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Saturday 08 November

6:00 AM. Mornings

with Carey McDonald

Debussy, Claude: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses, from Preludes - Pascal Rogé (piano) (Onyx 4057)

Purcell, Henry: Sonata No 20 in D - London Baroque (BIS CD 1455)

Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (1) - Lausanne Chamber Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs Without Words, Book 1, Op 19b: No 1 in E, MWV U 86 (arr for Cello & Piano by Alfredo Piatti) - Jonathan Miller (cello), Marc Ryser (piano) (Navona)

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - Tini Mathot (harpsichord), Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

Granados, Enrique: Spanish Dance No 5 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Encke, Jakob: Paraglider - vision string quartet (Warner Classics 9029665669)

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

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (1) - Lars Vogt (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 727)

Torke, Michael: East, Concerto for clarinet (1) - Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

7.00

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Mandolin Concerto in G (3) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (DG 4863459)

Grainger, Percy: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

Gershwin, George: Embraceable You - Herbie Hancock (piano) (Verve 557797)

Guinovart, Albert: Sagrada Família, from Sinfonía Gaudí - Banda Municipal de Barcelona (Naxos)

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

Cowan, Claire: Mother and Father - Pas de Deux, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata in E minor HobXVI/34 (I) - Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) (DG/CAvi 48675562)

Debussy, Claude: Ballade - Serge Lopez (guitar), Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador/Nathalie Marin (Willing Productions)

Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) (3) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

8.00

Glière, Reinhold: Russian Sailor's Dance, from The Red Poppy Suite - BBC Philharmonic/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9160)

Anonymous arr Yyegmalian/orch Shoujounian: Doxology - Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Elmer Iseler Chamber Orchestra/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5215)

Traditional: Erzrumi Shoror - A.G.A. Trio (Naxos NXW76153-2)

Bizet, Georges: Caprice, from Trois Esquisses Musicales - Setrak Yavruyan "Setrak" (piano) (Harmonia mundi HMX 29052223.24)

Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (III) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner (LPO LPO-0133)

Horovitz, Joseph: Two Majorcan Pieces, I Paguera - Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) (BIS BIS2097)

Awadis, Marie: Etude No 1, Playing Games - Marie Awadis (piano) (DG 4865992)

Rouse, Christopher: Orange Blossom Special - Amalia Hall (violin) (RNZ)

Holst, Gustav: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0047)

Debussy, Claude: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67565)

Ponce, Manuel: Estrellita - Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar) (ABC Classics ABC 4815101)

9.00

Morricone, Ennio: On Earth as it is in Heaven, from The Mission - Munich Radio Orchestra/Ennio Morricone (EuroArts 8024211020)

Hess, Nigel: The Love, from Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Linden Lea - Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) (Chandos CHAN 8475)

Anonymous: Greensleeves - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian 90008)

Steinke, Harriet: Rituals, (I) Practice - Crux Duo (ABC Classics ABCL0098D)

Rorem, Ned: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - St Martin's Voices/Andrew Earis (Resonus Classics RES10356)

Williams, John: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme & Harry's Wonderous World - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Dragon (RNZ 2018)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (EMI CDC 5 56960)

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