Schedules for 4 - 10 March, 2017

May I Heave the Envelope Please

A caper through the history of "music which the Oscars should have loved, but didn't." Presented by Steve Danby (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream: Nine Portraits for Orchestra; Webfoot Charlie's Shanty; Three Sea Songs; A Maori Suite; War and Peace, Suite for Orchestra - Donna Awatere, Laurette Gibb (sops), Donald Munro (bar), New Zealand Youth Choir & Orch, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Juan Matteucci, Ashley Heenan (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

2:15 approx - Disc 2

LISZT: Fantasia & Fugue on the theme B-A-C-H; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude; Venice & Naples; Piano Sonata in B minor S178 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67760)

3:35 approx - Disc 3

PÄRT: Summa; Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse

Fratres - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno)

Festina lente - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt

Spiegel im Spiegel - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno)

Magnificat, Beatitudes- Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

Summa, Fratres, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (EMI 5 85914)

4:50 approx - Disc 4

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring; PIAZZOLLA: Verano porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer; PIAZZOLLA: Otoño porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn; PIAZZOLLA: Invierno porteño; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter; PIAZZOLLA: Primavera porteña - Jonathan Morton (vln/dir), Scottish Ensemble (Signum SIGCD 231)

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

EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

SIBELIUS: Impromptu Op 19, 1910 version - women of Dominante Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F# minor Op 48/2 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10813)

VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in C RV82 - L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (Brilliant Classics 93810)

GLUCK: Flute Concerto in G - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Basel CO/Giovanni Antonini (Warner 0825 646276783)

7.00

GRIFFES: The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)

ELGAR: Gavotte - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Black Box BBM 1016)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

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

ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G - members of City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

8.00

ARENSKY: The dream on the Volga, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10024)

BRAHMS arr Rysanov: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Evelyn Chang (pno) (Avie AV 2111)

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

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

CZERNY: Variations on a march by Pacini, from the opera Gli Arabi nelle Gallie - Rosemary Tuck (pno), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Naxos 8.573254)

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Concentus Musicus, Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Sony 88837 20682)

Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Suzanne Kaiser (fl), Mara Galassi (harp), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1897)

BUSTO: O magnum mysterium - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)

RACHMANINOV: Etude-tableau in A minor Op 39/6, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 62837)

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in C RV473 - Peter Whelan (bsn), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2218)

CHAPLIN arr Ogermann: Smile, from Modern Times - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Telarc 0630 17222)

NYMAN: The garden is becoming a robe room, from The Draughtman's Contract - Michael Nyman Band (Argo 436 620)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 478 2182)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10 in E minor Op 93 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Naxos 8.572461)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

Matthew Crawford looks at the life and times of 'the Dean of American composers' (RNZ)

COPLAND: Ceremonial Fanfare - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (RegisC 1209)

Appalachian Spring - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (Telarc SACD 60648)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

From the 2014 Loft Series

NZTrio

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3; PINTSCHER: Svelto; S MATTHEWS: Dance of the Fallen; DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (recorded in the Q Loft, Auckland by RNZ)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

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

From the 2015 Adam Chamber Music Festival

Bach by Candlelight

Song Company, Anna Fraser (sop), Hannah Fraser (mezzo), Alexander Knight (bass), Robert Orr (ob), Ayano Ninomiya (vln), Gillian Ansell (vla), Joan Perarnau Garriga (dbass), New Zealand String Quartet, Ying Quartet, Douglas Mews (org)/Roland Peelman

BACH: Prelude, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006; YSAŸE: L'Obsession, from Sonata in A minor for solo violin Op 27/4; BACH: Jesu, meine Freude BWV227; Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion BWV244; Mein gläubiges Herze, from Cantata No 68, Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt; Viola da gamba Sonata No 3 in G minor BWV1029; Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug (recorded in Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson by RNZ)

C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 11 in Eb - Sabine Meyer (cl), ASMF Iona Brown (dir) (EMI CDC 7 54842)

NZ performers and composers

K YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private)

A RITCHIE: Symphony No 1, Boum - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

SAINT-SAËNS: Septet in Eb Op 65 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 570)

IRELAND arr Ireland/Bush: A Downland Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9376)

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

KROMMER: Oboe Concerto in F Op 37 - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rajski (Claves CD 50-9018)

FRANCK: String Quartet in D - Quatuor Ysaÿe (Ysaÿe YR 03)

Disc 1

ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12; MENDELSSOHN: Third movement, Finale, from Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo capriccioso Op 28; BRAHMS: Third movement, Finale, from Violin Concerto in D Op 77; RAVEL: Tzigane; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; DVORÁK: Romance Op 11; BRUCH: Fifth movement, Finale: Allegro guerriero, from Scottish Fantasy Op 46; SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen Op 20; LALO: Fifth movement, Finale, from Symphonie espangnole Op 21 - Various artists (RCA 09026063752)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

D'INDY: String Quartets, No 2 in E Op 45;No 1 in D Op 35 - Kodály Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223140)

(System No: 8708)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

SCHUBERT: Five Goethe songs; BRAHMS: Five Lieder; BARBER: Three Songs Op 45; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Ernst Buscagne (bar), Tom McGrath (pno) (Genuin GMP 020202)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

TARTINI: Concerto in G for flute, strings & continuo; POKORNÝ: Flute Concerto in D Op 27;

MERCANDANTE: Flute Concerto in E minor; VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in C minor RV441 - Severino Gazzelloni (fl), I Musici (Philips 420 875)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PIAZZOLLA: Concerto for bandoneón; Trés movimientos tanguísticos porteños; Tangos - Pablo Mainetti (bandoneón), Lluis Vidal (pno), Teatre Lliure CO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HML 590 1595)

LAURIDSEN: Introitus, from Lux aeterna - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt, Jörg Halubek (org) (Bayer BR 100 305)

CHABRIER: Lamento - Alexandre Emard (cor anglais), Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

MOULINIÉ: O bone Jesus; Lauda Sion salvatorem; Caro mea vere est cibus - Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastien Daucé (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2194)

M HAYDN: Missa Tempore Quadragesimae - Ex Tempore/Florian Heyerick (Etcetera FTC 4020)

CACCINI arr Cullen: Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden - Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best, John Scott (org) (Hyperion CDA 66359)

MASON arr I Salonisti: Nearer my God to Thee - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

BUXTEHUDE: Cantata, Nimm von uns, Herr BuxWV78 - Cantus Cologne, choir & instrumental ensemble/Konrad Junghänel (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1912)

MOULU: In Pace - Brabant Ensemble / Stephen Rice (Hyperion CDA 67761)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34, The Wounded Heart; Last Spring - NZSO CO (RNZ)

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (3) - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

RACHMANINOV: Bless the Lord, o my soul, from Vespers Op 37 - Julia Scozzafava (mezzo), Phoenix Chorale, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5148)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

HANDEL trans Kempff: Minuet in G minor - Idil Biret (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223452)

MOERAN: Whythorne's Shadow, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

GOULD: Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Alex Klein (ob), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

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

Composers in their youth

MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Alessio Bax (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Paul Neubauer (vla), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)

BARTÓK: Piano Quintet - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Ida Kavafian, Ani Kavafian (vlns), Paul Neubauer (vla), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) (WFMT)

BIZET: Patrie, Overture - RTE National SO/Jean-Luc Tingaud (Naxos 8.573344)

BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Jean-Luc Votano (cl), Arnaud Thorette (vla), Liège Phil, Wallonia/Pascal Rophé (Cypres CYP 7611)

JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta Op 60 - BBC Phil/Charles Mackerras (BBC Music BBC MM 302)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Onyx Onyx 4162)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 - Amadeus Quartet (rec 1955) (DG 474 730)

ENESCU: Orchestral Suite No 2 in C - Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1966) (Nimbus NI 6124)

2:00 The Sunday Feature

NZ50

As the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th anniversary, we look back on the first 50 years.

Overture and beginners, please …

The hardest thing in the world is to start an orchestra and the next hardest, to stop it. (Hans Richter)

Des Wilson introduces the first of three documentaries featuring musical highlights and personal reminiscences (RNZ)

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

Wallace National Piano Competition 2015

Three programmes

(2) BACH: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808 - Joyce Lee (pno)

BARBER: Excursions Op 20 - Kee Hee Lee (pno)

LISZT: St Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds - Grace Francis (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 20 in A Op 101 (1 & 2) - Eddie Giffney (pno)

DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1 - Jane Nayoung Koo (pno) (recorded in the Music Theatre, University of Auckland School of Music by RNZ)

Variations on a popular Viennese tune Op 9 - Karin Adam (vln), Christoph Stradner (cello), Doris Adam (pno) (Camerata CMCD 28149)

Cello Concerto Op 67 - António Meneses (cello), Northern Sinfonia/Claudio Cruz (Avie AV 2237)

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)

MOZART: String Quintet No 1 in Bb K174 - Chilingirian Quartet, Yuko Inoue (vla) (CRD 3521)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(9) ROSSINI: Il Barbiere de Siviglia, an opera buffa in two acts based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy

Rosina.......................... Pretty Yende

Lindoro/

Count Almaviva.......... Dmitry Korchak

Figaro........................... Peter Mattei

Dr Bartolo.................... Maurizio Muraro

Don Basilio.................. Mikhail Petrenko

Fiorello......................... Tyler Duncan

Berta............................ Karolina Pilou

The sergeant................. Mark Schowalter

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Maurizio Benini (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

PSATHAS: Motet - Michael Houstoun, Diedre Irons (pno duet) (Rattle RAT D008)

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Turkish Fragments Op 62 - Ukraine National SO/Arthur Fagen (Naxos 8.553405)

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

BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 4/5 - Czech Chamber Phil, Pardubice/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573249)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ronald Brautigam (pno) (BIS SACD 1729)

SMETANA: String Quartet No 1 in E minor, From my life - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 46 in B; No 47 in G - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66522)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

PAISIELLO: Piano Concertos, No 2 in F; No 4 in G minor; No 3 in A; No 6 in Bb - Mariaclara Monetti (pno), English CO/Stephanie Gonley (ASV CD DCA 872)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Cantatas, Haec est Regina virginum; Ah! Che troppo ineguali; Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi; Il pianto di Maria, Giunta l'ora fatal - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 439 866)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

MARTINU: Sonata for flute, violin & piano; Promenades for flute, violin & harpsichord; Sonata for flute & piano; Five Madrigal Stanzas for violin & piano; Scherzo for flute & piano; Madrigal-sonata for flute, violin & piano - Alain Marion (fl), Angèle Dubeau (vln), Marc-André Hamelin (pno/hpschd) (Analekta FL 2 3031)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Orchestral Suites, from Snow Maiden; from Legend of the Invisible City of Kitzeh and the Maiden Fevroniya; Nuit sur le Mont Triglav - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (PTC 5186 362)

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

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94077)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine (1) - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR TRL 030)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Bess, you is my woman now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

JOPLIN arr Crespo: Ragtime Dance - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

7.00

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 (3) - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Lithuanian CO (BIS SACD 2007)

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

BACH trans Stokowski: Sheep may safely graze - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.557883)

BEETHOVEN trans Liszt: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (3) - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571256)

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

BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3144)

ALBINONI: Concerto in G for two oboes Op 9/6 - Anthony Robson, Catherine Latham (obs), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

8.00

ANON: Ninna nanna alla Napoletana - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - Emerson String Quartet (DG 427 320)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - London Phil/Marin Alsop (NAXOS 8.557429)

KREISLER: Siciliano & Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

VERDI: Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franci (Decca 417 721)

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

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 458 595)

9.00

TORKE: Javelin - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (ARGO 452 101)

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 819)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 11 in Bb HobXVI/2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto-Sonata in D - Maurice André (tpt), English CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 415 980)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate K165 - Julia Lezhneva (sop), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 478 5242)

TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp - Valérie Milot (harp) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - Daniel Binelli (bandoneón), Louise Pellerin (ob), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 468 528)

RIES: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 132 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.57044)

BRICCIALDI arr Bogár: Variations on The Carnival of Venice Op 78 - János Bálint, Imre Kovács (fls), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

12.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2191)

SAINT-SAËNS: Phaéton - Royal Phil/Christian Badea (TELARC CD 80274)

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

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

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: A Birthday Offering - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)

HUMMEL: Missa solemnis in C (3) - Patricia Wright (sop), Zan McKendree-Wright (mezzo), Patrick Power (ten), David Griffiths (bar), Donald Armstrong (vln), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.557193)

HINDEMITH: Symphony, Mathis der Maler - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553078)

WALTON: Henry V, excerpts - New Zealand SO/William Walton (Bridge 9133)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Thierry Fischer (fl/dir), Charlotte Sprenkels (harp), CO of Europe (COE RECORDS CD COE 813)

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

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in C, Hamburg Ebb & Flow - Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (CAPRICCIO 71 120)

REGER: Chorale Fantasia on Freu' dich sehr, o meine Seele Op 30 - Yaara Tal (pno), Andreas Groethuysen (pno) (SONY 88697 12146)

BERLIOZ: Les Francs-juges, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68790)

5.00

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

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (6) - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8620)

BIZET arr Fernie: Carmen Suite - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

DEBUSSY trans Nicholls: La fille aux cheveux de lin - Alison Nicholls (harp) (ALISON NICHOLLS ARN 001)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (3) - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)

THOMPSON: Alleluia - Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville (ASV CD DCA 1125)

BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

6.00

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (HYPERION CDA 67550)

PUCCINI: Si, mi chiamano Mimi, from La Bohème - Miriam Gauci (sop), Belgium Radio & Television Phil/Alexander Rahbari (NAXOS 8.550606)

RODRIGO: Toccata - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

TRAD: Folia - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

DOPPLER: Hungarian Fantasy - János Bálint, Imre Kovács (fls), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (PHILIPS 456 883)

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

NZSO 70th Birthday Concert

Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Michael Houstoun (pno), NZ Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Op 26 (2) Tema con variazioni; ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1; FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs: Part 1, The Invocation of the Sea; STRAVINSKY: Berceuse and Finale, from The Firebird Suite (1919)

(interval)

VERDI: The Force of Destiny, Overture; SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite; GOODWIN: 633 Squadron; STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite (RNZ)

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

SCHUBERT: Frühlingsglaube D686; Heidenröslein D257 - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 474 501)

D'INDY: Istar - Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10585)

GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

BEETHOVEN: Three Equale - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

BRAHMS: Gesang der Parzen Op 89 - Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg SO/Robin Ticciati (TUDOR 7167)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 30 in D HobXVI/19 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10736)

JENKINS: Suite in G minor - Hamberg Ratsmusik (PHOENIX EDITION 141)

HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

PAINE: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

BORODIN orch Glazunov: Petite Suite - Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9386)

Disc 1

KORNGOLD: Between Two Worlds: Judgement Day; Symphonic Serenade Op 39; Theme & Variations Op 42 - Alexander Fry (pno), German Symphony Orch, Berlin/John Mauceri (Decca 444 170)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24; Four Ballades Op 10; Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Jorge Federico Osorio (pno) (ASV CD DCA 616)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BRIDGE: Adoration; Go not, happy day; Love went a-riding; LILBURN: Elegy ; IRELAND: Great things; Sea fever; When lights go rolling round the sky; CW ORR: Song cycle, from A Shropshire Lad; FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SPOHR: String Quartets, No 3, Quatuor brillant in D minor Op 11; No 4 in Eb Op 15/1; No 6 in G minor Op 27 - New Budapest Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223254)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PURCELL: Instrumental music, from Dioclesian; King Arthur; The Fairy Queen; The Indian Queen - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (Sony SK 66169)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in C G523 (1) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 084)

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

TRAD arr Beethoven: Faithfu' Johnie - Janet Baker (mezzo), Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Ross Pople (cello), George Malcolm (pno) (TESTAMENT SBT 1241)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 (3) - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (PHILIPS 420 142)

ANON: El dia del Corpus - Capilla de Indias/Tiziana Palmiero (K617 K617 147)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (4) - Menahem Pressler (pno), members of the Emerson String Quartet (DG 445 848)

7.00

NIELSEN: Saul & David, Prelude to Act 2 - Odense SO/Tamás Vetö (BIG BEN 571 011)

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (3) - Sol Gabetta (cello), Olga Kern (pno) (Sony 88725 43575)

CHOPIN orch Douglas: Les Sylphides (8) - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (4) - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (NAXOS 8.557023)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (CAPRICCIO 60 008)

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

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

RUTTER: Gloria (1) - Cambridge Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/John Rutter, Gary Kettel (timp), Eric Allen (perc), John Scott (org) (COLLEGIUM COL CD 100)

8.00

HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerxes - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY SK 60804)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Hans Kalafusz (vln), Stuttgart Radio SO/Neville Marriner (EMI 4 57547)

SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Heini Kärkkäinen (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1470)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (3) - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (HYPERION CDS 44301/5)

F STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (ATOLL ACD 109)

ROSSINI: An Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 445 552)

9.00

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (NEWTON 880 2097)

BACH: Concerto in G minor BWV975 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece in D minor Op 114 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Wolfgang Meyer (basset horn), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 5 57359)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV258 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 87733)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (TELARC CD 80740)

MASCAGNI: Viva il vino spumeggiante, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 6029)

LISZT: Au lac de Wallenstadt; Pastorale; Au bord d'une source, From Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1 - David James (pno) (RNZ)

BIZET: Symphony in C - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

POULENC: Les chemins de l'amour - Jessye Norman (sop), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (PHILIPS 420 213)

J HARRISON: Bredon Hill - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

12.00

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

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (ARCHIV 410 899)

GIMENEZ arr Yamashita: Intermedio from La Boda de Luis Alonso - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Oslo Phil Chorus & Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

A RITCHIE: Symphony No 1, Boum (2) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

MOZART: Se vuol ballare; Non più andrai - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 472 826)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Vater unser im Himmelreich - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

HILL: Symphony No 4 in C minor - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

MOZART: Der Schauspieldirektor, Overture - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (SONY SBK 62830)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 in D minor Op 47 - Swiss Romande Orch/István Kertész (TESTAMENT SBT 1290)

BOËSSET: O dieux je ne sçais pas - Charles Daniels (ten), Catherine King (mezzo), Jacob Heringman (lute) (LINN CKD 089)

MARTUCCI: Theme & Variations Op 58 - Lya de Barberiis (pno), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (NAXOS 8.57093)

HAYDN: String Quartet in G Op 1/4 - Buchberger Quartet (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93650)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier, first sequence - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

5.00

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103 (1) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

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

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (NIMBUS NI 7062/3)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9 (2) - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 478 2182)

PÄRT: The Woman with the Alabaster Box - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

VIVALDI arr Leppard: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64062)

6.00

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 847)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 7, Valenciana, from Book 3 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 (1) - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)

DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - James Galway (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (BMG RCA CD 71)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (4) - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67552)

BARBER: Agnus Dei - Arietha Lockhart (sop), Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80503)

VERDI: Ave Maria, from Otello - Cheryl Studer (sop), Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 439 805)

Five concerts from the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/Zhang Jie Min

SMETANA: Ma vlast - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Jarvi

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Yuja Wang (pno), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra/Long Yu

BERNSTEIN arr McGuinness: One Hand One Heart, from West Side Story; WAGNER: Pilgrim's Chorus from. Tannhauser - Shanghai Orchestra Academy (WFMT)

ROTA: Symphony No 3 in C - Filarmonica '900 of the Turin Teatro Regio/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10669)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction & Hymn to the Sun - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

RAVEL: Mother Goose - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 2 64197)

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)

SATIE: Portrait de Socrate; Gnossienne IV - Tzenka Dianova (prep pno) (ATOLL ACD 309)

VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in B minor RV580 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (AVIE AV 2106)

PARSONS: Ave Maria - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (DG 477 6605)

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - Josef Suk, Miroslav Ambros (vlns), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)

SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (PHILIPS 420 871)

WEBERN arr Schwarz: Slow movement - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.57277)

Disc 1

HELLENDAAL: Concerti Grossi Op 3 Nos 1-6 - Andrew Manze (vln), European Community Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Channel CCS 3492)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Jenö Jandó (pno), Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.550406)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BRITTEN: Les Illuminations Op 18; Sinfonietta Op 1; Nocturne Op 60 - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (ten), London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 682)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 3 in C minor Op 37; No 4 in G Op 58 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2051)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PONCE: Sonatina Meridional; Variations on a theme of Cabezon; Theme, Variations & Finale; Suite in A; Tropico; Cancion popular Gallega; Theme, 20 Variations & Fugue on Folie d'Espagne - Diego Blanco, Jukka Savijoki (gtrs) (BIS CD 255)

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in G HobVIIa/4 (1) - Simon Standage (vln), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (ARCHIV 427 316)

FAURÉ: Impromptu in Db Op 86 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

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

BACH arr Pearson: Cantata No 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

BERWALD: Memories of the Norwegian Mountains - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A minor Op 41/1 (4) - Gringolts Quartet (ONYX 4081)

7.00

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (4) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO arr Fung: Figaro - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Chandos CHAN 9973)

VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Patricia Petibon (sop), Spanish National Orch/Josep Pons (DG 477 9447)

DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes - Cécile Ousset (pno) (BERLIN CLASSICS 1345 BC)

BORODIN arr Cullen: String Quartet No 2 in D (3) - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Peter Mountain (vln), Royal Phil/James Judd (PHILIPS 462 588)

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

RAK: Remembering Prague - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE)

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

8.00

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

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

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (1) - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

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

G GABRIELI ed Jones: Canzon IV in 6 parts - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury (ARGO 417 468)

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

DOPPLER arr Keinänen: Duettino américain Op 37 - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Kazunori Seo (fl), Sinfonia Finlandia (Naxos 8.570378)

9.00

BACH arr Gwilt: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 (1) - London Baroque (BIS CD 1345)

ALLEGRI ed Willcocks: Miserere mei, Deus - Roy Goodman (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (Decca 448 995)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet - Nash Ensemble (HYPERION CDA 67313)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

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

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 10 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (ERATO 8573 80228)

SCULTHORPE: Maranoa Lullaby - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Brodsky Quartet (CHALLENGE CC 72007)

FARR: Goa Lawah - Saxcess (Private)

BEACH: Piano Concerto in C# Minor Op 45 - Danny Driver (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA68130)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Ambrosian Singers, London SO/Claudio Abbado (Decca 475 6280)

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80443)

12.00

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 314)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Columba aspexit - Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Poppy Holden, Judith Stell (sops), Doreen Muskett (symphony)/Christopher Page (dir) (HYPERION CDA 66039)

VIVALDI: Oboe Sonata in C minor RV53 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Richard Lester (cello), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

WALTON arr Duthoit: Crown Imperial - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce, Janet Gibbs (org)/Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)

DADSON: Sisters Dance - Dan Poynton (pno) (RATTLE RAT D006)

OBRADORS: Five Classical Spanish Songs - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

J RITCHIE: Papanui Road - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2040)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 76 in Eb - Cologne Radio SO/Günter Wand (PROFIL PH 05045)

RACHMANINOV rev Horowitz: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (PHILIPS 456 844)

FINZI: Prelude in F minor - London Phil/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 239)

LECLAIR: Overture in G Op 13/1 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0542)

DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Czech Phil/Libor Pesek (VIRGIN 3 91346)

KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin; Tambourin chinois; Polichinelle; Syncopation; Toy-Soldier March - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

5.00

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

CPE BACH: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

BACH: Partita No 5 in G BWV829 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 44361)

FRANCESCO DA MILANO arr Lislevand: Canon, La Spagna - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

PUCCINI: Senza mamma, from Suor Angelica - Miriam Gauci (sop), Belgium Radio & Television Phil/Alexander Rahbari (NAXOS 8.550606)

SAINT-SAËNS: Barcarolle Op 108 - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.572904)

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

6.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV187 (3) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (archiv 479 1075)

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

CAGE: In a landscape - Jeroen van Veen (pno) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8551)

GRAINGER: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

SCHUBERT: Die Forelle D550 - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 294)

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

ARNOLD arr Farr: Four Scottish Dances - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Elgar Howarth (CONIFER CDCF 222)

Orla Boylan (sop), RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/James Feddeck

WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1; STRAUSS: Four Last Songs; BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 in A (recorded in the National Concert Hall, Dublin by RTÉ Radio)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67313)

HANDEL: Alcina, extracts - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

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

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BLOCH arr Hong-Mei Xiao: Baal Shem - Hong-Mei Xiao (vla), Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570829)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (CHALLENGE CC 72043)

ELGAR: Minuet Op 21 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

BERLIOZ: La captive Op 12 - Véronique Gens (sop), Lyon National Opera Orch/Louis Langrée (VIRGIN 5 45422)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9829)

POULENC: Seven Songs - Swedish Radio Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 31411)

F COUPERIN: Mass for the parishes, excerpts - Christopher Hainsworth (organ of St Matthews, Hastings) (RIBBONWOOD RCD 1025)

C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman, Steven Smith (vlns), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

HU-WEI HUANG YI-WEN JIANG: Pictures from Bashu (Six Sichuan folk songs) - Eugenia Zukerman (fl), Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

Disc 1

BLISS: A Colour Symphony; Adam Zero - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.553460)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in G Op 1/2; FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120; BRAHMS: Piano Trio in C minor Op 101- Gould Piano Trio (BBC Music BBC MM 48)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Opera Arias, from Ariodante, Giustino, Giulio Cesare, Flavio, Radamisto, Agrippina, Theodora & Attone - Dorothea Röschmann, Sally Bradshaw (sops), Lorraine Hunt (mezzo), Jennifer Larmore (contralto), Michael Chance, Jeffrey Gall, Derek Lee Ragin, Ralf Popken, Drew Minter (countertenors), Various ensembles & conductors (BBC BBC HM 2)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: Quartets, in Eb Op 125/1; in A minor Op 29/13 - Quatuor Mosaïques

(Auvidus Astree 8580)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3; PRÉVOST: Fantasmes; DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; DVORÁK: Scherzo Capriccioso; TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Raffi Armenian (Bell 1990)

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for two violins RV511 (1) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0528)

KOSENKO: Bourrée in A - Natalya Shkoda (pno) (TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0036)

CACCINI: Amarilli, mia bella - Siobhán Stagg (sop), Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

MOZART: Andante in C for flute & orchestra K315 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

KATS-CHERNIN: Calliope Dreaming - Haydn Trio Eisenstadt (Capriccio 7020)

LALO: Guitarre Op 28 - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (PHILIPS 475 6189)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/6 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (3) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (PHILIPS 442 649)

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

WHITACRE: Oculi Omnium - Grace Davidson (sop), Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

FAURÉ: Pavane - Montreal Symphony Chorus & Orch/Charles Dutoit (Decca 448 687)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (4) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (ASV CD COE 801)

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

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67371/2)

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 7 54091)

8.00

HAN-KUN SHA: Shepherd's Song - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (3) - András Schiff (pno) (PHILIPS 456 925)

SULLIVAN arr Toye: Ruddigore, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 5066)

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

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

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

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (5) - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

9.00

BACH arr Avital: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (3) - Shalev Ad-El (hpschd), Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 479 0092)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 439 889)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

LALO: Scherzo in D minor - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

KROLL: Banjo & Fiddle - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

COPLAND arr Fine: Old American Songs, Set 1 - Don Becker (bar), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 42140)

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

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Gil Shaham (vln), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)

MAUNDER: Under the Surface - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (ATOLL ACD 115)

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

12.00

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

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5788)

DOWLAND: Flow my tears; Clear & cloudy sweet as April - Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), Jakob Lindberg (lute) (BIS CD 391)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 (1) - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)

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

RACHMANINOV: Etude-tableau in A minor Op 39/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)

BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

CARR: Nightmusic, Scherzo for orchestra - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi SLD 55)

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

BACH: Cantata No 119, Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn - Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Gent Collegium Vocale, Deborah York (sop)/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HML 590 8363.65)

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

ARNE: Harpsichord Sonata No 8 in G - Ewald Demeyere (hpschd) (ACCENT ACC 21145)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 415 486)

RUBBRA: Oboe Sonata in C Op 100 (1) - Melinda Maxwell (ob), Michael Dussek (pno) (DUTTON CDLX 7106)

MYASKOVSKY: Hulpigung's Overture in C Op 4 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (warner 2564 69689-8)

5.00

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

STRAUSS: Zerbinetta's Aria, from Ariadne auf Naxos - Sumi Jo (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Paolo Olmi (ERATO 4509 97239)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 39450)

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

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (3) - Sol Gabetta (cello), Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 479 0090)

BYRD trans Stokowski: Pavane & Gigue - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.57205)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (4) - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67585)

6.00

RUTTER: Suite Antique (6) - Christopher D Lewis (hpschd), John McMurtery (fl), West Side CO/Kevin Mallon (naxos 8.573146)

DVORÁK: In the old castle, from Poetic Tone Pictures - Vassily Primakov (pno) (Bridge 9309)

HAYDN: Il Mondo della Luna, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (NAXOS 8.572522)

SCHÜTZ: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott SWV447 - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Parley of Instruments (HYPERION CDA 67079)

VIEUXTEMPS: Elegy in F minor Op 30 - Roger Chase (vla), Michiko Otaki (pno) (naxos 8.572293)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV222 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

Degenerate

Michael Barenboim (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Johannes Fritzsch

STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe; SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto Op 36; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

FASCH: Lute Concerto in D minor (2) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (ARCHIV 447 644)

BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030 - Jed Wentz (fl), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93814)

WAXMAN: Tristan & Isolde Fantasy, from Humoresque - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Charles Owen (pno), Royal Phil/Leonard Slatkin (NAXOS 8.559302)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes Op 31 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10424)

MOZART: Piano Trio No 3 in Bb K502 - Beaux Arts Trio (PHILIPS 446 154)

PACHELBEL: Halleluja! Lobet den Herrn - La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata/Roland Wilson (CPO 999 916)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in E minor Op 72/1 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10588)

BLOW: Voluntary in C - James Tibbles (org) (ATOLL ACD 406)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on a theme from Handel's - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (PHILIPS 475 379)

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: La Boîte à joujoux - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

L BOULANGER: Soir sur la Plaine - Amanda Pitt (sop), Martyn Hill (ten), Peter Johnson (bar), Andre/James Wood (HYPERION CDA 66726)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 94 in G, Surprise; No 96 in D, Miracle; No 100 in G, Military - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 718)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81; MARTINU: Piano Quintet No 2 - Peter Frankl (pno), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 889)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

ALBRECHTSBERGER: Missa Assumptionis Beatae Mariae Virginis; M HAYDN: Missa Sancti Hieronymi - Florian Schmitt-Bohn (sop), Joachim Koble, Roman Broszeit (countertenors), Christian Elsner (ten), Ulrich Rausch (bass), Freiburg Boys' Choir, Freiburg Baroque Soloists, Freiburg Phil/Raimund Hug (Ars Musica AM 0972)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DOHNÁNYI: Violin Sonata in C# minor Op 21; WEINER: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in D Op 9; No 2 in F# minor Op 11; DOHNÁNYI: Andante Rubato & Alla Zingaresca, from Ruralia Hungarica Op 32C - Oscar Shumsky (vln), Seymour Lipkin (pno) (Biddulph Law 015)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

J C BACH: Grand Overtures, in Eb Op 18/1; in Bb Op 18/2; in D Op 18/3; in D Op 18/4; in E Op 18/5; in D Op 18/6 - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmur (Naxos 8.553367)

MERULA: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (virgin 6 94577)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (3) - Paul Lewis (pno), Leopold String Trio (HYPERION CDA 67373)

GLAZUNOV: Mélodie Op 20/1 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (PHILIPS 462 588)

ALBINONI: Flute Concerto in G - Jed Wentz (fl), Musica ad Rhenum (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92687)

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

JL BACH: Das ist meine Freude - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

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

7.00

BACH orch Holst: Fugue in G BWV577, Jig Fugue - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)

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

ALBÉNIZ: Lavapiés from Iberia Book 3 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

SALIERI: Triple Concerto (1) - Béla Bánfalvi (vln/dir), Lajos Lencsés (ob), Károly Botvay (cello), Budapest Strings (CAPRICCIO 10 530)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (3) - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)

GRAINGER: The Lads of Wamphray March - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

BOLCOM: Three Rags (2) - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)

GRIEG orch Sitt: Norwegian Dances Op 35 (4) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

8.00

RHEINBERGER: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen Op 35 - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber, Helen Cole (harp) (ASV CD DCA 989)

LILBURN: Music Box No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (4) - Kathryn Stott (pno), Kenneth Sillito (vln), Stephen Orton (cello), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 446 696)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 459 064)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (2) - Rachel Brown (fl), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts (5) - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80151)

9.00

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb Op 21 (1) - Smetana Trio (SUPRAPHON SU 3927)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6526)

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

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)

LAZZARI: Sonata in D for two trumpets & strings - Crispian Steele-Perkins, Alison Balsom (tpts), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (HYPERION CDA 67359)

HAYDN: Symphony No 8 in G, Le Soir - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

BEETHOVEN: Ah! Perfido Op 65 - Madeleine Pierard (sop), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557264)

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 (3) - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

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

12.00

BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Flemish Radio Choir/Bo Holten, Bart Naessens (org), Elise Christiaens (violone) (GLOSSA GCDSA 922 205)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (1) - Guarneri Quartet (PHILIPS 420 803)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (SONY SK 69284)

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

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

K WILSON: Wind Quintet - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ)

A RITCHIE: Melancholia - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

MUSSORGSKY: Pimen's recitation, from Boris Godunov - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (ATOLL ACD 507)

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

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Se vuol ballare from Mozart's - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

HANDEL: Berenice, Overture - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Swedish Radio SO/Sergiu Celibidache (TELDEC 8573 85340)

MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt - Michel Portal (cl), Miguel da Silva (vla), Jean-Claude Pennetier (pno) (AEON AECD 0422)

OCKEGHEM arr Egarr: Intemerata Dei mater - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: La déploration de Johan Okeghem - Netherlands Chamber Choir/Paul van Nevel (NM CLASSICS 92064)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D951 - Nelson Freire (pno), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 477 8570)

WALTON: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Chandos CHAN 8870)

5.00

BACH: Sinfonia in D, from Cantata No 42 - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

FALLA: Serenata andaluza - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555065)

CHEN GANG YI-WEN JIANG: Miao Mountain Morning - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Lisa Wellbaum (harp), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 67393)

MOZART: Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni - Stuart Burrows (ten), London Phil/John Pritchard (Decca 475 7168)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in F RV433, La Tempesta di Mare - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

6.00

SMETANA: Skocná, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarentelle Op 10/5 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1962)

WAGHALTER: Rhapsodie for violin & orchestra Op 9 - Irmina Trynkos (vln), Royal Phil/Alexander Walker (Naxos 8.572809)

LISZT after Schubert: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (PHILIPS 456 871)

WHITACRE: Water night - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

COWARD arr Buckeridge: World weary, from This Year of Grace - Ian Bostridge (ten), Jeffrey Tate (pno) (EMI 5 57374)

LARSSON: Pastoral Suite (3) - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (NAXOS 8.553115)

WOMAD Taranaki 2016

Five programmes of live performances from artists recorded at the Festival held in New Plymouth last March

(5) De La Soul

American hip hop trio De La Soul proved to be one of the most anticipated shows in last year's WOMAD weekend. They brought with them their long-term live touring band and with a back catalogue of nine albums and various mix tapes, had no shortage of material to choose from (recorded at Bowl of Brooklands, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth by RNZ)

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

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Turibio Santos (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Claudio Scimone (warner 8573 80438)

HOVHANESS: Prayer of St Gregory - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Anthony Newman (org) (SONY SK 60804)

Charlotte Wilson presents a weekly forum for contemporary music

11:00 New Music Dreams

Come along for a mesmerising ride as Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music - handpicked from the very latest, to 20th century seminal masterpieces and everything in between