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04 March 2026
Holmés, Augusta: Night & Love, Interlude from Ludus pro Patria - Orchestre National de Lyon/Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider (Bru Zane BZ2007)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 18 in D K576 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB34)
Albéniz, Isaac orch Arbós/Surinach: El Albaicín, from Iberia Book 3 - Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Jésus López-Cobos (TELARC 2CD 80470)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude & Fugue No 24 in B minor BWV869 (2) - Piotr Anderszewski (piano) (Warner Classics 9029511875)
Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 (4) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555862)
Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 1/10 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66430)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude No 4 in D Major, Op 23 - Colin Horsley (piano) (Atoll ACD 442)
1:00 approx
Verdi, Giuseppe: Grand March, from Aida - National Band of New Zealand, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - 3. Animé - Diedre Irons (piano) (TRUST MMT 2041)
Chausson, Ernest: Poème Op 25 - Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Lisbon Gulbenkian Orchestra/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC 5186 503)
Marillier, Glyn: Lorne Concerto - Cavin Adams (sopranino rec), Ruth Hope (treble recorder), Ben Allan (sub contra-bass rec), Christchurch Youth Recorder Ensemble/Neville Forsythe (Private CYRE 2002A)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 30 - Iddo Bar-Shaï (piano) (MIRARE MIR 075)
2:00 approx
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 (1) - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Brussels Philharmonic/Stéphane Denève (2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition)
Mertz, Johann Kaspar: Elegy - Gabriel Bianco (guitar) (Naxos 8.572306)
Boccherini, Luigi: String Quintet in C G397 - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 195 1402)
Kapustin, Nikolai: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 39, Sonata-Fantasia - Steven Osborne (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67159)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)
Kats-Chernin, Elena: Blue Tears from Piano Village - Tonya Lemoh (piano) (ABC Classics ABCL0082D)
3:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 - Zephyr Wills (viola) (Private 2021)
Stradella, Alessandro: Trumpet Sonata in D - Jürgen Schuster (trumpet), Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.551077)
Dvořák, Antonín: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 (4) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 66895)
Ollima, Giovann: When We Were Trees: The Family Tree - Giovanni Sollima (violin), Il Pomo d'Oro (Warner Classics)
4:00 approx
Mendelssohn, Felix: Three Fantasies or Caprices Op 16 - Lydia Artymiw (piano) (Chandos CHAN 8326)
Arne, Thomas: Symphony No 4 in C minor - Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 216)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 (1) - Stephen Hough (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)
Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 6 in G, Kids (1) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 3 in Bb K281 - John Chen (piano) (RNZ UB13)
Chabrier, Emmanuel arr Thibault Perrine: Bourrée fantasque - Alexandra Soumm (violin), Orchestre de chambre Pélléas/Benjamin Levy (Fuga libera FUG813)
5:00 approx
Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (oboe), Maria Joao Pires (piano) (DG 439 889)
Respighi, Ottorino: Pastorale in A - Michael Erxleben (violin/director), New Berlin Chamber Orchestra (Capriccio 10 563)
Françaix, Jean: Aubade for twelve cellos - Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic (Allegria 221085 205)
Hasted, Derek: Celebration Suite (1) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Turkish March, from the Ruins of Athens Op 113 - Insula Orchestra/Laurence Equilbey (Erato)
Hahn, Reynaldo: L'Heure exquise - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (piano) (Atoll ACD280)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Spring (3) - Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin (violin) (Alpha ALPHA1005)
05 March 2026
Strauss, Richard: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo de Waart (Philips 438 733)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Dawn Harms (violin), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)
Klatzow, Peter: A Sense of Place for Cello and Marimba - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Magda De Vries (marimba) (ODE CDMANU 5158)
Mendelssohn, Felix: The Fair Melusina Overture Op 32 - Bern Symphony Orchestra/Peter Maag (PICKWICK PCD 824)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 (3) - Bella Hristova (violin), Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RAT-D144)
Koshkin, Nikita: Guitar - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
1:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 (3) - Kian Soltani (cello), Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim (DG 4836090)
Handel, George Frideric arr Suzuki: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Takako Nishizaki (violin), Terence Dennis (piano) (Naxos 8.572382)
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)
Franchi, Dorothea: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (flute), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
Kraus, Joseph Martin: Excerpts, from Aeneas in Carthage, Act 5 - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570585)
2:00 approx
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor D537 - Mitsuko Uchida (piano) (Philips 470 265)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Partita No 5 - Ray Still (oboe), Leonard Sharrow (bsn), Robert Conant (harpsichord) (NIMBUS NI 5672)
Copland, Aaron: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Buffalo Philharmonic/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55924)
Lilburn, Douglas: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (1-6) - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
Dinicu, Grigoraș arr Schmeisser: Hora staccato - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)
Statham, Keith: Black Swan - Camilla White (oboe), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
3:00 approx
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 (1) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (Nimbus NI 5848)
Prokofiev, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 7 in Bb Op 83 (1) - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)
Mussorgsky, Modest Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Asher Fisch (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-31)
Chopin, Frédéric arr Saint-Saëns: Nocturne in Eb Op 55/2 - Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67285)
3MA: Moustique - 3MA - Ballake Sissoko (kora), Driss El Maloumi (oud), Rajery (valiha) (Mad Minute 281268)
4:00 approx
Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (1) - Vienna Philharmonic/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 429 403)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Trio No 4 in Eb, Kegelstatt (3) - Gidon Kremer (violin), Nancy Green (cello), Valery Afanassiev (piano) (DG 415 483)
Ritchie, John: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (clarinet), NZSO Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)
Schumann, Robert: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (1) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Quartet No 3 in D Op. 7 (4) - Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), The London Haydn Quartet (Glossa GCD920609)
5:00 approx
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 - Andrea Oliva (flute), Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67897)
Clementi, Muzio ed Spada: Symphony No 3 in G, The Great National (1) - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCS 322)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op 48 - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)
Poston, Elizabeth: The Noonday Heat, from An English Day Book - Corvus Consort, Louise Thomson (harp)/Freddie Crowley (Chandos CHSA5350)
Edwards, Ross: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance (Enyato I) (2) - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
Psathas, John: Muisca (2) - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Lilburn, Douglas: Prelude (1951) - Margaret Nielsen (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1511)
Maxwell Davies, Peter arr Knigge: Farewell to Stromness - Lucie Horsch (recorder), LUDWIG Orchestra (Decca 4853192)