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Saturday 20 April

6:00 AM. Mornings

Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in D minor for strings RV127 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (Archiv 474 5092)

Couperin, François arr Thomas Adès: Les baricades mistérieuses - Composers Ensemble/Thomas Adès (EMI 5 57610)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 (3) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 5 55516)

Pärt, Arvo: Silouan's Song (My Soul Yearns After The Lord) - Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 1505)

Witt, Friedrich: Symphony in C, Jena (3) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572089)

Schubert, Franz: Der Wanderer D489 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

Handel, George Frideric: Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith', from Keyboard S - Judy Loman (harp) (Marquis 117)

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

Respighi, Ottorino: La Primavera, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

7.00

Gluck, Christoph Willibald von arr Sgambati: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (3) - Isabelle Faust (vln), Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1944)

Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (1) - Ogen Trio (OGEN OG 0010)

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

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Love Bade Me Welcome, from Five Mystical Songs - Paul Whelan (bar), Andrea Watson (org), 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

Halvorsen, Johan: Passacaglia after Handel - Julia Fischer (vln), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) (Orfeo C902161A)

Liszt, Franz: Consolation No 3 in Db - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

Tubin, Eduard: Valse Triste - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

Monteverdi, Claudio: Ballo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

Mathieu, André: Printemps Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)

8.00

Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in F Op 4/12 (1) - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)

Puccini, Giacomo: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (4) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA35)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Autumn - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (hpschd/dir), V (SONY SK 51352)

Traditional arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)

Kreisler, Fritz arr Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (RCA 88697 48971)

Gershwin, George arr Tunick: Embraceable You - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

Djawadi, Ramin: Mother of Dragons, from Game of Thrones - Czech Film Orchestra & Chorus (Varèse Sarabande 671482)

Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 (2) - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

MacCunn, Hamish: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

9.00

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

Nielsen, Carl: Helios Overture - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)

Paine, Bruce: Circle Dance - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Kathleen Battle (sop), session chorus & orch/Robert Sadin (SONY SK 89464)

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