Schedules for 30 Jun - 06 Jul, 2012

Disc 1

HELLENDAAL: Concerti Grossi Op 3 Nos 1-6 - Andrew Manze (vln), European Community Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (Channel CCS 3492)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44; BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Jenö Jandó (pno), Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.550406)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BRITTEN: Les Illuminations Op 18; Sinfonietta Op 1; Nocturne Op 60 - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (ten), London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 682)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 3 in C minor Op 37; No 4 in G Op 58 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2051)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

PONCE: Sonatina Meridional; Variations on a theme of Cabezón; Theme, Variations & Finale; Suite in A; Tropico; Cancion popular Gallega; Theme, 20 Variations & Fugue on Folie d'Espagne - Diego Blanco, Jukka Savijoki (gtrs) (BIS CD 255)

6:00 MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 4 in A - Kari Kriikku (cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1056)

SCHUMANN: Variations in Eb on an original theme WoO24, Ghost Variations - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 322)

BRAHMS: How lovely are thy dwellings, from A German Requiem - Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80119)

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

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

RIES: Ouverture bardique WoO24 - West German Radio SO/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 609)

7:00 SIBELIUS: Spring Song Op 16 - Moscow Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

MARTINU: Serenade No 3 - members of Prague CO (Supraphon SU 3643-2 031)

CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonatina in F Op 36/4 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)

NIELSEN: Amor and the Poet, Overture Op 54 - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Dacapo 6.220518)

STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (dir) (Collegium COLCD 104)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Iona Brown (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 945)

8:00 LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - NZSO CO (RNZ)

JC BACH: Oboe Quartet in Bb Op 8/6 - Keisuke Wakao (ob), Malcolm Lowe (vln), Cathy Basrak (vla), Sato Knudsen (cello) (PentaTone PTC 5186 018)

GRANADOS arr Miolin: Mazurka, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

DUFF: Irish Suite for Strings - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

ANON arr Dieckmann: Scottish Dances - Triton Trombone Quartet (BIS CD 884)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in G minor Op 46/8 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)

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

SCHUBERT: Die Verschworenen, Overture D787 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (Koch Schwann 3-1121)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in D minor HWV304 - Kenneth Cooper (hpschd), Erin Keefe, Philip Setzer (vlns), Roberto Díaz (vla), David Finckel (cello), Daxun Zhang (dbass) (Music@Menlo Live 2007/1)

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

GIBBS: Dusk, from Fancy Dress Suite - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

L COUPERIN: Pieces in D minor, Sarabande; Chaconne, La Complaignante; Canaries - Rosalind Halton (hpschd) (Orpheus Music OM 501)

BACH: Flute Sonata in E BWV1035 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (hpschd), Jean Huchot (cello) (rec 1954) (EMI 5 69642)

NIELSEN: Aladdin Suite - San Francisco Symphony Chorus & Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 425 857)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 102 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

CASTELLO: Sonata seconda a soprano solo - Jeremy West (cornetto), Timothy Roberts (hpschd), Paula Chateauneuf (chitarrone), Frances Kelly (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66977)

HAYDN: Symphony No 20 in C - 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

(5) Recent releases & reissues (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

How hybrid? Global music mixes

A six-part series presented by ethnomusicologist Megan Collins

(5) Ukulele

Small and easy to play, the ukulele has become the new recorder. Kiwi children and adults alike have recently re-discovered a secret that our Pacific neighbours have known for years. Today Megan Collins looks at the ukulele, from its early years in Hawaii to its establishment on every island including the North, South and Stewart atolls (RNZ)

Richard Chen (vln), Rowan Meade (cl), Auckland Youth Orch/Peter Thomas

MANDENO: Phantasmagoria; BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26; MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622; ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

ALKAN: Le festin d'Esope Op 39/12 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66794)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast - English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

TELEMANN: Cantata for the Feast of St Michael, Packe dich, gelähmter Drache - Julianne Baird (sop), Carla Morre (vln), Music's Re-creation (Meridian CDE 84159)

SCHEIN: Suite, from Banchetto Musicale - Ensemble Doulce Mémoire (Dorian DOR 90262)

ROUSSEL: The Spider's Feast - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.572243)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in C WoO36/3 - Enigma Ensemble (Balance BAL 9439)

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

A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

PUCCINI: Morire?; Terra e mare; Sole e amore - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

LISZT: Vergiftet sind meine Lieder; Ihr Auge; Was Liebe sei?; Kling leise, mein Lied - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (Trust TRI 3002)

BARBER: Dover Beach Op 3 - Margaret Medlyn (mezzo), New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

Sketches of Spain

Xuefei Yang (gtr), New Zealand SO/Christoph König

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol; RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez; TÁRREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; DEBUSSY: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra; FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No 2 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in G Wq65/12 - Miklós Spányi (clavichord) (BIS BIS CD 1819)

JC BACH: Symphony in F Op 8/4 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (Carus 83.307)

RR BENNETT: Missa brevis - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSACD 901)

STANFORD: Ballata & Ballabile Op 160 - Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67859)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - Les Siècles/François-Xavier Roth (Mirare MIR 036)

11:00 RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Chopin Op 22 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private recording ER 0001)

SAINT-SAËNS: String Quartet No 2 in G Op 153 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.572454)

Disc 1

TELEMANN: Overtures, in C TWV55/C6; in D TWV55/D19; in Bb TWV55/B10 - Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood, Sophia McKenna (obs), Alberto Grazzi (bsn), Andrew Clark, Gavin Edwards (hns), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 437 558)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BRAHMS: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; Fugue in Ab minor; Eleven Chorale Preludes Op 122; Chorale, Prelude & Fugue in A minor on O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid; Prelude & Fugue in A minor - Robert Parkins (org) (Naxos 8.550824)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Mass in C; Ah! Perfido; Ne’ gioni tuoi felici; Tremate, empi, tremate - Janice Watson (sop), Jean Rigby (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Gwynne Howell (bass), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66830)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

DIMMLER: Clarinet Concerto in Bb; WINTER: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb for violin, clarinet, horn, bassoon & orchestra; TAUSCH: Clarinet Concerto in Eb - Karl Schlechta (cl), Kurpfälz Chamber Orch/Jiri Malát (Arte Nova 74321-37298)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BARTÓK: Rhapsody for piano and orchestra Op 1; Scherzo for piano and orchestra; DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song - Zoltán Kocsis (pno), Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 446 472)

LISZT: Offertorium, from Hungarian Coronation Mass - Budapest SO/György Lehel (Hungaroton HCD 12148)

PARRY: Lord, let me know my end, from Songs of Farewell - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 281)

SILVESTROV: Ikon; KNAIFEL: O Heavenly King - Patricia Rozario (sop), Michael McHale (pno/celeste), Callino Quartet (Louth CMS LCMS 901)

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 6, As pants the hart - Eleanor Meynell, Elizabeth Poole (sops), Daniel Auchincloss (ten), BBC Singers, Orch of The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (BBC Music BBC MM 301)

PÄRT: Cantique des degrés - RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin Radio SO/Kristjan Järvi (Sony 88697 72334)

ALAIN: Litanies - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

STANFORD: Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)

MOZART: Mass No 6 in F K192, Missa brevis - Frances Bourne (mezzo), Sam Furness (ten), George Humphreys (bar), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, St John's Sinfonia/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 0786)

HANSON: Rhythmic Variations on two Ancient Hymns - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

SCHUBERT: Psalm 23 - Arnold Schoenberg Choir/Erwin Ortner, András Schiff (pno) (Teldec 0630 18024)

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

FAURÉ orch Gaubert: Romance in Bb Op 28 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Stephen Barlow (Decca 443 600)

BACH: Second movement, Siciliano, from Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Aurèle Nicolet (fl), Karl Richter (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 680)

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

BROCKWAY: Cavatina Op 13 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (Philips 416 158)

KORNGOLD: Ich ging zu ihm, from Das Wunder der Heliane - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

RAVEL arr Hoeree: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7243)

Charlotte Wilson takes a look at the life and music of BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945), in particular, his chamber and piano works (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant songs - Charles Rosen (pno) (Sony SK 94726)

Ruthenian song; Cushion dance; Soldier's song; Marching songs 1 & 2; Dance from Máramaros; Ruthenian Kolomeijka; Bagpipes; Romanian dance; Transylvanian dance, from 44 Duos for two violins Sz98 - Vasile Beluska, Ioana Galu (vlns) (KVR Classics 33141)

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

(2) Schumann/Brahms

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 - Juho Pohjonen (pno), Yura Lee (vln), Paul Neubauer (vla), Andreas Brantelid (cello)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - Arnold Steinhardt, Jessica Lee (vlns), Paul Neubauer, Beth Guterman (vlas), Nicholas Canellaki (cello) (WFMT)

GOUNOD: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHSA 5048)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 0 in D minor, Nullte - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Mario Venzago (CPO 777 617)

Roger Wilson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

GOULD: Fall River Legend - Ballet Theatre Orch/Joseph Levine (rec 1955) (EMI 6 95228)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 - Benno Moiseiwitsch (pno), Liverpool Phil/George Weldon (rec 1944) (Naxos 8.110655)

Judith Weir

British composer Judith Weir's interests in narrative, folklore and theatre have found expression in a broad range of musical invention. She is the composer and librettist of several widely performed operas whose diverse sources include Icelandic sagas, Chinese Yuan Dynasty drama and German Romanticism. Judith Weir talks to Charlotte Wilson about life and music (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Golden Cockerel, an opera in three acts

Tsar Dodon................... Vladimir Matorin

Tsarevich Gvidon.......... Boris Rudak

Tsarevich Afron............. Mikhail Diyakov

General Polkan.............. Nikolai Kazansky

Amelfa.......................... Tatiana Yerastova

Astrologer..................... Jeff Martin

Shemakhan Tsaritsa....... Venera Gimadieva

Golden Cockerel........... Anna Khvostenko

Bolshoi Theatre Chorus & Orch/Vassily Sinaisky (recorded in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow by Russian Radio, Moscow)

HOLST arr Imogen Holst: The Golden Goose - English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

BAX: Golden Eagle - Richard Nunn (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 082)

NZ performers and composers

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

PIAZZOLLA: Histoire du Tango - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

DELIUS arr Fenby: Sonata for string orchestra - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

Eleven programmes

(5) With William Dart (RNZ)

University of Auckland Lilburn Composition Prize

Two programmes

(1) CAMERON ALLEN: Suite for solo cello - Rachel Wells (cello)

HANNAH BRIGHT: The Shingle Nile - Rachel Grimwood, Crystal Lin, Alex MacDonald (vlas), Cameron Stuart, Michael Weiss (cellos), Eric Scholes (dbass)

SEAN SCANLEN: Her Hand Softly Touches the Walls of the World - Celeste Oram (vocalist/fl)

TSUBASA KAWAMOTO: Aika (Threnody) - Tsubasa Kawamoto (motion capture triggered audio)

OLIVER HUANG XU: Trio Gloria - Kieran Deane-Alder (countertenor), Ella Tunnicliffe-Glass (fl), Natasha Manowitz (vln), Michael Weiss (cello)

JOEL HOLMES-MARLER: Desertflower - Rachel Grimwood (vla), Ann Kim, Grace Neal (cellos), Caitlin Abbot (pno), Manjit Singh (tabla), Matt Kofoed, Joel Holmes-Marler (percussion)

ALEX TAYLOR: Deepwalker for solo clarinet - Natalie Harris (cl) (recorded in the Auckland University Music Theatre by RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (RCA 88697 95335)

DITTERSDORF compltd Pillney: Harp Concerto in A - Andrea Vigh (harp), Budapest Strings/Karoly Botvay (Capriccio 71 121)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 103 - Weller Quartet (Decca 475 6796)

PROKOFIEV: Andante in G minor - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10045)

STRAUSS: Eight Songs Op 10, Dedication; Nothing; The night; The dahlia; Patience; Discretion; The meadow saffron; All Souls Day - Lucia Popp (sop), Wolfgang Sawallisch (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49318)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Hannes Meyer (organ of L'Eglise St Thomas de Berne), Orchestre Il tempo giusto/Dominique Roggen (Accord 20050)

ROUSSEL: Padmâvatî, Ballet Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.572243)

11:00 PLEYEL: Prussian Quartet No 4 in C - Pleyel Quartet, Cologne (CPO 777 551)

SPOHR: Septet in A minor Op 147 - Ensemble 360 (ASV GLD 4026)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 94 in G, Surprise; No 96 in D, Miracle; No 100 in G, Military - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 718)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

DVORÁK: Quintet in A for piano & strings Op 81; MARTINU: Quintet for piano & strings - Peter Frankl (pno), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 889)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

ALBRECHTSBERGER: Missa Assumptionis Beatae Mariae Virginis; M HAYDN: Missa Sancti Hieronymi - Florian Schmitt-Bohn (sop), Joachim Koble, Roman Broszeit (countertenors), Christian Elsner (ten), Ulrich Rausch (bass), Freiburg Boys' Choir, Freiburg Baroque Soloists, Freiburg Phil/Raimund Hug (Ars Musica AM 0972)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DOHNÁNYI: Violin Sonata in C# minor Op 21; WEINER: Violin Sonata No 1 in D Op 9; Violin Sonata No 2 in F# minor Op 11; DOHNÁNYI: Andante Rubato & Alla Zingaresca, from Ruralia Hungarica Op 32C - Oscar Shumsky (vln), Seymour Lipkin (pno) (Biddulph Law 015)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

JC BACH: Grand Overtures, in Eb Op 18/1; in Bb Op 18/2; in D Op 18/3; in D Op 18/4; in E Op 18/5; in D Op 18/6 - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmur (Naxos 8.553367)

6:00 KRAUS: Olympie, Overture - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Anthony Halstead (Musica Sveciae MSCD 419)

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

J STAMITZ: Symphony in D Op 4/2, Sinfonia Pastorale - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (Naxos 8.554447)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - Wilbert Hazelzet (fl), Sonnerie (Avie AV 0033)

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

7:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 6 in Eb - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

ALBÉNIZ arr Pekker: Cordoba, from Spanish Songs - Mischa Maisky (cello), Lily Maisky (pno) (DG 477 8100)

PONCE: Estrellita - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Artek AR 0056)

CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572335)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIUS: Two Aquarelles - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Tring International TRP 037)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 54 in G HobXVI/40 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus & Final Chorus of Younger Pilgrims, from Tannhäuser, Act 3 - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

BIZET arr Harvey: Carmen Suite - tenThing/Tine Thing Helseth (dir/tpt) (EMI 0 88326)

CLIFFE: Cloud & Sunshine - Malmö Opera Orch/Christopher Fifield (Sterling CDS 1055)

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Chamber and piano works

Rhapsody Op 1, long version, Sz26 (BB36a) - Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (Philips 464 639)

String Quartet No 1 Sz40 - New Zealand String Quartet (Manu CD MANU 1513)

GOUVY: Symphony No 2 in F Op 12 - German Radio Phil/Jacques Mercier (CPO 777 381)

FALLA: Master Peter's Puppet-Show - Joan Martin (treble), Joan Cabero (ten), Iñaki Fresán (bar), Lliure Theatre CO/Josep Pons (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 5213)

ONSLOW: Quintet in Bb Op 79a - Frankfurt Ensemble Concertant (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1442)

MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9023)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A minor for two recorders TWV52/a2 - Michael Schneider (recorder/dir), Martin Hublow (recorder), Frankfurt La Stagione (CPO 777 400)

M HAYDN: Duo in C for violin & viola HobVI/6 - Rachel Podger (vln), Jane Rogers (vla) (Channel Classics CCS SA 32411)

ROSSINI: Duetto buffo di due gatti - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49238)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Evgeny Kissin (pno), London SO/Colin Davis (EMI 3 82879)

FERRABOSCO THE ELDER: Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (Fantasia a tres) - Fernando Marín (lyra-viol) (Quartz QTZ 2075)

FAURÉ: Pavane - ASMF & Chorus/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 014)

BACH trans Busoni: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Freddy Kempf (pno) (BIS SACD 1810)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 6 in Eb minor Op 111 - London SO/Valery Gergiev (rec 2004) (Philips 475 7655)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugues, No 17 in Ab; No 18 in F minor, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441-3)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

D SCARLATTI arr Françaix: Five Keyboard Sonatas - Ensemble Obligat (Ensemble Obligat 0867)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Argo ZRG 729)

J STRAUSS II: Champagne Polka; Wine, Women & Song, Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)

CARDON: Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman - Frances Kelly (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66497)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

HOFFSTETTER: String Quartet in E Op 3/1 - Kodály Quartet (Naxos 8.555703)

BERLIOZ: March, from The Trojans - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDZ 7 62605)

GARBAREK: Pan - Jan Garbarek (sax) (ECM 1685/86)

NIELSEN: Pan and Syrinx - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

MEWS: Gigue de Pan - John Wells (organ in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Timaru) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

HANSON: Pan & the Priest Op 26 - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559072)

SCHMITT: Et Pan, au fond des blé lunaires, s'accouda - Bennett Lerner (pno) (Bridge 9247)

SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)

F HERMANN: Burleske in G Op 9 - Friedemann Eichhorn, Alexia Eichhorn, Reto Kuppel (vlns) (Naxos 8.572066)

LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

Charlotte Wilson takes a look at the life and music of BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945), in particular, his chamber and piano works (RNZ)

Romanian Folk Dances Sz68, for small orchestra - Hungarian National Phil/Zoltán Kocsis (Hungaroton HSACD 32506)

Two Romanian Dances Sz43 - György Sándor (pno) (Sony SK 68277)

Three Village Scenes Sz79, for female voices & chamber orchestra - SLUK Slovakian Folk Ensemble Choir, Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 456 575)

Michael Endres (pno)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 20 in A D959; FARR: Sepuluh Jari; SCHUMANN: Carnaval Op 9; GODOWSKY: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Wine, Women & Song; GERSHWIN: Gershwin Songbook selection (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

STANFORD: Rondo in F - Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67859)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14; CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillant in C Op 3 - Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (pno) (EMI 3 66938)

MEYERBEER: Overture in March Style - North German Radio Phil/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 168)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Valeri Popov (bsn), Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 9656)

KELLY: O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

11:00 BEETHOVEN arr Matiegka: Serenade in D Op 8 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

DOHNÁNYI: String Quartet No 3 in A minor Op 33 - Aviv Quartet (Naxos 8.572569)

Disc 1

DURAND: Waltz No 1 Op 83; TCHAIKOVSKY: Petit Suite de Ballet; SHOSTAKOVICH: Suite de Ballet; PETRALI: Versetto in D; WALDTEUFEL: España, after Chabrier; WEBER: Six German Dances; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Three Pieces; ROSSINI: Petit caprice dans le style d'Offenbach; CAMPO: Maschera on an aria from Rigoletto; VILLOLDO: El Choclo; RODRIGUEZ: La Cumparsita - Hervé Désarbre (org) (Mandala Man 4894)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

SALIERI: Les Horaces, Overture; Piano Concerto in C; Semiramide, Overture; Piano Concerto in Bb; Twenty-six variations on La Follia Di Spagna - Pietro Spada (pno), Philharmonia/Pietro Spada (ASV CD DCA 955)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Singet dem Herrn; Komm, Jesu, komm!; Lobet den Herrn; Fürchte dich nicht; Der Geist hilft; Jesu, meine Freude - Kim Porter (mezzo), Neil MacKenzie (ten), Stephen Charlesworth (bar), BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury, Christopher Hughes (org) (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 44)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

STRAUSS: Don Quixote; LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor - Jacqueline du Pre (cello), New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult, Cleveland Orch/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 5 55528)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

CHERUBINI: Overtures, Ali-Baba; Les Abencérages; Les Deux Journées; Lodoïska; Médée; Anacréon; Faniska; L'Hotellerie Portugaise - City of Birmingham SO/Lawrence Foster (Claves CD 50 9513)

6:00 RACHMANINOV: Blazhen muzh - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI CDC 5 56439)

KREISLER: Tempo di minuetto in the style of Pugnani - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

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

KROUSE: Da Chara; Air - Duo Tapas (Ode CD MANU 5138)

GB SAMMARTINI: Symphony in G minor JC56 - Symphonica Ensemble/Daniele Ferrari (Naxos 8.570253)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

7:00 LISZT: Transcendental Study No 8 in C minor, Wilde Jagd - Mariangela Vacatello (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94250)

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 345)

FRANCHI: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Nicholas McGegan (dir) (Virgin VC 5 45348)

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

VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 473 168)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD arr Leon: I am a poor wayfaring stranger - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

HOLST: Two Songs without Words Op 22 - English CO/Imogen Holst (Lyrita SRCD 223)

GAUBERT: Pièce romantique - Emanuel Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 023)

PERGOLESI: Violin Concerto in Bb - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67230)

BOWEN: Idyll Op 97 - Mark Tanner (pno) (Priory PRCD 887)

KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10052)

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Chamber and piano works

Violin Sonata No 2 Sz76 - Tim Vogler (vln), Jascha Nemtsov (pno) (Profil PH 09001)

Music for strings, percussion & celesta - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 62598)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 - Lisa Beznosiuk (fl), Malcolm Proud (hpschd), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln/dir) (Virgin VCD 7 90747)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Danish Horn Trio (Chandos CHAN 9964)

F SCHMIDT: Chaconne in D minor - Malmö SO/Vassily Sinaisky (Naxos 8.572119)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Alice Sara Ott (pno), Munich Phil/Thomas Hengelbrock (DG 477 8779)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

IRELAND: The Forgotten Rite - Hallé Orch/John Wilson (Hallé CD HLL 7523)

ANDERSON arr Wendell: Forgotten Dreams - Kim Criswell (sop), BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

LISZT: Romance oubliée S132 - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1758)

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

PIAZZOLLA arr Bragato: Oblivion - Anna Noakes (fl), Justin Pearson (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7210)

The Importance of Being Hoffnung

The cartoonist, broadcaster and eccentric raconteur Gerard Hoffnung in twelve interviews with Canadian Charles Richardson

Interview 2, Hobbies (Westminster WBBC 8002)

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)

TRUTSCH: Dr Schmuggler - Bern Yodeling Club (Koch 399 408)

DELIUS: Florida Suite - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8413)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Violin Sonatas, No 26 in Bb K378; No 18 in G K301 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), Clara Haskil (pno) (rec 1958) (Philips 412 253)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 - Glenn Gould (pno), Toronto SO/Ernest MacMillan (rec 1955) (Urania SP 4240)

NZ performers and composers

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

LILBURN: Elegy - Paul Whelan (bar), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2023)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Adagio; Polka; Dance, from Golden Age Suite - New Zealand SO/Edwin Outwater (Private - NZSO 2006a)

COPLAND: Hoe-down, from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

POULENC: Clarinet Sonata in Bb - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10637)

ELGAR arr Barfoed: Sospiri Op 70 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National SO/Mario Venzago (RCA 88697 63081)

WHITACRE: The seal lullaby - Christopher Glynn (pno), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

MASSENET: Two Impromptus, Eau dormante; Eau courante - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHSA 5084)

GRAENER: Musik am abend Op 44 - North German Radio Phil, Hanover/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 777 447)

FOERSTER: Allegro giocoso - Stamic Quartet (Supraphon SU 4050)

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Aires Andaluces - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner Classics 3984 23306)

LANNER: Die Schönbrunner, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

CHABRIER: Larghetto for horn & orchestra - Ronald Janezic (horn), Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

BACH: Sonata; Coro 'Himmelskönig sei willkommen', from Cantata No 182 - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 118)

SCHUMANN: Overture, Scherzo & Finale Op 52 - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 289 457 591)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

9:30 International Rostrum of Composers 2011

Five programmes

(5) FILIDEI: Macchina per Scoppiare - RAI National SO/Pascal Rophe (RAI)

NICOLETTI: Abismo Al Abismo - Juan Pablo Nicoletti (electronics) (Argentinean Radio)

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

FOX: 3 Studies for the Bionic Ear - Robin Fox (electronics) (ABC Classic FM)

CREE BROWN: Inner Bellow - Gretchen La Roche (cl) (RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 22 in Eb, The Philosopher; No 23 in G; No 24 in D; No 25 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66536)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOLIERO: Sonatinas, No 1 in A minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor; No 4 in D; No 5 in A minor; Toccatas, in C# minor; in B minor; in C; Little Suite; Prelude & Fugue in C# minor; Children's Suite; Two Miniatures; Playera; The Fountain; Serenade in the Spanish Style; Concert Study; Pictures of the Plains; Joropo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (ASV CD DCA 890)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; 5 Rückertlieder; Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen - Janet Baker (mezzo), Hallé Orch, New Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 747 793)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HANDEL: Sonatas, in G for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/4; in A for violin & basso continuo Op 1/3; in G minor for two violins & basso continuo; in B minor for flute, violin & basso continuo Op 2/1; in D for two violins & basso continuo Op 5/2; in Bb for two violins & basso continuo Op 2/3 - English Concert (Archiv 415 497)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

ARNOLD: The Bridge on the River Kwai; Whistle Down the Wind; The Sound Barrier; Hobson's Choice; The Inn of the Sixth Happiness - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

6:00 MYSLIVECEK: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb Op 2/1 - Ural Phil/Gary Brain (Toccata Classics TOCC 0023)

RACHMANINOV: No 1 in F minor; No 2 in C; No 3 in Eb minor; No 6 in C# minor, from Etudes-tableaux Op 33 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 62837)

PÄRT: Fratres for violin, strings & percussion - Gidon Kremer (vln), German CO (Teldec 0630 14654)

PARADIS: Sicilienne in Eb - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 5 55529)

LANCHBERY: Tales of Beatrix Potter, excerpts - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

7:00 BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80 - Vienna Phil/Pierre Monteux (Decca 475 7798)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

GELINEK: Air des mystères d'Isis, after The Magic Flute - Cyprien Katsaris (pno) (Sony SK 52551)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: Summertime/A Woman is a Sometime Thing; It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Sonya Ovrutsky (pno) (Berlin Classics 030 0060 BC)

HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

8:00 Beauty Spot: KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

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

J STRAUSS I: Radetzky March - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5009)

G GABRIELI: Canzon in echo on the twelfth tone, from Sacrae symphoniae 1597 - brass players of the Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Ivan Meylemans (RCO Live RCO 07002)

ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Chamber and piano works

Dance Suite Sz77 - Zoltán Kocsis (pno) (Philips 464 639)

Rhapsody No 2 Sz89 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Florent Boffard (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1702)

Sonata for two pianos & percussion - Safri Duo, Slovak Piano Duo (Chandos CHAN 9398)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (Sony 88697 689582)

KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D minor - Julia Fischer (vln), Russian National Orch/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 059)

RAVEL: La Valse - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Avie AV 2256)

FALLA: El Amor Brujo - Nancy Fabiola Herrera (mezzo), Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1271)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

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

CADMAN: The Legend of the Canyon Op 68 - Peter Zazofsky (vln), Paul Posnak (pno) (Naxos 8.559067)

HESS: East Coast Pictures - London Symphonic Wind Orch/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 9764)

SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir/vln) (Chandos CHAN 10063)

DONIZETTI: Depuis l'instant, from La Fille du régiment - Joan Sutherland (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 815)

MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Lyubov Bruk, Mark Taimanov (pno duo), Leningrad CO/Lazar Gozman (Philips 456 736)

BACH: Cantata No 38, Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir - Carolyn Sampson (sop), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Mark Padmore (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Gent Collegium Vocale Choir & Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1843)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

GRIEG: Gade; Illusion; Homesickness, from Lyric Pieces Book 6 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (rec 2001) (EMI 5 57296)

SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor Op 56, Intimate Voices - Emerson String Quartet (rec 2004) (DG 477 5960)

STENHAMMAR: The girl came home from meeting her lover; ALFVÉN: Take my heart; The forest sleeps - Barbara Bonney (sop), Antonio Pappano (pno) (rec 1999) (Decca 466 762)

NZ performers and composers

FARQUHAR: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2060)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)

SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

RAFF: Souvenirs de Don Giovanni Op 45 - Petronel Malan (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.231)

MORRICONE arr Marchione: Gabriel's Oboe, from The Mission - Adriano Del Sal (gtr) (Naxos 8.572657)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? from Orpheus & Euridice - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Roger Norrington (Decca 466 196)

SOUSA: America First - Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559247)

FOSS: Three American pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)

COPLAND: Long time ago, from Old American Songs, Set 1 - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

IVES: Variations on America - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

LAMB: American Beauty Rag - Joshua Rifkin (pno) (Decca 425 225)

BERNSTEIN: America, from West Side Story - Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), Louise Edeiken (sop), Los Angeles Phil Chorus & Orch/Leonard Bernstein (DG 427 806)

MEACHAM arr Sebesky: American Patrol - Peter Chapman, Bruce Hall (tpts), Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68598)

SCHUMAN: American Festival Overture - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 61282)

Brian Kay's Light Music

Three programmes

(1) Going Places (RNZ)

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2011

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Christoph Eschenbach, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivan Fischer

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 4 in D minor Op 120; BRAHMS: Symphony No 1 in C minor Op 68; SCHUMANN: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, Overture; BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: First movement, Allegro; Fourth movement, Rondo alla Zingarese, excerpt, from Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (Radio Netherlands)

ROMERO: Confesiones (Bambuco); MONTANA: Lejania (Pasillo); BEDOYA: Seis por Numeración - Andres Villamil (gtr) (Oehms Classics OC 778)

HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), National Phil/Raymond Leppard (CBS CD 37846)

HAYDN: Symphony No 101 in D, The Clock - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5176)

11:00 LISZT: Three Liebesträume - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (RNZ)

REICHA: Octet in Eb Op 96 - Consortium Classicum/Dieter Klöcker (cl/dir) (CPO 999 742)

Disc 1

LILBURN: Festival Overture; A Song of Islands; Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

1:00 approx - Disc 2

VILLA-LOBOS: Rudepoema; Cirandas Nos 1-16 - Alma Petchersky (pno) (ASV CD DCA 959)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

NIELSEN: Hymnus Amoris; The Sleep; Springtime in Funen; Three Motets Op 55 - Inga Nielsen (sop), Poul Elming (ten), Copenhagen Boys' Choir; Children's Chorus of St Anne School; Danish National Radio Choir & SO/Leif Segerstam, Stefan Parkman (Chandos CHAN 8853)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: String Quartets Op 20, No 2 in C; No 4 in D; No 3 in G minor - Quatuor Mosaiques (Astrée Auvidis E 8784)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

FARNON: Portrait of a Flirt; How Beautiful is the Night; Melody Fair; A la Claire Fontaine; The Peanut Polka; In a Calm, Impressions for Orchestra, No 2; Gateway to the West; Jumping Bean; Pictures in the Fire; Little Miss Molly; Colditz March; A Star is Born; The Westminster Waltz; Manhattan Playboy, Three Impressions for Orch, No 3; Lake in the Woods; Derby Day; State Occasion - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223401)

6:00 BARBER: Agnus Dei, based on Adagio for strings - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Viva Voce ACD 901)

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

GRANADOS: Moresque; Canción Arabe, from Spanish Dances - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)

DEBUSSY arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Petite Suite - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

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

7:00 HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Robert Farley (tpt), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 67128)

SARASATE: Boléro Op 30; Zortzico d'Iparraguirre Op 39; Sérénade andalouse Op 10; Adiós montañas mias Op 37 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

MOZART: Fragment in E K494a - Michael Thompson (hn/dir), Bournemouth Sinfonietta (Naxos 8.553592)

LORTZING: Clog Dance, from Zar und Zimmermann - Bamberg SO/Hans Gierster (DG 427 021)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - József Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lili Aldor (dir) (Naxos 8.550556)

8:00 Beauty Spot: WAGNER orch Mottl: Der Engel, from Wesendonck Lieder - Régine Crespin (sop), French National Radio Orch/Georges Prêtre (EMI CDM 7 64434)

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

CHARLTON: Partial Eclipse - Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble/Matthew Marshall (Massey University MU002)

ROSSINI: String Sonata No 4 in Bb - Ensemble Explorations/Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1776)

GERSHWIN arr Fernie: Porgy & Bess, Suite - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Chamber and piano works

Mikrokosmos Book 1, Nos 1-23 - Georges Solchany (pno) (EMI 6 95570)

Divertimento Sz113 - Polish CO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 321 0180)

Contrasts Sz111 - György Pauk (vln), Kálmán Berkes (cl), Jenö Jandó (pno) (Naxos 8.550749)

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Bergen Phil/Ole Kristian Ruud (BIS SACD 1591)

HUMMEL: Piano Concerto in B minor Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), English CO/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8507)

ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 3 in Eb - Modigliani Quartet (Mirare MIR 168)

D'INDY: Symphony in A minor, Italian - Iceland SO/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10660)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden, Suite - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

OSWALD: Il Neige - Maria Inês Guimaraes (pno) (Marco Polo)

POULENC: Un soir de neige - Swedish Radio Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 31411)

BINGE: The Dance of the Snowflakes - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223515)

Andreas Scholl

The star counter-tenor talks with Matthew Crawford (Media Maker)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe; Circus Polka - Berlin Phil/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

NZ performers and composers

BAIRSTOW: Evening Song - Nigel Potts (organ of St Paul's Church, Washington, DC) (Herald HAVPCD 344)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Abendlied - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell, Claire Caldwell (pno) (Atoll ACD 105)

ELGAR: Chanson de Nuit Op 15/1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9, Nos 1 in Bb minor; 2 in Eb; 3 in B - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

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

COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (CBS MK 42429)

M-A CHARPENTIER arr Held: Second Air de Trompette, from Two Triumphal Airs - Hannes, Wolfgang & Bernhard Läubin (tpts), Norbert Schmitt (timp), Simon Preston (org) (DG 419 245)

CHABRIER orch Mottl: Bourrée fantasque - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-1568)

K YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private - MM 2009A)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

MEDTNER: Four Lyrical Fragments Op 23 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67851)

LAMBERT: Mars and Venus - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Barry Wordsworth (Dutton CDLX 7149)

HEGGIE: A lucky child, from At the Statue of Venus - Susan Graham (mezzo), Jake Heggie (pno) (Avie AV 2198)

HOLST: Mars, Bringer of War, from Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Tring International TRP 996)

SANDSTRÖM: A New Heaven & A New Earth - Eric Ericson Chamber Choir/Eric Ericson (Phono Suecia PSCD 139)

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

GUTMANN: Boléro in C minor Op 35 - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Naxos 8.572344)

COATES: Covent Garden, from London Suite - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

Lexus Song Quest 2012

The Semi-Finals

Four programmes

(1) Rodney Macann introduces the semi-finalists in New Zealand's premier singing competition, each performing a single item, Bryony Williams (sop), Moses Mackay (bbar), Grace Park (sop), Alexander Wilson (ten), Bianca Andrew (mezzo), Amitai Pati (ten), Isabella Moore (sop), Tavis Gravatt (bbar), Polly Ott (sop), Kawiti Waetford (bar), Marlena Devoe (sop) and Stephen Diaz (countertenor) (RNZ) (Programme 2 on Saturday at 7.00pm)

Michael Houstoun (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman

MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture & Ballet Music; Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488; Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BIBER: Passacaglia, The guardian angel, from The Mystery Sonatas - Julia Wedman (vln) (Sono Luminus DSL 92127)

WEISS arr Noad: Passacaglia - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

BUXTEHUDE: Passacaglia in D minor BuxWV161 - Douglas Mews (organ of the Katharinenkirche, Braunschweig) (Douglas Mews DCM 001)

MARINI: Passacaglia in four parts - Irish Baroque Orch Chamber Soloists/Monica Huggett (dir) (Avie AV 2202)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1896)

BACH: Concerto in D for three violins BWV1064 - Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (vlns), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir/vln) (Chandos CHAN 0594)

11:00 REGER: Serenade in G Op 141a for flute, violin & viola - Oxalys (Fuga Libera FUG 553)

SCHUBERT trans Meinders: Heidenröslein; Ständchen D957/4; Im Fruhling D882; Du bist die Ruh' D776; Lachen und Weinen D777 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110 - Valentin Berlinsky Quartet (Avie AV 2253)

Disc 1

WALTON: Portsmouth Point Overture; Capriccio Burlesco; The First Shoot; Scapino, A Comedy Overture; Granada, Prelude for orchestra; Prologo e Fantasia; Johannesburg Festival Overture; Music for Children; Music for Children, Galop finale - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8968)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

Miniatures by CHOPIN, GOTTSCHALK, LISZT, BACH, MENDELSSOHN, DEBUSSY, SCHUBERT, ALBÉNIZ, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, MOZART - Various artists (Decca 436 854)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs - Elizabeth Söderström (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 436 204)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Symphonies, No 1 in C Op 21; No 2 in D Op 36 - Philharmonia/Kurt Sanderling (EMI CDM 7 69382)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

TUBIN: Double bass Concerto; Valse Triste; Ballade for violin & orchestra; Violin Concerto No 2; Estonian Dances Suite - Hakan Ehrén (dbass), Gustavo Garcia (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

6:00 PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

TRAD arr Britten: O Waly Waly - Ian Bostridge (ten), Britten Sinfonia/Daniel Harding (EMI 5 56871)

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

DONIZETTI: Oboe d'amore Concertino in G - Günther Passin (ob d'amore), RIAS Sinfonietta/Jirí Stárek (Koch Schwann 311 121)

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

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

7:00 BOUGHTON: Three Folk Dances - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67185)

TURINA: Violin Sonata No 2 in G Op 82, Spanish - Marianne Thorsen (vln), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67889)

RUTTER: I will lift up mine eyes - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67259)

KASKA: Ballade - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BESSER: Predawn Meditation - New Zealand SO/Derrick Inouye (RNZ)

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

TELEMANN: Oboe Concerto in F minor TWV51/f1 - Burkhard Glaetzner (ob), Berlin CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Berlin Classics 1386 BC)

KERLL: Batalla Imperial - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AV 9801)

BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

J THOMAS: David of the White Rock - Sebastien Lipman (harp) (Naxos 8.570372)

GLINKA: Kamarinskaya - Musica Viva CO/Alexander Rudin (Fuga Libera FUG 571)

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Chamber and piano works

Sonata in G minor for solo violin Sz117 - Augustin Hadelich (vln) (Avie AV 2180)

Piano Concerto No 3 Sz119 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno), London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 426 660)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade No 13 in G K525 - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 233)

SCHUMANN: Requiem in Db Op 148 - Sibylla Rubens (sop), Ingeborg Danz (contralto), Christoph Prégardien (ten), Yorck Felix Speer (bass), Saarbrücken Chamber Choir, German Radio Phil/Georg Grün (Hänssler CD 93.270)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 - Domus (Hyperion CDA 66166)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 477 5688)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

MONZA ed Biondi: Sinfonia in D, La tempesta di mare - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 3 63430)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Robert Atchinson (vln/dir), Altamira CO (Guild GMCD 7375)

SIMONETTI: Sonata in C minor Op 5/2, Sea Storm - Red Priest (Red Priest RP 004)

BRITTEN: Storm, from Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6538)

MEYERBEER arr Sanderson: Coronation March, from The Prophet - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 1539)

Instrument Makers in Australasia

Four programmes

(1) Ian Watchorn and Graham Caldersmith

Art and science are brought together when instrument makers give voice to today's performers. In Melbourne, Ian Watchorn employs a keen sense of history to re-create great bowed and plucked instruments. And, in Comboyne, New South Wales, Graham Caldersmith's mastery of the physics of sound has given rise to an innovative family of guitars. Presented by Matthew Crawford (Media Maker)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

HEINICHEN: Concerto in G Seibel213, from Dresden Concerti - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (rec 1992) (Archiv 437 549)

LEO: Qual farfalla, from Zenobia in Palmira - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (rec 2009) (Decca 478 1521)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D Op 76/5 - Jerusalem Quartet (rec 2008) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2030)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas, in G K547; in B minor K197 - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (rec 1964) (Sony SK 48093)

NZ performers and composers

FARR: Te Papa - Mere Boynton (karanga), Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), Richard Greager (ten), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2042)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in D WoO36/2 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Naxos 8.570998)

POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani - Thomas Trotter (org), Auckland Philharmonia/Arvo Volmer (Atoll ACD 116)

DI VITTORIO: Overtura Respighiana - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572333)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Pawel Zuzanski (vln), Sergej Filioglo (pno) (MGR Productions 2010A)

JANÁCEK: Ave Maria - Cappella Amsterdam/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2097)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7415)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in F G432 - Sarah Francis (ob), Allegri String Quartet (Decca 433 173)

PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Florence May Festival Orch/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 456 586)

RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 98361)

STANFORD: Irish Rhapsody No 3 Op 137 - Gemma Rosefield (cello), BBC Scottish SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67859)

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

HAYDN: Third movement, Menuetto, from String Quartet in D Op 64/5, Lark - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1823)

GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

LEHÁR: March & Palótas, from Where the Lark sings - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

TRAD arr Owens: Little red lark - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

DINICU: L'alouette - Roby Lakatos (vln), Lakatos Ensemble (DG 457 879)

The Critic's Chair

Roger Wilson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

Michael Stewart (organ of St Mary of the Angels, Wellington)

BUXTEHUDE: Chorale Variations, Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren Bux213; BACH: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV676; FRESCOBALDI: Fiori Musicali, excerpts; BACH: Chorale Prelude, An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV653; GRIGNY: Kyrie, from the Mass (Livre d'Orgue); BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV538, Dorian (recorded in St Mary of the Angels, Wellington by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony 88697 688812)

STRAUSS: Cäcilie Op 27/2; Wiegenlied Op 41/1; Ich liebe dich Op 37/2; Morgen Op 27/4; Zueignung Op 10/1 - Montserrat Caballé (sop), French National Orch/Leonard Bernstein (DG 477 5910)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - Rotterdam CO/Conrad van Alphen (Telarc CD 80623)

CASELLA: Scarlattiana Op 44 - Anthony Spiri (pno), Basel CO/Christopher Hogwood (Arte Nova 74321 92765)

11:00 BLANC: Septet in E Op 40 - members of Octuor de France (Calliope CAL 9384)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)