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Saturday 14 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Christina Mahler (cello), Allen Whear (cello), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

MOZART: Madamina, il catalogo è questo - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC Classics 472 826)

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

1:00 approx

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

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

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Jerusalem Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1990)

2:00 approx

VERDI: Il tramonto,Ad una stella - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8610)

SCHOENFIELD: Café Music - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D064 2016)

3:00 approx

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

VIOTTI: Violin Concerto No 22 in A minor - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (HYPERION CDA 66840)

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

4:00 approx

FRANCK: Les Eolides - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

DEBUSSY: Preludes, Book 2 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (DG 427 391)

FARQUHAR: Five Scenes - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

5:00 approx

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in D minor - Lu Siqing (violin), Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 4816755)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

TELEMANN: Overture in D - John Wallace (tpt), John Miller (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (NIMBUS NI 5189)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 000)

BRAHMS: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)

BACH: Jesu, joy of man's desiring - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

6:00 AM. Classic Morning

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

MARAIS: Sonate à la Marésienne, from La gamme et autres morceaux de simphonie - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)

CULLEN: Gymnopedie, from The World of Eugene Atget - Jeremy Cullen (pno) (Notornis NTS 001)

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

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (3) - István Engl (ob), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (vln), Zóltan Rácz (cello), Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)

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

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

7.00

DOUGLAS: Music for Strings - Prague City PO/Gavin Sutherland (WHITE LINE CD WHL 2144)

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

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 1 in D K412 - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (NAXOS 8.570419)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O virga mediatrix - VocaMe/Michael Popp (Berlin Classics 030 0425 BC)

NYMAN: Trysting Fields - Daniil Grishin (vla), Kremerata Baltica CO/Gidon Kremer (dir/vln) (NONESUCH 287228)

CHAUSSON: Andante & Allegro - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10901)

PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces Op 12 (7) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

GERSHWIN orch Rose: Strike Up The Band, Overture - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55975)

8.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV232 (1) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

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

GLICK: Suite Hébraïque No 5 I Circle Dance - Suzanne Shulman (fl), James Campbell (cl), Andrew Dawes (vln), Daniel Domb (cello) (CBC MVCD 1046)

MONTEVERDI: Toccata, from L'Orfeo SV 318 - Salaputia Brass/Jeroen Berwaerts (Audite 97 725)

Deus tuorum militum - Emma Kirkby (sop), Ian Partridge (ten), David Thomas (bass), Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman/Peter Holman (dirs) (HYPERION CDH 55345)

WARLOCK: Six Italian Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

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

9:00 AM. Saturday Brunch

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

TRAD arr Poster/Balsom: Nobody Knows - Alison Balsom (tpt), BBC Scottish SO/Lawrence Renes (EMI 6 78590)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Detroit SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.573051)

FA SCHUBERT: The bee - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

10.00

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

DOWLAND arr Bergeron/Dagher/Slattery: A Shepherd in a Shade, His Golden Locks - Michael Slattery (ten), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

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

11.00

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

GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY SK 65949)

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

12:00 The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

This week's best-selling CDs

1:00 PM. The Sound File

David Houston explores the art of sound

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - Jascha Heifetz (vln), Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 09026 68980)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Victor ‎09026 61724)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10802)

RAVEL: Introduction & Allegro - Skaila Kanga (harp), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 8621)

M RICHTER: Mercy - Hilary Hahn (vln), Cory Smythe (pno) (DG 479 8295)

2:00 PM. Worlds of Music

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

3:00 PM. Music Alive Matinée

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Vienna Piano Trio: David McCarroll (vln), Matthias Gredler (cello), Stefan Mendl (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 6 in Eb Op 70/2;

STAUD: Für Bálint András Varga, Ten miniatures; SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929

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

5:00 PM. Inside Out

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

7:00 PM. Jazz meets Classical

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

PREVIN: Honey & Rue - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)

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

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Piano Fest, World Voyage

Music for two to eight hands

Jian Liu, Stephen de Pledge, Sarah Watkins, David Guerin (pnos)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 9 in E Op 14/1;

S BALLARD: Four Short Geodes, Nos 2 & 4; MESSIAEN: Regard du silence; FARR: Bintang; ADAMS: Hallelujah Junction (recorded in Old St John's Church, Nelson by RNZ)

8:30 Love Me As I Am

To mark the 10th anniversary of her death, the life and music of one of Aotearoa's best singer-songwriters Mahinaarangi Tocker (1955-2008) is celebrated in this Auckland Arts Festival concert, recorded in Auckland Town Hall in March. Tocker's songs are performed by a variety of artists, many of whom had a close friendship with her: Anika Moa, Moana Maniapoto, Don McGlashan, Maree Sheehan, Charlotte Yates, Annie Crummer, Anahera Higgins, Karen Hunter, and Nadia Reid. Also performing are members of Mahinaarangi's whānau: sisters Kīmai and Huirangi Tocker, and her daughter Hinewairangi Tocker (RNZ)

9:50 PM. Sound Lounge

A weekly forum for contemporary music

CARR: The End of the Golden Weather - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (KIWI PACIFIC CD SLD 111)

WHITEHEAD: Missa brevis (3-5) - Sings Harry Vocal Ensemble (WAITEATA WTA 003)

Sunday 15 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 26 in D minor, Lamentation - BBC Phil/Nicholas Kraemer (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 307)

STRAUSS: Schlagende Herzen Op 29/2,Ich schwebe Op 48/2 - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

1:00 approx

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

BACH: Fantasia in G BWV572 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

2:00 approx

MOZART: Rondo in A minor K511 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

BESSER: Reflections in Thirds - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ)

3:00 approx

CARTELLIERI: Divertimento No 1 in F - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 140)

VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV588 - Catherine Bott; Julia Gooding (sops), Christopher Robson (countertenor), Andrew King (ten), Stephen Grant (bass), New London Consort & Chorus, /Philip Pickett (Decca 458 837)

G BOHM: Suite No 8 in F minor - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Tartar TRL 022)

4:00 approx

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

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, excerpts - Royal Phil/Yuri Simonov (REGISC 1258)

CULLEN: Prelude No 23 in D minor - Jeremy Cullen (pno) (Notornis NTS 001)

5:00 approx

DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

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

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

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

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

FAURÉ arr Grainger: Nell - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67279)

SCHNITTKE: Suite in the Old Style (2) - Ulf Wallin (vln), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)

6:00 AM. Sanctuary

GOUNOD: Ave Maria - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (SIGNUM SIGCD 163)

BRAHMS: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit, from A German Requiem Op 45 - Genia Kühmeier (sop), Thomas Hampson (bar), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Vienna Phil/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (RCA 88697 72066)

AHLE: Jesu dulcis memoria (1) - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Concerto Palatino/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 919)

HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

BACH: Cantata No 85, Ich bin ein gutter Hirt - Arleen Auger (sop), Gabriele Schreckenbach (contralto), Adalbert Kraus (ten), Walter Heldwein (bass), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 92.027)

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

7:30 AM. Hymns on Sunday

With Robyn Jaquiery

8:00 AM. Grace Notes

PAREDES arr Golijov: Cançâo Verdes Anos - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

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

MONTSALVATGE: Cradle song, from Five Negro Songs (1) - Patricia Petibon (sop), Spanish National Orch/Josep Pons (DG 477 9447)

RACHMANINOV arr Kreisler: Daisies Op 38/3 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), James Kirby (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10028)

OURKOUZOUNOV: Makedonski pesen, from Four Legends - Cavatina Duo (CEDILLE CDR 90000 117)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 (2) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (CHALLENGE CC 72043)

KAIHAU arr Te Wiata: Akoako o te Rangi - Inia Te Wiata (bass), with his own guitar accompaniment (KIWI CD SLC 225)

FAURÉ arr Hazell: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

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

9:00 AM. From the Top

Highlights from Settling the Score

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo - André Rieu (vln/dir), & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi SLD 14)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Frédéric Lodéon (cello), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI 3 65295)

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs - Karita Mattila (sop), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 445 182)

10:00 approx

TCHAIKOVSKY: Miniature Overture, from The Nutcracker - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1970.71)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (2) - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 59214)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

11:00 AM. Pick and Mix

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

Noon The Musical Omnivore

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

MACHAUT: Messe de Nostre Dame (1) - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.553833)

HAYDN: Symphony No 81 in G - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

MONTEVERDI: Deus in adiutorium; Ave maris stella, from Vespers of 1610 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 429 565)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 6, excerpts (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

1:00 approx Vintage Years

GRIEG: To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Edvard Grieg (pno) (Pearl GEMM CD 9933)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - New York Phil/Guido Cantelli (Music & Arts CD-1120 (12))

FRESCOBALDI arr Ghedini: Four Pieces - New York Phil/Guido Cantelli (Music & Arts CD-1120 (12))

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 - NBC SO/Guido Cantelli (Music & Arts CD-1120 (12))

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 1 in C minor - Osaka Phil/Takashi Asahina (Pony Canyon PCCL-00599)

Intermezzo in D minor - Fine Arts Quartet, Gil Sharon (vla) (Naxos 8.570788)

3:00 PM. Chamber Music Matinée

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Hosted by Elliott Forrest

Serious Mozart

MOZART: Violin Sonata in E minor K304 - Arnaud Sussmann (vln), Inon Barnatan (pno);

String Quintet in C K 515 - Ani Kavafian, Benjamin Beilman (vlns), Paul Neubauer, Lily Francis (vlas), Timothy Eddy (cello) (WFMT)

4:00 PM. In the Spotlight

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94070)

BARTÓK: Two Portraits Op 5 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 909)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Shlomo Mintz (vln/dir), English CO (Avie AV 2058)

5:00 PM. New Horizons

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)

5:30 PM. The Silver Screen

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

FRIEDHOFER: The sun also rises, excerpt - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Gerhardt (RCA GD 80912)

6:00 PM. Opera on Sunday

Metropolitan Opera 2018 Season

ROSSINI: Semiramide

A tragedy set in ancient Babylon with a plot involving power struggles and dark romantic intrigue. Rossini provides astonishing vocal writing for the principals and chorus

Queen Semiramide...... Angela Meade

Arsace.......................... Elizabeth DeShong

Idreno.......................... Javier Camarena

Assur............................ Ildar Abdrazakov

Oroe............................. Ryan Speedo Green

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Maurizio Benini (EBU)

9:50 PM. Made in New Zealand

NZ performers and composers

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

ALBÉNIZ arr Moriarty: Rapsodia española Op 70 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

STATHAM: Elena's Waltz - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

11:00 PM. New Music Dreams

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone musicBASINSKI: For David Robert Jones; A Shadow In Time - William Basinski (tape loops. electronics, synthesizers) (2062 Temporary Residence Limited)

Melancholia, excerpts - William Basinski (tape loops. electronics) (Temporary Residence Limited TRR 236)

Monday 16 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 2 & 4, from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 6/10 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 410 899)

SELMA Y SALAVERDE: Canzon a due, canto e basso - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

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

1:00 approx

WAGNER: Wesendonck Lieder - Jessye Norman (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 412 655)

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

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

2:00 approx

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

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 7 in Eb D568 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 470 164)

GLICK: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC MVCD 1046)

3:00 approx

BELLINI: Tre Ariette - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 050)

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

4:00 approx

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

BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor - Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9386)

LILBURN: Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Wellington Orpheus Choir, New Zealand SO/Charles Groves (KIWI CD SLD 100)

5:00 approx

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

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati ( 425 925)

BACH: Gerechter Gott, ach, rechnest du? from Cantata No 89 - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), Martin Rummel (cello) (Atoll ACD 916)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (AZICA ACD 71265)

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

SIBELIUS: Romance Op 78/2 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

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

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from The Planets Suite - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80466)

YAN-JUN HUA: Reflection of the Moon in the Er-Quan Spring - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

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

HILL: String Quartet No 4 in C minor (3) - Dominion Quartet (NAXOS 8.572097)

TALLIS: If Ye Love Me - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

VIVALDI arr Behrend: Lute Concerto in D RV93 (2) - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 14 in Eb K449 (3) - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 928)

GLAZUNOV: Spanish Serenade Op 20/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (CD MANU 1426)

7.00

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques (3) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

DEBUSSY: Prelude, from Suite Bergamasque - Bert Lucarelli (ob), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

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

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Delphine Haidan (mezzo), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 10568)

BIBER: L'Aria - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

ROSENTHAL: Papillons - Stephen Hough (pno) (MUSICMASTERS 7046)

WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)

REBIKOV: Waltz, from the Christmas Tree Suite Op 21 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

8.00

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

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

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 458 930)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G483 (1) - Ophélie Gaillard (cello/dir), Maude Gratton (fpno), Pulcinella (Ambroisie AM 126)

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

MARAIRE: Mai Nozipo (Mother Nozipo) - Dumisani Maraire (ngoma/hosho, Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79275)

MOZART: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon, The Magic Flute - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (Decca 478 6029)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A min Op6/4 (4) ASMF/Iona Brown (Brilliant Classics 99986)

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

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

TRAD arr Harty: Londonderry Air - Ulster Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 7033)

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

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

10.00

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

BIZET: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Bryn Terfel (bbar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

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

11.00

MENDELSSOHN arr Piatti: Song without Words Op 19/1 - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (Avie AV 2140)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 2, A London Symphony - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (Barirolli Society CDSJB 1021)

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

Noon Upbeat

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

WAGNER: Der engel, from Wesendonck Lieder - Jessye Norman (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 412 655)

TRAD arr Baldwin/Norman/Patterson: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Jessye Norman (sop), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (Philips 422 893)

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (1) - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (4) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

SALIERI: Keyboard Concerto in Bb - Pietro Spada (pno/dir), Philharmonia (ASV CD DCA 955)

CAMPRA: Messe de Requiem (1) - Les Pages del la Chapelle, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire (FNAC 592223)

ZAPPA: Dog Breath Variations & Uncle Meat - Omnibus Wind Ens (Opus3 cd19403)

VARESE: Density 21.5 - Lawrence Beauregard (fl) (Sony MLK 66703)

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 (3) - Matthew Wilkie (bsn), CO of Europe/Sandor Vegh (COE RECORDS CD COE 813)

ZAPPA: G-Spot Tornado - Ray White (gtr), Tommy Mars (keyboards), Bobby Martin (keyboards), Ed Mann (perc), Scott Thunes (dbass), Chad Wackerman (drums), Frank Zappa, Steve Vai (gtrs) (Rykodisc RCD 10549)

ZAPPA: Revised music for low budget orchestra - Ensemble Modern/Jonathan Stockhammer (RCA 82876 56061)

DVORAK: Symphony No 1 in C minor, The Bells of Zlonice - Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (DG 423 120)

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

J STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (TELDEC 8.4324)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (2) - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10501)

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique (4) - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SIGNUM SIGCD 193)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Gute Nacht D911/1 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (NAXOS 8.570754)

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

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

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 (3) - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime/A woman is a sometime thing - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Sonya Ovrutsky (pno) (BERLIN CLASSICS 030 0060 BC)

4.00

DVORÁK: Prague Waltzes - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)

BEETHOVEN: Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 (1) - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno (Decca 414 576)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 (4) - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

METCALFE: Silent Westway - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Clementine Scimone (fls), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (ERATO ECD 55040)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Royal Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80125)

5.00

ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine - San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (SFS MEDIA SFS 0053)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

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

RUTTER: Gloria (1) - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Timothy Brown (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9087)

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

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

FIELD: Piano Sonata in A Op 1/2 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1) - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (NAXOS 8.557023)

6.00

SONDHEIM arr Silberschlag/McKinley: Johanna, from Sweeney Todd - Jeffrey Silberschlag (tpt), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559719)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 13 in G HobXVI/6 (1) - Alain Planès (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1762)

BRAHMS orch Brahms/Dvorák: Hungarian Dance No 19 in B minor - London Phil/Marin Alsop (NAXOS 8.557429

ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa, from Barber of Seville - Sumi Jo (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Paolo Olmi (ERATO 4509 97239)

6:30 PM. Exploring Music

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

New Zealand Festival 2018

A New Zealand Partita

Pianist Stephen De Pledge plays JS BACH's Partita No 3 in A minor BWV 827 and pieces by seven NZ composers, inspired by its movements

HOLMES: Fantasia; GENDALL: Monolithe Allemand; s NORTON: Corrente; A TAYLOR: Sarabande, Inertia Study; J PALMER: Burl; C ORAM: $cher.zo [Two one four-hundred and thirteen dollars forty]; BOWATER: Gigue - a Pataphor (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Alina Ibragimova (vln) (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 284)

A RITCHIE: Concertino for piano & strings - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Ex Kiwi SLD 71)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Natalia Pavlutskaya (cello), Canterbury CO/Alexander Ivashkin (cello/dir) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

10:00 PM. The RNZ Concert Classical Chart

This week's best-selling CDs

11:00 PM. Day's End

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

BIDDINGTON: Autumn Music - Joanna Drimatis (vla), John Pattinson (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - François Leleux (ob), Akiko Suwanai (vln/dir), CO of Europe (Philips 475 6934)

Tuesday 17 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

YSAŸE: Elegiac Poem in D minor Op 12 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ)

PALESTRINA: Missa Tu es Petrus - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/Martin Baker (HYPERION CDA 67785)

1:00 approx

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in G minor Op 2/5 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

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

RAVEL: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

2:00 approx

LISZT: Héroïde funèbre - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (NAXOS 8.557847)

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

VINTER: James Cook, Circumnavigator - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (KIWI CD SLC 247)

3:00 approx

SCHUBERT arr Birnie: Eighteen Dances - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 13 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 417 596)

MOZART: Adagio in B minor K540 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 448 629)

4:00 approx

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

BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Leon Fleisher (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)

HAMILTON: Whisper you all the way home - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir, 2003-04/Elise Bradley (Private)

5:00 approx

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

MCCARTNEY: Interlude (Lament), from Ecce Cor Meum - ASMF, London Voices, Boys of Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Gavin Greenaway (EMI 3 70424)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7540)

STRAUSS: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 (1) - Augustin Dumay (vln), Louis Lortie (pno) (Onyx 4096)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Warner 2564 62061)

DEBUSSY: Nuages, from Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

GRIEG orch Debussy: Anitra's Dance, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Op 46 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

TRAD Scottish arr Chowhan: The Lea Rig - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (whistle), Pete Lockett (percussion) (EMI 3 59488)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

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

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

BRAHMS: New Liebeslieder Waltzes Op 65 (15) - Marlis Petersen (sop), Stella Doufexis (contralto), Werner Güra (ten), Konrad Jarnot (bbar), Christoph Berner, Camillo Radicke (pno duet) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1945)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (2) - Eisenstadt Haydn Trio (PHOENIX EDITION 122)

J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)

MOZART: Divertimento in D K334 (5) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 496)

7.00

C CHAMPAGNE: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yoav Talmi (Analekta 23156)

SCHUBERT: Der Jüngling an der Quelle D300 - Nathan Berg (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (Atma ACD 2 2571)

PURCELL: Scotch tune, from Amphitryon - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570149)

RICHTER: Symphony No 6 in Bb (3) - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (NAXOS 8.557818)

GRÜNFELD: Soirée de Vienne Op 56 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (BLACK BOX BBM 1081)

DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 (2) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

GOUNOD: Sanctus, from St Cecilia Mass - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)

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

8.00

MACDOWELL: Romance - Aisling Drury Byrne (cello), Ireland National SO/Arthur Fagen (NAXOS 8.559049)

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

F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses, from Ordre No 6 in Bb - Gillian Weir (harpschd) (TRL 046)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 (2) - Bavarian Radio CO (Arts 47633)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (4) - Te Köki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 839)

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

TELEMANN: Fantasy No 4 in D for solo violin - Rachel Podger (vln) (CCS 182 98)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

MOZART: Rondo in Eb K371 - Jonathan Williams (horn), CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (COE RECORDS CD COS 242)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)

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

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

10.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 741)

RHEINBERGER: Abendlied - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

11.00

LISZT: Rhapsodie espagnole S254 - Polina Leschenko (pno) (EMI 5 62666)

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

FLECHA: San Sabeya gugurumbé - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

Noon Upbeat

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

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

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

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

BYRD: Though Amaryllis dance - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

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

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 72 No 2 in E minor - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

PROKOFIEV trans Kennan: Flute Sonata in D Op 94 (4) - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Warsaw Phil/Lawrence Leighton Smith (RCA 09026 63836)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G Op 18/2 (2) - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)

4.00

MORRICONE: Cinema Paradiso - Gil Shaham (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

TRAD: Klezmer Dances, Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (3) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (2) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45480)

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

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Robert McDuffie (vln), Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (TELARC CD 80507)

ARNOLD: Bridge on the River Kwai (4) - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

5.00

PROKOFIEV: Marches for Military Band (3) - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 10166)

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

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

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

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

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

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 13 (3) - Vadim Repin (vln), Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (DG 477 8794)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 (4) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)

6.00

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

DVORÁK arr Kreisler: Slavonic Dances, excerpts - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (SUPRAPHON SU 3884)

MOURET: Rondo, from Suites de Symphonies - Canadian Brass (RCA GD 86207)

6:30 PM. Exploring Music

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

New Zealand Festival 2018

Orava Quartet

The first ever NZ appearance of this young Australian string quartet

Romance & Revolution

HAYDN: String Quartet in E flat, Op 33/2, Joke;

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110; MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

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

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

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

10:00 PM. Pick and Mix

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

11:00 PM. Day's End

HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) (3) - Dan Poynton (pno) (TRUST MMT 2053)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

Wednesday 18 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

GRIEG arr Haaland: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet, Fantasy Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 286)

MENDELSSOHN: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe - Stephanie Shroff (sop), Alex Hill (contralto), Christopher Bowen (ten), Matthew Leese (bass), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Jonathan Plowright (pno) (BIS SACD 2047)

1:00 approx

BACH: Cantata No 105, Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht - Miah Persson (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 951)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death and the Maiden - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47333)

2:00 approx

TOSTI: Sogno; Non t'amo più; Ideale; Luna d'estate - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 050)

DEBUSSY: Images for Orchestra - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

PIGOVAT: Prayer - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 114)

3:00 approx

LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland, excerpts - David James (pno) (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont Op 84 - Madeleine Pierard (sop), Claus Obalski (narrator), New Zealand S/James Judd (Naxos 8.557264)

BARTÖK: Rhapsody No 2 Sz90 - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 54211)

4:00 approx

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO CO (RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16 - Radu Lupu (pno) (Decca 440 496)

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

5:00 approx

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Alto ALC 1013)

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

BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Joshua Bell (vln), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (Decca 452 851)

DUKAS: Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

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

HANDEL: Solomon, Overture - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

DVORÁK arr Waxman: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - Daniel Hope (vln), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (DG 477 9301)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 (1) - Rachel Masters (harp), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9094)

JEANJEAN: Clair Matin - Julian Bliss (cl), Julien Quentin (pno) (EMI 5 85639)

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

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

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 478 2182)

MOZART: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz (4) - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Invocation- Skalia Kanga (harp), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chan 9595)

7.00

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 71 (2) - members of the CO of Europe (ASV CD COE 807)

DANZI: Fantasy for clarinet and orchestra on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

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

DEBUSSY: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra (1) - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80574)

BOITO: Giunto sul passo estremo, from Mefistofele - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (1) - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

8.00

STRAUSS: Im Abendrot, from Four Last Songs - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 411 052)

MOZART: Symphony No 21 in A K134 (2) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade, Suite (1) - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

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

TRAD: The Musical Priest/Scotch Mary - Jordi Savall (viol), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Alia Vox AVSA 9865)

BACH: Triple Concerto in A minor BWV1044 (1) - Christoph Huntgeburth (fl), Georg Kallweit (vln), Zvi Meniker (fpno), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 195 1740)

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

PREISNER: A Tune a Day - Leszek Mozdzer (pno) (CDC 5 56971)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

LEHAR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

MOZART: Bella mia fiamma, addio! K528 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 452 624)

10.00

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - William Bennett (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 848)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)

LAURIDSEN: Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (HYPERION CDA 67580)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10095)

11.00

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

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

Noon Upbeat

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

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 421 170)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 (3) - Midori (vln), Nobuko Imai (vla), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (SONY SK 89488)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (2) - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY MLK 64059)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Marc Coppey (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (Aeon AECD 1095)

BOYCE: Symphony No 7 in Bb - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

4.00

BENDA: Sonata in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (1) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

VIEUXTEMPS arr Bailey: Souvenir d'Amérique - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (DELOS DE 3326)

MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (HYPERION CDA 66290)

VINTER: Hunter's Moon - David Pyatt (horn), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 316)

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Raphael Alpermann (hpschd), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 195 1740)

TRAD arr Hart: Folk Song From Suffolk - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

ADDISON: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

5.00

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

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 81b (3) - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 27 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

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

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 400 020)

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

VERDI arr Fernie: Grand March, from Aida - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

6.00

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 (1) - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9063)

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

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

GOOSSENS: Bacchanal, from Two Nature Poems Op 25 - Melbourne SO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5119)

6:30 PM. Exploring Music

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Opera Gala

Two hours of favourite arias sung by rising stars on the opera scene, in support of the German AIDS Foundation

Janai Brugger, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, Annalisa Stroppa, George Gagnidze, Siobhan Stagg, Atalla Ayan, Virginie Verrez, Joshua Guerrero and Marigona Querkezi with Beethoven Orchestra Bonn/Jacques Lacombe

(recorded in Bonn Opera House for Deutsche Welle)

ROSSINI: Une larme - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

LILBURN: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar - Milton Parker (gtr) (Kiwi SLD 47)

10:00 PM. In the Spotlight

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94070)

BARTÓK: Two Portraits Op 5 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 909)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish - Shlomo Mintz (vln/dir), English CO (Avie AV 2058)

11:00 PM. Day's End

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (HYPERION CDA 66840)

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

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

Thursday 19 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in Bb G442 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)

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

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

1:00 approx

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 6/3 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

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

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 12 in G minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (HYPERION CDA 66561/3)

2:00 approx

BRAHMS arr Grainger: Cradle Song; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Après un rêve; Nell - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67279)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - members of Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)

3:00 approx

GRIEG: Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak - Brass Choir of the Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 19 in C minor D958 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 422 076)

AKUTAGAWA: Trinita Sinfonica - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (NAXOS 8.555975)

4:00 approx

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

SCHMITT: The Tragedy of Salomé - Montreal Metropolitain Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Atma ACD 2 2647)

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

5:00 approx

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Jessica Rivera (sop), Kelley O'Connor (mezzo), Thomas Studebaker (ten), Nmon Ford (bass), Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus & SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

CASTELLO: Sonata No 4 - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 26708)

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

DEBUSSY: Images oubliées (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

TRAD arr Hart: Early one morning - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (2) - Royal Liverpool PO/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 401 P)

BRAHMS orch Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 11 in D minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

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

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Amati String Orch (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94205)

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

MASSENET: Hérodiade, Ballet Suite - Barcelona SO/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.573123)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 52, Hymn of Praise (3) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (2) - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (dir) (BLACK BOX BBM 3004)

BEETHOVEN: Adelaide - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Michael Schäfer (pno) (HMC 90 1801)

7.00

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 12 in D (3) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56414)

BACH arr Avital: Flute Sonata in E minor BWV1034 (3) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello) (DG 479 0092)

MOZART: Deh, vieni alla finestra, from Don Giovanni - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)

WEBER: Turandot, Overture & March - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.570296)

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

TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (HYPERION CDA 66868)

PIAZZOLLA orch Bacalov: Libertango - Luis Bacalov (pno), Héctor Ulises Passarella (bandoneón), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 463 471)

BACH: Menuet 2, from French Suite No 1 in D min BWV812 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (DG 445 840)

8.00

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

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

J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor (2) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (NAXOS 8.553213)

PONCE arr Guinovart: Estrellita - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Daniel Binelli (bandoneon), David Gálvez (gtr), string ensemble, Shields-Collins Bray (pno) (Decca 475 6932)

ALBÉNIZ: Tango, from España Op 165 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 433 926)

MEDTNER: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor Op 21 (3) - Mikhail Tsinman (vln), Victor Yampolsky (pno) (TRITON 17 009)

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

GRIEG: Arabian Dance, from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op. 55 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (Telarc SACD 60655)

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

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

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

FINZI: Fear no more the heat of the sun, from Let us garlands bring - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), BBC SO/Jac van Steen (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 298)

10.00

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

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

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

11.00

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (DG 477 6198)

RR BENNETT: Dream Sequence - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Philips 442 426)

HUMMEL: Te Deum in D - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.557193)

Noon Upbeat

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

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (3) - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 59214)

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Cécile Ousset (pno) (BERLIN CLASSICS 1345 BC)

BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 400)

MOZART: Serenade No 7 in D K250, Haffner (4) - Arvid Engegard (vln), Salzburg Camerata Academica/Sandor Vegh (CAPRICCIO 67 207)

RESPIGHI: Il Cucu, from The Birds - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 007)

4.00

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2157)

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

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 (1) - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

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

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

BIZET orch Debussy: Danse Bohème, from Carmen Suite No 2 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

5.00

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

PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Op 119 (2) - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 19901)

J RITCHIE: Partita for brass quintet - New Zealand Brass Quintet (Kiwi SLD 72)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Hopak, from Mazeppa - Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80640)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (5 & 6) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

JANÁCEK: Violin Sonata (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Op 60 (9) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 39339)

6.00

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (3) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)

COUPERIN: Sixième Concert (5) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Richard Lester (cello), Harold Lester (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)

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

6:30 PM. Exploring Music

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Eva Radich speaks with Ross Harris about Face, a song symphony that explores the effect on WW1 soldiers of serious facial injury and the work of plastic surgery pioneer, the New Zealander Sir Harold Gillies who tried to give the men back their lives (RNZ)

8:00 Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Yanghe Yu (vln), Allison Bell (sop), Henry Choo (ten), Joel Amosa (bbar), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Antony Hermus

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending;

Ross HARRIS: Face (world première)

(interval)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma (RNZ)

10:30 PM. The Silver Screen

Music from the big screen

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

FRIEDHOFER: The sun also rises, excerpt - National Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Gerhardt (RCA GD 80912)

11:00 PM. Day's End

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

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV569 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

Friday 20 April 2018

12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

SCHUBERT: Twelve Waltzes D145 - John O'Connor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

BRUCKNER: Motets - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge/David Rowland (Christ's College CCC CD 003)

BECK: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

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

1:00 approx

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

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

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

2:00 approx

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

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902325)

LILBURN: Sings Harry - Roger Wilson (bar), Gillian Bibby (pno) (WAITEATA WTA 009)

3:00 approx

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, excerpts - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

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

4:00 approx

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5055)

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

CARR: Mardi Gras Overture - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (KIWI CD SLD 101)

5:00 approx

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

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

BLOCH: Schelomo - Truls Mörk (cello), French Radio PO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45664)

STATHAM: Happy Ending - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

SCHUBERT arr Liszt: Erlkönig D328 - Susanna Andersson (sop), Helsingborg SO/Tecwyn Evans (Orlando Records OR 0029)

HAYDN: Symphony No 47 in G (4) - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

BACH arr Kempff: Chorale Prelude, Ich ruf' zu dir - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk428 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

6:00 AM. Daybreak

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for multiple instruments - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Opus 111 OP 30283)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (NAXOS 8.572255)

WHITACRE: I thank you God for most this amazing day - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (NAXOS 8.559677)

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

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

7.00

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

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 (1) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F (3) - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 432 081)

KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

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

GUANG orch Suzuki: Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon - Hong Kong Phil/Kenneth Jean (MARCO POLO 8.223911)

8.00

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

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)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in A Op 33/4 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Decca 478 2116)

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

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 (3) - L'Arte del Mondo/Werner Ehrhardt (Phoenix Edition 149)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

MOZART:

9:00 AM. The Works

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

ARNOLD: English Dances Suite No 1 - Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8867)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Three Preludes - Leila Josefowicz (vln), John Novacek (pno) (Philips 462 948)

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR MEDIA 900 707)

TOSCANINI: Meditazione, Tristezza in cor mi piange - Kristina Zelinska (solo vln), Cindy Yan, Miyo Yoon (vlns), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Paul Mitchell (cello) (RNZ)

10.00

DEBUSSY: La Mer - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9114)

LE JEUNE: Un gentil amoureux - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

BACH arr Töttcher/Müller: Oboe Concerto in F BWV1053 - Han de Vries (ob/dir), I Solisti di Zagreb (EMI 3 50905)

CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Philips 456 910)

11.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1959)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

Noon Upbeat

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

3:00 PM. Classical Connection

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

FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs (1) - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 (4) - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Lilya Zilberstein (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93565)

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

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

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

LISZT: Concert Study No 2 in F minor, La leggierezza - Earl Wild (pno) (IVORY CLASSICS 64405 73002)

4.00

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (4) - Los Angeles Phil/André Previn (TELARC CD 80238)

MOZART: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds K452 (1) - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Combs (cl), Daniele Damiano (bsn), Dale Clevenger (horn) (ERATO 4509 96359)

PURCELL trans Stokowski: When I am laid in earth, from Dido & Aeneas - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.557883)

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (4) - Jos van Immerseel (fpno), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 63361)

BERLIOZ: Queen Mab Scherzo, from Romeo & Juliet - London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 438 307)

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

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 7 54091)

5.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 70 in D (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 674)

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

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

RAK: Remembering Prague - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

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

MONTERO/HANDEL: Improvisation on Handel's Sarabande - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

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

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

6.00

HANDEL: Concerto in F HWV335a - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 (5) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 18/6 (1) - Jerusalem String Quartet (BBC MUSIC MM 95)

6:30 PM. Exploring Music

with Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

7:30 PM. Music Alive

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Céline Bonacina Trio

From Paris, saxophonist Céline Bonacina brings together a trio of talented players - Olivier Carole (bass) and Hary Ratsimbazafy (drums) - for a captivating performance of sophisticated European jazz meets intoxicating world music rhythms (recorded in Wellington Opera House by RNZ)

GILLESPIE arr Balakrishnan/Mendoza: A Night in Tunisia - Turtle Island String Quartet, Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9331)

DEBUSSY: Jeux - BBC SO/Peter Eötvös (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 293)

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

BALAKIREV: Tamara - BBC Welsh National Orch/Thierry Fischer (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 332)

POULENC: Thème varié - Anatol Ugorski (pno) (DANACORD DACOCD 649)

10:00 PM. Inside Out

Jazz with Nick Tipping (RNZ)

11:00 PM. Day's End

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

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 267)

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

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