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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)