Schedules for 5 - 11 July, 2014

British Choral Tradition

In six programmes Brian Kay highlights the great choirs, conductors and composers who are central to the British Choral Tradition

(3) Choir of King's College, Cambridge (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Lincoln Mayorga (pno), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman

The Yankee Doodle blues; That certain feeling, from Tip-Toes; Somebody loves me; Sweet and low down, from Tip-Toes; I'll build a stairway to paradise; The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman

Fascinatin' Rhythm, from Lady, be Good!; Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Al Gallodoro (reeds), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman

Rhapsody in Blue - Al Gallodoro (cl/bcl), Lincoln Mayorga (pno), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

1:50 approx - Disc 2

Soundtrack by Yann Tiersen, from the film Amelie

TIERSEN: J'y suis jamais allé; Les jours tyristes; La valse d'Amélie; Comptine d'un autre été: L'après midi; La noyée; L'autre valse d'Amélie - Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments), Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis, Christian Quermalet (percussion)

KHAN/WHITING/AKST: Guilty - Al Bowlly (vocalist), Roy Fox and his Orchestra (recorded 1931)

TIERSEN: A quai; Le Moulin; Pas si simple; La valse d'Amélie (orch version); La valse des vieux os; La dispute - Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments), Christine Ott (ondes-martenots), Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis

BAYLE/CLARET: Si tu n'étais pas là - Fréhel (vocalist), orchestral accompaniment (recorded 1934)

TIERSEN: Soir de fête; La redécouverte; Sur le fil; Le banquet, La valse d'Amélie (pno version); La valse des monstres -Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments) (Virgin 811 239)

2:45 approx - Disc 3

FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Angharad Gruffydd Jones (sop), Jonathan Brown (bar), Stephen Farr (org), English Voices, London Festival Orch/Ross Pople

Cantique de Jean Racine - English Voices, London Festival Orch/Ross Pople

Messe Basse - Angharad Gruffydd Jones (sop), Stephen Farr (org), women of English Voices/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304 670)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129; VOLKMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 33; SCHUMANN: Abendlied Op 85/12; VOLKMANN: Andante with variations for three cellos; Troubadour's Song Op 10; Capriccio Op 74; SCHUMANN: Abendlied Op 85/12 - Peter Bruns, Gregor Nowak, Jakob Stepp (cellos), Annegret Kuttner (pno), Leipzig Mendelssohn CO/Jürgen Bruns (Hänssler CD 98.594)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concertos, in G minor H409; in A H411; in D H421 - Miklós Spányi (hpschd), Concerto Armonico (BIS CD 767)

6:00 DELIUS arr Fenby: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA 74321 84112)

MASSENET: Le roman d'Arlequin - Stefan Irmer (pno) (MDG 618 1729)

WEBER arr Rechtman: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1104)

HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd, from Requiem - Quentin Poole (ob), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

SQUIRE: Dream Bird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

7:00 RAMEAU: Les Sauvages, from Les Indes galantes - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

LLORCA: Handeliana Op 13 - Adam Levin (gtr) (Naxos 8.573024)

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 306)

SCHUMANN: Schön Blümelein Op 43/3; So wahr die Sonne scheinet Op 37/12 - Evelyn Lear (sop), Thomas Stewart (bbar), Erik Werba (pno) (DG 477 6219)

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)

WARLOCK: Serenade - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 318)

8:00 HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

BRITTEN: Miniature Suite - Emperor Quartet (BIS SACD 1540)

LANGGAARD: Little Summer Memories - Berit Johansen Tange (pno) (Dacapo 6.220565)

SIBELIUS: Two Serenades Op 69 - Pekka Kuusisto (vln/dir), Tapiola Sinfonietta (Ondine ODE 1074)

J STRAUSS II: New Pizzicato Polka Op 449 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

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

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

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National SO/Mario Venzago (RCA 88697 63081)

DONIZETTI: Neapolitan songs, The distaff; The betrayal; I want to build a house - Nuccia Focile (sop), Michael Pollock (pno) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9161)

PARISH ALVARS: Introduction & Rondo on Bellini's Norma - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

PUCCINI: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), National Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 072)

MOZART: Sonata in C for piano duet K521 - Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch (pno duet) (Teldec 4509 91378)

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: The Cathedral - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

CHOPIN: The maiden's wish, from Polish Songs Op 74 - Konrad Jarnot (bar), Eugene Mursky (pno) (Profil PH 04068)

FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Clara Haskil (pno), Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Praga PRD 350 064)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

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

(4) Dianne Reeves

Singer Dianne Reeves turns every note into an alluring story. In Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, she's joined by guitarist Peter Sprague, pianist Peter Martin, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Terreon Gully (Murray Street Productions)

Indigenous music from around the world

Music from Galicia and Crete this week, and some new takes on traditional styles. We feature Sonche Atlántico, an album from Spanish multi-instrumentalist Pancho Álvarez, as well as tunes from neo-rebetiko group Trio Tekke with their fresh approach to the 'Greek blues' (Boranda 100869; Trio Tekke 100600)

New Zealand Youth Choir/David Squire, Michael Stewart (org)

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; HOWELLS: Take him, earth, for cherishing; TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals, from A Child of our Time; BRITTEN: Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30; TRAD arr Schlenker: O come, O come, Emmanuel; SCHUMANN: Talismane, from Four Songs Op 141; HAMILTON: Una noche de Verano; BALDWIN: Magnificat, from Evening Service in A; LANGE: He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven; SHEARING arr Carter: Lullaby of Birdland; TE WHANAU WEHI: Wairua tapu tau mai ra (recorded in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 1151/52)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 in D minor Op 47 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Tadaaki Otaka (BBC BBC MM 243)

LISZT: Totentanz - Krystian Zimerman (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 456 997)

NZ performers and composers

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

BRIDGE: Suite for strings - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

DUTILLEUX: Au gré des ondes - John Chen (pno) (Naxos 8.557823)

J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Frank Gurr (cl), Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

GRAINGER: Six settings of Rudyard Kipling, Lukannon; Merciful town; Ride with an idle whip; Northern ballad; The men of the sea; Soldier, Soldier; Shallow Brown - Stephen Varcoe (bar), Penelope Thwaites (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9503)

The power of love - Susan Gritton (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

Three Settings of Robert Burns, Yon wild mossy mountains; Evan Banks; Afton Water; TRAD arr Grainger: Four Settings from Songs of the North, My faithful fond one; The women are a gane wud; O'er the moor; Fair young Mary - Martyn Hill (ten), Penelope Thwaites (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9610)

Random Round - Susan Gritton (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Tucker (ten), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9653)

Wind Power

NZSO Wind Soloists/Gordon Hunt (ob/dir)

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7; FOERSTER: Wind Quintet in D Op 95; BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103; KROMMER: Partita in Bb Op 78; STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for wind Op 4 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

PFITZNER: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 52 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin Radio SO/Sebastian Weigle (Hyperion CDA 67906)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Rotterdam CO/Conrad van Alphen (Telarc CD 80623)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 478 1524)

11:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - members of Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

HASTED: Celebration Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

BUTTERWORTH: Love blows as the wind blows, In the year that's come & gone; Life in her creaking shoes; Fill a glass with golden wine; On the way to Kew - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Belcea Quartet (EMI 5 58076)

BRAHMS: Variations on an Original Theme Op 21/1 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 586)

Disc 1

MAHLER: Symphony No 10 in F# - Berlin SO/Kurt Sanderling (Berlin Classics 009 4422 BC)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in B minor BWV1014; No 2 in A BWV1015; No 3 in E BWV1016; No 4 in C minor BWV1017; No 5 in F minor BWV1018 - Reinhard Goebel (vln), Robert Hill (hpschd) (Archiv 427 152)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Mass No 4 in C minor K139, Waisenhaus; Mass No 11 in C K257, Credo - Susanne Mentzer (sop), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (contralto), Neil Mackie (ten), Stephen Roberts (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English CO/Stephen Cleobury (Argo 421 365)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

GELINEK: Air des mystère d'Isis; LISZT: Ave verum corpus; CZERNY: Fantaisie brillante; BEETHOVEN: Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro; THALBERG: Lacrimosa; Fantasia on Mozart's Don Giovanni; MOZART arr Bizet: Là ci darem la mano; FISCHER: Das Donnerwetter; KEMPFF: Pastorale variée; KATSARIS: In memoriam Mozart; Mozartiana - Cyprien Katsaris (pno) (Sony SK 52551)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BRIDGE: Suite for String Orchestra; DELIUS: Sonata for String Orchestra; BRIDGE: There is a willow grows aslant a brook - NZSO Chamber Orch/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

THOMPSON: Alleluia - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 0039)

GLENNIE: A Little Prayer - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA 60242-2-RC)

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

SILVESTROV: The Lord's Prayer, from Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

GRAUPNER: Cantata, written for the Third Sunday after Trinity, Alas, my God and King, how heavy and great are the sins I have committed! - Ingrid Schmithüsen (sop), L'Ensemble des Idées heureuses/Geneviève Soly (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3162)

GOULD: Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)

PARRY: I was glad - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (Universal 179 5732)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

RUBBRA: Loth to depart, from Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby Op 50 - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (Chandos CHAN 8378)

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

BERLIOZ: Premier transports, from Romeo & Juliet - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lyon Opera Chorus & Orch/Kazushi Ono (Virgin 6 41986)

KREISLER: Liebesleid - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew - David Guerin (pno) (SOUNZ Volume 1)

LAURIDSEN: Sure On This Shining Night, from Nocturnes - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

TAN DUN: The eternal vow, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Alimjan (rawap), Kasim & David Cossin (hand drums), Shanghai SO, Shanghai National Orch/Tan Dun (Sony SK 89347)

DELIUS: Summer Night on the River, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar (Chandos CHAN 6502)

William Dart takes a look at the life and music of SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) (RNZ) (R Mon 7.00pm)

Men's Dance, from Aleko - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9081)

Aleko's Cavatina, from Aleko, The entire encampment sleeps - Sergei Aleksashkin (bass), Philharmonia/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9629)

Youth Symphony - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 421 065)

Seven programmes from one of the world's pre-eminent music festivals, which invites scores of distinguished musicians, along with emerging young talent, to its six-week season

(3) Mendelssohn and Dohnányi for Strings

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - Miami String Quartet

DOHNÁNYI: Serenade in C Op 10 - William Preucil (vln), Cynthia Phelps (vla), Eric Kim (cello) (WFMT)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Sinfonia Varsovia/Alexander Vedernikov (Naive AM 212)

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), French National Radio Orch/Heitor Villa-Lobos (rec 1956) (EMI CDH 7 61015)

STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertant - Max Rostal (vln), Colin Horsley (pno) (rec 1957) (Symposium 1076)

ENESCU: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C - Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1963) (Nimbus NI 6124)

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte Wilson talks to two well-known New Zealanders about the place of music in their lives

(1) Marti Friedlander: outstanding New Zealand photographer, CNZM, Icon Award recipient, and subject of a recently puiblished book - Self-Portrait (RNZ)

2013 Gisborne International Music Competition

Four programmes

(2) PROKOFIEV: First movement, Andante grave, from Cello Sonata in C Op 119 - Catherine Kwak (cello), Sarah Watkins (pno)

MARTINU: Clarinet Sonatina; SAINT-SAËNS: Third & Fourth movements, Lento; Molto allegro, from Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 - Sungpil Lee (cl), Peter de Jager (pno)

BACH: Second movement, Loure, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006; PROKOFIEV: Third movement, Andante, from Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a - Brett Yang (vln), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

ASENCIO: Collectici íntim, excerpts - Andrey Lebedev (gtr)

HINDEMITH: Fourth movement, Rasebdes Zeitmass, Wild, from Viola Sonata Op 25/1; BACH: Sixth movement, Gigue, from Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008; BRAHMS: First & Second movements, Allegro appassionato; Andante un poco adagio, from Viola Sonata in F minor Op 102/1 - Lisa Sung (vla), Bruce Greenfield (pno)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

C SCOTT: Cornish Boat Song - Gould Piano Trio (Chandos CHAN 10575)

BAX: Morning Song, Maytime in Sussex - Margaret Fingerhut (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8516)

GURNEY: A Gloucestershire Rhapsody - BBC Scottish SO/David Parry (BBC BBC MM 371)

Ten programmes

(5) With William Dart (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

FORONI: Cristina, regina di Svezia, an opera in five parts and three acts

Christina, Queen of Sweden...... Helena Dix

Gabriele de la Gardie................ John Bellemer

Maria Eufrosina........................ Lucia Cirillo

Axel Oxenstierna....................... David Stout

Erik............................................ Patrick Hyland

Carlo Gustavo............................ Igor Golovatenko

Arnold Messenius..................... Thomas Faulkner

Johan.......................................... Daniel Szeili

Wexford Opera Chorus & Orch/Andrew Greenwood (recorded in the Opera House, Wexford, by Radio Ireland)

ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

RIES: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

BRUCH: Swedish Dances Op 63 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 420 932)

HILL: String Quartet No 9 in A minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

MCLEOD: The Emperor & the Nightingale - Helen Medlyn (narrator), Kirstin Eade (fl), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

STRAVINSKY: Three movements from Petrushka - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 828767 88612)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Jack Brymer (cl), Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDC 7 47864)

M HAYDN: Symphony No 32 in D - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 179)

11:00 FRANÇAIX: Quartet for cor anglais, violin, viola & cello - Lajos Lencsés (cor anglais), members of Parisii Quartet (CPO 999 779)

TOVEY: Piano Trio in B minor Op 1 - London Piano Trio (Toccata Classics TOCC 0068)

Disc 1

GADE: Echoes of Ossian Op 1; Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 15; Andante-Allegro energico-Andante; Symphony No 6 in G minor Op 32 - Danish National SO/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 9795)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Partita in A minor BWV1013; HOTTETERRE: Airs et Brunettes, excerpts; WEISS arr Kuijken: Suite in G; VIVALDI arr Rousseau: Four Seasons, Spring RV269; CPE BACH: Flute Sonata in A minor Wq132; FISCHER: Minueto with variations - Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl) (Accent ACC 20144)

2:35 approx - Disc 3

G IVES: There is a land of pure love; Ego sum panis vivus; In pace; Lord, is it I?; A song of Divine Love; Lullaby; Missa Brevis; The Edington Service - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Jonathon Hardy, Richard Pinel (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7420)

3:50 approx - Disc 4

LALO: Symphonie Espagnole Op 21; Norwegian Fantasy; Cello Concerto - Pierre Amoyal (vln), Frederic Lodéon (cello), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Paul Paray, Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Erato 2564 60226)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

BRAHMS: Piano Sonata in F minor Op 5/3; BERG: Piano Sonata Op 1; BARTÓK: Out Doors Sz81; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 2/1 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Gold CV-S 006G)

6:00 GOSSEC: Symphony in D B86 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9661)

SCHUBERT arr Maisky: Moment Musicale No 3 in F minor D780 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

FRANCK: Les Éolides - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

ALBINONI arr Red Priest: Adagio in G minor - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 004)

COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

7:00 VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico - Federico Guglielmo (vln), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689)

HOROVITZ: Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10758)

STANFORD: Rondo in F - Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67859)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Carlos Oramas (gtr) (ASV CD DCA 1150)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stravinsky: Bluebird pas de deux, from Sleeping Beauty - Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1874)

8:00 Beauty Spot: CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 655)

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

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - BBC Welsh National Orch/Lesley Hatfield (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 250)

SOMERVELL: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Piano Concerto in A minor, Highland - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67837)

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

The Rock Op 7 - Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1751)

The Bells Op 35 - Sheila Armstrong (sop), Robert Tear (ten), John Shirley-Quirk (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/André Previn (EMI CDM 7 63114)

The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

New Zealand String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, in Eb Op 74, Harp; in F minor Op 95, Serioso; in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky; Fifth movement, Cavatina, from String Quartet in Bb Op 130 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven

MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit, Cinéma Fantaisie - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

MOZART after JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude & Fugue in D minor K405/4 (BWV877); Larghetto cantabile & Fugue in D K405/5 (BWV874) - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2159)

BACH arr Rowland-Jones: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Maxim Rysanov (vla) (BIS SACD 2033)

RAWSTHORNE: Practical Cats - Simon Callow (narrator), Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7203)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - New York Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman (Bridge 9145)

ELGAR: Take me away ... Angel's farewell, from The Dream of Gerontius - Gladys Ripley (mezzo), Heddle Nash (ten), Huddersfield Choral Society, Royal Phil/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1945) (Classic CD ISSUE 50)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

GIBBONS: Pavan; Galliard; Go from my window - Phantasm (rec 2003) (Avie AV 0032)

RAMEAU: Quam dilecta tabernacula tua - Sophie Daneman, Noémi Rime (sops), Paul Agnew, Nicolas Rivenq (tens), Nicolas Cavallier (bass), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (rec 1994) (Erato 4509 96967)

HAYDN: String Quartet in G Op 33/5 - Angeles String Quartet (rec 1994-1999) (Philips 464 650)

NZ performers and composers

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

The Young Pine Tree - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

STATHAM: Landscape No 2 - Camille White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Mystical Songs - David Griffiths (bar), Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls, Anthony Jennings (org) (Manu CD MANU 1299)

FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Gareth Farr (gamelan gongs), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

ELGAR: The immortal legions, from Pageant of Empire - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)

D SCARLATTI arr Bryan: Oboe Concerto No 1 in G - Brynjar Hoff (ob), English CO/Ian Watson (Simax PSC 1049)

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Spanish Dances, Oriental; Andaluza; Rondalla - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

6:00 HUANG YIJUN arr Peng Xiuwen: Fair Flowers under Full Moon - Sharon Bezaly (piccolo), Taipei Chinese Orch/Chung Yiu-Kwong (BIS SACD 1759)

BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1516)

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

MAHLER arr Britten: What the wild flowers tell me - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 2 16576)

PUCCINI: Flower Duet, from Madame Butterfly - Mirella Freni (sop), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

HELSTED/PAULLI: The Flower Festival in Genzano - Aalborg SO/Peter Ernst Lassen (Danacord DACOCD 631-639)

William Dart takes a look at the life and music of SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) (RNZ)

Scherzo in D minor - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

Suite No 1 in G minor for two pianos Op 5, Fantaisie-tableaux - Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe (pno duo) (Naxos 8.557062)

NZ Barok

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/2; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 5/7 after Corelli's Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/7; AVISON: Concerto in G Op 6/7; VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two violins & cello RV565, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3; AVISON: Concerto in E Op 6/8; HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland by RNZ)

MOMPOU: Mountain impressions, Villagers' dance; A moment's rest in church; Pastoral - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.572142)

REED: Chinese Impressions Nos 1 & 2 - Robert Gibbs (vln), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7135)

CAPLET: Impressions d'automne - Christian Wirth (sax), Éric Speller (ob), Jérôme Voisin, Myriam Carrier (cls), Stéphane Coutaz (bsn), Marie Bitlloch, Ophélie Gaillard (cellos), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Julien Bret (org) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

LÓPEZ LÓPEZ: Impressions and landscapes - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

RESPIGHI: Brazilian Impressions - Liège Royal Phil/John Neschling (BIS SACD 2050)

BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op 11 - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10801)

BALAKIREV: Symphony No 2 in D minor - Philharmonia/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Hyperion CDA 66586)

11:00 PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a - Isabelle van Keulen (vln), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (Challenge CC 72580)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet No 2 in C minor Op 4 - Håkan Rosengren (cl), Per Enoksson (vln), Öyvor Volle (vla), Leo Winland (cello) (Caprice CAP 21592)

TALLIS arr Kronos: Spem in alium - Kronos Quartet (Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79242)

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi; Suite for viola & orchestra; Hymn-tune Prelude No 1, Eventide; Hymn-tune Prelude No 2, Dominus Regit Me; The Poisoned Kiss, Overture; The Running Set - Frederick Riddle (vla), Bournemouth Choir & Sinfonietta/Norman del Mar, George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 6545)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in D Wq137; Sonata in G minor for keyboard & viola da gamba; ABEL: Adagio for viola da gamba solo; CPE BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata in C Wq136; ABEL: Postlude - Friederike Heumann (vla da gamba), Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Dirk Börner (fpno) (Alpha 080)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BIZET: Votre toast…..Toréador en garde, from Carmen; BELLINI: Ah! Per sempre io perdei, from I Puritani; GOUNOD: Avant de quitter ces lieux, from Faust; TCHAIKOVSKY: I love you beyond all measure, from The Queen of Spades; PUCCINI: Questo amor, from Edgar; WAGNER: O du mein holder Abenstern, from Tannhäuser; BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers; BACH: Mache dich, mein Herze rein, from St Matthew Passion; Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder, from St Matthew Passion; HANDEL: Why do the nations?, from Messiah; TRAD arr Grainger: Shallow Brown; TRAD arr O'Boyle: O Waly, Waly; Princess TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e hine; TOMOANA arr O'Boyle: Pokarekare ana - David Hobson (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australus, Orch of the Antipodes/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

3:20 approx - Disc 4

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 22; String Sextet in D minor Op 70; Souvenir de Florence - Rami Solomonow (vla), John Sharp (cello), Vermeer Quartet (Cedille CDR 9000 0017)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

SCOTT: Impromptu, A Mountain Brook Op 41; Chimes Op 40/3; Columbine Op 47/2; Andante, Study for a slow movement No 1; Largo Study for a slow movement No 2; Klavierstücke, Erste Ballade in D minor; Prelude No 1 Op 37; Egypt, An Album of Five Impressions; Karma, Suite; Inclination à la danse; An English Waltz Op 15 - Leslie De'ath, Anya Alexeyev (pnos) (Dutton CDLX 7166)

6:00 JC BACH orch Beyer: Viola Concerto in C minor - Hartmut Rohde (vla), Lithuanian CO, Vilnius/Georg Mais (Arte Nova 74321 67502)

BANTOCK: Two Scottish Folksongs, O can ye sew cushions; Dumbarton's drums - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Chenyin Li (pno) (Genuin GEN 12228)

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

LAURO: Venezuelan Waltzes - John Couch (gtr) (Private)

JACOB: Concertino for piano & strings - Martin Roscoe (pno), Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67316)

7:00 CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Virgin 4 57845)

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

SCHMITT: Sonatine en trio Op 85 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (EMI 5 57948)

LAURIDSEN: Ubi caritas et amor - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

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

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch (Tafelmusik TMK 1007)

8:00 Beauty Spot: ANON: Hush now, go to sleep - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

BACH arr Mills: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, from Cantata No 140 - Canadian Brass (RCA RCD 1-3554)

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

SARASATE: Hobgoblin Op 48 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)

IBERT: Entr'acte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

ELLER: Three Studies - Sten Lassmann (pno) (Toccata TOCC 0161)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 27708)

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Six Songs Op 38, At night in my garden; To her; Daisies; The Pied Piper; Sleep; 'A-oo' - Ekaterina Siurina (sop), Iain Burnside (pno) (Delphian DCD 34127)

Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Stephen Hough (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2)

The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

Beethoven Quartets

In three programmes Peter Walls explores Beethoven's great cycle of String Quartets, being played by the NZSQ

(3) The Road to Parnassus (RNZ)

See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven

GLIÈRE: Horn Concerto in Bb - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Jena Phil/Andrey Boreyko (Teldec 8573 85558)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture - BBC National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10797)

DEBUSSY: Estampes - Nino Gvetadze (pno) (Orchid ORC 100041)

ANDERSON: Horse & buggy - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

BOWERMAN: Fantasy on a Fugue of Elgar - Laura Samuel (vln), Emily Pailthorpe (ob), Anna Stokes (fl), London Serenata/Krzystof Chorzelski (Champs Hill CHRCD 033)

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

STEFANI arr Morini: Amante felice; MONTEVERDI arr Morini: Sì dolce è'l tormento; CACCINI arr Morini: Tu ch'hai le penne, Amore - Marco Beasley (ten), Accordone (Alpha 508)

G GABRIELI: Sonata pian e forte - Canadian Brass & Berlin Philharmonic Brass (CBS MK 39035)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (vln/dir) (Opus 111 OPS 10-009)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (rec 1993) (RCA 82876 60388)

NZ performers and composers

CARR: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics - Schola Polyphonica, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

EDWARDS: Piano Trio - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D017)

MENOTTI: Sebastian, Suite - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7005)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9148)

KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

GOLDMARK: Third movement, Serenade, from Rustic Wedding Symphony - Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS 1842)

WAGNER trans Liszt: Spinning chorus, from The Flying Dutchman - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

RESPIGHI ed di Vittorio: Aria for strings - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572332)

DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Renée Fleming (sop), London SO/Georg Solti (Decca 455 760)

6:00 CHABRIER orch Mottl: Bourrée fantasque - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-1568)

KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (DG 477 8770)

MACCUNN: The ship o' the fiend - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66815)

MENDELSSOHN arr Piatti: Song without Words Op 19/6, Venetian gondola song - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

MCLEOD: The Skye Boat Song - Royal Scottish National Chorus & Orch/Alexander Gibson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2087)

JEFFES: Lifeboat (Lovers Rock) - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Penguin Cafe DPC 098)

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8:00 Pierrot Lunaire

Madeleine Pierard (sop), Stroma/Hamish McKeich

EISLER: 14 Arten den Regen zu beschreiben; WEBERN: String Trio Op 20; SCHOENBERG: Pierrot Lunaire (rec in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington, by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G; Variations for clarinet & string quartet; String Sonata No 3 in C; Serenata; String Sonata No 6 in D; Variations for clarinet & chamber orchestra - Dimitri Ashkenazy (cl), Bologna State Theatre Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 701)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion; ROTA: Concerto for strings; WAXMAN: Sinfonietta for string orchestra & timpani; HEIDEN: Concertino for string orchestra - Lothar Hensel (bandoneón), Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (Capriccio 10 565)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

El Cancionero de Medinaceli

Instrumental and vocal music from P Guerrero, F Guerrero, Cebrián, de Morata, de Cabezón, de Cristo & Mudarra - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8764)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

C SCHUMANN: Three Preludes & Fugues Op 16; BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann Op 9; SCHUNCKE: Grande Sonata in G minor Op 3; SCHUMANN: Toccata Op 7; Songs of Dawn Op 133 - Sylviane Deferne (pno) (CBC MVCD 1078)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

Landmarks

ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4; MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wedding March; OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffman, Intermezzo and Barcarolle; KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Sabre Dance; ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ, Poco adagio; OFFENBACH: Gaité Parisienne, Can-Can; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo; KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia; GINASTERA: Estancia, Malambo - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

6:00 CANNABICH: Symphony No 49 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - members of the Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66226)

DELIBES arr Grafe: Les filles de Cadix - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

BALAKIREV: Islamey - Gary Graffman (pno) (Sony S2K 94737)

LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

7:00 QUILTER: A Children's Overture - Light Music Society Orch/Vivian Dunn (EMI CDM 7 64131)

KREISLER arr Terracini: Schön Rosmarin - Murray Khouri (cl), Prague Metropolitan Orch/Paul Terracini (Continuum CCD 1080)

JOPLIN: The Entertainer; The Cascades - Morten Gunnar Larsen (pno) (Decca 460 499)

BERLIOZ arr Barton/Sinozich: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath, from Symphonie fantastique - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Patrick Sinozich (pno) (Cedille CDR 90000 041)

LIADOV: Polonaise in C Op 49, In memory of Pushkin - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHMIDT: Notre Dame, Act 1, Interlude - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.570828)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)

DONIZETTI trans Stees: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Barrick Stees (bsn), Sylvia Norris (harp) (Claves CD 50-9815)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Leichtes Blut - Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2; Lilacs Op 21/5 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (Telarc CD 80489)

Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 421 065)

The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

New Zealand String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, in Eb Op 127; in F Op 135; in A minor Op 132 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

DOWLAND: I saw my lady weep; Can she excuse my wrongs? - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute) (Hyperion CDA 68007)

Semper Dowland semper dolens - Paul O'Dette (lute) (Harmonia Mundi 90 7515)

Flow, my tears - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Dunford (lute) (Hyperion CDA 68007)

The Earl of Essex Galliard; A Coye Joye; Mrs Vaux's Gigge; Mrs Winter's Jump; Lady Clifton's Spirit - Paul O'Dette (lute) (Harmonia Mundi 90 7515)

BIZET: Farandole, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - National Orch of France/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDZ 7 62503)

RUBINSTEIN: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op 10/9, Allegro scherzoso - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.223846)

SCHUBERT trans anon: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Vera Nakariakova (pno) (Teldec 0630 15687)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8303)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

PABST: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty after Tchaikovsky; FAURÉ trans Wild: Après un rêve; WILD: Hommage à Poulenc - Earl Wild (pno) (rec 1995) (Sony SK 62036)

PUCCINI: La Rondine, Act One

Magda.............................. Angela Gheorghiu

Ruggero............................ Roberto Alagna

Prunier.............................. William Matteuzzi

Lisette.............................. Inva Mula

Rambaldo......................... Alberto Rinaldi

Yvette............................... Patrizia Biccire

Bianca.............................. Patrizia Ciofi

Suzy.................................. Monica Bacelli

Gobin................................ Toby Spence

Périchaud......................... Riccardo Simonetti

London Voices, London SO/Antonio Pappano (rec 1996) (EMI 5 56338)

NZ performers and composers

MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture & Ballet Music - Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)

A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

COLLET: Symphonie de l'Alhambra - Royal SO, Seville/Gary Brain (Claves CD 50-9801)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Tatiana Porshneva (vln), Russian National Orch/Carlo Ponti (PentaTone PTC 5186 378)

STÖLZEL arr anon: Bist du bei mir, from the Anna Magdalena Notebook - Gábor Boldoczki (tpt), Soma Dinyés (org) (Sony 88697 72418)

BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Michael Stewart (organ of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Private)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

6:00 BUCHARDO: Argentinian Scenes - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

BRAGATO: Graciela y Buenos Aires - Benoît Loiselle (cello), Les Violons du Roy/Jean-Marie Zeitouni (ATMA SACD 2 2399)

GINASTERA: Five Canciones populares argentinas Op 10, Chacarera; Sad; Zamba; Lullaby; Cat - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67186)

PIAZZOLLA arr Toker/Dobal: Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Gustavo Toker (bandoneón), Pablo Dobal (pno) (Vanguard Classics 99155)

AGUIRRE arr Ansermet: Two Argentinian Dances, La huella; El gato - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

Pathétique

Thomas Goss looks at Tchaikovsky's sixth & last symphony as a snapshot of a very busy, practical composer at the height of his craft, seeking new ways to intrigue and provoke his growing audience (RNZ)

Early and Baroque Music

Seven programmes

(5) BBC Singers/Andrew Carwood

CORNYSH: Salve Regina; TAVERNER: Western Wynde Mass; CORNYSH: Ave Maria; HORWOOD: Magnificat; LAMBE: Nesciens mater virgo virum; WYLKYNSON: Salve Regina (recorded in St Paul's Knightsbridge, London by the BBC)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in A G475 - Enrico Bronzi (cello/dir), Verona Accademia i Filarmonici (Brilliant Classics 92618)

SOLLIMA arr Birchall: Violoncelles, vibrez! - Cellophony (Edition Classics EDN 1047)

BRAHMS: Fantasies Op 116 - Martin Tchiba (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72562)

SALIERI: Triple Concerto - Béla Bánfalvi (vln/dir), Lajos Lencsés (ob), Károly Botvay (cello), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 530)

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

11:00 PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata in D Op 94a - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Angela Yoffe (pno) (BIS SACD 2032)

GLAZUNOV: String Quartet No 2 in F Op 10 - Utrecht String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1237)

Disc 1

YOUNG: Symphony; Virgen de la Esperanza; Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2027)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano; Images; Berceuse héroïque; Elégie; Six épigraphes antiques - Boris Berman (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9294)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

DU MONT: Motets, Christus natus est nobis; Domine salvum fac regem; Seigneur, ma puissance supreme; Quand l'esprit accable; Tristitia vestra; Bernardus Doctor; Cantate domino; Santa Caecilia; In lecturo meo; Credidi propter; O panis angelorum; Laudibus cives; Panis angelicus; O domine Deus; Laudemus dominum; Domine Salvum fac regem; Litanies de la vierge - Concert Royal of Nancy/Rene Depoutot (ADDA 581034)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

ARENSKY: Piano Concerto in F minor; Fantasia on Russian Folksongs; BORTKIEWICZ: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb - Stephen Coombs (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Hyperion CDA 66624)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

MARAIS: Suite in D; Suite in G; Suite in D for Robert Visée; Suite in D; Twenty Couplets - Hille Perle (vla da gamba), Lee Santana (lute) (DHM 82876 58791)

6:00 F-AD PHILIDOR: Tom Jones, Overture - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.573066)

MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Paul Goodwin (ob), King's Consort/Robert King (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66380)

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

BALAKIREV: Impromptu on two Preludes by Chopin - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67803)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Orpheus CO (DG 435 390)

7:00 WAGNER: Entry of the Guests, from Tannhäuser - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

FRANÇAIX: Concertino for piano & orchestra - Philippe Cassard (pno), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67384)

FAURÉ: Fantaisie Op 79; Berceuse in D Op 16 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Hélène Couvert (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 110 401)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor S359/2 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 724)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Plácido Domingo (ten), Los Angeles Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 415 366)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar, from Caucasian Sketches Op 10 - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

HILL arr Stiles: Valse Triste - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Hill Records 001)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Berlin Deutsches SO/Yutaka Sado (Challenge CC 72356)

PLATTI: Oboe Concerto in G minor - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Walter Susskind (Kiwi SLD 66)

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Morceaux de Salon Op 2, Prélude; Danse orientale - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 (rev version 1931) - Denis Matsuev (pno) (RCA 88697 15591)

Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Boris Berezovsky (pno), Ural Phil/Dmitri Liss (Mirare MIR 019)

The Complete Piano Sonatas & String Quartets

New Zealand String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 130; in C# minor Op 131 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

See www.radionz.co.nz/beethoven

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Ab Op 32/2 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Lise Berthaud (vla), Adam Laloum (pno) (Aparté AP 069)

MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Imogen Cooper, Alfred Brendel (pno duo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 476 209-5)

MARTINU: Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano - Joel Marangella (ob), Charmian Gadd (vln), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Kathryn Selby (pno) (Naxos 8.553916)

HANDEL: Art thou troubled? from Rodelinda - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London SO/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1946) (Decca 475 078)

SIBELIUS: Romance in Db Op 24/9 - Roger Woodward (pno) (RCA SPCD 1198)

WEILL arr Moore: The Weill Song - Dudley Moore (vocalist/pno) (EMI)

CORELLI: Trio Sonata in A minor Op 1/4, Church Sonata - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 414)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - London SO/István Kertész (rec 1965) (Decca 443 765)

Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1977) (EMI CDM 7 69005)

NZ performers and composers

BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier (RNZ)

WEBER: Jubel Overture - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1760)

FALLA arr Kochanski/Maréchal/Maisky: Suite populaire espagnole - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

SULLIVAN: Dance of the Nymphs & Satyrs, from L'Ile Enchantée - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223003)

TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Dejan Ivanovic (gtr) (Naxos 8.557038)

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

6:00 TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - John Wallace (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1757)

BOUGHTON: Three Songs without Words - Sarah Francis (ob), members of Rasumovsky Quartet (Helios CDH 55174)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 62/1, May breezes - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)

HOLST: Two Songs without Words Op 22 - English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

WIENIAWSKI: Romance sans paroles et Rondo élégant Op 9 - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (2L 30)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Glennie: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Evelyn Glennie (marimba), National Phil/Barry Wordsworth (RCA 60242-2-RC)

Tristan & Isolde

Wagner ushered in a new musical era and took the human voice to new limits in 1865 with this story of forbidden love. Erica Challis takes us through this great opera ahead of a concert performance in Auckland on Saturday week (RNZ)

Diana Doherty (ob), Christchurch SO/Tom Woods

FARR: The Nor'West Arch; STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D; STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring (recorded in the New Zealand Airforce Museum, Wigram, Christchurch by RNZ)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor K310 - Christian Blackshaw (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0061)

KRAUS: Symphony in Eb VB144 - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.553734)

REICHA: Quintet in Bb for bassoon & string quartet - Karl-Otto Hartmann (bsn), Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 742)

LOTICHIUS: Symfonietta for strings - Prima la musica/Dirk Vermeulen (Brilliant Classics 9158)

11:00 TOURNIER: Suite for flute, harp & string trio Op 34 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

TANEYEV: Piano Trio in D Op 22 - Anna Zassimova (pno), Albrecht Breuninger (vln), Bernhard Lörcher (cello) (CPO 777 793)

Disc 1

SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC Music BBC MM 218)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor; HARWOOD: Sonata No 1 in C# minor; PARRY: Chorale Prelude; STATHAM: Rhapsody on a Ground; WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn Melody; ELGAR arr Gower: Enigma Variations, Nimrod; MENDELSSOHN: First movement, from Organ Sonata in A Op 65/3; MENDELSSOHN arr Best: War March of the Priests; SUMSION: Ceremonial March - Robert Costin (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Kiwi Pacific CD TRL 076)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: Trios, No 40 in F# minor, Op 73/3; No 37 in D, Op 71/3; No 36 in Eb Op 71/2 - Jérome Hantaï (fpno), Philippe Couvert (vln), Alix Verzier (cello) (Naïve E 8811)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Prelude in Eb minor; Geistliches Lied, Mein Jesu; Chorale Prelude, Wir glauben all' an einen Gott; Chorale from Easter Cantata; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor; BYRD: Pavan, The Earl of Salisbury & Galliard; CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary; SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux, No 3 in F minor; CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 17/4; TCHAIKOVSKY: Chant sans paroles; DUPARC: Extase; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Czech Phil, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (London 448 946)

6:00 CAMPAGNOLI: Divertimento for solo violin Op 18/7 - Angèle Dubeau (vln) (Analekta AN 2 8741)

IRELAND orch Bridgewater: Two Salon Pieces, Menuetto-Impromptu; Villanella - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7215)

ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

HANDEL: Chaconne in G HWV435 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

DAMASE: Sicilienne variée - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

CHAMINADE: Flute Concertino Op 107 - Susan Milan (fl), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8840)

7:00 MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

STATHAM: Pastorale - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

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

STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Arleen Augér (sop), Irwin Gage (pno) (CBS MK 42447)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Folksong Preludes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

JC BACH: Concertino in Bb for organ & strings - Johannes Geffert (org), Johann Christian Bach Akademie/Ingeborg Scheerer (dir) (Audite 20.002)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Elena Riu (pno) (Linn CKD 111)

HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

TRAD arr Russell: Three Celtic Pieces, Spatter the dew; Neil Gow's lament for the death of his second wife; The bucks of Oranmore - John Couch (gtr) (Private)

GODARD: Suite No 1, from the opera Jocelyn Op 100 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7291)

GROVLEZ: Sicilienne et Allegro giocoso - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

SPOHR: Introduction & Festmarsch in D - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67939)

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

Lord, now lettest thou (Nunc dimittis); Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O virgin Mother of God); Blessed art thou, O Lord, from Vespers Op 37 - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 1206)

Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Moscow Phil/Kirill Kondrashin (Melodiya MEL CD 10 00840)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1959)

BLANC: Septet in E Op 40 - members of Octuor de France (Calliope CAL 9384)

ELLER: Lyrical Suite - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian - Brigitte Engerer (pno), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Andrea Quinn (Mirare MIR 079)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

GRAINGER ed Fennell: A Lincolnshire Posy - United States Marine Band/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.573121)

MOERAN: Rhapsody No 2 in E - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573106)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D minor Kk10; in C minor Kk11; in G minor Kk12 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75401)

LEGRAND arr Ekdahl: Chanson des jumelles - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Margareta Bengtson (vocalist), Carl Bagge (pno), Mats Bergström (gtr), Per Ekdahl (drums), Olle Linder (dbass), Karl Olandersson (tpt), Magnus Wiklund (tbn), Pär Grebacken (saxes) (Naïve V 5343)

FIELDS/MCHUGH: Porgy; Diga Diga Do - Chris Barber (tbn), Lonnie Donegan (banjo), Micky Ashman (dbass), Ron Bowden (drums) (rec 1955) (Lake LACB 235)

DUBERY: Suite, from Degrees of Evidence - John Turner (rec), Richard Simpson (ob), Richard Williamson (vla) (Metier MSV 28523)

HAYDN: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 60602)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

GRANADOS: Goyescas - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (rec 1989-1990) (RCA RD 60408)

NZ performers and composers

MARSHALL arr McNeff: L'Homme Armé Variations - Philharmonia à Vent Wind Orch/John Boyd (Klavier K 11150)

BACH: Peasant Cantata BWV212 - Pepe Becker (sop), David Morriss (bass), Baroque Players (Atoll ACD 506)

SIBELIUS: The Dryad Op 45/1; Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Robert Farley (tpt), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 67128)

ALBÉNIZ: Tango Op 164 - Louise Bessette (pno) (Analekta AN 2 9963)

COPLAND: The promise of living, from The Tender Land - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

MOERAN: Whythorne's Shadow - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573034)

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)

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

GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Reid Nibley (pno), Utah SO/Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard Classics 08 4051 71)

6:00 TRAD arr Crespo: Battle of Jericho - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

GIBBS: Almayne, from Four Harmonisations for String Orchestra - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (vln/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67093)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (EMI 5 57916)

LAURIDSEN: O Nata Lux - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.559304)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - French National Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Brilliant Classics 6980)

DONIZETTI: Oboe Concertino in F - Günther Passin (ob), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek (Koch Schwann 311 121)

IRELAND: Decorations - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553889)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franci (Decca 417 721)

The Critic's Chair

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

Diálogos, The Music of John Psathas

PSATHAS arr Chris Mason-Battley Group: Improv One (on Songs for Simon for piano & tape); Improv Two (on The Posse, from Good for Nothing); Improv Three (on Fragments); Improv Four (on Inferno from Three Psalms); Improv Five (on Calenture); Improv Six (on Waiting Still); Improvisation, The Joker; Improv Seven (on Drum Dances IV); MASON-BATTLEY: Tahuna Caravan Park (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

WALDTEUFEL: The Skaters, Waltz - National Phil/Douglas Gamley (Decca 460 400)

SCHUBERT: 17 Ländler D366 - Cordelia Williams (pno) (Somm SOMM CD 0127)

ZÁDOR: Divertimento for Strings - Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572549)

RR BENNETT: Seven Country Dances, A new Dance; Lady Day; The Ladies' misfortune; Enfield Common; The Czar of Muscovy; The mulberry garden; Nobody's jig - Amy Dickson (soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

ELGAR: Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

11:00 JUON: Quintet in F Op 44 for violin, two violas, cello & piano - Oliver Triendl (pno), Carmina Quartet (CPO 777 507)

REGER: Serenade in D Op 77a for flute, violin & viola - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 553)