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24 December 2025

Sullivan, Arthur arr John Metcalfe: It came upon a midnight clear - John Metcalfe, session musicians/Cliff Masterton (John Metcalfe promocarols)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - members of the Vienna Octet (Decca 417 643)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Le rappel des oiseaux/Rigaudons 1 & 2, from Suite in E minor/Musette en rondeau/Tambourin/La villageoise - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4837701)

Beck, Franz Ignaz: Sinfonia in G minor Op 1/1 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

Traditional: The Cherry Tree Carol - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

Cosma, Vladimir: Concerto for euphonium (2) - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 86 in D (1) - Berlin Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 741)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia on Komm heiliger Geist BWV651 - Gillian Weir (organ) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

1:00 approx

Copland, Aaron: Old American Songs, Set 2 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 42140)

Grieg, Edvard: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 13 - Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano) (DG 477 8794)

Praetorius, Hieronymus: Hodie Christus natus est - Bremen Weser-Renaissance/Manfred Cordes (CPO 777 245)

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

Finlay, Harold John: What shall we do today?, from Eight Songs of Childhood for Adults - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario: As You Like It Op 166 - West Australian Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572501)

2:00 approx

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor Op 23 (2) - Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (RATTLE RATD088)

Wagner, Richard: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra 2003/Lutz Köhler (National Youth Orch 2003)

Farquhar, David: I sing of a maiden - The Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (RNZ 2014)

Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

Marais, Marin: Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude & Fugue No 16 in G minor BWV861 - Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) (SIGNUM SIGCD 024)

Bishop, Henry R.: Home Sweet Home - Benjamin Appl (baritone), James Baillieu (piano) (SONY 88985393032)

3:00 approx

Traditional: Away in a manger - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

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

Sibelius, Jean: Kuolema Op 44 & Op 62 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 (2) - Uwe Grodd (flute), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (piano) (Naxos 8.572667)

Glazunov, Alexander: Festive Moods - Shostakovich Quartet (Olympia OCD 575)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fantasia in D minor K397 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)

Svendsen, Johan: Romance in G Op 26 - Gil Shaham (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 449 923)

Delibes, Léo: Les filles de Cadix - Renée Fleming (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca 478 0125)

4:00 approx

Le Beau, Luise Adolpha: Cello Sonata in D - Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (pno) (Sony 19802932902)

Manz, Paul: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Lute Concerto in D RV93 - Olivier Chassain (guitar), La Follia/Christophe Poiget (dir) (Calliope CAL 9273)

Dvořák, Antonín: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 (4) - James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Christmas carol - Helsinki Chamber Choir/Nils Schweckendiek (BIS BIS-2322)

Schubert, Franz: Moments musicaux D780 (3) - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

Zeihrer, Carl Michael: Metropolitan Op 438 - Munich Radio Orchestra/Patrick Hahn (BR Classik 900854)

Fauré, Gabriel: Cantique de Jean Racine - David Drury (organ), Cantillation/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 472 045)

Debussy, Claude: Arabesque No 1 - Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke": Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

5:00 approx

Byrd, William: Beata viscera Maria Virginis - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs without Words Op 30 - Daniel Barenboim (piano) (DG 423 931)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Vienna Philharmonic/Christian Thielemann (SONY 88697 92717)

Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes Op 9 - Claudio Arrau (piano) (Philips 416 441)

Schein, Johann Hermann arr Slokar-Posaunenquartett: Padouana in D minor - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

Schumann, Robert: Widmung - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4850020)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in C Op 119/3 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto (5) - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 - Helsinki Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1191)

25 December 2025

Khachaturian, Aram Illich: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)

Chilcott, Robert "Bob": When to the temple Mary went, from Salisbury Motets - Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67650)

Psathas, John: Muisca - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)

Strauss II, Johann arr I Salonisti: Vienna Blood Waltz - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Pletnev: The Nutcracker, Suite (1) - Simon Trpceski (piano) (EMI 5 75202)

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

Scriabin, Alexander: Andante & Finale, from Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67131/2)

1:00 approx

Rota, Nino: Trombone Concerto in C - David Bremner (trombone), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 18 in F K130 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 417 592)

Gjeilo, Ola after Holst: In the bleak midwinter - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

Haydn, Michael: Trombone Concerto in D - Alain Trudel (tbn/director), Northern Sinfonia (Naxos 8.553831)

Lilburn, Douglas: Four Canzonas (3) - Gunter Herbig (guitar) (Naxos 8.572185)

Schumann, Clara: Three partsongs for unaccompanied choir - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR100041)

2:00 approx

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 (2) - Takako Nishizaki (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestraestra National Youth Orchestra/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.572381)

Klatzow, Peter: Sonata for Cello and Piano - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Malcolm Nay (piano) (ODE CDMANU 5158)

Mozart, Leopold: Sinfonia in G major - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

Evans, Robert: Ring-A The News - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (organ) (Naxos 8.554179)

Delius, Frederick: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

Evans, Bill arr Distler: Your Story - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)

Mealor, Paul: She Walks in Beauty - Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Decca 2781149)

3:00 approx

Wade, John Francis arr Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Henry Websdale (organ), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

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

Brahms, Johannes: Variations on an Original Theme Op 21/1 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

Schubert, Franz arr James Curnow: Sanctus, from German Mass D872 - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Private 930)

Traditional arr Niles: I wonder as I wander - Nathan Gunn (baritone), Kevin Murphy (piano) (EMI 5 73160)

Mendelssohn, Felix: String Symphony No 3 in E minor - London Festival Orchestra/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

Handel, George Frideric: Oboe Sonata in C minor HWV366 - Ray Still (oboe), Leonard Sharrow (bsn), Robert Conant (harpsichord) (NIMBUS NI 5672)

Bernstein, Leonard: Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide - Dawn Upshaw (soprano), session orchestra/Eric Stern (Elektra 979345)

4:00 approx

Glanville-Hicks, Peggy: Etruscan Concerto - Caroline Almonte (piano), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)

Beamish, Sally: In the stillness - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA 2017)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 169 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

Reinecke, Carl: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Hugh Sung (piano) (Avie AV 2131)

Zéspedes, Juan García de: Convidando esta la noche - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion CDA 67380)

Prentice, Doris: The Owl - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)

Glass, Philip: Opening - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28755)

Lawson, Doyle Waller, Charles Yates, Robert arr Jennings: Calling My Children Home - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

Debussy, Claude: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin, from Preludes - Bert Lucarelli (oboe), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

5:00 approx

Anonymous arr Wilcocks: Ding, Dong Merrily On High - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (organ) (Naxos 8.554179)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Scheherazade IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman - Richard Roberts (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 410 253)

Wagner, Richard: Prelude to Act 1, from Lohengrin - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCA 666)

Lilburn, Douglas: Prelude (1951) - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (EX KIWI SLD 78)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in F RV283 - Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Archiv 479 1075)

Schmitt, Florent: Andantino - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)

Tavener, John: God is with us - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)

Elgar, Edward: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Ben Baker (violin), Julian Dyson (piano) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

Debussy, Claude: Rêverie - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Philharmonic/James Judd (Philips 462 588)