Schedules for 16 - 22 April, 2016

Fearful Symmetries

Eleven programmes celebrating each decade of the twentieth century; Roger Smith along with a selection of New Zealand experts survey musical landmarks and innovative movements in the arts.

(1) 1900-1909: The New Century (RNZ)

1:30 approx - Disc 1

GOODWIN: Theme from 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Puppet Serenade; New Zealand Suite; Arabian Celebration; Venus Waltz; Prisoners of War March; Minuet in Blue; Theme from The Trap; Girl with a Dream; Theme from Lancelot & Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

2:40 approx - Disc 2

STRIGGIO: Ecce beatam lucem; Missa Ecco sì beato giorno; GALILEI: Contrapunto Secondo; STRIGGIO: Fuggi, spene mia; O giovenil ardire; Altr'io che queste spighe; D'ogni gratia et d'amor; O de la belle Etruria invitto Duce; Caro dolce ben mio; Miser'oimè; Spem in alium (Sarum plainchant); TALLIS: Spem in alium - I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Decca 478 2734)3:50 approx - Disc 3

DECRÜCK: Sonata in C#; DELVINCOURT: Croquembouches; SANCAN: Lamento et Rondo; Maurice: Tableaux de Provence; Köchlin: Etudes for saxophone and piano Op 188; DESENCLOS: Prélude, Cadence et Finale - Claude Delangle (sax), Odile Delangle (pno) (BIS CD 1130)

5:05 approx - Disc 4

RAWSTHORNE: Bagatelles; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Delius; HOUGH: Valse Enigmatique Nos 1 & 2; ELGAR: In Smyrna; REYNOLDS: Two Poems in Homage to Fauré; BANTOCK arr Hough: Song to the Seals; BOWEN: Reverie d'amour Op 20/2; Serious Dance Op 51/2; The way to Polden (an ambling tune) Op 76; BRIDGE: The Dew Fairy; Heart's Ease; LEIGHTON: Six Studies (Study-Variations) Op 56 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67267)

6:00 PURCELL: Abdelazer, incidental music - Theatre of Early Music (Analekta AN 2 9948)

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 050 502)

SARASATE: Fantasy on Mozart's Don Giovanni Op 51 - Volker Reinhold (vln), Ralph Zedler (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm 903 1909)

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

CPE BACH: Trio Sonata in A Wq146 - Alexis Kossenko (fl), Les Ambassadeurs (Alpha Alpha 821)

7:00 DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)

HUBAY: Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen - Livia Sohn (vln), Benjamin Loeb (pno) (Naxos 8.570202)

RAVEL: Rapsodie espagnole - Lyon National Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.572887)

PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango - François Salque (cello), Vincent Peirani (accordion), Tomás Gubitsch (gtr) (Zig Zag ZZT 322)

HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 3 - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

8:00 SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Resonance CD RSN 3023)

RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance, Homage to Manuel de Falla - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 423 626)

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

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

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 50/6, Frog - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)

GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (BIS SACD 2120)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Boston SO/Andris Nelsons (BSO Classics 1401)

FINZI: Eclogue Op 10 - Martin Jones (pno), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5665)

GLASS: Movement 3, from Symphony No 9 - Bruckner Orch, Linz/Dennis Russell Davies (Orange Mountain Music 0081)

LISZT/MENTER orch Tchaikovsky: Concerto in the Hungarian Style - Leslie Howard (pno), Budapest SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Hyperion CDA 67403/4)

SCHUBERT: Mass No 6 in Eb D950 - Susan Gritton (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist (tens), Matthew Rose (bass), Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0750)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

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

Indigenous music from around the world

Karen Grylls 30th Anniversary Concert

Auckland Chamber Choir, Alumni Choir, Accord/Karen Grylls, Robert Wiremu, Megan Flint

FINZI: My spirit sang all day; HAMILTON: Didn't it rain; TRAD arr Erb: Shenandoah; TRAD arr Mews: Come all you tonguers; TRAD arr Wiremu: Good news!; DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Host (première performance); LAURIDSEN: Soneto de la noche; BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; LOOMER: Frobisher Bay; KAASININ: Emoni ennen; TRAD arr Rapana: Si manu; WEHI/HAPPY: Aio (recorded in Old St Mary's Church, Parnell by RNZ)

LEWIS: Norfolk Idyll - Rachel Smith (fl), Jenny Broome (harp) (Campion CAMEO 2030)

WHITACRE: The River Cam - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Loveliest of trees; When I was one-and-twenty; Look not in my eyes; Think no more, lad; The lads in their hundreds; Is my team ploughing? - Mark Stone (bar), Stephen Barlow (pno) (Stone Records 780024)

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

Eight programmes

This series guides listeners down an historical path, tracing the evolution of jazz from its beginnings up until the end of the 20th century. Music specialists discuss an era of their expertise and perform music from that decade. We learn about how jazz developed structurally and harmonically and find out about the stories and social context behind the music

(7) The 1980s: Digital

The development of digital technology and how this influenced composition, arrangements and the sound of jazz styles - from soul jazz to jazz rock and smooth jazz - with session host and drummer, Reuben Bradley (recorded in the Wellington Museum by RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - Ogen Trio (Atoll ACD 108)

GRANDJANY: Children's Hour Suite - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

HILL: String Quartet No 15 in A minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.573416)

7.00 Upbeat's Eva Radich talks to Nicola Benedetti and Leonard Elschenbroich about the pressures of having both a creative and personal relationship and how that impacts on their performance of Brahms' Double Concerto

7:30 Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Nicola Benedetti (vln), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart

LILBURN: Festival Overture; BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102

(interval - Peter Watts introduces the Eroica Symphony)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (RNZ)

RESPIGHI: The Birds - I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato ECD 75366)

MARAIS: Variations on Les folies d'Espagne - Jean-Louis Charbonnier, Paul Rousseau (vlas da gamba), Mauricio Buraglia (theorbo), Pierre Trocellier (hpschd) (Ligia LIDI 030 1195-08)

POULENC: Concerto in D minor for two pianos - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pno duo), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10875)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Violin Sonata in A minor - Rupert Marshall-Luck (vln), Matthew Rickard (pno) (EMR Records EMRCD 006)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 - Tetzlaff Quartet (Avi Music AVI 8553260)

Disc 1

ROSSINI orch Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; BIZET: L'Arlesienne Suite No 2; Jeux d'Enfants - Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (CBS MDK 46508)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

KRAUS: Sinfonies in C minor; in Eb; in C; in D - Concerto Cologne (Capriccio 10 396)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MONTSALVATGE: Five Negro Songs; OBRADORS: Classical Spanish Songs Vol 1; GURIDI: Six Castilian Songs; RODRIGO: Four Sephardic Songs; GRANADOS: Tonadillas - Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2038)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

TAGELL: Flamenco; CASSADÓ: Solo Suite; de FALLA arr Pekkera: Spanish Dance; arr Piatigorsky: Ritual Fire Dance; RACHMANINOV: Oriental Dance Op 2/2; POPPER: Gnomentanz Op 50/2; Mazurka Op 11/3; Gavotte Op 23; Menuetto Op 65/2; Tarantella Op 33; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rose: Valse sentimentale in F minor Op 51/6; PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango - Maria Kliegel (cello), Bernd Glemser (pno) (Naxos 8.550785)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

DIEPENBROCK: The Birds, Overture; Concert Suite, Marsyas; Hymn for violin & orchestra; Electra, Symphonic Suite - Emmy Verhey (vln), Residentie Orch, The Hague/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Kyrie; O vos imitatores - Sequentia/Benjamin Bagby (DHM 88765 46864)

TSABROPOULOS: Chant - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))

DUBRA: Ubi caritas - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67799)

AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St John Op 4/8 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

CHILCOTT: Peace Mass - Cotswold Children's Choir/Hilary Tadman-Robins, Philip Ledger (pno) (Cotswold CCC 0401)

BACH: Cantata No 103, Ye shall weep and lament - William Towers (countertenor), Mark Padmore (ten), Julian Clarkson (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 107)

RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep; STONE: The Lord's Prayer - Caroline Ashton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)

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

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English CO/Barry Rose (EMI 5 57231)

GRIEG: Fourth movement, Air, from Holberg Suite - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

DRING: Second movement, Andante semplice, from Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 456 245)

HAWES: Fair Albion - Prague SO/Patrick Hawes (Signum SIGCD 178)

STANFORD: The blue bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)

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

HAHN arr Hazell: A Chloris - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 - Ludus Baroque/Richard Neville-Towle (Delphian DCD 34110)

BACH arr Krivokapic/Cerovic: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808 - Montenegrin Guitar Duo (Naxos 8.573473)

GURIDI: Ten Basque melodies - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557110)

RHEINBERGER: Clarinet Sonata Op 105a - Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (cl), Hans Eijsackers (pno) (Challenge CC 72505)

O DAVIS: Flight, Concerto for violin & strings - Kerenza Peacock (vln), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

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

Nine concerts, hosted by David Garland, from the music room at The Frick, the former New York residence of industrialist Henry Clay Frick

(8) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Alexei Grynyuk (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A, Op 69; Mark SIMPSON: Night Music; RACHMANINOV: First movement, Lento-Allegro moderato, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (American Public Radio)

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BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Pittsburgh SO/Manfred Honeck (Reference Recordings FR 718 SACD)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 - Cecilia String Quartet (Analekta AN 2 9844)

Elgar conducts Elgar

TRAD arr Elgar: God Save the Queen - with the Philharmonic Choir, London SO (rec 1928) (EMI CDS 7 54564)

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - with London SO (rec 1930) (EMI CDS 7 54560)

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Performer Michael Hurst and writer Ken Larsen explain to Matthew Crawford the timeless appeal of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets (RNZ)

Adam Walker (fl), Sistema Aotearoa students, Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

CORIGLIANO: The Pied Piper; Scheherazade (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Heinz Holliger (ob), Anton Kernjak (pno) (ECM 2395)

Ten programmes hosted by William Dart. This week he features a couple of recent releases from Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, which look back at old, unreleased and demo items. Then he pays tribute to Merle Haggard.

(7) Costello, Dylan, Haggard (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(16) DONIZETTI: L'Elisir d'Amore, a comic opera in two acts

Adina........................... Aleksandra Kurzak

Nemorino..................... Vittorio Grigolo

Sergeant Belcore.......... Adam Plachetka

Dr Dulcamara.............. Alessandro Corbelli

Giannetta..................... Anne-Carolyn Bird

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Enrique Mazzola (EBU)

LILBURN: Prelude & Fugue in G minor, Antipodes - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)

FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Steven Isserlis (cello), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (RCA 09026 68049)

CHEN/HE trans Xuefei Yang: Falling in love, from Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 2 06322)

A NEWMAN arr Morley: Cathy's Theme, from Wuthering Heights - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

WAGNER: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

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

KARLOWICZ: Serenade in C Op 2 - Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572274)

REICHA: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 89 - Charles Neidich (cl), L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 57968)

VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

Disc 1

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture; Sadko Op 5; Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 30; Symphony No 3 in C - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), Bergen Phil/Dmitri Kitajenko (Chandos CHAN 9229)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

MOZART: Concerto in Bb for bassoon & orchestra K191; HUMMEL: Concerto in F for bassoon & orchestra; JOLIVET: Concerto for bassoon, harp, piano & string orchestra; FRANÇAIX: Divertissement for bassoon & string quartet - Dag Jensen (bsn), Cologne Radio SO/Werner Andreas Albert (Capriccio 10579)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a new song; HOLMAN: Night Music; SOMERS: Trois Chansons de la Nouvelle-France; COULTHARD: Quebec May - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orch/Elmer Iseler (CBC SMCD 5115)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

COATES: Knightsbridge; FLETCHER: Bal Masque; BUCALOSSI: The Grasshopper's Dance; WOOD: Barwick Green; HARTLEY: Rouge et Noir; FARNON: The Peanut Vendor; FRANKEL: Carriage and Pair; WOOD: The Horse Guards, Whitehall; DUNCAN: Little Suite, March; BINGE: Sailing By; VINTER: Portuguese Party; RICHARDSON: Beachcomber; FINCK: In the Shadows; DOCKER: Tabarinage; KETÈLBEY: Sanctuary of the Heart; FARNON: The Westminster Waltz; ELGAR: Carissima; WILLIAMS: Girls in Grey; WHITE: The Runaway Rocking-Horse; CURZON: March of the Bowmen - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

6:00 DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 20 in G Op 49/2 - Martin Roscoe (pno) (Deux-Elles DXL 1162)

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

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Waltz No 3 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV447 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 674)

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

7:00 G GABRIELI: Canzona XVIII - Empire Brass & Friends (Telarc CD 80204)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in Bb Op 2/3 - Farran Scott, Rachel Harris (vlns), Tatty Theo (cello), Carolyn Gibley (hpschd), Brook Street Band (Avie AV 2282)

ABT: Ständchen, from Regensburger Liederkranz - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Isaac Stern (vln), Columbia SO/Milton Katims (Sony SK 45816)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Orchestra Wellington/James Sedares (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

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

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHUBERT: Du bist die Ruh' D776 - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 294)

KHACHATURIAN: Waltz, from Masquerade - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6598)

TRAD: Hey, Johnny Copel; Tullochgorum; Jean's Reel, from Cape Breton Island - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

KELLY: Three Pieces for strings - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 420 946)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 21 in Bb BWV866, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - John Wells (organ of St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland) (Ribbonwood RCD 1007)

CORELLI: Trio Sonata in A Op 4/3 - Stravaganza (Aparté AP 073)

9:00 The Works

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pno duet) (DG 474 8172)

BACH: Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (Hyperion CDA 68068)

POULENC: Les Biches, excerpts - Philharmonia/Georges Prêtre (EMI 5 62959)

GERSHWIN arr Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Wayne Marshall (pno/dir), Aalborg SO (Virgin 5 61478)

GEMINIANI: The Enchanted Forest - Janet See, Barbara Kallaur (fls), Elizabeth Wilcock, Stanley Ritchie (vlns), Susie Napper (cello), Patrick Wedd (hpschd), CBC Vancouver Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (CBC Records SMCD 5163)

FARR: Mondo Rondo - New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2019)

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

ARENSKY: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Ulster Orch/Alexander Anissimov (BBC Music BBC MM 276)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Character Dances, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

12:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

FAURÉ: Tristesse Op 6/2; Au bord de l'eau Op 8/1; Après un rêve Op 7/1 - Gérard Souzay (bar), Jacqueline Bonneau (pno) (Decca 425 975)

Impromptu in Db Op 86 - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 473)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 - Truls Mørk (cello), Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 5162)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

HEENAN: War & Peace, Suite for orchestra - New Zealand SO/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

HAMILTON: From Age to Age Endure - Maria Treadaway (sop), Viva Voce/John Rosser, James Brown, Susan Smith (pno) (Ode CD ODE 1308)

GOFFIN: Rhapsody in Brass - Cory Band/Robert Childs (Doyen DOY CD 201)

MOZART compltd Süssmayr: Rondo in D for horn & orchestra K514 - Anthony Halstead (natural horn), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 443 216)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2025.27)

CHABRIER: España - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 064)

MOMPOU orch Ros-Marbá: Damunt de tú nómes les flors, from El Combat del Somni - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Lamoureux Concerts Orch/Antonio Ros-Marbá (EMI CMS 5 65061)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango - José Miguel Moreno (gtr), La Real Cámara (Glossa GCD C80305)

TRAD: Three Irish & Scottish Songs, The Musical Priest/Scotch Mary; Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow; The Humours of Scariff - Jordi Savall (treble viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (Irish hp) (Alia Vox AVSA 9865)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in F Wq43/1 - Andreas Staier (hpschd), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2083.84)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

5:00 GAUTIER DE COINCY: S'amour dont sui espris - New London Consort/Philip Pickett (Decca 460 794)

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb, La Notte RV501 - Peter Whelan (bsn), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2344)

BACH arr Tracey: Seventh movement, Badinerie, from Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

YEDIDIA: Lullabye - Ahn Trio (EMI 5 57357)

MONTI: Czárdás - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

VERDI: Gloria all'Egitto, from Aida - Chicago SO & Chorus/Georg Solti (Decca 430 226)

6:00 A ROMERO: Fuga con Pajarillo, from Suite for Strings No 1 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

GRANDA arr Flórez: La flor de la canela - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), David Gálvez (gtr), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)

MILHAUD: Sumaré, from Saudades do Brazil - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Teldec 3984 21482)

RODRIGUEZ arr Goss: La cumparsita - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

JOBIM: Chovendo na roseira; Falando de amor - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Matthew Barley (cello), Carioca Freitas (gtr), Paul Clarvis, Luis Guello (perc) (Onyx 4130)

ANON: Tupasy Maria - Jessica Bogado (sop), Paraguay Barroco/Alexandre Chauffaud (dir) (K617 K617 241)

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

Doric String Quartet

HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 76/6; DEAN: Eclipse; SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 15 in G D887 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Ballet Suite No 4 - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8630)

PROKOFIEV arr Sapozhnikov: Fragments from the ballet Chout - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10045)

SOUSA arr Bourgeois: People Who Live in Glass Houses, Ballet Suite - Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559397)

PIERNÉ: Ballet de cour - Luxembourg Phil/Nicolas Chalvin (Timpani 1C 1124)

BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Igor Levit (pno) (Sony 88875 06096)

SVENDSEN: String Quintet in C Op 5 - Oslo String Quartet, Henning Kraggerud (vla) (CPO 999 858)

Disc 1

HENSELT: Piano Concerto in F minor Op 16; Variations de concert Op 11 on Meyerbeer's Quand je quittai la Normandie, from Robert le Diable; ALKAN: Concerto da camera in C# minor Op 10/2; Concerto da camera in A minor Op 10/1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66717)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MOMPOU: Canciones y Danzas Nos 1-12 & 14; Fêtes Lointaines No 1-6; Charmes Nos 1-6 - Pierre Huybregts (pno) (Centaur CRC 2055)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Arias from Serse; Rodelinda; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Jephtha; Theodora; Samson & Hercules - Maureen Forrester (contralto), Vienna Radio SO/Brian Priestman, Vienna State Opera Orch/Robert Zeller, English CO/Johanne Somary, I Solisti di Zagreb/Antonio Janigro (CBC PSCD 2002)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

C SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in F minor; MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 11; FARRENC: Clarinet Trio in Eb Op 44: GRANDVAL: Deux pièces - Diane Ambache (pno), Sophie Langdon (vln), Susan Dorey (cello), Joan Enric Lluna (cl), Naomi Butterworth (cello), Jeremy Polmear (ob), Ambache CO/Diane Ambache (BBC MUSIC MM 45)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BECK: Sinfonias, in G minor Op 1/1; in F Op 1/2; in A Op 1/3; in Eb Op 1/4; in G Op 1/5; in C Op 1/6 - New Zealand SO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong

(Naxos 8.554071)

6:00 TELEMANN: Concerto in Bb for multiple instruments TWV54/B2 - Michael Schneider (recorder/dir), La Stagione Frankfurt (CPO 777 890)

GRANADOS: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2103)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

D'INDY: Horizons verts, Falconara, from Poème des rivages - South West German Radio Orch/Jirí Stárek (Hänssler CD 93.187)

REGER: Toccata in D minor Op 59/5; Fugue in D Op 59/6 - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

GLINKA: Summer Night in Madrid, Spanish Overture No 2 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9861)

7:00 VERDI: Oberto, Overture - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9510)

FARQUHAR: Waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

MEYERBEER: Festive March - North German Radio Phil/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 168)

BRIDGE: There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (Conifer 75605 51327)

BACH arr Cohen: Sanctify us by thy goodness, from Cantata No 22 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

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

8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIUS: Two Aquarelles - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

BADEN-POWELL: Consolacao - Julie Bevan (gtr), Andreas Lepper (perc) (Audio Projects AP 2006)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 425 083)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Ana Bela Chaves (vla), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Erato 2292 45416)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Roger Woodward (pno) (ABC Classics 456 366)

KLEMPERER: Merry Waltz, from Das Ziel - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-92 CD)

9:00 The Works

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9860)

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 414 128)

WAGNER: Wesendonck Lieder - Janet Baker (mezzo), BBC SO/Reginald Goodall (BBC Legends BBCL 4086)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 - Arcadi Volodos (pno), Berlin Phil/James Levine (Sony SK 64384)

REINECKE: Trio in Bb for clarinet, horn & piano Op 274 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1295)

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)

12:00 GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

LISZT: Piano Sonata in B minor - Nelson Goerner (pno) (Cascavelle VEL 3101)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

A RITCHIE: The Blue Sonata Op 90 - David Chickering (cello), Richard Mapp (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 113)

VANHAL: Missa solemnis in C - Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd, James Tibbles (org) (Naxos 8.555080)

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - The Sixteen Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

MOZART: Duo for bassoon & cello in Bb K292 - Natalia Pavlutskaya, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (Decca 414 505)

WIENIAWSKI: Grand duo polonais Op 8 - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (2L 30)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47216)

SOR: L'Encouragement Op 34 - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

BEETHOVEN: Grosse Fuge in Bb Op 133 - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (BBC Legends BBCL 4213)

5:00 PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 247)

SARASATE: Scottish Airs Op 34 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

SIBELIUS: Väinö's Song Op 110 - Dominante Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

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

ALBÉNIZ: Evocación, from Iberia Book 1 - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)

SAINT-SAÉNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

6:00 OFFENBACH arr Haensch: La Belle Hélène, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words, Op 19/6, Venetian Gondola Song; Op 30/4; Op 30/6, Venetian Gondola Song - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 466 425)

GERSHWIN arr Anderson: Girl Crazy, Suite - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 404)

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, Greg Hill, Peter Sharman (horns) (Manu CD MANU 1412)

CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572335)

Margaret Ogilvie introduces Ravel's Piano Concerto in G (RNZ)

Jian Liu (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei

HAYDN: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G; STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel, Suite (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

RIGHINI: Serenade for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 oboes and double bass - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 650)

BRUCH: Serenade Op 75 - Jack Liebeck (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 68060)

COPLAND: Rodeo - Detroit SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559758)

ARENSKY: Suite No 2 for two pianos Op 23, Silhouettes - James Anagnoson, Leslie Kinton (pno duo) (Musica Viva 2-1036)

GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Bavarian Radio SO/Lawrence Renes (BR Media 900 106)

POULENC: Evenings in Nazelles - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)

MARAIS: Suite No 1 in C, from Pièces en trio - Purcell Quartet (Helios CDH 55235)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphonies, No 40 in G minor; No 38 in D, Prague - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 494)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BELLA: Sonata in Bb minor; Piece in C minor for piano; Variations on In Pressburg by the Danube Op 9; Variations on A swarm, a swarm is flying Op 21; Sonatina in E minor; Four Little Pieces - Daniela Ruso (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223644)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RACHMANINOV: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Natalia Kornieva (sop), Alexander Ranne (ten), Sergey Tsipcalo (bar), St Petersburg Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev (Philips 442 776)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BOËLY: Quartet in A Op 27/1; Quartet in G Op 29/3; Trio in D Op 5/1 - Edouard Popo (vln), Trio à Cordes de Paris (Chante Du Monde LCD 278 821)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

MAYERL: Marigold; A lily pond; Four Aces Suite; From a Spanish lattice; Minuet by candlelight; Aquarium Suite; Autumn crocus; Bats in the Belfrey; Pastoral Sketches; Fireside fusiliers; Parade of the sandwich-board men; Waltz for a lonely heart; Busybody - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

6:00 ALWYN: Prelude, from The Fairy Fiddler - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7270)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Fabio Zanon (gtr) (BIS CD 1450)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 48382)

HAYDN: First movement, Adagio-Allegro spiritoso, from Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (Nimbus NI 7041/2)

GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Rachel Podger (vln/dir), Brecon Baroque (Channel CCS SA 36515)

7:00 HOLZBAUER: Symphony in G - Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (dir) (CPO 999 585)

TRAD arr Higdon: Amazing Grace - Serafin String Quartet (Naxos 8.559752)

RODRIGO: Second movement, Larghetto, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Alexandre Lagoya (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (ABC Classics 446 631)

ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Opera North Orch/Benjamin Wallfisch (Chandos CHAN 10477)

DEBUSSY: Second movement, Scherzo, from Piano Trio in G - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), Daniel Rowland (vln), Jacqueline Thomas (cello) (Chandos CHAN 10717)

BARBER: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559024)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GLUCK: O del mio dolce ardor, from Paris & Helen - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Phil/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)

CHAPÍ: The Drummer of the Grenadiers, Prelude - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

LISZT trans Horowitz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 60893)

TELEMANN: Concerto in D for three trumpets - John Wallace, John Miller, William Stokes (tpts), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5189)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet in C minor D103, Quartettsatz - Maggini Quartet (Resonance CD RSN 3036)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 7 54273)

9:00 The Works

HOLST: The Morning of the Year - Joyful Company of Singers, BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5069)

GODARD: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 148 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 68043)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Sharon Kam (basset cl), Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé (vlns), Volker Jacobsen (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello) (Berlin Classics 001667)

LYATOSHYNSKY: Symphony No 5 in C Op 67, Slavonic - Ukrainian State SO/Theodore Kuchar (Naxos 8.555580)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 5 in D Op 102/2 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 66119)

12:00 WF BACH: Overture-Suite in G minor - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Berlin Classics BC 1098)

WEBER: Bassoon Concerto in F Op 75 - Jaakko Luoma (bsn), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS SACD 1620)

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BODY: Rainforest - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

RIES: Piano Concerto in Ab Op 151, Gruss an den Rhein - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus, Overture - New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 63358)

PIAZZOLLA trans Hubert: Three Tangos, Three minutos con la realidad; Oblivion; Libertango - Martha Argerich, Eduardo Hubert (pno duet) (EMI 2 67051)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Zdenek Tylsar (horn), Prague SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3892)

VOLKMANN: Andante with variations for three cellos - Peter Bruns, Gregor Nowak, Jakob Stepp (cellos) (Hänssler CD 98.594)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes Op 6 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553513)

POULENC: Sextet for piano & winds - Alexandre Tharaud (pno), Philippe Bernold (fl), Olivier Doise (ob), Ronald Van Spaendonck (cl), Laurent Lefèvre (bsn), Hervé Joulain (horn) ( Naxos 8.553611)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Vittorio Grigòlo (ten), RAI National SO/Evelino Pidò (Sony 88883 75658)

CAMPAGNOLI: String Quartet No 5 in F - Ensemble Symposium (Brilliant Classics 95037)

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

BARRIOS MANGORE: Un sueño en la floresta - Pablo Villegas (gtr) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907649)

ROGGEN: Euphonium Concerto in Bb - Roland Fröscher (euphonium), Capella Istropolitana/Dominique Roggen (Naxos 8.570725)

5:00 SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture Op 115 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Walter Weller (BBC Music BBC MM 216)

FAURÉ: Une châtelaine en sa tour Op 110 - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

BATH: Cornish Rhapsody, from the film Love Story - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

COPLAND arr Cassidy/Thomas: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10801)

J STRAUSS II: Fairy Tales from the Orient Op 444 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony 88875 03549)

6:00 A THOMAS: The Golden Web, Overture - Victorian Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Somm SOMMCD 0123)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/ZIMBALIST: Fantasy on themes from The Golden Cockerel - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

SULLIVAN: Nocte surgentes, from The Golden Legend - London Chorus, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion 527 0522)

BAX: Golden Eagle - Richard Nunn (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

MORRICONE: Ecstasy of gold, from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Rome SO/Ennio Morricone (Sony SK 93456)

WENZEL: O golden dream of youth Op 302 - Lars Roos (pno) (Philips 412 998)

LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

Carnegie Hall Live!

Thirteen programmes from New York City

(1) Opening Night Gala

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle

RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances Op 45; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G min Op 26; STRAVINSKY: Closing Scenes from The Firebird (recorded by WQXR in association with Carnegie Hall)

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

(2) Tonight's programme is all about the tuba and David's studio guests are NZSO's tuba supremo Andrew Jarvis, and former 'tubist' Ken Young (RNZ)

MARAIS: Alcione, Suite No 4 - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox ASVA 9903)

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

KRUMPHOLZ: Harp Concerto No 6 - Lily Laskine (harp), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (Erato 2292 45084)

SOR: Fantasy in C Op 16 - Marc Teicholz (gtr) (Naxos 8.553354)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Nicholas Angelich (pno) (Virgin 5 45731)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1; Horn Concertos in D HobVIId/3; in D HobVIId/4; Cello Concerto in C HobVIIb/1 - Håkan Hardenburger (tpt), Hermann Baumann (horn), Heinrich Schiff (cello), ASMF/Neville Marriner, Iona Brown (Philips 432 060)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

JANÁCEK: On an Overgrown Path; SMETANA: Trois Polkas de Salon Op 7; Trois Polkas Poétique Op 8; Souvenirs de Bohème en forme de Polkas - Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (Calliope CAL 4206)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

SCHUMANN: Leiderkreis Op 39; Aus Den Östlichen Rosen; Die Soldatenbraut; Der Nussbaum; Widmung; Frauenliebe und Leben Op 42; Mignon; Meine Rose; Requiem - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (IMP MCD 22)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece No 2 in D minor Op 114; Rondo Capriccioso Op 14; Songs without Words, in F# minor Op 67/2; in A Op 62/6; in F Op 53/4; in C Op 67/4; Clarinet Sonata in Eb; Songs without Words, Venetian Gondola Song in A minor Op 62/5; Venetian Gondola Song in A (1842); 17 Variations Serieuses Op 54; Concert Piece No 1 in F minor Op 113 - Alan Hacker (cl), Lesley Schatzberger (basset horn), Richard Burnett (pno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 38)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

NIELSEN: Helios Overture; Symphonic Rhapsody; Saga-drøm Op 39; An Evening at Giske; Paraphrase on Nearer my God to thee; Bohemian-Danish folk tune; Rhapsody Overture, An imaginary journey to the Foeroe Islands; Pan & Syrinx - Danish National Radio SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9287)

6:00 BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Gérard Caussé (vla), Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano (Erato 2292 45483)

BACH: Toccata in G minor BWV915 - Glenn Gould (pno) (CBS M2K 42269)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN reconstr Gaver: O viridissima virga - Sequentia/Barbara Thornton (DHM 05472-77346)

MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Muti (Sony SK 53280)

ERNST: Rondino grazioso, from Morceaux de Salon Op 13 - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 894)

TELEMANN: Concerto polonois in Bb TWV43/B3 - Arte Dei Suonatori/Martin Gester (dir) (BIS SACD 1979)

7:00 PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Primavera porteña - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 79568)

KHACHATURIAN: Uzundara; Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh - Sergey Khachatryan (vln), Lusine Khachatryan (pno) (Naïve V 5414)

MILHAUD: Suite d'après Corrette - Athena Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 6536)

GLAZUNOV: Chant du Ménestrel - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

TRAD arr Lehn: Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym/Avreml der Marvikher; Hungarian Fantasy - Sirba Octet (La Dolce Volta LDV 21)

LEHÁR: March & Palótas, from Wo die Lerche singt - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

KREISLER: Liebesfreud; Liebesleid - Christian Ferras (vln), Jean-Claude Ambrosini (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (Simax PSC 1292)

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

HARTY: In Ireland - Wissam Boustany (fl), Nigel Clayton (pno) (Nimbus NIM 6169)

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

9:00 The Works

WALTON: Cello Concerto - Tim Hugh (cello), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.554325)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 253)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Ensemble Cordevento/Erik Bosgraaf (rec/dir) (Brilliant Classics 94637)

ANDERSEN: Fantasy on Don Giovanni Op 45/5 - Kyle Dzapo (fl), Matthew Mazzoni (pno) (Naxos 8.572277)

GERSHWIN arr Robert R Bennett: Porgy & Bess, A Symphonic Picture - London Phil/John Pritchard (EMI CDB 7 62037)

SCHUMANN: Spanish Love Songs Op 138, Prelude; Deep in my heart I bear grief; Oh, how lively is the maiden; Cover me with flowers; Romance; Intermezzo - National Dance; Alas, how angry is the maiden!; High, high are the mountains; The maiden has blue eyes; Dark blaze of light, blind gaze - Mitsuko Shirai (sop), Marjana Lipovsek (contralto), Josef Protschka (tenor), Matthias Hölle (bass), Helmut Deutsch, Norman Shetler (pnos) (Capriccio 67 209)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - James Ehnes (vln), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10787)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 53979)

12:00 GAUBERT: Trois Aquarelles, On a clear morning; Autumn evening; Serenade - Wiek Trio (Fuga Libera FUG 556)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 5344)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

WELLS: Organ Concerto - John Wells (organ of Christchurch Town Hall), Christchurch Symphony/Brian Law (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

PURCELL: The Indian Queen, Overture - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 39061)

WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 866)

CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor, Notre temps - Janina Fialkowska (pno) (Atma ACD 2666)

RAVEL: Chansons madécasses - Jessye Norman (sop) members of the Ensemble InterContemporain/Pierre Boulez (CBS MK 39023)

SARASATE: Spanish Dance Op 26/8 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63533)

DELIUS: Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDS 7 47509)

Shakespeare 400: David Morriss takes a musical voyage through the plays

Two Gentlemen of Verona

R JOHNSON arr Rooley: Who is Sylvia

Proteus......................... Tyler Butterworth

Julia.............................. Tessa Peake-Jones

Host............................. Michael Graham Cox

Anthony Rooley (dir) (BBC DVD 1767-36)

FINZI: Who is Sylvia, from Let us garlands bring - John Carol Case (bar), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 237)

SCHUBERT: An Silvia D891 - Fritz Wunderlich (ten), Hubert Giesen (pno) (DG 427 017)

MALVEZZI & CAVALIERI: Sesto Intermedio, from La Pellegrina (1589) - Monika Mauch, Dorothée Leclair (sops), Pascal Bertin (counterten), Collegium Vocale Gent, Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orch/Skip Sempé (hpschd/dir) (Paradizo PA 0004)

SIBELIUS: Hymn to the Earth - Estonian National Male Choir & SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45561)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 33/6 - Weller Quartet (Decca 475 6796)

5:00 GERSHWIN: Lady, be Good!, Overture - session orch/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79308)

MENDELSSOHN arr Harrell: Songs without Words, Op 19/1; Op 109 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Bruno Canino (pno) (Decca 430 198)

VILLA-LOBOS: Dança Frenética - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)

MONTSALVATGE: Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito, from Cinco canciones negras; Spanish Sketch - Eva León (vln), José Ramos Santana (pno) (Naxos 8.572621)

GROFÉ: Sand storm, from Death Valley Suite - Bournemouth SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.559017)

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

YSAŸE: Berceuse Op 20 - Rachel Kolly d'Alba (vln), Bienne SO/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Warner 2564 67181)

6:00 GOUNOD arr Lee: Je veux vivre, from Romeo & Juliet; Jewel Song, from Faust - Seunghee Lee (cl), Evan Solomon (pno) (Private)

CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Arleen Augér (sop), English CO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Virgin Classics 7 90714)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (EMI 7 94431)

GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice?, from Orpheus & Euridice - Daniel Behle (ten), Armonia Atenea/George Petrou (Decca 478 6758)

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

ARBAN: Variations on a theme from Bellini's Norma - Håkan Hardenberger (cornet), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 287)

L MOZART: Symphony in A, Eisen A1 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570499)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Chamber Ensemble (Philips 426 092)

Ein Heldenleben - A Hero's Life

Rachel Hyde explores the tone poem by Richard Strauss (RNZ)

Direct from the Auckland Town Hall

Welcome, Maestro!

Auckland Philharmonia/Giordano Bellincampi

LIGETI: Atmosphères; MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550

(interval)

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben Op 40 (RNZ)

SMETANA: String Quartet No 2 in D minor - Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon SU 41722)

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82 - Ruggiero Ricci (vln), Philharmonia Hungarica/Reinhard Peters (RegisC 1249)

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

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67376)

Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 8 in D; String Symphony No 11 in F - Nieuw Sinfonietta, Amsterdam/Lev Markiz (BIS CD 748)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

DUSSEK: Piano Concertos, in G minor Op 49; in Bb Op 22; Tableau, Marie Antoinette Op 23 - Andreas Staier (fpno), Concerto Cologne (Capriccio 10 444)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

Laudate Dominum

Works for chorus and orchestra by Handel, Dvorák, Haydn, Fauré, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Honegger, Mozart, Glick - Judith Young (sop), Carolynne Godin, Olena Jatsyshyn (mezzos), Mark DuBois, Robert Missen (tens), Glyn Evans, Nelson Lohnes (bars), Anton Kuerti (pno), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

TAFFANEL: Andante Pastorale & Scherzettino; WIDOR: Suite for flute & piano Op 34; BOZZA: Three Impressions for flute & piano; CAPLET: Reverie & Petite Valse for flute & piano; JOLIVET: Chant de Linos; DEBUSSY: Syrinx; FERROUD: Three Pieces; JOLIVET: Five Incantations for flute solo - Robert Aitken (fl), Robin McCabe (pno) (BIS CD 184)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

J STRAUSS II orch Fischer: March Op 456, Zivio!; J STRAUSS II: Waltz Op 36, Architecten-Ball-Tänze; Jäger-Polka française Op 229; Waltz Op 234, Accelerationen; J STRAUSS II orch Kulling: Quadrille Op 10, Der Liebesbrunnen; J STRAUSS II: Polka française Op 302, Die Zeitlose; Waltz Op 334, Königslieder; Polka schnell Op 348, Im Sturmschritt!; J STRAUSS II orch Babinski: Quadrille Op 59, Der Blitz; Waltz Op 471, Heut' ist heut'; J STRAUSS II: Polka mazurka Op 420, Die Wahrsagerin - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Johannes Wildner (Marco Polo 8.223235)

6:00 CIMAROSA: Il Convito, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

ROUSSEL: Impromptu Op 21 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

WIENIAWSKI orch Wang Chenwei: Legend - Lu Siqing (vln), Taipei Chinese Orch/Chung Yiu-Kwong (BIS SACD 2104)

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela, from Lemminkäinen Legends Op 22 - Jukka Hirvikangas (cor ang), Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1745)

HOLST: Nocturne - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 022)

MUSSORGSKY arr Stokowski: A Night on Bare Mountain - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

7:00 VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in F RV100 - Katy Bircher (fl), Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), Peter Whelan (bsn), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2178)

CHOPIN: Etude in C# minor Op 10/4 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8482)

STRADELLA: Trumpet Sonata in D - Jürgen Schuster (tpt), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.551077)

FALLA arr Pujol, rev Bream: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Julian Bream, John Williams (gtrs) (RCA RD 83257)

GRIEG: Third movement, Gavotte, from Holberg Suite - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

DEBUSSY: Intermezzo - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Robert Kulek (pno) (EMI 5 75201)

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Ballet Music No 2 in G - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 412 432)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater, from Stabat Mater - Barbara Bonney (sop), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Decca 468 818)

BARTÓK: Romanian Dance for orchestra - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Xenia Löffler (baroque ob), Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin/Georg Kallweit (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2185)

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

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Autumn - Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart (Telarc CD 80347)

9:00 The Works

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

STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D - Gil Shaham (vln), BBC SO/David Robertson (Canary Classics CC 12)

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

HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 20/1 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Auvidis Astrée E 8784)

MORENO TORROBA: Concierto en flamenco - Pepe Romero (gtr), Málaga Phil/Manuel Coves (Naxos 8.573255)

KAJANUS: Sinfonietta in Bb Op 16 - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1223)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 - London Piano Trio (Guild GMCD 7392)

12:00 SHOSTAKOVICH arr Barshai: String Symphony in Ab Op 118a - Dmitri Ensemble/Graham Ross (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907634)

PROKOFIEV: Peter & the Wolf - Joanna Lumley (narrator), English Northern Philharmonia/Stephen Barlow (Sanctuary CD RSN 3041)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

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

MCLEOD: Cocks crow; Sometimes things just disappear; My granddaddy; There's a time to live, from Childhood - 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

RACHMANINOV: Mélodie in E Op 3/3, from Five Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private)

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Auckland Philharmonia/Kenneth Klein (Ribbonwood RCD 1002)

R HARVEY: Second movement, Contredanse, from Concerto Antico - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

JC BACH: Quintet in F Op 11/3, Quartet in Bb Op 8/6 - Les Adieux (DHM RD 77250)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Camerata Wales (BIS CD 1589)

HUMMEL: Oberon's Magic Horn Op 116 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

FRANCAIX: Aubade for twelve cellos - cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

Yehudi Menuhin (vln)

RIES: La Capricciosa - with Louis Persinger (pno) (Biddulph LAB 031)

RAVEL: Tzigane - with Artur Balsam (pno) (EMI 5 65962)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - with Berlin Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler (EMI CDH 7 69799)

SHANKAR: Prabhati - with Alla Rakha (tabla), Kamala Chakravarti (tanpura) (EMI 5 86555)

GERSHWIN arr Harris: A foggy day, from Lady, be Good - with Stéphane Grappelli (vln), Max Harris, Alan Clare (pno), Lennie Bush (dbass), Ike Isaacs, Denny Wright (gtrs), Ronnie Verrell (drums) (EMI CDM 7 69218)

5:00 WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Gustav Kuhn (Capriccio 71 045)

RÖNTGEN: Trio No 2 in A minor, Dvorák - Lendvai String Trio (Champs Hill CHRCD 068)

VERDI: Di Provenza il mar, from La Traviata - Plácido Domingo (ten), Metropolitan Opera Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Sony 88843 03160)

MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in C Op 2/6 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

CARULLI: Duo in A on Themes of Rossini Op 233 - Franz Halász (gtr), Débora Halász (pno) (Naxos 8.570587)

MEYERBEER: Indian March, from L'Africaine - Barcelona SO/Michal Nesterowicz (Naxos 8.573076)

6:00 BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 5344)

SIBELIUS: March of the primary school children; Cantata to words by W von Konow - Jubilate Choir/Astrid Riska (BIS CD 998)

School song - Jubilate Choir/Astrid Riska (BIS CD 825)

ROMBERG: Drinking song; Deep in my heart, dear, from The Student Prince - José Carreras (ten), Tallis Chamber Choir, London Musicians Orch/David Giménez (Erato 0630 17789)

KABALEVSKY: Rhapsody on the theme of the song School Years - Hsin-Ni Liu (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557794)

ROSENMÜLLER: First movement, Paduan, from Suite in C, from Student Music - The King's Noyse/David Douglass (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7179)

SMETANA: March of the Prague Student Legion - Prague SO/Václav Smetácek (Supraphon 10 1429)

J STRAUSS II: Student Polka - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony 88875 03549)

Kaleidoscope Colours

Ariana Tikao (voice/Taonga Puoro), Christchurch SO/Benjamin Northey

SCULTHORPE: Sun Music III; BROWNLEE/TIKAO: Ko te tatai whetū, Concerto for Taonga Puoro (world première performance); MERIDAN: A Quiet Fury; BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin Op 19 (recorded in the New Zealand Air Force Museum, Wigram, Christchurch by RNZ)

LEIFS: String Quartet No 2, Vita et mors Op 36 - Reykjavik CO (Smekkleysa SMK 81)

LIGETI: Six Bagatelles for wind quintet - Les Vents Francais (Warner 2564 63484)

COWAN: My alphabet of light - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private)

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