Schedules for 10 - 16 December, 2016

Progress, Patriotism and Protest

Three Progammes

Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America.

(2) A national anthem at last, music for war, Strange Fruit in the South, Frank Sinatra pleads for tolerance and Leonard Bernstein takes aim at the forces of McCarthyism.

1:00 approx - Disc 1

MASSENET: Herodiade, Ballet Music; Orchestral Suite No 1; Orchestral Suite No 2, Scene Hongroises; Orchestral Suite No 3, Scenes Dramatiques - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

2:10 approx - Disc 2

RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 1 in G minor, Élégiaque; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Vadim Repin (vln), Mischa Maisky (cello), Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 8099)

3:15 approx - Disc 3

WILD: Grand Fantasy on Porgy & Bess, Seven Virtuoso Etudes, Improvisation on Someone to watch over me, Piano Sonata - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

4:35 approx - Disc 4

WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 22; PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28; SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20; DINICU: Hora Staccato; PAGANINI: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Michael Rabin (vln), Philharmonia Orch/Eugene Goossens, Hollywood Bowl SO/Felix Slatkin (Medici Arts MM 023)

W HAYES: Concerto in D minor - Péter Barczi, Éva Borhi (vlns), Capriccio Basel (Capriccio 71 135)

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

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Susanne Beer (cello), Gareth Hancock (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25068)

M HAYDN: Divertimento in G - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 513)

7:00 KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance, from Gayaneh - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner Classics 3984 25544)

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

BRIDGE: Two poems, The open air; The story of my heart - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

SMETANA: Czech dances, Book 1 - Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (RegisC 1223)

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

8:00 WEBER: Oberon, Overture - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 7 49889)

SPOHR: Variations in A Op 8 - Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.225983)

FAURÉ arr Talmi: Fantaisie Op 79 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

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

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572336)

F MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in Eb - Cavaleri Quartet (Champs Hill CHRCD 085)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Suite - Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 425 516)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67662)

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

SCHUBERT: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Duncan McTier (dbass), Kathron Sturrock (pno) (Black Box BBM 1007)

J WILLIAMS: The Imperial March, from The Star Wars Trilogy - Utah SO/Varujan Kojian (Varese Sarabande VCD 47201)

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

KOSENKO: Passacaglia in G minor, from Eleven Etudes in the Form of Old Dances Op 19 - Natalya Shkoda (pno) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0036)

MACKENZIE: Benedictus, No 3 of Six Pieces for Violin Op 37 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 66764)

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This week's best-selling CDs

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

(6) Wynton Marsalis

Jazz to classical, New Orleans to New York, legendary trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is the complete musician (RNZ)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Eggner Trio, Amihai Grosz (vla)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478; BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost;

A RITCHIE: Oppositions; SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47; BRAHMS: Third movement, Andante, from Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

From the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Madeleine Pierard (sop), Christopher Field (countertenor), Henry Choo (ten), James Clayton (bass), Tudor Consort, New Zealand SO/Graham Abbott

HANDEL: Messiah (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

STEVENSON: Peter Grimes Fantasy - Jason Bae (pno) (Austria Gramophone AG 0003)

FITZENHAGEN: Ballade Op 10 - Alban Gerhardt (cello), German SO, Berlin/Stefan Blunier (Hyperion CDA 68063)

FARRENC: Sextet in C minor for piano & winds Op 40 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 256)

PROKOFIEV arr Tilson Thomas: Romeo & Juliet, excerpts (Section 2) - San Francisco Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68288)

MOSONYI: Grand Nocturne - Kassai Trio (Marco Polo 8.225042)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:25 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:50 approx - Disc 5

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

A SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium; TRAD arr Craig: The darkest midnight in December; TRAD: Away in a manger - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

CORRETTE: Christmas Symphony No 1 - Rien Voskuilen (org/dir), La Fantasia (Brilliant Classics 93538)

HAGBERG arr Lidholm: Madonna's lullaby; ALFVÉN: See how brightly shines the star - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

TELEMANN: Cantata No 67, Mein Glaube ringt - Ruth Ziesak (sop), Cologne Camerata (CPO 999 764)

GRÍMSDÓTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

MENDELSSOHN: Ave Maria Op 23/2 - Christine Barratt, Janey MacKenzie (sops), Joya Logan, Jenny Youde (contraltos), Rogers Covey-Crump, Robin Mace (tens), Julian Walker, Kenneth Roles (basses), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (Hyperion CDA 66359)

JFC FISCHER: Missa in contrapuncto - Chamber Choir of the MarienKantorei, Lemgo, Handel's Company/Rainer Johannes Homberg (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 605 1477)

RUTTER: Magnificat, excerpts - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 504)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 472 044)

SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Steven Isserlis (cello), Francis Grier (org) (RCA 09026 61678)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Géza Anda (pno/dir), Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica (Decca 473 862)

PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

PIAZZOLLA: Adiós Nonino - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), Leonardo Sanchez (gtr), Otto Derolez (vln), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80526)

TRAD arr Meyer: Star of the County Down - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

The Swan of Tuonela - James Horan (cor anglais), BBC Scottish SO/John Storgårds (BBC MM 380)

Karelia Suite - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 878)

Javier Perianes (pno), Quiroga Quartet

GRANADOS: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 49; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 (recorded in Wigmore Hall, London by the BBC)

WAGNER arr Vlieger: Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

BERKELEY: String Trio Op 19 - Sophie Mather (vln), Dan Shilladay (vla), Gemma Wareham (cello) (Resonus RES 10149)

SILVESTROV: Two Christmas Lullabies, I Sleep, Jesus; Quiet Night - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (Ondine ODE 12665)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 13 - Baiba Skride (vln), Lauma Skride (pno) (Orfeo C 913 161 A)

Vintage Vaughan Williams

Prelude on three Welsh hymn tunes, Ebenezer; Calfaria; Hyfrydol - Salvation Army Staff Band/Bernard Adams (rec 1955) (Albion ALBCD 014)

Serenade to Music - Eva Turner, Stiles Allen, Elsie Suddaby, Isobel Baillie (sops), Mary Jarred, Astra Desmond, Muriel Brunskill, Margaret Balfour (contraltos), Heddle Nash, Walter Widdop, Parry Jones, Frank Titterton (tens), Roy Henderson (bar), Robert Easton, Norman Allin, Harold Williams (basses), BBC SO/Henry Wood (rec 1938) (Alto ALC 1025)

Symphony No 4 in F minor - BBC SO/Ralph Vaughan Williams (rec 1937) (Pearl GEMS 0062)

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

(9) Stravinsky and the Spanish flu

Millions died, but one survived to become one of the great twentieth-century composers (RNZ)

STRAVINSKY arr Stravinsky/Dushkin: Berceuse; Prélude et Ronde des princesses; Scherzo, from The Firebird - Anthony Marwood (vln), Thomas Adès (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67723)

2014 Kerikeri International Piano Competition

Four programmes

(4) The Final, second half

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 52 in G HobXVI/39; SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17; STRAVINSKY: Three movements from Petrushka - Xuan He (pno);

BACH: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor BWV903; BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux; VINE: Nos 1-3, from Five Bagatelles; MESSIAEN: Le Loriot, from Catalogue d'oiseaux Book 1; GRANADOS: Quejas o la maja, from Goyescas; FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Alex Raineri (pno) (recorded in the Turner Centre, Kerikeri by RNZ)

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)

STANFORD: Clarinet Concerto Op 80 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), BBC SO (Chandos CHAN 10739)

VERDI: Un ballo in maschera, an opera in three acts

Gustavo....................... Piotr Beczala

Amelia......................... Krassimira Stoyanova

Count Ankarström....... Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Ulrica........................... Nadia Krasteva

Oscar............................ Hila Fahima

Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orch/Jesús López Cobos

(EBU)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G324, La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2092)

SAEVERUD ed Rönnes: Summer night barcarole - Stavanger SO/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS CD 1262)

The Lilburn Lecture 2016

'Prosaic Notes from an Unwritten Journal'

Composer JENNY MCLEOD begins with Lilburn's thoughts on tradition and language and continues with her own personal reflections, in illustrated verse

(Hosted by the Lilburn Trust and the Alexander Turnbull Library, recorded on 2 November 2016 at National Library of New Zealand by RNZ)

FRANCK: String Quartet in D - Dante Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67664)

BECK: Sinfonia in D Op 4/1 - Czech Chamber Phil, Pardubice/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573248)

DANZI: Flute Quartet in D Op 56/1 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Ardinghello Ensemble (Dabringhaus & Grimm 605 1791)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 12 in F minor D625 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 730)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:20 approx - Disc 3

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

3:25 approx - Disc 4

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

4:40 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Water Music HWV348-350; Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351 - L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (CPO 777 312)

6:00 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (2) - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SIGNUM SIGCD 193)

HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572382)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 16 in A minor D845 (3) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 8107)

MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English CO/Barry Rose (PHILIPS 412 629)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Igor Oistrakh (vln), Natalia Zertsalova (pno) (COLLINS 10452)

7:00 HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 (4) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Cambridge Singers, members of the City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM COLCD 109)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 (3) - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

GRAINGER: Rustic Dance, from Youthful Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 2-5088)

TRAD: In dulci jubilo - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (3) - Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti (dir) (ALPHA 168)

8.00

RACHMANINOV: Ave Maria, from Vespers Op 37 - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (CHANDOS CHSA 5085)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (1) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (CHANDOS CHAN 9484)

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

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (3) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93988)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (3) - Richard Roberts (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 410 253)

LEHÁR: Lippen schweigen, from The Merry Widow - Kathleen Battle (sop), Plácido Domingo (ten), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 552)

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 (3) - Stephen Hough (pno), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1552)

9:00 WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (DECCA 448 155)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (DECCA 476 434)

MAHLER: Das himmlische Leben, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Thomas Hampson (bar), Vienna Virtuosi (DG 477 9289)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

CHABRIER: Gwendoline, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

FALLA: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Teatre Lliure CO/Josep Pons (HARMONIA mundi HMG 50 1432)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (OPUS 111 OPS 30-172)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Orpheus CO (DG 419 191)

KREISLER: Liebesleid - Joshua Bell (vln), Paul Coker (pno) (DECCA 473 168)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 430 324)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (2) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

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

12:00 MOZART: Symphony No 23 in D K181 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 1 in D Op 23 (1) - Artis Piano Quartet (PROFIL PH 07013)

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (decca 478 6029)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante maestoso, from The Nutcracker, Suite - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

VIVALDI: Nisi Dominus in G minor RV608 - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan, Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Peter Averi (org) (KIWI SLD 52)

LILBURN: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555862)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

BYRD: Mass for three voices - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 206)

FRANCK: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue - Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA 66918)

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 518)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir d'un lieu cher Op 42 - James Ehnes (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (ONYX 4076)

G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Montserrat Caballé (sop), New Philharmonia/Reynald Giovaninetti (DG 431 103)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 3/4 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (naxos 8.570799)

5:00 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (4) - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 423 624)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (4) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Jan Vogler (cello), Munich CO/Reinhard Goebel (SONY 88697 11997)

DOVE: The Star-Song - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (org) (HYPERION CDA 67768)

TOURNIER: Vers la source dans le bois - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (TELARC CD 80488)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Leopold String Trio (HYPERION CDA 67471/2)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (3) - Thomas Trotter (Klais organ of the Auckland Town Hall), Auckland Philharmonia/Arvo Volmer (ATOLL ACD 116)

6:00 BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 (1) - Akiko Suwanai (vln/dir), CO of Europe (PHILIPS 475 6934)

SIXTEN: Mary's lullaby - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (2) - Larry Combs (cl), David McGill (bsn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

F MENDELSSOHN: Notturno in G minor - Heather Schmidt (pno) (NAXOS 8.570825)

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (1) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

ROUSE: Amhran, from Flute Concerto - Carol Wincenc (fl), Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (TELARC CD 80474)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (5) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

The Tudor Consort 30th anniversary season

Portal to Paradise

The Tudor Consort/Alistair Carey

TOMKINS: Funeral Sentences; LOBO: Missa pro defunctis; BRAHMS: Warum ist das Licht gegeben; HOWELLS: Requiem; HOWELLS: Even such as time (recorded in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington by RNZ)

BRUCH: Ave Maria Op 61 - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

DALZA: Saltarello; Piva - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (PHILIPS 462 592)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Nigel Potts (org) (HERALD HAVPCD 344)

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - French National Orch/Daniele Gatti (Sony 88697 97400)

TORREJÓN Y VELASCO: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (ALIA VOX AV 9834)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 11 in Bb Op 22 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 (2) - James Galway (fl/dir), Catrin Finch (harp), Sinfonia Varsovia (DG 477 6233)

PÄRT: Fratres - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (ECM 817 764)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

MESSAGER: Rossignol, from Monsieur Beaucaire - Kate Royal (sop), Crouch End Festival Chorus, English National Opera Orch/Edward Gardner (EMI 2 68192)

MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina, Overture Op 32 - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:20 approx - Disc 3

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

3:25 approx - Disc 4

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

4:40 approx - Disc 5

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

6:00 DVORÁK: String Quartet No 14 in Ab Op 105 (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57013)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (4) - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 000)

RUBINSTEIN: Romance in Eb Op 44/1 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Marina Gusak-Grin (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 8748)

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

GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (DECCA 425 820)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor Op 62 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1426)

7:00 HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

GOUNOD: Salut! demeure chaste et pure, from Faust - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

SCHUBERT: Der Müller und der Bach, from Die schöne Müllerin - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for strings RV121 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (ARCHIV 474 5092)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Baroque CO/Ettore Statta (RCA GD 86207)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

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

SULLIVAN: The Gondoliers, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 5066)

8:00 DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Susan Drake (harp) (HYPERION CDA 66340)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (4) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)

FOULDS: The Florida Spiritual Op 71/1 - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (DUTTON CDLX 7260)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4185)

HANDEL: Water Music (11) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 414 128)

WALDTEUFEL: Acclamations Waltz - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (MARCO POLO 8.223684)

9:00 MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (2) - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Louis Lortie (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 8620)

VERDI: Niun mi tema, from Otello - José Cura (ten/dir), Philharmonia (ERATO 8573 80232)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV451 - Hans Peter Westermann (ob), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (OPUS 111 OP 30379)

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

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Eton College Chapel Choir/Ralph Allwood, Thomas Winpenny (org) (RESONANCE CD RSN 3076)

PLUHAR/GALEAZZI: Ninna Nanna sopra la Romanesca - Lucilla Galeazzi (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar, Gianluigi Trovesi (cl) (Alpha 512)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Valentina Lisitsa (pno), London SO/Michael Francis (Decca 478 4890)

RACHMANINOV: The Cherubic Hymn - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

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

12:00 BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)

WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (NAXOS 8.557753)

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

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

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

STANLEY: Voluntary in D minor Op 5/8 - James Tibbles (org) (ATOLL ACD 406)

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

WAGNER: Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg - Simon O'Neill (ten), John Tomlinson (bbar), Thomas Grace (bbar), New Zealand Opera Chorus, New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

VERDI: Force of Destiny, Overture - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (GLOBE GLO 5143)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 - Vlach Quartet (Naxos 8.553374)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (3) - Kari Kriikku (basset cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (ONDINE ODE 1056)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (DECCA 475 8140)

BELLINI: Sleepwalking scene, from La Sonnambula - Renée Fleming (sop), Florence May Festival Chorus, Orch of St Luke's/Patrick Summers (DECCA 467 101)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

5:00 MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (DECCA 421 769)

CHOPIN: Impromptu No 3 in Gb Op 51 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67371/2)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Leonid Kogan (vln), USSR State SO/Pavel Kogan (Brilliant Classics 93030)

TRAD: Past three a clock - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (SIGNUM SIGCD 135)

BACH: Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 (3) - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

TRAD: Amazing Grace - Sumi Jo (sop) (Erato 8573 85772)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (3) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

6:00 CHABRIER: Suite pastorale (4) - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 8852)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

MOZART: Non più di fiori, from La Clemenza di Tito - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Simon Rattle (ARCHIV 477 6272)

TELEMANN: Conclusion in D, from Tafelmusik - Members of Orch of the Golden Age/Robert Glenton (dir) (NAXOS 8.553725)

GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (CHANDOS CHAN 9549)

GERSHWIN: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (CALA CACD 0106)

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - Nash Ensemble (HYPERION CDA 67574)

Karen Gomyo (vln), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61;

(Interval interview: Pietari Inkinen talks with Eva Radich during his last tour as NZSO Music Director)

SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Legends (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

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

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Euchari - Emily van Evera (sop) (HYPERION CDA 66039)

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

HAYDN: String Quartet in F minor Op 55/2, Razor - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 906)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G RV301 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Cologne La Stravaganza (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 058)

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

LEONTI: One Day - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (PRYDE 22/100)

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

BRAHMS: Nänie Op 82 - Danish National Choir & SO/Gerd Albrecht (CHANDOS CHAN 10165)

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D934 - Szymon Goldberg (vln), Radu Lupu (pno) (DECCA 425 539)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:30 approx - Disc 3

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

3:40 approx - Disc 4

C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerti, No 3 in Bb; No 11 in Eb; J STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto in Bb;

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

4:50 approx - Disc 5

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

6:00 BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 (1) - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (ONYX 4033)

WIRÉN: March, from Serenade for strings Op 11 - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (NAXOS 8.553115)

GRIEG: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)

HANDEL: Where'er you walk, from Semele - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DECCA 473 168)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (ATOLL ACD 399)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D Op 7/6 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

7:00 MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

ALBÉNIZ: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67476/7)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Thomas Zehetmair (Mirare MIR 193)

GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 1 in D Op 47 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (CHANDOS CHAN 9658)

TRAD: Of the Father's heart begotten - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - Michala Petri (rec), Albrecht Mayer (ob), Reinhold Friedrich (tpt), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (RCA 74321 57130)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

CURTIS: Bon Voyage! - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (CAMPION CAMEO 2035)

8:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Song of India, from Sadko - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp) (EMI 3 59488)

LAMOND: Overture from the Scottish Highlands Op 4 - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (HYPERION CDA 67387)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D RV428, Il gardellino - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

NORMAN: The Never Bird, from Peter Pan - Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

MOZART: Rondo in D K485 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (PHILIPS 422 727)

CAPIROLA: Ricercata prima - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (sop), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

BEN-HAIM: Berceuse sfaradite - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67571)

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

9:00 PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (DECCA 478 2739)

DOHNÁNYI: Pastorale on a Hungarian Christmas Song - Martin Roscoe (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67871)

VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor Op 37, Grétry - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

LAURIDSEN: O Magnum Mysterium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer - Alfred Brendel (pno) (PHILIPS 420 644)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Whither must I wander?, from Songs of Travel - Ernst Buscagne (bar), Tom McGrath (pno) (GENUIN GMP 020202)

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

12:00 BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (2) - Boris Brovtsyn (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (ONYX 4033)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV208, Grosso Mogul - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (DECCA 476 434)

DOVE: Wellcome, all wonders in one sight! - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)

ALBÉNIZ: Triana , from Iberia Book 2 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BIDDINGTON: Lincoln Green Suite - Elvira Dommisse (fl), Susan Voight-McKeich (ob), Gretchen La Roche (cl), Neville Forsythe (bsn) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

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

CORNELIUS: The Three Kings - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555867)

LILBURN: Violin Sonata (1950) - Elizabeth Holowell (vln), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno) (ATOLL ACD 941)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Dresden State Opera Orch/Colin Davis (PROFIL CD PH 05048)

BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (PHILIPS 456 787)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Lin Jiang (horn), West Australian SO/Barry Tuckwell (ABC CLASSICS 476 5745)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9684)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 (2) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (vla) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 410 253)

5:00 HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks, La Réjouissance - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (AUVIDIS FONTALIS ES 9903)

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb Wq165 (3) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93988)

MATHIAS: A Babe is Born - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn, John Finney (org) (AVIE AV 2078)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Carlo Curley (org) (ARGO 436 260)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Freddy Kempf (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1940)

6:00 GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for strings RV167 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (ARCHIV 474 5092)

TRAD: The truth from above - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (CORO COR 16085)

ANON: Greensleeves - Richard Stolzman (cl), Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter (dir) (RCA RD 60437)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (1) - Macquarie Trio (ABC CLASSICS 472 668)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (VIRGIN 3 91372)

Christmas Music from Stuttgart

A concert of Christmas music performed by the South West Radio Vocal Ensemble of Stuttgart led by Florian Helgath (recorded in St Michael's Church, Stuttgart-Sillenbuch) (EBU)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

KOSHKIN: Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

KOECHLIN: Clarinet Sonata No 1 - Deborah Marshall (cl), Sabine Liebner (pno) (KOCH SCHWANN 1763817)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (AVIE AV 2191)

DEBUSSY: Luna Clara - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (DOWNSTAGE DSR 1009)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

MENDELSSOHN: Hear my prayer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Peter Godfrey (KIWI CD TRL 025)

J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

ADAM: O Holy Night - Leontyne Price (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (decca 468 503)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 88 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 67175)

MOZART: Symphony No 21 in A K134 - Danish Radio Sinfonietta/Adam Fischer (Da Capo 6.220541)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67633)

HAGBERG: Madonna's lullaby - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

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

Disc 1

SMETANA: The Moldau; Vysehrad; DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66; LISZT: Les Préludes; Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 220)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

STENHAMMAR: Piano Sonata No 1 in C; Fantasie in A minor; Piano Sonata No 2 in C minor; Piano Sonata No 3 in Ab; Piano Sonata No 4 in G minor - Lucia Negro (pno) (BIS CD 634)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243; Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekummernis - Greta de Reyghere (sop), René Jacobs (countertenor), Christoph Prégardien (ten), Peter Lika (bass), Netherlands Chamber Choir, La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (Virgin VC 7 90779)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Symphonies, Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

CPE BACH: Symphonies, in G Wq182/1; in Bb Wq182/2; in C Wq182/3; in A Wq182/4; in B minor Wq182/5; in E Wq182/6 - Carl Philippe Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Cappriccio 10 106)

6:00 MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 448 629)

LIADOV: About Olden Times Op 21b - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94077)

BELLINI: Ah! non credea mirarti, from La Sonnambula - Malvina Major (sop), Gerald Gover (pno) (EMI 5 56724)

HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64066)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

SCRIABIN: Etude in D# minor Op 8/12 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1568)

HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

7:00 DEBUSSY: Danse - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56414)

BIZET: Je crois entendre encore, from The Pearl Fishers - Fernando de la Mora (ten), Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80411)

ELGAR: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (3) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile, from Sleeping Beauty, Act 2 - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94188)

BACH: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (4) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (DECCA 478 1517)

8:00 PICKER: Old & Lost Rivers - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 (3) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57525)

SAVALL: L'Amor - Arianna Savall (sop/harp) (ALIA VOX AV 9839)

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Crispian Steele-Perkins, Alison Balsom (tpts), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (HYPERION CDA 67359)

GRAINGER: Blithe Bells - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9493)

SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

9:00 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein (3) - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)

FAURÉ Dolly Suite arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

POULENC: Les Biches - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 9023)

CASTELLO: Sonata No 3 in C - Red Priest (RED PRIEST RP 001)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 (3) - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5153)

RAVEL: Sonatine - Martha Argerich (pno) (PHILIPS 456 700)

GERSHWIN: An American in Paris - San Francisco SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 625)

SAMETZ: I Have Had Singing - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

ANON: Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

MIYAGI: Haru no umi - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7762)

PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes - Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov (RCA RD 60370)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Bournemouth SO/Rudolf Barshai (EMI CDC 7 49667)

12:00 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (AVIE AV 2119)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

RR BENNETT: Gloria, Gloria - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80463)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

BODY: Carol to St Stephen - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (KIWI SLD 56)

BOSSI: Scherzo in G minor Op 49/2 - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (NAXOS 8.553355)

SARASATE: Playera Op 23/1 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

J STAMITZ: Symphony in A - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (NAXOS 8.553194)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Dale Clevenger (horn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

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

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (LONDON 425 160)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 070)

BEETHOVEN: Twelve Contredanses WoO14 - Vienna CO/Walter Weller (dir) (AMADEO 427 076)

5:00 MOZART: Symphony No 37 in G K444 (3) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 761)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (2) - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 66895)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

ALBÉNIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - René Bartoli (gtr) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 19 0928)

PHILIPS: Stella, quam viderant Magi - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (NAXOS 8.555056)

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (3) - Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mikhail Muntian (pno) (RCA 09026 63293)

SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 449 190)

BERLIOZ: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust - Hungarian State SO/Mátyás Antal (NAXOS 8.553596)

6:00 VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV187 (3) - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (ONYX 4001)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (1) - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (DECCA 421 069)

CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Alessandra Ammara (pno) (arts 47696)

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (CHANDOS CHAN 9346)

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

QUILTER: A Children's Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (MARCO POLO 8.223444)

Celebrate Christmas

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2014 Christmas Concert

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Graduate Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Benjamin Northey

TORELLI: Concerto a quattro per il santo natale Op 8/6; HANDEL: The trumpet shall sound; For unto us a child is born, from Messiah; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival; CORNELIUS: The Three Kings; RESPIGHI: Second movement, L'Adorazione dei Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures; RUTTER: Nativity Carol; Jesus Child; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Polonaise, from Christmas Eve Suite; TRAD arr Cohen: The First Nowell; MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing; GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent Night (recorded in the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ)

KUHLAU: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 50 - Ilona Prunyi (pno), members of the New Budapest Quartet (MARCO POLO 8.223482)

KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 005)

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

NIEDERMEYER: Pietà, Signore - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), London Phil/Ion Marin (DECCA 466 102)

SCHUBERT transcr Liszt: Die Post, from Winterreise - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo/James Judd (NAXOS 8.570794)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (2) - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67552)

PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 10 in G Op 14/2 - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 32646)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

Disc 1

NIELSEN: Concerto for violin & orchestra Op 33; Concerto for flute & orchestra; Concerto for clarinet & orchestra Op 57 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Patrick Gallois (fl), Olle Schill (cl), Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung (BIS CD 616)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

SCHUBERT: Quartet for flute, guitar, viola and cello; KREUTZER: Grand Trio for flute, clarinet and guitar Op 16; BEETHOVEN: Serenade for flute, clarinet and guitar Op 8 - Johann Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (Koch 3 7404 2H1)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

MORALES: Missa Mille Regretz - Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 449 143)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

IRELAND: In Those Days; London Pieces; Leaves from a Child's Sketchbook; The Darkened Valley; Two Pieces; Equinox Sonatina; Prelude in Eb; Ballade; Greenways - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9140)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trios, in C Op 1/1; in A Op 1/2; in F Op 1/3; in C minor Op 4/3 - New Zealand SO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553213)

6:00 M PHILLIPS: Moorland Idyll Op 61 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

ROSSINI: Échantillon du Chant de Noël à l'italienne - Marco Sollini (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10190)

BENOIT: Derde Fantasie - Peter Vanhove (pno) (PAVANE ADW 7463)

BANTOCK: The wilderness & the solitary place - Elizabeth Connell (sop), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (HYPERION CDA 67395)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in G RV437 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (4) - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (PHILIPS 456 402)

PROKOFIEV: Dance of the five couples, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

7:00 GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 5/10 (5) - Maurice Steger (recorder), English Concert/Laurence Cummings (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7523)

A GABRIELI: Magnificat - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (2) - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo in C Op 51/1 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

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

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 (1) - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

8:00 BACH: Sheep may safely graze - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 67523)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G298 (1) - Europa Galante (VIRGIN 5 45421)

WALTON: Granada, Prelude for Orchestra - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (CHANDOS CHAN 8968)

LISZT: La Campanella - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67370)

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

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk380 - Yuja Wang (pno) (DG 477 8795)

WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.570296)

9:00 DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (4) - Members of the Vienna Octet (DECCA 425 537)

BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - Alice Coote (mezzo), men of Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg SO/Robin Ticciati (TUDOR 7167)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Naxos 8.572491)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)

CHABRIER: Pastoral prelude - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Olivier Chassain (gtr), La Follia/Christophe Poiget (dir) (CALLIOPE CAL 9273)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Hélène Grimaud (pno), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (Teldec 3984 26869)

HAHN: L'Heure exquise; Paysage - Eric Cutler (ten), Bradley Moore (pno) (EMI 5 85614)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello/dir), Australian CO (Orfeo C 080 031)

LOPES-GRAÇA: Suite Rústica No 1 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Álvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572892)

GRAINGER: Early one morning - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9584)

12:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 75 (4) - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (PHILIPS 416 157)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

ROTA: Music from the film, Rocco & his brothers - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Muti (SONY SK 63359)

KVERNO: Corpus Christi Carol - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (1) - Sharon Kam (cl), Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Wind Quintet - Concertante Ensemble (Kiwi SLD 58)

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

BARTÓK: Three Burlesques Sz47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (HMV ASD 9004)

NORMAN: The flight & the stars; Cold & darkness, from Peter Pan - Orchestra Wellington/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

HARRIS: Music for Jonny - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 435 351)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

4.00BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Ernst-Burghard Hilse (fl), Early Music Academy, Berlin (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1579)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet - Maggini Quartet, Garfield Jackson (vla) (NAXOS 8.5553)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Nelson Freire (pno) (PHILIPS 456 781)

5:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 (3) - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (DECCA 425 793)

MERK: Fantasy on Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia Op 26/1 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (NAXOS 8.554400)

WAGNER transcr Liszt: Spinning chorus, from The Flying Dutchman - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 436 736)

TRAD: Still, still, still - Ian Bostridge (ten), Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner (ABC Classics 472 044)

TRAD Scottish: The Lea Rig - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannig (EMI 3 59488)

ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 412 893)

6:00 DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (DECCA 425 087)

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

H BLAKE: Penillion Op 571 - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Howard Blake (pno) (Naxos 8.572083)

BILLINGS: Bethlehem - Anonymous 4 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7453)

STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (3) - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67166)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (3) - Phildelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach (ONDINE ODE 1131-5)

From Chamber Music New Zealand

Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno)

STRAVINSKY: Suite Italienne; YOUNG: Gone; BLOCH: Baal Shem; SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408; BARTÓK: Violin Sonata No 1 in C# minor Sz75; PONCE arr Heifetz: Estrellita (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

RNZ Concert's weekly forum for contemporary music

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

(8) BURCH: Essay to the Memory of Dmitri Shostakovich - Andrew Joyce (cello), Richard Mapp (pno)

A PATTERSON: Maju Terus - Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Victoria University Choir and Orch/Peter Walls

BOWATER: Swansong - Christopher Hutton (cello)

BODY: Four movements, from Five Melodies - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams