Schedules for 1 - 7 April, 2017

Miro's Music

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

1:00 approx - Disc 1

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

2:10 approx - Disc 2

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

3:20 approx - Disc 3

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

4:35 approx - Disc 4

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

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

BARRIOS MANGORE: Un sueño en la floresta - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (naxos 8.573225)

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

REFICE: Ombra di Nube - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (philips 412 893)

7.00

BACH arr Rachmaninov: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 (1) - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F RV295 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

CAZZATI/STORACE/PLUHAR: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

ROUSE: Amhran, from Flute Concerto - Carol Wincenc (fl), Houston Symphony/Christoph Eschenbach (TELARC CD 80503)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Decca 478 2116)

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

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

8.00

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

FRANCK arr Delsart: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

STRAUSS: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

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

PEARSALL: Lay a garland on her hearse - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

BRITTEN: Five Waltzes - Stephen Hough (pno) (EMI CDM 5 67429)

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

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CDC 5 56126)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA RCD 85402)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier - Albert Schweitzer (organ of St Aurélie, Strassbourg) (Membran 223 041)

TRAD arr Armstrong: Stac Lee (Dawn); Stac Lee (Dusk) - Scottish Festival Orch/James Macmillan (Decca 4812795)

BIZET: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Bavarian State Orch/Giuseppe Sinopoli (Warner 2564 69689-6)

DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4004)

WEBERN: Das Augenlicht - BBC Singers & Berlin Phil/Pierre Boulez (DG 447 765)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow - Ronald Brautigam (fpno), Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS SACD 2074)

BRUCH: Swedish Dances Op 63 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 420 932)

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This week's best-selling CDs

William Dart tells how this 'group' of six French composers were seen as reacting against the establishment, but weren't necessarily heading in the same direction in their work (RNZ)

AURIC: Five Bagatelles - Philippe Corre, Edouard Exerjean (pno duo) (PIERRE VERANY PV 786091)

POULENC: Les Biches - French National Orch/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 937)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

French Twist

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Andrew Gourlay

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G; PIERNÉ: Étude de concert; PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 6 in Eb minor Op 111

(recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BACH arr Boothby: Trio Sonata in G BWV530 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0654)

BECK: Sinfonia in G minor Op 3/3 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

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

NZ Barok - Galant Delights

SAMMARTINI: Overture for strings in F Op 10/5; DALL'ABACO: Concerto Grosso in D Op 5/6; SAMMARTINI: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 5/4;

DE LALANDE: Chaconne, from Les fontaines de Versailles;

DALL'ABACO: Overture in Bb; CORRETTE: Les sauvages, from Concerto Comique No 25;

WASSENAER: Concerto Armonico No 3 in A; BRESCIANELLO: Chaconne in A (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera by RNZ)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 440 836)

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

NZ performers and composers

RIES: Introduction & Rondeau brillant WoO54 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.572088)

WEBER: Variations on a theme from Silvana - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 102)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - members of the Purcell Quartet (HYPERION CDA 66226)

LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase - Michel Dalberto (pno) (RCA 82876 60309)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K522, A Musical Joke - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (ALIA VOX AV 9846)

KORNGOLD: Songs of the Clown, from Nine Shakespeare Songs - Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (SONY SK 68344)

BRAHMS arr Geringas: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ)

GRAINGER: A Lincolnshire Posy - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb TWV55/B11, La Bourse - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)

Disc 1

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

1:15 approx - Disc 2

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

2:20 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:45 approx - Disc 5

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

GRETCHANINOV: Passion Week, excerpts - Caroline Markham (mezzo), Paul Davidson (ten), Bryan Taylor (bar), Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5044)

ANON arr Barley: Ubi caritas - Matthew Barley (cello) (Black Box BBM 1068)

GJEILO: Ubi caritas - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)

FAURÉ: Messe Basse - Angharad Gruffydd Jones (sop), women of English Voices/Ross Pople, Stephen Farr (org) (Arte Nova ANO 304 670)

PÄRT: Triodion - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67375)

STAINER: Lead kindly light - Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury/Benjamin Nicholas, Carleton Etherington (org) (Priory PRCD 833)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

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

DEBUSSY: Arabesque No 1 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

DUPARC: L'invitation au Voyage - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

HUMPERDINCK: Children's prayer, from Hänsel & Gretel - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 62617)

FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Max Emanuel Cencic (treble), Vienna Volksoper CO/Uwe Christian Harrer, Alfred Halbartschlager (org) (PHILIPS 462 778)

CHOPIN arr Cullen: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (PHILIPS 462 588)

MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1949 (476 6192))

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

Baroque Collection

TELEMANN: Overture in G TWV55/10, Burlesque de Don Quixote - Daniel Phillips, Arnaud Sussmann (vlns), Yura Lee (vla), Daniel McDonough (cello), David Grossman (dbass), Kenneth Weiss (hpschd)

VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 3 in A minor RV43 - Efe Baltacigil (cello solo), Dane Johansen (cello), Paul O'Dette (lute), John Gibbons (hpschd)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Alexander Sitkovetsky, Daniel Hope (vlns), ensemble of CMS artists (WFMT)

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

LILBURN: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (CONTINUUM CCD 1069)

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BRUCKNER: Symphony No 3 - Staatskapelle Dresden/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Profil Hänssler PH12011)

DEBUSSY: Preludes, Book 1 - Walter Gieseking (pno) (Philips 456 790)

2:00 The Sunday Feature

The Enigma Variations

Elgar's set of 14 variations are sketches of his friends … well, actually 12 other people, the composer himself, and a dog. Indra Hughes tells the story (RNZ)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 68101)

From Chamber Music New Zealand

Rhythm & Resonance

Diedre Irons, Michael Endres (pno duo), Thomas Guldborg, Leonard Sakofsky (percussion)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448; RAVEL arr Guldborg: Le Tombeau de Couperin; BARTÓK: Sonata for two pianos & percussion; LUTOSLAWSKI arr Ptaszynska: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

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

KOEHNE: Shaker Dances - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

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)

KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude Op 40/6, Pastoral - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - Juliette Kang (vln), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(13) DVORÁK: Rusalka, an opera in three acts about a water nymph who risks all for the love of a mortal man

Rusalka........................ Kristine Opolais

The Prince.................... Brandon Jovanovich

Water Goblin............... Eric Owens

Foreign Princess........... Katarina Dalayman

Jezibaba....................... Jamie Barton

Wood Sprites............... Hyesang Park, Megan Marino,

Cassandra Zoé Velasco

The Hunter................... Anthony Clark Evans

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Mark Elder (EBU)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Variations on a theme of Beethoven Op 35 - Julian Reynolds (pno), Peter Lockwood (pno) (GLOBE GLO 5152)

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

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Joshua Bell (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 331)

CHOPIN arr Albulescu: Mazurka; Not Quite Rondo; Reverie - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (DOWNSTAGE DSR 1009)

BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (WAITEATA WTA 006)

Disc 1

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

1:20 approx - Disc 2

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

2:25 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

4:45 approx - Disc 5

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

GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Decca 473 862)

HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 886)

CALDARA: Chiacona Op 2/12 - Four Nations Ensemble (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 347)

FARQUHAR: Musette - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

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

J STRAUSS II: Czárdás, from Die Fledermaus - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 221)

LISZT: Concert Study No 1 in Db, Waldesrauschen - Claudio Arrau (pno) (PHILIPS 464 713)

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

7.00

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 (3) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)

BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103 (2) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

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

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Janine Jansen (vln/dir), Janine Jansen & Friends (Decca 478 5362)

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

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

RACHMANINOV: We hymn thee, from Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (3) - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

8.00

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)

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

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4028)

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

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 (4) - Josef Suk (vln), Miroslav Ambros (vln), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (3) - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

BEDARD: Fantaisie - Kenneth Tse (sop sax), Alan Huckleberry (pno) (CRYSTAL CD 658)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

9.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

ALLEGRI arr Barley: Miserere mei, Deus - Matthew Barley (cello) (BLACK BOX BBM 1068)

RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 145)

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

KAPUSTIN: Concert Etude Op 40/3, Toccatina - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

H ARLEN arr Barnett: Out Of This World - Christopher Fritzsche (countertenor), Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

HAYDN: String Quartet in A Op 55/1 - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 906)

SQUIRE: Dream Bird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

BACH: Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528 - Kevin Bowyer (org) (NIMBUS NI 5647/8)

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

MCLEOD: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (1) - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

12.00

SCHUBERT arr Breiner: Military March in D - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Peter Breiner (NAXOS 8.553596)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk212 - Murray Perahia (pno) (PHILIPS 456 922)

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

PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango - Maria Kleigel (cello), Bernd Glemser (pno) (Naxos 8.550785)

ARANES: To the good life - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (ALIA VOX AV 9834)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

BASSI: Concert Fantasia - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

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

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), NZSO CO (ATOLL ACD 702)

HAMILTON: Dance-Song to the Creator - Orlando Singers, Opus, Auckland Choral Society/Peter Watts (MANU CD MANU 1509)

PROKOFIEV: Hail to Stalin Op 85 - Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10056)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 12 in D minor Op 112, The Year 1917 - Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 475 8748)

4.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 477 6594)

STANLEY: Concerto in D Op 2/1 - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman (HYPERION CDA 66338)

PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème - Renata Tebaldi (sop), Carlo Bergonzi (ten), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Tullio Serafin (Decca 467 023)

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

5.00

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

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

BENDEL: Hommage à Chopin Op 111/1 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67803)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (PHILIPS 446 100)

LOPEZ-QUIROGA arr Trepat: Francisco Alegre - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

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

GERASO: Flute Concerto in G - Carlo Ipata (fl), Auser Musici (Hyperion CDA 67884)

6.00

KETELBEY: Bank Holiday: 'Appy 'Ampstead - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

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

MOZART: Ach, ich fühl's, from The Magic Flute - Sylvia McNair (sop), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 446 712)

M HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto No 1 in D - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (DG 415 980)

HUBAY: Czárdás Scene No 12, My little turtle dove Op 83 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67441/2)

MONGE arr Peña: México lindo - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)

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

Radiance

Bel Canto, Serenity Thurlow (vla), Christchurch SO/Benjamin Northey

DEBUSSY: Nocturnes; CREE BROWN: Viola Concerto (world première performance); PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 100 (recorded at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand by RNZ)

BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 1 in G BWV1027 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (ORFEO C 693 071 A)

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - BBC Scottish SO/Michal Dworzynski (BBC Music BBC MM 348)

ALBENIZ: Rumores de la caleta, from Recuerdos de viaje - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 433 926)

MOZART after Bach: Three-part Adagio & Fugue No 3 in F K404a - Trio di Clarone (AVI MUSIC AVI 8553162)

BERWALD ed Castegren: Symphony No 2 in D, Capricieuse - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Suite - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (SIGNUM SIGCD 229)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56b - Emanuel Ax (pno), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (SONY SK 89868)

MCDOWALL: Three Latin Motets - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G Op 2/5 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (naxos 8.572866)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 62 - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 6592)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F Op 4/5 - Simon Preston (org), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

Disc 1

LAMBERT: Horoscope; WALTON: Façade; BLISS: Checkmate - English Northern Philharmonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 66436)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CPE BACH: Concertos for flute & orchestra, in D minor WQ22; in A minor WQ166; in A for WQ168 - Eckart Haupt (fl), CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 10 104)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

MENDELSSOHN: Verleih' uns Frieden; Kyrie eleison; Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe; Ave Maria Op 23/2; Mitten wir im Leben sind Op 23/3; Heilig, heilig ist Gott, der Herr Zebaoth; Six Anthems Op 79; Three Psalms Op 78, Warum toben die Heiden; Richte mich, Gott, und fuhre meine Sache; Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen?; Hor mein Bitten, Herr, neige dich zu mir - Anne Dawson (sop), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), John Scott (org), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66359)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: Sonata for cello & piano; DOHNÁNYI: Sonata in Bb minor for cello & piano Op 8; BRIDGE: Two Short Pieces; Sonata in D for cello & piano - Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello), Yolande Wrigley (pno) (ASV CD

4:45 approx - Disc 5

Overtures, ROSSINI: William Tell; BIZET: Carmen; REZNICEK: Donna Diana; WEBER: Freischutz; ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie; VERDI: The Force of Destiny; ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder; MOZART: The Magic Flute; NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor - Various orchestras & conductors (DG 423 781)

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

FRANCK: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Rebecca Evans (sop), Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67376)

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

RIES: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 132 (3) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.57044)

FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120 (2) - François Salque (cello), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (ALPHA 600)

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

BACH: Cantata No 120, Gott, man lobet dich in der (2) - Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooij (bass/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HML 590 8363.65)

7.00

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (ATOLL ACD 402)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin (1) - Berlin Ensemble (berlin philharmonic 6001)

COPLAND: Laurie's song, from The Tender Land - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (nonesuch 79458)

QI LUI: Red Flowers in Bloom - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

ANON arr Lislevand: La perra mora - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ecm 2088 (476 3317))

LALO: Symphonie espagnole (5) - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94070)

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

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

8.00

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 426 051)

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

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 (4) - Emanuel Ax (pno) (SONY SK 69284)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (1) - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE LIVE NBECD 017)

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

GREVER arr Guinovart: Júrame - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Daniel Binelli (bandoneón), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)

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

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

9.00

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Db S244 - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

BEETHOVEN: Mass in C Op 86 (2) - Janice Watson (sop), Jean Rigby (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Gwynne Howell (bass), Corydon Singers, Corydon Orch/Matthew Best (HYPERION CDA 66830)

GLUCK: Orpheus & Euridice, Overture - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 417 410)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: An evening in Georgia - Hexagon Ensemble (ETCETERA KTC 1246)

WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 14 - Soo-Hyun Park (vln), German State Phil of Rhineland Palatinate/Nicolas Milton (ONYX 4109)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G Op 32/5 - John Ogdon (pno) (PHILIPS 456 916)

TRAD arr Burleigh: Sing low, sweet chariot - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (KIWI CD SLC 248)

LILBURN: Introduction & Allegro - NZSO CO (RNZ)

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb, La Notte RV501 - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (OPUS 111 OP 30379)

TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - France Springuel (cello), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80487)

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, excerpts - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

12.00

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (1) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 37 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (PHILIPS 464 694)

EDWARDS arr Walter: Guitar Dances (1) - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (NAXOS 8.570949)

SCHUBERT: Seligkeit D433 - Malvina Major (sop), Gerald Gover (pno) (EMI 5 56724)

GROFE: Mississippi Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (NAXOS 8.559007)

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GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano (3) - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (NAXOS 8.572446)

WIDOR: Suite Op 34 - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

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

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 410 146)

NIETZSCHE: Das 'Fragment an sich' - Jeroen van Veen (pno) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8551)

TALLIS ed Parker & Hill: Agnus Dei, from Missa Salve intemerata - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Original Theme & Variations in F Op 19/6 - Terence Judd (pno) (Chandos CHAN H10150)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in E minor TWV55/e7 - Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93416)

5.00

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

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 57013)

GRANADOS: Capricho español - Martin Jones (pno) (NIMBUS NI 1734)

BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture Op 84 - Munich Phil/Christian Thielemann (DG 477 6404)

REGER: Romance in D Op 50/2 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), Berlin Konzerthaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek (HYPERION CDA 67892)

KREBS: Chorale Prelude, Jesu, meine Freude - Neil Black (ob), Peter Hurford (org) (ARGO 430 208)

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

6.00

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

CHOPIN: Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 (2) - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ed Hogger: The People's Land - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10007)

BRAHMS: Sonata in F minor for two pianos Op 34b (2) - Emanuel Ax (pno), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (SONY SK 89868)

TOMASI: Trumpet Concerto (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

GIGOUT: Scherzo, from Ten Pieces - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

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

CLiK, the ensemble

John Chen (pno), Natalie Lin (vln), Edward King (cello)

ENESCU: Prelude & Fugue in C for piano; BRITTEN: Suite for violin & piano Op 6; FARR: Shadow of the Hawk for cello & piano; SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9462)

COPLAND: Quiet City - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

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

TELEMANN: Fantasy No 5 in A for solo violin - Lara Hall (vln) (Atoll ACD 341)

ROSSINI: Ricciardo & Zoraide, Overture - Ambrosian Singers, ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 434 016)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Ma: Havanaise - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

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

BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in D BuxWV260 - John Holloway (vln), Jaap ter Linden (vla da gamba), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (NAXOS 8.557249)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 10, excerpts - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93105)

BIDDINGTON: Pastorale - Gretchen La Roche (cl), Julie Downard (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

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

Disc 1

STILL: Symphony No 2 in G minor, Song of a New Race; DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony; ELLINGTON: Harlem - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

PAGANINI trans Kraft: Grand Sonata; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Capriccio diabolico Op 85; PONCE: Sonata romantica; CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonata in D Op 77 - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9033)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Clori, mia bella Clori; Armida Abbandonata; Delirio Amoroso - Ann Murray (sop), Symphony of Harmony & Invention/Harry Christophers (Collins 15032)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

PONCHIELLI: Capriccio; HÜE: Petite Piece; PALADILHE: Solo for oboe; KALLIWODA: Le Morceau de Salon Op 228; PASCULLI: Concerto Sopra Motivi Dell'Opera La Favorita di Donizetti; DONIZETTI: Solo for oboe; FAURÉ: Piece; SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94; FRANCK: Piece No 5; SINIGAGLIA: 12 Variations on a Theme by Schubert Op 19 - John Anderson (ob), Gordon Back (pno) (ASV CD WHL 2100)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel Suite; The Tale of the Tsar Saltan Suite; The Flight of the Bumble-Bee, from Tsar Saltan; Christmas Eve Suite - Yuri Boghosian (vln), Digran Gevorgian (fl), Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 772)

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV569 (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (OPUS 111 OP 30283)

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Rochester Phil/Jeff Tyzik (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7441)

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (VIRGIN 4 57845)

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

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 (1) - Maxine Eilander (harp), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

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

TIE-SHAN LIU/MAO YUAN: Yao Dance - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

7.00

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

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

VEJVANOVSKY: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

DEBUSSY: Le matin d'un jour de fête, from Ibéria - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (SONY MLK 64065)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - José Carreras (ten), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (PHILIPS 462 892)

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

ALBENIZ: El Puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (4) - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (ALIA VOX AV 9846)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 3 in G Op 55 (3) - Ulster Orch/Vladimir Altschuler (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 258)

8.00

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale (2) - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (1) - Ramón Ortega Quero (ob), Janine Jansen & Friends/Janine Jansen (vln/dir) (Decca 478 5362)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 16 in A minor D845 (4) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 8107)

SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 5066)

O LINDBERG arr Milone: Andante, from Gammal fäbodspsalm - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

CONTE: Charm Me Asleep - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (3) - Joy Farrall (cl), Julie Andrews (bsn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

9.00

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

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

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

WEILL: September song, from Knickerbocker Holiday - Jessye Norman (sop), John Williams (pno) (PHILIPS 422 401)

GLASS: The Hours, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), studio orch/Nick Ingman (NONESUCH 79693)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D RV429 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

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

BAX: Tintagel - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 63)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

SALZEDO: Variations sur un thème dans le style ancien - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 28908)

MUSSORGSKY arr Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel (TELARC CD 80042)

12.00

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 71 (4) - members of the CO of Europe (ASV CD COE 807)

PROKOFIEV: A Summer Day - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CDQS 6114)

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

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Howard Shelley (pno), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9092)

TRAD arr Chilcott: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen - Albert Mataafa (ten), Robert Wiremu (pno), New Zealand Youth Cho/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

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MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

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

PSATHAS: Spike - Brian Resnick (perc), Stephen Gosling (pno) (RATTLE RAT D008)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

LISZT: Der Lindenbaum, from Die Winterreise - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

DOWLAND: The Frog Galliard; Mr John Langton's Pavan - José Miguel Moreno (Renaissance lute), Eligio Quinteiro (theorbo) (GLOSSA GCD 920 109)

BEETHOVEN: The Ruins of Athens - Beecham Choral Society, Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 69871)

RUBBRA: Transformations Op 141 - Danielle Perrett (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1036)

HANDEL: Let the bright seraphim, from Samson - Joan Sutherland (sop), Harry Dilley (tpt), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 444 543)

WAGNER: Rienzi, Overture - Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56165)

5.00

DVORÁK: String Quintet in G Op 77 (2) - Chilingirian Quartet, Duncan McTier (dbass) (Chandos CHAN 9046)

HANDEL: O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis & Galatea - Christopher Purves (bass), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67842)

MYSLIVECEK: Symphony in F (1) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10203)

NIELSEN: Wind Quintet in E Op 43 (2) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Sabine Meyer (cl), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Jonathan Kelly (ob/cor anglais), Radek Baborák (horn) (EMI 3 94421)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (1) - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 (3) - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (DG 477 7453)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (HYPERION CDA 67270)

6.00

POULENC: Clarinet Sonata in Bb (3) - Matthew Hunt (cl), Tim Horton (pno) (NIMBUS NI 6121)

ROSSINI: Sinfonia al Conventello - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 434 016)

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

ELGAR orch Jacob: Soliloquy for oboe & orchestra - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

HAHN: L'heure exquise - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 (3) - Pascal Rogé (pno), Indianapolis SO/Raymond Leppard (ONYX 4013)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (3) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

Carnegie Hall Live!

Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir/hpschd)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - with Guy Ferber (nat tpt), Andreas Böhlen (rec), Masamitsu San'nomiya (ob), Ryo Terakado (vln)

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for recorder, strings & continuo - with Andreas Böhlen (rec);

HANDEL: Gloria in Bb - with Joanne Lunn (sop)

BACH: Organ Duetto in G BWV 805, excerpt - Masaaki Suzuki (org)

Flute Sonata in E Minor BWV1034 - with Kiyomi Suga (fl)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV450 - with Masamitsu San'nomiya (ob)

BACH: Cantata No 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen; Wie freudig ist mein Herz, from Cantata 199, Mein Herze schwimmt im blut - with Joanne Lunn (sop), Guy Ferber (nat tpt) (recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York by WFMT)

JANACÉK: Sinfonietta Op 60 - Vienna Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 410 138)

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

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

CANTELOUBE: Poème - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 27 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (PHILIPS 416 441)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (Virgin 5 45532)

TARTINI arr Jacob: Concertino - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (CHALUMEAU EBY 001)

REINCKEN: Sonata in A minor - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (ARCHIV 437 089)

BRAHMS: Three Songs Op 42 - Danish National Radio Choir/Stefan Parkman (Chandos CHAN 9806)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Julie Palloc (harp), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished; Incidental music to Rosamunde D797 - Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 715)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

HINDEMITH: Sonata; CAPLET: Divertissements; TAILLEFERRE: Sonata for harp; ÖZDIL: Aganta, Burina, Burinata for harp; FAURÉ: Impromptu; BRITTEN: Suite for harp Op 83 - Godelieve Schrama (harp) (Canal Grande CG 9530)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

STENHAMMAR: Seven Poems from Thoughts of Solitude Op 7; Five Songs to texts by J.L. Runeberg Op 8; Four Swedish Songs Op 16; Five Songs of Bo Bergman Op 20; Songs & Moods Op 26; Late Harvest - Peter Mattei (bar), Bengt-Ake Lundin (pno) (BIS CD 654)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas; PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany; HEENAN: Cindy; Three Maori Songs; RITCHIE: Concerto for Clarinet & Strings; FARQUHAR: Ring Around the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BRAHMS: Theme and variations for piano; Presto Studies, No 3 & No 4; Chaconne Study No 5, from Five Studies for Piano; Hungarian Dances; Gavotte; Impromptu; Etude Study No 1; Rondo Study No 2, from Five Studies for Piano - Georg Friedrich Schenck (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1172)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

LISZT: Consolation No 3 in Db - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

ORTIZ: Recercada No 8 on La Folia - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

VALLET: Gaillarde, from Le secret des muses - Eugène Ferré (lute), Jérôme Blum (lute), Brian Feehan (lute), Pascal Monteilhet (lute) (AUVIDIS TEMPO A 6259)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

TRAD arr Noble: Arran Homing Song - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Ernest Lush (pno) (KIWI CD SLC 248)

V YOUNG arr Morley: My foolish heart, theme - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)

WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - London Phil/Klaus Tennstedt (LPO 3)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (PHILIPS 473 015)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), members of Seattle Chamber Music Society (ONYX 4060)

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

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 473 168)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A minor for two flutes & violone - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Jacques Zoon (fl), Klaus Stoll (violone), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 (4) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57525)

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

KETELBEY: In the Mystic Land of Egypt - New Symphony Orch of London/Robert Sharples (Decca 452 987)

8.00

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

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (3) - Maurizio Pollini (pno/dir), Vienna Phil (DG 477 7167)

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

LIADOV: Polonaise in D Op 55 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94077)

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

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

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

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (4) - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)

9.00

HANDEL: Water Music (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (MERCURY 434 321)

DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

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

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10416)

A SCARLATTI: Improvisation on Follia di Spagna - Maurice Steger (recorder), Daniele Caminiti (theorbo/baroque gtr/archlute), Margit Ubellacker (psalterium), Mauro Valli (cello), Brigitte Gasser (lirone/vla da, gamba), Naoki Kitaya (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2135)

HAYDN: Symphony No 102 in Bb - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

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

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde - New Zealand String Quartet ( (RNZ) UB63)

ALBENIZ: Evocación, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

12.00

LALO: Norwegian Rhapsody (1) - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

HANDEL reconstructed Holman: Almira Suite - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (dir) (HYPERION CDA 67053)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (1) - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy S123 - Ivan Davis (pno), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 39450)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Suite - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (NAXOS 8.553124)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor K457 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

GRIFFITHS: Salve Regina - Angela Penton (sop), Isabel Cunningham (contralto), Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (KIWI SLD 56)

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

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

ANON: Hanaq pachap kusikuynin - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion CDA 673890)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 425 766)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 - Quartetto Italiano (PHILIPS 426 046)

G GABRIELI: Sonata octavi toni in 12 parts - Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (ARCHIV 453 427)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (Decca 452 854)

VERDI: Grand March & Ballet, from Aida - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Gino Nucci (Decca 417 721)

5.00

WALTON: What God hath done, is rightly done, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

PAGANINI: Fantasy on Rossini's Moses in Egypt - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066, Overture - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (AUVIDIS FONTALIS ES 9903)

LASSUS: Two French Madrigals - King's Singers (EMI CDC 7 49158)

CHENG-QIAN XUE: Caprice - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

BRAHMS orch various: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 224)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Hélène Grimaud (pno), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (teldec 3984 26869)

6.00

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

DUNHILL: Phantasy Trio Op 36 - members of Endymion (DUTTON CDLX 7152)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Nation shall not lift up a sword - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony/Andrew Davis (CBC SMCD 5054)

GLAZUNOV: Orientale, from Suite for Strings Op 35 - Amati Ensemble of Munich/Attila Balogh (CALIG CAL 50 940)

ALBENIZ: Málaga, from Iberia Book 4 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67476/7)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (3) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1816)

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

Splendour of the Organ

David Briggs (org), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite; POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani; BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (1) - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

MOSCHELES: Four Grand Concert Studies Op 111 - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67394)

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

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 7 in A minor - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

BACH: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 8 in Eb Wo038 - Trio Wanderer (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2100)

DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Epigraphes antiques - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/6 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

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

TRAD: Deep River - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (ATOLL ACD 507)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), English CO/José-Luis Garcia (CBS MK 36674)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125; Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509-91184)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

WIDOR: Symphonie No 5 Op 42/1, Toccata; FRANCK: Prélude, fugue et variation Op 18; MESSIAEN: Transports de joie; VIERNE: Berceuse Op 31/19; ALAIN: Litanies; DURUFLÉ: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d' Alain Op 7; Prélude; Fugue; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantaisie in Eb; FRANCK: Choral No 3 in A minor; LANGLAIS: Prélude modal; VIERNE: Symphonie No 1 Op 14, Finale - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Great Opera Quintets & Sextets

Quintets & Sextets from Cosi fan tutte, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte, Lakmé, Don Giovanni, La Cenerentola, Anna Bolena, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Le nozze di Figaro, Macbeth & Lucia di Lamermoor - Various artists (Decca 448 061)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59 No 2, Razumovsky; String Quartet in Eb Op 74, Harp - Borodin Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10191)

5:00 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concertos, in F RV485; in Bb RV503; in Eb RV483; in A minor RV497; in C RV473; in G RV492 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), I Musici (Philips 416 355)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in D Wq61/2 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 614)

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

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Angel Romero (gtr), Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (PHILIPS 412 624)

MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 (3) - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Combs (cl), Dale Clevenger (horn), Daniele Damiano (bsn) (ERATO 4509 96359)

GERSHWIN: Bess, you is my woman now, from Porgy & Bess - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Isabelle Lucas (sop), London Studio Orch (ATOLL ACD 507)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor Op 26 - James Ehnes (vln), Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4076)

7.00

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

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (3) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

DVORAK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 (3) - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

GIBBONS: O clap your hands - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

BERLIOZ: Rêverie & Caprice - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

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

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

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

8.00

FAURE trans Büsser: Pavane - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Ashley Wass (pno) (BIS SACD 1773)

HAYDN/HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D (3) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

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

MOZART: Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 448 300)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

A SCARLATTI: Sonata No 1 in F minor - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (HYPERION CDA 67359)

ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

LISZT: Waltz, from Gounod's Faust S407 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 436 736)

9.00

BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra (5) - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (SONY MHK 63124)

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

KERNIS: Musica Celestis - CBSO/Hugh Wolff (ARGO 448 900)

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

PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Escualo - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

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

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

BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Emma Preston-Dunlop (sop), Gill Ross (sop), Penelope Vickers (contralto), Peter Mitchell (ten), Richard Savage (bass), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 453 433)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 - Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (PHILIPS 462 905)

12.00

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

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite, exerpts - Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter (Regis RRC 1290)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

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

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

FARR: From Forgotten Forests - Carolyn Mills (harp) (TRUST MMT 2020)

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

BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Pierre Monteux (PHILIPS 420 853)

BERKELEY: Six Preludes Op 23 - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10247)

TELEMANN: Suite in A minor - Frans Brüggen (rec), South West German CO/Friedrich Tilegant (TELDEC 9031 77620)

PUCCINI: Nessun dorma, from Turandot - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 425 852)

GLINKA: Andante cantabile & Rondo - Moscow Radio SO/Boris Demchenko (REGISC 1242)

5.00

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (2) - Günther Högner (horn), Erich Binder (vln), András Schiff (pno) (Decca 410 114)

MAHLER: Das Rheinlegendchen, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn - Jessye Norman (sop), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (PHILIPS 454 693)

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

TRAD arr Crespo: Three Spirituals - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (dir) (EMI CDC 7 49170)

BEETHOVEN: Six Variations on an original theme in G - Olli Mustonen (pno) (Decca 452 206)

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

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

6.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 3/6 (1) - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

ELGAR: Carissima - Ashley Wass (pno) (NAXOS 8.570166)

DEBUSSY orch Caillet: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64065)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

TARREGA: Gran Jota - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

MAYR: Passacaglia-Grave in Bb - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (ARCHIV 453 418)

MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - Mostly Mozart Festival Orch/Antonia Brico (SONY SBK 62830)

Auckland Jazz Festival

Two programmes

(2) Florian Ross

German jazz pianist Florian Ross plays some of his own compositions and is joined by New Zealand jazz musicians Roger Manins (tenor sax), Olivier Holland (dbass) and Ron Samson (drums) (recorded at the Albion Hotel, Auckland by RNZ)

DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (warner 2564 62409)

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