New Earth - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (Phono Suecia PSCD 139)

SUK: Towards a New Life, Festival March Op 20 - Los Angeles Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 11 0624)

BAINTON: And I saw a new Heaven - Auckland Cathedral Singers/James Tibbles, Matthew Harris (org) (Corellia COR 1007)

CURTIS: Ring in the New - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2035)

HANDEL: O sing unto the lord a new song - Choir of the Chapel Royal, Musicians Extra-ordinary/Andrew Grant (Naxos 8.557935)

ZIEHRER: New Century, New Life Op 498 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223817)

RAMEAU: Pièces de clavecin en concerts No 3 - Christophe Rousset (hpschd), Ryo Terakado (vln), Kaori Uemura (vla da gamba) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1418)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: A midsummer night's dream Op 108 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572500)

REISSIGER: Piano Trio No 15 in G Op 164 - Trio Art Nouveau (Hungaroton HCD 32488)

11:00 NIETZSCHE: Eine Sylvesternacht - Nicholas Eanet (vln), John Bell Young (pno) (Newport Classic NPD 85535)

TOURNIER: Harp Sonatina Op 30 - Erica Goodman (harp) (BIS CD 319)

HUMMEL: Grande Serenade in C Op 66 - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1344)

CLEMENT SCOTT arr Farquhar: Now is the Hour - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ)