Schedules for 24 - 30 December, 2011

Disc 1

RESPIGHI: The Birds; Ancient Airs & Dances Suites 1 & 3; Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SWEELINCK: Toccata; Psalm 140; Hexachord Fantasia; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein; Echo Fantasia; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; Fantasia 'met bindingen'; Mein junges Leben hat ein End; Toccata; Erbarm dich mein o Herre Gott; Toccata; Psalm 116; Fantasia - Robert Woolley (organ of the Pieterskerk, Leiden) (Chandos CHAN 0701)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Once As I Remember: The Story of Christmas in readings and music based on the Springhead Christmas Play, including plainsong, traditional carols and motets by PALESTRINA, BASSANO, SWEELINCK, BYRD, DERING, WEELKES, TAVENER, GARDNER, ARMSTRONG, BÁRDOS, HOWELLS, and SCHÜTZ - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Trios, in F Op 18/1; in E minor Op 92/2 - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.550935)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Live from Budapest

Gypsy arrangements of traditional & popular tunes - Roby Lakatos (vln) & Lakatos Ensemble (DG 459 642)

6:00 WAGNER: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 474 377)

SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 419 247)

SVENDSEN: Zorahayda - Valdis Zarins (vln), Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

BIZET trans Mercz: Entr'acte to Act 3, from Carmen; Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Paul Tortelier (cello), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

7:00 ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62802)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte Op 66 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

KOECHLIN: Towards the Starry Vault Op 129 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Heinz Holliger (Hänssler CD 93.106)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 62/1, May breezes - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)

PAGANINI: La Campanella, Transcendental Study No 3 in G# minor after Paganini - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

KORNGOLD: Straussiana - North West German Philharmonia/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 146)

8:00 LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

PEROTIN: Viderunt omnes - Opus Anglicanum (Herald HAVPCD 212)

MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 803)

GODOWSKY: Studies 5-6, from Studies on Chopin Etudes, No 5 on Op 10/3 in Db; No 6 on Op 10/4 in C# minor - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67411/2)

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

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 8 in G, Le Soir - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (BBC Music BBC MM 237)

C SCHUMANN: Three partsongs for unaccompanied choir, Abendfeier in Venedig; Vorwärts; Gondoliera - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR 100 041 CD)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

FORQUERAY: La Portugaise - Jay Bernfeld (vla da gamba), Skip Sempé (hpschd) (DHM RD 77262)

PRAETORIUS: Come, thou Redeemer; BODY: People, look East; WARLOCK: Adam lay ybounden; BYRD: Laetentur coeli; TRAD: O come, O come Emmanuel; TRAD: Gabriel's Message - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

(10) Joyce Cobb Trio

The Grammy Award nominated singer from Memphis, Tennessee and her band inject their Southern flavour into classic jazz and rock songs (recorded in the Jazz Club, Prague by Czech Radio)

Indigenous music from around the world

Christmas in a Folk Style (Sweden)

'Jul i Folkton' (Christmas in a folk style) is the name of an annual concert tour given by seven of Sweden's foremost folk musicians. Each of the musicians has chosen their favourite carols, songs and instrumental pieces from the Swedish folk tradition (EBU)

10th Adam Chamber Music Festival (2009)

Six programmes

(3) A RITCHIE: Clarinet Quintet - Philip Green (cl), New Zealand String Quartet

FELD: Trio for violin, viola & cello - Vaclav Remes (vln), Josef Kluson (vla), Michal Kanka (cello)

DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Bridget Douglas (fl), Gillian Ansell (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp)

WARE: Calligraphy for solo cello - Rolf Gjelsten (cello)

MOZART arr anon: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 - Vaclav Remes, Helene Pohl (vlns), Josef Kluson, Gillian Ansell (vlas), Michal Kanka, Rolf Gjelsten (cellos) (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

WETZ: A Christmas Oratorio on Old German Poems - Marietta Zumbült (sop), Máté Sólyom-Nagy (bar), Erfurt Domberg Choir, Erfurt Philharmonic Chorus, Thuringian CO/George Alexander Albrecht (CPO 777 638)

NZ musicians and composers

FARR: Waipiro - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

DUSSEK: Piano Sonata in Bb Op 9/1 - Kemp English (fpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

PLEYEL: String Quartet in C Op 2/2 - Enso Quartet (Naxos 8.557496)

UTTING: Spirals - New Zealand SO/David Atherton (RNZ)

A STRAUSS edition

Das Rosenband Op 36/1; Meinem Kinde Op 37/3; Du meines Herzens Krönelein Op 21/2; Morgen Op 27/4; Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Soile Isokoski (sop), Marita Viitasalo (pno) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0011)

Schön sind, doch kalt die Himmelssterne Op 19/3; Ruhe, meine Seele Op 27/1; Schlechtes Wetter Op 69/5; Heimkehr Op 15/5; Allerseelen Op 10/8; Die Nacht Op 10/3 - Teresa Cahill (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (The Divine Art 24114)

Heimliche Aufforderung Op 27/3; Ständchen Op 17/2; Traum durch die Dämmerung Op 29/1; Verführung Op 33/1; Waldseligkeit Op 49/1; Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland Op 55/6 - Steve Davislim (ten), Victoria State Orch/Simone Young (Melba 301 081)

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

The traditional service heard every year since 1918 at King's College, Cambridge, with readings from the staff, clergy and choir members - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Peter Stevens (org) (recorded in King's College Chapel, Christmas Eve 2008) (EMI 6 86082)

HAYDN: Symphony No 101 in D - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

GADE: Piano Trio in Bb - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc CD 80601)

KARLOWICZ: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 8 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67389)

11:00 KIRCHNER: Eight Pieces Op 79 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.208)

M-A CHARPENTIER: Messe de minuit pour Noël - Alan Walker, Alistair Flutter (trebles), James Turnbull (countertenor), Ben Cooper (ten), Andrew Rupp (bass), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia/George Guest, Robert Huw Morgan (org) (Chandos CHAN 10448)

Disc 1

RUTTER: Wexford Carol; Jesus childe; There is a flower; Donkey carol; Wild wood carol; Angels' carol; Nativity carol; Mary's lullaby; Star carol; Candlelight carol; Shepherd's pipe carol; Christmas lullaby; Dormi, Jesu; Love came down at Christmas; Sans Day carol; I wonder as I wander; What sweeter music; Joy to the world; I saw three ships; Deck the hall; The very best time of the year; We wish you a merry Christmas; Silent night - Stephen Varcoe (bar), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 510)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

Renaissance and Baroque Christmas Music for Brass in the Schwerin Cathedral - Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium, Jan Ernest (org) (Hänssler CD 98.444)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RESPIGHI: L'adorazione dei Magi; BRITTEN: A Boy was Born; HONEGGER: Une catante de Noël - various artists (BBC Music MM 236)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

The Frostbound Wood

Christmas Music by Peter WARLOCK - Allegri Singers/Louis Halsey (Continuum CCD 1053)

5:00 approx - Disc 5

SWINGLE/MOORE: A visit from St Nicholas; TRAD add McNeff: Carol of the Bells; KIRKPATRICK arr McNeff: Away in a Manger; PIERPOINT arr McNeff: Jingle Bells; TRAD arr McNeff: The First Nowell; TCHAIKOVSKY arr McNeff: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy; HOPKINS arr McNeff: We Three Kings; TRAD arr McNeff: Angels from the Realms of Glory; Coventry Carol; TRAD arr Cable: D'où viens-tu, bergère; The Twelve Days of Christmas; TRAD arr Gillis: O Come, Emmanuel; I wonder as I wander; What Child is this?; TRAD arr Cable: La cloche de Noël; TRAD arr McNeff: We wish you a merry Christmas; TRAD arr Cable: Noël Nouvelet; MENDELSSOHN arr McNeff: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; GRUBER arr McNeff: Silent Night; TRAD arr McNeff: Good King Wenceslas; HANDEL arr Mills; Hallelujah Chorus; PRAETORIUS arr Cable: Lo, how a rose e'er blooming; TRAD arr McNeff: Oh come, all ye faithful - Canadian Brass, Elmer Iseler Singers (Philips 426 835)

LEIGHTON: Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child - Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood (BBC Music BBC MM 326)

FLECHA: La Negrina - Hamburg Monteverdi Choir/Jürgen Jürgens (Ambitus AMB 97 856)

TRAD: Iudicii signum - Sequentia/Barbara Thornton (dir) (DHM 05472 77383)

MATTHESON: Christmas Oratorio, The Redemptive Birth & Incarnation of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ - Nicki Kennedy, Anna Markland-Crookes (sops), Ursula Eittinger, Dorothee Merkel (contraltos), Andreas Post, Sven Hansen (tens), Stephan McLeod, Johannes Gsänger (basses), Cologne Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (CPO 777 274)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - John Barrow (bar), Choir of Guildford Cathedral, string orch/Barry Rose, Gavin Williams (org) (EMI CDM 7 64131)

TRAD: The Cherry Tree Carol; Nowel sing we, both all and some; Sing we to this merry company - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7453)

TAVENER: Birthday Sleep - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67475)

DURANTE arr Willens: Missa in Pastorale in A - Roberta Mameli (sop), Ursula Eittinger (mezzo), Andreas Post (ten), Stephan MacLeod (bass), Cologne Akademie/Michael Alexander Willens (CPO 777 571)

GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BOTTESINI: Elégie No 1 in D - Thomas Martin (dbass), London SO/Franco Petracchi (Naxos 8.570398)

WAGNER orch Mottl: Der Engel, from Wesendonck Lieder - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 64434)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 19/6, Venetian Gondola Song - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 421 119)

TRAD arr Hope: The lark in the clear air - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

BIZET: Micaela's aria, Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante, from Carmen - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 2)

C STAMITZ: Second movement, Romance: Andantino, from Cello Concerto No 1 in G - Christian Benda (cello), Prague CO (Naxos 8.551140)

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (PRT PVCD 8380)

MASON arr Rutter: Joy to the world; PIERPONT arr Gould: Jingle Bells; TRAD arr Rutter: Nativity Carol; TRAD arr Gould: The First Nowell - Claire Rutter (sop), Hallé Choir & Orch/Carl Davis (Hallé CD HIL 7504)

PARRY: Ode on the Nativity - Teresa Cahill (sop), Bach Choir, Royal College of Music Chorus, London Phil/David Willcocks (Lyrita SRCD 270)

TRAD arr McWilliam: Unto us is born a son; TRAD arr Bawden: Ding dong! merrily on high; TRAD arr Gant: Still, Still, Still; MENDELSSOHN arr Hill: Hark! the herald angels sing - Jonathan Brown (bar), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Resounding Brass/David Hill, Stephen Farr (org) (Herald HAVPCD 231)

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

(8) Composers in their Youth

MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Alessio Bax (pno), Ani Kavafian (vln), Paul Neubauer (vla), Nicolas Alstaedt (cello)

BARTÓK: Piano Quintet - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Ida Kavafian, Ani Kavafian (vlns), Paul Neubauer (vla), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) (WFMT)

SUK: Fantasy in G minor Op 24 - Michael Ludwig (vln), Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572323)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR Media 900 705)

Anna Leese (sop), Kate Spence (mezzo), David Hamilton (ten), Jared Holt (bar), Tudor Consort, Wellington Orch/Michael Stewart

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1-3 (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ) (continued at 3.00pm)

ROSSINI: Quatre hors d'oeuvres, Radishes; Anchovies; Pickles; Butter - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 24907)

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - BBC SO/Rudolf Kempe (BBC Legends BBCL 4056)

ADDINSELL arr Lane: Greengage Summer, Suite - Robert Gibbs (vln), Peter Lawson (pno), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2108)

STRAUSS: Whipped Cream Waltz, from Schlagobers Ballet Op 70 - Tokyo Metropolitan SO/Hiroshi Wakasugi (Denon CO 73414)

LAKATOS arr Lakatos/Cséki: Tomato Groove - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno) (DG 459 642)

J STRAUSS II: Wine, Women & Song - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCD 902)

Anna Leese (sop), Kate Spence (mezzo), David Hamilton (ten), Jared Holt (bar), Tudor Consort, Wellington Orch/Michael Stewart

BACH: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 5-6 (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker - Moscow Bolshoi Theatre Children's Choir & Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (PentaTone PTC 5186 091)

BLACK arr Mühling: Paper Doll - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 470)

OFFENBACH: Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Joan Sutherland (sop), Swiss Romande Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 866)

POLDINI arr Kreisler: Dancing Doll - Midori (vln), Robert McDonald (pno) (Sony SK 89700)

FAURÉ: Dolly Suite - Nicola & Alexandra Bibby (pno duet) (Telegraph TLG CD 004)

NZ musicians and composers

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth - Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley, Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion) (RNZ)

DANDRIEU: Noël No 13, Quand le Sauveur Jésus Christ - Gillian Weir (organ of Milwaukee's Performing Arts Centre) (Koss KC 1013)

A SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale per la nascità di Nostro Signore - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan, Peter Averi (hpschd) (Kiwi SLD 52)

LILBURN: Christmas 1942 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

MENOTTI: Introduction, March & Shepherd's Dance, from Amahl & the Night Visitors - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Koch International 3-7005)

Jolly old William Dart brings us his customary sack of tracks for Christmas. This year it’s mostly new stuff from Michael Bublé, Justin Bieber, Carole King, the Glee cast, Exohxo, Mindy Gledhill among others. Also a bunch of tracks which explore the strong Jewish influence on Christmas music (RNZ)

Katerina Knezíková (sop), Ensemble 18+/Vojtech Spurn (org/dir)

J STAMITZ: Sinfonia Pastorale; RYBA: Oh, dear lark!; O fiddle, sound forth!; O fiddle, sound forth!, from Six Songs of Praise for the Celebration of the Birth of the Lord; BRIXI: Quem vidistis pastores; Organ Concerto in G (recorded in the Hall of the New Municipal House, Prague by Czech Radio)

Clarinet Quintet in A K581 - Ludmila Peterková (basset cl), Bennewitz Quartet (Supraphon SU 4061)

Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Anthony Pike (basset cl), English CO/Ralf Gothóni (Avie AV 0035)

SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen Op 15 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - David Oistrakh (vln/dir), Igor Oistrakh (vln), Royal Phil (DG 463 616)

STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - CO of Europe/Alexander Janiczek (dir) (Linn CKD 330)

11:00 BIBER: The Nativity, from The Mystery Sonatas - John Holloway (vln), Tragicomedia (Virgin VCD 7 90838)

DIABELLI: Guitar Sonata in C Op 29/3 - Anthony Glise (gtr) (Dorian DIS 80113)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)

Disc 1

TRAD: Silent Night; Carol of the Bells; G GABRIELI: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine; BILLINGS: The shepherd's carol; TRAD: Still, still, still; O Tannenbaum; The first Nowell; FRIEDELL: Saw you never in the twilight; TRAD: The holly & the ivy; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; Patapan; Away in a manger; HASSLER: Angelus ad pastores ait; AVERRE: Did Mary know?; TRAD: Deck the hall; Coventry Carol; MARENZIO: Hodie Christus natus est; TRAD: Baloo, Lammy; I saw three ships; Of the father's love begotten; MANZ: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; TRAD: As with gladness men of old; I wonder as I wander; A la nanita nan; Ding Dong! Merrily on high - Musica Sacra/Richard Westenburg (DG 429 732)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

IN DULCI JUBILO - James Galway (fl), Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orch/John Georgiadis (RCA RD 60736)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

TALLIS: Videte miraculum; TAVERNER: Audivi vocem de caelo; BYRD: Rorate caeli desuper; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Gloria; BYRD: Tollite portas; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Sanctus & Benedictus; BYRD: Ave Maria; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis, Agnus Dei; BYRD: Ecce virgo concipiet; WHITE: Magnificat; TRAD: Puer natus est nobis (chant); SHEPPARD: Verbum caro factum est - Stile Antico, (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7517)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

LISZT: Christmas Tree; Weihnachtslied; Via Crucis; Chorale - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66388)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PRAETORIUS: Come, thou Redeemer; BODY: People, Look East; WARLOCK: Adam lay ybounden; BYRD: Laetentur coeli; TRAD arr Pettman: Gabriel's Message; TRAD arr Carter: Angelus ad Virginem; JOUBERT: There is no rose; RACHMANINOV: Bogoroditsye dyevo; MENDELSSOHN: Im Advent; TRAD arr Walsh: Once in royal David's city; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The blessed son of God; MADDEN: I sing of a maiden; TRAD arr Walsh: Of the Father's heart begotten: MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten; BARRETT arr Walsh: Wither's rocking hymn; GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent Night; TRAD arr Walsh: O little town of Bethlehem; GRIFFITHS: Dormi, Jesu; TAVENER: The Lamb; GARDNER: Tomorrow will be my dancing day; TRAD arr WALSH: O Come, all ye faithful - Wellington Cathedral Choir/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

6:00 JC BACH: Symphony in D Op 18/4 - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553367)

PUCCINI arr Kondonassis: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

SCHUBERT arr Mahler: Second movement, Andante con moto, from String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 333)

CHOPIN: Etude in C# minor Op 25/7 - Dominic Piers Smith (pno) (Private Recording)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Anthony Halstead (natural horn), Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 1756)

7:00 HOWELLS: Sing lullaby - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

D'ALBERT: Esther, Overture - BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67387)

VIVALDI trans Balsom: Violin Concerto in G RV310 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 7, Settimino - members of Sao Paulo SO (BIS CD 1440)

GERSHWIN arr Anderson: Girl Crazy, Suite - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 404)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 634)

TIPPETT: Five Negro Spirituals, from A Child of our Time - Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 1759)

IRELAND: Legend - Piers Lane (pno), Ulster Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 67296)

DAMASE: Variations, Early Morning, for flute & harp - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV CD DCA 898)

GLYN: Stag's Leap - BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

A Kiwi Boxing Day

BODY: Carol to St Stephen - 1992 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

J RITCHIE: Fourteen Christmas Cards - Jubilate Singers, Jubilate CO/John Pattinson (Jubilate JUB 001)

WELLS: Variations on Good King Wenceslas - John Wells (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (RNZ)

ELGAR: In the South, Alassio - Royal Phil/Andrew Litton (Virgin VC 7 90727)

J STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in C - Robert Aitken (fl), St Christopher CO/Donatas Katkus (Naxos 8.570150)

TANEYEV: Piano Trio in D Op 22 - Vadim Repin (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello), Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5419)

VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G - Mary Enid Haines (sop), Nina Scott Stoddart (mezzo), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), James Tibbles (org), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

Words and Music

Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

(1) Introduction (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

HUMMEL: Introduction, Theme & Variations in F Op 102 - Pierre W Feit (ob), Bamberg SO/Martin Turnovsky (Koch Schwann 3-1385)

WAGNER: Prelude & Entry of the gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold - National SO, Washington/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 775)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 - Solomon (pno), Philharmonia/Issay Dobrowen (rec 1947) (Testament SBT 1042)

ANON: Another Division on a Ground by Mr John Banister - David Douglass (vln), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

CPE BACH: String Symphony in Bb Wq182/2 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (rec 1979) (Archiv 415 300)

HANDEL: Sonata a cinque HWV288 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (rec 2006) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Recordare virgo mater; Regina caeli; Ave maris stella - A Sei Voci, Maîtrise des Pays de Loire/Bernard Fabre-Garrus (rec 1997) (Astrée Auvidis E 8612)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 49 in C# minor HobXVI/36 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (rec 2000) (Sony SK 89363)

NZ musicians and composers

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

MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Wgtn Sinfonia)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/André Previn (RCA GD 87830)

ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Oriental, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)

ROSS: Marching Strings - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

SCHUBERT trans anon: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343; Die Forelle D550; Der Doppelgänger D957/13 - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/2 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1406/7)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Alfama Quartet (Fuga Libera FUG 582)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 1 in Ab - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (RNZ)

TRAD arr Wilberg: What shall we give to the babe in the manger? - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orch at Temple Square/Craig Jessop (Telarc CD 80552)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

PÄRT: The Woman with the Alabaster Box - Cantillation/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 465 824)

FRIEDMAN: Music Box - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)

TRAD arr Leon: I will give my love an apple - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

ALWYN arr Lane: The Magic Box, Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10349)

TRAD arr Pearsall: In dulci jubilo; RUTTER: There is a flower; Candlelight Carol - Ruth Holton (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 106)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5060)

GEBEL the younger: Verfolge mich, o Welt!, Cantata for the second day of Christmas - Britta Schwarz (contralto), Andreas Post (ten), Matthias Vieweg (bass), Dresden Cantus Wettinianus, Les Amis de Philippe/Ludiger Rémy (dir) (CPO 777 610)

New Zealand String Quartet

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A minor Op 41/1; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 13 in Bb minor Op 138; String Quartet No 7 in F# minor Op 108; SCHUMANN: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 (recorded in the Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University, Wellington by RNZ)

DECORTI: Arabesque - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

WOLF-FERRARI: Arabesques in E Op 22, after a aria by Ettore Tito - Munich Radio Orch/Ulf Schirmer (CPO 777 567)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 2 in C minor Op 66 - Eggner Trio (Live Classics LCL 809)

Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 72308)

11:00 RAVEL: Sonata for violin & cello - Olivier Thouin (vln), Yegor Dyachkov (cello) (Analekta AN 2 9971)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Richard Savino (gtr), Artaria Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7069)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D 759, Unfinished; Grand Duo in C D812 (orch Joachim) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 655)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BABIN: Hillandale Waltzes; Thème; Valse élégante; Valse passionée; Valse sombre; Valse volante; Valse triste; Valse de bonne humeur; Valse brillante et joyeuse; Valse oubliée; CARDEW: Scherzo; RICHARDSON: Roundelay; SEIBER: Andantino Pastorale; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Bellison: Introduction and Hymn to the Sun; RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; PIERNÉ: Canzonetta Op 19; SCHMITT: Andantino Op 30/1; DUKAS: Alla Gitana; SATIE: Trois Gymnopédies; MESSAGER: Solo de Concours; RAVEL: Pièce en forme de Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

20th Century Christmas Carols by WALTON; LEIGHTON; RUBBRA; BRITTEN; TAVENER; PM DAVIES; HOWELLS; HAYWARD; WARLOCK; GARDNER - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 12702)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BEACH: Piano Quintet in F# Op 67; CLARKE: Piano Trio; Viola Sonata - Martin Roscoe (pno), Endellion Quartet (ASV CD DCA 932)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

FIALA: Oboe Concerto in Bb; KROMMER: Oboe Concerto in F Op 37; KALLIWODA: Oboe Concertino in F Op 110; MARTINU: Oboe Concerto - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rahski (Claves CD 50-9018)

6:00 MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (EMI CDC 7 49889)

RODRIGO: Ecos de Sefarad - Marco Socìas (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9177)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Justine Cormack (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

SAINT-SAËNS: Barcarolle Op 108 - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 943 1519)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

7:00 KOCHER arr Willcocks: As with gladness men of old - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Robert Quinney (org) (Coro COR 16085)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K138 - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 0 70922)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F# Op 15/2 - Dominic Piers Smith (pno) (Private Recording)

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PURCELL: Hush, no more, from The Fairy Queen - Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 419 221)

PAGANINI: Introduction & Variations on Dal tuo stellato, from Rossini's 'Moses' - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

MONCAYO: Huapango - Philharmonic Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra (Sony 88697 70441)

BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1143)

RAVEL arr Wood: Boléro - Bruce McKinnon (perc), Saxcess (Saxcess)

MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner 8573 80438)

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Virgin VC 7 91075)

CORSELLI: A ti, invisible Ruiseñor Canoro - Nuria Rial (sop), Emilio Moreno (vln/dir), El Concierto Español (Glossa GCD 920 307)

RESPIGHI: The Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - BBC Concert Orch/Stephen Cleobury (BBC Music BBC MM 236)

LEIGHTON: A Christmas Caroll - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (org) (Hyperion CDA 67716)

VARIOUS arr Peak: Christmas Medley - Welsh National Youth Orch/Owain Arwel Hughes (Quartz QTZ 2035)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No 2 in D Op 94a - Jack Liebeck (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Quartz QTZ 2002)

SPOHR: Symphony No 1 in Eb Op 20 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 179)

ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 1 in D minor - Guarneri String Quartet (Philips 446 092)

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 8775)

Words and Music

Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

(2) Gilbert & Sullivan (RNZ)

SULLIVAN arr Mackerras: Pineapple Poll - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (Arabesque Z 8016)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 58 - James Ehnes (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (CBC SMCD 5207)

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI: Hine e Hine - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

MERCADANTE: Duetto, Io troverò nell'Asia, from Zaira

Zaira............................. Majella Cullagh

Orosmane..................... Alastair Miles

Philharmonia/David Parry (Opera Rara ORR 224)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - Fine Arts Quartet (rec 1967) (Music & Arts CD 1154)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (rel 1981) (Philips 420 750)

NZ musicians and composers

Holiday Destinations

CARR: Auckland 71: Ode - Heath Lees (narrator), Orpheus Choir of Wellington Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

CROWE: Bali H'ai, Five Songs of the New Hebrides - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 77)

GERSHWIN arr Bennett: Gershwin in Hollywood - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

GIAMPIERI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 1501)

BARBER: Agnus Dei - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

BAX: Tintagel - London Phil/Osmo Vänskä (LPO 0036)

STANFORD: A song of peace; Pray that Jerusalem; EWING: Jerusalem the Golden; S ADAMS: The Holy City; PARRY: Jerusalem - Wells Cathedral Choir/Malcolm Archer, Rupert Gough (org) (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 S379a - Friedemann Eichhorn (vln), Rolf-Dieter Arens (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.634)

PERGOLESI: Il prigionier superbo, Sinfonia - St Cecilia CO/Alessio Vlad (Europa Musica 350 262)

PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Autumn, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79568)

RACHMANINOV: Third movement, Allegro scherzando, from Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Warsaw Phil/Stanislav Wislocki (Philips 456 952)

Robbie Ellis hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

7:20 WHITEHEAD: Out of This Nettle, Danger - Anthea Moller (mezzo), Karlheinz Company/John Elmsly (RNZ)

8:00 Live! at the Concertgebouw

Six programmes

(1) Leila Josefowicz (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Thomas Adès, Edo de Waart, Stanislav Skrowaczewski

VERMEULEN: Music from the Flying Dutchman; ADÈS: Violin Concerto, 'Concentric Paths'; Polaris, Voyage for Orchestra; Tevot; WAGNER: Overture, The Flying Dutchman; LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra (Radio Netherlands) (Programme 2 next Tuesday 8.00pm)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

BANTOCK: Celtic Symphony; The Witch of Atlas; The Sea Reivers; A Hebridean Symphony - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Hyperion CDA 66450)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 1 in D minor Op 74; Piano Septet No 2 in C Op 114, Septet Militaire - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66396)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride; SMART/MONTGOMERY arr Cullen: Angels from the Realms of Glory; TRAD arr Rutter: Nativity Carol; LIVINGSTON/EVANS arr Cullen: Silver Bells; MCCARTNEY/DAVIS: The world you're coming into, from Liverpool Oratorio; TRAD arr Gould: The First Nowell; MASON/WATTS arr Rutter: Joy to the World!; LEONTOVICH/WILLHOUSKY arr Hayman: Carol of the Bells; ADAM/DWIGHT arr Cullen: O Holy Night; BACH arr Bridges: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; DAVIS/NEWELL: The Most Wonderful Birthday of All; PIERPONT arr Gould: Jingle Bells; MARTIN/BLANE arr Cullen/Davis: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker; BERLIN arr Cullen: White Christmas - Claire Rutter (sop), Hallé Choir & Orch/Carl Davis

(Hallé CD HLL 7504)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

TARTINI: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 1/10, Didone abbandonata; Violin Sonata in C minor Op 1/8; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/2; Pastorale in A; Violin Sonata in F Op 1/12; Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDA 66430)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

HOLST: A Winter Idyll; Symphony in F Op 8, Elegy in Memoriam William Morris; Indra Op 13; A Song of the Night Op 19/1; Sita, Interlude; Invocation Op 19/2; The Lure, Ballet Music; Morning of the Year, Dances - Lorraine McAslan (vln), Alexander Baillie (cello), London Phil, London SO/David Atherton (Lyrita SRCD 209)

6:00 HERSCHEL: Symphony No 17 in C - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Szymanowski Quartet (Avi Music AVI 8553159)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV arr Palmer: Song of India, from Sadko - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 462 712)

WAGNER arr Liszt: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67101/2)

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)

7:00 BARVINSKYI: Oh, what a wonder! - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Tring International TRP 062)

INNS arr Russell: Robbin' Harry - Evelyn Glennie (perc), National Phil/Ray Russell (RCA 60242-2-RC)

MORALES arr Garbarek: Parce mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

SCHUMANN: Variations in Eb on an original theme WoO24, Ghost Variations - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Athene ATH CD 23)

PROKOFIEV: Waltz & Clock Scene, from Cinderella - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

8:00 Beauty Spot: CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'adieu - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (RCA 09026 63314)

BALAKIREV: In Bohemia - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9667)

BERNSTEIN: I feel pretty; Somewhere; America, from West Side Story Suite - Eroica Trio (EMI 5 07351)

DVORÁK: Polonaise, from Rusalka - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon 110624)

PONCE arr Heifetz/Ash: Estrellita - Matthew Trusler (vln), Düsseldorf SO/Yasuo Shinozaki (Orchid Classics ORC 100005)

Josef STRAUSS: Music of the Spheres, Waltz Op 235 - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

ENNS: God was a child curled up - Jurgen Petrenko (org), Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Centrediscs CMCCD 10905)

LUTOSLAWSKI: Polish Christmas Carols - Olga Pasichnyk (sop), Polish Radio Chorus, Cracow, Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.555994)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 477 6409)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Laurent Korcia (vln), Liège Royal Phil/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (Naïve V 5280)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 49 - ATOS Trio (CPO 777 505)

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 5, Neapolitan Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553125)

Words and Music

Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

(3) Ivor Novello (RNZ)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

BATH: Cornish Rhapsody, from the film Love Story - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

BAX: London Pageant - BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 9879)

WALTON arr Tracey: Crown Imperial - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral) (EMI CDB 7 62813)

HENRY VIII arr Howarth: Rose without a Thorn - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (Decca 417 524)

VIVALDI trans Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

MONTEVERDI: Sì dolce è 'l tormento - Philippe Jarousky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

FARR: Tuatara - Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2058)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O Jerusalem - Catherine King (mezzo) (Hyperion CDA 67039)

PSATHAS: Piano Quintet - Stephen Gosling (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2047)

FAURÉ orch Aubert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Brittany Orch/Moshe Atzmon (Timpani 1C 1172)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence - Yuri Yurov (vla), Mikhail Milman (cello), Borodin Quartet (rec 1993) (Teldec 4509 90422)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (rec 1989) (Sony SK 45819)

NZ musicians and composers

WEBER: Peter Schmoll, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

K YOUNG: Five Piano Pieces - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

ARNOLD: Flute Concerto No 1 Op 45 - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 377)

DEBUSSY arr/orch Kennedy: The girl with the flaxen hair from Preludes, Book 1 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)

SULLIVAN: Masquerade Finale, from The Merchant of Venice - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223461)

NIEDERMEYER attr Stradella: Pietà, Signore - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), London Phil/Ion Marin (Decca 466 102)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Padua & Venice Orch/Yuri Bashmet (Teldec 4509 94245)

PAGANINI arr Hubay: Moto perpetuo; Caprice No 13 in Bb - Ferenc Szecsödi (vln), István Kassai (pno) (Hungaroton HCD 32549)

BERLIOZ: Menuet des follets, from The Damnation of Faust - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)

LISZT: Transcendental Study No 5, Feux follets - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (Ambroisie AM 205)

SCHUBERT: Irrlicht, from Winterreise D911 - Christian Gerhaher (bar), Gerold Huber (pno) (Arte Nova ANO 807770)

FALLA trans Márquez/Gastinel: Song of the will-o'-the-wisp, from El Amor Brujo - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Márquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

LOEWE: Irrlichter Op 62/6 - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Cord Garben (pno) (DG 423 680)

NEVIN: Will o' the Wisp - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

J STRAUSS II: Irrlichter, Waltz Op 218 - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Franz Bauer-Theussl (Marco Polo 8.223240)

In Memoriam

Two programmes marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year

(1) SMETANA: Neighbour's Dance, from Czech Dances - Antonin Kubalek (pno) (Dorian DOR 90122)

MOZART: Ach, ich fühl's, from The Magic Flute - Margaret Price (sop), Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 278)

BARRY: The Day the Earth Fell Silent - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

RAVEL: Tzigane - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

SCHUMANN: Nachtstück in F Op 23/4 - Maurice Till (pno) (Kiwi SLD 20)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Bredon Hill, from On Wenlock Edge - Robert Tear (ten), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47220)

LIEBERSON: If your eyes were not the colour of the moon, from Neruda Songs - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Boston SO/James Levine (Nonesuch 79954)

SHCHEDRIN: Fourth movement, Finale, Presto festoso, from Piano Concerto No 1 in D - Vladimir Krainev (pno), Leningrad Phil/Alexander Dmitriev (Olympia OCD 259)

K KHACHATURIAN: Fourth movement, Toccata, Allegro con fuoco, from Cello Sonata - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Karen Khachaturian (pno) (EMI CZS 5 72016)

RTVE Chorus/Alberto Grau, Jorge Otero (pno), Oscar Galián (lute), José Luis González (percussion)

GUERRERO: Niño Dios de amor herido; Oh, qué nueva, from Canciones y Villanescas espirituales; FERNÁNDEZ: A Belén me Llego, tío; La Cabaña deja Bras, from Oaxaca Codex; TRAD arr Grau: Carols from Venezuela, Espléndida noche; Niño venturoso; Parranda; RAMIREZ arr Grau: Nuestra Navidad; GRAU: Magnificat-Gloria; E ROMERO: December Holiday (recorded in the Teatro Monumental, Madrid by Spanish Radio)

Symphony No 7 in E - Basel SO/Mario Venzago (CPO 777 615)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 33 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 119 - Christine Walevska (cello), Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Eliahu Inbal (Pentatone PTC 5186 136)

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, Suite - Royal Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (EMI CDC 7 47348)

11:00 FARRENC: Piano Trio No 3 in E minor Op 45 - Emanuel Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 023)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Quatuor Mosaïques (Naïve E 8665)

Disc 1

LILBURN: Overture, Aotearoa; Allegro for Strings; Concert Overture in D; Introduction and Allegro; Four Canzonas; Diversions for Strings; Festival Overture - NZSO/John Hopkins, Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

LIU TIAN HUA: Idyllic Tune; TRAD: Weeping River of Sorrow; ZHOU WEI: Celebrating the harvest of grapes; LIU JIN WEN: Ode to Shanmenxia Gorge; LIU TIAN HUA: Birdsong echoing in a quiet valley; RENG TONG XIANG: A bunch of flowers; HUA YAN JUN: Moon reflected in the twin-spring lake; LIU WEN JIN: Ballad of North Henan province - Yu Hong Mei (erhu), Wulin (konghou), Lui Yin Xuan (yang qin), Chen Zhe (pno) (Channel of China CCS SA 80206)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

Sing in Exultation

GAUNTLETT: Once in royal David's city; GRUBER: Silent Night (Po Marie); TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: O little town of Bethlehem; HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem; ANON arr Praetorius: Est ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; MADDEN: I sing of a maiden; ADAM arr Rutter: O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël); DARKE: In the bleak mid-winter; BASQUE arr Willcocks: The infant King; ANON arr Willcocks: Whence is that goodly fragrance flowing?; MACKY arr Hamilton: Te Harinui; RUTTER: Candlelight carol; TRAD arr Jacques: Good King Wenceslas; ANON: Ding dong! merrily on high; WADE arr Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful; GANNON/KENT arr Huff: I'll be home for Christmas; PIERPOINT: Jingle Bells; GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

3:20 approx - Disc 4

Music by STANFORD, FAURÉ, SCHUMANN, DELIUS, HANDEL, BACH, GRIEG arr Grainger - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5255)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

Train music by LANNER, J STRAUSS I, HOYER, J STRAUSS II, MEYER, E STRAUSS, Josef STRAUSS, GRAHL & LUMBYE - Slovak State Phil/Mica Eichenholz (Marco Polo 8.223470)

6:00 PARRY: Elegy for Brahms - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 6610)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in Eb Op 117/1 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (Philips 422 268)

VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in G, Alla rustica RV151 - Lucerne Festival Strings/Rudolf Baumgartner (Decca 443 768)

FALLA trans Maréchal/Liobet: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Màrquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

ROSSINI: Variations in C for clarinet, string quartet & orchestra - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 27708)

7:00 ASTON: Tidings, tidings that be true - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Michael Fulcher, Richard Apperley (org) (Raven OAR 924)

OFFENBACH: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI 5 65054)

L BOULANGER: D'un Matin de Printemps - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

SARASATE: Navarra Op 33 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572275)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse, Tarentelle Styrienne - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

8:00 Beauty Spot: KORNGOLD: Ich soll ihn niemals, from Die Kathrin - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

PROKOFIEV: Folk Dance, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8368)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2012)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Setchell: Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals; LANGLAIS: Cats, from American Suite - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

A MARCELLO: Concerto No 1 in D, from La Cetra - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0563)

ADAM: If I were king, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 332)

PIERNÉ: The Children at Bethlehem

The Star........................ Jocelyne Chamonin

The Holy Virgin............. Hanna Schaer

Jeannette....................... Norah Amsellem

Nicolas......................... Raphaëlle Hazard

Lubin............................ Daphné Kupperstein

The Donkey.................. Jean-Claude Orliac

The Ox/Herdsman/

A heavenly voice........... Jean-Marie Fremeau

French Radio Philharmonic & Children's Choir/Michel Lasserre de Rozel, Paul-Emile Deiber (narrator), Georges Delvallee (org) (Erato 2292 45008)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Concerto Cologne/Werner Matzke (dir) (Berlin Classics 030 0061 BC)

FARRENC: Nonet in Eb Op 38 - Philippe Bernold (fl), François Leleux (ob), Romain Guyot (cl), André Cazalet (horn), Gilbert Audin (bsn), Guillaume Sutre (vln), Miguel da Silva (vla), François Salque (cello), Vincent Pasquier (dbass) (Naïve V 5033)

AURIC: La Pastorale - German Radio Phil/Christoph Poppen (Hänssler CD 93.265)

COWEN: Concertstück - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67837)

Words and Music

Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

(4) Noel Coward (RNZ)

WILLIAMSON: Travel Diaries, London - Antony Gray (pno) (ABC 472 902)

GUNNING: Saxophone Concerto, On Hungerford Bridge - John Harle (sax), ASMF/Christopher Gunning (ASV CD WHL 2138)

COATES: London Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

JANÁCEK: Idyll for String Orchestra - Norwegian CO/Iona Brown (Chandos CHAN 9816)

A RITCHIE: Brass Quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private Recording)

MONTSALVATGE: Lullaby for a black baby, from Five Negro Songs - Elina Garanca (mezzo), RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

SKEMPTON: Lento - BBC SO/Mark Wigglesworth (NMC D 032)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Lazar Berman (pno), Turin RAI Orch/Peter Maag (rec 1976) (Arts Archives 43041)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 72 - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (rec 1985) (Supraphon 11 0081)

NZ musicians and composers

BODY: Three Transcriptions - New Zealand String Quartet (Rattle RAT D009)

PONCE: Three Popular Mexican Songs - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private Recording)

KRAUS: Violin Concerto in C VB151 - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.570334)

BIZET: Patrie, Overture - Melbourne SO/John Lanchbery (ABC Classics 456 669)

VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Jean-Louis Beaumadier (pic), French National Orch/Jean-Pierre Rampal (Calliope CAL 3630)

GRANADOS arr Zabaleta: Andaluza, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (Brilliant Classics 9059)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana - Maria Chiara (sop), National Phil/Kurt Herbert Adler (Decca 421 397)

WAGNER arr Singer: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Prelude - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)

J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Vienna Phil/Seiji Ozawa (Decca 473 168)

SIBELIUS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 69a - Ida Haendel (vln), Bournemouth SO/Paavo Berglund (EMI 5 74200)

WINKLER: Two Pieces Op 31, Méditation élégiaque; La toupie: scène d'enfant - Eliesha Nelson (vla), Glen Inanga (pno) (Sono Luminus DSL 92136)

FRANCK: Chorale No 3 in A minor - Marcel Dupré (organ of St Thomas' Church, New York) (Mercury 434 311)

J NOVACEK: Four Rags for two Jons, Schenectady; 4th Street Drag; Recuperation; Full Stride Ahead - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7508)

CURTIS: Five Dances for String Orchestra, Waltz; Ecossaise; Minuet; Marching Polka; Bergamasque - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2055)

In Memoriam

Marking musicians on CD who have passed on this year

(2) LISZT: Transcendental Study No 3 in G# minor after Paganini, La Campanella - Nikolai Petrov (pno) (Olympia OCD 144)

VERDI: Forse la soglia attinse, from A Masked Ball - Salvatore Licitra (ten), Mary Plazas (sop), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

MOZART: Don Giovanni, Overture - BBC Northern SO/Kurt Sanderling (BBC Legends BBCL 4248)

LEONCAVALLO: Si può? from I Pagliacci - Ingvar Wixell (bar), National Phil/Giuseppe Patanè (Decca 421 870)

WAGNER: Parsifal, excerpt from Act III Scene 1 - Donald McIntyre (bbar), Christopher Doig (ten), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Manu CD MANU 1317)

STRAUSS: September, from Four Last Songs - Sena Jurinac (sop), BBC SO/Malcolm Sargent (rec 1961 (BBC BBCL 4107)

REICHARDT: Sleep my child - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9826)

GARDNER: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Andrew MacMillan (org), Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh (Herald HAVPCD 224)

Kristian Winther (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Brett Dean

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81; DEAN: Violin Concerto, The Lost Art of Letter Writing; HARRIS: Symphony No 4, To the Memory of Mahinarangi Tocker (première performance) (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 717)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

STENHAMMAR: Serenade in F Op 31 - Gävle SO/Hannu Koivula (Naxos 8.572186)

11:00 REICHA: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 89 - Charles Neidich (cl), L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 57968)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 20/2 - London Haydn Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67877)

Disc 1

VERDI: Preludes, Overtures & Ballet Music, from Oberto; Un giorno de regno; Nabucco; Ernani; I due Foscari; Giovanna d'Arco; Alzira; Attila; Macbeth; I masnadieri; Il corsaro; La battaglia di Legnano - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9510)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb; SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C minor; CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

A Christmas Collection: SCHÜTZ: Tröster, tröster mein Volk; Sei gegrüsset,Maria; GABRIELI: Canzon XI; SCHÜTZ: Magnificat anima mea Dominum; Joseph, du Sohn David; Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten; Hodie Christus natus est; WECKMANN: Sonata à 4; SCHÜTZ: O Jesu, nomen dulce; Ein Kind ist uns geboren; GABRIELI: Canzona X; SCHÜTZ: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her; Das Wort ward Fleisch; USPER: Sonata à 8; SCHÜTZ: Alleluja, lobet den Herren - Academy of Ancient Music/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7202)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BOCCHERINI: Piano Quintets, No 1 in E minor; No 2 in F; No 5 in D - Patrick Cohen (fpno), Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8518)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

KETÈLBEY: In a Monastery Garden; Overture, The Adventurers; Chal Romano; Suite Romantique; Caprice Pianistique; The Clock and the Dresden Figures; Cockney Suite No 5, Bank Holiday; Cockney Suite No 3, At the Palais de Danse; In the Moonlight; Wedgwood Blue; Bells across the Meadows; The Phantom Melody; In a Persian Market - Slovak Phil Male Chorus, Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223442)

6:00 ALBÉNIZ arr Stokowski: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Eric Kunzel (Telarc CD 80338)

SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

HOLST: Lyric Movement for viola - Andriy Viytovych (vla), English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)

LILBURN: Three Preludes - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

ENNA: Hans Christian Andersen, Festival Overture - North German Radio Phil/Michael Hofstetter (CPO 777 035)

7:00 TRAD arr Hillier: A New Year's gift - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMX 297 7079)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - members of the Finchley Children's Music Group, National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 458 595)

WEBER: Andante & Hungarian Rondo in C minor Op 35 - Klaus Thunemann (bsn), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 432 081)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves, from Sir John in Love - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

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

ABEL: Symphony in G Op 7/1 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BORODIN arr anon: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

ROSSINI arr Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Largo al factotum, from The Barber of Seville - Sol Gabetta (cello), Mihaela Ursuleasa (pno) (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

GINASTERA: Malambo, from Estancia - Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

SCHUMANN: Julius Caesar, Overture - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in A Op 40/1, Military - Folke Nauta (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93995)

TELEMANN: Concerto in E minor for two flutes & bassoon TWV52/e2 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Marita Schaar (bsn), Frankfurt La Stagione/Michael Schneider (fl/dir) (CPO 777 401)

IZVEKOV: Christ is born - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7410)

BRUCH arr Froschauer: Christkindlieder Op 92 - Maria Zedelius (sop), Regine Röttger (contralto), West German Radio Chorus & Orch/Helmuth Froschauer (Capriccio 10 870)

RUTTER: Gloria - Cindy Winegar, Sharron Lindsay (sops), Rita Felt (mezzo), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Canadian Brass/Craig Jessop, John Longhurst (org) (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 8 - Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 21, Concerto dramatique - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Bournemouth SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572078)

BRUCKNER: String Quartet in C minor - L'Archibudelli (Sony SK 66251)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO Live RCO 05004)

Words and Music

Five programmes in which Brian Kay explores some favourite territory displaying the words and music in perfect combination

(5) Flanders & Swann (RNZ)

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Ensemble Villa Musica (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 1173)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 - Alan Civil (horn), Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe (EMI CD EMX 2004)

ARNOLD: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Gervase de Peyer (cl), Gwenneth Pryor (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8549)

SALIERI: Wind Quintet in Bb - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

GIBSON: And did you see him, little star? - Radha & the Kiwikids (NZ Hymnbook Trust)

LISZT: Totentanz - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Phil/Leo Hussain (BBC Music BBC MM 336)

TRAD Irish: Wexford Carol; TRAD Flemish: Cradle Song; TRAD Celtic: Child in a manger; RUTTER: Mary's Lullaby - Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (Decca 425 500)

FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121 - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 82 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (rec 1988) (EMI CDC 7 49814)

MYASKOVSKY: Sinfonietta in A minor Op 68/2 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (rel 2007) (Warner 2564 69689-8)

NZ musicians and composers

NOCK: Red descending; Sho's cradle song; Promise; Cartwheels - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D016)

GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), New York Choral Artists, New Princess Theater Orch/John McGlinn (EMI 5 57231)

SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart Op 9 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

BREINER: Songs & Dances from the Silk Road - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553858)

WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Haik Kazazyan (vln), Andrey Shibko (pno) (Delos DE 3384)

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore; Irish tune from County Derry (Danny Boy); Shepherd's Hey - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

GLUCK trans Kempff: Ballet Music & Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Idil Biret (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223452)

CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 552)

TRAD arr Baltimore Consort: The old year now away is fled - Custer LaRue (sop), Baltimore Consort (ABC Classics 472 044)

COWARD arr Buckeridge: World weary, from This Year of Grace - Ian Bostridge (ten), Jeffrey Tate (pno) (EMI 5 57374)

FINZI: To a poet a thousand years hence - Brett Polegato (bar), Iain Burnside (pno) (CBC MVCD 1134)

RUTTER: The very best time of the year - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67245)

J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 74321 61687)

WIENIAWSKI: Variations on an Original Theme Op 15 - Ray Chen (vln), Noreen Polera (pno) (Sony 88697 72320)

ROSETTI: Horn Concerto in Eb K3/37 - Klaus Wallendorf (horn), Kurpfalz CO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 777 288)

2011 Gramophone Awards

Recording of the Year & Best Chamber Recording

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106; String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American - Pavel Haas Quartet (Supraphon SU 4038)

Frans Helmerson (cello), Christchurch Symphony/Tom Woods

LARDELLI: Pan awakes; ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85; BACH orch Reger: Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation (recorded in the Christchurch Town Hall by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 59/1 - Kuijken Quartet (Challenge CC 72362)

RESPIGHI: Prelude, Chorale & Fugue - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10388)

VIVALDI arr anon: Trio Sonata in C RV82 - Peter & Zoltán Katona (gtrs) (Channel CCS SA 23707)

RAVEL: Mother Goose - London SO/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

11:00 WILD: Seven Virtuoso Etudes, after Gershwin's Liza; Somebody loves me; The man I love; Embraceable you; Lady be good; I got rhythm; Fascinating rhythm - Xiayin Wang (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10626)

BAX: Violin Sonata No 1 in E - Laurence Jackson (vln), Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557540)