Schedules for 9 - 15 June, 2012

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

DELIUS: Seadrift; Appalachia - John Shirley-Quirk (bar), London SO, Royal Phil/Richard Hickox (London 425 156)

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 BACH orch Ormandy: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - DiamantEnsemblet (Dacapo 8.226064)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo - Gil Shaham (vln), Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 064)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 25 in G Op 79 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2003)

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

7:00 REICHENAUER: Oboe Concerto in F - Geoffrey Coates (ob), Charivari Agréable/Kah-Ming Ng (dir) (Signum SIGCD 249)

COSTE: Duetto - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (Brilliant Classics 93898)

RACHMANINOV arr Harrison: Do not sing to me your sad songs of Georgia Op 4/4 - Tim Hugh (cello), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Naim CD 118)

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

BRITTEN: The plough boy; The Salley Gardens; The foggy, foggy dew - Christopher Maltman (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (Virgin 5 45525)

KREISLER: Fantasy on Russian Themes, after Rimsky-Korsakov - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

8:00 ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Mexican State SO/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

TRAD arr Idenstam: Serra - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

PIAZZOLLA: Winter, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - tenThing/Tine Thing Helseth (dir/tpt) (EMI 0 88326)

MAGNARD: Suite in the Ancient Style Op 2 - Luxembourg Phil/Mark Stringer (Timpani 1C 1067)

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

SCHUBERT: Die Zwillingsbrüder, Overture - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570329)

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb H27 - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

GOSS: Tane & the Kiwi, from a story by Alwyn Owen - Jennifer Moss (narrator), Wellington Orch/Marc Taddei (RNZ)

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

F COUPERIN: La Muse-Plantine, from Ordre No 19 in D minor - Rosalind Halton (hpschd) (ABC 454 502)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words in D Op 109 - James Kreger (cello), Gerald Robbins (pno) (Koch Discover DICD 920 586)

MERULA: Sonata prima, from Libro primo - Jeremy West (cornetto), Timothy Roberts (org), Paula Chateauneuf (chitarrone) (Hyperion CDA 66977)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 19 in D - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (dir/hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 66533)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

Ten programmes giving Phil Broadhurst's perspective on the international recorded jazz scene

(2) 1+1, from solo to nonet (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

How hybrid? Global music mixes

A six-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

(2) Violins and Fiddles

Violins made their way around the world on colonial ships and in the suitcases of migrants. Megan Collins introduces violins from Italy to India, played under the chin, on the shoulder and upside down (RNZ)

New Zealand School of Music Brass Ensemble

SHOSTAKOVICH trans Bergler: Concertino in A minor for two pianos Op 94; KOETSIER: Sonata Praeclassica Op 142; KING: Seven Conversation Pieces for Brass Choir; GRIEG: Åse's death; Anitra's dance, from Peer Gynt; MICHEL: Don Quixote Rhapsody (recorded in St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)

J RITCHIE: Papanui Road - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2040)

A RITCHIE: Octopus - Amici/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Atoll ACD 112)

WAGNER: Arrival at the Black Swans - Terence Dennis (pno) (Ode CD MANU 2038)

S WAGNER: Scherzo - Hamburg State Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 366)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in G Wq62/11 - Miklós Spányi (clavichord) (BIS CD 1763)

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

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Sharon Kam (basset cl/dir), Austro-Hungarian Haydn Phil (Berlin Classics 001667)

L MOZART: Sinfonia in D, Peasant Wedding - Paul Angerer (hurdy-gurdy), Sebastian Kelber (bagpipes), Eduard Melkus Ensemble (Archiv 427 122)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: String Trio (1945) - Martin Riseley (vln), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD 142)

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - David James (pno) (RNZ)

CHEN/HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

Ernest CHAUSSON

trans Villard: Poème de l'amour et de la mer Op 19 - Salomé Haller (sop), Nicolas Kruger (pno), Le Quatuor Manfred (Zigzag ZZT 100 402)

Amour d'antan Op 8/2; Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement Op 36/2; Les Heures Op 27/1 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5250)

Chanson perpétuelle Op 37 - Salomé Haller (sop), Le Quatuor Manfred (Zigzag ZZT 100 402)

Hébé Op 2/6; Le Charme Op 2/2; Sérénade Op 13; Le Colibri Op 2/7; Le Temps des lilas Op 19 - Sandrine Piau (sop), Susan Manoff (pno) (Naïve V 5063)

Michael Houstoun (pno), Wellington Brass Band, Hutt City Brass Band, Central Band of the Royal NZ Air Force, Wellington Orch/Marc Taddei

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor; ELLINGTON: Suite, from The River; RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

arr Russell: Keyboard Suite No 7 in G minor HWV432 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 33223)

arr Lippert: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Schwerin Brass Collegium/Hans-Joachim Drechsler (Berlin Classics 1655 BC)

GIBBS: Prelude, Andante & Finale - Guildhall Strings/Robert Salter (Hyperion CDA 67093)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Stuttgart Radio SO/Uri Segal (CPO 999 779)

KARLOWICZ: Serenade in C Op 2 - BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10171)

11:00 SILVESTROV: Post scriptum - Cornelius Dufallo (vln), Jenny Lin (pno) (Koch KICCD 7740)

SILVESTROV: The Lord's Prayer, from Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

FARRENC: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 33 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 256)

Disc 1

HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream: Nine Portraits for Orchestra; Webfoot Charlie's Shanty; Three Sea Songs; A Maori Suite; War and Peace, Suite for Orchestra - Donald Munro (bar), Donna Awatere, Laurette Gibb (sops), New Zealand Youth Choir & Orch, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Juan Matteucci, Ashley Heenan (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SOLER: Fandango; BOCCHERINI: Minuet; ANON: My Lady Carey's Dompe; GLUCK: Musette; PHILIPS: Galliard; COUPERIN: L'Arlequine; FARNABY: Tower Hill; PURCELL: Sailor's Song; A New Ground; A New Scotch Tune in G; D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in A minor; in D minor; in A; ANON: Coranto; MOZART: Rondo alla turca; ANON: Scottish Gigue; EXAUDET: Gavotte; ANGLES: Aria; SOLER: Sonata No 10 in B minor; Sonata No 117 in D minor; Sonata No 90 in F#; CABANILLES: Batalla Imperial - Jonathan Woods (hpschd) (Allegro PDC 1086)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

DEBUSSY: Ariettes oubliées; BIZET: La coccinelle; Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe; Pastel; Vous ne priez pas; MESSIAEN: Trois mélodies; FAURÉ: Rêve d'amour; Au bord de l'eau; Notre amour; POULENC: Bluet; Banalités; Hôtel; Voyage à Paris; Métamorphoses - Sylvia McNair (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Philips 446 656)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

PROKOFIEV: Sonatas, No 1 in F minor Op 1; No 2 in D minor Op 14; No 3 in A minor Op 28; Sonatina in E minor Op 54/1; Sonatina in G Op 54/2; Visions Fugitives Op 22 - John Lill (pno) (ASV CD DCA 753)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20; DELIUS: Prelude to Irmelin; Two pieces for small orchestra; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; Brook Green Suite; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Royal Phil/Alan Barlow (ASV CD DCA 623)

VICTORIA: O sacrum convivium - Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill (Virgin 3 63307)

BACH arr Hewitt: Chorale Prelude, Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein BWV641 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

MACMILLAN: Serenity - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (org) (Hyperion CDA 67867)

FINZI: Introit in F - Lesley Hatfield (vln), Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

MISKINIS: O sacrum convivium - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

BACH arr Bauer: Die Seele ruht in Jesu Händen, from Cantata No 127 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

R THOMPSON: Alleluia - Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville (ASV CD DCA 1125) ESLAVA: O sacrum convivium - Coro Cervantes/Carlos Fernández Aransay (Guild GMCD 7243)

BACH arr Howells: Chorale Prelude, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV622 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

STANFORD: Eternal Father Op 135 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Conifer CDCF 155)

MESSIAEN: O sacrum convivium - The Gents & women's choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 22405)

BACH arr Hewitt: Chorale Prelude, Alle Menschen müssen sterben BWV643 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

JONGEN: Mass Op 130 - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, London City Brass/David Hill, Paul Provost (org) (Hyperion CDA 67603)

G JACKSON: O sacrum convivium - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67708)

BACH arr Cohen: Sanctify us by thy goodness, from Cantata No 22 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

PALESTRINA trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (Glossa GCDSA 922209)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4, from Six Piano Pieces Op 19 - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD KML 1)

HAHN: L'Heure exquise - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

BIZET: Adagietto, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - London SO/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 464)

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

ANON: My little sweet darling - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

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

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

Roger Smith takes a look at the life and music of ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

(R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Rêverie Orientale Op 14/2 - Lesley Schatzberger (cl), Fitzwilliam String Quartet (Linn CKD 278)

Stenka Razin - London SO/Yondani Butt (ASV CDQS 6119)

Bridging the Ages

Six programmes from the 2007 three-week California summer music festival

(5) Miami String Quartet

ADOLPHE: String Quartet No 4, Whispers of Mortality; SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death and the Maiden (Music@Menlo Live 2007/4)

BORODIN: Symphony No 1 in Eb - Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (Newton 880 2097)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Truls Mørk (cello), Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Virgin 3 63287)

Dianne James reviews recent releases

The first of two programmes looking at the recent Chailly recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

MONTEVERDI: Hor che'l ciel e la terra; Zefiro Torna, Ciacona, from Scherzi Musicali; Chiome d'oro; Ecco mormorar l'onde - Boulanger Ensemble/Nadia Boulanger (dir/pno) (rec 1937) (Pristine Audio PACO 011)

MOZART: String Quintet No 3 in C K515 - Cecil Aronowitz (vla), Amadeus Quartet (rec 1953) (DG 474 000)

Les Apaches

Thomas Goss explores the influence on Ravel's music and career of his social circle 'Les Apaches' (The Hooligans), relationships that were symbolically interpreted in his piano cycle 'Miroirs' (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

(23) JANÁCEK: The Makropulos Case, an opera in three acts

Elina, the daughter of the alchemist Hieronymus Makropulos, is given a potion by her father that extends life. She then takes on an itinerant life and literally becomes one of the best singers of all time

Emilia Marty.................. Karita Mattila

Albert Gregor................ Richard Leech

Dr Kolenaty.................. Tom Fox

Vitek............................. Alan Oke

Kristina......................... Emalie Savoy

Baron Jaroslav Prus....... Christopher Feigum

Janek............................ Matthew Plenk

Count Hauk-Sendorf..... Bernard Fitch

Stagehand..................... James Courtney

Cleaning woman............ Jane Shaulis

Chambermaid................ Edyta Kulczak

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Jirí Belohlávek (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

PSATHAS: Matre's Dance - David Guerin (pno), Bruce McKinnon (perc) (Rattle RAT D003)

BARBER: Toccata Festiva Op 36 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Augustine's Chapel, Tonbridge School), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Linn CKD 178)

Eleven programmes

(2) With William Dart (RNZ)

Llewellyn Jones Piano Composition Prize Concert

HOLT: Landing Places - Canwei Li (pno)

C TAYLOR: little meditations - Cam Taylor (pno)

WEBSTER: Nameless by day, Six pieces for piano - Gemma Lee (pno)

SON: Nightmare - Jenny Jung (pno)

XU: Lab B 314.1 - Oliver Huang Xu (pno)

ZOU: Asymptotes - Cindy Xia (pno)

A TAYLOR: eight miniatures - Flavio Villani (pno)

MCEVOY: Life in General - Kee Hee Lee (pno)

SCANLEN: Playing John Cage - Flavio Villani (pno) (recorded in the Music Theatre, University of Auckland by RNZ)

Daphnis & Chloé - John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Bernard Haitink (LPO 0059)

Menuet in C# minor; Prélude in A minor; Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; A la manière de Borodine; A la manière de Chabrier - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67731/2)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor BWV1014 - Frank Peter Zimmermann (vln), Enrico Pace (pno) (Sony 88697 11243)

GLIÈRE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Osian Ellis (harp), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 430 006)

BRITTEN: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - London SO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 458 595)

11:00 PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 452 062)

TURINA: El poema de una sanluqueña Op 28, Fantasia for violin & piano - Eva León (vln), Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.570402)

Disc 1

TUBIN: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Concerto for Balalaika & Orchestra; Music for Strings - Swedish Radio Orch/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 351)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 1 in C Op 15; No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

DVORÁK: Mass in D Op 86; Te Deum Op 103 - Marina Meshcheriakova (sop), Sergei Miasnikov (bass), Russian State Cappella & SO/Valery Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9505)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit; Menuet antique; Menuet sur le nom de Haydn; A la maniére…Borodin; A la maniére…Chabrier; Prélude; Miroirs; Sonatine - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8647)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40; Introduction & Allegro for Strings Op 47; Serenade for Strings Op 20; Enigma Variations Op 36 - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73279)

6:00 J SMITH: The Fairies, Overture & March - Capella Savaria/Mary Térey-Smith (Dorian DOR 93251)

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Alina Ibragimova (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Nicholas Kraemer (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 284)

REBAY: Sonatina in Bb for clarinet & guitar - Luigi Magistrelli (cl), Massimo Laura (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94171)

TRAD orch Grainger: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (dir) (Gimell 454 895)

7:00 PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Anthony Ferner)

PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - BBC Phil/Paavo Järvi (BBC Music BBC MM 210)

LOCATELLI: Violin Sonata in C Op 8/4 - Locatelli Trio (Hyperion CDD 22057)

GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

N RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Jeremy Woodside (organ of ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (ChristChurch Cathedral)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Act 2b - women of Ambrosian Singers, London SO/André Previn (EMI 9 67694)

GRIEG: Grandmother's Minuet, from Lyric Pieces Book 9; Gjendine's Lullaby, from Norwegian Folksongs Op 66; March of the Dwarfs, from Lyric Pieces Book 5 - tenThing/Tine Thing Helseth (dir/tpt) (EMI 0 88326)

LARSSON: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

Symphony No 3 in D Op 33 - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 68904)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2192)

ARENSKY: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 35 - Nash Ensemble (Onyx 4067)

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - Philharmonia/Andrew Davis (Signum SIGCD 179)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

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

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

WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Peter Mattei (bar), Royal Stockholm Phil/Lawrence Renes (BIS SACD 1749)

IANNI: Song of the Stars Op 41 - David Ianni (pno) (Oehms OC 790)

SOUSA: Stars & Stripes Forever - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler (RCA VD 87881)

BEETHOVEN: King Stephen, Overture Op 117 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 427 256)

BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 350)

LISZT: En rêve - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2008)

PUCCINI: Recondita armonia, from Tosca - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Italo Tajo (bass), National Phil/Nicola Rescigno (Decca 444 555)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (rec 1993) (Sony SK 57499)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 33 in C minor HobXVI/20 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (rec 1979) (Philips 416 643)

NZ performers and composers

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Walter Susskind (Kiwi SLD 66)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Natalia Pavlutskaya (cello), Canterbury CO/Alexander Ivashkin (cello/dir) (Alma Classics CD MANU 5031)

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

KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC SMCD 5069)

SCHUECKER: Mazurka in Eb Op 12 - Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Ilkka Talvi (vln), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 6 in Eb - Concerto Cologne (Teldec 4509 98435)

ZIPOLI arr Hunt: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

MONCAYO: Huapango - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 871)

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

MAYUZUMI: Rumba Rhapsody - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557693)

RODRIGO: En Aranjuez, con tu amor - Ana Maria Martinez (sop), Albert Guinovart (pno) (Brilliant Classics 9172)

COPLAND: Cuban Dance - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (Argo 436 737)

PIAZZOLLA: Summer, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - tenThing/Tine Thing Helseth (dir/tpt) (EMI 0 88326)

GINASTERA: Estancia, Ballet Suite - London SO/Gisèle Ben-Dor (Naxos 8.570999)

Roger Smith takes a look at the life and music of ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936) (RNZ)

String Quintet in A Op 39 - Nash Ensemble (Onyx 4067)

King's Singers: David Hurley, Timothy Wayne-Wright (countertenors), Paul Phoenix (ten), Christopher Bruerton, Christopher Gabbitas (bars), Jonathan Howard (bass)

BENNET: All creatures now are merry minded; BYRD: Though Amaryllis dance in green; WEELKES: Thule, the Period of Cosmography; WILBYE: Weep, weep mine eyes; WEELKES: As Vesta was descending; ALBA: La Tricotea Samartin; ESCOBAR: Pasame por Dios barquero; FLECHA: La Bomba; TRAD arr Rice: Po karekare ana; TRAD arr Chilcott: Greensleeves; BOGLE arr Rice: The band played Waltzing Matilda; TRAD arr Knight: Danny Boy; TRAD arr Gabbitas: Po ata rau; KATS-CHERNIN: River's lament; LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr Chilcott: Penny Lane; MRAZ arr Lawson: I'm yours; ARLEN arr Bennett: It's a new world; GERSHWIN arr Chilcott: I can't sit down; DOBBYN arr Rice: Slice of heaven; BUBLÉ arr L'Estrange: Home (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 427 619)

POULENC: Aubade - Jean-Bernard Pommier (pno), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Virgin 5 22045)

11:00 BONNARD: Valzer da Concerto; Notturno; Rondo - Sergio Bosi (cl), Riccardo Bartoli (pno) (Naxos 8.572690)

SVENDSEN: String Octet in A - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9258)

Disc 1

LISZT: Hungarian Fantasy; Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb; Piano Concerto No 2 in A; Totentanz - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 433 075)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

PAGANINI: 24 Caprices for solo violin Op 1 - Midori Seiler (vln) (CBS MK 44944)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

SCHUBERT: Die Nacht; Die Nachtigall; Wehmut; Der Gondelfahrer; Mondenschein; Nachthelle; Das Dorfchen; Die Einsiedelei; Sehnsucht; Grab und Mond; Frühlingsgesang; Liebe; Widerspruch; An den Frühling; La pastorella; Ständchen; Der Entfernten - Karl Dent, Richard Clement (tens), Martha Hart (mezzo), Norman Mackenzie (pno), Mary Akerman (gtr), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80340)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

ELLER: Elegia for harp & strings; Five Pieces for string orchestra; Tone Poem, Dawn; RAID: Symphony No 1 in C minor - Eluned Pierce (harp), John Digney (ob), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8525)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

WALTON: Façade, Long Steel Grass; STEVENS: Symphony of Liberation, Resistance; FRANKEL: First movement, from Symphony No 5; SEARLE: First movement, from Symphony No 2; FRANKEL: Carriage & Pair; WALTON: Old Sir Faulk, from Façade; Touch her soft lips & part, from Henry V; Gloria, from Christopher Columbus; ALWYN: First movement, from Lyra Angelica; Prelude to Odd Man Out; BLISS: Pastoral, The Pigeon Song, Lie strewn the white flocks; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; LEIGHTON: Adagio molto, Third movement, from Symphony No 3 - Susana Walton (narrator), Della Jones (mezzo), Arthur Davies, Neil Mackie (tens), Michael Davis (vln), Rachel Masters (harp), Westminster Singers, London SO, Royal Scottish National Orch/Bryden Thomson, Northern Sinfonia, City of London Sinfonia, Bournemouth SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 7008)

6:00 MALIPIERO: La Cimarosiana - Swiss-Italian Orch/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570883)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY orch J Harnoy: Chant d'automne Op 37b/10 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

SCHUMANN: Der Schmied; Die Nonne; John Anderson, from Romances & Ballads Op 145 - Accentus Chamber Choir/Laurence Equilbey (Virgin 3 63279)

HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel on a theme by Handel - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Pinchas Zukerman (vla) (RCA 09026 68768)

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

7:00 RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Basque National Orch/Gilbert Varga (Claves CD 50-2101)

STEINMETZ: Liebesruf eines Faun - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 478 3564)

GRÉTRY: L'ami de la maison, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

SZELIGOWSKI: Four Polish Dances - Anna Ziólkowska (vln), Poznan Phil/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570371)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Guild GMCD 7304)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DUPARC: Chanson triste - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI CDC 7 49689)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in E Kk206 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

HANSON: Maypole Dances, from Merry Mount Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

ALBÉNIZ: Asturias, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Lily Afshar (gtr) (Summit DCD 236)

BRITTEN: Courtly Dances, from Gloriana - English SO/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1751)

GERSHWIN arr Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Wayne Marshall (pno/dir), Aalborg SO (Virgin 5 61478)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

Raymonda, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner Classics 2564 61939)

Cantata in Memory of Pushkin's 100th Birthday - Ludmila Kuznetsova (mezzo), Vsevolod Grivnov (ten), Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9961)

RAMEAU: Naïs, Suite - Orch of the Eighteenth Century/Frans Brüggen (Glossa GCD C 81106)

BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67546)

GHEDINI: Piano Sonata in Ab - Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (pno) (Naxos 8.572330)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 4509 91184)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 303)

DEBUSSY: L'Isle Joyeuse - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BRYANT: Radiant joy - Lone Star Wind Orch/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (Naxos 8.570968)

SETCHELL: Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

BUXTEHUDE: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin BuxWV76 - Hans Jörg Mammel (ten), La Fenice/Jean Tubéry (dir) (Alpha 179)

GOTTSCHALK: Mazurka - Alan Marks (pno) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

HAYDN: Cantata, Destatevi, o miei fidi HobXXIVa/2 - Sunhae Im, Johanna Stojkovic (sops), Max Ciolek (ten), Cologne Vocal Ensemble, Cappella Coloniensis/Andreas Spering (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1765)

MOZART: String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance - Elias String Quartet (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0028)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85; BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), BBC SO/John Barbirolli (rec 1967/62) (Testament SBT 1388)

NZ performers and composers

ELMSLY: Century fanfare, Resound! - Auckland Philharmonia/Vladimir Verbitsky (Atoll ACD 100)

TABEA SQUIRE: Dreambird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

IRELAND: Sea fever; The bells of San Marie; The vagabond - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sharolyn Kimmorley (pno) (ABC Classics 476 7175)

GRIFFES: Poem - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 - Gagliano Trio (Kiwi TRL 016)

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

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz68 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 454 430)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Roger Muraro (pno) (DG 476 4669)

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

MÜLLER: Oboe Sonata in F - Benoît Laurent (ob/dir), Lingua Franca (Ricercar RIC 304)

TORMIS: Bridge of Song - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7485)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

CIMAROSA: Alessandro nell'Indie, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

ELGAR: The Crown of India, Interlude - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5083)

ALWYN: Prelude & Fugue formed on an Indian Scale - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570359)

STENHAMMAR: Chitra Op 43 - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Musica Sveciae MSCD 626)

MISKINIS: Time is endless - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

E MARTIN: Hasta Alicia Baila - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10609)

ARRIEU: Sonatine for flute & piano - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

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

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

8:00 175 East/Hamish McKeich

C WATSON: Recrudesce; M WILLIAMS: May my shadow never depart; LARDELLI: bas; CREE BROWN: Inner Bellow; HOLLOWAY: Incus; WALSHE: he was she was; HARRIS: Fluchtig; DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Hale (recorded in the Kenneth Myers Centre, Auckland by RNZ)

9:30 International Rostrum of Composers 2011

Five programmes

(2) PATERAS: Flesh & Ghost, excerpt - Speak Percussion (ABC Classic FM)

SRNKA: Les adieux - Ensemble Modern/Matthias Pintscher (Czech Radio)

VELICKOVIC: Last Song - Jose Garcia, Diego Espinosa, Lester Rodriguez, Juan Martinez (percussion) (RTS Radio, Belgrade)

FAGERLUND: Ignite - Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo (Finnish Radio)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Don Quixote; Death & Transfiguration - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 429 184)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

TELEMANN: Suite for recorder & strings in A minor; Recorder Concerto in C; Concerto for recorder & viola da gamba in A minor - Philip Pickett, Mark Levy (vlas da gamba), New London Consort/Philip Pickett (rec & dir) (Oiseau-Lyre 433 043)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

PIPELARE: Salve Regina; OCKEGHEM: Missa de plus en plus; BINCHOIS: De plus en plus; OCKEGHEM: Credi, De Village; BARBIREAU: Osculetur me; OCKEGHEM: Gaude Maria - Clerks' Group/Edward Wickham (ASV CD GAU 153)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 14 in C# minor Op 27/2, Moonlight; No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral; No 23 in F minor Op 57, Appassionata - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2015)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 1 in D; No 2 in C; No 3 in G; No 4 in D; No 5 in A - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66524)

6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0005)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 34/1 - Lang Lang (pno) (Sony 88697 71900)

SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Part 2: Poco adagio, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

PAGANINI arr Grigoryan: Caprice No 24 in A minor, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in D TWV55/D22 - Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Brilliant Classics 93416)

7:00 ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

BRAHMS arr Joachim: Hungarian Dance No 20 in D minor - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.553026)

DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD arr Dragon: Shenandoah - Virginia Symphony/JoAnn Falletta (Albany TROY 589)

VILLA-LOBOS: Little Train of Caipira, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 2 - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (Avie AV 2162)

BACH trans Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Roland Pöntinen (pno) (CPO 777 427)

PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - St Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Tullio Serafin (Decca 444 555)

CASSADO: Sonata in the Old Spanish Style - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

COATES: Youth of Britain March, from The Three Elizabeths Suite - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

Idyll - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)

Piano Sonata No 1 in Bb minor Op 74 - Stephen Coombs (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66833)

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

SULLIVAN: Overture di Ballo - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (Classic CD ISSUE 83)

RAVEL: Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

MARTINU: Violin Concerto No 2 - Lorenzo Gatto (vln), Belgium National Orch/Walter Weller (Fuga Libera FUG 589)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (PentaTone PTC 5186 384)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

LISZT: Totentanz - Claudius Tanski (pno), Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (MDG 937 1678)

YSAŸE: Sonata in A minor for solo violin Op 27/2 - Rachel Kolly d'Alba (vln) (Warner 2564 68385)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: O virga ac diadema - Kathy Theil (sop), Voices of Ascension/Dennis Keene (Delos DE 3174)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

PURCELL: Come ye sons of art away, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary (1694) - Kate Royal (sop), David Hansen, Tim Mead (countertenors), Jacques Imbrailo (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 3 44438)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Patricia Kopatchinskaja (vln), Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (rec 2008) (Naïve V 5174)

GLUCK: Ah! non son io che parlo, from Ezio - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (vln/dir) (rec 2001) (Decca 467 248)

RAMEAU: Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (rec 1996) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

NZ performers and composers

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls, Greg Hill, Peter Sharman (horns) (Manu CD MANU 1412)

BRAHMS: In stiller nacht, from Deutsche Volkslieder - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

ZEMLINSKY: The Little Mermaid, Symphonic Fantasy after Hans Christian Andersen - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570240)

NIELSEN: Helios Overture - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

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

PADEREWSKI: Minuet in G Op 14/1 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Amedeo Modigliani Quartet (Nascor NS 01)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana, from Eugene Onegin - Peter Mattei (bar), Royal Stockholm Phil/Lawrence Renes (BIS SACD 1749)

SCHREKER: Der Wind - members of Lucerne SO/John Axelrod (Nimbus NI 5753)

ELGAR: O wild west wind, from Four Partsongs Op 53 - Worcester Cathedral Choir/Donald Hunt (Hyperion CDA 66271/2)

SINDING: Rustle of Spring - Christian Ihle Hadland (pno) (Naxos 8.572255)

STANFORD: The Song of the Sou'Wester, from Songs of the Fleet - Gerald Finley (bar), BBC National Chorus and Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5043)

DENG YU-XIAN arr Qu Chunquan: Longing for the Spring Breeze - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Taipei Chinese Orch/Chung Yiu-Kwong (BIS SACD 1759)

TRAD arr Leon: Blow the wind southerly - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

MAYERL: The Harp of the Winds - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90745)

WARLOCK: The wind from the west - Benjamin Luxon (bar), David Willison (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8643)

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

VIVALDI: Dell'aura al sussurrar, from Dorilla in Tempe - Chorus of Swiss Radio & Television, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Naïve OP 30504)

GLASS: The Windcatcher - Philip Glass Ensemble Woodwinds (Orange Mountain Music 0006)

Oscar Natzka 100

The great New Zealand bass was born near Te Awamutu one hundred years ago. Peter Downes presents a review of Natzka's life and career (RNZ)

Estonian National SO/Tonu Kaljuste

PÄRT: Symphony No 1; Symphony No 2; Symphony No 3; Symphony No 4, Los Angeles; Da pacem Domine (recorded in the Noblesser Foundry, Tallinn, by Estonian Radio)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 - Noriko Ogawa (pno), Malmö SO/Owain Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 975)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor - Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.555300)

GLIÈRE: Concerto for coloratura soprano - Eileen Hulse (sop), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9094)

BERLIOZ: Love Scene, from Romeo & Juliet - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Lorin Maazel (Decca 421 631)

11:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice on Danish & Russian Airs - Hexagon (Bridge 9079)

BAX: Piano Quintet in G minor - Ashley Wass (pno), Tippett Quartet (Naxos 8.572474)

Disc 1

BLASIUS arr Koch: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in C; FIALA: Concerto in Bb for clarinet, cor anglais & orchestra; DEMAR: Clarinet Concerto in Eb - Karl Schlechta (cl), Helmut Koch (cor anglais), Kurpfälz CO/Jiri Malat (Arte Nova 74321-37299)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 27 in E minor; No 28 in A; No 29 in Bb, Hammerklavier - Jeffrey Swan (pno) (Arkadia CDAK 140.1)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Adelaide; SCHUBERT: Frühlingsglaube D686; Die Forelle D550; Ständchen D957; Die böse Farbe D795; STRAUSS: Traum durch die Dämmerung; Cäcilie; BRAHMS: Ständchen Op 106/1; MOZART: Don Giovanni, Il mio tesoro; GIORDANO: Fedora, Amor ti vieta; Chénier, Come un bel dì di Maggio; BIZET: Carmen, Flower Song; MASSENET: Manon, The Dream; GRIEG: En Svane; En Drøm; SIBELIUS: Demanten på marssnön; Säv, säv susa; Svarta rosor; SJØBERG: Tonerna; MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana, Addio alla madre; TOSTI: Ideale; L'Alba separà della luce ombra; PUCCINI: Tosca, E lucevan le stelle; La Bohème Che gelida manina; FOSTER: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair - Jussi Björling (ten), Frederick Schauwecker (pno) (RCA 82876 53379)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

MOZART: Divertimentos, No 8 in F K213; No 9 in Bb K240; No 12 in Eb K252; No 13 in F K253; No 14 in Bb K270; No 16 in Eb K289 - Octophoros (Accent ACC 8856 D)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

FAURÉ: En Prière; ANON arr Harms: Latvian Prayer; TRAD arr Ken Young: Barb'ra Ellen; O Waly Waly; The Last Rose of Summer; VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the Black Swan; FAURÉ: Nocturne; RAVEL: Habanera; FALLA: Nana; Astoriana; Cancion; RAVEL arr Maganin/Lawrence: Pavane for a Dead Princess; SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy for Violin and Harp; MASSENET: Méditation - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (hp) (Atoll ACD 199)

6:00 CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

MOZART: Divertimento in Bb K439/5 - Ensemble Trielen (Ad Vitam AV 111215)

FOULDS: The Florida Spiritual Op 71/1 - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton CDLX 7260)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Leipzig String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 307 1362)

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 477)

7:00 VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Andrés Segovia (gtr) (DG 477 6050)

DRAESEKE: Gudrun, Overture - North German Radio Phil/Jörg-Peter Weigle (CPO 999 746)

LILBURN: Canzonettas Nos 1 & 2 - Martin Riseley (vln), Donald Maurice (vla) (Atoll ACD 142)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Folke Nauta (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93995)

ELGAR: Triumphal March, from Caractacus - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater, from Stabat Mater - Barbara Bonney (sop), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Decca 468 818)

COPLAND: Variations on a Shaker Melody, from Appalachian Spring - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80503)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk30, Cat's Fugue - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS CD 1508)

SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - Moscow Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

FALLA: El Pano Moruno; Nana; Polo; Dance; Sarajevo Nights - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

SCHUBERT arr Webern: German Dances D790 - Berlin Radio SO/Matthias Bamert (Musica Mundi 311 135)

WALTON: Orb & Sceptre - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

The Seasons Op 67 - Minnesota Orch/Edo de Waart (Telarc CD 80347)

Elegy Op 105 - Utrecht String Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1237)

Piano Concerto No 2 in B Op 100 - Matthew Herskowitz (pno), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9622)

PURCELL arr Stokowski: Suite of Five Pieces, Trumpet tune; Echo; Hornpipe; When I am laid in earth; Largo & Allegro - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (Glossa GCDSA 922209)

BRAHMS arr Boustead: Serenade No 1 in D Op 11 - Czech Nonet (Praga PRD 250 148)

MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80499)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (Brilliant Classics 8593)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SALIERI: Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamace, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)

RODRIGO: Ausencias Dulcinea, for bass & four sopranos - Alison Smart, Natalie Clifton-Griffith, Nicki Kennedy, Sinéad Pratschke (sops), Gerard Quinn (baritone), Royal Phil/Raymond Calcraft (Brilliant Classics 9172)

MINKUS arr March: Pas de deux, from Don Quixote - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

ROSSINI: La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Overture - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDZ 7 67255)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Kuss Quartet (Onyx 4090)

CHAPI: Cuando está tan hondo, from El barquillero - Elina Garanca (mezzo), RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

BAX: Spring Fire - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7528)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

Cellist, Pierre Fournier

VIVALDI arr d'Indy/Bazelaire: Cello Concerto in E minor, arr from Cello Sonata RV40; F COUPERIN arr Bazelaire: Pièces de concert, from Les goûts-réünis; HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - with Lucerne Festival Strings/Rudolf Baumgartner (rec 1963/64) (DG 477 5939)

NZ performers and composers

FARR: Piano Trio, Ahi - NZTrio (Trust MMT 2066)

JANÁCEK arr Breiner: The Cunning Little Vixen, Suite - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Bridget Douglas (fl), New Zealand SO/Peter Breiner (Naxos 8.570706)

COATES: London Calling - Sydney SO/John Lanchbery (ABC Classics 472 509)

SUSATO arr Rawsthorne: Mohrentanz; SETCHELL: A Trumpet Gigue; KHACHATURIAN arr Setchell: Sabre Dance - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

PASCULLI: Grand Concerto on themes from Verdi's Sicilian Vespers - Philippe Magnan (ob), I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

GRIEG arr Tognetti: Erotik, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (BIS SACD 1877)

BIZET arr Kanengiser: Habanera, from Carmen Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Telarc CD 80593)

J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Leichtes Blut - Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

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)

DIEPENBROCK: The Birds, Overture - Hague Residentie Orch/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

FARQUHAR: Magpies & other Birds - Jones & Co (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

SAMMONS: The Faithful Bird - Paul Barritt (vln), Catherine Edwards (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67096)

BLACKFORD: Canticle of the birds, from Mirror of Perfection - Bo Skovhus (bar), Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane School Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Blackford (Sony SK 60285)

STRAVINSKY arr Moore: The Infernal Dance of King Kashchei; Lullaby; Finale, from The Firebird - Philip Moore, Simon Crawford-Phillips (pno duo) (Deux-Elles DXL 1081)

TRAD arr Casals: Song of the Birds - Han-Na Chang (cello), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 3 82390)

A RITCHIE: Birds & a Steam Train in the Catlins - Tom McGrath (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5098)

LAMBERT: The Bird Actors - State Orch of Victoria/John Lanchbery (Chandos CHAN 9865)

Adolphe Sax

The life and ongoing legacy of the 19th century Belgian virtuoso instrument-maker and inventor Adolphe Sax, the most prolific and influential developer of instruments in the history of Western music. Presented by Thomas Goss (RNZ)

Splendour Series, Inspired by Bach

Three programmes

(3) Emma Roxburgh (sop), Claire Barton (mezzo), Andrew Grenon (ten), Chalium Poppy (bass), Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Graduate Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

BACH: Cantata No 60, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; BERG: Violin Concerto, To the Memory of an Angel; BACH: Cantata No 80, Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D Op 107, Reformation (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

GIULIANI: Gran Duetto Concertante in A Op 52 - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions)

BRUCH: Serenade Op 75 - Maxim Fedotov (vln), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.557395)

11:00 E HARTMANN: Serenade Op 43 - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 0416)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 2 in G minor - Joachim Trio (Naxos 8.554309)

Disc 1

GRAINGER: The Warriors; HOLST: The Planets Op 32 - Monteverdi Choir, Philharmonia/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 445 860)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

LISZT arr Gounod: Hymne à Sainte Cécile; Les Sabéennes; LISZT: Rêve d'amour No 2, Seleger Tod; Vallée d'Obermann; Rêve d'amour No 1, Hohe Liebe; arr Gounod: Les Adieux; LISZT: Ballade No 2 in B minor; Six Consolations; Rêve d'amour No 3, O Lieb - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221 116)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis - Charlotte Margiono (sop), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), William Kendall (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 429 779)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

KOECHLIN: Sonata for Horn Op 70; Morceau de Lecture pour cor; Fifteen Pieces Op 180; Sonneries - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Daniel Blumenthal (pno) (ASV CD DCA 716)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Concertos, in F for violin & organ RV542; in Bb for violin & oboe RV548; in C for two trumpets RV537; in G for 2 violins & 2 cellos RV575; in C for oboe RV447; in D minor for 2 violins & cello RV565 - I Musici de Montreal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 8651)

6:00 MOZART: Divertimento in F K138 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1809)

GADE: Morning song, from Elf-shot Op 30 - Danish National Radio Choir & SO/Dmitri Kitajenko (Chandos CHAN 9075)

DVORÁK: Mazurek in E minor Op 49 - Craig Stratton (vln), Sholto Kynoch (pno) (Classical CRC 1417)

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

GOUVY: Petite Suite Gauloise Op 90 - Les Solistes de Prades (K617 K617 160)

BENDA: Symphony No 8 in D - Prague CO/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.553409)

7:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot Op 16 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 - Mauro Squillante (mandolin), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (Brilliant Classics 93810)

BRIDGE: Three Sketches, April; Rosemary; Valse capricieuse - Daniel Tong (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7254)

CATALANI: Loreley, Danza delle Ondine - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Whither must I wander, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)

GRIEG: Melodies Op 53, Norwegian; The first meeting - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

8:00 Beauty Spot: LILBURN: Canzona No 2, from Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi SLD 99)

CHOPIN arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Rondo in C Op 73 - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

WAGENAAR: Larghetto for oboe & orchestra - Ingrid Nissen (ob), Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)

BALAKIREV: Valse-Caprice No 2 in Db, after Alexander Taneyev - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67806)

HANDEL: Endless pleasure, endless love, from Semele - Renée Fleming (sop), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Harry Bicket (Decca 475 547)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Julia Severus (pno) (Naxos 8.570831-32)

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV (1865-1936)

Concerto ballata for cello & orchestra - Yegor Dyachkov (cello), members of the Sherbrooke SO, I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9528)

Fantasy Op 110 - Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ of St Petrus Canisius Church, Friedrichshafen, Germany) (BIS CD 1101)

Saxophone Concerto in Eb Op 109 - Sohre Rahbari (sax), Brussels Belgian Radio & TV PO/Alexander Rahbari (Naxos 8.554784)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7501)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C# minor Op 131 – Emerson String Quartet (DG 447 075)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Maurizio Pollini (pno), Dresden State Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 477 988)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

GROFÉ: Niagara Falls Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

THOMAS: Echoes of a Waterfall - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 (original 1903/04 version) - Leonidas Kavakos (vln), Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 500)

RUTTER: Five Meditations - Royal Phil/John Rutter (Decca 476 124)

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Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: String Quartet No 4 in C K157 - Jerusalem Quartet (rec 2010) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2076)

BACH: Cantata No 82, Ich habe genug - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (rec 2004) (DG 474 5052)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/5 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (rec 1987) (Archiv 423 626)

NZ performers and composers

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Chartreuse TB 7)

MOZART: O Isis & Osiris; Within these temple walls, from The Magic Flute - Oscar Natzka (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Karl Rankl (Atoll ACD 500)

PSATHAS: Mal Occhio, from Zeibekiko, The Greek Concert - Netherlands Wind Ensemble (NBE Live NBECD 014)

KLEYNJANS: Two Arias - Carol Hohauser (fl), Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Mr M Productions CM 2)

NORMAN: The flight & the stars; Cold & darkness; Warmth & light; The Sun King; The journey continues; The Lost Boys, from Peter Pan – Wellington Sinfonia/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Robert Farley (tpt), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 67128)

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

TRAD arr Vaughan Williams: Ca' the yowes - Mark Dobell (ten), Laudibus/Michael Brewer (Hyperion CDA 67076)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

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

BARBER: Canzonetta for oboe & strings - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano - Roger Muraro (pno) (DG 476 4669)

MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80318)

HOLST: Invocation - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (RCA RD 70800)

PETIT: Tarentelle - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

WILLIAMS: A Hymn to New England - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

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

TIN: Hymn to the Holy Trinity, from Calling All Dawns - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Purcell Singers, Royal Phil/Lucas Richman (Tin Works TW 001)

HARLE: Hymn to the Sun - ASMF/John Harle (Argo 458 356)

TVEITT: Hymn to Freedom - Royal Norwegian Navy Band/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572095)

The Critic's Chair

Dianne James reviews recent releases

The first of two programmes looking at the recent Chailly recording of the complete Beethoven symphonies (RNZ)

Aivale Cole (sop), Simon O'Neill (ten), Terence Dennis (pno)

SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe Op 48; KORNGOLD: Three Songs Op 22; STRAUSS: Four Songs Op 27; STRAUSS: Four Last Songs; WAGNER: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond, from Die Walküre; STRAUSS: Es gibt ein Reich, from Ariadne auf Naxos; WAGNER: Siegmund heiss ich und Siegmund bin ich, from Die Walküre (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

VERDI ed Spada: Otello, Prelude - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

LILBURN arr Couch: Desdemona's Song - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

DVORÁK: Othello, Overture Op 93 - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1896)

RESPIGHI: Concerto in modo misolidio - Olli Mustonen (pno), Finnish Radio SO/Sakari Oramo (Ondine ODE 1165)

IRELAND arr Ireland/Bush: A Downland Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9376)

11:00 WHITACRE: Sleep - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

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

HOVHANESS: Harp Sonata Op 127 - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80530)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 4 in C D46 - Coull Quartet (Upbeat Classics URCD 126)