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06 July 2025

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

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

Respighi, Ottorino: The Birth of Venus, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Phantasy Quintet - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67313)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Trio Sonata in G BWV530 - Genevieve Lacey (rec), Linda Kent (org) (ABC Classics 472 226)

Glass, Philip: Company - Kronos Quartet (NONESUCH 79111)

Bizet, Georges: March, from Jeux d'enfants - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553596)

1:00 approx

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Rondo in A minor K511 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 2105)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Violin Concerto in C HobVIIa/1 - Simon Standage (vln), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 427 316)

Poulenc, Francis: Flute Sonata - Guy Eshed (fl), Tim Horton (pno) (NIMBUS NI 6121)

Statham, Keith: Such sweet sorrow - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

Chopin, Frédéric: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

2:00 approx

Spohr, Louis: Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor Op 47 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66840)

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in A minor Op 116/2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

Debussy, Claude orch Ansermet: Six Epigraphes antiques - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

Lilburn, Douglas: Seventeen Pieces Nos 7-13 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

Delius, Frederick: Idylle de printemps - Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10742)

Price, Florence: The Deserted Garden - Zina Schiff (vln), Cameron Grant (pno) (4TAY CD 4005)

3:00 approx

Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Andante in F K616 - Eugenia Zukerman (fl), Anthony Newman (pno) (NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD 60044)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in A RV335, The Cuckoo - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 455 653)

Ravel, Maurice: Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA34)

Bertali, Antonio arr Pluhar: Chiacona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

4:00 approx

Jennings, Janet: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

Grandjany, Marcel: Rhapsody - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.554347)

Bruckner, Anton: Symphony No 3 in D minor (2) - Vienna Phil/Karl Böhm (Decca 425 760)

Kreisler, Fritz: Liebesleid - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/3 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

Foulds, John: Music-Pictures Group 6 Op 81, Gaelic Melodies - Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS CD 933)

5:00 approx

Debussy, Claude arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

Goossens, Eugene: Kaleidoscope Op 18 - Melbourne SO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5119)

Harris, Ross: Voglenish (Wandering) - The Kugels (Atoll 508166)

Dove, Jonathan: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

Brahms, Johannes arr Carlos Roque Alsina: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op 105/2 - Trio Ernest (Aparté AP341)

Handel, George Frederic: Overture, from Giulio Cesare - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (ARTWORKS 29)

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

Horner, James Orch. Claude Lemay: My Heart Will Go On, from Titanic - Angèle Dubeau (violin), La Pietà (Analekta AN28733)

Couperin, François: Les baricades mistérieuses - Jean Rondeau (harpsichord), Thomas Dunford (archlute) (Erato 9029526995)

07 July 2025

Bowen, York: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 (1) - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Rhapsodie d'Auvergne - Stephen Hough (pno), City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 16 in Eb K428 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

Delage, Maurice: Four Hindu Poems - Sabine Devieilhe (sop), Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Erato 9029576772)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in D Op 23/4 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: London Trio No 1 in C HobIV/1 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)

Liszt, Franz: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

1:00 approx

Rossini, Gioachino: Introduction, Theme & Variations in Eb - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)

Young, Kenneth: Lux Aeterna - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 (3) - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (ATOLL ACD209)

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Partita No 2 in G, from Die Kleine Cammer-Music - Ray Still (ob), Leonard Sharrow (bsn), Robert Conant (hpschd) (NIMBUS NI 5672)

2:00 approx

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 12 in Ab Op 26 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 426 256)

Massenet, Jules: The Last Sleep of the Virgin - New SO of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 473 862)

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

Elgar, Edward: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

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

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Holst: Fugue a la Gigue, BWV 577 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

3:00 approx

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Franck, César: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in C minor Op 115 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

Geminiani, Francesco: Sonata No 5 in A minor for 2 violins - Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66264)

Coldplay arr Anderson and Roe: Viva la Vida - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30006)

4:00 approx

Eller, Heino: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Sonata in G Wq62/19 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 614)

Ritchie, John: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 71)

Lilburn, Douglas: Bagatelle No 5 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

Haydn, Michael: Trumpet Concerto No 1 in D - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (DG 415 980)

Clarke, Rebecca: Cello Sonata (2) - Hadewych van Gent (cello), Yupeng He (piano) (Linn CKD754)

5:00 approx

Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (1) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

Glinka, Mikhael: Valse-fantaisie - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9227)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (3) - Ramón Ortega Quero (ob), Janine Jansen & Friends/Janine Jansen (vln/dir) (Decca 478 5362)

Schumann, Robert arr Clara Schumann: Mondnacht, from Liederkreis Op 39 - Isata Kanneh-Mason (pno) (Decca 4850020)

Prokofiev, Sergei: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - Leila Josefowicz (vln), Montreal SO (Philips 462 592)

Harvey, Richard: Concerto Antico (1) - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 14 in G K387 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

Benjamin, Arthur: Jamaican Rumba - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

Fauré, Gabriel: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Philharmonic (DG 447 070)