Schedules for 26 Nov - 02 Dec, 2016

Tessa Birnie

A tribute to the distinguished New Zealand pianist who died in 2008 presented by Peter Mechen.

1:00 Approx - Disc 1

PÄRT: Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - LA Phil, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Konan pokajanen, fragments - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 2160)

1:50 Approx - Disc 2

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10; FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

3:10 Approx - Disc 3

MISKINIS: Dum medium silentium; O sacrum convivium; Pater noster; Tenebrae factae sunt; Don't leave me, Sun; Seven O Antiphons; Oh, it's getting cold; O Magnum Mysterium; Ave Maria (second setting); Salve Regina; Ave Maria (third setting); Time is endless - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

4:25 Approx - Disc 4

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

ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - St Cecilia National Academy Orch/Antonio Pappano (Warner 0825 646243440)

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

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

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

GRAINGER: To a Nordic Princess - Danish National Radio SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9721)

7.00

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

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C HobXVI/48 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

LILBURN: Diversions for Strings (4) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

MAGNANI: Divertimento No 1 - Sergio Bosi (cl), Riccardo Bartoli (pno) (Naxos 8.572890)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

8.00

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: King John Op 111 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572501)

SCHUMANN trans Liszt: Widmung - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10826)

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

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

LISZT arr Liszt/Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D S359/6 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 3 in Eb - Arriaga Quartet (ASV CD DCA 1012)

COPLAND: The Tender Land, Suite - Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

BINGE: The Watermill - Ruth Scott (ob), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

HANDEL: Worthy is the Lamb, from Messiah - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 - Edding Quartet, Northernlight (PHI LPH 015)

ADDINSELL arr Douglas: Warsaw Concerto, from the film Dangerous Moonlight - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10046)

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

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

This week's best-selling CDs

In this series, David Bremner profiles six 'Legends of Brass'

(4) Barry Tuckwell

The Australian-born virtuoso studied informally with Dennis Brain and went on to become the world's most recorded horn player (RNZ)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Anniversary Celebration 2014

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

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

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Prelude - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5140)

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

ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

NIELSEN: Saga Dream - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1839/40)

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

Stephen Hough (pno), New Zealand SO/Gustavo Gimeno

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb Op 83; FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (Part 1); SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 1 in F minor Op 10 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Les Guitares Bien Tempérées, excerpts - Brasil Guitar Duo: Joao Luiz & Douglas Lora (Naxos 8.570778)

SAINT-SAËNS: Allegro Appassionato Op 43 - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

NZ performers and composers

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 2 in D K314 - Catherine Bowie (fl), Auckland Philharmonia/Lionel Bringuier (RNZ)

BESSER: Becalmed, from Mr Darwin's dances - Bridget Miles (cl), Miranda Adams (vln), Ann Rodda (cello), Peter Scott (dbass), Nigel Gavin (gtr), Jonathan Besser (pno), Nanette Fortier (drums) (Atoll ACD 200)

BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad, Loveliest of trees; When I was one-and-twenty; Look not into my eyes; Think no more, lad; The lads in their hundreds; Is my team ploughing? - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

VERDI: Willow Song & Ave Maria, from Otello - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Elzbieta Ardam (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 440 843)

RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Chantal Juillet (vln), Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 448 612)

RODRIGO: Concierto para una fiesta - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 475 6360)

BACH: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Sony 88697 99824)

BOWEN: Rhapsody for cello & orchestra Op 74 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Concert Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7263)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in G G441 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (Sony SK 62679)

Disc 1

PLEYEL: Symphonies, in C Ben128; in F minor Ben138; in C minor Ben121 - Capella Istropolitana/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554696)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 32 in G minor HobXVI/44; Keyboard Sonata No 31 in Ab HobXVI/46; Arietta & 12 Variations in Eb HobXVII/3; Keyboard Sonata No 33 in C minor HobXVI/20 - Geoffrey Lancaster (fpno) (ABC Classics 465 702)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

GILLES: Requiem; Motet Beatus quem elegisti - Véronique Gens (sop), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Hervé Lamy (tens), Peter Harvey, Jean-Louis Paya (basses), Le Concert Spirituel Choir & Orch/Hervé Niquet (Accord 465 924)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

GUSTAVSEN: Deep as love; Graceful touch; IGN; Melted matter; At a glance; Song of yearning; Turning point; Interlude; Where Breathing Starts; Going places; Your eyes; Graceful touch, variation; Song of yearning - Tord Gustavsen Trio (ECM 1834)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

VINTER: Entertainments; ELGAR: Sospiri; WARLOCK: Four Folksong Preludes; FOX: Countryside Suite; MARSHALL: Elegy; SCOTT: First Suite for Strings; WALTERS: Sinfonia Breve - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (White Line CD WHL 2139)

DUFAY: Nuper rosarum flores - Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1700)

GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

TRAD: The bright festival approaches; TRAD arr Ottósson: Now comes the world's salvation - Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (Iceland MIC ITM 8-09)

BRITTEN: Interlude, from A Ceremony of Carols - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

CHILCOTT: The Advent Candle - Commotio/Matthew Berry, Tanya Houghton (harp) (Naxos 8.573159)

DANDRIEU: Noël sur les flûtes - André Isoir (the Kern organ of Saint-Séverin) (Calliope CAL 5916)

BACH: Cantata No 36, Soar joyfully aloft (written for the 1st Sunday in Advent) - Hana Blaziková (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Satoshi Mizukoshi (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1861)

TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The truth from above; POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree; TRAD: Of the Father's heart begotten - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (Coro COR 16085)

HANDEL: Comfort ye; Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - Ian Bostridge (ten), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (EMI 3 82243)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

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

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Warner 2564 61552)

FOERSTER: Erinnerung, for string quartet & harp - Jana Bousková (harp), Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

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

WAGNER: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Philadelphia Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 453 485)

WAGENSEIL: Symphony in D WV374 - Bern Camerata/Thomas Füri (dir) (Archiv 410 599)

FINZI: Clarinet Concerto Op 31 - Alan Hacker (cl), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5665)

SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 8897)

Hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City

Big Three in High Spirits

MOZART: Flute Quartet No 1 in D K 285 - Sooyun Kim (fl), Kristin Lee (vln), Paul Neubauer (vla), Andreas Brantelid (cello)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 - Ani Kavafia (vln), Anne-Marie McDermott (pno)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in G HobXV/25, Gypsy Trio - Wu Han (pno), Gil Shaham (vln), David Finckel (cello) (WFMT)

JK PAINE: The Tempest, Symphonic Poem Op 31 - Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559747)

PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens - Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell, Daniel Cook (org) (Hyperion CDA 68089)

COPLAND: Rodeo - Colorado Symphony/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 2164)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

SCHUMANN: Novelette in F# minor Op 21/8 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10874)

CARAFA: Oh, di sorte crudel, from Le nozze di Lammermoor - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Jean-Michel Bertelli (cl), Lyon National Opera Orch/Riccardo Minasi (Erato 0825 646365623)

KODÁLY: Duo for violin & cello Op 7 - Julia Fischer (vln), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) (Orfeo C 902 161 A)

Pierre Fournier (cello)

STRAVINSKY: Suite italienne - with Francis Poulenc (pno) (rec 1953) (Tahra TAH 566)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - with BBC SO/Colin Davis (rec 1973) (BBC Legends BBCL 4149)

Interrupted Cadences

What if …?

John Drummond explores critical moments in the history of Western music when things might well have turned out differently

Ten programmes

(7) Brahms falls asleep

Nodding off caused a war in Germany whose repercussions are still being felt (RNZ)

2014 Kerikeri International Piano Competition

Four programmes

(2) The Recital Round

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer; LISZT: Ballade No 2 - Bradley Wood (pno)

FARR: The Horizon from Owhiro Bay; CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23; DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1; PROKOFIEV: Toccata in D minor Op 11 - Sylvia Jiang (pno)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in D Kk492; in B minor Kk27; in G Kk455; CHOPIN: Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22; RAVEL: Sonatine - Jane Nayoung Koo (pno) (recorded in the Turner Centre, Kerikeri by RNZ)

ADAMS: The Chairman Dances - San Francisco SO/Edo de Waart (Nonesuch 979 171)

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)

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

Tintagel - London Phil/Osmo Vänskä (LPO 0036)

THOMAS: Hamlet

A dramatic opera in five acts

Claudius, King

of Denmark.................. Paul Whelan

Queen Gertrude........... Katarina Karnéus

Hamlet......................... Thomas Oliemans

Polonius....................... Peter Loguin

Ophelia........................ Ditte Højgaard Andersen

Laertes......................... Joachim Bäckström

Horatio......................... Anton Ljungqvist

Marcellus..................... Henrik Andersson

The Ghost.................... Björn Larsson

First Gravedigger......... Anton Ljungqvist

Second Gravedigger.... Ingemar Andersson

Gothenburg Opera Chorus & Extra Chorus, Gothenburg Orchestra/Henrik Schaefer (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

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

GRENFELL: Dancing at the Camerata - NZ Chamber Brass (Private)

PIGOVAT: Sonata for viola and piano - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)

ELGAR: Nursery Suite - Stephanie Gonley (vln), English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Op 50/1 - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6503)

GÁL: Trio in F# minor Op 104 - Ensemble Epomeo (Avie AV 2259)

VOGEL: Symphony No 3 in Bb - Bavarian Chamber Phil/Reinhard Goebel (Oehms OC 735)

KIRCHNER: Eight Pieces Op 79 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.208)

Disc 1

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

1:05 approx - Disc 2

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

2:20 approx - Disc 3

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

3:20 approx - Disc 4

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

4:55 approx - Disc 5

SCOTT: Impromptu, A Mountain Brook Op 41; Chimes Op 40/3; Columbine Op 47/2; Andante, Study for a slow movement No 1; Largo Study for a slow movement No 2; Klavierstü />

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (4) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

MOZART: Fantasia in D minor K397 - Richard Egarr (fpno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7387)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7762)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

PIERNE: Variations libres et finale Op 51 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

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

7.00

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (1) - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80289)

BERLIOZ: Absence, from Les nuits d'été - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 445 823)

SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Polish CO/Jacek Kaspszyk (EMI 3 79934)

GRAINGER: My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Slovak Radio SO/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.554263)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.553596)

MOLEIRO: Sonatina No 4 in G minor - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (Nimbus NI 6104)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (2) - Ramón Ortega Quero (ob), Janine Jansen & Friends/Janine Jansen (vln/dir) (Decca 478 5362)

8.00

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (1) - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (Sony 88697 74869)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (3) - Raphael Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66804)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G RV310 - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2106)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Eb D899/2 - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80337)

BIZET: C'est des contrebandiers le refuge ordinaire, - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

GROKHOVSKY: Gypsy Rhapsody - Vladimir Ivanov (vln), Moscow Radio SO/Vyacheslav Grokhovsky (CAMPION CAMEO 2016)

9.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 417 740)

VERDI: Sento avvampar nell'anima, from Simon Boccanegra - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Linn CKD 362)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romances for violin and piano Op 6 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (pno) (DG 479 0835)

BOCCHERINI: String Quartet in G G223, La Tiranna - Ensemble 415 (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1334)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (3) - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 1035)

BALAKIREV: Islamey - Lang Lang (pno) (Telarc CD 80524)

BOWEN: Bolero - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

TAVENER: Svyati - Tim Hugh (cello), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Naxos 8.555256)

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

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

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - BBC Concert Orch/Johannes Wildner (BBC Music MM 347)

12.00

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 (1) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 66895)

MERK: Valse brillante Op 6 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 300)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (1) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (RNZ)

VINTER: James Cook, Circumnavigator - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (KIWI CD SLC 247)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Hermann Baumann (horn), Cologne Radio SO/Günter Wand (PROFIL PH 06005)

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

4.00

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Purcell Quartet with Purcell Band (Hyperion CDA 66264)

HAYDN: Symphony No 39 in G minor - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

5.00

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (AZICA ACD 71265)

BRIDGE: Phantasie Piano Quartet in F# minor - Tunnell Trio, Brian Hawkins (vla) (LYRITA SRCD 302)

PICKER: Old & Lost Rivers - London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 62729)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - John Lill (pno) (Nimbus NI 5575)

TRAD: O Waly Waly - Christopher Fritzsche (countertenor), Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (3) - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (4) - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Signum SIGCD 193)

6.00

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (3) - Guarneri Quartet (Philips 420 803)

PROKOFIEV: Death of Tybalt, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

HANDEL: Zadok the Priest - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'adieu - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Charles Medlam (bass viol), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor (2) - Mie Kobayashi (vln), Yoko Hasegawa (cello), Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4008)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (4) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

We Remember: Music, mateship and memories

Sara Macliver (sop), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

BODY: Little Elegies; SCULTHORPE: Memento Mori

GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Leningrad Phil/Yevgeny Mravinsky (MELODIYA 74321 25189)

LISZT: Die Lorelei - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

BOTTESINI: Andante sostenuto for strings - English CO/Andrew Litton (Naxos 8.570397)

DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor Op 1 - Martin Roscoe (pno), Vanbrugh Quartet (Asv CD DCA 915)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Wilma Smith (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

PÄRT: Magnificat - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.557299)

GRAINGER: Dreamery - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1948 (476 6189))

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

BRAHMS: String Sextet No 2 in G Op 36 - Raphael Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66276)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:30 approx - Disc 3

El Cancionero de Medinaceli

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:55 approx - Disc 5

Landmarks

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

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (3) - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7430)

DELIUS: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

MOZART: Rondo in A K386 - Alfred Brendel (pno), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 442 269)

STRAUSS: Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 (2) - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67574)

CPE BACH: String Symphony in E Wq182/6 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 300)

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

MARTUCCI: Gavotta Op 55/2 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570930)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1849)

GRANADOS: Intermezzo, from Goyescas - Sung-Eun Hong (cello), Jin-Ho Kim (pno) (KOREAN BROADCASTING KIFM 016)

HANDEL: Suite from Il Pastor Fido (11) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Sony SK 68257)

CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (TACTUS TC 791804)

LISZT: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 411 803)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0590)

VERDI: Grand March, from Aida - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

8.00

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

TARREGA: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Dimitri Illarionov (gtr) (Naxos 8.557293)

FAURÉ: Fantaisie Op 79 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (alpha 603)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Tuba Concerto in F minor (2) - Peter Whish-Wilson (tuba), Adelaide SO/David Stanhope (ABC 476 5251)

GUILMANT: Scherzo Symphonique in C Op 55/2 - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall we dance? - John Fullam (cl), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559750)

9.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 (1) - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 425 793)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Orpheus CO (DG 423 624)

BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury (BBC MUSIC MM 44)

DUSSEK: Sinfonia in Bb - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo and Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 190)

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

DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32b - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (warner 2564 62409)

STRAVINSKY: Chanson russe - Anthony Marwood (vln), Thomas Adès (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67723)

WAGNER: In fernem land, from Lohengrin - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Markus Brück (bbar), German Opera Chorus & Orch, Berlin/Donald Runnicles (Decca 478 5189)

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (Telarc CD 80145)

12.00

MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

SAINT-SAËNS: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix - Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Vienna Radio SO/Bertrand de Billy (teldec 8573 87193)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (1) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 416 838)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

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NZ performers and composers

J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Quadrille - Julian Reynolds (pno), Peter Lockwood (pno) (GLOBE GLO 5143)

VERDI: Più tranquilla l'alma sento, from The Force of Destiny - Patricia Hughes (sop), David Griffiths (bar), Noel Mangin (bass), Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (KIWI CD SLC 234)

JANACEK: Jenufa, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)

BIDDINGTON: Festival Dance - Mark Hobson (cl), Sarah Masters (cl), Gloria Streat (bass cl), G (MANU CD MANU 1558)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 447 070)

ROSSINI: Assisa a piè d'un salice, from Otello - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Rotterdam Phil/Edo de Waart (PENTATONE PTC 5186 158)

MENDELSSOHN: Variations concertantes in D Op 17 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

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

4.00

TELEMANN: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott TWV8/7 - Vocalensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites/Holger Speck (CARUS 83.166)

HUMMEL: Concertino in G Op 73 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 9558)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 - Leningrad Phil/Yevgeny Mravinsky (MELODIYA 74321 25189)

5.00

JOPLIN: Elite Syncopations - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Philips 420 945)

MOZART: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz (4) - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1891)

PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 14 in Ab Op 105 (2) - Szymanowski Quartet (Avie AV 2092)

PORTUGAL: Il Duca di Foix, Overture - Algarve Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.557207)

SMETANA: Concert Study in C - Kathryn Stott (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10430)

ALWYN: Festival March - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570144)

6.00

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite (1) - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

SCHUMANN: Mädchenlieder Op 103 - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33110)

A HUGHES: Fantasia in A minor - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

HUGUES: Grande Fantasia di Concerto for two flutes - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Robert Stallman (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

G GABRIELI: Canzon XII in 8 parts - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, (1615)/Stephen Cleobury (ARGO 417 468)

GRANADOS: El pelele, from Goyescas - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 411 958)

BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

From Chamber Music New Zealand

James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34; BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67; SQUIRE: Jet-Lag; MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

MARX: Partita in modo antico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

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

DVORÁK: Cypresses (11) - Panocha Quartet (SUPRAPHON SU 4048)

ARENSKY: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Mark Ermler (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ROH 304/5)

BACH: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)

BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 8 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch INTERNATIONAL 2010356)

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

ELGAR: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

C ADAMS: Strata - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 419 860)

FUCHS: Serenade No 2 in C Op 14 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

Disc 1 YOUNG: Symphony; Virgen de la Esperanza; Dance - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2027)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:25 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:50 approx - Disc 5

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

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (1) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Georg Faust (cello) (EMI 5 57397)

SCHUBERT: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572568)

C SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 (4) - Dartington Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 66331)

LEHAR: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 221)

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 (2) - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (ONYX 4025)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 (4) - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)

7.00

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (4) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (1) - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

BERTALI: Chiacona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

CHOPIN: Impromptu No 2 in F# Op 36 - Eugen Indjic (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 9368)

MOZART: Non più andrai, from The Marriage of Figaro - François Le Roux (bar), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Nicholas McGegan (ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 75605 55031)

CIMAROSA: Giannina e Bernardone, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

PAGANINI: Cantabile in D - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

GRIEG: Norwegian Dance Op 35/1 - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

8.00

FRANCK: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Artis Quartet (ACCORD 220 802)

VERHULST: Overture in D minor Op 8 - The Hague Residentie Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10179)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Véronique Gens (sop), Lille National Orchestra/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (3) - Sharon Kam (cl), Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (4) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

9.00

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (4) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)

B MARCELLO: Vaghe calme d'amore - Rossana Bertini (sop), STERNEFELD, La Venexiana (OPUS 111 OPS 1001)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Cleveland Orch/Neville Marriner (Decca 410 019)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (4) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

CHESNOKOV: Bless the Lord, O my soul - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

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

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea - Thomas Allen (bar), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (EMI CDM 5 67428)

BEETHOVEN: Faithfu' Johnie; The kiss, dear maid - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Trio Fontenay (Philips 442 784)

12.00

BARBER: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (EMI CDC 7 49463)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F RV296 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (Sony SK 87733)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Academic SO of St Petersburg Philharmony 'Shostakovich'/Alexander Dmitriev (Sony MLK 64055)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 (3) - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

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

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NZ performers and composers

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

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

METCALFE: The Third Fire - Tom Kerstens (gtr) (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

STRAVINSKY: Lullaby & Finale from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5788)

TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), Wolfram Christ (vla d'amore), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 331)

4.00

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Kaori Muraji (gtr), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Decca 475 8199)

BOWERMAN: Nocturne - Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 005)

ARNE: Symphony No 4 in C minor (3) - Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 216)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb Op 75 - Stephen Hough (pno), Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)

5.00

F MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in Eb (4) - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello), Potsdam Kammerakademie, Shalev Ad-El (hpschd) (DG 479 0092)

CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (pno) (EMI 3 66938)

RUIZ DE RIBAYAZ: Españoletas - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

PURCELL: Fairest isle, from King Arthur - Sylvia McNair (sop), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Philips 446 081)

J STRAUSS II: Wine, Women & Song - Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI CMS 5 67323)

6.00

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Clasics 94081)

CASTELLO: Sonata No 4 - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Conso/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 26708)

GERSHWIN/DONALDSON: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)

KORNGOLD: Ich soll ihn niemals, from Die Kathrin - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (Sony 88697 74869)

MONTI: Czárdás - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

The Los Angeles Philharmonic

From the 2014/15 season, hosted by Brian Lauritzen

Gerald Finley (baritone), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin; SAARIAHO: True Fire; RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; Bolero; Gaspard de la nuit (WFMT)

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Marek Janowski (PENTATONE PTC 5186 353)

POULENC: Oboe Sonata - Adrian Wilson (ob), Tim Horton (pno) (Nimbus NI 6121)

PARSONS: Ave Maria - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 2 28944)

DOWLAND: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: Night Ride & Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120 (1) - François Salque (cello), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (ALPHA 600)

MOZART: Symphony No 28 in C K200 (2) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80165)

BRITTEN: Serenade for tenor, horn & strings Op 31 - Ian Bostridge (ten), Radek Baborák (horn), strings of Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58049)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9 - Sergio Tiempo (pno) (EMI 5 58018)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (ARCHIV 410 899)

TAVENER: Song for Athene - Armonico Consort/Christopher Monks (dir) (Signum SIGCD 180)

PART: Tabula Rasa (2) - Adele Anthony (vln), Gil Shaham (vln), Erik Risberg (prep pno), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 457 647)

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 56583)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:25 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Stokowski Orchestral Transcriptions

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

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80337)

BOCCHERINI: String Trio in A Op 38/1 - Tres Cordes String Trio (ODE CD MANU 5122)

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb Wq165 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (4) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21504)

7.00

TRAD: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson (marco polo 8.223522)

GIULIANI: Rondoletto - Vladimir Gorbach (gtr) (Naxos 8.573023)

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

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (3) - Jonathan Biss (pno), Elias String Quartet (Onyx 4092)

HOFMANN: Symphony in F (Badley F2) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 257)

8.00

FAURÉ: Romance in Bb Op 28 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

VERDI: Aida, Prelude - Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (MEDICI ARTS MM 008)

VILLA-LOBOS: Little Train of Caipira - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (Avie AV 2162)

MOZART: Three arias from The Magic Flute - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln) (Sony 88697 28585)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (3) - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

DONIZETTI: Ah! mes amis, from The Daughter of the Regiment - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Eric Garrett (bar), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus & Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 638)

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (4) - Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mikhail Muntian (pno) (RCA 09026 63293)

9.00

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 (1) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? - Jochen Kowalski (countertenor), CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (CAPRICCIO 60 008)

RACHMANINOV: Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Orpheus CO (DG 419 191)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (3) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572382)

ALWYN: The Innumerable Dance, An English Overture - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570144)

SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Maria João Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

TRAD: Prepare a way for the Lord - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - New Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (EMI 5 65053)

ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8404)

SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - Peter Schaffer (vln), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

12.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein (1) - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)

PÄRT: Tribute to Caesar - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7242)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (1) - Martin Fröst (cl), Vertavo String Quartet (BIS SACD 1263)

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0045)

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WARLOCK: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ARTE NOVA ANO 378 680)

LILBURN: Christmas 1943 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2068-69)

TRAD: Choice Ayres - Robert Oliver (ten), Milton Parker (gtr) (Kiwi SLD 47)

G BOHM: Prelude, fugue & postlude in G minor - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Tartar TRL 022)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR TRL 030)

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Pierre Fournier (cello), Jean Fonda (pno) (DG 477 5939)

RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 145)

LISZT: Miserere, from Il Trovatore by Verdi - Michel Dalberto (pno) (RCA 82876 60309)

4.00

Shakespeare 400 - Pericles, Prince of Tyre

SULLIVAN: Yeomen of the Guard, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (Nimbus NI 5066)

5.00

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 421 065)

GERSHWIN: I loves you Porgy, from Porgy & Bess - Joshua Bell (vln), Chris Botti (tpt), instrumental ensemble (Sony 88697 55436)

SAINT-SAËNS: French military march, from Algerian Suite - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4542)

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (4) - Emerson Quartet (DG 445 551)

JIMENEZ: Ella - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Mariachi de Oro (tpt), David Gálvez (gtr), Swang Lin, Eugene Cherkasov, Xiao-Hua Sheng (vlns) (Decca 475 6932)

CHOPIN: Etude in C Op 10/1 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 459 064)

A SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - William Bennett (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 848)

6.00

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67175)

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

MENDELSSOHN: Frühlingsglaube Op 9/8 - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 474 501)

DELIUS: Serenade, from Hassan - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)

ELLINGTON/MILLS/PARISH: Sophisticated Lady - Bobby Watson (sax), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

The Trumpet Shall Sound

Giuliano Sommerhalder (tpt), Auckland Philharmonia/Eivind Gullberg Jensen

HAYDN: Symphony No 34 in D minor; Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1; FRANÇAIX: Prelude, Sarabande & Gigue; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

E FRANCK: Piano Trio in Eb Op 22 - Shmuel Ashkenasi (vln), Yehuda Hanani (cello), James Tocco (pno) (Naxos 8.57248)

LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

SIBELIUS: King Christian II - Sauli Tiilikainin (bar), Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9158)

PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7242)

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 19 - Luba Edlina (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8948)

CPE BACH: Oboe Sonata in C minor - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

JANACEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)

12:15 approx - Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3876)

1:30 approx - Disc 2

LILBURN: Piano Sonata; Four Preludes; Two Christmas Pieces for LB; Allegro; Four Preludes; Rondino; Two Preludes; Andante; Poco Lento; Three Bars for MN; Adagio sostentuto; Andante commodo; Still Music for WNR; Six short pieces; Piano Sonata in A minor; Moths & Candles - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

2:40 approx - Disc 3

ANON: Judeo-Spanish songs: La Rosa enflorece; Yo m'enamori; La madre de la novia; Hija mia; Una caza chica; Puncha Puncha; Y una madre; Durme mi angelico; Noches buenas; El Conde nino; El villano vil; La sirena; Gerineldo; David y Absolan; Morenica sos; Ithyo; Ilono; Ak Egartho - Esther Lamandier (sop, harp, org & spinette) (Alienor AL 1012)

3:50 approx - Disc 4

JADIN: String Quartet in Eb Op 2/1; VACHON: String Quartet in G minor Op 5/2; JADIN: String Quartet Op 4/1; VACHON: String Quartet in D Op 7/2; JADIN: String Quartet in F minor Op 1/3 - Rasumovsky Quartet (ASV CD GAU 151)

5:05 approx - Disc 5

HURLSTONE: Four Characteristic Pieces; BLISS: Pastoral for clarinet & piano; STOKER: Sonatina for clarinet & piano Op 5; FERGUSON: Four Short Pieces Op 6; DUNHILL: Phantasy Suite Op 91; STANFORD: Clarinet Sonata Op 129; ARNOLD: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Einar Johannesson (cl), Philip Jenkins (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9079)

OOSTEN: Harp Concerto (3) - Godelieve Schrama (harp), Netherlands Radio CO/Micha Hamel (NM CLASSICS 92077)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 37838)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV435 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

GRIEG: Melodies Op 53 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

FLOTOW: M'appari tutt'amor, from Martha - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

7.00

MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague (3) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 (2) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1970.71)

MEDTNER: Fairy-tale in C Op 48/1 - Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9050)

ORD: Adam lay y-bounden - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

COSTE: Duetto - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (Brilliant Classics 93898)

FALLA: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance - London SO/Geoffrey Simon (Chandos CHAN 8457)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

GERSHWIN: An American in Paris, excerpt - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)

8.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (3) - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (artistled 10501)

STRAVINSKY: Infernal Dance, from The Firebird - Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez (DG 459 064)

PIERNE: Impromptu-Caprice Op 9 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68790)

HANDEL: Scoglio d'immota fronte, from Scipione - Emma Kirkby (sop), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66860)

SARASATE: L'Esprit follet Op 48 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)

9.00

VERHULST: Overture in C minor, Gijsbrecht van Aemstel Op 3 - The Hague Residentie Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10179)

MARTINU: Clarinet Sonatina - Sabine Meyer (cl), Alfons Kontarsky (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49711)

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (WARNER 2564 63235)

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

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Delphine Haidan (mezzo), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 10568)

STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe - Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 32112)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words in D Op 109 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Apollo's Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orch)/Jeannette Sorrell (Avie AV 2159)

GRANADOS: Sardana; Serenata; Jácara; Países soñados - Douglas Riva (pno) (Naxos 8.555723)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0051)

MOMPOU: Variations on a theme of Chopin - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67803)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 (2) - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

12.00

HANDEL: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Kathleen Battle (sop), session orchestra/Robert Sadin (Sony SK 89464)

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 (3) - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)

BORODIN: Prince Igor, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 286)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1948 (476 6189))

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV232 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

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STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Waltz - Julian Reynolds (pno), Peter Lockwood (pno) (GLOBE GLO 5143)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 77)

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 (1) - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 27 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67371/2)

4.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 1 in F minor Op 10 - Chicago SO/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 632)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (Brilliant Classics 94188)

POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon - Adrian Wilson (ob), Peter Whelan (bsn), Tim Horton (pno) (Nimbus NI 6121)

5.00

GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F (3) - Howard Shelley (pno), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9092)

BACH: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (3) - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Alain Planès (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1947.48)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 (3) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 415 975)

ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

DVORÁK: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - I Salonisti (LONDON 458 382)

MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolìvar SO of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

6.00

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

GORECKI: Totus tuus - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 0039)

MALATS: Spanish Serenade - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1849)

ROSSINI: Largo al factotum, from The Barber of Seville - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

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MUSTO: Trio for violin, cello & piano; C WATSON: Schemata - three views of an imaginary object; CARTER: Epigrams; ZEMLINSKY: Clarinet/Violin Trio in D minor Op 3 (recorded in the Q Theatre Loft, Auckland by RNZ)

HOVHANESS: Ode to the Temple of Sound - Frost SO/Chung Park (CENTAUR CRC 2954)

GOOSSENS: Oboe Concerto - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

GLASS: String Quartet No 2, Company - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.559354)

LISZT: Orpheus - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

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10:00 Resound 2016

A collaboration between RNZ and SOUNZ to give past recordings of works by NZ composers new life.

Eight programmes introduced by Kenneth Young

(6) SCHOLES: Sonata for Flute and Piano - Amanda Hollins (fl), Richard Mapp (pno)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: efflux - Richard Liu, Warwick Crawford (pnos)

RIMMER: Vulcan - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young; Composition 10 - Barry Johnstone (dbass), John Rimmer (tape realisation) (RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams