Schedules for 3 - 9 December, 2011

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Four Symphonic Interludes, from Intermezzo; String Sextet, from Capriccio; Die schweigsame Frau, Potpourri; Guntram, Prelude; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy Op 65 - Rotterdam Phil/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54581)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

WALTON: Viola Concerto; Sonata for string orchestra; Variations on a theme by Hindemith - Nobuko Imai (vla), London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9106)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

G GABRIELI: Dulcis Jesu; Sonata pian e forte; Jubilate Deo; Sonata; O Jesu mi dulcissime; Canzon; Hic est filius Dei; Sonata con tre violini; Sonata; Miserere mei Deus, Gloria patri; Canzon in echo duodecimi toni; Audite principes - Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54265)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

MERTZ: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto; Fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni; GOUNOD arr Hellweg: Waltzes from Faust; TÁRREGA: Fantasy on themes from Arrieta's Marina; ARCAS: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Il Trovatore; FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto; GIULIANI: La Rossiniana - Pepe Romero (gtr), Wilhelm Hellweg (fpno) (Philips 446 090)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

RAMEAU: Les Paladins Suite - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt (Philips 432 968)

6:00 ROSSINI: String Sonata No 1 in G - members of City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

PÄRT: Hymn to a Great City - Michael McHale (pno) (Louth CMS LCMS 901)

JC BACH orch Beyer: Viola Concerto in C minor - Hartmut Rohde (vla), Lithuanian CO, Vilnius/Georg Mais (Arte Nova 74321 67502)

FARKAS: Serenade for wind quintet - Phoebus Quintet (Toccata Classics TOCC 0019)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - Philip Martin (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

7:00 DEBUSSY orch Finno: Symphony in B minor - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

ARENSKY: Arabesques Op 67 - Anthony Goldstone (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25085)

VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in D RV84 - Le Nouveau Quatuor (Amon Ra CD SAR 47)

RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep - Caroline Ashton (sop), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 113)

BELLINATI: Jongo - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

BERWALD: Concert Piece for bassoon & orchestra - Patrik Håkansson (bsn), Gävle SO/Petri Sakari (Naxos 8.555370)

8:00 ARNOLD: Four Irish Dances - Philharmonia/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8867)

KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Sonja van Beek (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (CPO 999 709)

RUBINSTEIN arr Müller-Berghaus: Valse Caprice in Eb - Wuppertal SO/George Hanson (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 335 1240)

TRAD: Remember me my dear - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1700)

SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante, from String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804 - Ye-Eum String Quartet (Korean Broadcasting Haedong 251)

CAMILLERI: Concertino No 4, Summer Nights in Malta - Jennifer Micallef, Glen Inanga (pno duo), Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)

A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

HAYDN: Symphony No 5 in A - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66524)

BACH: Cantata No 163, Nur jedem das Seine - Aki Yanagisawa (sop), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Stephan Schrekenberger (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 801)

MENDELSSOHN: Spring Song in A Op 62/6, from Songs without Words, Book Five Op 62 - Roger Woodward (pno) (Warner Classics 9031-77472)

GOUNOD: Concertino for flute & chamber orchestra - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1359)

Fairytale in Words & Music

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake - Tony Scotland (narrator), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Mark Ermler (BMG 75605 55030)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

This week's best-selling CDs

Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

(7) Caecilie Norby and Band play a selection of music from the classical, jazz and pop worlds (German Radio, Hamburg)

Indigenous music from around the world

West Sumatran composers from Indonesia

A six-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

(5) New narratives

Story-telling, speech making and theatre are important forms of performance in West Sumatra. Megan Collins presents new works by Minangkabau composers working in these fields (RNZ)

Concert Hour

MCO Residency in North-Rhine Westphalia

Mojca Erdmann (sop), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90; MAHLER: Three songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Verlorene Müh'; Das irdische Leben; Rheinlegendchen (Deutsche Welle)

COWEN: The Butterfly's Ball, Concert Overture - Czechoslovak State Phil, Kosice/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223273)

MAYERL: Insect Oddities, Wedding of an ant; Ladybird Lullaby; Praying Mantis; Beetle in a bottle - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9141)

KRIWACZEK: Bee Sting Dance in Rohan's Kitchen - Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen (Meridian CDE 84561)

HOLBROOKE: Violin Concerto Op 59, Grasshopper - Kerenza Peacock (vln), Robert Stevenson (pno) (Naxos 8.572649)

SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

BUCALOSSI: The Grasshopper's Dance - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66968)

HUBAY: Czárdás Scene No 6, The yellow beetle Op 34 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite - London Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI CD EMX 9508)

NZ musicians and composers

LILBURN: Suite for orchestra - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar CD TRL 069)

FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Victoria University Orch, Gamelan Padhang Moncar/Peter Walls (Manu CD MANU 1514)

STRAUSS: Heimliche Aufforderung; Freundliche Vision; Ruhe meine Seele; Du meines Herzens Krönelein; Seitdem dein Aug; Cäcilie; Morgen; Zueignung - Margaret Price (sop), Geoffrey Parsons (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0008)

DOWLAND: Weep you no more, sad fountains; Come again; Flow my tears; Fine knacks for ladies; Flow my tears - John Potter (ten), Maya Homburger (baroque vln), Stephen Stubbs (lute), John Surman (sax), Barry Guy (dbass) (ECM 1697)

STRAUSS: Love songs, Rote Rosen; Die erwachte Rose; Begegnung - Lucia Popp (sop), Wolfgang Sawallisch (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49318)

With Heath Lees

Beethoven's Symphony No 7 in A (RNZ)

Steven Osborne (pno), New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert

WEBERN: Passacaglia Op 1; SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35; ELLINGTON arr Peterson: Things ain't what they used to be; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

FUNCK: Suite in D - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Quartet No 1 in Eb Op 2 - Håkan Rosengren (cl), Per Enoksson (vln), Öyvor Volle (vla), Leo Winland (cello) (Caprice CAP 21592)

RUBBRA: Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby - Ulster Orch/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557591)

11:00 TALLIS: Spem in alium - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557770)

HUMMEL: Cello Sonata in A Op 104 - Jirí Bárta (cello), Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67521)

FOERSTER: String Quartet No 5 in G, Vestec - Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

Disc 1

BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Opp 41; 50; 56; 59; 63; 67; 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'à Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

FINZI: Requiem da Camera; BRITTEN: Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium Op 69; HOLST: Two Psalms, Nos 86 & 148 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8997)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters; DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

DEBUSSY: Rêverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

HANDEL: Comfort ye; Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - John Elwes (ten), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 891/2)

GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

PÄRT: O Weisheit; O Adonai; O Morgenstern; O Immanuel, from Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (EMI 5 85914)

PÄRT: Pari Intervallo - Marshall McGuire (harp) (ABC Classics 456 696)

GRETCHANINOV: Missa Sancti Spiritus - Tatiana Jeranje (contralto), Russian State Symphonic Cappella/Valéry Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9397)

WILLAN: Three Liturgical Motets - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

STANFORD: The Lord is my shepherd - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom, Paul Plummer (org) (CRD 3497)

BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Ruth Holton (sop), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 463 587)

JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 73 - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)

NIVERS: Suite on the fourth tone - André Isoir (Haerpfer-Erman organ of Compiègne) (Calliope CAL 5916)

SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)

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

K JENKINS: Agnus Dei, from The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

KREISLER: Liebesleid - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 49th Parallel, Prelude from the film music - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49770)

DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

DUPARC: Chanson triste - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI CDC 7 49689)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)

FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

A programme about composers known primarily for a single famous work, presented by Erica Challis

During the week we'll hear all, or an excerpt of, each composer's famous opus, followed by works which are possibly less familiar (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Thirteen programmes hosted by Elliott Forrest, with commentary by the Chamber Music Society's Artistic Director, David Finckel, recorded in New York City

(5) Schubert, Steven Stucky, Brahms

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D951; STUCKY: Allegro quasi Andantino (Schubert Dream) - Yoko Nozaki, Emanuel Ax (pno duet)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Carter Brey (cello) (WFMT)

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (Preiser PR 90765)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 - Evgeny Kissin (pno/dir), Kremerata Baltica (EMI 6 26645)

William Dart reviews recent New Zealand releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody for violin & orchestra - Leonid Kogan (vln), Moscow Phil/Kirill Kondrashin (rec 1964) (Brilliant Classics 93030)

CHOPIN: Barcarolle in F# Op 60 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (rec 1957) (Testament SBT 1045)

DELIBES: Coppélia, Suite - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Roger Désormière (rec 1950) (Testament SBT 1294)

Rudolf Kempe

In his series looking at some of the notable conductors of the 20th century Murray Khouri reviews the career of Rudolf Kempe (RNZ)

Composers of the Week

ONE-HIT WONDERS

PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda, an opera in four acts

La Gioconda................. Violeta Urmana

Adorno......................... Luciana D'Intino

Badoero........................ Roberto Scandiuzzi

La Cieca....................... Elisabetta Fiorillo

Grimaldo....................... Plácido Domingo

Barnaba........................ Lado Ataneli

Zuàne............................ Paolo Battaglia

Isèpo............................ Kristian Benedikt

Pilot.............................. Tim Hennis

Barnabite...................... Wolfgang Klose

Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Children's Chorus, Munich Radio Orch/Marcello Viotti (EMI 5 57451)

NZ musicians and composers

A RITCHIE: Viola Concerto - Tim Deighton (vla), Penn's Woods Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Atoll ACD 202)

L LIEBERMANN: Sonata for flute & guitar Op 25 - Alexa Still (fl), Franco Platino (gtr) (Koch 3-7549)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2037)

The birth of New Zealand popular music, written and presented by Chris Bourke

A third series in three programmes

(1) Combos and comedians: small jazz groups, musical comedy and cabaret (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2011

Nine programmes

(7) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Saint Cecilia Singers (Diocesan School for Girls), Sweet Sixteen (Aorere College), Southern Hesperides (Otago Girls' High School), Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School), Bel Canto (Burnside High School)

HOLMES: The Estuary; TRAD arr Smith: She's Like the Swallow; ALLEGRI arr Atkins: Miserere;

TRAD arr Dawson: Ain'-a that good news!; TRAD arr Erb: Shenandoah; CHILDS: Ave Maria: SAFER/SHEIK arr Despain: Mama who bore me; TRAD arr Eddleman: Oh, sinner man; SONDHEIM arr Page: Not while I'm around, from Sweeney Todd; HASSLER arr Woodworth: Cantate Domino; FAURÉ arr Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine; TRAD arr Park: Niska Banja (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

STRAUSS: Festival Prelude Op 61 - Peter Solomon (org), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 92779)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 6 in A - Aachen SO/Marcus Bosch (Coviello Classics COV 30914)

SCHUMANN trans Meinders: Hochländisches Wiegenlied Op 25/14; Volksliedschen Op 51/2; Schöne Fremde Op 39/6; Helft mir, ihr Schwestern Op 42/5; Du Ring an meinem Finger Op 42/4; Die Lotusblume Op 25/7 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MK 42256)

KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)

11:00 SPOHR: Potpourri in Bb on themes of Mozart - Kenneth Sillito (vln), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9424)

RAFF: Piano Quartet in G Op 202/1 - Ensemble Il Trittico, David Greenlees (vla) (Divox CDX 20905)

Disc 1

GOODWIN: Theme from 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Puppet Serenade; New Zealand Suite; Arabian Celebration; Venus Waltz; Prisoners of War March; Minuet in Blue; Theme from The Trap; Girl with a Dream; Theme from Lancelot & Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in G Op 78; No 2 in A Op 100; No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (EMI CDC 747 403)

2:10 approx - Disc 3

PARRY: The Soul's Ransom; The Lotus Eaters - Della Jones (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 8990)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: Iberia; Nocturnes; RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole - French National Radio Orch, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (EMI CDC 7 47423)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

CHOPIN: Prelude No 25 in C# minor; Prelude in Ab; Impromptus, in Ab; F# and Gb; Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor; Barcarolle in F#; Nocturnes, in C# minor; in F minor; in Eb; Waltzes, in Eb, Ab and E; Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise - Peter Frankl (pno) (ASV CD DCA 781)

6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

PROKOFIEV: Ballade in C minor Op 15 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1517)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

BARBER: Agnus Dei - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605 51521)

VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in A minor RV86 - Pamela Thorby (recorder), Peter Whelan (bsn), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2201)

7:00 TRAD: Joys Seven - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16085)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 300)

LISZT: Three Liebesträume - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (RNZ)

LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - BBC Welsh National Orch/Thierry Fischer (Signum SIGCD 195)

SAINT-GEORGES: String Quartet in D G007 - Quatuor Antarès (Integral INT 221.125)

8:00 Beauty Spot: COPLAND: Down a Country Lane - London SO/Aaron Copland (Sony SM2K 47236)

FLOTOW arr Dodgson: M'appari tutt'amor, from Martha - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

CHAPPELL: The Pallisers, theme from the TV series - New Philharmonia/Marcus Dods (Dutton CDLX 7147)

STRAVINSKY: Russian Dance, from Petrushka - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 040)

MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in D - Henk de Graaf (cl), Rotterdam Amadeus Ensemble/Marien van Staalen (Brilliant Classics 93337)

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) - Maurice André (tpt), Rouen CO/Albert Beaucamp (Philips 420 877)

Ode on the death of Purcell, Come, come along for a dance and a song - Ruth Holton (sop), Charles Daniels (ten), Simon Birchall (bass), Parley of Instruments Baroque Choir & Orch/Roy Goodman (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66578)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

Magnificat in C P250 - King's Singers, Charivari Agréable/Kah-Ming Ng (dir) (Signum SIGCD 198)

ARENSKY: Preludes Op 63 - Anthony Goldstone (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25085)

FOERSTER: Violin Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 88 - Ivan Zenaty (vln), BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3961)

HAYDN: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 - Classical Chrome (Concordance CCD 04)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68 - Philharmonia/Christoph von Dohnányi (Signum SIGCD 250)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'Isle Joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

RAVEL orch Hoérée: Vocalise en forme de Habanera - Elina Garanca (mezzo), RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

DEBUSSY orch Holloway: En blanc et noir - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

PÄRT: Kuus, kuus, kallike - Montserrat Figueras, Arianna Savall (sops), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - New Zealand SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Alex Klein (ob), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (rec 1998) (Teldec 3984 23913)

HAYDN: String Quartet in F minor Op 20/5 - Quatuor Mosaïques (rec 1990) (Auvidis Astrée E 8784)

NZ musicians and composers

HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

MOZART: Overture; March of the Priests, from The Magic Flute - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

HANDEL: Volate, amori, from Ariodante; Piangerò la sorte mia, from Julius Caesar in Egypt - Patricia Petibon (sop), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (DG 477 8763)

BARBER: Hesitation-Tango, from Souvenirs - Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franci (Decca 417 721)

RACHMANINOV: Romance in G minor for string quartet - Alfama Quartet (Fuga Libera FUG 582)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Lydia Artymiw (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8326)

SPOHR: Overture, The Duel with the Beloved - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67802)

PURCELL: My Beloved Spake - Temple Church Choir, Temple Players/James Vivian (Signum SIGCD 225)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Where are you, my beloved?, from The Enchantress - Julia Varady (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Roman Kofman (Orfeo C 540 011 A)

NOVAK: Lovers, from Slovak Suite - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 4058)

DANKWORTH: Picture of Jeannie - Emma Johnson (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572240)

GIBBONS: The silver swan - Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier (dir) (EMI CDC 7 49197)

SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

A programme about composers known primarily for a single famous work, presented by Erica Challis

During the week we're hearing all, or an excerpt of, each composer's famous opus, followed by works which are possibly less familiar (RNZ)

Stylus Phantasticus

Latitude 37: Julia Fredersdorff (baroque vln), Laura Vaughan (vla da gamba), Donald Nicolson (hpschd)

ROSENMÜLLER: Sonata No 2 in E minor for two violins; BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in E BuxWV264; FINGER: Sonata in D minor for vla da gamba & harpsichord; BECKER: Suite in D; BIBER: Violin Sonata No 6 in C minor, from 8 Sonatas for violin & continuo; BACH: Toccata in E minor BWV914; BACH arr Latitude 37: Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; PACHELBEL arr Latitude 37: Canon & Gigue in D; ERLEBACH: Trio No 2 in E minor; BUXTEHUDE: Sonata No 4 in Bb BuxWV255 (recorded in the Auckland Concert Chamber by RNZ)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra - Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 71)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Andrea Mion (ob), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30301)

HUMMEL: Quintet in Eb for piano & strings Op 87 - The Music Collection (ASV CD GAU 210)

ELGAR: Nursery Suite - Stephanie Gonley (vln), English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

11:00 PAUER: Quintet in F for piano & winds Op 44 - Hexagon Ensemble (Etcetera KTC 1374)

MOZART: Violin Sonata No 28 in Eb K380 - Héléne Schmitt (vln), Rémy Cardinale (fpno) (Alpha 177)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor, Unfinished; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica - BBC Phil/Stephen Kovacevich, Günther Herbig (BBC Music MM 136)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SMYTH: String Quartet in E minor; String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MUSSORGSKY: Songs & Dances of Death; The Nursery; The Puppet-Show; Forgotten; The Seminarist; Darling Savishna; The He-Goat, A Wordly Story; Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51229)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

G GABRIELLI: Canzona noni toni; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3; MANFREDINI: Concerto in G minor Op 3/10; ALBINONI: Concerto in A minor Op 5/5; TORELLI: Concerto musicale in D minor Op 6/10; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1/9; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 436 224)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GINASTERA: Piezas Infantiles; Milonga, from Dos Canciones Op 3; Tres Piezas Op 6; Malambo Op 7; Suite de Criollas Op 15; Rondo Sobre Temas Infantiles Argentinos Op 19; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 53; Toccata; Piano Sonata No 3 Op 55 - Alberto Portugheis (pno) (ASV CD DCA 880)

6:00 ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman (sops), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088)

FIORENZA: Cello Concerto in A minor - Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 050 302)

VORISEK: Rondo Op 11 - Kocian Quartet (Praga PRD 250 204)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Three Spring Miniatures - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)

7:00 TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: The truth from above - Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood (BBC Music BBC MM 326)

RR BENNETT: Little Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2113)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

SUPPÉ: Gervinus, the Fool from Untersberg, Overture - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223863)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Frank Bungarten (gtr) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 905 1629)

Josef STRAUSS: Delirium Waltz Op 212 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

8:00 Beauty Spot: HANDEL: Care selve, from Atalanta - Arleen Augér (sop), Mostly Mozart Orch/Gerard Schwarz (Delos CD 3026)

CARRENO: Corbeille de fleures Op 9 - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (Nimbus NI 6103)

DVORÁK: My Home, Overture Op 62 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 3818)

TELEMANN: Oboe Sonata in Bb, from Essercizii Musici - Sarah Francis (ob), London Harpsichord Ensemble (RegisC 1240)

FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 446 090)

BERLIOZ: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust - Philharmonia/Efrem Kurtz (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

Capriccio - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 10001)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Maria Callas (sop), Philharmonia/Tullio Serafin (EMI CDC 7 47282)

String Quartet in A - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

RAMEAU: Naïs, Suite - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9882)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 101 - Fortuna Piano Trio (Nascor NS 05)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Paul Dean (cl), Queensland Orch/Guillaume Tourniaire (Melba MR 301 122)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 - Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 475 8748)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

MARTINU: Five Madrigal Stanzas - Lorenzo Gatto (vln), Milos Popovic (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 565)

GRANADOS: Madrigal - Emil Klein (cello), Sorin Melinte (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 39109)

VIVALDI: Concerto for four, Madrigalesco - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0613)

PROKOFIEV: Madrigal, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

RYBA: Czech Christmas Mass, Hail Master - Gabriela Eibenová (sop), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Jaroslav Brezina (ten), Michael Pospísil (bass), Capella Regia Musicalis/Robert Hugo (Archiv 477 8365)

BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Lucy van Dael (vln) (Naxos 8.554423)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15; Rondo in Bb for piano & orchestra WoO6 - Julius Katchen (pno), London SO/Piero Gamba (rec 1965/58) (Decca 460 822)

NZ musicians and composers

HILL: String Quartet No 1 in Bb, Maori - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

COPLAND: El Salón México - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 98)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Bernd Glemser (pno) (Oehms OC 758)

DELIBES arr Grafe: Les filles de Cadix - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

F COUPERIN trans Visée: Les Sylvains - Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) (Mirare MIR 105)

SUK: First movement, Andante con moto, from Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Viva CO (Viva CO)

JC BACH: Flute Concerto in D - Rachel Brown (fl), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 538)

PUCCINI: Flower Duet, from Madame Butterfly - Mirella Freni (sop), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

REICH: Nagoya Marimbas - Colin Currie, Sam Walton (marimbas) (EMI CDZ 5 72267)

BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost - Gil Shaham (vln), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (DG 463 483)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Jester's Dance, from The Snow Maiden - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9324)

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67731/2)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K522, A Musical Joke - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9846)

J STRAUSS II: Joke Polka Op 72 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

7:30 Resound

Ten programmes of New Zealand music from the RNZ archives introduced by Kenneth Young

(8) Chris GENDALL: Moto Perpetuo (2003) - Auckland Phil/Marc Taddei (rec 1/10/2003) (RNZ)

Claire COWAN: My Alphabet of Light (2005) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (rec 12/05/2006)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

FARQUHAR: String Quartet; Magpies and Other Birds; Suite for Guitar; In Despite of Death; Echoes and Reflections - John Mills (gtr), David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

LECLAIR: Overture No 1 in G; Sonata No 1 in B minor; Overture No 2 in D; Sonata No 2 in A; Overture No 3 in D; Sonata No 3 in G minor - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0542)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

PALIASHVILI: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble/Ludmila Arshavskaya (Olympia OCD 483)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

DVORÁK: Piano Trios, in F minor Op 65; in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Emanuel Ax (pno), Young Uck Kim (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (CBS MK 44527)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

CHOPIN arr Godowsky: Etudes, No 7; 8; 19 and 31 for the left hand, No 45; SCHUBERT arr Godowsky: Good Night; Litany; Music for Rosamunde; STRAUSS arr Godowsky: Serenade; ALBÉNIZ arr Godowsky: Tango; LOEILLES arr Godowsky: Gigue from Renaissance; GODOWSKY: Passacaglia; Prelude & Fugue on BACH for left hand; Etude Macabre; Puppet Shadow Plays; The Gardens of Buitenzorg from Suite Java - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Musica Viva MVCD 1026)

6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken (EMI CDS 7 47919)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 1 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

GOUNOD arr Stoltzman: Jewel Song, from Faust - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Monica Huggett (vln) (Virgin VCD 5 45205)

STRAVINSKY: Lullaby & Finale from The Firebird - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum NZSO 100)

7:00 CORDAT: Come, Christians, let us make ready - La Camera delle Lacrime/Bruno Bonhoure (dir) (Alpha 117)

LEHÁR: The Merry Widow, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 891)

DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

PUCCINI arr Tamminga: Corazzata Sicilia, from La Bohème - Liuwe Tamminga (organ of St Lorenzo, Farneta, Italy), Valentino Marré, Mirko Natalizi (percussion) (Passacaille 952)

REBER: Remembrance - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

TOMLINSON: Cumberland Square - Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223513)

CAPLET: Divertissements, A la française; A l'espagnole - Sandrine Chatron (harp) (Ambroisie AMB 9978)

COATES: Dam Busters March - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 7 49567)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

Alla Gitana - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

La Péri - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8852)

Variations, interlude & finale on a theme by Rameau - Jean Hubeau (pno) (Erato 4509 96221)

BIZET: Roma - Paris Orch/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 6 28613)

MENDELSSOHN: Vom Himmel hoch - Ute Selbig (sop), Egbert Junghans (bar), Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig (Capriccio 10 216)

CHAUSSON: Concert for violin, piano & string quartet - Stephen Shipps (vln), Eric Larsen (pno), Wihan String Quartet (Naxos 8.572468)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 449 745)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

HERRMANN: A Night Piece for Orchestra, from Taxi Driver - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 62700)

FOOTE: A night piece - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

GLYN: A Night at the Opera - BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

Words & Music

Brian Kay explores favourite territory, displaying Noel Coward's skill in joining words and music in perfect combination (RNZ)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1989) (Sony SK 45819)

SAUER: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Lawrence Foster (rec 1994) (Hyperion CDA 66790)

NZ musicians and composers

J KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

TRAD arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata ki a Maria - 1993 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu MANU 1471)

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e Hine - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

PÄRT: Piano Sonatas, Op 1/1; Op 1/2 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Trust MMT 2040)

LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

TARTINI arr Kreisler: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 2/1, Devil's Trill - Ray Chen (vln), Noreen Polera (pno) (Sony 88697 72320)

MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Amadeus Wind Ensemble (Naxos 8.551135)

MASCAGNI: Mamma, quel vino è generoso, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Cristina Reale (mezzo), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), City of London Baroque Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 47664)

MASSENET: The Last Sleep of the Virgin, from La Vierge - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

J FONTANA: Fantaisie Brillante on Bellini's Sonnambula - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Acte Préalable AP 0160)

LISZT: Oh! quand je dors S282; WARLOCK: Sleep - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

WALTON: Siesta - English Northern Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555868)

SCHUMANN arr Hand: Child falling asleep, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Pro Arte Guitar Trio (ASV White Line CD WHL 2129)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stravinsky: Sleeping Beauty, excerpts - Christian Ostertag (vln), South West German Radio SO/Hiroshi Wakasugi (Hänssler CD 93.234)

COATES: By the Sleepy Lagoon - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

Sir Thomas Beecham

Two programmes

Jon Tolansky marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Britain's first international conductor and founder of the London Philharmonic (1) (VIP)

BBC Singers/Paul Brough, Stephen Farr (org)

MACMILLAN: In splendoribus sanctorum; TALLIS: Gloria, from Missa puer natus est nobis; HYDE: Improvisation on Puer natus; TALLIS: Santus-Benedictus, from Missa puer natus est nobis; JACKSON: A song on the birth of Christ; BINGHAM: Incarnation with Shepherds Dancing; TALLIS: Agnus Dei, from Missa puer natus est nobis; TAVENER: God is with us (recorded in St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London by the BBC)

BOWERMAN: Fantasy on Abide With Me (Eventide) - Bronte Quartet (Champs Hill CHRCD 015)

D'INDY: Fantasy on French Popular Themes - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Francesco Piemontesi (pno) (Claves 50-1003/04)

GIULIANI: Potpourri No 2 Op 26 - Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (gtrs) (Brilliant Classics 93686)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Fabio di Càsola (cl), Russian CO/Juri Gilbo (Sony 88697 37632)

WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 041)

11:00 BRIDGE: Cello Sonata in D minor - Guy Johnston (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Orchid Classics ORC 100010)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor - Schubert Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 10465)

Disc 1

ROSSINI: Overtures, William Tell; Il Signor Bruschino; Bianca e Falliero; Barber of Seville; Armida; Semiramide; Línganno Felice; Matilde di Shabran; Demetrio e Polibio; La Gazza Ladra - La Scala Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 218)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CARULLI: Guitar Concerto in E minor Op 140, Petit Concerto de Société; MOZART arr Romero: Adagio in E K261; MOLINO: Guitar Concerto in E minor; MOZART arr Romero: Rondo in C K373; CARULLI: Guitar Concerto in A Op 8a - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (Philips 426 263)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music; Five Mystical Songs; Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos Campi - Thomas Allen (bar), Nobuko Imai (vla), Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66420)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

MACDOWELL: Concert Etude; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Aprés un rêve; GOTTSCHALK: Manchega; BEACH: Scottish Legend; Tyrolean Valse-Fantasia; Fireflies; GOTTSCHALK: The Union; BEACH: A Hermit Thrush at Eve; MACDOWELL: Hexentanz; FAURÉ arr Grainger: Nell; DOWLAND arr Grainger: Now, O noe, I needs must part; CARRENO: Corbeille de fleurs; GOTTSCHALK: Home sweet home; Souvenir de Porto Rico; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; GERSHWIN arr Grainger: The man I love; GERSHWIN trans Wodehouse: Clap yo' hands - Alan Feinberg (pno) (Argo 436 121)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

BYRD: early works for voices, viols & virginals - Sophie Yates (virginals), Fretwork, I Fagiolini/Robert Hollingworth (Chandos CHAN 0578)

6:00 ARNE: Overture No 2 in A, from Eight Overtures in eight parts - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0722)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

TUZUN: Anatolian Candle Dance - Moscow Radio & TV SO/Hikmet Simsek (Turkish Ministry 9713662)

SARASATE: Gavotte after Mignon - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570192)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, Act 2 Part 1 - London SO/André Previn (EMI 5 68607)

7:00 TRAD: Prophetarum presignata - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7453)

BACH orch Damrosch: Chorale Prelude, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV720 - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Alfama Quartet (Fuga Libera FUG 582)

LIADOV: Polonaise in C Op 49, In memory of Pushkin - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

GERSHWIN arr Villard: Preludes for piano - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)

HENZE: Telemanniana - North West German Phil/Gerhard Markson (CPO 999 322)

8:00 Beauty Spot: LEHMANN: Ah, moon of my delight, from In a Persian Garden - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66709)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: March past of the kitchen utensils, from The Wasps - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

BRIDGE: A Fairy Tale, The princess; The ogre; The spell; The prince - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

KARAINDROU: Eternity Theme, from the film Eternity and a Day - Vangelis Christopoulos (ob), Nikos Guinos (cl), Spyros Kazianis (bsn), Iraklis Vavatsikas (accordion), Vangelis Skouras (horn), Aris Dimitriadis (mandolin), string orch (ECM 1692)

HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7259)

BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1 - French National Radio Orch/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63379)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

LEONCAVALLO: Recitar!...Vesti la giubba, from Pagliacci - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Giuseppe Patanè (Decca 475 9349)

Intermezzo, from Pagliacci - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

C'è nel tuo sguardo; Vieni amor mio!; Canzone d'amore - Fausto Tenzi (ten), Roberto Negri (pno) (Arts 47509)

Barcarola veneziana; Valse mignonne - Lang Lang (pno) (DG 477 6633)

MASCAGNI: Easter Hymn, from Cavalleria Rusticana - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Julius Rudel (Decca 458 867)

Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)

Risveglio; Pena d'amore; M'ama...non m'ama; La tua stella; Rosa; Alla luna; Serenata - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

FASCH: Overture in Bb - Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (Phoenix 173)

HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in C Op 34a - Pavol Kovác (pno), Bratislava CO/Vlastimil Horák (Koch Schwann 311 120)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 - Zemlinsky Quartet, Josef Kluson (vla) (Praga PRD 250 252)

WAGNER arr Stokowski: Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9686)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SUPPÉ: Franz Schubert, Overture - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223683)

FRANCHOMME: Fantasy on a Melody by Schubert - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

SCHUMANN ed Boyde: Variations on a Theme of Schubert - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Athene ATH CD 23)

ERNST: Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig Op 26 - Ilya Gringolts (vln) (Hyperion CDA 67619)

ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Prelude - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7521)

MOORE: Little Miss Britten - Dudley Moore (pno/vocalist), introduced by Jonathan Miller (EMI 8 54045)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 509)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 6 in A Op 30/1 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Clara Haskil (pno) (rec 1955) (Philips 422 140)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Julius Katchen (pno), Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (rec 1967) (Decca 460 825)

NZ musicians and composers

FISHER: Pounamu - Uwe Grodd (fl), Kristen Darragh (mezzo), Auckland University Singers/Karen Grylls (Kiwi CD SLD 108)

LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Pastorale in C - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

BRIDGE: Suite for strings - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

HURLSTONE: Trio in G minor for clarinet, bassoon & piano - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Musson (bsn), Stephen Emmerson (pno) (Continuum CCD 1079)

THALBERG: Fantasy on God Save the Queen - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

SMETANA: Skocná, from The Bartered Bride - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

STANLEY arr Pearson: Trumpet Tune in D - John Wilbraham (tpt), Leslie Pearson (org) (Decca 458 194)

PIAZZOLLA arr Benitez: Milonga del ángel - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

TRAD Scottish arr Rutter: O can ye sew cushions? - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

GLUCK trans Mercz: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

ZIEHRER: The Vagabonds, Quadrille Op 496 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223814)

IRELAND: The Vagabond - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC 476 7175)

FRIML: Song of the Vagabonds; Only a Rose; Huguette Waltz, from The Vagabond King - Teresa Ringholz (sop), Eastman-Dryden Orch/Donald Hunsberger (Arabesque Z 6562)

FRIML arr Tunick: Love Me Tonight, from The Vagabond - Ben Heppner (ten), London Phil/Jonathan Tunick (RCA 09026 63508)

GLYN: Microncerto - Dominic Seldis (dbass), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sain SCD 2653)

GRANADOS arr Miolin: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

JOPLIN arr Crespo: Ragtime Dance - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Leonid Kogan (vln), USSR State SO/Pavel Kogan (Brilliant Classics 93030)

PRAETORIUS arr Lane: Dances from Terpsichore - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2142)

Christopher Doig

We mark the death on 13th October of the New Zealand tenor, arts and sports administrator with a repeat of his interview with Diana Cable talking about his life and diverse career (RNZ)

Sara Macliver (sop), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

PSATHAS: Tarantismo (première performance); CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne, selection; MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 9/5 - Buchberger Quartet (Brilliant Classics 92886)

CASELLA: Scarlattiana Op 44, Divertimento on music of Domenico Scarlatti for piano & small orch - Sun Hee You (pno), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572416)

11:00 KROMMER: Wind Partita in Eb with two solo horns - Michael Thompson, Richard Berry (horns), Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble (Naxos 8.553868)

TANEYEV: String Trio in D - Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67573)

Disc 1

THOMSON: Symphonies, No 2 in C; No 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers; on a Hymn Tune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Naxos 8.559022)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ARNOLD: Quintet; EWALD: Quintet No 1 in Bb minor; BOZZA: Sonatine; MAURER: Three Pieces; DAHL: Music for Brass Instruments; CALVET: Suite from the Monteregian Hills - Center City Brass Quintet (Collins 14892)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

BOYCE: David's Lamentation Over Saul and Jonathon; Ode on St Cecilia's Day, The Charms of Harmony Displayed - Patrick Burrows (treble), William Purefoy, Andrew Watts (countertenors), Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten), Michael George (bass), Choir of New College, Oxford, Hanover Band/Graham Lea-Cox (ASV CD GAU 208)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F; Symphony No 2 in G minor - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 445 857)

5:00 approx - Disc 5

SOR: Grande Sonate Op 22; Divertissement Op 23; 8 Small Pieces Op 24; Grande Sonate Op 25 - Adam Holzman (gtr) (Naxos 8.553340)

6:00 HANDEL: Instrumental Suite, from Radamisto - Academy of Early Music, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1685)

BRAHMS trans Meinders: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Sandmännchen; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

LEO: Cello Concerto No 3 in A - Julius Berger (cello), South West German CO/Vladislav Czarnecki (Brilliant Classics 93681)

LARA arr Golijov: It Was Easy For Me - Kronos Quartet, Luanne Warner (marimba) (Nonesuch 796 492)

HAYDN: Lo speziale, Overture - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

7:00 WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Raven OAR 924)

VILLA-LOBOS arr Safhill: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10512)

B WEBER: Variations in F for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.554806)

LOEILLET trans Godowsky: Gigue - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223795)

ELLSTEIN: Hassidic Dance - David Krakauer (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559403)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GRIEG: Cowkeeper's tune, from Two Nordic Melodies Op 63 - National Phil/Willi Boskovsky (London 443 333)

DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

HERBERT: Three pieces for string orchestra, Air de ballet; Forget-me-not; Sunset - South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (CPO 777 576)

IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Let Beauty awake, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

BARBER: Second movement, Andante, from Violin Concerto Op 14 - Robert McDuffie (vln), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80632)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

ONE-HIT WONDERS

GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

GERSHWIN orch Grofé: I'll build a stairway to paradise, from George White's Scandals of 1922 - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

GROFÉ: Huckleberry Finn, from Mississippi Suite - Bournemouth SO/William Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

ORFF: O fortuna, from Carmina Burana - London Phil Choir, Southend Boys' Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner Classics 3984-25544)

Music for Children, excerpts - Tölzer Boys Choir, State Academy for Music Chamber Choir, Munich, instrumental ensemble/Carl Orff (RCA 09026 68031)

ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto, from the film Dangerous Moonlight - Daniel Adni (pno), Bournemouth SO/Kenneth Alwyn (EMI CDB 7 62038)

GRENFELL/ADDINSELL: Old Time Dancing (Stately as a Galleon) - Joyce Grenfell (vocal), orchestral accompaniment (EMI 8 28713)

ADDINSELL arr Lane: Prelude & Waltz, from Blithe Spirit - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

REINECKE: Symphony No 1 in A Op 79 - Rhenish Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223117)

POULENC: Aubade, choreographic concerto for piano & 18 instruments - Eric Le Sage (pno), members of Liège Phil/Stéphane Denève (RCA 82876 60308)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 127 - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 6 28659)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (PentaTone PTC 5186 167)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

BUSONI arr Stein: Berceuse élégiaque - Diabolicus/Dietrich Henschel (Ambroisie AM 137)

CURTIS: Irish lullaby - Helen Keen (fl), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2035)

STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op 41/1 - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

STANFORD: Hush Song, from Six Irish Fantasies - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.572452)

FRANKEL arr Kennaway: Lullaby, from the film The Years Between - Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 809)

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40, In London Town - London Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 417 719)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Atovmian: Romance, from The Gadfly - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Warner 2564 62546)

VERDI: Sleepwalking scene, Una macchia è qui tuttora, from Macbeth - Leontyne Price (sop), Corinna Vozza (mezzo), Robert El Hage (bass), RCA Italiana Opera Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (RCA RCD 1-7016)

ROUBANIS arr Golijov: Misirlou Twist - Martyn Jones (drums), Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch 7559 79490)

BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello) (rec 1962) (Testament SBT 1388)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (rec 1996) (DG 453 432)

NZ musicians and composers

LISZT: Transcendental Studies, No 5, Feux follets; No 8, Wilde Jagd; No 11, Harmonies du soir - David James (pno) (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja, from Die Zauberflöte - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), New Zealand SO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

PAINE: New Zealand Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private Recording BNP CD 04)

LILBURN: Diversions for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from Planets Suite Op 32 - Philharmonia/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

BRAHMS arr Bailey: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5; Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)

SIBELIUS: Overture in E - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

PUCCINI: Te Deum, from Tosca - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Swedish Radio SO & Choir/Paul Daniel (DG 477 8091)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: No 2, Rhosymedre, from Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

WALDTEUFEL: Les Roses de Noël, Waltz Op 230 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223688)

JANÁCEK arr Bittová: Waiting for you - Bart Schneemann (ob), Gerrit Boonstra (cl) (Channel Classics CCS 18598)

GEVAERT: Le sommeil de l'enfant Jésus; Chanson joyeuse de Noël - Caroline Weynants (sop), Le Petit Sablon Vocal Ensemble/Thibaut Lenaerts (Fuga Libera FUG 545)

GRIEG: Bell Ringing Op 54/6 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

MAYERL: Bats in the Belfry - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

CHATMAN: Elves' Bells - Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn (Canadian Music Centre CMC CD 13608)

WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarantella - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

WARREN: Wexford Bells - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Sanctuary CD RSB 205)

The Critic's Chair

William Dart reviews recent New Zealand releases (RNZ)

Ashley Brown (cello), Michael Houstoun (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Op 102/1; Cello Sonata No 5 in D Op 102/2; FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24; RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (recorded in the Raye Freeman Arts Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

GORB: Awayday - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch (Chandos CHAN 10409)

ARNOLD orch Ellis: Concertino for flute & strings Op 19a - Esther Ingham (fl), Manchester Sinfonia/Richard Howarth (Naxos 8.572640)

GRAINGER: A Lincolnshire Posy - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9549)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

RAMEAU: Suite in G - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)

11:00 FRANÇAIX: Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano - Françaix Trio (CPO 999 779)

BOUGHTON: String Quartet in F, From the Welsh hills - Rasumovsky Quartet (Helios CDH 55174)

WHITACRE: Sleep - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)