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30 November 2025
Honegger, Arthur: Symphonic Movement No 2, Rugby - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: London Trio No 1 in C HobIV/1 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Isaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)
Brahms, Johannes: Ballade in D minor Op 10/1 - Lars Vogt (piano) (EMI 5 57125)
Marx, Joseph: Idyll, from Nature Trilogy - Bochum Symphony Orchestra/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1137)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 56 - Terence Dennis (piano) (RNZ UB40)
Glass, Philip: Company - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (Virgin 3 63308)
Traditional: The lark in the clear air - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)
1:00 approx
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in E minor RV281 - Fabio Biondi (vln/director), Europa Galante (Opus 111 OPS 10-009)
Kapustin, Nikolai: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 39, Sonata-Fantasia - Steven Osborne (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67159)
Ritchie, John: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)
Still, William Grant ed Alexa Still: Here's One - Alexa Still (flute), Susan DeWitt Smith (piano) (KOCH 3-7192)
Parish Alvars, Elias: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)
2:00 approx
Boccherini, Luigi: Flute Quintet in Bb G442 (3) - Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Régis Pasquier (violin), Bruno Pasquier (viola), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (SONY SK 62679)
Strauss, Franz: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (trombone), Sarah Watkins (piano) (Atoll ACD 109)
Dupin, Marc-Olivier: Fantasia on Arias from La Traviata - Alexander Trostiansky (violin), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in A Op 76/6 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Hofmann, Leopold: Symphony in F (Badley F1) - Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)
Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Prelude No 2 in E - Iwan Tanzil (guitar) (Kreutzberg Records kr10061)
3:00 approx
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 - Erin Helyard (fortepiano), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
Statham, Keith: Pastorale - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Rodrigo, Joaquín: Toccata - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (guitar) (Naxos 8.572916)
Olivero, Edgar: Sarahnade mambo - Sarah Willis (horn), The Sarahbanda, Yuniet Lombida Prieto/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)
4:00 approx
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Alina Ibragimova (violin) (BBC Music BBC MM 284)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Quintet in Bb for piano & winds (1) - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3409)
Bliss, Arthur: Mêlée fantasque - Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557641)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 44/1 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570003)
Lilburn, Douglas: Tribute to A. Rex Fairburn, from Salutes to Seven Poets - Donald Maurice (viola), Richard Mapp (piano) (Atoll ACD 413)
Dvořák, Antonín: American Suite in A Op 98b (4) - Prague Philharmonic/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)
5:00 approx
Clementi, Muzio: Keyboard Sonata in C Op 34/1 - Howard Shelley (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67814)
Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 - Ulf Wallin (violin), Malmö Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Brilliant Classics 94238)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners (2) - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4860525)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Oboe Concerto in A minor (3) - Ruth Bolister (oboe), Elgar Chamber Orchestra/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)
Brahms, Johannes: Minnelied Op 71/5 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) (Atoll ACD280)
Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony Op 4 (2) - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Ronald Thomas (Chandos CHAN8376)
Reed, Alfred: Ballade - Mark Hobson (saxophone), Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy NAVY 001)
Shore, Howard: Concertino from Eastern Promises - Nicola Benedetti (violin), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits (Decca 4783529)
Debussy, Claude: Rêverie - Zoltán Kocsis (piano) (Philips 422 404)
01 December 2025
Goulet, Maxime: Symphonic Chocolates - Prague FILMharmonic Orchestra/Adam Klemens (Maxime Goulet 2014)
Giacchino, Michael arr Alberto di Priolo: Married Life, from Up - Five Sax, Mariam Vardzelashvili (piano), Rupert Struber (percussion) (Orlando OR 0016)
Williams, Michael F: Suite per antiche archi - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 - Matthew Halls (hpschd/director), Retrospect Ensemble (Linn CKD 410)
Walton, William: Cello Concerto (2) - Pieter Wispelwey (cello), Sydney Symphony/Jeffrey Tate (Onyx 4042)
Ritchie, John: Album Leaves - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
1:00 approx
Mahler, Gustav: Excerpts, from Rückert-Lieder - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69499)
Tartini, Giuseppe arr Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill - James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes - Martin Rummel (cello), Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic/Karl-Heinz Steffens (Capriccio C5314)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in D minor for violin & flute RV514 - Isaac Stern (vln/director), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Jerusalem Music Centre Chamber Orchestra (CBS MK 35133)
2:00 approx
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Pièces pittoresques Nos 1-5 - Emmanuel Strosser (piano) (MIRARE MIR 116)
Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 (2) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.555862)
Elgar, Edward: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82 - Maxim Vengerov (violin), Revital Chachamov (piano) (TELDEC 4509 96300)
Piazzolla, Astor: Melodia in A minor - Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra/Gidon Kremer (dir/vln) (NONESUCH 287228)
Farr, Gareth: The Horizon from Owhiro Bay - Henry Wong Doe (piano) (Rattle RAT D046)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 28 in C K200 (3) - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)
3:00 approx
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Jean-Philippe Collard (piano), Royal Philharmonic/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony in D Grave D16 - Failoni Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Trio Sonata in B minor RV79 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0511)
Liszt, Franz: Sposalizio - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)
Martynov, Vladimir: The Beatitudes - Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 529776)
4:00 approx
Rossini, Gioachino: Assez de Memento, Dansons Etude asthmatique - Paolo Giacometti (piano) (Channel Classics CCS 13898)
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (1) - Gould Piano Trio (QUARTZ QTZ 2011)
Flagello, Nicholas: Berceuse - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)
Squire, Tabea: Behind the Stars, a Dark Sky - Harry Bennetts, Wilma Smith (vlns) Christopher Moore (viola), Matthias Balzat (cello), Benjamin Carter (piano) (RNZ MMF 2022)
Dale, Rebecca: The Lost Composers - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin/Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
5:00 approx
Wagner, Richard: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Philharmonic/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Capriccio in B-Flat Major, BWV 992 "On the Departure Of A Dear Brother": 1. Arioso (Adagio) - Jayson Gillham (piano) (ABC Classics ABC4817686)
Hofmann, Leopold attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D - Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Oriental Dance Op 2/2 - Natalia Savinova (cello), Victor Yampolsky (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67178)
Paganini, Niccolò: Caprice No 21 in A, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Augustin Hadelich (violin) (Avie AV 2180)
Fauré, Gabriel: Pavane - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (Universal 99072)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
Grieg, Edvard: Holberg Suite (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)