Schedules for 10 - 16 December, 2011

Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies, No 3 in A minor, Scottish; No 4 in A, Italian - Philharmonia/Tamás Vásáry (Collins 10182)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

HUMMEL: Rondo brilliant in Eb Op 120, La Galante; Variations in F on a theme by Gluck Op 57; Una fantasia piccola Op 107, La contemplazione; Rondo in Eb Op 11; Tyrolienne variée; BEETHOVEN: Six variations in F on a Swiss song Wo064; Variations in C on God Save the King Wo078; Variations on a Russian Air Op 107; Rondo Wo064; Allegretto in C minor - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Zellan Records ZRCD 1002)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

GIBBONS: Hosanna to the Son of David; O Lord, I lift my heart; O all true, faithful hears; Deliver us, O Lord; This is the record of John; Lift up your heads; See, see the Word is incarnate; Almighty & everlasting God; Praise the Lord, O my soul; O clap your hands; Glorious & powerful God; O Lord, in thee is all my trust; O Lord, how do my woes; Out of the deep; Behold, thou has made my days; O Lord, in thy wrath; Blessed are all they that fear; I am the resurrection - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Fretwork/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51231)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

ARENSKY: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 54; GLAZUNOV: Concerto ballata Op 108; Piano Concerto in F minor Op 22 - Alexander Trostiansky (vln), Yegor Dyachkov (cello), Maneli Pirzadeh (pno), Sherbrooke SO, I Musicide Montreal/Yuri Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9528)

4:40 approx -Disc 5

Scottish traditional music for lute, mandour, cittern, guitar - Rob MacKillop (Greentrax CDTRAX 155)

6:00 HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

TCHAIKOVSKY trans Klopic: Valse-scherzo - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)

BACH arr Zabaleta: Concerto in F BWV978 - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), English CO/Garcia Navarro (Brilliant Classics 9059)

WAGNER trans Liszt: Solemn March, from Parsifal - Mikhaïl Rudy (pno) (EMI 5 57181)

ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 385)

7:00 VERDI ed Spada: Aida, Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

HUBAY: Czárdas Scene No 4, Beautiful Katie - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Bournemouth SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572078)

S WESLEY: Variations in Bb on God save the King - Jennifer Bate (organ of St James' Church, Bermondsey, London) (Somm SOMMCD 036)

BENJAMIN: Sonatina for cello & piano - Justin Pearson (cello), Sophia Rahman (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7219)

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons, Autumn - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

8:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - 16 soloists, London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin, Philip Fowke (pno duo), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CDS 7 81421)

PAGANINI: Sonata No 4 for violin & guitar - Moshe Hammer (vln), Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.553141)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDM 7 64716)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 296 1767)

F MENDELSSOHN: Nachtreigen - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR 100 041 CD)

CRECQUILLON: Petite fleur - Tragicomedia (Accent ACC 9173 D)

FALLA: Nights in the Gardens of Spain - Javier Perianes (pno), BBC SO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2099)

MARAIS: Suite in E minor - Jonathan Dunford (vla da gamba), Benjamin Perrot (theorbo) (Accord 472 254)

S ADAMS: Star of Bethlehem - Aled Jones (treble), BBC Welsh SO/Robin Stapleton (BBC CD 569)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on See the conqu'ring hero comes from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)

GRIEG: Nocturne, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

(8) Jason Moran & The Bandwagon

A selection of original works as well as covers of artists such as Prince and Thelonious Monk - Jason Moran (pno/samples), Tarus Mateen (dbass), Nasheet Waits (drums) (recorded in Kamnagel, Hamburg by German Radio, Hamburg)

Indigenous music from around the world

West Sumatran composers from Indonesia

A six-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

(6) Sumatran Sounds concert, featuring new music by Elizar Koto, Asril Muchtar and Alpalah

Megan Collins concludes her series on West Sumatran composers with a concert by staff and students from The Arts Institute, Padangpanjang (Institute Seni Indonesia Padangpanjang). They performed in Wellington, September 2010, at the New Zealand School of Music's Adam Concert Room at Victoria University. The concert includes Dialogue Tampa Tema, by Elizar Koto, Bakissa Lapiak nan Salai by Alpalah and Arak Jari-Jari by Asril Muchtar (RNZ)

10th Adam Chamber Music Festival (2009)

Six programmes

(1) Catrin Johnsson (mezzo), Rachel Fuller (pno)

MOZART: Komm, liebe Zither K351; Dans un bois solitaire K308; BEETHOVEN: Neue Liebe, neues Leben Op 75/2; PETERSON-BERGER: To the Dances; STENHAMMER: I skogen; Jungfru Blond och Jungfru Brunett; Det far ett skepp; SIBELIUS: Var det en dröm; BARBER: Sure on this shining night Op 13/3; A green lowland of pianos Op 45/2; Solitary Hotel, from Despite & Still Op 41; SONDHEIM: I know things now, from Into the Woods; RANDOLPH: How could Red Riding Hood?; WEILL: Youkali; MONNOT/PIAF/PARSON: Hymne à l'amour; LOUIGY: La vie en rose (recorded at Nelson School of Music Auditorium by RNZ)

ZELENKA: Sinfonia in A minor for eight instruments - Camerata Bern/Alexander van Wijnkoop (dir) (Archiv 423 703)

SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Dag Jensen (bsn), Sibylle Mahnui (horn), Isabelle van Keulen, Veronika Eberle (vlns), Rachel Roberts (vla), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Yasunori Kawahara (dbass) (Avi 8553209)

BIBER arr Leppard: Sonata in A for eight trumpets - Wynton Marsalis (tpts), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 42478)

LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 657)

NZ musicians and composers

FARR: Sepuluh Jari - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2020)

HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on themes of Weber - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

A RITCHIE: The Blue Sonata Op 90 - David Chickering (cello), Richard Mapp (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 113)

Polish Songs

MONIUSZKO: Neala's Romance, from Paria; Halka's Air, from Halka - Teresa Zylis-Gara (sop), Polish National PO/Kasimir Kord (Rodolphe RPC 32402)

CHOPIN trans Liszt: The maiden's wish, from Polish Songs - Stephen Hough (pno) (Musicmasters 7046)

CHOPIN: The maiden's wish Op 74/5; The handsome lad Op 74/8; The ring Op 74/14; Lithuanian song Op 74/16; My sweetheart Op 74/12, from Polish Songs Op 74 - Ewa Podles (contralto), Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Dux 0405)

CHOPIN trans Liszt: My joys, from Polish Songs - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 411 055)

SZYMANOWSKI: Five Songs Op 13, Voice in the dark; The Christchild's lullaby; At sea; Suleika; The black lute; Three Songs Op 32, Sunrise; Starless sky; Autumnal sun; Vocalise-Study - Piotr Beczala (ten), Reinild Mees (pno) (Channel CCS 19398)

Aivale Cole (sop), Choir & Choristers of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, New Zealand SO/Paul Goodwin

BRITTEN: Men of Goodwill, Variations on a Christmas Carol; MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate; RESPIGHI: Second movement, L'Adorazione dei Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures; HANDEL: Rejoice greatly; Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd; He shall feed his flock; His yoke is easy, from Messiah; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; REGER: O Jesulein suss; ADAM: O Holy Night; REGER: Schlaf, mein Kindelein; NICOLAI: Christmas Overture; RUTTER: Shepherd's Pipe Carol; KIRKPATRICK arr Rutter: Away in a manger; HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

BRAHMS: Fantasies Op 116 - Shai Wosner (pno) (Onyx 4055)

GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Alice Giles (harp), Adelaide SO/David Porcelijn (ABC Classics 454 506)

BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

11:00 CHOPIN: Scherzo No 2 in Bb minor Op 31 - Bernard d'Ascoli (pno) (Athene 23024)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in Eb Op 64 - Julius Berger (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72504)

Disc 1

J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring Waltz; Thunder & Lightning Polka; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela; ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso; BARBER: Adagio; MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain; RAVEL: Boléro - Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Stephanie Chase (vln), Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 380)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

RENAUD: Toccata in D minor; HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 K467, Andante; ARNDT: Nola; DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; SETCHELL Trumpet Tune, Scherzo and Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite; WATSON: Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; NALLE: Alles was du bist; SOUSA: Washington Post March; FAURÉ: Berceuse and Sicilienne, from Pelléas and Méllisande; VERDI: Grand March, from Aida; DAQUIN: The Cuckoo; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee; MOURET: Rondeau; CAMPRA: Rigaudon; GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette; BOVET: Totentanz, from Three Préludes Hambourgeois - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in A minor Op 105; No 2 in D minor Op 121; No 3 in A minor - Robert Zimansky (vln), Christophe Keller (pno) (Accord 220 532)

3:15 approx - Disc 4

SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium, TRAD: Hodie Christus natus est, PALESTRINA: Hodie Christus natus est, TRAD: Puer natus est nobis; LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child; PEROTIN: Beata viscera; CORNYSH: Ave Maria Mater Dei; TRAD: Alma Redemptoris Mater, TRAD arr Craig: The darkest midnight in December, MAXWELL DAVIES: The Fader of Heven, TRAD: Vox in Rama, CLEMENS NON PAPA: Vox in Rama, TRAD: Vox in Rama, TRAD: Away in a Manger; PARSONS: Ave Maria; TRAD: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child, TRAD: Ave Maria, TRAD: Lullay, lullow, I saw a swete semly sight, TRAD: Mervele noght, Josep, SMERT: Dieus wous garde, byewsser, TRAD: Veni Redemptor gentium, BYRD: O Magnum Mysterium, TRAD: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus, CLEMENS NON PAPA: Magi veniunt ab oriente; SMITH: Nunc Dimittis - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

4:15 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230; Violin Concerto in A minor RV356; Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532; Trio in C for guitar, violin & continuo RV82; Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore, guitar, strings & continuo RV540; Violin Concerto in A RV345; Guitar Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams, Benjamin Verdery (gtrs), Norbert Blum (vla d'amore), Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla (Sony Classic SK 46556)

KODÁLY: Aventi ének - Chamber Choir of Pécs/Aurél Tillai (Hungaroton HCD 31524)

DOVE: I am the day - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

ANON: Alma Redemptoris Mater; PARSONS: Ave Maria; A SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium - Elizabeth Barber, Ruth Cunningham (sops), Emilie Williams (contralto), New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

BIBER: The Annunciation; The Visitation, from Mystery Sonatas - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 431 656)

SVEINSSON: A Mary poem; SIGURBJÖRNSSON: Stanzas from a Mary poem; ANON arr Tómasdóttir: Mother of God, mild and good; SVEINSSON: Autumn Verses to the Virgin Mary - Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir (sop), Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (Iceland MIC ITM 8-09)

BRITTEN: Interlude, from A Ceremony of Carols - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's message; ORD: Adam lay y-bounden; TRAD: The Cherry Tree Carol - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16085)

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1941) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ)

ANON: O most holy maiden Mary - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7318)

BACH: Magnificat in D BWV243 - Dorothee Mields, Johannette Zomer (sops), William Towers (countertenor), Charles Daniels (ten), Stephan MacLeod (bass), Netherlands Bach Society/Jos van Veldhoven (Channel Classics CCS SA 32010)

GIBBONS: Lord of Salisbury Pavane & Galliard - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)

PUCCINI: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

SARASATE orch Hohn: Romanza Andaluza Op 22/1 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

MIYAGI: Haru no umi - Susan Hoeppner (fl), Rachel Gauk (gtr) (BIS CD 969)

FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), London Phil/Ion Marin (Decca 466 102)

BOCCHERINI arr Maisky: Third movement, Minuet String Quintet in E G275 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SoundCircus SC 008)

VIOTTI: Second movement, Adagio, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)

RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/André Previn (EMI 7 94431)

In the last Composer of the Week for 2011 Thomas Goss looks at the life and music of ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Trio Sonata in Eb RV65 - L'Arte dell'Arco, Christopher Hogwood (org) (DHM 88697 30309)

Ascende laeta RV635 - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66839)

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

(6) George Crumb's American Songbook

CRUMB: Selections from American Songbooks - Thomas Hampson (bar), Gilbert Kalish (pno), Ayano Kataoka, David Cossin, Haruka Fujii, Jeffrey Milarsky (percussion) (WFMT)

MOZART: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 350)

POULENC: Piano Concerto - Pascal Rogé (pno), London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Signum Classics SIGCD 211)

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Vienna Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler (rec 1954) (EMI 5 62790)

JOLIVET: Pastorale de Noël - Jacques Castagner (fl), Gérard Faisandier (bsn), Lily Laskine (harp) (rec 1957) (Accord 476 7783)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Gina Bachauer (pno), BBC SO/Basil Cameron (rec 1961) (BBC Music BBC MM 72)

Exiles in America

Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at 20th century émigré composers in America (RNZ)

Composer of the Week

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Ottone in villa RV729, an opera in three acts

Ottone.......................... Sonia Prina

Caio Silio...................... Julia Lezhneva

Cleonilla........................ Verónica Cangemi

Tullia............................. Roberta Invernizzi

Decio............................ Topi Lehtipuu

Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Naïve OP 30493)

GURIDI: The Country House, Prelude to Act 2 - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

LISZT: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 3 - Haiou Zhang (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.625)

BURGON: Bleak House, music from the television score - Philharmonia/Geoffrey Burgon (Silva Screen FILM CD 117)

NZ musicians and composers

MEWS: Prelude & Fugue - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 605)

L MOZART: Symphony in Bb - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.553347)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Peter Donohoe (pno), New Zealand SO/Alexander Lazarev (NZSO)

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

A third series in three programmes

(2) Beat groups, bobby soxers and bohemians: guitar bands, teenage pop and folkies (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2011

Nine programmes

(8) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Bellissimo (Whangaparaoa College), Front Row (Aorere College), Petra Voce (St Peter's College), Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College), Choralation (Westlake Girls' & Boys' High Schools)

TRAD arr Jones: E to Matou Matua; SCANDELLO: Bonzorno Madonna; WHITACRE: A boy and a girl; TOMONA arr Gantry: Pokarekare ana; MARSHALL: Pusi Nofo; TRAD arr Spencer: Shenandoah; DURUFLÉ: Ubi caritas; CHILDS: O magnum mysterium; MENDELSSOHN: Herbstlied; MCINDOE: Betrothed to Lazarus; SCHUMANN: Zigeunerleben; CAMM: Dies sanctificatus (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

Alan Loveday (vln)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - with ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo ZRG 729)

IRELAND: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor - with Leonard Cassini (pno) (Revolution RCB 5)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 7 - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68538)

BELL: Viola Concerto, Rosa mystica - Roger Chase (vla), BBC Concert Orch/Stephen Bell (Dutton CDLX 7216)

11:00 REGER: Clarinet Sonata in F# minor Op 49/2 - Janet Hilton (cl), Jakob Fichert (pno) (Naxos 8.572173)

BACH: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 - Angela East (cello) (Red Priest RP 006)

Disc 1

ALBÉNIZ orch Arbos: Iberia Suite; FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat - Jill Gomez (sop), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8904)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42; WIDOR: Symphony Op 42/5; POULENC: Organ Concerto - Ian Tracey (org), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9271)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

ASTON: Tidings, tidings that be true; GAUNTLETT arr O'Donnell: Once in royal David's city; TRAD arr Pettman: The angel Gabriel; CARTER: A maiden most gentle; TAVENER: God is with us; BALDWIN: O magnum mysterium; LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium; COKER: Splendours of nature; WHITACRE: Lux aurumque; HOWELLS: Sing lullaby; BALDWIN: Lullay my liking; KIRKPATRICK arr Hill: Away in a manger; COKER: The Salutation; WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down; MENDELSSOHN arr Hill: Hark! the herald angels sing; CHILCOTT: For Him all stars have shone; WADE arr Hill: O come, all ye faithful - Brass Ensemble, Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher, Richard Apperley, Thomas Gaynor (orgs) (Raven OAR 924)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphonies, No 93 in D; No 94 in G, Surprise; No 101 in D, The Clock - Florilegium (Channel CCS 19698)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ALWYN: Odd Man Out Suite; The History of Mr Polly; The Fallen Idol Suite; Calypso, from The Rake's Progress - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9243)

6:00 J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South - Thomas Christian Ensemble (Dabringhaus & Grimm MD 603 1590)

D'INDY: The Enchanted Forest Op 8 - Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10464)

VERDI: Dance of the Priestesses, from Aida - Berlin Radio SO/Ferenc Fricsay (DG 427 021)

LILBURN: Nos 7-13, from Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

WAGNER: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDC 7 47255)

7:00 TRAD arr Holst: Personent hodie - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (Coro COR 16085)

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - James Galway (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (RCA 74321 37731)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Dubinushka - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (Orfeo C 781 091 A)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7228/29)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MASSENET: Sous les tilleuls, from Scènes alsaciennes - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (London 443 333)

MOZART arr anon: Three arias from The Magic Flute, Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Ach, ich fühl's es ist verschwunden; Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln) (Sony 88697 28585)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Los Angeles Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 806)

SOUSA: America First (March of the States) - Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559247)

YAMADA arr Yashiro: Lullaby from the Chugoku Area; Red Dragonfly - Sonoko Numata (vln), Akemi Tadenuma (pno) (Camerata 30CM-409)

ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - BBC SO/Malcolm Arnold (BBC Music BBC MM 80)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

L'Olimpiade, Overture - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Thomas Hengelbrock (DHM 05472 77289)

Siam navi all'onde algenti, from L'Olimpiade - Patricia Petibon (sop), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (DG 477 8763)

Concerto in D minor for two violins & cello RV565, from L'Estro Armonico Op 3 - Federico Guglielmo, Carlo Lazari (vlns), Pietro Bosna (cello), L'Arte dell'Arco/Christopher Hogwood (Chandos CHAN 0689)

Dixit Dominus in D RV807 - Monique Zanetti, Emanuela Galli (sops), Susanna Moncayo von Hase (contralto), Ian Honeyman , Mario Cecchetti (tens), Ensemble Vocale il Canto di Orfeo, Ensemble Pian & Forte/Francesco Fanna (Stradivarius STR 33812)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 20/4 - London Haydn Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67877)

GRIEG: Norwegian Dances Op 35 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1291)

ENESCU: Cello Sonata No 2 in C Op 26/2 - Laura Buruiana (cello), Martin Tchiba (pno) (Naxos 8.570582)

MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 11 in Bb minor Op 34 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 696898)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

LINCKE: Glow Worm Idyll - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

DUROSOIR: Idylle, for wind quartet - Quintette Aquilon (Alpha 175)

MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

BACH: Fugue in D BWV580 - Christopher Herrick (organ of Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland) (Hyperion CDA 67139)

ANON: Sleep my baby - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Artur Rubinstein (pno), BBC SO/Colin Davis (BBC Legends BBCL 4187)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston SO/James Levine (rec 2007) (BSO Classics 0801)

NZ musicians and composers

CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

HÜE: Fantaisie - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 8 in D - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 466 462)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orch/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80551)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

SAINT-SAËNS: Second movement, part 2, Maestoso-Allegro, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Peter Averi (organ of the Wellington Town Hall), New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

GLINKA: A Life for the Tsar, Overture - Sofia Festival Orch/Emil Tchakarov (Sony S3K 46487)

DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me Op 55/4 - Anna Netrebko (sop), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 477 8589)

MONTEVERDI: Let others sing of love, from the Eighth Book of Madrigals - Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Opus 111 OPS 30-187)

POULENC: C'est ainsi que tu es, from Métamorphoses No 2; Priez pour paix; La belle Jeunesse, from Chansons gaillardes No 7 - David Daniels (countertenor), Martin Katz (pno) (Virgin 5 45400)

KREISLER: Violin Concerto in C - Georges Alès (vln), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Jean-Baptiste Mari (Mandala MNE 5067)

ABEL: Symphony in Eb Op 7/6 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

In the last Composer of the Week for 2011 Thomas Goss looks at the life and music of ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) (RNZ)

Beatus vir RV795 - Susan Gritton (sop), Nathalie Stutzmann, Hilary Summers, Alexandra Gibson (contraltos), Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66809)

Nikolai Demidenko (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Tom Woods

STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20; RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18; Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (recorded in the Aurora Centre, Christchurch by RNZ)

PAGANINI arr Kreisler: Introduction & Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola Op 12 - Philippe Quint (vln), Dmitriy Cogan (pno) (Naxos 8.570703)

DELIUS ed & arr Beecham: Irmelin, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7264)

GÓRECKI: Totus tuus - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 66928)

FRANCK: Le Chasseur Maudit - Royal Phil/Raymond Leppard (Tring International TRP 070)

11:00 HUMMEL: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 5/3 - Ralph Holmes (vln), Richard Burnett (fpno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 12)

BRITTEN: String Quartet No 2 in C Op 36 - Emperor Quartet (BIS SACD 1540)

Disc 1

STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F, BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

Christmas from Lichfield, TRAD arr Willcocks: Sussex Carol; WARLOCK: Bethlehem Down; HENDRIE: There Is No Rose; GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; BACH: In dulci jubilo; POSTON: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree; MENDELSSOHN: Christus; HOWELLS: Sing Lullaby; Here is the Little Door; BACH: In dulci jubilo; TRAD ar Jackson: Noël nouvelet; GRUBE arr Andrew Lumsden: Silent Night; BERKELEY: Look up, sweet babe Op 43/2; TAVENER: The Lamb; EDMUNDSON: Vom Himmel hoch; DARKE: In the Bleak Midwinter; BRITTEN: A New Year Carol; CROTCH: Lo! Star-Led Chiefs - Choir of Lichfield Cathedral/Andrew Lumsden, Robert Sharpe (org) (Nimbus NI 5496)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C, Dissonance K465 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

6:00 BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (St John's College SJCR 103)

SIBELIUS: Humoresques, in D minor Op 87/1; in D Op 87/2; in Eb Op 89/3 - Vilde Frang (vln), West German Radio SO/Thomas Söndergård (EMI 6 84413)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129, Rage over a lost penny - Josef Hofmann (pno) (Nimbus NI 8818)

RAVEL: Fourth movement, Feria, from Rapsodie espagnole - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (NZSO)

7:00 BALDWIN: Lullay my liking - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher (Raven OAR 924)

REZNICEK: Donna Diana, Overture - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Albert Wolff (Testament SBT 1308)

GOTTSCHALK orch Kay: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80112)

MOREL: Danza Brasilera - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1000)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2 - Van Cliburn (pno) (Philips 456 748)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 041 102)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour - Janet Baker (mezzo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 434 173)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 342)

GRAINGER arr Wells: Blithe Bells - John Wells (organ of Sacred Heart Basilica, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

OFFENBACH arr Rosenthal: Can-Can, from Gaité Parisienne - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Eugene Fodor (vln), New Philharmonia/Erich Leinsdorf (RCA 09026 61726)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Chamber Concerto in G minor RV106 - Gail Hennessy (baroque ob), Sally Holman (bsn), Rodolfo Richter (vln), Peter McCarthy (violone), Nicholas Parle (org) (Signum SIGCD 037)

Il Giustino, Sinfonia - Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis (dir) (Veritas 5 45518)

Dell'aura al sussurrar, from Dorilla in Tempe - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Decca 466 569)

Four Seasons, Spring - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (hpschd/dir), Venice Baroque Orch (Sony SK 51352)

Laudate pueri Dominum RV601 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Naïve OP 30416)

PROKOFIEV: Russian Overture - London Phil/Walter Weller (Brilliant Classics 9006)

MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in A minor for piano & strings - Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2082)

HUMMEL: Trio in A for flute, cello & piano - Lise Daoust (fl), Elizabeth Dolin (cello), Carmen Picard (pno) (Naxos 8.553473)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

FRESCOBALDI: Chant en style récitatif - James Bowman (countertenor), Skip Sempé (hpschd) (Arion ARN 68046)

VIERNE: Scherzetto, from 24 Pièces en Style Libre Op 31 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Valentin Radutiu (cello), Per Rundberg (pno) (Oehms Classics OC 759)

MACKY: Not on a snowy night (Te Harinui) - Nicola Sutherland (pno), Wellington Youth Choir/Stuart Douglas (NZ Hymnbook Trust)

FANSHAWE: African Sanctus - Valerie Hill, Patricia Clarke (sops), Ambrosian Singers/Owain Arwel Hughes (Philips 426 055)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BACH: Partitas, No 3 in A minor BWV827; No 5 in G BWV829 - András Schiff (pno) (rec 1983) (Decca 475 8234)

BACH arr Giegling: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Heinz Holliger (ob), Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 420 700)

NZ musicians and composers

HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

BRIDGE: The Sea - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

LITOLFF: Second movement, Scherzo, from Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor Op 102 - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 123)

ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Vega Wind Quintet (LDR LDRC 1002)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66781)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

VERDI: La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 550)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7512)

SCOTT: The Toy Trumpet - Mark Calder (tpt), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

BAX: The Happy Forest - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 10446)

BRUUN: A walk in the Forest - Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Sören Kinch Hansen (Dacapo 8.226051)

FARR: From Forgotten Forests - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Trust MMT 2020)

VILLA-LOBOS: Dawn in a Tropical Forest - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Roberto Duarte (Marco Polo 8.223357)

GUBAIDULINA: Sounds of the Forest - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7658)

TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Down in yon forest - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16085)

PEJMAN: Song of the forest - Nuremberg SO/Alexander Rahbari (Aladdin ALD CL 3000)

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

(9) Gillian WHITEHEAD: the improbable ordered dance (2000) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (rec 12/05/2006) (RNZ)

8:00 Grooves Unspoken

Auckland saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Yvette Audain performs some of her own works with friends at an Auckland Fringe concert

AUDAIN: Grooves Unspoken; Hazine; Meditations upon Nasreddin Hoca; Hold Fast; An Irksome Vengeance; bulletproof petals; A Charleston Kick with Steelcaps (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera, by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32; PARRY: Chorale Prelude on Eventide; WESLEY: Choral Song & Fugue; Air & Gavotte; ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1; Chanson de Matin Op 14/2; COCKER: Tuba Tune; WHITLOCK: Folk Tune from Five Short Pieces; LEMARE: Rondo Capriccio, a study in accents Op 64; ELGAR: Nimrod; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude on Rhosymedre; ELGAR: Organ Sonata in G Op 28 - Carlo Curley (organ of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol) (Argo 433 450)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

REICHA: Wind Quintets, No 12 in C minor Op 91/6; No 24 in Bb Op 100/6; Andante No 1 in Eb for cor anglais - Albert Schweitzer Quintet (CPO 999 029)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Te Roopu Rangatahi - Waiata o Aotea Roa

Choral works by BODY, WELLS, MEWS, HAMILTON, GRIFFITHS, POULENC, BRAHMS - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks; Ode for St Cecilia's Day; Harp Concerto in Bb; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring; PURCELL: Chacony in G minor; ALBINONI: Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor Op 9/2; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for Multiple Instruments RV558 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 197)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

LISZT: Romance Oubliée S132; GRIEG: Cello Sonata Op 36; LISZT: Elégies, No 1 S130; No 2 S131; RUBINSTEIN: Cello Sonata No 1 Op 18; LISZT: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth S382; La Lugubre Gondola S134 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (RCA 09026-68290)

6:00 CHERUBINI: The Water Carrier, Overture - CBSO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50-9513)

VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza (Lento), from Symphony No 5 in D - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

TCHAIKOVSKY trans Lindberg: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Per Lundberg (pno) (BIS CD 808)

D'INDY: Istar, Symphonic Variations - Luxembourg Phil/Emmanuel Krivine (Timpani 1C 1101)

7:00 CROTCH: Lo! star-led chiefs, from the oratorio Palestine - Choir of Lichfield Cathedral/Andrew Lumsden, Robert Sharpe (org) (Nimbus NI 5496)

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 751)

SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

J STRAUSS I: Salon Polka Op 161 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

GIBBONS: A Ground; The Italian Ground; ANON: Chi Passa, from Dublin Virginal Book - Robert Petre (hpschd) (Meridian CDE 84316)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1060 - Andrew Manze (vln/dir), Rachel Podger (vln), Academy of Ancient Music (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7155)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DUROSOIR: Berceuse - Eric Picard (cello), Johan Farjot (pno) (Alpha 175)

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Ballet Music - Vienna Phil/Karl Münchinger (Decca 444 546)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Maxine Eilander (harp), Seattle Baroque Orch/Stephen Stubbs (dir) (ATMA ACD 2 2541)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - François Petit (cl), Carole Carniel (pno) (Ligia LIDI 030 2216-10)

GLINKA orch Shebalin: Symphony on Two Russian Themes - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Chant du Monde LDC 278 819)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Gloria e Imeneo - Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo), Hilary Summers (contralto), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 67361/2)

LANGLEY: Overture & Beginners - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2133)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Barry Douglas (pno), New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (NZSO)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 1 in A - Borodin Quartet (Melodiya MEL CD 10 00942)

SPOHR: Symphony No 2 in D minor Op 49 - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67616)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

TRAD arr Pokela/Sariola/Kontio: Bells of Konevitsa Monastery - Martti Pokela, Eeva-Leena Sariola, Matti Kontio (kanteles) (Finlandia 0630 12722)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fugue, In the Monastery - Lyric Quartet (Meridian CDE 84293)

LEFEBURE-WELY: Nocturne in Db Op 54, Les cloches du monastère - Bart van Oort (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94048)

LISZT: Die Zelle in Nonnenworth - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Rolf-Dieter Arens (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.634)

KETÈLBEY arr Ware: In a Monastery Garden - Christopher Herrick (organ of Truro Cathedral) (Hyperion CDA 67317)

BEETHOVEN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Op 112 - Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus & Orch/Lawrence Foster (PentaTone PTC 5186 359)

MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - Bamberg SO/Claus Peter Flor (RCA RD 87905)

MONTEVERDI: Damigella tutta bella, from Canzonette e scherzi musicali, Venezia 1607 - Nuria Rial (sop), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvity, Jan van Elsacker (tens), João Fernandes (bass), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

BACH: Goldberg Variations, Part 1 BWV988 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66589) (Part Two next Wednesday)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Peter Donohoe (pno), Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Bournemouth SO/Rudolf Barshai (rec 1986) (EMI CDC 7 49124)

NZ musicians and composers

HILL: String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

BIZET: Symphony in C - New Zealand SO/Donald Johanos (Naxos 8.553027)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

GRANADOS arr Cassadó: Intermezzo, from Goyescas - Devich Trio (Challange Classics CC 72322)

BUTTERWORTH: Two English Idylls - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 245)

POENITZ: Italienische Romanze Op 27 - Laura Vinciguerra (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9179)

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - BBC Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Chandos CHAN 9633)

JONGEN: Menuet-Scherzo, from Two Pieces Op 53 - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

G WALKER: Lyric for Strings - Chicago Sinfonietta/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 061)

DYSON: Three Lyrics, Reverie; Arabesque; Barcarolle - David Juritz (vln), David Owen Norris (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7137)

CARR: Seven Elizabethan Lyrics - Schola Polyphonica, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

BAX: Lyrical Interlude - Garfield Jackson (vla), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.555953)

GRIEG: Melodie; Halling; Elegie; Waltz, from Lyric Pieces Op 38 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7186)

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 (2) (VIP)

Susan Graham (mezzo), Montreal Children's Chorus, Montreal SO/Kent Nagano

BELLEMARE: Overture to Réjouissances; TRAD: Il est né le divin enfant; ANON: Adeste fideles; GRUBER: Silent Night; ADAM: O Holy Night; TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Suite; ANON: Angels we have heard on high; TRAD: O Tannenbaum; HANDEL: Joy to the world (recorded in the Basilique Notre-Dame, Montreal by Radio Canada, Montreal)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - Vilde Frang (vln), West German Radio SO/Thomas Söndergård (EMI 6 84413)

MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 24 in F minor Op 63 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

ZEMLINSKY: Clarinet Trio in D minor Op 3 - Ensemble Liaison (Melba MR 301 132)

WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

11:00 BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Gold CV-S 006G)

BRAHMS arr Salter: Six Songs for cello & piano, Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.208)

Disc 1

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for two violins; Concerto in D for four violins; Concerto in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba & strings; Concerto in G minor for recorder & strings; Concerto in C for four violins; Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute & strings - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (DG 439 444)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

GERSHWIN: Strike Up the Band; Rhapsody in Blue; Prelude No 1; Piano Concerto in F, Allegro Agitata; An American in Paris; Prelude No 3; Medley from Porgy & Bess; Fascinating Rhythm; Lullaby; Promenade; Cuban Overture - Sarah Vaughn (sop), André Previn (pno), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams, New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 64060)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Christmas Oratorio Parts 1-3 - Monika Frimmer (sop), Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Gerd Turk (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 941/2)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 14 in C# minor Op 27, Moonlight; No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique; No 23 in F minor Op 57, Appassionata - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 34509)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

COATES: Sweet Seventeen; Summer Afternoon; Impressions of a Princess; Salute the Soldier; Two Light Syncopated Pieces, Moon Magic; Rose of Samarkand; For Your Delight; The Unknown Singers; I Sing to You; Coquette; Over to You; Idyll; Under the Stars; By the Tamarisk; Mirage; Last Love; The Greenland - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

6:00 BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Orfeo C 693 071 A)

HAYDN: Philemon & Baucis, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

IBERT: Scherzetto - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

IRELAND: Decorations, The island spell; Moon-glade; The scarlet ceremonies - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 074)

FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)

7:00 TRAD: The Shepherd's Star - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7453)

SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Vienna Bohème Quartet (Koch Schwann 3-6718)

MALIPIERO: La Cimarosiana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)

ALBINONI trans Balsom: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 4/1 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Onyx 4049)

GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc SACD 60657)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MENDELSSOHN arr Ichinose: On Wings of Song - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

BOLCOM: Graceful Ghost Rag - William Feasley (gtr) (SO 22581 CD)

J STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

FARR: Waipoua - Marina Sturm (cl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

TURINA: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Naxos 8.553596)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Arsilda, Queen of Pontus, Sinfonia - Modo Antiquo/Federico Maria Sardelli (CPO 999 740)

Oboe Sonata in C, Salmoe RV779 - Gail Hennessy (baroque ob), Rodolfo Richter (vln), Sally Holman (bsn), Nicholas Parle (org) (Signum SIGCD 037)

Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Mauro Squillante, Davide Rebuffa (mandolins), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (Brilliant Classics 93810)

Cello Sonata No 6 in Bb RV46 - Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Musicaphon M 56917)

Concerto in C for multiple instruments RV555 - Manfredo Kraemer (vln), Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9835)

JANÁCEK arr Breiner: The Excursions of Mr Broucek, Suite - New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570555)

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Sony SK 89029)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - Montreal SO/Kent Nagano (Sony 88697 92360)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

VIERNE: Clair de lune Op 53/5 - Stanislas Deriemaeker (organ in the Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerpen) (NCRV 9087/90)

ELGAR: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

FAURÉ: Clair de lune Op 46/2 - Measha Brueggergosman (sop), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 477 8101)

STRAUSS: Moonlight music, from Capriccio - Atlanta SO/Donald Runnicles (Telarc TEL 31755)

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite Bergamasque - Roberta Rust (pno) (Centaur CRC 2867)

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

BARBIERI: Como nací en la calle de la Paloma, from El barberillo de Lavapiés - Elina Garanca (mezzo), Turin Philharmonic Chorus, RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Yehudi Menuhin (vln), Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 415 874)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Géza Anda (pno), Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (rec 1963) (DG 477 5289)

Widmung Op 25/1; Aufträge Op 77/1; Sehnsucht Op 51/1; Frage Op 35/9; Mein schöner Stern Op 101/4; Schneeglöckchen Op 79/27; Erstes Grün Op 35/4; Der Nussbaum Op 25/3; Loreley Op 53/2; Der Meerfee Op 125/1 - Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (fpno) (rec 1965) (DHM GD 77085)

NZ musicians and composers

WEBER: Jubilee Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

CHARLTON: Sonata for flute & guitar - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private Recording)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (RNZ)

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

COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (RegisC 1209)

CARSE: Two Sketches, A Northern Song; A Northern Dance - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 5719)

GRANADOS orch Breiner: Rondella aragonesa, from Spanish Dances - Norbert Kraft (gtr), Razumovsky Sinfonia, Bratislava/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.554103)

PUCCINI: String Quartet in D - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

DELIUS: Air & Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2136)

MEYER/MARSHALL: Short trip home; Hang hang - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (gtr) (Sony SK 60864)

GROVLEZ: Les Marionettes; Berceuse de la poupée; Le Pastour; Chanson de l'Escarpolette, from L'Almanach aux Images - Jean-Paul Sevilla (pno) (Discover International DICD 920 169-70)

CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Daniel Hyde (org) (EMI 5 58070)

KÓDALY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (Brilliant Classics 92403)

ELGAR arr Barfoed: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National SO/Mario Venzago (RCA 88697 63081)

ANON arr Bonell: Spanish Romance - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

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

Brian Kay's Secular Christmas

Conductor, broadcaster and ex-King's Singer Brian Kay presents a selection of some of his favourite non-sacred music for the festive season (RNZ)

Arabian Nights

David Geringas (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Garry Walker

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104; VASKS: Fragment, from The Book; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

HANDEL: My heart is inditing - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses, from Ordre No 6; Le Tic-Toc-Choc, ou Les Maillotins; La Couperin; Les Calotines; Les Ombres Errantes; Les Tricoteuses - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1956)

JARNEFELT: Suite in Eb - Lahti SO/Jaakko Kuusisto (BIS CD 1753)

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - David Singer (cl), A Far Cry Orch (Naxos 8.559667)

11:00 ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

BERIOT: Piano Trio No 1 in D Op 58 - Kuniko Nagata (vln), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Hirotoshi Kasai (pno) (Talent DOM 2911 127)

Disc 1

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, (excerpts); Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 (excerpts) - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RUTTER: Gloria; What sweeter music; WILBERG: Noe! Noe!; WADE arr Wilcocks: Fanfare and O come, all ye faithful; WELLS: Metamorphoses on a Noël; RUTTER: Mary's lullaby; STRAUSS arr Hughes: Feierlicher Einzug; PARRY: Welcome, Yule!; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams/Walsh: O little town of Bethlehem; TRAD arr Wilberg: Ding, dong! Merrily on high; LEIGHTON JONES: Christmas Medley; TRAD arr Leighton Jones: The holly and the ivy; TRAD arr Wilcocks: Unto us is born a Son; TRAD arr Rutter: Deck the hall; MENDELSSOHN arr Wilcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - APO Brass & Percussion, Music Sacra/Indra Hughes, John Wells, Nicholas Forbes (orgs) (Atoll ACD 342)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

6:00 CPE BACH: Symphony in Eb Wq179 - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Stephan Mai (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1711)

TRAD arr Currie: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - Royal Scottish National Chorus, BBC Scottish SO/John Currie (ASV White Line CD WHL 2087)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Radu Lupu (pno) (Decca 417 599)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (London 421 391)

7:00 TRAD: There is no rose - Pepe Becker, Celia Aspey-Gordon, Virginia Lecren (sops), Andrea Cochrane, Elise Bradley (contraltos), Christopher Warwick (countertenor), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

DVORÁK: Songs my mother taught me , No 4 from Gypsy Melodies Op 55 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Philips 462 712)

SCHUBERT trans Rachmaninov: Wohin?; MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; BIZET trans Rachmaninov: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

BRAHMS arr Elkjer: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

BIZET: La Garde Montant; Danse Bohème, from Carmen Suite No 2 - Royal Phil/Mark Ermler (Tring International TRP 002)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BEETHOVEN arr Berger: Sonatina in C minor for mandolin & piano WoO43a - Julius Berger (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Challenge Classics CC 72504)

ROSSE: The Doge's March, from The Merchant of Venice - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

FALLA trans Gendron: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Màrquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Dances, Polka; Furiant; Skocna (Dance of the Comedians) - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

GERSHWIN arr Stoltzman: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Il Farnace, excerpts - Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Naïve OP 30415)

Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Reinhold Friedrich (tpt/dir), Laura Vukobratovic (tpt), Cappella Istropolitana (Capriccio 71 107)

Gloria in D RV589 - Anna Simboli, Alena Dantcheva (sops), Sara Mingardo (contralto), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30485)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Bamberg Symphony/Jonathan Nott (Tudor 7143)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD 5222)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Ensemble Contraste (Zig Zag ZZT 110302)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ)

SPOHR: Grande Polonaise Op 40 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 798)

SVENDSEN: Polonaise No 2 in D Op 28 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in Bb Op 71/2 - Evgeni Bozhanov (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 579)

The Shakespeare Sonnets

Michael Hurst reads Sonnets Nos 9, 18, 37, 52, 114, 127, 139 & 154 (RNZ)

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - György Cziffra (pno) (Philips 456 760)

VERDI: Tacea la notte placida; D'amor sull'ali rosee, from Il Trovatore - Leontyne Price (sop), Laura Londi (mezzo), Rome Opera House Orch/Arturo Basile (RCA RCD 1-7016)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello) (Testament SBT 1388)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MYASKOVSKY: Symphony No 7 in B minor Op 24 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (rel 2007) (Warner 2564 69689-8)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno), CBSO/Simon Rattle (rec 1977) (Philips 456 787)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes & Fugues, No 11 in B; No 12 in G# minor, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441-3)

NZ musicians and composers

BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (SOUNZfine Vol 5)

RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 01CD)

BARBER: Dover Beach Op 3 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Belcea Quartet (EMI 5 58076)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Symphony in E minor Op 46 - Bamberg SO/Gary Brain (Conifer 75605 51317)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)

FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

SATIE: Gymnopédies - Claire Chevallier (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 080 901)

EICHHORN: Duo & Variations on a theme from Paganini's The Carnival of Venice - Friedemann Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns), Alexia Eichhorn (vla) (Naxos 8.572066)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9148)

DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'amore - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 475 6816)

DELIBES: Czárdás, from Coppélia - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 215)

WILD: Improvisation on Someone to watch over me, in the form of a theme and three variations on the song by George Gershwin - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

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

HEAD arr Loman: The little road to Bethlehem - Monica Whicher (sop), Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

PAULUS: The Road Home - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)

WEILL: Lonely house, from Street Scene - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Orch of St Luke's/David Zinman (Nonesuch 79458)

ZHAO JIPING: Dance from Quici, from Silk Road Suite - Lang Lang (pno), Zhang Jiali (guanzi) (DG 477 6229)

KREEK: In the Village Street - Estonian Radio Choir/Toomas Kapten (Essti Raadio ER 002)

CURTIS: Open Road - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

The Critic's Chair

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

Tawahi Trio: Jean-Michel Bertelli (cl), Donald O'Neil (vla), Richard Beauchamp (pno)

UHL: Kleines Konzert; SCHUMANN: Fairy-tale Scenes Op 132; R CLARKE: Prelude, Allegro & Pastorale; MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

GAIGEROVA: Suite Op 8 - Eliesha Nelson (vla), Glen Inanga (pno) (Sono Luminus DSL 92136)

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: Children's Corner - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.570759)

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Noel Coward (narrator), Andre Kostelanetz & his Orch (Coronet KLL 529)

MOMPOU: Scenes of childhood - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.554332)

11:00 RIES: Flute Quartet in A Op 145/3 - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 576)

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (Bridge 9320)