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21 January 2025

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Phaéton - Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (SONY SK 53979)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - III. Poco allegretto - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0056)

Schumann, Robert: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in B minor Op 6/12 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Philips 456 922)

Williams, Michael F: Cavatina, from Suite per antiche archi - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

1:00 approx

Janacek, Leos: Violin Sonata - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in Eb BWV998 - Stephen Stubbs (lute) (Atma ACD 2 2238)

Smetana, Bedrich: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)

Lilburn, Douglas: Four Canzonas (2) - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

2:00 approx

Dvořák, Antonín: Silent Woods - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

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

Statham, Keith: Landscape No 1 - Camilla White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

Warlock, Peter: Six English Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

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

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Pierrot's Tanzlied), from Die tote Stadt, Op 12 - Matthias Goerne (bar), Women's voices of the Swedish Radio Choir/Manfred Honeck (Decca 467 263)

3:00 approx

Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 5 in G K283 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB32)

Rognioni, Francesco: Susane ung jour - Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Lee Santana (bass lute/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

Grieg, Edvard: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ UA02)

Walton, William: Viola Concerto in A minor - James Ehnes (vla), BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA5210)

Delibes, Leo: Flower Duet from Lakmé - Renée Fleming (sop), Susan Graham (mezzo), Philharmonia Orch (Decca 478 0125)

4:00 approx

Ysaye, Eugène: Elegiac Poem in D minor Op 12 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO (Decca 458 143)

Chabrier, Emmanuel: Pièces pittoresques Nos 1-5 - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)

RACHMANINOV: Lilacs Op 21/5 - Colin Horsley (pno) ( )

Grainger, Percy: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9493)

Schubert, Franz: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343 - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 449 190)

Debussy, Claude Arr. C. Salzedo: La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin, from Preludes - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

Traditional arr S Hough: Scarborough Fair - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano) (Sony 19439822372)

5:00 approx

Jenkins, Karl: Benedictus, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - Guy Johnston (cello), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 - Martha Argerich (pno), Württemberg CO/Jörg Faerber (DG 439 864)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - London SO/Igor Markevitch (Eloquence ELQ4829378)

Schumann, Robert: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)

Pachelbel, Johann: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1539)

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Bb Op 76/4 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

Canteloube, Joseph: Pastourelle - Véronique Gens (sop), Lille National Orch/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)

Montero, Gabriela: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Spring - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

22 January 2025

Whitacre, Eric: Water night - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in F Op 1/3 - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight (3) - Murray Perahia (piano) (DG 4798353)

Copland, Aaron: Prairie Journal - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.55924)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 (4) - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G RV310 - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2106)

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

1:00 approx

Barber, Samuel: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - Renée Fleming (sop), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (Decca 483 0415)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV807 - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 1 in G K80 - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)

Debussy, Claude: Pour le Piano - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (3) - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)

2:00 approx

Strauss, Franz: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

Dvorák, Antonín: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (4) Finale: Allegro Assai - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Oberon's Magic Horn Op 116 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

Donizetti, Gaetano: Sonata for flute & harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (SONY SK 44552)

Farr, Gareth: Te Parenga - Patrick Barry (cl), NZSO CO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2036)

Fauré, Gabriel: Sanctus, from Requiem Op 48 - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 500)

3:00 approx

Reger, Max: Romance in G Op 50/1 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), Berlin Konzerthaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek (Hyperion CDA 67892)

Gershwin, George: Rhapsody in Blue - Asher Fisch (pno, cond), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2023-03-31)

Rognoni, Francesco: Vestiva i colli - Affetto (Atoll ACD 717)

Ritchie, John: Partita for brass quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Pygmalion, Acte de Ballet, Suite - European Union Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.55749)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Benjamin Appl (bar), James Baillieu (pno) (SONY 88985393032)

4:00 approx

Strauss, Richard: Sonatina No 2 in Eb for winds (1) - Alexei Ogrintchouk, Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Andris Nelsons (BIS BIS-2163)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Partita No 2 in C minor BWV826 - Martha Argerich (pno) (Philips 456 700)

Khachaturian, Aram: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Song without Words Op 19/3, Hunter's Song - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Massenet, Jules: Pourquoi me réveiller, from Werther - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

Ibert, Jacques: Six harp pieces (2) - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 28908)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (18) - Julius Katchen (pno), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Philips 456 859)

Domeniconi, Carlo: Koyunbaba (3) - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (WAIATA 9501)

5:00 approx

Gossec, François-Joseph: Symphony in D Op 5/3, Pastorella - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)

Dett, Robert Nathaniel: Barcarolle - Morning, from In The Bottoms - Denver Oldham (piano) (New World NW 367)

Widor, Charles-Marie arr Jelle Tassyns: Introduction & Rondo Op 72 - Annelien Van Wauwe (clar), Lille National Orch/Alexandre Bloch (Pentatone PTC5186808)

Franck, César: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Rebecca Evans (sop), Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno (Hyperion CDA 67376)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)

Traditional: The lark in the clear air - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 919)

Barber, Samuel: Agnus Dei - Ruth Dean (sop), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16013)

Prokofiev, Sergei: Prelude, from Ten Pieces Op 12 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)