Schedules for 29 Mar - 04 Apr, 2014

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

GRIFFITHS: Lie Deep, My Love; FISHER: Pounamu; McCALLUM: The moon's glow once lit; HAMILTON: Veni, Sancte Spiritus; WHITEHEAD: Taiohi Taiao; HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna; A RITCHIE: Widow's songs; de CASTRO-ROBINSON: Chaos of Delight III; CHILDS: O Magnum Mysterium - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

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 SVENDSEN: Andante funèbre - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

SZYMANOWSKI: Caprice No 24, from Three Paganini Caprices Op 40 - Graf Mourja (vln), Natalia Gous (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1769)

MOZART: Flute Quartet No 1 in D K285 - Imme-Jeanne Klett (fl), Stefan Latzko (vln), Roswitha Killian-Priebe (vla), Andreas Hamborg (cello) (Ensemble Obligat 0867)

MOERAN: Rhapsody No 1 in F - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573106)

BELLINI: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Guy Touvron (tpt), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (RCA 09026 61815)

7:00 GLINKA: A Life for the Tsar, Overture - Sofia Festival Orch/Emil Tchakarov (Sony S3K 46487)

SATIE arr Debussy/Veen: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - Sandra Mol, Jeroen van Veen (pno duet) (Brilliant Classics 9129)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Variations for oboe & military band - Alf Nilsson (ob), Stockholm Concert Band/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9444)

GRANADOS: Intermezzo; Tonadilla, La Maja de Goya, from Goyescas - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO 22587 CD)

KETÈLBEY: Wedgwood Blue - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

VIVALDI arr Red Priest: Four Seasons, Summer - Red Priest (Dorian DOR 90317)

8:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

BOWERMAN: Isolde Fantasy - Diana Galvydyte (vln), Anna Peletsis (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 015)

GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

LEHÁR: Suite de Danse - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

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

WEBER: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 11 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDA 66729)

BOULEZ: Le Marteau sans Maître - Hilary Summers (mezzo), Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (DG 477 5327)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

BACH arr McFerrin: Second movement, Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Bobby McFerrin (vocal), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 48177)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Henryk Szeryng (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Newton 880 2053)

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

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Indigenous music from around the world

Devil's Tale - Adrian Raso and Fanfare Ciocărlia

"The eastern force field of Balkan brass meets Gypsy jazz guitar". That's how music writer Garth Cartwright describes this collaborative album between Romania's Fanfare Ciocărlia and Canadian master guitarist Adrian Raso (Ashphalt 984022)

2012 Gisborne International Music Competition

Three programmes

(1) BACH: First movement, Grave, from Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV1003; BEETHOVEN: Two variations from the Second movement; Third movement, Finale, from Violin Sonata No 9 in Op 47, Kreutzer - Camille Barry (vln), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70; KABALEVSKY: Third movement, Allegretto, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 49 - Sally Kim (cello), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango; GERSHWIN: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Olivia Francis (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno)

BEETHOVEN: First & Second movements, Allegro ma non troppo; Scherzo, from Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - Jesbery Hertono (cello), Sarah Watkins (pno)

HAYDN: First & Second movements, Allegro; Andante, from Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1; RODDIE: Caesium Bomb - Thomas Eves (tpt), Bruce Greenfield (pno)

BRAHMS: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108; DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Diane Huh (vln), Bruce Greenfield (pno)

HINDEMITH: Fifth movement, Massig schnell, from Sonata for solo cello Op 25/3; DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Min Jin Lee (cello), Sarah Watkins (pno) (recorded in the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre by RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture Op 115 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Walter Weller (BBC Music BBC MM 216)

JANÁCEK: Ave Maria - Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington (Griffin GCCD 4042)

MONTSALVATGE: Manfred - Barcelona SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (Naxos 8.573077)

JOACHIM: Third movement, Andante cantabile, Impressions of Byron's poems, from Hebrew Melodies - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), Anthony Hewitt (pno) (Naxos 8.572533)

FREITAS BRANCO: The Death of Manfred - RTE National SO/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572370)

NZ performers and composers

PSATHAS: Matre's Dance - David Guerin (pno), Bruce McKinnon (perc) (Rattle RAT D003)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: A Chaos of Delight III - Madeleine Pierard (sop), women of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

STANFORD: The Pibroch Op 157/1; Phoebe Op 125/3; Songs of the Sea Op 91, Drake's drum; Outward bound; Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain; Homeward bound; The Old Superb; For ever mine; Windy nights Op 30/4; A lullaby Op 19/2; To the rose Op 19/3 - Stephen Varcoe (bar), Clifford Benson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67124)

WALTON: Three Façade Settings, Daphne; Through gilded trellises; Old Sir Faulk; A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, The Lord Mayor's Table; Glide gently; Wapping old stairs; Holy Thursday; The contrast; Rhyme - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Collins Classics 14932)

Mantis, The Music of Drew Menzies

Julian Wilson (sax), James Illingworth (pno), Brett Hirst (dbass), Reuben Bradley (drums), NZ String Quartet

MENZIES/BRADLEY: Mansfield St; I've got nothing good to say; MENZIES/BRADLEY/ILLINGWORTH: 9 Out of 10 Out of Its; MENZIES/BRADLEY: Laura's Laska; Ladies man; MENZIES/ILLINGWORTH: Mantis and Muscles; MENZIES/BRADLEY: Meeting at Union Square; Man's life (recorded at Wellington Opera House by RNZ)

La Vida Breve, Interlude & Spanish Dance; El amor Brujo - Marina de Gabarain (mezzo), Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Praga PRD 350 064; PRD 350 090)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

LOCATELLI: Violin Sonata in C Op 8/4 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDD 22057)

PLEYEL: Symphony in D minor Ben147 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9525)

11:00 OFFENBACH: Suite for two cellos Op 54/1 - Roland Pidoux, Etienne Péclard (cellos) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1043)

PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 452 062)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs - Elizabeth Söderström (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 436 204)

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)

GIBBONS: O clap your hands - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605 51231)

GIBBONS: Pavan; Galliard - Concordia (Metronome Met CD 1039)

ANON arr Martynov: Psalm 140, Let my prayer rise; Now the Powers of Heaven; Taste and see - Valentin Kulebiakin (ten), Russian Patriarchate Choir/Anatoly Grindenko (Opus 111 OPS 30-240)

SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1962)

PURCELL: My song shall be alway - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugensis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

LISZT arr Janáček: Mass in Bb - Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington, Clive Driskill-Smith (org) (Griffin GCCD 4042)

BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Trinity Baroque/Julian Podger (Raum Klang RK 2601)

PARRY: I was glad - Musica Sacra, New Zealand Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/John Rosser, Indra Hughes (org) (Atoll ACD 117)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

MOERAN: Whythorne's Shadow, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

VIOTTI: Second movement, Larghetto, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)

STRAUSS: Ruhe, meine Seele Op 27/1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Andrew Davis (CBS MK 76794)

HANDEL trans Kempff: Minuet in G minor - Idil Biret (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223452)

FAURÉ arr Albert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

K JENKINS: Torches, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace, excerpt - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

SATIE arr Williams: Gnossiennes Nos 1-2 - John Williams (gtr) (Sony SK 60586)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

William Dart presents a programme on the life and music of CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Prologue; Seventh Beatitude, Blessed are The Peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God, from Les Béatitudes - Keith Lewis (ten), Gilles Cachemaille (bar), John Cheek (bass), Quintet of soloists, Stuttgart Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Radio SO/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 98.435)

Whether it's jazz, orchestral, solo or band music, brass-playing is in pretty good heart, both in NZ and around the world. Starry soloists, smooth ensembles and inspired composers are leading the way for thousands of people in the brass community

David Bremner hosts a second series looking at the brilliant world of brass

(5) In today's programme David features versatile American trumpeter Allen Vizzutti, celebrates the outstanding Chicago Symphony brass section, and talks to New Zealand composers John and Anthony Ritchie about writing for brass (RNZ)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 29 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3868)

Roger Wilson reviews recent releases focusing on the finalists in the 2014 BBC Music Magazine Awards (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 1 in D minor Op 74 - Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello), Vladimir Shraibman (pno), Grigory Madatov (fl), Nikolay Meshkov (ob), Yakov Shapiro (horn), Mikhail Terian (vla), Vladimir Khomenko (dbass) (rec 1950) (Brilliant Classics 8924)

ARNOLD: English Dances - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1954) (London 425 661)

Napier Cathedral Organ 2013

This important instrument was restored and enlarged to become New Zealand's most advanced cathedral organ. Kerry Stevens followed the restoration which honours the organ builders who contributed to the instrument over many decades (RNZ)

2013 Wallace National Piano Competition

Six programmes

(5) HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50; KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude Op 40/8; BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 17 in Ab BWV862, from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1; HOLMES: Nocturne; LISZT: Transcendental Study No 12, Chasse-neige - Kent Isomura (pno)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Andrew Adkins (pno)

MENDELSSOHN: Variations sérieuses in D minor Op 54; YOUNG: Elusive Dream; CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Jane Nayoung Koo (pno) (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabeus - Steven Isserlis (cello), Robert Levin (fpno) (Hyperion CDA 67981)

LANDMANN: Variations on a Theme of Handel Op 29 - Jane Parker-Smith (organ of St Gudula's Church, Rhede, Germany) (Avie AV 2165)

Ten programmes

(5) With William Dart (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

(13) BORODIN: Prince Igor, an opera in four acts

Borordin's only opera is based on an anonymous medieval epic, The Tale of Igor's Campaign, which relates a historical incident: a raid by Prince Igor Svyatoslavich against the nomadic Central Asian Polovtsian tribes in the late 12th century, an era remembered as a time of formative national consciousness and the emergence of the modern Russian culture

Prince Igor........................ Ildar Abdrazakov

Yaroslavna....................... Oksana Dyka

Vladimir Igorevich.......... Sergey Semishkur

Vladimir Yaroslavich...... Mikhail Petrenko

Konchak........................... Stefan Kocán

Konchankovna................. Anita Rachvelishvili

Ovlur................................ Mikhail Vekua

Skula................................ Vladimir Ognovenko

Yeroshka.......................... Andrey Popov

Yaroslavna's nurse........... Barbara Dever

Polovtsian maiden........... Kiri Deonarine

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Gianandrea Noseda (EBU)

JC BACH: Violin Concerto in C - Anna McDonald (vln), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 627)

11:00 SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Gute Nacht D911/1; Der Lindenbaum D911/5; Das Fischermädchen D957/10; Ständchen D957/4; Am Meer D957/12; Die Taubenpost D957/14 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

ONSLOW: String Quartet No 29 in D minor Op 55 - Quatuor Diotima (Naïve V 5200)

Disc 1

AUBERT: Concert de Simphonies, Suite No 5 in F; Concertos for four violins, cello & continuo, in G minor Op 17/6; in D Op 17/1; in E minor Op 26/4, Le Carillon; Concert de Simphonies, Suite No 2 in D - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0577)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOZART: Flute Quartet in D K285; BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 25; SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471; HOFFMEISTER: Quartet in A after Piano Sonata in A K331 by Mozart - Israel Flute Ensemble (CDI 18809)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

VIVALDI: Introduzione al Dixit RV636; Dixit Dominus RV594; Magnificat RV611; Beatus vir RV598 - Margaret Marshall, Felicity Lott, Sally Burgess (sops), Susan Daniel, Ann Murray (mezzos), Linda Finnie, Anne Collins (contraltos), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Robert Holl (bass), John Alldis Choir, English CO/Vittorio Negri (Philips 420 649)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in G Op 78; No 2 in A Op 100; No 3 in D minor Op 108; Scherzo, from FAE Sonata for violin & piano - Vasko Vassilev (vln), Pamela Tan-Nicholson (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1576)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

LANE: London Salute; Diversions on a Theme of Paganini; Cotswold Dances; Divertissement for clarinet, harp and strings; Three Christmas Pictures; A Maritime Overture; Three Nautical Miniatures for strings; Prestbury Park - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

6:00 MALIPIERO: Vivaldiana - Veneto Phil/Peter Maag (Naxos 8.555515)

RODRIGO: Air de ballet sur le nom d'une jeune fille - María Garzón (pno) (ASV CD DCA 990)

TRAD arr Poster/Balsom: Nobody Knows - Alison Balsom (tpt), BBC Scottish SO/Lawrence Renes (EMI 6 78590)

SCHUBERT: Psalm 23 D706 - Wolfgang Sawallisch (pno), Capella Bavariae (EMI CMS 7 64783)

DEBUSSY: Cortège & Air de Danse, from L'Enfant prodigue - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572297)

FORSTER: Oboe Concerto in Eb - Lajos Lencsés (ob), La Follia Instrumental Ensemble/Christophe Poiget (dir) (Hänssler CD 98.217)

7:00 SCHREKER: Scherzo - Lucerne SO/John Axelrod (Nimbus NI 5808)

ANON arr Rameau: Les Gentils Airs, ou Airs Connus, ajustés en duo, pour basson seul, accompagné d'un clavecin - Peter Whelan (bsn), Ensemble Marsyas (Linn CKD 435)

JL BACH: Motet, Das ist meine Freude - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Rickman Godlee (cello), Martin Peck (dbass), Christopher Allsop (org) (Conifer 75605 51306)

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

HAYDN: Divertimento No 4 in C - Tres Cordes String Trio (Ode CD MANU 5122)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)

8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT arr Milstein: Consolation No 3 in Db - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

BRIDGE: Rosemary; Canzonetta - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (Conifer 75605 51327)

FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, string trio & harp - Lorna McGhee (fl), Kanako Ito (vln), Ashan Pillai (vla), Martin Storey (cello), Alison Nicholls (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1090)

HANDEL: Instrumental Suite, from Radamisto - Academy of Early Music, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1685)

LILBURN: Bagatelle No 4, From the Port Hills - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

Grande Pièce Symphonique in F# minor Op 17 - Jennifer Bate (organ of St Peter's Cathedral, Beauvais) (RegisC 2054)

Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Plácido Domingo (ten), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Marcello Viotti (DG 471 575)

Symphonic Variations - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 417 583)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

HINDEMITH: Der Schwanendreher - Tabea Zimmermann (vla), German SO, Berlin/Hans Graf (Myrios MYR 010)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

DOBRZYNSKI: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 15, Characteristic - Polish Radio SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Chandos CHAN 10778)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SZYMANOWSKI: Etudes Op 4 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67886)

D'ERLANGER: Andante Symphonique for cello & orchestra Op 18 - Guy Johnston (cello), BBC Concert Orch/Johannes Wildner (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7300)

COATES: The Three Men Suite - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 213)

BEETHOVEN: Fourth air, The last rose of summer, from Six National Airs with Variations Op 105 - Severino Gazzelloni (fl), Bruno Canino (pno) (Philips 454 247)

ALFONSO X (El Sábio): Maravilliosos - Guy Robert (lute), Perceval (Arion 60264)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 20 in C minor Op 87 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 466 066)

ELGAR: Wand of Youth Suite No 1 Op 1a - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8318)

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Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: A German Requiem Op 45 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Bernd Weikl (bar), Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti (rec 1977) (Decca 414 627)

NZ performers and composers

HUTCHENS: The Enchanted Isle - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (Artworks AW005)

MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in Eb Op 81/4 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

WALTON: Touch her soft lips and part; Passacaglia, The Death of Falstaff, from Henry V - New Zealand SO/William Walton (Bridge 9133A/B)

BENJAMIN: Le Tombeau de Ravel - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1074)

COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)

LAMB: Ragtime Nightingale - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)

TELEMANN: Oboe Concerto in F minor TWV51/f1 - Sarah Francis (ob/dir), London Harpsichord Ensemble (RegisC 1118)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Gillian Weir (organ of Hexham Abbey) (Argo 460 190)

CATALANI: Scherzo - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573072)

ALFVÉN: A maiden is in a ring; Evening - Swedish Radio Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 32812)

HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Warner Classics 3984 25544)

6:00 FAURÉ: Pavane - ASMF & Chorus/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 014)

J ISSERLIS: Ballade in A minor for cello & piano - Steven Isserlis (cello) (Hyperion CDA 68025)

WIENIAWSKI: Three Etudes-Caprices, No 2 in Eb; No 5 in E; No 4 in A minor - David Oistrakh (vln), Igor Oistrakh (vln) (DG 463 616)

L BOULANGER: Psalm 24 - Ian Partridge (ten), BBC Chorus & members of BBC SO/Nadia Boulanger (BBC Legends BBCL 4026)

TURINA: Piano Trio No 2 in B minor Op 76 - Bekova Trio (Chandos CHAN 9834)

SHOSTAKOVICH: First movement, Allegro, from Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 - Prague SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Supraphon SU 3890)

William Dart presents a programme on the life and music of CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890) (RNZ)

Piano Trio in B minor Op 1/3 - Bekova Sisters (Chandos CHAN 9742)

Bridging the Wind, A Concert of Korean Music

Suh Seungmi (daegeum), Choi Jin (gayageum), Cho Kyongsun (vocalist/geomungo)

TRAD: Cheongseonggok; Sanjo; Urak; HWANG BYUNG-KI: Sound of the Night; PAK KYUNG-HOON: The most precious things are not visible; KIM YONG SIL: Chulgang; TRAD: Cheonnyeonmanse; Arirang (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Fazil Say (pno), Frankfurt Radio SO/Gianandrea Noseda (Naïve V 5347)

Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein - Fazil Say (pno) (Naïve V 5016)

TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Ca' the yowes - Mark Dobell (ten), Laudibus/Michael Brewer (Hyperion CDA 67076)

RR BENNETT: Reflections on a Scottish folk song - Paul Watkins (cello), Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

HORNEMAN: Kalanus, Suite - Danish National SO/Johannes Gustavsson (Dacapo 6.220564)

11:00 MENOTTI: Cantilena e Scherzo - Gillian Tingay (harp), Vanbrugh Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1156)

SAINT-SAËNS: Suite for cello & piano Op 16 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1962)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Household Music, Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes for String Quartet, Crug-y-bar; St Denio; Aberystwyth - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67381/2)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; Sleeping Beauty (orch Stravinsky), excerpts; String Quartet No 1 in D (orch Serebrier), Andante Cantabile - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

STANFORD: Stabat Mater Op 96; Bible Songs Op 113; Te Deum laudamus - Ingrid Attrot (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Nigel Robson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

BACH: Suite in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)

6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 899)

PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

FIBICH: Selanka, Idyll for clarinet & orchestra Op 16 - Irvin Venys (cl), Czech National SO/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573157)

JC BACH: Oboe Quartet in Bb Op 8/6 - Keisuke Wakao (ob), Malcolm Lowe (vln), Cathy Basrak (vla), Sato Knudsen (cello) (PentaTone PTC 5186 018)

ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Philharmonia/Robert Irving (EMI 5 66120)

7:00 DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

HOVHANESS: Bagatelles Op 30 - Shanghai String Quartet (Delos DE 3700)

MASSENET arr Mikhail: Nakariakov Meditation, from Thaïs - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Teldec 8573 80651)

DONIZETTI: Sonata for flute & harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)

KORNGOLD: Dance in the Old Style - Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1182)

8:00 Beauty Spot: CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

FALLA arr Pekkera: Spanish Dance; FALLA arr Piatigorsky: Ritual Fire Dance - Maria Kliegel (cello), Bernd Glemser (pno) (Naxos 8.550785)

MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3 - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5370)

TELEMANN: Concerto No 1 in G, from the Paris Quartets - John Holloway (vln), Linde Brunmayr (fl), Lorenz Duftschmid (vla da gamba), Ulrike Becker (cello), Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (CPO 777 376)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

SUPPÉ: Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna, Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 414 408)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

Les Eolides - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

orch Ropartz: Nocturne, O fraîche Nuit - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 437 244)

Piano Quintet in F minor - Pascal Rogé (pno), Quatuor Ysaÿe (Ysaÿe YR 03)

MOZART: String Quintet No 2 in C minor K406 - Éder Quartet, János Fehérvári (vla) (Naxos 8.553104)

BUSONI: Violin Concerto in D Op 35a - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), RAI National SO/John Storgårds (Sony SK 94497)

IBERT: Six harp pieces, Matin sur l'eau; Scherzetto; En barque, le soir; Ballade; Reflets dans l'eau; Fantaisie - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 60602)

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BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Ramón Ortega Quero (ob), Janine Jansen & Friends/Janine Jansen (vln/dir) (Decca 478 5362)

VIVALDI: Cantata, Lungi dal vago volto RV680 - Deirdre Moynihan (sop), Ensemble Nota Velata (Naxos 8.573003)

GERSHWIN arr Robert R Bennett: Gershwin in Hollywood - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

GLASS: Double Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra - Tim Fain (vln), Wendy Sutter (cello), Hague Phil/Jurjen Hempel (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0077)

ANON arr Archbishop: O gardener - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop), Elmer Iseler CO/Raffi Armenian (CBC SMCD 5215)

CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Anne Queffélec (pno) (Mirare MIR 096)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BOITO: Mefistofele, Prologue in Heaven - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein (rec 1977) (DG 477 5910)

STRAUSS: Dance of the seven veils; Closing scene, from Salome - Montserrat Caballé (sop), French National Orch/Leonard Bernstein (rec 1977) (DG 477 5910)

NZ performers and composers

CPE BACH: Quartet in A minor Wq93 - Extempore (Atoll ACD 204)

CARR: Auckland 71, Ode - Heath Lees (narrator), Orpheus Choir of Wellington Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost - Ogen Trio (Ogen OG 0010)

CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

HUBAY: Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

GRAINGER: Harvest Hymn; Country Gardens - Penelope Thwaites, Wayne Marshall, John Lavender, Rhondda Gillespie (pnos, eight hands) (Chandos CHAN 9702)

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

ALBÉNIZ arr Couch: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Luben Yordanoff (vln), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 415 847)

6:00 MILHAUD: Cantate de la Paix - Hilde Venken (sop), Helena Bohuszewicz, Marleen Delputte (contraltos), Ivan Goossens (ten), Flemish Radio Choir/Paul Hillier (Glossa GCDSA 922 207)

BAX: The white peace - Patricia Wright (sop), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1046)

EVANS trans Aitken: Peace Piece - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 455 512)

BUCHANAN: Peace song - Kathryn Tremills (pno), Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

CLAUSEN: In pace - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5045)

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque/Charles Medlem (dir) (BIS CD 1135)

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

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7:30 Blackbirds in Autumn

Karlheinz Company

WEBSTER: An Infinite Shore; TAYLOR: thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird (recorded at the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

RESPIGHI: The Birds; Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 & 3; Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SWEELINCK: Toccata; Psalm 140; Hexachord Fantasia; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein; Echo Fantasia; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fantasia 'met bindingen'; Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Toccata; Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott; Toccata; Psalm 116; Fantasia - Robert Woolley (organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden) (Chandos CHAN 0701)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BRAHMS: A German Requiem - Felicity Lott (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8942)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trios, in F Op 18/1; in E minor Op 92/2 - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.550935)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Live from Budapest

Gypsy arrangements of traditional & popular tunes - Roby Lakatos (vln) & Lakatos Ensemble (DG 459 642)

6:00 L MOZART: Symphony in C, Eisen D1 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

GLUCK arr Kreisler: Melody, from Orpheus & Euridice - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

GRIEG: Evening in the mountains; At the cradle, from Lyric Pieces Op 68 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Larghetto, from String Quartet in F Op 18/1 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD 80382)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

7:00 ARRIAGA: Overture Op 1 - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Fuga Libera FUG 522)

J STRAUSS II arr I Salonisti: Vienna Blood Waltz - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

THOMAS: Gavotte, from Mignon - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

BIZET arr anon: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2; Entr'acte to Act 3, from Carmen - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Indianapolis SO/Krzysztof Urbanski (Telarc TEL 34030)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song Op 34/2; Schilflied Op 71/4; Assai tranquillo; Song without Words in D Op 109 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (pno) (Orfeo C 750 101 A)

PUCCINI: Moon Chorus, Gira la cote, from Turandot - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 645)

DVORÁK: The Noon Witch Op 108 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 4012)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

Rédemption - Gé Neutel (sop), Netherlands Radio Choir & Phil/Jean Fournet (Q Disc 97019)

PLEYEL: Symphony in G Ben156 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9525)

STRAUSS: Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 - Enigma Ensemble (Balance BAL 9442-1)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 860 111)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

MOZART arr Gallois: Violin Sonata No 24 in F K376 - Patrick Gallois (fl), Maria Prinz (pno) (Naxos 8.573033)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in A minor Wq49/1, Württemberg Sonata No 1 - Mahan Esfahani (hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 67995)

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 1 in Bb - Heinz Holliger (ob), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Michael Houstoun (pno) (HMV ASD 9009)

GESUALDO: Veggio, sì dal mio sole, from Madrigals, Book 3 - Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini (Naxos 8.572136)

KREISLER arr Dokshitser: Schön Rosmarin; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 54 in G HobXVI/40 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1985) (Philips 416 643)

String Quartet in Eb Op 17/3 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (rec 1998) (EMI CDC 5 56960)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Walter Hamer (cl), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 57)

Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL 1999a)

BRAHMS: Gypsy Songs Op 103, Nos 5 & 6 - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell, Claire Caldwell (pno) (Atoll ACD 105)

KORNGOLD: Glück, das mir verblieb, from Die tote Stadt - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Philharmonia/Julius Rudel (EMI 2 64192)

IVANOV-KRAMSKOI: Melancholy Valse - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42 - Paul Tarling (organ of Auckland Town Hall), Auckland Youth Orch/Antun Poljanich (Atoll ACD 117)

BRITTEN after Rossini: Soirées musicales - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 410 139)

SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - Dag Jensen (bsn), Leonard Hokanson (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 0395)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV332 - Enrico Onofri (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Teldec 4509 96158)

YRADIER trans Tárrega: La Paloma - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 432 102)

PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

6:00 CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

LISZT: La Danza, from Soirées musicales - Tristan Pfaff (pno) (Aparté AP 019)

HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello) (Virgin 5 45586)

ARENSKY: Egyptian Nights, Overture - Moscow SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Marco Polo 8.225028)

KETÈLBEY: In the Mystic Land of Egypt - Vernon Midgley (ten), Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia/John Lanchbery (EMI 7 47806)

GRAUN: Sento mio dolce amore, from Cleopatra e Cesare - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (CBC SMCD 5233)

RAMEAU: L'Egyptienne - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Avie AV 2056)

VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80152)

BBC Reith Lectures 2013

Grayson Perry: Playing to the Gallery

(4) I Found Myself in the Art World

In the last of his four Reith Lectures, recorded in front of an audience at Central St Martins School of Art in London, the artist Grayson Perry discusses his life in the art world; the journey from the unconscious child playing with paint, to the award-winning successful artist of today (BBC)

GODOWSKY: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Artist's Life - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67626)

RTVE SO/Carlos Kalmar

CARRENO: Margariteña; CHAVEZ: Horse-Power Suite; VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 7; BACH orch Elgar: Fantasy & Fugue in C minor BWV537 (recorded in the Teatro Monumental, Madrid by Spanish Radio)

SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night Op 4 - Ensemble Resonanz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2150)

MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570929)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in Bb G442 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (Sony SK 62679)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80095)

11:00 DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

CARTELLIERI: Parthia No 1 in Eb for Wind Sextet - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1177)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D 759, Unfinished; Grand Duo in C D812 (orch Joachim) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 655)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BABIN: Hillandale Waltzes; Thème; Valse élégante; Valse passionée; Valse sombre; Valse volante; Valse triste; Valse de bonne humeur; Valse brillante et joyeuse; Valse oublié; CARDEW: Scherzo; RICHARDSON: Roundelay; SEIBER: Andantino Pastorale; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction and Hymn to the Sun; RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; PIERNÉ: Canzonetta Op 19; SCHMITT: Andantino Op 30/1; DUKAS: Alla Gitana; SATIE: Trois Gymnopédies; MESSAGER: Solo de Concours; RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

ZELENKA: Missa Dei Filii; Litaniae Lauretanae - Nancy Argenta (sop), Michael Chance (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Gordon Jones (bass), Stuttgart Chamber Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Frieder Bernius (DHM RD 77922)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BEACH: Piano Quintet in F# Op 67; CLARKE: Piano Trio; Viola Sonata - Martin Roscoe (pno), Endellion Quartet (ASV CD DCA 932)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

FIALA: Oboe Concerto in Bb; KROMMER: Oboe Concerto in F Op 37; KALLIWODA: Oboe Concertino in F Op 110; MARTINU: Oboe Concerto - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rahski (Claves CD 50-9018)

6:00 GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

HAYDN: Divertimento No 1 in D for oboe & string quartet - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Auer Quartet (Hänssler CD 98.277)

KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Sonja van Beek (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (CPO 999 709)

HANDEL: Va tacito e nascosto, from Julius Caesar - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 453 480)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

SIBELIUS: Suite for violin & strings Op 117 - Pekka Kuusisto (vln/dir), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Ondine ODE 1074)

7:00 JC BACH: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)

SCHUMANN: Duet & Finale, from Fantasy Pieces Op 88 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 432 165)

KASKA: Majestic Journey - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

PROKOFIEV: Pushkin Waltz No 1 Op 120 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.571210)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Cantico Op 19 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.555856)

CHAMINADE orch Uy: Automne - Michael Guttman (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 855)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), London SO/Edward Downes (Decca 448 248)

SCRIABIN: Waltz in Ab Op 38 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

MOLTER: Oboe Concerto in Eb MWV VI/21 - Saskia Fikentscher (ob), Nova Stravaganza/Siegbert Rampe (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 341 1279)

POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

SCHUBERT: Die Taubenpost, from Schwanengesang - Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Pappano (pno) (EMI 2 42639)

GERMAN: Henry VIII, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

Prelude, Chorale & Fugue - Hannes Minnaar (pno) (Cobra COBRA 0038)

Le Chasseur Maudit - Royal Phil/Raymond Leppard (Tring International TRP 070)

Violin Sonata in A - David Grimal (vln), Georges Pludermacher (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1681)

BRETON: Andalusian Scenes - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.572076)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Vladimir Jurowski (Hyperion CDA 67795)

ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16014)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 540)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

RACHMANINOV: The Theotokos - Netherlands Radio Choir/Kaspars Putnins (BIS SACD 2039)

PROKOFIEV: Visions fugitives Op 22 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67896)

WEBER: Symphony No 2 in C - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 5 55348)

HOLST: A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10796)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.570550)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Se vuol ballare; Non più andrai; Aprite un po' quel' occhi; Hai già vinta la causa!, from The Marriage of Figaro - Hermann Prey (bar), Dresden State Orch/Otmar Suitner (rel 1965) (Berlin Classics 1318 BC)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (rel 1988) (EMI CDC 7 49766)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2003)

BLAKE: Century Fanfare, Auckland! - Auckland Philharmonia/James Sedares (Atoll ACD 100)

PM DUBOIS: Sonatine - Mark Walton (sax), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

HILL: String Quartet No 4 in C minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

HANDEL: Coronation Anthem No 1, Zadok the Priest HWV258 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 456 502)

DUARTE: English Suite Op 31 - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - London Phil/Franz Welser-Möst (EMI CDC 5 56465)

IRELAND: Three Dances, Gipsy Dance; Country Dance; Reapers' Dance - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572598)

BACH orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

HOVHANESS: Prayer of St Gregory - Charles Butler (tpt), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3157)

6:00 KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Gilles Apap (vln/dir), Sinfonia Varsovia (Apapaziz Productions GKJ 00103)

F MENDELSSOHN: April, from The Year - Liana Serbescu (pno) (CPO 999 013)

ELGAR: Minuet Op 21 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

ROBERTON: All in the April evening - Laudibus/Michael Brewer (Hyperion CDA 67076)

PONCE: Chanson, from Sonata No 3 - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

MARAZZOLI: Salutate il nuovo Aprile - Soledad de la Rosa (sop), Ensemble Mare Nostrum/Andrea de Carlo (dir) (Arcana A 370)

HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

WEISSENBERG: En Avril, à Paris - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

FOULDS: April, England Op 48/1, Impressions of Time & Place No 1 - CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Warner 2564 62999)

Michael Endres

The German-born pianist has been resident in New Zealand for the last few years, teaching and touring as much as ever. He talks with Kenneth Young about the composers whose music he has been performing and recording (RNZ)

Joie de Vivre

Amy Dickson (sax), Auckland Philharmonia/Jean Deroyer

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite; PM DUBOIS: Saxophone Concerto; DUKAS: Symphony in C (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BARTÓK trans Székely: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - James Ehnes (vln), Andrew Armstrong (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10752)

KODÁLY: String Quartet No 2 Op 10 - Dante Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67999)

POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody Op 68 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.554657)

IBERT: Divertissement - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Signum Classics SIGCD 211)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7529)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 540)

11:00 FASCH: Bassoon Sonata in C - Peter Whelan (bsn), Ensemble Marsyas (Linn CKD 435)

DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C Op 10 - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

BACH: English Suite No 5 in E minor BWV810 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 640)

Disc 1

BANTOCK: Celtic Symphony; The Witch of Atlas; The Sea Reivers; A Hebridean Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 1 in D minor Op 74; Piano Septet No 2 in C Op 114, Septet Militaire - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66396)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

STRAUSS: Arias from Guntram; Feuersnot; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Intermezzo; Die Liebe der Danae; Daphne; Die schweigsame Frau; Der Rosenkavalier - Ben Heppner (ten), Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5142)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 1/10, Didone abbandonata; Violin Sonata in C minor Op 1/8; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/2; Pastorale in A; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/12; Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66430)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

HOLST: A Winter Idyll; Symphony in F Op 8, Elegy in Memoriam William Morris; Indra Op 13; A Song of the Night Op 19/1; Sita, Interlude; Invocation Op 19/2; The Lure, Ballet Music; Morning of the Year, Dances - Lorraine McAslan (vln), Alexander Baillie (cello), London Phil, London SO/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

6:00 NIELSEN: Helios Overture - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1839/40)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

ROUSSEL: Elpénor, radio score Op 59 - Paul Verhey (fl), Janneke van der Meer, Wim de Jong (vlns), Henk Guittart (vla), Viola de Hoog (cello) (Olympia OCD 460)

MENDELSSOHN: Theme with Variations Op 81/1 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570003)

RAVEL: La Valse - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (Signum SIGCD 330)

7:00 BORODIN: Polovtsian March, from Prince Igor - Orch of Liège/Paul Strauss (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

CASSADO arr Messier: Requiebros - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Adele Anthony (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (Canary Classics CC 07)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

CURTIS: At Twilight - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2055)

PIAZZOLLA orch Bacalov: Libertango - Luis Bacalov (pno), Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 463 471)

BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Scherzo, from Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Orchestra Wellington/James Sedares (Private)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MACDOWELL: To a wild rose, from Woodland Sketches - Joseph Cooper (pno) (London 443 333)

D SCARLATTI: Mandolin Sonata in D minor Kk77 - Artemandoline (Brilliant Classics 94477)

ROSETTI: Bassoon Concerto in C (Murray 67) - Eckart Hübner (bsn/dir), Kurpfälzisches CO (CPO 777 742)

FALLA arr Kochanski: Popular Spanish Suite - Timora Rosler (cello), Klára Würtz (pno) (Brilliant Classics 9157)

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Royal Phil/Andrea Licata (Tring International TRP 046)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822-1890)

Chorale No 3 in A minor - Gillian Weir (organ of Århus Cathedral, Denmark) (Collins Classics 70442)

Symphony in D minor Op 48 - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

SUK: Piano Quartet in A minor Op 1 - Jan Panenka (pno), Josef Suk (vln), Jan Talich (vla), Michaela Fukacová (cello) (Supraphon 11 1532)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Karel Ancerl (EMI 5 75091)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 80 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Atoll ACD 513)

KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 77 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (BBC Music BBC MM 338)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

MUCZYNSKI: Time Pieces - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos 10804)

BLOCH: Poems of the Sea - London SO/Dalia Atlas (Naxos 8.573241)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 - Bruno Cocset (cello), Les Basses Réunies (Alpha 084)

LEHÁR: Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert; Du bist meine Sonne; Schönste der Frauen, from Giuditta - Richard Tauber (ten), Vienna Phil/Franz Lehár (rec 1934) (Preiser 90150)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Richard Burnett (fpno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 67)

BELLINI: La sonnambula, Act 2 finale

Amina............................... Joan Sutherland

Rodolfo............................ Nicolai Ghiaurov

Teresa............................... Della Jones

Elvino............................... Luciano Pavarotti

National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 424)

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Classic performances from the back catalogue

MAHLER arr Cooke: Symphony No 10 in F# minor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (rec 1999) (EMI CDC 5 56972)

NZ performers and composers

K YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 209)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Alto ALC 1013)

J STRAUSS II: Accelerations Waltz - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

BACH realized Jackson: Ricercar in six parts, from A Musical Offering - London Concertante/Nicholas Jackson (dir) (Somm SOMMCD 077)

TRAD arr Meyer: Star of the County Down - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Daniel Gortler (pno) (RCA 82876 50470)

GRAINGER: Mock Morris - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'isle joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

6:00 BOELLMANN: Two Pieces for cello and piano Op 31 - Michael Gross (cello), Chia Chou (pno) (MDG 303 1755)

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)

IRELAND: Merry Andrew - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553889)

HANDEL: New scenes of joy, from Theodora - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Avie AV 0030)

TCHAIKOVSKY: I bless you, forests Op 47/5 - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

WOLF: Bless the happy mother, from Italian Songbook - Daniel Lichti (bbar), Leslie De'Ath (pno) (Analekta AN 2 9956)

BAX: The Happy Forest - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10446)

The Critic's Chair

Roger Wilson reviews recent releases focusing on the finalists in 2014 BBC Music Magazine Awards (RNZ)

Einstein's Universe

Jack Liebeck (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno), Victoria Sayles (vln), Julia Joyce (vla), Andrew Joyce (cello)

MARTINU: Five Madrigal Stanzas; MOZART: Violin Sonata No 21 in E minor K304; BLOCH: Baal Shem; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

RESPIGHI: Adagio with Variations - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

GODARD: Scènes poétiques Op 46 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Kirk Trevor (Naxos 8.570554)

11:00 BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor Op 30/2 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Sony 87654 40142)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840, Relique - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)