Schedules for 10 - 16 March, 2018

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

MOZART: Divertimento in Eb for wind K252 - Berlin Phil Wind Players (Orfeo C 152 861)

FAURE: Nocturne No 7 in C# minor Op 74 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free - Billie Holiday (vocal), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 916)

1:00 approx

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

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 80268)

2:00 approx

LISZT: La lugubre gondola (second version) - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 870)

JANÁČEK arr Breiner: Jenufa, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (naxos 8.570555)

3:00 approx

CALDARA: Dio, Qual Sia,Dovunque il Guardo Giro - Lisette Wesseling (sop), Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben Op 40 - Rainer Honeck (vln), Vienna Phil/Christian Thielemann (DG 474 192)

4:00 approx

MOZART: Die Verschweigung K518 - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Maria Joao Pires (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54007)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

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

5:00 approx

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

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

FASCH: Concerto in D for two flutes FWV L/D9 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

GRIEG orch Debussy: Ingrid's Lament, from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op 55 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

SIBELIUS: Valse triste, from Kuolema - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 915)

VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata No 2 in six parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 (1) - Clara Haskil (pno), Lucerne Festival Strings/Rudolf Baumgartner (DG 437 676)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D minor, Reformation (2) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (2) - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

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

7.00

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)

RIES: Piano Concerto in C# minor Op 55 (2) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.557844)

ARNE: Alfred, Overture - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0722)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (1) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

KREISLER arr Kovác: Marche miniature viennoise - The Philharmonics (DG 481 0276)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

8.00

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

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

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

FINZI arr Ashmore: Five Bagatelles Op 23 (1) - Robert Plane (cl), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 (2) - Ingrid Haebler (pno), Ludwig Hoffmann (pno) (Philips 422 516)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

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

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

ECCLES arr Suzuki: Violin Sonata in G minor - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (NAXOS 8.572494)

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite, excerpts - Linz Bruckner Orch/Caspar Richter (REGISC 1290)

10.00

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

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

RAVEL: Boléro - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (ZIG ZAG ZZT 060 901)

11.00

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

This week's best-selling CDs

David Houston explores the art of sound

BACH: Flösst, mein Heiland, from Christmas Oratorio - Kathleen Battle (sop), George Randall Ellis III (oboe), Charles Curtis (cello), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in E flat, Romantic - iii. Scherzo - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Andris Nelsons (DG 4797577)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (3) - Boston SO/Andris Nelsons (BSO Classics 1701/03)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 (6) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 66843)

FOSTER: Hard times come no more - James Taylor (gtr/voice), Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music, with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Ata Reira

Rachel Alexander, Natasha Wilson (sopranos), Lachlan Craig (countertenor), Jeffrey Chang (tenor), Rowan Johnston (baritone), Nicholas Forbes (bass), James Tibbles (organ), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, David Squire

ANON: Te lucis ante terminum; ESENVALDS: Stars; WHITACRE: Lux aurumque; TALLIS: O nata lux; LAURIDSEN: O nata lux; T WEHI arr Wiremu: Waerenga-a-Hika; ELGAR arr Cameron: Lux Aeterna; GJEILO: Northern Lights; BATES: Observer in the Magellanic Cloud; SCHAFER: Epitaph for Moonlight; CHILCOTT: Canticles of Light; HAMILTON: Ecce beatum lucem (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

PIAZZOLLA arr Särkkä: Otoño porteño - Jam Quartet (BIS CD 977)

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

ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN arr & orch Henderson: Isfahan - Peter Walden (cor anglais), Bobby Watson (sax), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

ANTHEIL: A Jazz Symphony - Ivan Davis (pno), The New Palais Royale Orch/Maurice Peress (NIMBUS NI 2567)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

7:30 Curtain Raiser

An introduction to Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time presented by Roger Smith (RNZ)

7:50 Julian Bliss (clarinet), NZTrio

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114;

Ross HARRIS: There may be light (première); MESSIAEN: Quartet for the End of Time

(A Chamber Music New Zealand concert recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

A weekly forum for contemporary musicNew Zealand Music for WoodwindEVE DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Chaos of Delight IV - Luca Manghi (fl), Ben Hoadley (bsn); JOHN ELMSLY: 1st & 2nd mvts, Sonata for alto saxophone and piano - Michael Jamieson (alto sax), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno); BEN HOADLEY: Three Sketches for a Nocturne; Winter I Was - Luca Manghi (alto fl), David Kelly (pno), Ben Hoadley (voice); GAO PING: Legend - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno); MICHAEL JAMIESON: Five Bagatelles for saxophone quartet - University of Auckland Saxophone Quartet; GILLAIN WHITEHEAD: Venetian Mornings - Donizetti Trio (recorded in University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 12 in F minor BWV857 - Glenn Gould (pno) (SONY SM2K 52600)

FASCH: Concerto in C minor FWV L/c2 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor Op 60 - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4029)

1:00 approx

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

BRITTEN: Gloriana, Symphonic Suite Op 53a - Robert Murray (ten), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10658)

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

2:00 approx

HAYDN: Variations in F minor HobXVII/6 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Chartreuse TB 6)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 13 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Sony SB2K 63257)

3:00 approx

LISZT: Der du von dem Himmel bist - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (TRUST TRI 3002)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 447 400)

MESSIAEN: Theme & Variations - Matthew Trusler (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (BLACK BOX BBM 1090)

4:00 approx

BACH: Inventions in two parts BWV772-BWV786 - Janine Jansen (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla) (Decca 475 9081)

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

STATHAM: Suite for flute & string quartet (1) - Ariana Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

5:00 approx

MOZETICH: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9748)

FRANCAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Glazunov: Souvenir d'un lieu cher (2) - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# minor Op posth - Jan Lisiecki (pno), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orch/Krzysztof Urbanski (DG 947 96824)

DOMPIERRE: Les Beautés du diable - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

DEBUSSY: En bateau, from Petite Suite - Jean-Philippe Collard, Michel Beroff (pno duet) (EMI CDM 7 63156)

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

GRETCHANINOV: Passion Week, excerpts - Kansas City Chorale; Charles Bruffy/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5044)

ANON arr Barley: Ubi caritas - Matthew Barley (cello) (BLACK BOX BBM 1068)

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

MERULA: Hor ch'è tempo di dormire - Núria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (HYPERION CDA 67375)

BACH: Seele, deine Spezereien, from Easter Oratorio BWV249 - Kimberly McCord (sop)/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 469 531)

with Robyn Jaquiery (RNZ)

RESPIGHI: Aria, from Suite for flute & string orchestra - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

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

HAWES: Swan - Stephanie Gonley (vln), English CO/Patrick Hawes (BLACK BOX BBM 1081)

LAURIDSEN: La Rose Complète,Dirait-on, from Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

DEBUSSY: La Fille Aux Chevaux De Lin, from Preludes - Bert Lucarelli (ob), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

FAURÉ arr Hazell: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

VERACINI: Largo, from Violin Sonata in A Op 2/6 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Catherine Rimer (cello), Thomas Dunford (theorbo)/Christian Curnyn (hpschd/dir) (Decca 476 434)

WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Matthias Goerne (bar), Swedish Radio SO/Manfred Honeck (Decca 467 263)

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

Highlights from 'Settling the Score'

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

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Daniel Hope (vln), CO of Europe/Thomas Hengelbrock (DG 477 6634)

MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Miah Persson (sop), Christine Rice (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bar), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 477 6297)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - NZSO CO (RNZ)

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

BRAHIM: Julud - Aziza Brahim (GLITTERBEAT 336009)

TRAD: Long Time Traveller; Glory Bound - The Wailin' Jennys (RED HOUSE 510195)

DURAN: Aventura Afrocubana Suite - Quartetto Gelato (QGPI Records QGPI 010)

TRAD: Ajde Jano - Natacha Atlas, Nigel Kennedy, Kroke (EMI 5 57511)

TRAD: Raudan Synty - Suden Aika (HEILO 207268)

TRAD: Besta Syng Barneviser - Kirsten Bråten Berg (HEILO 207268)

TRAD/BALLAMY: Lassie Lie Near Me - Quercus (ECM 2276)

BUTTERWORTH arr BALLAMY: The Lads in Their Hundreds - Quercus (ECM 2276)

MEEHAN: Making Baby Float - Norman Meehan (piano) Hannah Griffin (voice) (RATTLE 140030)

SANZ: Canarios - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)

COWARD: Mad About the Boy; Fascination - Cécile McLorin Salvant (MACKAVENUE 112025)

HOLLMER: Cirkus II - Maria Kalaniemi (AITO 134401)

CISSOKO/TABASSIAN: Poisson Au Fond De L'Ocean - Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko (WOMAD 2018)

Our resident record-hoarder David Morriss presents a personal selection from the Renaissance onwards

WAGNER arr Debussy: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Yaara Tal (pno), Andreas Groethuysen (pno) (sony 88765 441592)

SCHUBERT arr Reger: Gretchen am Spinnrade - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 586)

DEBUSSY arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

BRAHMS arr Rubbra: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8825)

1:00 Vintage Years

VERDI: Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore - La Scala Chorus & Orch/Herbert von Karajan (Warner 2564633991)

MOZART: German Dance K600/2 - Berlin State Opera Orch/Erich Kleiber (DG 459 001)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Jan Dahman (vln), Dresden State Opera Orch/Karl Böhm (Warner 190295886721)

BACH: BACH arr Cortot: Aria, (1) - Alfred Cortot (pno) (Appian 1341263)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Marcel Moyse (fl), Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch (dir) (EMI 2 12699)

2:00 approx

ELGAR arr Payne: Symphony No 3 - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (NMC D 053)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Hosted by Elliott Forrest

Finnish Masters

CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet in Eb Op 2 - Romie de Guise-Langlois (clarinet), Areta Zhulla (violin), Mark Holloway (viola), Timothy Eddy (cello)

SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor Op 56, Voces Intimae - Escher String Quartet (WFMT)

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

VIVALDI/M RICHTER: Spring, from The Four Seasons Recomposed - Daniel Hope (vln), Max Richter (Moog Synth), Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin/André de Ridder (DG 479 2777)

M RICHTER: Patterns (cypher), from Sleep - Clarice Jensen (cello), Max Richter (piano), Caleb Burhans (viola), Brian Snow (cello), Yuki Numata (violin), Ben Russell (violin) (DG 479 5267)

BACH: Concerto for 2 Keyboards in C Major BWV 1061a - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30033)

ANDERSON: Ragtime alla Turca - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30022)

MOZART: Soave sia il vento, from Così fan tutte - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30022)

BREL arr Anderson & Roe: Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30006)

CHAMPION arr Anderson & Roe: Viva la Vida - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30006)

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)

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky, from The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10361)

DESPLAT: The Shape of Water - Myriam Lafargue (accordion), Alexander Desplat (whistle, flute), London SO/Alexander Desplat (Decca 6712461)

WARREN/FRIEDHOFER: An Affair to Remember - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

ROZSA: Piano Concerto, Spellbound - Daniel Adni (pno), Bournemouth SO/Kenneth Alwyn (EMI CDB 7 62038)

Metropolitan Opera 2018 Season

VERDI: Il Trovatore

Verdi's turbulent tragedy of four characters caught in a web of family ties, politics and love is a mainstay of the operatic repertory

Manrico........................ Yonghoon Lee

Leonora........................ Jennifer Rowley

Azucena....................... Anita Rachvelishvili

Count Di Luna............. Quinn Kelsey

Ferrando...................... Štefan Kocán

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Marco Armiliato (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

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

J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (NAXOS 8.553213)

SCHUBERT: Five Songs - David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 71)

BRAHE: Bless this house - Malvina Major (sop), Philip Walsh (org) (KIWI PACIFIC CD SLC 246)

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

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

CLEMENT SCOTT arr Farquhar: Now is the Hour - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ UB46)

HUMMEL: Oberon's Magic Horn Op 116 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.557845)

BRAHMS arr Geringas: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2,Wie Melodien Op 105/1,Sapphische Ode Op 94/4,Wiegenlied Op 49/4, Liebestreu Op 3/1,Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ)

MELBOURNE: Nga tamariki o te kohu - Richard Nunns (porotiti), Richard Nunns (koauau), Chaitanya Teme (TRUST MMT 2034)

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music

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

FIELD: Piano Sonata in C minor Op 1/3 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

BARBER: Dover Beach Op 3 - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

D'INDY: Symphony on a French Mountain Air - Louis Lortie (pno), Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10760)

1:00 approx

BRAHMS: Waltzes Op 39 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Miah Persson (sop), Yukari Nonoshita (sop), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1011)

FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue & Variation Op 18 - Christopher Hainsworth (org) (RIBBONWOOD RCD 1025)

2:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)

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

LISZT: Enfant, si j'étais roi - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (TRUST TRI 3002)

3:00 approx

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 4 in Eb Op 36 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47333)

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

4:00 approx

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

MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 50 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), North Carolina Symphony/Grant Llewellyn (BIS SACD 1728)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 100)

5.00

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

LALO: Norwegian Fantasy - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

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

BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

MONTEVERDI arr Michael Fink: Monteverdiana - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

BACH trans Busoni: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY SK 66511)

COPRARIO: Fantasia, Chi può mirarvi - Fretwork (Virgin VC 5 45346)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

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

CAROSO: La monica (excerpt) - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

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

MOZART: String Quartet No 23 in F K590, Prussian (4) - Shanghai Quartet (DELOS DE 3192)

DOWLAND arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: Now O Now I Needs Must Part - Michael Slattery (ten), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 0835)

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93988)

BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor (2) - Monica Huggett (vln) (VIRGIN VCD 5 452 05)

7.00

HAYDN: Piano Trio in C HobXV/27 (3) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

DELIUS: La Calinda, from Koanga - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

CANTELOUBE arr Armenian: La Pastrouletta È Lou Chibalié,Lou boussu, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)

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

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

ALBENIZ arr Xuefei Yang: España Op 165 (1) - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80503)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 (5) - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

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

8.00

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in F Kk296 - Claire Huangci (pno) (Berlin Classics 0300603 BC)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 59214)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (3) - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

GOLDMARK: Rustic Wedding Symphony (3) - Los Angeles Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (Decca 476 8743)

POPPER: Dance of the Elves Op 39 - Richard Harwood (cello), Christoph Berner (pno) (EMI 3 59645)

GRIEG orch Debussy: In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Op 4 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

CHABRIER: Paysage, from Dix pièces pittoresques - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

FINZI: It Was a Lover and His Lass, from Let us Garlands Bring - Janet Baker (mezzo), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4117)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 (3) - Maxim Vengerov (vln/dir), Lawrence Power (vla), Verbier Festival CO (EMI 3 78374)

DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (Virgin 3 91372)

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Yeon-Hee Kwak (ob), Munich Radio Orch/Johannes Goritzki (MDG 903 1598)

F LAMBERT: She is far from the land - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (KIWI CD TRL 025)

GLAZUNOV: Chant du Ménestrel - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

BACH: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Musica Florea/Marek Stryncl (cello/dir) (Archiv 457 367)

10.00

BACH arr Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

GERSHWIN arr Courage: Fantasy on Porgy & Bess for violin & orchestra - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Ursula Holliger (harp), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

ELGAR arr Harris: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 859)

HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

11.00

TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - Steven Isserlis (cello), London SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Virgin VC 7 91474)

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

VIVALDI arr Pluhar: Allegro, from Concerto in G minor for strings RV157 - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029 5811693)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - José Carreras (ten), Plácido Domingo (ten), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (Decca 466 999)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.570794)

ZEMLINSKY: Three Pieces for cello & piano - Othmar Müller (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (NAXOS 8.57054)

FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)

FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon, Short Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (3) - Murray Perahia (piano) (DG 4798353)

OFFENBACH: Can-Can, from Gaîté parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

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

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Vadim Repin (vln), Vienna Phil/Riccardo Muti (DG 477 6596)

ANDRÈS: Preludes No 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14 - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

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

MOZART: Clarinet Quartet in Bb K378 (3) - Charles Neidich (cl), members of L'Archibudelli, (contemporary a (SONY SK 53366)

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

BRAHMS: Ballade in D minor Op 10/1 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57125)

DAVERNE: A Pocket Overture - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana (3) - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

4.00

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

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (WARNER 2564 61946)

ELGAR: Empire March - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557273)

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

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

LOCATELLI: Concerto in F Op 4/12 (3) - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

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

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

5.00

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (5) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Clasics 94081)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in Db S244 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)

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

A RITCHIE: Before the Fall, from As long as time - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (4) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

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

FROST: Bassoon Concerto (1) - Sigyn Birkeland (bsn), Bournemouth SO/Tony Harrison (Chandos CHAN 9763)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (REFERENCE RECORDINGS-80 CD)

6.00

HANDEL: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (EMI 5 85807)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military (2) - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

MOZART: Pas seul, from Idomeneo - Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman (Atoll ACD 883)

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Aotearoa Plus

Sébastien Hurtaud (cello), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

BOULEZ: Mémoriale (…Explosante-fixe…Originel)

Gareth FARR: Cello Concerto, Chemin des Dames

ADAMS: Naïve and Sentimental Music

(recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (warner 2564 61552)

BESSER: Friday Night alone - Bravura, Don McGlashan (perc) (Atoll ACD 302)

KOSHKIN: Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Lars Vogt (pno) (AVI 8553207)

This week's best-selling CDs (R)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 9 in Eb K271, Jeunehomme - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 478 2116)

BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (ORFEO C 693 071 A)

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

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

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 5 in Bb Op 37 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 50, Mount St Helens - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

1:00 approx

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

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Vadim Repin (vln), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 477 6596)

VIVALDI: Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV169 - Peter Avery (org), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (EX KIWI SLD 52)

2:00 approx

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 5 in Bb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (HYPERION CDA 66561/3)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Artur Rubinstein (pno), John Dalley (vln), Michael Tree (vla), David Soyer (cello) (RCA GD 85677)

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

3:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Album for the Young Op 68, Part 1 - Michael Endres (pno) (OEHMS OC 240)

HAYDN: Symphony No 45 in F# minor, Farewell - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 435 001)

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

4:00 approx

LODGE: Hinterland - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor Op 40 - Torleif Thedéen (cello), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 336)

HILL: String Quartet No 7 in A - Dominion Quartet (NAXOS 8.572446)

5.00

HALVORSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 1 - Bergen Phil/Karsten Andersen (NCB 435 963)

FOOTE: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (NAXOS 8.559365)

PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (TELARC SACD 60683)

FAURÉ: Je me suis embarqué, from L'Horizon chimérique Op 118 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

STATHAM: Happy Days - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

MARINI: Sonata in 4 parts - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Conso/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 26708)

CHABRIER: Ballabile - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CD CFP 4086)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - Tres Cordes String Trio (ODE CD MANU 5122)

MOZART arr Romero: Adagio in E K261 - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (Philips 426 263)

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

HAHN: Le rossignol des lilas - Eric Cutler (ten), Bradley Moore (pno) (EMI 5 85614)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

BACH arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (3) - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25 (2) - David James (pno) (RNZ UB49)

7.00

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (1) - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)

FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 (4) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (3) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)

TATE: A paradise for two, from The Maid of the Mountains - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Peter Morrison (bar), Chandos Concert Orch/John McCarthy (Chandos CHAN 8759)

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (2) - István Engl (ob), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (vln), Zóltan/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 (4) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1555)

GRIEG: Ein Traum, Op 48 no. 6 - Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Balillieu (pno) (SONY 8898539303)

8.00

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

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

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

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (7) - Penelope Evison (fl), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 249)

STRAUSS: September, from Four Last Songs - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

KREISLER: Précieuse in the style of Louis Couperin - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

RICHTER: Sinfonia a quattro in Bb (2) - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (1) - San Francisco SO/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 433 811)

GOUNDOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/Brian Law (CD SLC 230)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

RAVEL: La Valse - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (SONY MLK 64067)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 - Richard Goode (pno), Orpheus CO (NONESUCH 79608)

BACH: Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not, from Cantata No 21, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), James Tibbles (org) (Atoll ACD 916)

10.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

TRAD arr Dawson: Ain'-a that good news! - 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Benny Goodman (cl), Columbia SO/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42227)

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

11.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Baiba Skride (vln), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (SONY 88697 21423)

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (EX KIWI SLD 78)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 130 (5) - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 6 945840)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

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

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 (1) - Julia Fischer (vln), Gordan Nikolic (vla), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

PAINE: Aotearoa Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

MOZETICH: Postcards from the Sky - CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

J WILLIAMS: Rescue of the Princess; Cantina Band, from Star Wars - LSO/John Williams (Polydor 800096)

TRAD: Last Post - The New Zealand Army Band/Dwayne Broomfield (Private 1944)

BRAHMS: Geistliches Lied Op 30 - John Scott (org), Corydon Singers/Matthew Best (HYPERION CDH 55346)

WIDOR: Salvum fac populum tuum, for three trumpets, three trombones & organ - The Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, Franz Hauk (org)/Markus Poschner (Guild GMCD 7264)

HINDEMITH: Concert Music for strings & brass Op 50 - New Philharmonia Orch/Carlo Maria Giulini (BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4194)

KORNGOLD: Four Shakespeare Songs Op 31 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 459 631)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Indianapolis SO/Jun Märkl (TELARC TEL 32927)

HALVORSEN: Mascarade, Suite (8) - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10584)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (4) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (2) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Eb D899/2 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 457550)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - St Paul CO/Pinchas Zukerman (dir) (Philips 412 212)

DOMENICONI: Koyunbaba (3) - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (WAIATA 9501)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 425 002)

4.00

ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (Decca 473 862)

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 (3) - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir), Freiburg Baroque Orch (DHM 05472 77384)

MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 76/2, Fifths (1) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9658)

5.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 2 in C Op 53 (5) - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

DVORÁK: Piano Concerto in G minor Op 33 (2) - Jenö Jandó (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.550896)

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

FASCH: Lute Concerto in D minor (1) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 447 644)

NORTON: Sonatina (2) - Carol Hohauser (fl), Karen Spiegel-Neumann (pno) (RNZ UA06)

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

FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 7067/8)

6.00

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

BORODIN orch Drew: String Quartet No 2 in D (2) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

RZEWSKI: Down by the riverside - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67077)

GERSHWIN arr Tunick: But Not for Me, from Girl Crazy - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

London Conchord Ensemble

MOZART: Piano Quintet in Eb K452; SCHOENBERG arr Webern: Chamber Symphony No 1 in E Op 9; POULENC: Sextet for piano & winds; DEBUSSY arr Beamish: La Mer; BRAHMS arr Pailthorpe: Hungarian Dances, No 1 in G minor; No 4 in F minor

(A Chamber Music New Zealand concert recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Dumka Op 59 - Lang Lang (pno) (TELARC CD 80524)

STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20 - New York Phil/Lorin Maazel (DG 477 6435)

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

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres (R)

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

STATHAM: Romance No 1 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

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

BACH: Toccata in C minor BWV911 - David Fray (pno) (Virgin 0 70944)

COUPERIN: Sixième Concert - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 4 in C minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 2 in F Op 80 - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

1:00 approx

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (CBS MK 39098)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 4 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)

2:00 approx

TOSCANINI: Autunno,Primo bacio,Canto di Mignon,Per album - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Symphony No 2 in F# minor, Antar - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (TELARC CD 80131)

SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

3:00 approx

LISZT: Three Songs from Wilhelm Tell - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (TRUST TRI 3002)

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

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Op 68, excerpts - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1491)

4:00 approx

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

PALESTRINA: Missa Te Deum Laudamus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (HYPERION CDA 67785)

HILL: String Quartet No 8 in A (2) - Dominion Quartet (NAXOS 8.572097)

5.00

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

ROSSINI: Introduction, Theme & Variations in Eb - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - Rachel Gough (bsn), Julius Drake (pno) (Cala CACD 1017)

COPLAND: Waltz, from Billy the Kid - Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)

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

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

HANDEL: Sinfonia, from Jeptha - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

SCHUMANN: Whims, from Fantasy Pieces Op 12 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67120)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

CANNING: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80503)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in Bb Wq171 (3) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3 (1) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

DOWLAND arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: Away with these self-loving lads - La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

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

HAYDN: Piano Trio in D HobXV/24 (1) - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 2 (5) - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB 1996A)

VIVALDI: Sinfonia in G RV146 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)

A SCARLATTI: Son tutta duolo - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Gyorgy Fischer (piano) (Decca 436 267 )

7.00

BACH reconst Bernardini: Overture in C BWV119R, from Cantata No 119, Preis, Jerusalem, den Herrn - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

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

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (3) - Krystian Zimerman (pno/dir), Polish Festival Orch (DG 459 684)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in C G505 (2) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 172)

SCHUBERT arr Maisky: Moment Musicale No 3 in F minor D780 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

SCHNITTKE: Pantomime, from Suite in the Old Style - Gidon Kremer (vln), Naoko Yoshino (harp) (Philips 456 016)

PURCELL: Nymphs and Shepherds - Shannon Mercer (sop), Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)

DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque (4) - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 (3) - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

8.00

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 (3) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber ( (Naxos 8.572667)

RAMEAU: Les Sauvages, from Les Indes galantes - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

E BERNSTEIN: The Age of Innocence - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

DEBUSSY: La Mer (3) - French National Orch/Daniele Gatti (Sony 88697 97400)

TRENET: La Mer - Charles Trenet (PAST PERFECT 781492)

H WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea songs, excerpts - David Bremner (euphonium), Ashley Brown (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G minor - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (CD MANU 1523)

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BIZET: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (NAXOS 8.553596)

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

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Johannes Moser (cello), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Andrew Manze ( PTC5186570)

10.00

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

MOZETICH: The Passion of Angels - Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw (hrps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records 5200)

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

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 131 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (DG 457 075)

11.00

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11 - Lang Lang (pno), Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 7449)

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Orch of La Fenice, Venice/Ion Marin (Decca 448 300)

STRAUSS arr Mark Rosser: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30, excerpt - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

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BACH arr Avital: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (3) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello), Potsdam Kammerakademie, Shalev Ad-El (hpschd) (DG 479 0092)

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Pritchard (Decca 452 624)

HOUGH: Three Mozart Transformations (after Poulenc) - Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67598)

BARSANTI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/2 - Ensemble Marsyas/Peter Whelan (Linn CKD 567)

MOROSS: Concerto for flute with string orchestra - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Koch International 1996842)

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ UA82)

CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (DELOS DE 3326)

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

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

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

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

TRAD arr Hart: Scarborough Fair - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 15 (3) - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 441)

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

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

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 13 in D (3) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (4) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

4.00

FALLA orch Berio: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

STRAUSS arr Grainger/Thibaudet: Ramble on the Last Love Duet in Rosenkavalier - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

RICHTER: Flute Concerto in E minor (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 (1) - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5082)

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1) - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (TELARC CD 80594)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (3) - Fauré Quartet (DG 477 5885)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (4) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45480)

5.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Christine Schornsheim (hpschd), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

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

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (3) - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Kristine Blaumane (cello), Jacob Katsnelson (ONYX 4033)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (1) - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV204 - Rachel Podger (vln), Arte Dei Suonatori (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 19598)

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

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

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

6.00

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)

HAHN: Quand je fus pris au pavillon - Susan Graham (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Sony SK 60168)

DEBUSSY: Arabesque No 1 - Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

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

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

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Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra/Valery Gergiev

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1;

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60;

SCRIABIN: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 29 (3)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Suite Op 35

MUSSORGSKY (orch Rimsky-Korsakov): The Great Gate at Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition

(recorded in World Conference Centre, Bonn by Deutsche Welle)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 15 in F K533 (1) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Decca 478 2116)

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

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

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HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

BESSER: Wellington Harbour - Andrew Pask (bass cl), Jonathan Besser (pno) (Besser Music 1995a)

CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - Alessandra Ammara (pno) (Arts 47696)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor K310 - Michael Endres (pno) (OEHMS OC 253)

ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

BACH: Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Janine Jansen (vln) (Decca 475 9081)

1:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 471 370)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 15 in G D887 - Prazàk Quartet (PRAGA PRD 250 240)

WAGNER: Schlaflos - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

2:00 approx

DVORÁK: String Quartet movement in F B120 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 4 in Eb H28 - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9442)

FOOTE: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (NAXOS 8.559365)

3:00 approx

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

BRAHMS: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 - Louise Williams (vla), Paul Watkins (cello), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4016)

KARLOWICZ: A Sorrowful Tale - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.570295)

4:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

BERWALD: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sérieuse - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

CARR: Seven Mediaeval Lyrics - Jubilate Singers, Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (EX KIWI SLD 70)

5:00 approx

TELEMANN: Concerto in F for three violins - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Catherine Weiss (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Philips 456 910)

VEJVANOVSKY: Intrada,Sonata in seven parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

LASSUS: Matona mia cara - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

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

HUME: Sweet Musicke - Marianne Muller (viola da gamba), Liam Fennelly (viola da gamba), Pau Marcos (viola da gamba) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 100 501)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G Kk146 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

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

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BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (2) - Scottish CO/Jaime Laredo (dir) (REGISC 1160)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 74 in Eb (1) - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - Sally Guenther (cello), Torbjorn Eide (dbass), members of the Bergen Wind Quintet (BIS CD 428)

MONTERO/ALBINONI: Improvisation on Albinoni's Adagio - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

COPLAND: Zion's Walls, from Old American Songs Set 2 - Thomas Hampson (bar), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 77310)

DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

MAXWELL-DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell-Davies (piano) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9070)

7.00

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

RAVEL arr Salzedo/Vallières: Sonatine (1) - Valérie Milot (harp), Jocelyne Roy (fl), François Vallières (vla) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (4) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)

BEETHOVEN: Faithfu' Johnie - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Trio Fontenay (Philips 442 784)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV trans Kreisler: Song of India, from Sadko - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

DOHNÁNYI: Capriccio in F minor - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

DELIUS arr Fenby: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV232 (3) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (3) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

8.00

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1958)

STATHAM: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

HERBERT: Serenade for Strings Op 12 (5) - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)

PALESTRINA trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

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

KOMITAS: Chinar es - Anja Lechner (cello), Francois Couturier (piano) (ECM 2367)

DVORÁK arr Kreisler: Slavonic Dance Op 72 No. 2 in E minor - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (SUPRAPHON SU 3884)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D Op 29, Polish (5) - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live LSO 0710)

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

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

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

10.00

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (ONYX 4049)

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

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 81b - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)

11.00

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Berlin Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 1041)

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

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

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M RICHTER: Patterns (cypher), from Sleep - Max Richter, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Grace Davidson (DG 479 5267)

GLAZUNOV: Elegy in G minor Op 44 - Bryony Gibson-Cornish (vla), Sarah Watkins (pno) (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in A minor Op 132 (3) - Borodin Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10304)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34, excerpt - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 434 308)

WHITACRE: Sleep - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (NAXOS 8.559677)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, excerpts - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80151)

1pm

SCHOENBERG: Mondestrunken (Moonstruck), from Pierrot Lunaire - Yvonne Minton (reciter), Daniel Barenboim (pno), Michel Debost (fl/piccolo), Anthony Pay (cl), Pinchas Zukerman (vln/vla), Lynn Harrell (cello)/Pierre Boulez (Sony SMK 48466)

SLOW MOVING CLOUDS: The Watchers' Dance; Kahman Anti; Hiljainen Suru; Mbira - Slow Moving Clouds (Slow Moving Clouds)

2pm

DEBUSSY: La Mer (1) - Lucerne Festival Orch/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 5082)

VIVALDI/M RICHTER: Spring, from The Four Seasons Recomposed - Daniel Hope (vln), Max Richter (Moog Synth), Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin/André de Ridder (DG 479 2777)

BACH transcr Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV543 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

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

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

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SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (3) - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY SK 65949)

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 (3) - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)

SHENG: Black Swan (after Brahms) - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)

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

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 (1) - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 2 in B Op 33/2 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

4.00

PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (2) - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 (2) - Steven Isserlis (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Hyperion CDA 68162)

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

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 456 823)

DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (KIWI CD SLC 222)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)

GERSHWIN: New York Rhapsody - Wayne Marshall (pno), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 274)

5.00

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (3) - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Bremen German Chamber Phil/Florian Donderer (dir) (DG 477 7978)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 7025)

PICCININI: Toccata, Folias (2) - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 (2) - François Leleux (ob), Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR MEDIA 900 710)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (1) - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 598)

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

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Xue-Wei (vln), Philharmonia/Kees Bakels (ASV CD DCA 680)

6.00

BEETHOVEN: Allegretto in Bb WoO39 - Grieg Trio (SIMAX PSC 1165)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk492 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin (6) - Berlin Ensemble (berlin philharmonic 6001)

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

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Love Letters

Veronika Eberle (violin), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll;

SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto in D minor;

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian

(recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 13 in Eb Op 27/1 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Decca 478 2116)

DVORÁK: String Sextet in A Op 48 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Florian Donderer (vln), Isabelle van Keulen (vla), Rachel Roberts (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello), Quirine Viersen (cello) (AVI 8553207)

PSATHAS: Three Psalms - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

BECK: Sinfonia in F Op 1/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

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MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - William Bennett (fl), Claire Jones (harp), English CO/Paul Watkins (SIGNUM SIGCD 216)

BODY: African Strings (2/3) (1), Chedo - Norio Sato (gtr), Kei Koh (gtr) (RATTLE RAT D009)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (CBS MK 42121)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in Bb Op 2/3 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk206 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

BACH arr Farquhar: Six Chorale Preludes - New Zealand Wind Quintet (RNZ UB46)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - Bavarian Radio CO (Arts 47633)

1:00 approx

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Sol Gabetta (cello), Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 479 0090)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 4 in A minor Op 63 - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

SHEPHERD: cryosphere - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ UC21)

2:00 approx

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

ALFVEN: Symphony No 1 in F minor Op 7 - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8974)

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

3:00 approx

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 6775)

COPLAND: Quiet City - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

4:00 approx

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840, Relique - Michael Endres (pno) (CAPRICCIO 10 717)

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

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

5:00 approx

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Richard Egarr (org/dir), Academy of Ancient Music (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7446)

BACH compltd Charlston: Flute Sonata in A BWV1032 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

SAINT-SAENS: Morceau de concert in G Op 62 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

STRAUSS trans Lawrence: Das Rosenband - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

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

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

ELGAR arr Milone: In moonlight - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine (3) - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

RICHTER: Sinfonia a Quattro in C minor (1) - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 028)

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

CT PACHELBEL: Magnificat - 1999 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413 - Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

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

MOZART: Violin Sonata No 27 in G K379 (1) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 477 5801)

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

SCHUBERT: Die Krahe, from Winterreise - Hans Hotter (baritone), Erik Werba (pno) (DG 474006)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

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

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)

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

D SCARLATTI trans Williams: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk159 - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

COWELL: Violin Sonata (3) - Zina Schiff (vln), Cameron Grant (pno) (4TAY CD 4005)

C STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 7 in Eb (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (3) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian (3) - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

8.00

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

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (1) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (2) - Charles Neidich (cl), Jürgen Kussmaul (vla), Robert Levin (fpno) (SONY SK 53366)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.572705)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques (1) - Orpheus CO (DG 449 186)

ALLEGRI: Canario - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

DEBUSSY: Danse - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

TRAD: St Patrick's Day, from The Quiet Man - Itzhak Perlman (violin), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in Ab Op 46/3 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 39450)

RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS SACD 1988)

IBERT: Entr'acte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

10.00

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

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 - András Schiff (pno) (Dal Segno SDPRCD 042)

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

BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Jan Jansen (hpschd), Janine Jansen & Friends/Janine Jansen (vln/dir) (Decca 478 5362)

11.00

HAHN arr Hazell: A Chloris - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Olivier Latry (org), Philadelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach (ONDINE ODE 1094)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 848)

Le cœur de ma mère

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9221)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 473 902)

PROKOFIEV: Peter & the Wolf, excerpt - Peter Ustinov (narrator), Philharmonia/Philip Ellis (RESONANCE CD RSN 3027)

ANTHEIL: Mechanical Ballet, excerpt - The New Palais Royale Orch & Percussion Ensemble/Maurice Peress (Nimbus NI 2567)

KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (NAXOS 8.570949)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (sop), Anna Maria Friman (sop), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ecm 2088 (476 3317))

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Viktoria Postnikova (pno), Vienna SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Decca 410 112)

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (4) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (TELDEC 8.4324)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 (3) - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 416 632)

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

SCHUMANN arr Mahler: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (3) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 0037)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (3) - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)

DEBUSSY trans Nicholls: Rêverie - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 2 in E minor - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 (1) - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

4.00

FARR: Three Etudes - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)

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

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

PURCELL: The Fairy Queen, Symphony - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

WAGNER arr Brassin: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in F Op 10/4 (3) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

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

5.00

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (3) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 565)

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

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

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Tennant: Farewell to Stromness - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

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

D'INDY: Fantasy on French Popular Themes (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

GERSHWIN arr Brohn: Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away), from Show Girl - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (Philips 462 781)

6.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)

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

RACHMANINOV: Lilacs Op 21/5 - Aida Garifullina (sop), ORF Radio SO, Vienna/Cornelius Meister (Decca 478 8305)

CHABRIER: Ronde champêtre - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield with The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra fronted by vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and trumpeter Irvin Mayfield brings an authentic experience from the home of jazz, New Orleans.

From down-home standards to funeral marches, this is the joy of jazz as it is performed in the Big Easy - with passion, humour and a Mardi Gras atmosphere

(recorded at 2015 Wellington Jazz Festival in the Opera House, Wellington by RNZ)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 477 8770)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ UA12)

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

A special broadcast of Max Richter's 8-hour epic work, combining classical and electronic music. Listeners are invited to fall asleep and drift in and out of consciousness and lucid dream states - and to enter into another world through the act of slumbering