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21 November 2025
Locatelli, Pietro: Concerto in C minor Op 4/11 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2154)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Diedre Irons (piano) (RNZ UA42)
Boccherini, Luigi: String Quintet in Bb G337 - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1334)
Debussy, Claude: Three Preludes - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (2) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)
Satie, Eric: Gnossienne No 3 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT D075)
1:00 approx
Copland, Aaron: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55924)
Blake, Howard: Jazz Dances Op 520a - Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Howard Blake (piano) (Naxos 8.572083)
Grieg, Edvard: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)
Tailleferre, Germaine: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (flute), Christopher O'Riley (piano) (Etcetera KTC 1073)
Delius, Frederick: Two Pieces for small orchestra - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
2:00 approx
Byrd, William: Mass for four voices - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)
Bridge, Frank: A Sea Idyll - Mark Bebbington (piano) (SOMM SOMMCD 082)
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orchestra/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)
Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesleid - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Two Minuets Petzold - Nicholas McGegan (harpsichord) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7042)
3:00 approx
Psathas, John: Piano Quintet (1) - Amalia Hall (violin), Robert Ashworth (viola), New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)
Tüür, Erkki-Sven: Angel's Share - Hans Christian Aavik (violin), Odense Symphony Orchestra/Gemma New (Orchid Classics ORC100380)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Davide Cabassi (piano), Swiss-Italian Orchestra/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)
Garoto, Anibal Augusto Sardinha: Desvairada - Mike Marshall (mandolin), Chris Thile (mandolin) (Sugarhill 913967)
4:00 approx
Holst, Gustav: Hammersmith Op 52 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb K493 (1) - Fauré Quartet (DG 477 5885)
Merlin, José Luis: Suite del Recuerdo - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes Op 55 - Fou Ts'ong (piano) (Sony SB2K 53249)
Caccini, Giulio: La spagnoletta - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
5:00 approx
Liszt, Franz: Concerto in the Hungarian Style S714 - Janina Fialkowska (piano), Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra/Hans Graf (CBC SMCD5202)
Mayer, Emilie: Symphony No 7 in F minor (2) - Berlin Chamber Symphony Orchestra/Jurgen Bruns (Dreyer Gaido CD21015)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Andrei Gavrilov (piano) (Philips 456 787)
Scheidt, Samuel: Galliard Battaglia - Hathor Consort (Ramée RAM1913)
Ravel, Maurice: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)
Ritchie, John: Three Whimsies (1) - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
Lloyd Webber, Julian: Jackie's Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (Philips 462 588)
Elgar, Edward: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano) (Chandos CHAN 8380)
22 November 2025
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Lament and Tambourine, from Gypsy Suite Op 20 - RTE Concert Orchestra/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)
Handel, George Frideric arr Suzuki: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Takako Nishizaki (violin), Terence Dennis (piano) (Naxos 8.572382)
Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Midwinter Op 24 - Swedish Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (MUSICA SVECIAE MSCD 626)
Dvořák, Antonín: Four Romantic Pieces Op 75 - James Ehnes (violin), Eduard Laurel (piano) (Analekta FL 2 3191)
Edwards, Ross: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance (Enyato I) (1) - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
Scriabin, Alexander: Waltz in Ab Op 38 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA32)
1:00 approx
Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
Ritchie, Anthony: Pas de deux Op 51a (1) - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in F K138 - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (Decca 475 6198)
Nagasawa, Katsutoshi: Hoshun - Susan Hoeppner (flute), Rachel Gauk (guitar) (BIS CD 969)
2:00 approx
Walton, William: Viola Concerto in A minor - Lawrence Power (viola), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67587)
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 3 in Ab Op 33/3 - Stefan Irmer (piano) (MDG 618 1626)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 75 in D - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)
Liszt, Franz: Transcendental Study No 11, Harmonies du soir - Luu Hong Quang (piano) (RATTLE RATD152)
Moore, Alecia B Busbee, Mike: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin /Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
Smythe, Mark: Moto Mojo - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)
3:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)
Schubert, Franz: Ave Maria D839 - Guy Touvron (trumpet), Olivier Vernet (organ) (LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Church Sonata in C K328 - Donald Armstrong (violin), Douglas Beilman (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (organ), Dale Gold (double bass) (RNZ UB51)
Dohnányi, Ernst von arr Wild: Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor Op 1 (1) - Earl Wild (piano), American String Orchestra/Isaiah Jackson (IVORY CLASSICS 64405 71003)
Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain: Woven - Catrin Finch (harp), Aoife Ní Bhriain (violin) (bendigedig BENDI11)
4:00 approx
Mendelssohn, Felix: Octet in Eb Op 20 (1) - Amati String Orchestra (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (2) - Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 420 644)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Excerpts, from The Art of Fugue - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
Hill, Alfred: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic (3) - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)
Barrios, Agustín: Julia Florida - Thiabut Garcia (guitar) (Erato 5419772617)
Mussorgsky, Modest arr Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night On Bare Mountain - Philharmonia/Lovro von Matacic (TESTAMENT SBT 1329)
5:00 approx
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trio Sonata in Eb - Douglas Boyd (oboe), Harold Lester (organ), Richard Lester (cello), Roderick Elms (harpsichord) (ASV CD DCA 656)
Price, Florence Beatrice: Violin Concerto No 2 - Er-Gene Kahng (violin), Janacek Philharmonic/Ryan Cockerham (Albany TROY1706)
Youssef, Maya: Walk with Me - Maya Youssef (qanun) (Kartel SG01CD)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Farr, Gareth: Three Etudes (2) For Jeremy Fitzsimons - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)
Gershwin, George arr Brohn: Sweet and Low-Down, from Tip-Toes - Joshua Bell (violin), London Symphony Orchestra/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)
Lovell-Smith, Jasmine: Home for the winter - Hannah Darroch (flute), Andrew Crooks (piano) (Private 2020)
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 (3) - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/director), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) (Decca 425 848)