Schedules for 8 - 14 April, 2017

Music, Numerology and Bach

Amelia Nurse and harpsichordist and lecturer Erin Helyard are chatting about the role of numbers and numerology in music, and in particular the music of Bach. They discuss recordings and play live examples to try to get to the bottom of the centuries old question: to what degree did Bach used numbers to convey hidden meaning in his music? (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 8 in C minor - Dresden State Opera Orch/Christian Thielemann (Profil PH 10031)

2:25 approx - Disc 2

Brian Eno's Music for Airports - Robert Wyatt, Brian Eno (VIRGIN 866495)

3:15 approx - Disc 3

SCHUMANN: Piano Trios, No 1 in D minor Op 63, No2 in F Op 80; Six Studies in Canonic Form Op 56 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Tanja Tetzkaff (cello), Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 0 94180)

4:30 approx - Disc 4

SALIERI: Les Horaces, Overture; Piano Concerto in C; Semiramide, Overture; Piano Concerto in Bb; Twenty-six variations on La Follia Di Spagna - Pietro Spada (pno), Philharmonia/Pietro Spada (ASV CD DCA 955)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in F Op 2/4 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 (3) - BBC Welsh National Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5049)

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

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

HILL: String Quartet No 11 in D minor (3) - Dominion Quartet (naxos 8.572844)

COPLAND: Morning on the Ranch, from The Red Pony - St Louis SO/André Previn (SONY MLK 64059)

7.00

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (5) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV257 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (organ/dir), Venice Baroque Orch (SONY SK 51352)

GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 56583)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 (4) - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 285)

KREBS: Wachet auf - Michael Thompson (tpt), Peter Hurford (org) (ARGO 430 208)

BACH: Concerto in D minor BWV974 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)

8.00

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

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 (1) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), English CO (CBS M13K 42055)

ROSSINI: Largo al factotum, from The Barber of Seville - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine (1) - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (AVIE AV 2131)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 (4) - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67585)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (4) - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Maurizio Pollini (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 7244)

HUMMEL ed Beyer: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

REINHARDT: Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt (gtr), Quintet of the Hot Club of France (DISQUES VOGUE 544377)

MOSZKOWSKI: From Foreign Lands Op 23 - Polish National Radio SO, Katowice/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.553989)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor RV397 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (VIRGIN 3 95146)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (2) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

ARENSKY: Fantasia on Russian Folksongs Op 48 - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570526)

FOSTER: Ah! may the red rose live alway - Thomas Hampson (bar), Jay Ungar (vln), Molly Mason (gtr/dbass), (EMI 3 82225)

JONES: Last Of The Mohicans: Main Title - The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel (TELARC 480437)

KETELBEY: Sanctuary of the heart - Oscar Natzka (bass), session chorus & orch/Warwick Braithwaite (ATOLL ACD 400)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 4 in C minor D417, Tragic - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)

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This week's best-selling CDs

It would be a mistake to over-politicise the 19th century Polish pianist-composer but there's certainly a compelling historical backdrop. Margaret Ogilvie gets up close and personal in this introduction to Chopin's life and works (RNZ)

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 10 - Augustin Anievas (pno) (EMI 5 74290)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

A Chamber Music New Zealand concert

Enso String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: Quartet in E flat Op 74, Harp; DUTILLEUX: String quartet, Ainsi la Nuit;

TAYLOR: a coincidence of surfaces I (CMNZ commission); RAVEL: String Quartet in F;

TAYLOR: a coincidence of surfaces I & II (with Aroha String Quartet) (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

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

Li-Wei Qin (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Christopher Seaman

WALTON: Cello Concerto; MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 38 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

NZ performers and composers

ROPARTZ: Piece in Eb minor - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (ATOLL ACD 109)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in Eb WoO36/1 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (NAXOS 8.570998)

STRAUSS: Ständchen Op 17/2; Das Rosenband - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 6 & 20 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

VERDI arr Turovsky: String Quartet in E minor - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

IBERT: Saraband for Dulcinea - Strasbourg Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (AVIE AV 0008)

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

BERLIOZ: Love Scene, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)

Disc 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Suite from the Gadfly Op 97; Suite from Five Days Five Nights Op 111 - Ukraine National SO/Theodore Kuchar (Naxos 8.553299)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SATIE: Gnossiennes, Nos 1-3; Embryons desséchés; Avant-dernières pensées; Pièces froides; Pièces froides; Sonatine bureaucratique; Gymnopédies, Nos 1-3; Véritanles préludes flasques; Gnossiennes, Nos 4-6; Les trios calses distinguées du précieux dégoùte; Sarabande No 3 - Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 317)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

FAYRFAX: Kyrie, Obis factor; Missa O Quam Glorifica; Hymnus, O Quam Glorifica; Ave Dei patris filia; Sumwhat musyng; That was my Joy; To complayne me, alas - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (ASV CD GAU 142)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

W F BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in E minor; No 2 in G; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in F; No 5 in Eb; No 6 in F minor - Penelope Evison, Pierre Séchet (transverse flutes) (Stil 1908 SAN 80)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

AUBERT: Offrande; Six Symphonic Tableaux, Cinema; Symphonic Tableaux, Dryade; Five Children's Pieces, Feuille d'Images; Tombeau de Chateaubriand - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam (Marco Polo 8.223531)

GUERRERO: Vexilla Regis - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16128)

SILVESTROV: Litany - Kiev Chamber Choir/Mykola Hobdych (ECM 2117 (476 3316))

G IVES: Ride on - Arcadian Singers of Oxford University/Matthew O'Donovan, James Davy (org) (Lammas LAMM 137D)

G IVES: Missa brevis - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Jonathan Hardy (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7420)

LAURIDSEN: Ubi caritas et amor - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

BACH: Cantata No 182, King of Heaven, be thou welcome - Susanne Rydén (sop), Steven Rickards (countertenor) John Elwes (ten), Michael Schopper (bass), Bach Ensemble Joshua Rifkin (Dorian DOR 93231)

REGER: Palmsonntagmorgen - Consortium/Andrew-John Smith (Hyperion CDA 67762)

MATHIAS: Recessional Op 96/4 - Richard Lea (organ of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) (Priory PRCD 870)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (PHILIPS 462 588)

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

VIOTTI: Harp Sonata in Bb (2) - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

FAURÉ: Sanctus, from Requiem - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 500)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 473 862)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (SONY MLK 64055)

M ALBENIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 639)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (ARCHIV 427 619)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London Phil/Andrew Litton (DG 476 6198)

KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

Extreme Piano Trios

SMETANA: Piano Trio in G minor Op 15 - Juho Pohjonen (pno), Arnaud Sussmann (vln), David Finckel (cello)

BABADJANIAN: Piano Trio in F# minor - Gloria Chien (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Mihai Marica (cello) (WFMT)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - English CO/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CD EMX 2074)

PUTS arr Spede: Millennium Canons - University of Georgia Wind Ensemble/John Lynch (Naxos 8.572231)

COPLAND: Billy the Kid - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

BARBER: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, op. 24 - Renée Fleming (sop), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (Decca 483 0415)

HILLBORG: Dark Harbour XXXV; Dark Harbour XI, from The Strand Settings - Renée Fleming (sop), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (Decca 483 0415)

BJORK: All is full of love - Renée Fleming (sop), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (Decca 483 0415)

RICHTER: Tuesday, from The Waves - Gillian Anderson (actor), Grace Davidson (sop) Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg/Robert Ziegler (DG 479 7158)

Violinist Jascha Heifetz

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Jascha Heifetz (vln), RCA Victor SO/William Steinberg (IDIS 6546)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), Emanuel Bay (pno) (RCA GD 87704)

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), London Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI 3 61590)

La Mer

All too often a great work of art is completely misunderstood when it's first unveiled. This was true of Claude Debussy's La Mer when it was premièred in Paris in 1905. Indra Hughes tells the story (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: La Mer - French National Orch/Daniele Gatti (Sony 88697 97400)

Bach Recital

John Wells (organ)

BACH: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808; Duetto No 1 BWV802; English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807; Fantasia in C minor BWV906; Italian Concerto BWV971 (recorded at Ponsonby Baptist Church by RNZ)

DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7123)

GOODALL: The Seasons, Autumn - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

ZIEHRER: Nature Singers Waltz Op 415 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (MARCO POLO 8.223817)

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)

KATS-CHERNIN: Ornamental Air - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

MARAIS: March, air & tambourin pour les Matelots - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (AUVIDIS FONTALIS ES 9903)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(14) MASSENET: Werther, a romantic tragedy in four acts based on Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. A poet is tormented by his hopeless passion for a married woman

Werther........................ Vittorio Grigolo

Charlotte...................... Isabel Leonard

Albert........................... David Bizic

Sophie.......................... Anna Christy

Käthchen..................... Sarah Larsen

The Bailiff................... Maurizio Muraro

Johann.......................... Philip Cokorinos

Schmidt....................... Tony Stevenson

Brühlmann................... Christopher Job

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Edward Gardner (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

FIELD: Serenade in Bb - John Khouri (fpno) (ENTR'ACTE ESCD 6503)

PROKOFIEV: Sonata in C for two violins Op 56 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vln) (Atoll ACD 513)

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

BARBER: Three Songs Op 10 - Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2079)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 51 in D - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.55434)

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

FONTANA: Sonata No 2 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

FINZI: To a poet a thousand years hence - Brett Polegato (bar), Iain Burnside (pno) (CBC MVCD 1134)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E HobXVI/22 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - NZSO CO (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5/2 - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (PHILIPS 475 379)

Disc 1

Night Music 3

Works by Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Marcello, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Haydn, Corelli, Mozart, Albinoni - Various Artists (Naxos 8.551123)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

DAVID: Piano Trios, No 3 in C minor; No 2 in D minor - Ilona Prunyi (pno), Eszter Perényi (vln), Tibor Párkányi (cello) (Marco Polo 8.223492)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

Stairway to Heaven

Choral Works by Bach, Fauré, Messiaen, Poulenc, Stanford, Allegri, Mozart, Burgon, Schubert, Lassus, Victoria, Purcell, Barber - Choir of Trinity College/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51521)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein; No 27 in E minor Op 90; No 14 in C# minor Op 27/2, Moonlight; No 13 in Eb Op 27/1 - Michael Houstoun (Trust MMT 2001/3)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

GRAINGER: Rustic Dance; Eastern Intermezzo; Colonial Song; Gay but Wistful; The Gum-sucker's March; LILBURN: Diversions for strings; DREYFUS: Serenade for small orchestra; BENJAMIN: North American Square Dance; COULTHARD: Excursion Ballet Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 2 5088)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 (1) - Finghin Collins (pno/dir), RTÉ National SO (RTÉ Lyric FM CD 143)

MALATS arr Tárrega: Spanish Serenade - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (naxos 8.573225)

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

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV265 - Georg Kallweit (vln/dir), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1975)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8620)

CPE BACH: Trio Sonata in C Wq147 (3) - Florilegium (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 11197)

ARBAN arr Milone: Variations on a theme from Bellini's Norma - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

7.00

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

GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9346)

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

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 65391)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 46 (3) - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

KREISLER: Liebesleid - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

BRUCKNER: Os justi - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (2b) - Peter Averi (org), New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

8.00

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 3 - Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 7 49471)

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1539)

BEACH: Scherzo, from Piano Concerto in C# Minor Op 45 - Danny Driver (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)

WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

MARAIS: Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)

HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from The Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (ALTO ALC 1013)

9.00

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (4) - Macquarie Trio (ABC CLASSICS 472 668)

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in D TWV51/D2 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Berlin Baroque Soloists (EMI 5 57397)

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

BACH: Flute Sonata in C BWV1033 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

CHOPIN: Poland's dirge Op 73/17 - Aleksandra Kurzak (sop), Nelson Goerner (pno) (NIFC NIFCCD 016)

TAUSIG: Nouvelles Soirées de Vienne - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 66785)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, ballet music - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Colin Davis (PHILIPS 422 845)

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

12.00

MONTEVERDI: Beatus vir, from Selva morale e spirituale - Emma Kirkby (sop), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), David Thomas (bass), Taverner Consort & Player/Andrew Parrott (EMI 5 67523)

MOZART: Variations in D on a minuet by Duport K573 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (2) - Cleveland Orch/Christoph von Dohnányi (TELARC CD 80145)

HALLIDAY: Journey - Duncan Haynes (cello), Sarah Gregory (vln), Gitbox (RATTLE RAT D005)

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

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - NZSO CO (RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Three Shakespeare Songs - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.55434)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 5 in D BWV850 - Glenn Gould (pno) (SONY SM2K 52600)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Julius Katchen (pno) (Decca 417 644)

HANDEL: Saul, Act 1 Sinfonia - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (org/dir) (ARCHIV 447 279)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Absalon fili mi - Magnificat/Philip Cave (LINN CKD 052)

PIZZETTI: Preludio a un altro giorno - BBC Scottish SO/Osmo Vänskä (HYPERION CDA 67084)

DVORÁK: The Noon Witch Op 108 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (SUPRAPHON SU 4012)

5.00

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

LISZT: La Campanella - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

DEBUSSY: Scottish March - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

GRAHAM: Brillante - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (NAXOS 8.570538)

KATS-CHERNIN: Russian Rag - Lisa Moore (pno) (TALL POPPIES TP 147)

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 (3) - Valeri Popov (bsn), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9656)

MCCARTNEY: Interlude (Lament), from Ecce Cor Meum - ASMF, London Voices/Gavin Greenaway (EMI 3 70424)

WAXMAN: Cafe Waltzes, from Hotel Berlin - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (PHILIPS 438 685)

6.00

COPLAND: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Erlkönig D328 - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

ALBINONI: Concerto in F for two oboes Op 9/3 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (Chandos CHAN 0602)

TRAD Scottish arr Rutter: Oh can ye sew cushions? - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 502)

SCRIABIN: Waltz in Ab Op 38 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

Renaissance Music for Holy Week

Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart

LASSUS: Lamentations Hieremiae, Feria sexta in Parasceve à 5; CARDOSO: Et egressus est; PRAETORIUS: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund; BROWNE: Stabat Mater; ANON Plainchant: In monte Oliveti; TALLIS: Lamentations of Jeremiah, Part 1; BYRD: Ne irascaris Domine (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K138 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Vardan Mamikonian (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 4220)

BACH: Oboe Sonata in G minor BWV1030b - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

LILBURN: Cambridge Overture - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Ex Kiwi SLD 77)

DELIUS arr Fenby: Violin Concerto - Philippe Djokic (vln), Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

LISZT/FESTETICS ed Howard: The Pastor's Wedding S405a - Leslie Howard (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67414/7)

BEETHOVEN: O welche Lust, from Fidelio - Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 453 811)

CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Lisbon Gulbenkian Orch/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC 5186 503)

HAYDN: London Trio No 1 in C HobIV/1 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67631)

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

BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (PHILIPS 426 439)

ISAAC: Fortuna desperata: Nasci, pati, mori - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (ALIA VOX AV 9814)

BOYCE: Symphony No 8 in D - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (NAXOS 8.557278)

Disc 1

MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in D Op 18; Symphony No 9 in E minor Op 28 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Marco Polo 8.223499)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

M HAYDN: String Quintet in Bb; String Quintet in C; String Quintet in G - L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 53987)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

PURCELL: Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary; Welcome, welcome, glorious morn; Ode for the centenary of Trinity College, Dublin; Great parent, hail to thee; Welcome song for King Charles II; The summer's absence unconcerned we bear - Gillian Fisher, Evelyn Tubb (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Roger Covey-Crump, John Mark Ainsley (tens), Michael George, Charles Pott (basses), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66476)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

MOSONYI: Twelve Genres for piano; Studies for piano - István Kassai (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223557)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

PUCCINI: Capriccio Sinfonico; First Minuet for strings; Prelude from Edgar; Second Minuet for strings; Edgar, Prelude to Act III; Third Minuet for strings; Preludio Sinfonico; I crisantemi for strings; Manon Lescaut, Intermezzo from Act III; E l'uccellino - Royal Phil/Jacek Kaspszyk (Collins 11652)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in G Wq43/5 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir), English Concert (CRD 3311)

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

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (PHILIPS 432 102)

CANTELOUBE: Two Bourrées, from Songs of the Auvergne, Set 2 - Véronique Gens (sop), Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)

DEBUSSY: Cortège & Air de Danse, from L'Enfant prodigue - Alfons Kontarsky (pno), Aloys Kontarsky (pno) (DG 427 259)

STILL ed Alexa Still: Bayou Home - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

GROFE: Sunrise, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (NAXOS 8.559007)

7.00

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

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

FOULDS: Music-Pictures Group 6 Op 81, Gaelic Melodies - Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS CD 933)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Andrea Bocelli (ten), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 6 in D (2) - Café Zimmermann (ALPHA 31)

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

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

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite (3) - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 918)

8.00

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

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor (2) - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8458)

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

BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 (5) - Nelson Freire (pno) (PHILIPS 456 781)

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

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

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

SAINT-SAËNS: Phaéton - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)

9.00

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

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Stephen Hough (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)

GORECKI: Totus tuus - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton (HYPERION CDA 66928)

TUROK: Variations on an American Song - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (NAXOS 8.559373-74)

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

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

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

MOZART: Al desio di chi t'adora - Sylvia McNair (sop), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 446 712)

ANON: Jota - Hesperion XXI (ALIA VOX AV 9834)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann (SONY 88697 92717)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 479 0090)

VERDI: Parmi veder le lagrime, from Rigoletto - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

12.00

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 3 in G minor - David Reichenberg (ob), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - James Ehnes (vln), Sydney SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONYX 4076)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37, excerpts (2) - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

WOLF-FERRARI: Suite-Concertino in F Op 16 (2) - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas in D minor Kk9; in F Kk17 - Dejan Lazic (pno) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 23407)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 (3) - London SO/André Previn (EMI CDM 7 69564)

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ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

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

CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op 27/1 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

BACH: Kommt, ihr Töchter, from St Matthew Passion - Dresden Kapellknaben, Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden State Orch/Peter Schreier (PHILIPS 420 848)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (DG 419 745)

DUMONT: Super flumina Babylonis - Ensemble Pierre Robert/Frédéric Desenclos (dir) (ALPHA 69)

PFITZNER: Cello Concerto in G Op 42 - David Geringas (cello), Bamberg SO/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 135)

WF BACH: Sinfonia in F F67 - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (RICERCAR RIC 297)

BEETHOVEN: Wellington's Victory - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 624)

5.00

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

BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rainer Kussmaul (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Christine Schornsheim (hpschd) (EMI 5 57111)

MORLEY: Doe you not know? - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64067)

LILBURN: Two Preludes (1951) - Dan Poynton (pno) (TRUST MMT 2053)

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

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

6.00

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 (2) - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0056)

BUSONI: Serenata in Bb Op 34 - Duo Pepicelli (naxos 8.555691)

ROSSINI: Sois immobile, from William Tell - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)

SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.570763)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F HWV295 - Francesco Cera (org), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (ARTS SACD 47739-8)

FARRENC: Nocturne Op 49 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (cpo 999 879)

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

Ronald Brautigam (pno), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491;

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in A flat Op 55 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 410 554)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 11 - Dutch Radio CO/Frans Brüggen (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99926)

ANON arr Southgate/Rawson: English Dompe; Ballo Milanese; Galliarda Sexta - Bruce McKinnon (perc), Jeremy Fitzsimons (perc), Saxcess (Private - Saxcess 2003A)

MCCARTNEY: IV Ecce Cor Meum, from Ecce Cor Meum - Kate Royal (sop), ASMF, London Voices/Gavin Greenaway (EMI 3 70424)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in D RV392 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (VIRGIN 3 95146)

WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew - Dan Poynton (pno) (RATTLE RAT D006)

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

DELIUS: Summer Night on the River - Camerata Wales/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

BESSER: Tuesday, from a musical diary - Zestniks (Besser Music 1995a)

BANTOCK: Sapphic Poem - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (HYPERION CDA 66899)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Hannu Lintu (HYPERION CDA 67919)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile Op 11; DVORÁK: Concerto in B minor for cello & orchestra Op 104; Rondo in G minor Op 94; ARENSKY: Chante Triste Op 56/3; DAVIDOV: Am Springbrunnen Op 20/2; DVORÁK: Waldesruhe Op 68/5 - Peter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacometti (harmonium, pno), Netherlands Phil/Lawrence Renes (Channel Classics CCS 8695)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D Op 70/1, Ghost; DVORÁK: Piano Trio in E minor Op 90, Dumky; FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - Ogen Trio (Ogen OG 0010)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

MONTEVERDI: Vespri di S Giovanni Battista - Mieke van der Sluis, Evelyn Tubb (sops), Michael Chance (countertenor), John Elwes (ten), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Chorus Viennensis, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Monteverdi Ensemble Amsterdam/Gustav Leonhardt (Philips 422 074)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

ENESCO: Octet in C Op 7; STRAUSS: Sextet from Capriccio Op 85; SHOSTAKOVICH: Two Pieces for String Octet Op 11 - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in Eb for two violins & continuo; Exercises for voice, instruments and basso-continuo; Suite No 5 in A minor for flute, violin & continuo; Moral Cantata, Modest happiness; Sonata in E minor for two violins; Songs from 24 Serious & Lighthearted Odes; Quartet in G for flute, two violins & continuo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0525)

BOYCE: Symphony No 2 in A - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (NAXOS 8.557278)

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 6198)

MERULO: Toccata No 3 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

SCHUBERT: Allegretto in C minor D915 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 425 638)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 9 in C (4) - Café Zimmermann (ALPHA 31)

HASSELMANS: Mazurka Op 31 - Susan Drake (harp) (HYPERION CDA 66340)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (nonesuch 79568)

7.00

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

RACHMANINOV arr Balsom: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

DVORAK: Bagatelles Op 47 (5) - Josef Suk (vln), Miroslav Ambros (vln), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)

BERLIOZ: Le spectre de la rose, from Les nuits d'été - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches SO/Kent Nagano (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1932)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 (4) - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 477 6594)

RESPIGHI: Roman Festivals (4) - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 145)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (3) - Michel Portal (cl), Georges Pludermacher (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 19 0904)

8.00

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

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (1) - Rachel Brown (fl), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet (1) - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (NAXOS 8.57055)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

GANNE: Marche Lorraine - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4542)

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

STRAUSS arr Grainger: Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Rosenkavalier - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67279)

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

BIZET: Symphony in C (3) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

9.00

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (2) - New Zealand SO/James Judd ( (RNZ) UA99)

STRAVINSKY: Three movements from Petrushka - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (SONY 88697 41233)

BACH arr Red Priest: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - Red Priest (RED PRIEST RP 007)

MOZART: Deh vieni, from The Marriage of Figaro - Patricia Petibon (sop), Concerto Cologne/Daniel Harding (DG 477 7468)

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

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

GRANDA/ROVIRA arr Flórez: Fina estampa - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos), David Gálve (Decca 475 6932)

TURINA: Rapsodia sinfonica - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 216)

CPE BACH: Rondo in A Wq58/1 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 614)

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

12.00

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (CONIFER 75605 51343)

FARKAS: Old Hungarian Dances from the 17th Century - Phoebus Quintet (TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0019)

CHOPIN: Waltzes Op 70 - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 448 645)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in A - Bruno Cocset (cello), Les Basses Réunies (ALPHA 84)

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

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PARISH ALVARS: Introduction & Rondo on Bellini's Norma - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

HOWELLS: By the waters of Babylon - Paul Whelan (bar), David Adams (vln), Alice Neary (cello), Timot/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 10587)

FARR: Kembang Suling - Alexa Still (fl), Gareth Farr (marimba) (TRUST MMT 2020)

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

TANEYEV: Symphony No 4 in C minor Op 12 (1) - New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (RNZ)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dubinushka - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

COUPERIN: Leçon de Ténèbres - Gérard Lesne & Steve Dugardin (countertenors), Il Seminario Musicale (Harmonic H/CD 9140)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Eugene Istomin (pno), Columbia SO/Bruno Walter (CBS MK 42024)

MOZART: String Quartet No 20 in D K499, Hoffmeister - Fine Arts Quartet (MUSIC & ARTS CD 1154 (8))

BACH orch Raff: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)

RAFF: Romeo & Juliet, Overture - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 793)

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for violin & oboe RV548 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), Albrecht Mayer (ob), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

5.00

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

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

TRAD arr Idenstam: Spel Jocke - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (CAPRICE CAP 21807)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 72 (6) - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - Hexagon (Bridge 9079)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Benjamin Frith (pno) (NAXOS 8.553186)

YOUNG-HA orch Constant: Boribat - Sumi Jo (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Paolo Olmi (ERATO 4509 97239)

KORNGOLD: Sinfonietta in B Op 5 (1) - Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (DORIAN DOR 90216)

6.00

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (philips 412 893)

BALAKIREV: Toccata in C# minor - Michael Lewin (pno) (CENTAUR CRC 2134)

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

TARREGA: Capricho árabe - Mattias Jacobsson (gtr) (Avie AV 2254)

BRAHMS: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, from A German Requiem Op 45 - Genia Kühmeier (sop), Thomas Hampson (bar), Arnold Schoenberg Ch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (RCA 88697 72066)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 (4) - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5082)

HUMMEL ed Stein: Variations & Coda on O du lieber Augustin - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10374)

Catherine Manson (vln), Yetzabel Arias Fernandez (sop), Maarten Engeltjes (contralto), Tilman Lichdi (ten), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Chorus & Orchestra/Ton Koopman

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in Eb Op 7/6, Il pianto d'Arianna; HANDEL: Tu fedel? Tu costante? HWV 171; GRAUPNER: Wo gehet Jesus hin; JS BACH: Easter Oratorio BWV249 (recorded in Concertgebouw, Amsterdam by Netherlands Radio) (EBU)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (naxos 8.557697)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Richard Pearce (org), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (CONIFER CDCF 176)

LISZT: Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Melodies S123 - Nareh Arghamanyan (pno), Berlin Radio SO (Pentatone PTC 5186 397)

MOZART: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (OISEAU-LYRE 417 592)

VIOTTI: Concerto in A for two flutes - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Ransom Wilson (fl), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (ERATO ECD 55040)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - Lang Lang (pno) (TELARC CD 80524)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Berlin German Opera Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 469 008)

BOLTER: Lakes - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (ATOLL ACD 115)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D Op 7/6 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92791)

RAVEL arr Rueffer: Mother Goose Suite - Pro Arte Guitar Trio (ASV CD WHL 2129)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 15 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 478 2182)

Disc 1

PIAZZOLLA: La Muerte del Angel; Aconcagua; Romance del Diablo; Tanguedia; Milonga del Angel; Vayamos al Diablo; Tres Tangos; Oblivion - James Crabb (accordion), Benjamin Martin (pno); Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti (Chandos CHAN 10163)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SAINT-SAËNS: Odelette Op 162; Sonata for clarinet Op 167; Feuillet d'album Op 81; Sonata for bassoon Op 168; Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs for flute, oboe and piano Op 79; Sonata for oboe Op 166; Romance in Db Op 37; Tarantell Op 6 - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell, David Campbell (cls), Rachel Gough, Robin Kennard (bsns) (Cala CACD 1017)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

HUMMEL: Te Deum; Missa Solemnis in C - Patricia Wright (sop), Zan McKendree-Wright (contralto), Patrick Power (ten), David Griffiths (bass), Donald Armstrong (vln), Voices New Zealand, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

Works by Monteverdi, Dalla Casa, Ortiz, Rogniono, de Rore, Trabaci, de Sekma, Willaert, Bonnizzi, Terzi - Hille Perle, Robert Sagasser, Martina Rothbauer, Paulina van Laarhoven, Matthias Müller (viole da gamba), Andrew Laurence-King (harp), Lee Santana (lutes, Renaissance gtr, chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

KODÁLY: Háry János, Suite: Dances of Marosszék; Dances on a Hungarian Folk Song, The Peacock; Dances of Galánt - Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 322)

FASCH: Concerto in G FWV L/G11 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

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

KAIHAU/SCOTT arr Maskell: Po Atarau, Now is the Hour - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

RICHTER: Flute Concerto in E minor (3) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (CBS MK 42206)

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

SONDHEIM arr Silberschlag/McKinley: Not while I'm around, from Sweeney Todd - Jeffrey Silberschlag (tpt), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559719)

7.00

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (1) - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)

BEETHOVEN arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 (4) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

COPLAND: Letter from Home - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (NAXOS 8.55924)

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

ROSSINI: Il signor Bruschino, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin (3) - Berlin Ensemble (berlin philharmonic 6001)

BACH: Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020 (1) - Lara St John (vln), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) (ANCALAGON ANC 139)

SUMAYA: Angélicas milicias - Coro Ciudad de La Alhambra, Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 156)

8.00

MONTEVERDI: Pur ti miro, from L'incoronazione di Poppea - Natasha Marsh (sop), Fernando Lima (countertenor), London SO/Craig Leon (EMI 2 16109)

VIVALDI: Vedrò con mio diletto, from Il Giustino RV717 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

SPOHR arr Wojciechowski: Adagio in F - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Edward Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10703)

TELEMANN: Concerto in Bb for three oboes & three violins - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Catherine Weiss (vln), Collegium Musicum 90, Anthony Robson, Richard Earle, Cherry Forbes (obs) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

STEVENS: Variations in Olden Style (d'après Bach) - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

CACCINI: La spagnoletta - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 (2) - Truls Mörk (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (VIRGIN 3 85784)

LEHAR: Girls were made to love & kiss, from Paganini - Plácido Domingo (ten), English CO/Julius Rudel (ANGEL CDC 5 55616)

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

9.00

DEBUSSY: Danse - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

TERZI: Susanne un jour; ORTIZ: Recercada settima

BIZET arr Guirand: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

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

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 087)

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

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (NAXOS 8.559088)

SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op 113 - Lawrence Power (vla), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67923)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Radu Lupu (pno), London SO/André Previn (PHILIPS 456 895)

12.00

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (1) - Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch, Mohamed Saleh (ob)/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)

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

SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (NAXOS 8.572323)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

FRESCOBALDI: Aria di Balletto - John Wells (org) (RNZ)

BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong (vln), Yury Gezentsvey (vln), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

KODALY: Cello Sonata in B minor Op 8 (1) - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) (Atoll ACD 884)

FREED: Deserted Beach - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), Victoria Jones (dbass), New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

HOROVITZ: Sonatina for clarinet & piano - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1038)

HADLEY: One Morning in Spring - London Phil/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 245)

CHARPENTIER: Leçon de Ténèbres - Il Seminario Musicale/Gérard Lesne (countertenor/dir) (Virgin 5 45075

D'INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air - Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (pno), Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA GD 86805)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller? from Werther - Marcelo Alvarez (ten), Nice Phil/Mark Elder (SONY SK 89650)

LISZT: Concerto sans orchestre S524a - Leslie Howard (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67455)

TARTINI: Violin Concerto in A D115 (2) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

5.00

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - Cleveland Orch/Louis Lane (SONY MLK 64055)

VERDI: Di quella pira, from Il Trovatore - José Cura (ten/dir), Philharmonia (ERATO 8573 80232)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (1) - Penelope Evison (fl), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 249)

RAVEL arr Salzedo/Vallières: Sonatine (3) - Valérie Milot (harp), Jocelyne Roy (fl), François Vallières (vla) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

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

ALBINONI: Concerto No 4 in G in six parts Op 2/8 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (AVIE AV 2106)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (NEWTON 880 2097)

6.00

DUSSEK: Sinfonia in G (1) - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in Bb K238 (3) - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Carlo Fabiono (dir) (HYPERION CDA 67840)

CHOPIN arr Tárrega: Mazurka in B minor Op 33/4 - Mattias Jacobsson (gtr) (Avie AV 2254)

GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

SCHARWENKA: Impromptu Op 17 - Seta Tanyel (pno) (COLLINS 13252)

GOUNOD: O légère hirondelle, from Mireille - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV177 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

Suyeon Kang (vln), Auckland Philharmonia Orch/Giordano Bellincampi

WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture; BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61; BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (AVIE AV 2157)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas ( )

HANDEL arr Zabaleta: Organ Concerto in D minor Op 7/4 - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), English CO/Garcia Navarro (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9059)

DVORAK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

BRUCKNER: Locus iste - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

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

BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

STENHAMMAR: KOCH: Spring night's rain - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 449 189)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

POULENC: Eight Nocturnes - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9636)

Disc 1

Night Music 15: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming - Various artists (Naxos 8.551135)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44; DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81- Artur Schnabel (pno), Pro Arte Quartet (Arabesque Z 6613)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

CICONIA: Doctorum principem; Per quella strada; PADOVA: Imperial sedendo; CICONIA: O felix templum jubila; ANON: O Maria, virgo davitica; CICONIA: O Padua, sidus preclarum; PADOVA: La douce cere; CICONIA: Con lagreme bagnandome; Gloria, Spiritus et alme; Una panthera; DA CASERTA: Del gloriosa titolo; DA TERAMO: Un fior gentil; CICONIA: Sus une fontayne; Le ray au soleyl; DA TERAMO: Sumite, karissimi; Dime, Fortuna; Gloria: Ad ogni vento - Orlando Consort (Archiv 459 620)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DVORÁK adapted Talmi: Sonatina in G Op 100; SCHUBERT: Theme and Variations for flute and piano Op 160; REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Yossi Arnheim (fl), Daniel Gortler (pno) (Meridian CDE 84320)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

Greatest Hits: Marches

Marches from Clarke, Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Berlioz, Elgar, Verdi, Sousa, Bagley, Alford, Arne, J Wagner, Holst, Herbert, Williams & Prokofiev - Various ensembles (Sony MLK 66710)

MOZART: Piano Trio No 6 in G K564 (3) - Beaux Arts Trio (philips 446 154)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV251 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 87733)

M PHILLIPS: Arabesque Op 43/2 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

ANON arr Fourés: Greensleeves to a ground - Daniel Hope (vln), Stefan Maass (lute) (DG 477 8094)

ELGAR arr Ball: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Black Dyke Mills Band/Nicholas Childs (naxos 8.570726)

BOCCHERINI: String Quartet in G G223, La Tiranna (1) - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1334)

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

7.00

BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 (6) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

STAINER: God so loved the world, from The Crucifixion - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/George Guest (Decca 425 849)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (1) - Maria João Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

FASCH: Concerto in D FWV L/D3 (3) - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in G Op 77 (4) - Chilingirian Quartet, Duncan McTier (dbass) (Chandos CHAN 9046)

BERTALI: Sonata in three parts - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Conso/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 26708)

HANDEL: Air, from Water Music Suite No 1 in F - Berlin Phil/Riccardo Muti (EMI 5 67523)

TRAD: On the Seashore - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Gareth Jones (DG 463 593)

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

8.00

LOTTI: Crucifixus - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

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

TELEMANN: Conclusion in D, from Tafelmusik - Orch of the Golden Age (NAXOS 8.553731)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar's Bride, Overture - Kirov Orch, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (PHILIPS 462 618)

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

BIZET: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, from Carmen - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Les Éléments Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 57503)

YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Yellow River Piano Concerto (4) - Yundi Li (pno), China NCPA Concert Hall Orch/Chen Zuohuang (EMI 0 88658)

9.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (1) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21504)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding (VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 45480)

Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart

BYRD: Miserere mei, Deus; ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus; JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Miserere mei, Deus (Salmo 50); CROCE: Miserere mei a 6 (Psalmus L); GESUALDO: Miserere; ALLEGRI ed Byram-Wigfield: Miserere mei, Deus; MACMILLAN: Miserere (recorded in the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul by RNZ)

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

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9063)

12.00

DEBUSSY orch Büsser: Petite Suite - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

FARR: Frozen Landscapes I - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

MARINI: Romanesca - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 000)

Evangelist......................... Nicholas Mulroy

Jesus................................. Paul Whelan

Siobhán Stagg (sop), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor), Derek Welton (bass), University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 49 in F minor, La Passione - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 915)

WAGNER: Prelude to Act I & Good Friday Music - Columbia SO/Bruno Walter (CBS MK 42038)

ROSSINI: Fac ut portem, from Stabat Mater - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Bavarian Radio SO/Semyon Bychkov (PHILIPS 454 311)

QUANTZ: Flute Concerto No 29 in G - Rachel Brown (fl), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (dir) (HYPERION CDA 66927)

FINZI: Romance in Eb Op 11 - Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (SOMM SOMMCD 244)

MOZART reconst Wilby: Concerto in D for violin, piano & orchestra - Midori (vln), Christoph Eschenbach (pno/dir), North German Radio SO (SONY SK 89488)

5.00

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

ALBRECHTSBERGER: Trombone Concerto in Bb (1) - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 26708)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (3) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92779)

BACH: Mass in B minor BWV232, Part 2 (4) - Nico van der Meel (ten), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Netherlands/Frans Brüggen (PHILIPS 426 238)

BACH: Mass in B minor BWV232, excerpts - Nico van der Meel (ten), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Netherlands/Frans Brüggen (PHILIPS 426 238)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 12 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

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

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

6.00

J STRAUSS II: Du und Du, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 885)

VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 (1) - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Geneviève Gilardeau (vln), Tafelmusik (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

PHILIPS: O Maria Mater - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (NAXOS 8.555056)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 60 Op 396 (1) - Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (NAXOS 8.559294)

ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D958 (4) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (PHILIPS 456 579)

Stabat Mater

Michelle Ryan (sop), Anna Fraser (mezzo), Donald Armstrong, Anyano Ninomiya (vlns), Gillian Ansell (vla), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), New Zealand String Quartet, Ying Quartet, Song Company, Douglas Mews (org)/Roland Peelman

WHITEHEAD: Song Without Words for cello solo, dedicated to Helen Young; LILBURN: Three Duos for violin and viola; KREISLER: Recitative & Scherzo-caprice Op 6; FLECHA: El Fuego; PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater (recorded in Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson by RNZ)

PANUFNIK: Landscape - Tampere Phil/John Storgårds (ONDINE ODE 1101)

CARDOSO: Lamentatio - Ars Nova/Bo Holten (Naxos 8.55331)

BARBER: Cello Concerto Op 22 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (CBS MK 44900)

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