Schedules for 17 - 23 September, 2016

Miro's Music

Julie Sperring looks at the paintings of Joan Miró and the music they have inspired (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

SIBELIUS: Symphonies No 1 in E minor Op 39; No 3 in C Op 52 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)

2:10 approx - Disc 2

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 Recording)

3:20 approx - Disc 3

PERGOLESI: Cantata, Nel chiuso centro; Sinfonia, from Li prodigi della divina grazia; Cantata, Questo è il piano; Stabat Mater, Cuius animam gementem, and Quis est homo qui non fleret, from Stabat Mater - Anna Netrebko (sop), Marianna Pizzolato (contralto), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (DG 477 9337)

4:35 approx - Disc 4

MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugues, in E minor Op 35/1; in D Op 35/2; in B minor Op 35/3; in Ab Op 35/4; in F minor Op 35/5; in Bb Op 35/6; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture; Andante & Variations in Bb Op 83a; Andante & Allegro brillant in A Op 92 - Mi-Joo Lee (pno), Klaus Hellwig (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 904 1653)

6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in Eb Wq179 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)

POULENC: Elegy for two pianos - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pno duo) (Chandos CHAN 10875)

TAVENER: Eternal Memory - Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (EMI 2 35134)

BOCCHERINI arr Sparks: Introduction & Fandango - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

PIERNÉ: Symphonic Poem in D minor Op 37 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10871)

7:00 DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody No 3 in Ab Op 45 - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI 5 62863)

BRUCH: Romance in A minor Op 42 - Jack Liebeck (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 68060)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

RAVEL trans anon: Kaddisch, from Two Hebrew Melodies - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Vera Nakariakova (pno) (Teldec 0630 15687)

EWAZEN: Down a river of time (1) - Linda Strommen (ob), International Sejong Soloists/Hyo Kang (dir) (Albany TROY 577)

8:00 BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - Royal Phil/Mark Ermler (Tring International TRP 002)

COPLAND: Our Town - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 61699)

GLUCK trans Mercz: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 7 94431)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 22 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (DG 410 526)

HAYDN: Symphony No 47 in G - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 671)

GINASTERA: Danzas argentinas - François-Xavier Poizat (pno) (Piano Classics PCL 0087)

DONIZETTI: Com'è gentil, from Don Pasquale - Rolando Villazón (ten), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)

POULENC: Piano Concerto - Louis Lortie (pno), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10875)

KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

PROKOFIEV: The Battle on the Ice, from Alexander Nevsky - St Petersburg Teleradio Company Chorus, Chamber Chorus, Capella & Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 61926)

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

Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, QuintEssence is a three-part mini-festival featuring Mozart and Brahms quintets, presented by CMNZ

1) The Pettman Players - Shauno Isomura, Benedict Lim (vlns), Julie Park, Caroline Norman (vlas), Martin Roberts (cello)

MOZART: String Quintets, No 3 in C K515; No 6 in Eb K614 (RNZ)

(Part 2 at 3.00pm)

This week's best-selling CDs

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Thomas Søndergård (Linn CKD 462)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, QuintEssence is a three-part mini-festival featuring Mozart and Brahms quintets, presented by CMNZ

2) James Dunham (vla), New Zealand String Quartet

MOZART: String Quintet No 5 in D K593; BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (RNZ)

(Part 3 at 7.30pm)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 1 in D minor Op 43 - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9587)

Join Nick Tipping for a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31 - James Gilchrist (ten), Jasper de Waal (horn), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 32213)

QuintEssence

Live from the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington, QuintEssence is a three-part mini-festival featuring Mozart and Brahms quintets, presented by CMNZ

3) James Dunham (vla), New Zealand String Quartet

MOZART: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516;

S FISHER: Tōrino (CMNZ commission and world première)

(interval)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

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

FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Artur Rubinstein (pno), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA RD 85666)

TURINA: El poema de una sanluqueña Op 28 - Eva León (vln), Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570402)

GRIEG: Lyric Suite Op 54 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1291)

ALBÉNIZ: Iberia, Book 2 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

DUSSEK: Trio in F for flute, cello & piano Op 65 - Clive Conway (fl), Christina Shillito (cello), Christine Croshaw (pno) (Meridian CDE 84383)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 22 in Eb, The Philosopher; No 23 in G; No 24 in D; No 25 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66536)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOLIERO: Sonatinas, No 1 in A minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor; No 4 in D; No 5 in A minor; Toccatas, in C# minor; in B minor; in C; Little Suite; Prelude & Fugue in C# minor; Children's Suite; Two Miniatures; Playera; The Fountain; Serenade in the Spanish Style; Concert Study; Pictures of the Plains; Joropo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (ASV CD DCA 890)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; 5 Rückertlieder; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - Janet Baker (mezzo), Halle Orch, New Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 747 793)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HANDEL: Sonatas, in G for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/4; in A for violin & basso continuo Op 1/3; in G minor for two violins & basso continuo; in B minor for flute, violin & basso continuo Op 2/1; in D for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/2; in Bb for two violins & basso continuo Op 2/3 - English Concert (Archiv 415 497)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

ARNOLD: The Bridge on the River Kwai; Whistle Down the Wind; The Sound Barrier; Hobson's Choice; The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

KEDROV Snr: The Lord's Prayer - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

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

BYRD: Mass for three voices - Westminster Cathedral Choir/Martin Baker (Hyperion CDA 68038)

GUILMANT: Prayer in F Op 16/2 - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of St Matthew's, Hastings) (Ribbonwood RCD 1025)

BACH: Cantata No 47, Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled - Hana Blazíková (sop), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1861)

SANDSTRÖM: Sanctus - Nota Bene/Peter de Blois (Nota Bene NB 001)

G GABRIELI: Jubilate Deo omnis terra - Monteverdi Choir & instrumentalists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 116)

SILVESTROV: Two Sacred Songs, Alleluia; Ave Maria - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 12665)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Alexandre Lagoya (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (ABC Classics 446 631)

PUCCINI: Signore ascolta, from Turandot - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

SMYTHE: Moto Mojo - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano (2) - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

TRAD arr Davis: Danny Boy - Peter DeSotto (ten), Quartetto Gelato (QG 2 70025)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (3) - Adelaide SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 472 984)

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

RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the left hand - Maxime Zecchini (pno), Cape Phil/Jan Moritz Onken (Ad Vitam AV 140315)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical - Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Chandos CHAN 9615)

Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr

HANDEL: Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest; My heart is inditing; MUFFAT: Armonico tribute, Sonata No. 5 in G; HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, Let thy hand be strengthened; BACH arr Stokowski: Air, from Orchestra Suite No 3 in D BWV 1068; PURCELL arr Stokowski: When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament), from Dido and Aeneas; HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, The king shall rejoice (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - Emil Gilels (pno), Norbert Brainin (vln), Peter Schidlof (vla), Martin Lovett (cello), Rainer Zepperitz (dbass) (DG 499 746)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - BBC Phil/John Wilson (Chandos CHAN 5164)

MEDTNER: Fairy-Tales, in Bb minor Op 20/1; in Eb Op 26/1 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS BIS 1848 SACD)

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

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Paris SO/George Enescu (rec 1936) (EMI CDH 7 61018)

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan Folk Song - John Williams (gtr) (rec 1958) (Decca 421 165)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Artur Rubinstein (pno), Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini (rec 1961) (BBC BBCL 4105)

Wagner and Hotels

John Drummond points out that hotels feature in three crucial moments of Wagner's life

(1) In Chemnitz the composer narrowly avoided arrest after his involvement in the Dresden Uprising (RNZ)

HOLLAENDER arr Ziegler: Eine kleine Sehnsucht - Ute Lemper (voc), Jeff Cohen (pno), Matrix Ensemble/Robert Ziegler (Decca 452 601)

S WAGNER: Sehnsucht - Hamburg State Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 366)

2015 NZCT Chamber Music Contest National semi-final

Two programmes

(2) BACEWICZ: Quartet for four violins - Brioso 4

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8 - Trio Glivenko

BEETHOVEN: First movement, Poco adagio-Allegro, from String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp - Amici Quartet

ARNOLD: Suite Bourgeoise - Cube

SMETANA: First movement, Moderato assai, from Piano Trio in G minor Op 15 - Vazin Trio

G GOODWIN: Diffusion for Sax Quartet - Papricca (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

SVENDSEN: Last year I was tending the goats - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

GRIEG: Shepherd boy, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

GRAINGER: Shepherd's Hey - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

William Dart hosts a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, following a personal trail to explore where his ears, gaze and nose guide him (RNZ)

GERSHWIN arr Bowen: Catfish Row, from Porgy & Bess - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)

San Francisco Opera Season

Ten operas from one of the world's leading opera companies

3) WAGNER: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, an opera in three acts

Hans Sachs.................. James Rutherford

Eva............................... Rachel Willis-Sorensen

Magdalene................... Sasha Cooke

Walter von Stolzing..... Brandon Jovanovich

David........................... Alek Shrader

Sixtus Beckmesser....... Martin Gantner

Veit Pogner.................. Ain Anger

San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Mark Elder (San Francisco Opera)

MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Silas Standage (org) (Conifer 75605 51521)

Fantasia in D minor K397 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 422 117)

Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

Exsultate, jubilate K165 - Kathleen Battle (sop), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47355)

Disc 1

ELGAR: Symphony No 2 in Eb - Halle Orch/James Loughran; Serenade in E minor - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD QS 6087)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ALKAN: Études Nos 1-7; Nocturne in Bb; Allegro Barbero; Assez vivement; J'était endormie, mais mon coeur veillait; Le staccatissimo; Les cloches; Les soupirs; En songe; Gros temps; Barcarolle; Le chanson de la folle au bord de la mer; Le temps qui n'est plus - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV CD DCS 227)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

LEIGHTON: Gloria, from Sarum Mass; MEWS: A sound came from heaven; PHILIPS: O crux splendidior; LANGLAIS: Kyrie, from Messe solenelle; TAVERNER: Dum transisset Sabbatum; SHEPHARD: Jesu, dulcis memoria; MENDELSSOHN: Heilig; FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine; PALESTRINA: Angus Dei, from Missa brevis; TALLIS: O sacrum convivium; HESFORD: Psalm 90; J RITCHIE: Lord, when the sense; BRITTEN: The sycamore tree; PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord; GIBBONS: Short Service, Nunc dimittis; O Lord, in thy wrath; WARLOCK: Benedicamus Domino; HOWELLS: Magnificat, from St Paul's Service - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington/Philip Walsh, Andrew Macmillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 191)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

CPE BACH: Trio Sonatas, in B minor; in G; in D minor; in A; in C - Le Nouveau Quatuor (Amon CD SAR 44)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 K271; BELLINI: Oboe Concerto; WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2; F STRAUSS: Horn Concerto - Leon McCauley (pno), Nicholas Daniel (ob), Michael Collins (cl), David Pyatt (horn), BBC Phil/Adrian Leaper (BBC MUSIC MM 46)

6:00 GRÉTRY: Silvain, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

BUTTERWORTH: Two English Idylls - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7503)

IRELAND orch Parlett: Cavatina - Justine Watts (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7215)

BRAHMS arr Bailey: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5; Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

7:00 GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

FAURÉ: Une châtelaine en sa tour Op 110 - Sivan Magen (harp) (Linn CKD 473)

ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 2 Op 24, Uppsala-rapsodi - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (Brilliant Classics 8974)

VIVALDI trans Gerstmeier: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Amadeus Guitar Duo (Naxos 8.57440)

MOZART: Symphony No 32 in G K318 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR Media 900 710)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD: Amazing Grace - Christopher Cock (ten), Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Ballet Music - Vienna Phil/Karl Münchinger (Decca 444 546)

CHABRIER: Aubade - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

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

WEBER: Oberon, Overture - Israel Phil/Daniel Barenboim (RCA 09026 68768)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 70 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

9:00 HERSCHEL: Symphony No 13 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

FARRENC: Nonet in Eb Op 38 - Philippe Bernold (fl), François Leleux (ob), Romain Guyot (cl), André Cazalet (horn), Gilbert Audin (bsn), Guillaume Sutre (vln), Miguel da Silva (vla), François Salque (cello), Vincent Pasquier (dbass) (Naïve V 5033)

RR BENNETT: Suite française - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2131)

POULENC: Les Biches - Jean-Pierre Armengaud (pno) (Naxos 8.573170)

Settling the Score: Christine Argyle, New Zealand String Quartet Manager, former RNZ Concert Presenter and member of Voices New Zealand

MOZART: Et incarnatus est, from Mass No 18 in C minor K427, Great - Sylvia McNair (sop), Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Anthony Robson (ob), Alastair Mitchell (bsn), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 420 210)

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

HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 3 in G minor Op 99 - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67367)

12:00 FINZI: Romance in Eb Op 11 - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9888)

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), Berlin Phil (EMI CDC 5 55516)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

HILL: String Quartet No 16 in Bb, Celtic - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.573416)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Three Spring Miniatures - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)

RUBINSTEIN arr Linden: Melody in F Op 3/1 - Anthony Leroy (cello), Sandra Moubarak (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 020 402)

YAMADA: The Dark Gate - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555350)

DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Skaila Kanga (harp), William Bennett (fl), Stephen Shingles (vla) (Chandos CHAN 8621)

GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Miah Persson (sop), Swedish Radio SO/Daniel Harding (BIS SACD 2112)

MASSENET: Le Cid, Ballet Music - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Actes Sud ASM 17)

ROSSINI: Serenata in Eb - Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1847)

BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 2/2 - Thirteen Strings CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573323)

PUCCINI arr Mikhashoff: Portrait of Madame Butterfly - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor S359/2 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

5:00 ALFVÉN: Dance of the Herdmaiden, from The Mountain King - Malmö SO/James DePreist (BIS CD 570)

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

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

STANFORD: Irish Dances Op 89 - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

6:00 KERN: The Cat and the Fiddle, Overture - National Phil/John McGlinn (EMI CDC 7 49630)

HELY-HUTCHINSON: The owl and the pussy-cat - Roderick Williams (bar), Iain Burnside (pno) (Just Accord JUSCO 003)

SPRATLEY: Recorder Concertino Op 26, A gallery of cats - John Turner (recorder), Manchester Sinfonia/Philip Spratley (Toccata Classics TOCC 0088)

ANDERSON: The Waltzing Cat - Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

D SCARLATTI: The cat's fugue - Varda Nishry (pno) (Decca 425 505)

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

ROSSINI: Duetto buffo di due gatti - Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sops), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49238)

H MANCINI arr Rice-Young: The Pink Panther, Suite - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

BBC Proms 2016

Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden/Christian Thielemann

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D; REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart; STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio (Bridge 9376A/B)

HOFFMEISTER: Symphony in D - Orchestra della Svizzera italiana/Howard Griffiths (CPO CPO 777 895)

HAYDN: Trio in D for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/16 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

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

RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42 - Alissa Firsova (pno) (Vivat 109)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in G minor G318 - Luigi Puxeddu (cello), I Virtuosi della Rotonda (Brilliant 94961)

Disc 1

SULLIVAN: Symphony in E, Irish; Imperial March; Victoria & Merrie England Ballet Suite No 1; Overture in C, In Memoriam - Linden Harris (ob), BBC Concert Orch/Owain Arwel Hughes (CPO 999 171)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BOCCHERINI: Divertimentos Op 16, No 1 in A; No 4 in Eb; No 5 in A; No 6 in C - Eckart Haupt (fl), Mi-Kyung Lee, Silvia Walch (vlns), Diemut Poppen (vla), Ludwig Quandt, Gotz Teutsch (cellos), Esko Laine (dbass) (Capriccio 10 456)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

MENDELSSOHN: Hear My Prayer; ROSE: Feast Song for St Cecilia; BRAHMS: Ye now are sorrowful; ALLEGRI: Miserere; HARVEY: Come, Holy Ghost; TAVENER: Psalm 121, I will lift up mine eyes; WISE: The ways of Zion do mourn; STANFORD: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G; BRITTEN: Festival Te Deum in E - Jeremy Budd (treble), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (org) (Hyperion CDA 66439)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

TUBIN: Three Pieces; Suite on Estonian Dances; Suite on Estonian Dance Tunes; Sonata - Arvo Leibur (vln), Vardo Rumessen (pno) (BIS CD 541)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb; TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D; NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb; TARTINI: Trumpet Concerto in D; HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54897)

6:00 VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of the Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57647)

GAUBERT: Pièce romantique - Emanuel Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 023)

M HAYDN: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Laurence Perkins (bsn), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67288)

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

COPLAND: Two Pieces for string orchestra - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

7:00 LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

BIZET arr Loeb: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Livia Sohn (vln), Geoff Nuttall (vla), Benjamin Loeb (pno) (Naxos 8.570202)

ARBAN: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Maurice André (alto flugelhorn), Wind Band of the Paris Guardians of the Peace/Claude Pichaureau (RCA 60025)

TRAD arr Yashiro: Sakura Sakura - Wissam Boustany (fl), Gabriella Dall'Olio (harp) (Nimbus NIM 6169)

BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIBES arr Bates: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Mady Mesplé (sop), Danielle Millet (mezzo), National Opera Orch/Alain Lombard (EMI 7 94431)

J WILLIAMS: Rounds - Pablo Villegas (gtr) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907649)

IRELAND: Scherzo & Cortège on themes from Julius Caesar - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8994)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - Tres Cordes String Trio (Ode CD MANU 5122)

FRANCK: Les Eolides - Royal Phil/Raymond Leppard (Tring International TRP 070)

CORELLI: Sinfonia in D minor WoO1, Santa Beatrice d'Este - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

9:00 FINZI: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67471/2)

SIBELIUS: En Saga Op 9 - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

LEKEU: Violin Sonata in G - Alina Ibragimova (vln), Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67820)

CHOPIN orch Stravinsky: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1874)

CHAUSSON: Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op 19 - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1261)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C minor Op 18/4 - Alexander String Quartet (Arte Nova 74321 39103)

12:00 BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)

PROKOFIEV: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 58 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Hyperion CDA 68037)

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DVORÁK arr Setchell: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (2) - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

PUCCINI: Terra e mare; E L'uccellino; Storiella d'amore; Sole e amore - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 050)

CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 1 in F Op 8 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Dynamic CDS 278)

STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

WAGNER: Die Frist ist um, from The Flying Dutchman - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 866)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 33/3, Bird - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

ONSLOW: Piano Trio in A Op 3/1 - Trio Cascades (CPO 777 232)

NIELSEN: Aladdin Suite - San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 425 857)

5:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

GLAZUNOV: Albumblatt - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Kathryn Stott (pno) (EMI 4 16471)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr J Harnoy: Lensky's Aria, from Eugene Onegin - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

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

TAVENER: Song for Athene - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (Decca 478 6424)

ARNOLD: Four Scottish Dances - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68901)

6:00 SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

BELLINI arr anon: Casta diva, from Norma - Mark Walton (cl), David Miller (pno) (AWMP CD 01)

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (4) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

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

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Henri Demarquette (cello), Brittany Orch/Moshe Atzmon (Timpani 1C 1172)

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in E minor TWV52/e3 - Alexis Kossenko (fl/dir), Zefira Valova (vln), Les Ambassadeurs (Alpha 200)

BBC Proms 2016

Last Night of the Proms

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez is the star soloist in a Last Night that also showcases a hand-picked selection of young singers in Vaughan Williams's Serenade to Music.

Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Francesca Chiejina, Eve Daniell, Lauren Fagan, Alison Rose (sops), Claire Barnett-Jones, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Anna Harvey, Katie Stevenson (mezzos), Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, Oliver Johnston, Joshua Owen Mills, James Way (tens), Bragi Jónsson, Benjamin Lewis, James Newby, Bradley Travis (basses), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Sakari Oramo

HARROLD: Raze (BBC commission & world première); BUTTERWORTH: The Banks of Green Willow; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor, Act 2; ROSSINI: Sì, ritrovarla io giuro, from La Cenerentola; DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore; OFFENBACH: Au mont Ida, from La belle Hélène; BRITTEN: Matinées musicales; DOVE: Our revels now are ended; TORKE: Javelin;

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music; DONIZETTI: Ah! mes amis, from La fille du regiment; ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D; Land of Hope and Glory; WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs; ARNE arr Sargent: Rule, Britannia! PARRY orch Elgar: Jerusalem; ANON arr Britten: The National Anthem, God Save the Queen (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

RAVEL: Miroirs - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 44/1 - Escher Quartet (BIS SACD 1990)

MOZART arr Hummel: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Uwe Grodd (fl), Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno)/ (Naxos 8.572842)

Disc 1

VILLA-LOBOS: Discovery of Brazil Suites Nos 1-4 - Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Radio SO/Roberto Duarte (Marco Polo 8.223551)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

PSATHAS: Island Songs; KELLY: Sono; NORRIS: Dirty pixels; GRENFELL: A Feather of Blue; AXTENS: For Violin, Violoncello and Piano; FARR: Ahi - NZTrio (Trust MMT 2066)

2:35 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Mass in C, Coronation K317; HAYDN: Mass in time of War HobXXII/9 - Sylvia McNair (sop), Delores Ziegler (alto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Andreas Schmidt (bar), RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 435 853)

3:50 approx - Disc 4

ALKAN: Études Nos 8-12 - Jack Gibbons (pno) (ASV CD DCS 227)

5:00 approx - Disc 5

LARSSON: Pastoral Suite Op 19; ROMAN: Concerto in D for oboe d'amore, string orchestra & harpsichord; ATTERBERG: Suite No 3 for violin, viola & string orchestra; ROSENBERG: A small piece for cello & strings; LARSSON: The Winter's Tale; ALFVÉN: The Mountain King, Dance of the cow-girl; BLOMDAHL: Adagio - Alf Nilsson (ob d'amore), Anders Öhrwall (hpschd), Nils-Erik Sparf (vln), Jouko Mansnerus (vla), Elemér Lavotha (cello), Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin (BIS CD 165)

6:00 COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

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

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 (1) - Berlin Phil Academy Orch/Stephan Frucht (Sony 88697 68582)

KREISLER: Siciliano & Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

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

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

FIELD: Divertissement No 2 in A - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

7:00 JC BACH: Symphony in G Op 6/1 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7445)

CLARKE: Trumpet Aire and Symphony of flatt trumpets, from The Island Princess - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

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

Josef STRAUSS: Village Swallows of Austria, Waltz Op 164 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

8:00 Beauty Spot: RACHMANINOV: Blessed is the man, from Vespers Op 37 - Phoenix Chorale, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5148)

PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 3 in Ab Op 33/3 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

LEHÁR: Chinese Ballet Suite - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

REGONDI: Introduction & Caprice Op 23 - Anabel Montesinos (gtr) (Naxos 8.557294)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7540)

9:00 QUANTZ: Flute Concerto in C minor QV5:38 - Mary Oleskiewicz (fl), Concerto Armonico/Miklós Spányi (Naxos 8.573120)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 6 in Eb Op 70/2 - Alexander Melnikov (fpno), Isabelle Faust (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2125)

POULENC: Gloria - Catherine Dubosc (sop), Westminster Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Virgin 3 63294)

Settling the Score: Rolf Gjelsten, New Zealand String Quartet cellist

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 64/1 - Angeles String Quartet (Philips 464 650)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Simon Preston (organ of Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin), Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 419 617)

12:00 HUMMEL: Fantaisie in G minor Op 123 - Madoka Inui (pno) (Naxos 8.557836)

STRAUSS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 8 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Garry Walker (Hyperion CDA 68044)

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NZ performers and composers

MEYERBEER: Overture; Entr'actes to Acts 2, 3 & 5; Grand scène du mancenillier (manchineel tree), from L'Africaine - New Zealand SO/Darrell Ang (Naxos 8.573195)

FARQUHAR: Three Scots Ballads, King Orfeo; The twa corbies; Lord Randal - Barry Mora (bar), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 112)

UTTING arr Moriarty: Onslow College Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)

BUCHANAN: Flute Song for the Birds - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

AUBER: Le premier jour de bonheur, Overture - Gothenburg Opera Orch/B Tommy Andersson (Sterling CDS 1039)

HERZ: Grande fantaisie militaire sur La fille du régiment Op 163 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 68100)

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

BRAHMS arr Borzó/Koncz: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor, Isteni Czárdás - Oszkár Ökrös (cimbalom), Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Leonidas Kavakos, Christoph Konsz (vlns), Antoine Tamestit (vla), Stephan Koncz (cello), Ödön Rácz (dbass) (DG 481 1409)

FOULDS: Undine Op 3 - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7307)

SMETANA: Macbeth and the Witches - Jitka Cechová (pno) (Supraphon SU 3841)

LEHÁR: Sirens of the Ball, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

BAGDASARIAN: Rhapsody - Sergey Khachatryan (vln), Lusine Khachatryan (pno) (Naïve V 5414)

SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 4 Op 22 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

5:00 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 3 in G minor HWV287 - Bart Schneemann (ob), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 29209)

RR BENNETT: Little Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2113)

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

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Golden Mountains Op 30a - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10183)

6:00 WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

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

ZIEHRER: In Flight, Polka Op 78 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223815)

KOZLOV: Flying Dutchman - Irina Kulikova (gtr) (Naxos 8.573308)

O DAVIS: Flight, Concerto for Violin & Strings (1) - Kerenza Peacock (vln), London SO/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD 411)

PREISNER: The Art of Flying, from 10 Easy Pieces for Piano - Leszek Mozdzer (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56971)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8327/9)

PRUDEN: Flight of the Albatross - Tessa Petersen (vln), John van Buskirk (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5141)

GOODWIN: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, excerpts - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

The Los Angeles Philharmonic

From the 2014/15 season, hosted by Brian Lauritzen

Olivier Latry (organ), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen

JANÁČEK: Sinfonietta; SAARIAHO: Maan varjot; SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite (WFMT)

ONSLOW: String Quintet in E minor Op 19 - Manuel van der Nahmer (cello), Diogenes Quartet (CPO 777 187)

GRIEG: Symphony in C minor - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1191)

BACH: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Igor Levit (pno) (Sony 88843 03682)

Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Fabio Biondi (vln), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (dir) (Naïve ES 9958)

MERCADANTE: Flute Concerto No 1 in E - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä (Naxos 8.572731)

TANEYEV: String Quartet No 7 in Eb - Carpe Diem String Quartet (Naxos 8.573010)

Disc 1

BERWALD: Tragic Overture, Estrella de Soria; Reminiscences from the Norwegian Mountains; Racing; Symphony No 2 in D, Sinfonie capricieuse; Symphony No 4 in Eb - Royal Phil/Ulf Bjorlin (EMI CDM 5 65866)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CLEMENTI: Preludio, alla Haydn Op 19; Sonata in F minor Op 13/6; Capriccio in Bb Op 17; Sonata in G minor Op 34/2; Preludio, alla Mozart Op 19; Sonata in F Op 33/2; Fantasia on Au Clair de la Lune Op 48 - Andreas Staier (fpno) (Teldec 3984 26731)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

DOWLAND: Second Book of Songs - Emma Kirkby (sop), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (ten), David Thomas (bass), Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (lute) (Oiseau-Lyre 425 889)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

CORELLI: Sonatas, in F Op 3/1; in D Op 3/2; in C Op 4/1; in G minor Op 4/2; in Bb Op 3/3; in B minor Op 3/4; in A Op 4/3; in D Op 4/4; in D minor Op 3/5; in G Op 3/6; in A minor Op 4/5; in E Op 4/6 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0526)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

NIELSEN: Prelude to the second act of Saul & David; Rapsodic Overture; The Mother; Little suite for strings Op 1; Pan & Syrinx Op 49; En Sagadrøm; Overture, Prelude & Dance of the Cockrells from Maskarade - Odense SO/Tamás Vetö (Big Ben 571 011)

6:00 BOYCE: Symphony No 1 in Bb - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in F Op 36 - Henri Demarquette (cello), Brigitte Engerer (pno) (Mirare MIR 108)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Tasmin Little (vln), New World Phil/Iain Sutherland (EMI 5 65808)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Six Studies in English Folk Song - Anthony Pike (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.573191)

M PHILLIPS: Moorland Idyll Op 61 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 2166)

7:00 OLSEN: Six Old Village Songs from Lom in Norway - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12 - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67700)

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

IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

KHRENNIKOV: Russian Dance, from Frol Skobejev - Ossipov Balalaika Orch/Nikolai Kalinin (Claves CD 50-9625)

MASSENET arr Moinet: Meditation, from Thaïs - Céline Moinet (ob), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)

J STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 437 522)

WEBER: Turandot, Overture & March - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9066)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr T Batiashvili: Lyrical Waltz, from Seven Dolls' Dances - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Bavarian Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 9299)

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (2) - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 56341)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

WAGENSEIL: Trombone Concerto in Eb - Alain Trudel (tbn/dir), Northern Sinfonia (Naxos 8.553831)

9:00 BAX: The Garden of Fand - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8307)

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Dresden State Orch/André Previn (DG 463 790)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in C HobXV/21 - Erich Höbarth (vln), Christophe Coin (cello), Patrick Cohen (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 296 8298.99)

MILHAUD: Le train bleu - German Radio Phil/Robert Reimer (Hänssler CD 93.296)

MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder - Christian Gerhaher (bar), Montreal SO/Kent Nagano (Sony 88837 01332)

SCHUMANN: Bunte Blätter Op 99 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony SK 60893)

12:00 SUPPÉ: Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

FITZENHAGEN: Cello Concerto No 1 in B minor Op 2 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), German SO, Berlin/Stefan Blunier (Hyperion CDA 68063)

KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

J RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Trust MMT 2040)

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

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

CHERUBINI: Anacréon, Overture - ASMF/ Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 54438

SARASATE: Souvenirs de Faust, after Gounod - Volker Reinhold (vln), Ralph Zedler (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm 903 1909)

CHAUSSON: Soir de Fête - Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 357)

PASCULLI: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers - Philippe Magnan (ob), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

Shakespeare 400: Twelfth Night

MORLEY: O mistress mine - John Potter (ten), Musicians of Swanne Alley/Paul O'Dette (dir) (Virgin Classics VC 7 91214)

FINZI: Come away, come away, Death, from Let us garlands bring Op 18 - Stephen Varcoe (bar), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8743)

SIBELIUS: Come Away, Death Op 60/1 - Kim Borg (bass), Erik Werba (pno) (DG 477 6612)

HAYDN: She never told her love, from Six Original Canzonettas, Book 2 - Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (pno) (Philips 420 217)

STANFORD: The rain it raineth every day, from Twelfth Night - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66480)

WAGENAAR: Twelfth Night Op 36 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 425 833)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Preludes & Fugues, No 17 in B; No 18 in F# minor, from The Well-Tempered Guitars Op 199 - Andrea Pace, Cristiano Poli Cappelli (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 94833)

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

5:00 LISZT: CM von Weber's Polonaise brillante - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

SCHUBERT trans Wispelwey: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacometti (fpno) (Channel Classics CCS 9696)

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

GANGI: Suite Spagnola - Amadeus Guitar Duo (Naxos 8.573439)

RÓZSA: Sahara - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10806)

6:00 LODER: The Night Dancers, Overture - Victorian Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Somm SOMMCD 0123)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: An evening in Georgia - Gillian Tingay (harp), members of Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1090)

RR BENNETT: A song at Evening - NYCoS National Girls Choir/Christopher Bell, Philip Moore (pno) (Signum SIGCD 325)

SINDING: Evening Mood Op 120 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

TRAD arr Prizeman: All through the night - Aled Jones (bar), Libera, English Session Orch/Robert Prizeman (Decca 982 8975)

YORK: Evening Dance - Slava & Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs) (ABC 472 824)

HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - Lucia Popp (sop), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 480 2594)

NIEMANN: Evening in Seville Op 55/2 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67565)

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

A Fateful Symphony

Ning Feng (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Carlos Miguel Prieto

K YOUNG: Invocation (première performance); BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15; MILSTEIN: Paganiniana; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64; MONCAYO: Huapango (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

MONTEVERDI: Beatus vir, from Selva morale e spirituale - Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1250)

STRAVINSKY: Suite italienne - Truls Mørk (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (Virgin Classics VC 5 45274)

HOVHANESS: Suite for harp Op 270 - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80418)

PÄRT: Fratres, for strings & percussion - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80387)

BACH arr Kent: Arioso, from Cantata No 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe - Miroslav Kejmar (tpt), Jirina Pokorná (organ of St Clement's Church, Prague) (Vars VA 0006)

FAURÉ ed Rutter: Requiem Op 48 - Caroline Ashton (sop), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Cambridge Singers, members of the City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 109)

DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (DG 477 5345)

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 - François Leleux (ob/dir), Salzburg Camerata (Sony 88697 33943)

CHOPIN: A maiden's wish Op 74/1; A fickle maid Op 74/5; The messenger Op 74/7; Witchcraft, Drinking Song Op 74/4 - Aleksandra Kurzak (sop), Mariusz Kwiecien (bar), Nelson Goerner (pno) (NIFC NIFCCD 016)

BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Hilary Hahn (vln) (Sony SK 62793)

Disc 1

JC BACH: Symphonies, Op 6/1-6; Op 18/2, 4 & 6 - Netherlands CO/David Zinman (Philips 442 275)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

MALIPIERO: Preludi Autunnali; Barlumi; Maschere Che Passano; Poemi Asolani; Omaggi; A Claudio Debussy - Sandro Ivo Bartoli (pno) (ASV CD DCA 929)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

SCHUBERT: Lieder - Christine Schaefer (sop), Matthias Görne (bar), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33027)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BERWALD: String Quartets, No 1 in G minor; No 2 in A minor; No 3 in Eb - Yggdrasil Quartet (BIS CD 759)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

SIBELIUS: Scaramouche Op 71; The Language of the Birds, Wedding March - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 502)

6:00 BECK: Sinfonia in D Op 2/6 - Thirteen Strings CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573323)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen, from Mozart's The Magic Flute - Xavier Phillips (cello), François-Frédéric Guy (pno) (Evidence EVCD 015)

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

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Philip Green (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

SARASATE: Romance & Gavotte after Mignon - Volker Reinhold (vln), Ralph Zedler (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm 903 1909)

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

7:00 BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 (1) - Daniel Hope (vln/dir), CO of Europe (Warner 2564 62545)

SC DUSSEK: Harp Sonata in C minor Op 2/3 - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)

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

CHOPIN trans Liszt: The maiden's wish, from Polish Songs Op 74 - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10826)

SIBELIUS: Scène de Ballet - Turku Phil/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.573300)

8:00 Beauty Spot: RUTTER: A Gaelic blessing - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

ALBÉNIZ orch Arbós: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80703)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for violin & oboe RV548 - Rachel Podger (vln), Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0005)

MONTI arr Lenehan: Czárdás - Nicola Benedetti, Tamás András (vlns), Thomas Carroll (cello), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Petr Limonov (pno) (Decca 478 5338)

ELGAR: Carissima - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (2) - Isabelle Faust (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1833)

FUCÍK: Florentine March Op 214 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5158)

9:00 SCHUMANN: Fairy-tale Scenes Op 113 - Paul Coletti (vla), Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66946)

STRAVINSKY: Petrushka, 1911 version - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Musicales Actes Sud ASM 15)

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

Settling the Score: Laurence Reese, New Zealand SO Principal Timpanist

ARENSKY: String Quartet No 1 in G Op 11 - Ying Quartet (Sono Luminus DSL 92143)

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

12:00 VIEUXTEMPS: Elegy in F minor Op 30 - Tabea Zimmermann (vla), Thomas Hoppe (pno) (Myrios MYR 014)

RODRIGO: Concierto madrigal - Ricardo Gallén, Joaquín Clerch (gtrs), Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés (Naxos 8.555842)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

POULENC: Flute Sonata - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 902)

A RITCHIE: Brass Quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Trust MMT 2035)

CLEMENTI: Overture in D - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573071)

Settling the Score: Sam Hunt, poet

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 (2) - Pierre Fournier (cello), Berlin Phil/George Szell (DG 477 5939)

B TCHAIKOVSKY: The Murmuring Forest, Suite - Saratov Conservatory SO/Kirill Ershov (Naxos 8.570195)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

CHAJES: Israeli Melodies - members of the Israel Phil/David Amos (Crystal CD 508)

MENDELSSOHN: Three Fantasies or Caprices Op 16 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68059)

SHORE: Concertino, Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

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

WAGNER arr Stokowski: Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9686)

5:00 WOLF-FERRARI: Susanna's Secret, Overture - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in D TWV51/D2 - Alexis Kossenko (fl/dir), Les Ambassadeurs (Alpha 200)

BORODIN: Polovtsian March, from Prince Igor - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1215)

SCHMITT arr Watkins/Chatron: Andante & Scherzo for harp & string quartet - Sandrine Chatron (harp), Elias String Quartet (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

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

6:00 DAVIS: Pickwick Papers, Suite - Scottish CO/Carl Davis (CFP CDCFP 4542)

DESYATNIKOV: In honour of Dickens - Evelyn Chang (pno) (Avie AV 2168)

BURGON: Bleak House - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Burgon (Silva Screen FILM CD 117)

R HOLMES arr Zito: Moonfall, from The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Renée Fleming (sop), Welsh National Opera Orch/Paul Gemignani (Decca 473 250)

BERNERS: Nicholas Nickleby - Royal Liverpool Phil/Barry Wordsworth (EMI 5 65098)

ADDINSELL: A Tale of Two Cities, Theme - Roderick Elms (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

Pacific Rhythms

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra presents music influenced by different Pacific cultures

Strike Percussion, Banju Gunung Saliju Gamelan Ensemble, Christchurch SO/Hamish McKeich

ZIPORYN: Ngaben (for Sari Club); BODY: Melodies for Orchestra; TAKEMITSU: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden; FARR: Concerto for percussion and orchestra (recorded in Air Force Museum, Wigram by RNZ)

MAGNARD: Piano Trio in F Op 18 - Geneviève Laurenceau (vln), Maximilian Hornung (cello), Oliver Triendl (pno) (CPO 777 765)

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