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17 May 2024

Saint-Saëns, Camille arr Baril: Danse macabre - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

Barber, Samuel: School for Scandal, Overture Op 5 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

Grieg, Edvard: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces - Katya Apekisheva (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2061)

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

Sparke, Philip: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

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

Traditional arr Marshall: Sau la'u teine Samoa; Pusi nofo - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

Lilburn, Douglas: Adagio sostenuto - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

1:00 approx

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 5 in G K283 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

Schubert, Franz: String Trio in Bb D581 - Beethoven String Trio (PRAGA PRD 250 240)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 (3) - David James (pno) (RNZ UB50)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in A minor for four keyboards BWV1065 - Jeannette Sorrell (hpschd/dir), Michael Sponseller (hpschd), Janina Ceaser (hpschd), Paul Jenkins (hpschd), Apollo's Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orch) (Avie AV 2211)

Chopin, Frédéric: Polonaise-Fantasy in Ab Op 61 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7282)

2:00 approx

Daverne, Gary: Ghosts of Alberton - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

Nagasawa, Katsutoshi: Hoshun - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Hofmeister: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C73) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

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

Wagner, Richard: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond, from Die Walküre - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Mahler Chamber Orch/Claudio Abbado (Decca 478 6029)

3:00 approx

Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Suite from Les Boréades - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

Suk, Josef: Elegie Op 23 - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)

Strauss, Richard: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Stetsuk: The exploit; I opened the window - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (warner 2564 62061)

4:00 approx

Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Christian Ferras (vln), Pierre Barbizet (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

Lehar, Franz: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 446 050)

Lauridsen, Morten: Sure on this shining night, from Nocturnes - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

Walton, William: Partita for Orchestra - BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA5210)

Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonata in A D574 (1) - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5082)

Young, Kenneth: Virgen de la Esperanza - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2027)

Thomas, Ambroise: O vin, dissipe la tristesse, from Hamlet - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)

5:00 approx

Ysaye, Eugène: Elegiac Poem in D minor Op 12 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO (Decca 458 143)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Kari Kriikku (basset cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (ONDINE ODE 1056)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Michala Petri (rec), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (RCA 74321 57130)

Farr, Gareth: Three Etudes (1) From Duggan - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)

Traditional: Kilkenny is a handsome place (Irish song) - Ilektra Platiopoulou (mezzo), The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (2) - Jan Lisiecki (pno/dir), ASMF (DG 4837637)

Fauré, Gabriel: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (ATOLL ACD199)

18 May 2024

Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Spring (3) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)

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

Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

Debussy, Claude trans Bauer: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin, from Preludes - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

1:00 approx

Lilburn, Douglas: Violin Sonata (1950) - Elizabeth Holowell (vln), Dean Sky-Lucas (pno) (Atoll ACD 941)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 85 in Bb, La Reine - London CO/Rosemary Furniss (dir) (SIGNUM SIGCD 175)

Sor, Fernando: Caprice in E Op 50, Le calme - William Carter (gtr) (LINN CKD 380)

Dvorák, Antonin: Songs my mother taught me - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

Price, Florence Beatrice: Violin Concerto No 2 - Er-Gene Kahng (vln), Janacek Phil/Ryan Cockerham (Albany TROY1706)

2:00 approx

Brumel, Antoine: Kyrie, from Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)

Adams, John: Berceuse élégiaque - Bournemouth SO/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559031)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56148)

Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies (3) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno: The Jewels of the Madonna, Suite - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10511)

Gounod, Charles arr Saylor: Ave Maria - Jessye Norman (soprano), Fabrice Pierre (harp) (Philips 432 731)

3:00 approx

Bach, Johann Sebastian transcr Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV543 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

Stamitz, Johann: Symphony in Eb - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

Khachaturian, Aram: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Phil/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

Dubois, Théodore: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

Glick, Srul Irving: Roselawn Cemetery, from Old Toronto Klezmer Suite - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN28721)

Canteloube, Joseph arr Armenian: La Pastoura Als Camps, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)

4:00 approx

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 9 in C (4) - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)

Farkas, Farenc: Rondo capriccio for violin and wind quintet - Daniel Dodds (vln), Phoebus Quintet (TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC 0019)

Wirén, Dag: Serenade for Strings - Swedish CO/Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA45)

Elgar, Edward: Sea Slumber-Song, from Sea Pictures Op 37 - Maureen Forrester (contralto), McGill Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hoenich (McGill Records 750028-2)

5:00 approx

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

Liszt, Franz: Les Préludes - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 5350)

Dett, Robert Nathaniel: In The Bottoms - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)

Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 (2) - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (Sony 828767 77182)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Missa Papae Marcelli - Kyrie - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell CD GIM 994)

Ibert, Jacques: Six harp pieces (5) - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)