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Saturday 20 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

The Stars are Comforting

The letters of Beatrice Hill Tinsley (1941-1981)

Her research into the Evolution of Galaxies made Beatrice Tinsley a giant of 20th century astronomy. Throughout her life Beatrice also played her violin and wrote home to her family

Twenty programmes, with letters edited by Theodora Lee-Smith and read by Tina Regtien

(14) Annie Cannon Prize in Astronomy, visit to sister in Huancayo, research at Cambridge, end of marriage, job offers, farewells; 1974 (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; orch Voss: Opening sketch of "Scottish" Symphony; Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor; Hebrides Overture - Roberto Prosseda (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 1525)

2:10 approx - Disc 2

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19; GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Jamie Walton (cello), Daniel Grimwood (pno) (Signum SIGCD 172)

3:05 approx - Disc 3

VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (contralto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

4:15 approx - Disc 4

GLASS: Violin Concerto No 2, The American Four Seasons - Robert McDuffie (vln), London Phil/Marin Alsop (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0072)

4:55 Approx - Disc 5

TOURNIER: Suite for flute, harp & string trio Op 34; SCHMITT: Suite en rocaille Op 84; PIERNÉ: Variations libres et finale Op 51; FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio; ROUSSEL: Serenade Op 30 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning

6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

PROKOFIEV arr Heifetz: Masks, from Romeo & Juliet - Gil Shaham (vln), Orli Shaham (pno) (Artemis ATM CD 1555)

SAEVERUD: Small Bird Waltz Op 18/2 - Stavanger SO/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS CD 1032)

GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

HOLZBAUER: Symphony in A Op 2/4 - Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (dir) (CPO 999 585)

CHOPIN: Impromptu No 1 in Ab Op 29 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

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

7:00 FERLENDIS: Oboe Concerto No 3 in C - Diego Dini Ciacci (ob/dir), Haydn Orch (CPO 777 368)

MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - World Orch for Peace/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 6937)

RUBINSTEIN: Kamennoi-Ostrov Op 10/17, Allegro non troppo - Joseph Banowetz (pno) (Naxos 8.223847)

GOUNOD: Soldiers' chorus, from Faust - Bavarian Radio Chorus & Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 266)

DANZI ed Klug: Variations on a theme by Mozart - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

SIBELIUS trans Virtanen: Three Late Fragments - BBC Phil/John Storgårds (Chandos CHAN 10809)

DVORÁK arr Schubert Ensemble: Songs my mother taught me Op 55/4 - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10719)

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Ballet Music No 2 in G - Das Neue Orchester/Christoph Spering (Opus 111 OPS 30-192)

8:00 SULLIVAN: Ruddigore, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

BRAHMS: Third movement, Allegretto grazioso, from Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10844)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Jérôme Pernoo (cello), Elisabeth Rigollet (pno) (Calliope CAL 9837)

BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

IRELAND: Legend - Piers Lane (pno), Ulster Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 67296)

9:00 AM. Best of Upbeat

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

10:00 AM. Your Choice

JOYCE: Bohemia - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223694)

DUBERY: Night Songs, One night in December; Evening in April; June evening; An August midnight - Adrienne Murray (mezzo), Michael Cox (fl), David Dubery (pno) (Metier MSV 28548)

WILD: Variations on an American theme, Doo-Dah Variations - Earl Wild (pno), Des Moines SO/Joseph Giunta (Chesky CD 98)

DELL'ACQUA: Villanelle - Rita Streich (sop), RIAS SO, Berlin/Kurt Gaebel (rel 1955) (DG 457 729)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in B minor BWV544, from Musikalischer Parnassus - Paul Rosoman (organ of Old St Paul's, Wellington) (Prestant Records PRE 002)

WATTS arr Norton: Jesus shall reign - St Michael's Singers, Coventry/Paul Leddington-Wright, David Poulter (org), Grant Kirkhope (tpt), Frank Mizen (tbn) (Kingsway KMCD 582)

MOZART: Church Sonata in C K263 - Ian Watson (org), Classical Orch of The King's Consort/Robert King (dir) (Hyperion CDH 55314)

GESUALDO: Tirsi morir volea ... Frenò Tirsi il desìo; Mentre mia stella miri, from Madrigals, Book 1 - Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara/Sergio Vartolo (hpschd/dir), Loredana Gintoli (harp) (Brilliant Classics 92635)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 696)

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

Noon The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

This week's best-selling CDs

1:00 PM. New Jazz Archive

Ten programmes of interviews with some of jazz's big musical thinkers, vibrant biographies and carefully-crafted playlists that represent the full gamut of jazz's rich history

(6) Chet Baker

This week it's the brilliant and tumultuous life of Chet Baker. Biographer James Gavin talks about Chet's life and music, from his unlikely breakthrough as one of the most popular trumpeters of the 1950s to the drug addiction which nearly unraveled his career. And we'll explore Chet's surprising, controversial work as a jazz vocalist and trace his role in bringing new life to one of jazz's most treasured standards (PRX)

2:00 PM. Global Sounds

Indigenous music from around the world

3:00 PM. Saturday Concert

Pettman/Royal Overseas League Scholarship 2013

Semi-final, Part 1 of 2

ARENSKY: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 32; PSATHAS: Helix Tarantismo - Akato Trio: Kent Isomura (pno), Shauno Isomura (vln), Jesbery Hartono (cello)

BEN-HAIM: Canzona; SCHUMANN: First & Third Pieces, Zart und mit Ausdruck; Rasch und mit Feuer, from Three Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Duo Cecilia: Lucy Gijsbers (cello), Andrew Atkins (pno)

HAYDN: First movement, Andante, from Piano Trio in G HobXV/25, Gypsy; LIEBERMANN: Second & Fourth movements, from Flute Trio No 1 Op 83 - Balaenae Trio: Lauren Grout (fl), Catherine Kwak (cello), Cherry Ngan (pno) (recorded in the Dr John Gallagher Concert Chamber, Performing Arts Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton by RNZ)

3:50 PM. A Little Campanology

DVORÁK: Symphony No 1 in C minor, The Bells of Zlonice - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 478 6757)

PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 7, La Campanella - Massimo Quarta (vln/dir), Orch of the Carlo Felice Theatre, Genoa (Dynamic CDS 260)

A WILLIAMS: Poem of the Bells Op 60 - Valentín Surif (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223800)

ALFVÉN: The Bells Op 13 - Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (bar), Gävle SO/Stefan Parkman (Sterling CDS 1036)

DEMACHI: Sinfonia in F, Le campane di Roma - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 3 63430)

6:00 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: String Trio (1945) - Helene Pohl (vln), Gillian Ansell (vla), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) (Naxos 8.573079)

REBER: Remembrance - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in D, Il Combattimento delle passioni umani - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

7:00 PM. Vocalied

GOUNOD: The worker; A lay of the early spring; My true love hath my heart; O happy home! Oh blessed flower!; The fountain mingles with the river; Maid of Athens; Beware!; The arrow and the song; Ilala (Stances à la mémoire de D Livingstone); If thou art sleeping, maiden - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66801/2)

HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes; Paysage; Rêverie; Offrande, Mai; Infidelité; Seule; Les Cygnes; Trois jours de vendange - Felicity Lott (sop), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Susan Bickley (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67141/2)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Opulence

Eldar Nebolsin (pno), New Zealand SO/Michael Stern

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44; RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite; STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

10:00 PM. Day's End

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Ehnes Quartet (Onyx 4121)

BANTOCK: Hebridean Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

11:00 EICHNER: Oboe Concerto in C - Kurt Meier (ob), Northern Sinfonia of London/Howard Griffiths (Pan 510 088)

PEJACEVIC: Piano Trio in C Op 29 - Andrej Bielow (vln), Christian Poltéra (cello), Oliver Triendl (pno) (CPO 777 419)

Sunday 21 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D, Paris; Andante from K297; Symphony No 35 in D, Haffner; Symphony No 36 in C, Linz - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Josef Krips (Philips 426 063)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerti, No 7 in A minor RV497; No 8 in F RV485; No 27 in Eb RV483; No 3 in C RV478; No 2 in A minor RV498; No 9 in C RV480; No 24 in Bb RV502 - Daniel Smith (bsn), Zagreb Soloists/Tonko Ninic (ASV CD DCA 975)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

VARIOUS: Popular arias & folksongs - Dmitri Hvorostovsky (bar), Various orchestras & conductors (Philips 454 395)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

ROSSINI: 14 Pieces from Sins of Old Age - Alberto Portugheis (pno) (ASV CD DCA 901)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

KRAUS: Symphony in D, Sinfonia da chiesa; Symphonies, in C# minor; in C; in C minor, Symphonie funebre - Concerto Cologne (Capriccio 10 430)

6:00 AM. Sanctuary

RACHMANINOV arr Vale: Mass in Bb - Choir of All Saints, Margaret Street/Paul Brough (Priory PRCD 860)

M SHEPPARD: The Soul Rests Eternal, excerpts - English CO/Steve Sidwell, Caroline Dale (cello) (Signum SIGCD 232)

BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Sony 88697 72728)

G JACKSON: Justorum animae; Vidi aquam; In all his works - Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh/Duncan Ferguson, Nicholas Wearne (org) (Delphian DCD 34106)

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 10, The Lord is my light - Elizabeth Poole (sop), Andrew Murgatroyd (ten), BBC Singers, Orch of The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (BBC Music BBC MM 301)

7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

8:00 AM. Grace Notes

MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Concerto Cologne/Anton Steck (Archiv 477 5800)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 466 357)

ELGAR: There is sweet music - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

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

VERACINI: Fourth movement, Largo, from Violin Sonata in A Op 2/6 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Catherine Rimer (cello), Thomas Dunford (theorbo), Christian Curnyn (hpschd/dir) (Decca 476 434)

SPOHR arr Wojciechowski: Adagio in F, from Sonata Concertante Op 115 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Edward Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10703)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 66650)

9:00 AM. Composer of the Week

Michael Stewart takes a look at the life and music of CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) (RNZ) (R Mon 7.00pm)

Magnificat No 2 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16109)

Jubilet; Exulta filia Sion - Maria Cristina Kiehr (sop), Concerto Soave/Jean-Marc Aymes (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1680)

10:00 AM. Brilliant Brass

In this six-part series David Bremner and friends take a closer look at those brilliant brass instruments

(3) Today's programme is all about the euphonium and David's studio guest is current Kiwi euphonium star Byron 'Buzz' Newton (RNZ)

11:00 AM. The Works

RODRIGO: Concierto madrigal - Amadeus Guitar Duo, Internationale Phil/Horst-Hans Bäcker (Hänssler CD 98.598)

JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta Op 60 - Band of the Castle Guards and Police of the Czech Republic, Prague Radio SO/Tomás Netopil (Supraphon SU 4131)

Noon The Critic's Choice

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

MOZART: Divertimento in F K253 - Scottish CO Wind Soloists (Linn CKD 479)

WALTON: Cello Concerto - Paul Watkins (cello), BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA 5153)

CHOPIN: Three New Etudes Op posth - Zlata Chochieva (pno) (Piano Classics PCL 0068)

1:00 PM. Vintage Years

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons - orch/Alexander Glazunov (rec 1927) (EMI CDC 5 55223)

FORTNER: Concerto for violin & large chamber orchestra - Gerhard Taschner (vln), South West German Radio Orch/Hans Rosbaud (rec 1950) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 642 1443)

2:00 PM. The Sunday Feature

Don Quixote

The fanciful adventures of Cervantes' deluded knight Don Quixote and his hapless squire Sancho Panza have inspired painters, filmmakers, composers and philosophers ever since the Spanish Golden Age. Presented by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Young New Zealand

26th Gisborne International Music Competition, 2014

Four programmes

(2) CASSADO: Requiebros - Caleb Wong (cello), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

BACH: Third & Fourth movements, Siciliano; Allegro assai, from Flute Sonata in E BWV1035; REINECKE: First, Third & Fourth movements, from Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Hugh Roberts (fl), Sarah Watkins (pno)

BACH: First & Second movements, Prelude; Allemande, from Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Heather Lewis (cello)

MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191; NUSSIO: Variations on an Arietta by Pergolesi - Justin Sun (bsn), Sarah Watkins (pno)

YSAŸE: Sonata in D minor for solo violin Op 27/3, Ballade; BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem - Wendy Kong (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno) (recorded in the Lawson Field Theatre, Gisborne by RNZ)

4:20 PM. 20th-Century Finns

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - BBC Phil/John Storgårds (Chandos CHAN 10809)

RAUTAVAARA: Canticum Mariae Virginis - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 1223)

5:00 PM. New Horizons

Ten programmes

(3) With William Dart (R Tues 7.00pm) (RNZ)

6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Euroradio Opera Season

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Enchantress, an opera in four acts

Prince Nikita Kurlyatev................... Vladislav Sulimsky

Princess Yevpraksiya Romanovna... Agnes Zwierko

Prince Yuriy..................................... Maxim Aksenov

Mamïrov........................................... Vladimir Ognovenko

Nenila............................................... Hanna Schwarz

Ivan Zhuran...................................... Martijn Cornet

Nastasya............................................ Asmik Grigorian

Foka.................................................. Martin Snell

Polya................................................. Natalia Kawalek-Plewniak

Balakin............................................. Erik Arman

Potap................................................. Stefan Cerny

Lukash.............................................. Vasily Efimov

Kichiga............................................. Nikolay Didenko

Payísy............................................... Andreas Conrad

Kudma.............................................. Martin Winkler

Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, ORF Radio SO, Vienna/Mikhail Tatarnikov (recorded in the Theater an der Wien, Vienna by Austrian Radio)

9:00 PM. From the New Zealand Collection

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

DVORÁK: The Wood Dove Op 110 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

RODGERS: Some enchanted evening, from South Pacific - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Civic Theatre Orch/Russell Channell (Columbia 475 545)

K YOUNG: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

10:00 PM. Day's End

DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3882)

KARAINDROU: Ulysses' Theme, Litany, from Ulysses' Gaze - Kim Kashkashian (vla), Andreas Tsekouras (accordion), String Orch/Lefteris Chalkiadakis (ECM 1570)

11:00 J WILLIAMS: Aeolian Suite - John Williams (gtr), orchestral accompaniment/William Goodchild (Sony SK 60586)

PUCCINI: String Quartet in D - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Juliette Hurel (fl), Arnaud Thorette (vla), Christine Icart (harp) (Zig Zag ZZT 110 401)

FARR: A Horizon from Owhiro Bay; BODY: The Street Where I Live; PSATHAS: Sleeper - Jack Body (narrator), Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Rattle RAT D046)

Monday 22 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

ALWYN: Symphony No 3; Violin Concerto - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9187)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

TELEMANN: Sonata Corellisante No 1 in F; Sonata Corellisante No 2 in A; Canonic Duo No 1 in G; Sonata Corellisante No 3 in B minor; Canonic Duo No 2 in G minor; Sonata Corellisante No 4 in E; Canonic Duo No 3 in D; Sonata Corellisante No 5 in G minor; Canonic Duo No 4 in D minor; Sonata Corellisante No 6 in D - Micaela Comberti (vln), Jane Coe (cello), Nicholas Parle (hpschd), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0549)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31; Les Illuminations for tenor & strings Op 8; Nocturne for tenor, seven obbligato instruments & strings Op 60 - Peter Pears (ten), Barry Tuckwell (horn), London SO, English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 153)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

SNYDER: Who's sorry now?; DINICU arr Walton: Hora staccato; KREISLER arr Walton: Praeludium & Allegro; GARDNER: Mild & bitter; CAVALLINI: Adagio & Tarantella; ITURRALDE: Pequeña Czarda; PHILIPS: Clarinet Cadenza; BOTSFORD arr Walton: Black & white rag; DEMERSSEMAN: Fantasy on an original theme; FA SCHUBERT: The bee; RAMEAU arr Mule: Gavotte, from Le Temple de la Gloire; HERBERT: Punchinello; MATITIA: Devil's rag; SHAPIRO/CONNELLY/CAMPBELL: If I had you; CURZON: Clarinetto con moto; DRASKOCZY: Dances from Transylvania; CAVALLINI: Serenata; RAVEL: Piece in the form of a Habanera; MONTI: Czárdás; BENDIX: The butterfly; GABRIEL-MARIE arr Woody Herman: Golden Wedding - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

BACH trans Stokowski: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565; Air on the G string, from Orchestral Suite No 3; Fugue in G minor, Little Fugue BWV578; Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208; Prelude in B minor, from BWV869; Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV582; Siciliano, from BWV1017; Mein Jesu, from BWV487; Chorale from the Easter Cantata; Adagio in C, from BWV564; Komm süsser Tod BWV478; Wir glauben all' an Einen Gott, Giant Fugue BWV680 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9259)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 SMETANA: The Fisherman - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10413)

CARULLI: Les Folies d'Espagne Op 75 - Nicola Jappelli (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94917)

WAGNER arr Moinet: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Céline Moinet (cor anglais), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)

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

STANFORD: Jig, from Six Irish Fantasies - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.572452)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet before parting, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 61 in D HobXVI/51 - Gottlieb Wallisch (pno) (Linn CKD 464)

GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Gala Cakewalk, Finale, from Cakewalk Ballet - Louisville Orch/Akira Endo (Albany TROY 016)

7:00 WAXMAN: Suite from Captains Courageous - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80682)

PAGANINI: Caprice No 24 in A minor, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

ERNST: La Romanesca - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 894)

SOUTULLO: The Legend of the Kiss, Intermezzo - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

REBAY: Little Variations on a theme from Chopin's Preludes Op 28 - Luigi Magistrelli (cl), Massimo Laura (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94171)

POULENC: Trois mouvements perpétuels - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell (cl), Rachel Gough (bsn), Richard Watkins (horn), Chris West (dbass), members of the Allegri String Quartet chamber ensemble (Cala CACD 1018)

ROSSINI: Tancredi, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BEACH: Dreaming Op 15/3 - members of Ambache (Chandos CHAN 10162)

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

KOCH: Rumba Flamenca - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

SAINT-SAËNS: French military march, from Algerian Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5104)

HANDEL: Mr Handel's Water Piece - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

BARTÓK arr Székely: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)

GLINKA arr Balakirev: The Lark - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63884)

LEHÁR: Clo-Clo, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

9:00 Composer of the Week

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

Vespers of 1610, Part 1 - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato 3984 23139) (Part 2 will be broadcast tomorrow at the same time)

10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

Five by Five

Five lunch-time concerts featuring the 5th symphonies of five different composers played by the New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

(1) BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture Op 62; Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2014 New Zealand Festival by RNZ)

10:55 The Works

FASCH: Bassoon Sonata in C - Epoca Barocca (CPO 777 204)

RAVEL: Boléro - Czech Phil/Libor Pesek (Supraphon SU 4132)

GÁL: Piano Trio in G Op 49b - Karin Adam (vln), Christoph Stradner (cello), Doris Adam (pno) (Camerata CMCD 28149)

WOLF-FERRARI: Venetian Suite Op 18 - Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer (CPO 777 567)

12:00 Recent Releases

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 - Mariinsky Orch/Valery Gergiev (Mariinsky MAR 0524)

KUZMIN: Masquerade - Mila Shkirtil (mezzo), Karelia State Phil, Petrozavodsk/Yuri Serov (Naxos 8.573192)

SCRIABIN: Fantasy in B minor Op 28 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.571302)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

SULLIVAN: Iolanthe, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

MOZART: Der Hölle Rache, from The Magic Flute - Lucia Popp (sop), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 67388)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Takako Nishizaki, Alexander Jablokov (vlns), Capella Istropolitana/Oliver von Dohnányi (Naxos 8.550194)

SCOTT: First movement, Canticle of Brother Sun, from Missa Gaia/Earth Mass - Susan Osborn (vocalist), Paul Winter (sax), Chorus & Choristers of Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, Paul Winter Consort/Gil Robbins, Paul Halley (Living Music LMU 02)

DELIUS: Violin Sonata No 2 - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (Conifer 75605 51315)

G GABRIELI: Quem vidistis pastores? - Thomas Elias (treble), Charles Brett (countertenor), William Kendall, Peter Hall (tens), Ian Caddy (bass), Richard Farnes, Stephen Layton (orgs), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury (Argo 417 468)

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

2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (rec 2013) (Decca 478 5334)

LISZT: Comment, disaient-ils; S'il est un charmant gazon - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (rec 1986) (DG 419 238)

HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in B minor Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8507)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

MCLEOD: Childhood - 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

UTTING: Spirals - Zealand SO/David Atherton (RNZ)

5:00 FALLA: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Spanish Dance - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Praga PRD 350 064)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Christian Poltéra (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS SACD 1947)

BIZET arr Salzedo: Carmen, Pas de deux - City of Prague Phil/Julian Bigg (Dutton CDLX 7151)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

VIVALDI trans Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

6:00 FIBICH: Theme & Variations in Bb - Panocha Quartet (Supraphon SU 3470-2 131)

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Cleveland Pops Orch/Louis Lane (Sony MLK 64060)

LECUONA: Afro-Cuban Dances - Thomas Tirino (pno) (BIS CD 794)

O BULL: Los Recuerdos de la Habana - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

BROUWER: Canción de cuna - Vicente Coves (gtr) (Naxos 8.572527)

7:00 PM. Composer of the Week

Michael Stewart takes a look at the life and music of CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) (RNZ)

Stracciami pur il core; O rossignol; Se per estremo ardore, from Madrigals Book 3 - Claudio Cavina (countertenor/dir), La Venexiana (Glossa GCD 920 910)

Sestina, Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, from Madrigals Book 6 - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 68019)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Anniversary Celebration 2014

Jayne Tankersley (sop), Jessica Shaw (rec), Sally Tibbles (fl), NZ Barok

HANDEL: Sinfonia; Comfort ye; Every valley; Pifa; Rejoice greatly, from Messiah; TELEMANN: Recorder Concerto in C; QUANTZ: Flute Concerto in D QV5/45; HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera by RNZ)

9:20 PM. Schubert Strings

String Quartet No 1 in G minor/Bb D18 - Diogenes Quartet (Brilliant Classics 94463)

Violin Sonatina in A minor D385 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5082)

10:00 PM. Day's End

SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Suite No 1 - Lahti SO/Okko Kamu (BIS SACD 1945)

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

REALI: Capriccio Primo - Stravaganza (Aparté AP 073)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in Eb G317 - Luigi Puxeddu (cello), I Virtuosi della Rotonda (Brilliant 94961)

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67896)

Tuesday 23 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

KABALEVSKY: Cello Concerto No 2; GLAZUNOV: Chant du Menstrel for cello and orchestra; KHACHATURIAN: Cello Concerto - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8579)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BOCCHERINI: Violin Sonatas Op 5 Nos 1-6 - Ilio Barontini (hpschd), Marco Fornaciari (vln) (Florentia Musicae FLO 69001)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BRAHMS: Lieder - Elly Ameling (sop), Rudolf Jansen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66444)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

IRELAND: A sea idyll; On a birthday morning; Soliloquy; Two pieces, April; Bergomask; Spring will not wait; Two pieces, February's child; Aubade; Ballade of London nights; Month's mind; Three pastels, A Grecian lad; The boy bishop; Puck's birthday; Columbine; Sarnia - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9250)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

MADETOJA: Comedy Overture; Symphony No 3 in A; Okon Fuoko Suite No 1; Ostrobothnians Suite - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9036)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 RAMEAU: Platée, Overture to Act One - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

ELGAR: Spanish Serenade Op 23 - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

BIBER: Battalia in D - Baroque Band/Garry Clarke (dir) (Cedille CDR 90000 116)

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

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 423 116)

7:00 NIELSEN: Pan and Syrinx - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions)

ADDINSELL: Tune in G - Roderick Elms (pno), BBC Concert Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 634)

SARASATE: Habañera Op 21/2 - Julia Fischer (vln), Milana Chernyavska (pno) (Decca 478 5950)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SMK 63087)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Pilgrim Pavement - Carys Lane (sop), Frances Jellard (contralto), Richard Hickox Singers, Malcolm Hicks (org)/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9666)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

PROKOFIEV: Gavotte, from Hamlet Op 77b - Boris Berman (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9017)

KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

ARRIEU: Sonatine for flute & piano - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

STRAUSS: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

SHEARING: Lullaby of Birdland - 2013 New Zealand National Youth Choir/David Squire (RNZ)

GROFÉ: Sunrise, from Grand Canyon Suite - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80474)

9:00 Composer of the Week

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

Vespers of 1610, Part 2 - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Erato 3984 23139)

10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

Five by Five

Five lunch-time concerts featuring the 5th symphonies of five different composers played by the New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei

(2) SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture; Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2014 New Zealand Festival by RNZ)

10:55 The Works

DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No 2 in Eb minor Op 26 - Gottlieb Wallisch (pno), Enso Quartet (Naxos 8.570572)

MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 15 in D minor Op 38 - Russian Federation Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

12:00 Recent Releases

MENDELSSOHN: Three Caprices Op 33 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68098)

STANFORD: Songs of the Sea Op 91 - Mark Stone (bar), London Chorus, BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (BBC MM 382)

MOZART: Divertimento in Eb K252 - Scottish CO Wind Soloists (Linn CKD 479)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Maria João Pires (pno), Swedish Radio SO/Daniel Harding (Onyx 4125)

TARRAS: Bb minor Bulgar - David Mueller-Cajar (hn), Tim Emerson (pno) (Private)

GILBERT/WAYNE: Ramona, from Too Many Girls - George Shearing (pno) (Concord CCD 4318)

TURINA: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 82, Spanish - David Peralta Alegre (vln), Ana Sánchez Donate (pno) (Verso VRS 2039)

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

2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MARTINU: Frescoes of Piero della Francesca - Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (rec 1959) (Supraphon SU 3684-2 011)

BRITTEN: Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo - Peter Pears (ten), Benjamin Britten (pno) (rec 1954) (Decca 425 996)

RESPIGHI: Three Botticelli Pictures - Argo CO/László Heltay (rec 1978) (Decca 443 759)

4:05 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

WAGNER: Sonata for Mathilde Wesendonck's Album - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

GOSS: Tane & the Kiwi, from a story by Alwyn Owen - Jennifer Moss (narrator), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

5:00 A THOMAS: The Golden Web, Overture - Victorian Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Somm SOMMCD 0123)

FALLA arr Pekker: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

TELEMANN: Sinfonia melodica in C TWV50/2 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (DG 477 5923)

PARRY: Jerusalem - Choir of Westminster Abbey, Chapel Royal, London Chamber Orch/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Decca 276 842)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in C Kk133 - Duanduan Hao (pno) (Naxos 8.573288)

ANDERSON: Bugler's Holiday - Susan Slaughter, Roger Grossheider, Thomas Drake (tpts), Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

GADE: Capriccio in A minor - Hideko Udagawa (vln), Philharmonia/Martyn Brabbins (Signum SIGCD 224)

6:00 FOULDS: An Arabian Night - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton CDLX 7252)

TÁRREGA: Arab Caprice - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)

RAVEL: Shéhérazade - Stuttgart Radio SO/Stéphane Denève (Hänssler CD 93.087)

La Flûte enchantée, from Sheherazade - Renée Fleming (sop), Radio France Phil/Alan Gilbert (Decca 478 3500)

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

HOSSEIN: Shahriar's palace, from Sheherazade - Nuremberg SO/Alexander Rahbari (Colosseum COL 9035)

AMIROV/NAZIROVA: Third movement, from Piano Concerto after Arabian themes - Farhad Badalbeyli (pno), Royal Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.572666)

7:00 PM. Appointment

New Horizons

Ten programmes

(3) With William Dart (RNZ)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Amanda Atlas (sop), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Jubilate Singers, Consortia, Christchurch City Choir, Melbourne Youth Orch, Christchurch Symphony/Tom Woods

MAHLER: Symphony No 2 in C minor, Resurrection (recorded in the New Zealand Air Force Museum, Wigram by RNZ)

9:30 PM. Haydn Keyboard

Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Denis Kozhukhin (pno) (Onyx 4118)

Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/10 - Bartolozzi Trio (Naxos 8.573128)

10:00 PM. Day's End

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

ROSETTI: Horn Concerto in E K3/44 - Barry Tuckwell (horn/dir), English CO (EMI CD EMX 9514)

FAURÉ: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (Supraphon SU 3899)

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Symphony in Ab Op 118a - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (vln/dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34313)

BOELLMANN: Piano Quartet in F minor Op 10 - Chia Chou (pno), Trio Parnassus, Gérard Caussé (vla) (MDG 303 1755)

Wednesday 24 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

JOSEPHS: Fanfare; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor; DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor - Margaret Fingerhut (pno), London SO/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 379)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

LISZT: Legend No 2, St Francis de Paul marchand sur les flots; Piano Sonata in B minor; Grande Etude de Paganini No 3, La Campanella; Nuages Gris; Romance Oubliée; La Lugubre Gondola 2; En Rêve; Valse de l'Opera Faust - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1446)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

PEÑALOSA: Missa Ave Maria Peregrina; Sacris Solemnis; Missa Nunea fue pena mayor - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 66629)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

MAHLER: Symphony No 7 in B minor - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 447 756)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Water Music HWV348-350; Il pastor fido HWV8c, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (Sony SK 68257)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 HANDEL arr Pinnock: Sento la gioia, from Amadigi di Gaula HWV11 - Alison Balsom (tpt), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (EMI 4 40329)

GODOWSKY: Two Waltz Poems - Nazrin Rashidova (vln), Roderick Chadwick (pno) (Naxos 8.573058)

PUCCINI rev Chailly: Scherzo - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 320)

HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dances Nos 1 & 2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman (sops), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5134)

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

F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67440)

TICKELL/TRAD: Early Air/Tullochgorum - Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes), The Side, Bradley Creswick (vln) (Resilient 162524)

7:00 MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Divertimento in F K247 - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

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

WEBER arr Quartetto Gelato: Presto giocoso, from Concert Piece in F minor Op 79 - Quartetto Gelato (QG 2 70025)

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

PÄRT: Hymn to a Great City - Michael McHale (pno) (Louth CMS LCMS 901)

PARKER: Radio City, from A Londoner in New York - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Claves CD 50-8503)

8:00 Beauty Spot: HAWES: Fair Albion - Prague SO/Patrick Hawes (Signum SIGCD 178)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The vagabond, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)

HEINICHEN: Concerto in F, from Dresden Concerti S231 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 437 549)

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jerry Hadley (ten), Thomas Hampson (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi (Erato 3984 26499)

BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO 22581 CD)

MARQUEZ: Conga del fuego nuevo - Simón Bolìvar SO/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

9:00 Composer of the Week

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

Il Ballo delle Ingrate

Cupid................................ Francesca Russo Ermolli

Venus............................... Rosa Dominguez

Pluto................................. Daniele Carnovich

Shades in Hades............... Alessandro Carmignani, Gianluca Ferrarini, Paolo Fanciullacci, Roberto Abbondanza

Four Ingrate Souls............ Elisa Franzetti, Rosa Dominguez, Francesca Russo Ermolli, Alessandro Carmignani

Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111 OPS 30-196)

Volgendo il ciel, from Madrigals, Book 8 - Katherine Watson, Anna Dennis (sops), Thomas Walker, Samuel Boden (tens), Callum Thorpe (bass), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 68019)

10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

Five by Five

Five lunch-time concerts featuring the 5th symphonies of five different composers played by the New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

(3) TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2014 New Zealand Festival by RNZ)

11:00 The Works

HINDEMITH: Six Chansons - SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart/Marcus Creed (Hänssler CD 93 295)

SCHARWENKA: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 32 - Alexander Markovich (pno), Estonian National SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10814)

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - English SO/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1751)

12:00 Recent Releases

RAVEL: La Valse - Paris National Opera Chorus & Orch/Philippe Jordan (Erato 0825 646166848)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Lisa Shklyaver (cl), Jos van Immerseel (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 358)

POULENC: Seven Songs, The white snow; Barely disfigured; On a new night; Every right; Beautiful & lifelike; Marie; Gleaming - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.572978)

TANSMAN: Violin Sonatine No 1 - Klaidi Sahatçi (vln), Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.573127)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jerry Hadley (ten), St Cecilia Academy Orch/Leonard Berstein (DG 427 034)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 478 2596)

K JENKINS: The Shepherd; Nunc dimittis, from The Healer, A Cantata for St Luke - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (DG 479 3232)

GLASS arr Arizcuren/Ravenstijn: Symphony for eight - Conjunto Ibérico/Elias Arizcuren (Ibérico CX 4005)

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

2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SCHUBERT: Die schöne Müllerin D795 - Olaf Bär (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (rec 1986) (EMI CDC 7 47947)

4:15 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

COATES: Dam Busters March - Christchurch SO/Brian Law (SCL 1999a)

A RITCHIE: Viola Sonata Op 64b - Donald Maurice (vla), Emma Sayers (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 113)

ELGAR: Characteristic Pieces Op 10, Mazurka; Sérénade Mauresque; Contrasts: The Gavotte - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

5:00 GERSHWIN arr Brahn: I got rhythm, from Girl Crazy - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (DG 457 667)

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

RUBINSTEIN arr Müller-Berghaus: Valse Caprice in Eb - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea; Silent Noon - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56830)

TURINA: Sevillana Op 29 - Rovshan Mamedkuliev (gtr) (Naxos 8.573179)

KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

6:00 DUFF: Meath Pastoral - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

ANON arr Southgate/Rawson: English Dompe; Ballo Milanese; Galliarda Sexta - Bruce McKinnon, Jeremy Fitzsimons (perc), Saxcess (Private)

CHABRIER: Scherzo-valse, from Ten Picturesque Pieces - Laurent Martin (pno) (Ligia LIDI 020 1205-09)

MASCAGNI: L'Amico Fritz, Intermezzo - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

VASKS: Sanctus, from Mass - Latvian Radio Choir, Sinfonietta Riga/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 1106)

KHACHATURIAN: First movement, Allegro con fermezza, from Violin Concerto in D minor - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (EMI CDC 7 47087)

TRAD arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private)

ALAIN: Litanies - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)

7:00 PM. Appointment

In November last year William Dart delivered the 2014 Lilburn Lecture hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library. As a writer, editor, critic, educator, broadcaster and composer, William Dart brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his commentaries on New Zealand music. His lecture is entitled Signatures and Footprints (recorded in the Adam Concert Room, Wellington by RNZ)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Deutsche Welle Festival

Thirteen programmes

(10) Beethoven Symphonies at Beethovenfest, Bonn

City of Birmingham SO/Andris Nelsons

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21; Symphony No 2 in D Op 36; Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (recorded at Beethoven House, Bonn by West German Radio/WFMT)

10:00 PM. Day's End

LAURIDSEN: Les Chansons des Roses - Polyphony/Stephen Layton, Morten Lauridsen (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67580)

KOEHNE: Time is a River - Sue-Ellen Paulsen (cello), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 481 1480)

SCHMITT: Pièces romantiques Op 42 - Alain Raës (pno) (Solstice FYCD 920)

FUCHS: Andante grazioso & Capriccio Op 63 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

RIES: Flute Quartet in C Op 145/1 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Viola de Hoog (cello) (Vivat 107)

Thursday 25 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphonies, No 5 in Bb, No 8 in B minor (completed Newbould); Entr'acte Music No 1; Ballet Music No 2, from Rosamunde - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Charles Mackerras (Virgin 7 59273)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Concerto in A minor for keyboard, flute & violin BWV1044, Triple Concerto; Keyboard Concerto in D BWV1054; Concerto in F for keyboard and 2 recorders BWV1057; Keyboard Concerto in G minor BWV1058 - Gabriel Tacchino, Bruno Rigutto, Jean-Philippe Collard, Michael Beroff (pnos), Jean-Jacques Kantorow (vln), Philippe Bernold, Emmanuelle Reville (fls), Paris Orch Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez (EMI CDC 5 55059)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BRUCKNER: Te Deum; Mass in D minor - Joan Rodgers (sop), Catherine Wyn-Davies (contralto), Keith Lewis (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66650)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

FANTINI: Trumpet Sonatas, No 1, del Colloreto; No 3, del Niccolini; No 8, del Nero; TARTINI: Concerto in D; FRANÇAIX: Sonatine; ARBAN: Fantasy & Variations on Acteon; ENESCU: Legend; HÖHNE: Slavonic Fantasy; GOEDICKE: Concert Etude; EBEN: Chagall Windows - John Wallace (tpt/cornet), Meyrick Alexander (bsn), Simon Wright (pno/hpschd/org) (EMI CDC 5 55086)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from The Sleeping Beauty; Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker; GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1; BRAHMS: Tragic Overture; STRAUSS: Dance of the Seven Veils, from Salome; Don Juan - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 417 788)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Matthew Op 4/5 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

OFFENBACH: Valse de rayons, from Le Papillon - London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 411 956)

BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in F BuxWV265 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0784)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Paris CO/Thomas Zehetmair (Naïve V 5345)

GLAZUNOV: Rêverie Op 24 - Felix Klieser (horn), Christof Keymer (pno) (Berlin Classics 030 0530 BC)

SMETANA: Polka, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

7:00 SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

LEBEDEV: Concerto Allegro - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Saori Tomidokoro (pno) (BIS 2144)

KODÁLY: Adagio - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

GRIEG: Arabian Dance, from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 208)

KERLL: Batalla Imperial - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AV 9801)

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

ROSSINI orch/arr Respighi: Galop, from La Boutique fantasque - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 455 983)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BARBER: Agnus Dei - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

HUBAY ed Huszár: Poèmes Hongrois Op 27/1 & 6 - Péter Bársony (vla), Márta Gulyás (pno) (Hungaroton Classic HCD 32626)

BRITTEN: Rhapsody - Emperor Quartet (BIS SACD 1870)

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

LAI arr Russell: Where do I begin, from Love Story - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10723)

SUK: Love Song Op 7/1 - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10826)

MAHLER: Blumine, symphonic movement - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (MDG 937 1804)

9:00 Composer of the Week

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

Orfeo, excerpts, Toccata; Prologue; Act 1, Vieni, Imeneo; Act 2, Ahi Casi acerbo!; In un fiorito prato; Act 3, Possente spirto; Ritornello

Orfeo................................ Laurence Dale

Messenger........................ Jennifer Larmore

Music................................ Efrat Ben-Nun

Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8002)

Arianna's Lament, Lasciate mi morire!, from Arianna - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Jakob Lindberg (theorbo) (DG 457 617)

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, excerpts, Sinfonia; Act 4 sc 3: Ecco l'arco d'Ulisse

Penelope........................... Bernarda Fink

Pisandro............................ Dominique Visse

Anfinomo......................... Mark Tucker

Antinoo............................ David Thomas

Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs

L'Incoronazione di Poppea, excerpts, Act 2 sc 3: Amici, è giunta l'ora; Act 3, Final duet: Pur ti miro

Seneca.............................. Michael Schopper

The Family....................... Dominique Visse, Gerd Türk, Andreas Lebeda

Poppea.............................. Danielle Borst

Nerone.............................. Guillemette Laurens

Concerto Vocale/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8002)

10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

Five by Five

Five lunch-time concerts featuring the 5th symphonies of five different composers played by the New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

(4) SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 in D minor Op 47 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2014 New Zealand Festival by RNZ)

11:00 The Works

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Michael Collins (cl), Paul Watkins (cello), Ian Brown (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10825)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - fifteen piece instrumental ensemble/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42431)

12:00 Recent Releases

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68029)

RODE: Violin Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 3 - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Jena Phil/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.572755)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

DELERUE: Rich and Famous, Suite - studio orchestra/Georges Delerue (Varese Sarabande VSD 5241)

STRAUSS: Der Abend Op 34/1 - Latvian Radio Choir, Accentus/Laurence Equilbey (Naïve V 5194)

VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor, La Follia RV63 - Sooyun Kim (fl), Yehonatan Berick (vln), Eric Kim (cello), Alessio Bax (hpschd) (Music@Menlo 2011/1)

GUERRERO: Villancico, Si la noche haze escura - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Maite Arruabarrena (mezzo), Carlos Mena (countertenor), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Jordi Savall, Sergei Casademunt (vle da gamba) (Alia Vox AVSA 9889)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein - Emil Gilels (pno) (DG 419 162)

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

2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

PFITZNER: Palestrina, Preludes to Acts 1, 2 & 3 - German Opera Orch/Christian Thielemann (rec 1995) (DG 449 571)

PALESTRINA: Missa Ecce ego Johannes - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/James O'Donnell (Rec 1999) (Hyperion CDA 67099)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

GIULIANI: Variations Op 24a - Amalia Hall (vln), David Starobin (gtr) (Bridge Records BRIDGE 9418)

BACH: Fugue in Bb BWV954 - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Trust MMT 2024)

BODY: Ramandriana, from Three Transcriptions - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 118)

BIZET: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 475 459)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 19/6, Venetian gondola song - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

DVORÁK: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BUNCH: Velocity - Marya Martin (fl), Colette Valentine (pno) (Naxos 8.559629)

5:00 DELIUS: Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

TRAD arr Harty: Londonderry Air - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 7033)

ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

SCHUBERT trans anon for cello: Ständchen D957/4; An die Musik - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

GERSHWIN arr Arnold: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

BORODIN arr Black: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Royal Phil/Stanley Black (Decca 444 614)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - John Wallace (tpt), Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (Nimbus NI 1757)

6:00 HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Orpheus CO (DG 435 390)

MOERAN: Lonely Waters - Rebekah Coffey (sop), Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.573034)

DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)

TRAD arr Sjolund: Afton Water - Rebekah Cowland (vocalist), Briar Paul (fl), Shona Murray (pno), New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1993-1994/Roger Stevenson (Private)

MUSTONEN: Frogs Dancing on Water Lilies - Martti Rousi (cello), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Olli Mustonen (Ondine ODE 974)

SALZEDO: Jeux d'eau Op 29 - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome - Royal Phil/Josep Caballé-Domenech (Onyx 4083)

7:00 PM. Appointment

Celluloid Circus

Wayne Brittenden delves into the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, an integral part of Kiwi cultural life between 1925 and 1970 (RNZ)

8:00 PM. Music Alive

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19; BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

9:35 PM. Following the Seasons

PIAZZOLLA: Invierno porteño; Primavera porteña - Maristella Patuzzi (vln), Floraleda Sacchi (harp) (Decca 481 1489)

ALBÉNIZ: The Seasons - Juan José Mudarra Gámiz (pno) (Naxos 8.573293)

10:00 PM. Day's End

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite - Chicago SO/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 85974)

J STRAUSS II arr Trojahn: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Thomas Christian Ensemble (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1590)

JC BACH: Symphony in Eb Op 18/1 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS SACD 2098)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 71/1 - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 - Philip Dukes (vla), Kungsbacka Piano Trio (Naxos 8.573223)

Friday 26 June 2015

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Disc 1

BERNSTEIN: Candide, Overture; FRANCK: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra; HOLST: The Planets Op 32 - Howard Shelley (pno), London SO/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 382)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BLISS: Introduction & Allegro; Concerto for cello & orchestra; Meditations on a Theme by John Blow - Robert Cohen (cello), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Argo 443 170)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

Choruses & Lieder by Boulanger, Hensel, C Schumann - Christine Friedek (sop), Regine Böhm, Mitsuko Shirai (mezzos), Bernhard Gärtner (ten), Hartmut Höll, Sabine Eberspächer (pnos), Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelman (Bayar BR 100 041 CD)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerti, No 3 in Bb; No 11 in Eb; J STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto in Bb; C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 10 in Bb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF/Iona Brown (EMI CDC 7 54842)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

BACH: Partitas, No 5 in G BWV829; No 3 in A minor BWV827; No 6 in E minor BWV830 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 415 493)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning with Rick Young

6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in G Wq183/4 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS SACD 2098)

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

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Jakob Lindberg (lute), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 290)

SCHOLES: Memory - New Zealand SO/Peter Scholes (SOUNZfine Vol 3)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Trio Latitude 41 (Eloquentia EL 1129)

GERMAN: The Tempter, Incidental music - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

7:00 WEBER: Preciosa, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

SARASATE: Zapateado Op 23/2 - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (Canary Classics CC 07)

SCHNITTKE: Clowns and Children - Berlin Radio SO/Frank Strobel (Capriccio 71 061)

WIDOR: Romance, from Suite Op 34 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Jasper de Waal (horn), Frank van de Laar (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34014)

SVENDSEN: Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

8:00 Beauty Spot: FOULDS: Second movement, Adagio molto, from Cello Concerto in G Op 17 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Bournemouth SO/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7284)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in B minor Op 32/10 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67700)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Lorenzo Gatto (vln), Pelléas CO/Benjamin Levy (Zig Zag ZZT 354)

VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in F G432 - Sarah Francis (ob), Allegri String Quartet (Decca 433 173)

WALDTEUFEL: Très jolie Waltz - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

9:00 Composer of the Week

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, from Madrigali guerrieri Book 8 - Françoise Semellaz (sop), Adrian Brand (ten), Nicolas Revenq (bass), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMA 195 1426)

Mass for 4 voices a capella, from Selva morale e spirituale - Cantus Cologne/Konrad Junghänel (dir), Alexander Weimann (org)

Magnificat No 1, from Selva morale e spirituale - Cantus Cologne, Concerto Palatino/Konrad Junghänel (lute/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1718.20)

10:00 AM. Weekday Classics with Clarissa Dunn

Five by Five

Five lunch-time concerts featuring the 5th symphonies of five different composers played by the New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei

(5) SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite; Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington at the 2014 New Zealand Festival by RNZ)

10:55 The Works

M HAYDN: String Quintet in Bb MH412 - Salzburg Haydn Quintet (CPO 777 907)

HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in A - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 10374)

12:00 Recent Releases

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona nobis pacem - Sarah Fox (sop), Christopher Maltman (bar), Colorado Symphony Chorus & Orch/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 68096)

BRIAN: Symphony No 28 in C minor - New Russia State SO/Alexander Walker (Naxos 8.573408)

1:00 Afternoon Requests

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Sony 88430 82522)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk96 - Scott Ross (hpschd) (Erato ECD 75404)

BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasia Op 80 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Mahler CO (Sony 88843 05886)

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

2:00 PM. Upbeat with Eva Radich

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

3:00 PM. Classic Afternoons with David Morriss

CD Masters

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti; L'abbandono; Malinconia, ninfa gentile - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (rec 1996) (Decca 455 513)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in C HobXV/C1 - Beaux Arts Trio (rec 1977) (Philips 432 062)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans, Gottfried von der Goltz (dirs) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)

4:00 Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

CARR: Waiheke Island - Amoris Consort (Amoris AR 1002)

PÄRT: Piano Sonatas, Op 1/1 & 2 - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

LILBURN: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

5:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 2, excerpts - Novosibirsk Phil/Arnold Katz (Harmonia Mundi RUS 788164)

M-A CHARPENTIER arr Held: Second Air de Trompette, from Two Triumphal Airs - Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Läubin (tpts), Norbert Schmitt (timp), Simon Preston (org) (DG 419 245)

ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto - Isador Goodman (pno), Melbourne SO/Patrick Thomas (DG 423 772)

MERTZ: Bardic Sounds, Book 2, Abendlied; Unruhe; Elfenreigen - Graziano Salvoni (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94473)

STRAUSS: Im Abendrot, from Four Last Songs - Anna Netrebko (sop), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 479 3964)

SMETANA: Prague Carnival - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10413)

6:00 KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (Oehms OC 861)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2194)

GRAINGER: Country Gardens - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1767)

RODRIGO: Music for a Garden - Granada City Orch/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1764)

READE: The Victorian Kitchen Garden, Suite - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10637)

EASDALE ed Lane: Kew Gardens, Suite - BBC Welsh National Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10636)

7:00 PM. Sound Lounge with Kate Mead

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