Schedules for 27 Aug - 02 Sep, 2016

Lili Kraus

School children cheered and music-lovers hungrily devoured the post-war concerts given in NZ by Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus. Charlotte Wilson presents a tribute to the life and work of this remarkable woman (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

FINZI: A Severn Rhapsody; New Year Music; Love's Labours Lost, Three Soliloquies; Romance in Eb Op 11; Prelude in F minor; The Fall of the Leaf; Introit in F; Eclogue Op 10; Grand Fantasia & Toccata Op 38 - Peter Katin (pno), New Philharmonia/Vernon Handley; London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 239)

2:20 approx - Disc 2

Southern Voices

Opera arias performed by Frances Alda, Rosina Buckman, Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa (sops), Heather Begg, Patricia Payne (mezzos), Peter Baillie, Anson Austin, Richard Greager, Patrick Power, Keith Lewis (tens), Brian Drake, Barry Mora, Denis Dowling (bars), Donald McIntyre, Rodney Macann (bbars), Noel Mangin, Oscar Natzka, Inia Te Wiata (basses) (Kiwi CD SLD 82)

3:30 approx - Disc 3

BRAHMS: Lerchengesang Op 70/2; Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38; Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor; Minnelied III Op 71/5; Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99; Wiegenlied Op 49/15 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

4:45 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: La Boîte à joujoux; Six Epigraphes antiques; Pagodas & La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes; L'Isle Joyeuse; Le triomphe de Bacchus - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572568)

6:00 JONGEN: Adagio symphonique in B Op 20 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Royal Flemish Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 68005)

SCHUBERT arr Moinet: Andante, from Die Zauberharfe - Céline Moinet (ob), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)

MOZART: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Radu Lupu (pno), English CO/Uri Segal (Decca 425 852)

RODRIGO: Tonadilla - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Camerata Wales Owain/Arwel Hughes (BIS CD 1589)

7:00 HASSE: Sinfonia in D, from the opera Demofoonte - Dresden Baroque Orch (CPO 777 782)

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557889)

J STRAUSS II: Egyptian March Op 335 - Vienna Phil/Daniel Barenboim (Sony 88883 792272)

DITTERSDORF: String Quartet No 1 in D - Franz Schubert Quartet (CPO 999 038)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

8:00 JC BACH: Artaserse, Overture - Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (CPO 999 129)

FALLA: Canción; Cortejo de los gnomos; Vals-Capricho - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555066)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Swedish CO/Roy Goodman (Naxos 8.554806)

FRANCAIX: L'Heure du Berger - Susan Tomes (pno), Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67036)

PARRY: Blest Pair of Sirens - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield (org) (Argo 430 836)

BECK: Sinfonia in D Op 2/5 - Thirteen Strings CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573323)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 9 - Brigitte Engerer (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 1430.31)

NISLE: Octet in D - Consortium Classicum (CPO 777 266)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2216)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 1 in F K37 - Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), English CO (EMI CZS 7 62825)

LÉCOT arr Serio: Gloria a te, Cristo Gesù - Andrea Bocelli (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (Philips 462 600)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV265 - Pablo Valetti (vln/dir), Café Zimmermann (Alpha 193)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in Eb minor Op 118/6 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 2 in C minor - Dresden State Orch/Eugen Jochum (Brilliant Classics 92084)

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

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

Indigenous music from around the world

From the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition

Natalie Lin (vln), Sarah Watkins (pno)

BACH: First & Second movements, Adagio; Fugue, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; MOZART: First movement, Allegro, from Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218; BODY: Caravan; PAGANINI: Caprice No 10 in G minor, from 24 Caprices Op 1; BEETHOVEN: First & Second movements, Allegro assai; Tempo di Minuetto, from Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3; YSAŸE: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 27, Ballade (recorded in the Queenstown Memorial Hall by RNZ)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Ning Feng (vln), German SO/Yang Yang (Channel Classics CCS SA 34913)

Join Nick Tipping for a two-hour journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way

This week (inspired by a new addition to his family), Nick looks at jazz tunes that feature girls' names (RNZ)

Alisa Weilerstein (cello), New Zealand SO/Rafael Payare

SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture Op 115; PROKOFIEV: Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op 125; MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

FARR: Balinese Pieces, Sepuluh Jari; Tentang Cara Gamelan; Jangan Lupa - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (Trust MMT 2070)

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

SIBELIUS: Kuolema - Pia Pajala (sop), Turku Phil/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.573299)

PAGANINI: Guitar Quartet No 7 in E - Anthea Gifford (gtr), Mozart String Trio (Denon CO 77069)

J FONTANA: Rêveries Op 8 - Hubert Rutkowski (pno) (Acte Préalable AP 0160)

SPOHR: Violin Concerto in G WoO9 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 751)

WEBER: Trio in G minor for flute, cello & piano Op 63 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67464)

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)

ANON: Song of the Sibyl - Gisela Bellsolà (contralto), Obsidienne/Emmanuel Bonnardot (dir) (Opus 111 OPS 30-130)

CLAUSEN: Prayer; Set me as a seal, from A New Creation; All that hath life and breath - Sarah Tannehill (sop), Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5105)

CHILCOTT: Peace Mass - Cotswold Children's Choir/Hilary Tadman-Robins, Philip Ledger (pno) (Cotswold CCC 0401)

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

STANFORD: The Lord is my shepherd - Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill, Stephen Farr (org) (Hyperion CDA 66964)

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 6, As pants the hart - Susan Gritton (sop), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (ten), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67926)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Elena Riu (pno) (Linn CKD 111)

FINZI: Romance in Eb Op 11 - Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (Somm SOMMCD 244)

SCHUMANN arr Auer: Vogel als Prophet, from Forest Scenes Op 82 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Anthony Way (treble), English Sinfonia/Neil Page, Daniel Phillips (organ) (Decca 455 645)

GRAINGER: My Robin is to the greenwood gone - Moray Welsh (cello), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

MOZART: Third movement, Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita - Wind players of ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - London Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI CD EMX 9508)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 40 - András Schiff (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 466 425)

MARX: Sinfonia in modo classico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

BACH: Komm, Jesu, komm! BWV 229; PÄRT: Nunc dimittis; BACH: Singet dem Herrn BWV 225; PÄRT: Triodion; BACH: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227

(recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

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

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BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Artemis Quartet (Erato 0825 646195794)

BRUCE: Dances I-V, from Gumboots - Julian Bliss (cl), Carducci String Quartet (Signum Records SIGCD 448)

Vintage Romania

C SILVESTRI: Three pieces for strings Op 4/2 - Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1967) (Nimbus NI 6124)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor K310 - Dinu Lipatti (pno) (rec 1950) (Membran 232 582)

ENESCU: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C - Bournemouth SO/Constantin Silvestri (rec 1963) (Nimbus NI 6124)

Art, Life, Music

Charlotte Wilson visits prominent NZ artists in their studios to ask about the role of music in their life and work

(3) Gavin Bishop - illustrator, co-creator of such beloved characters as Mr Whistler, Quaky Cat, and Mrs McGinty, writer of quirky original stories, and re-teller of European classics and Maori mythology (RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - Basel SO/Dennis Russell Davies (Solo Musica SOB 07)

Wallace International Piano Festival 2016

Four programmes

(4) Wallace National Junior Piano Competition Final

LIGETI: Allegro con spirito, from Musica ricercata; LISZT: La Campanella - Conroy Hu

BACH: Prelude and Allemande, from Partita No 5 in G; MCLEOD: Tone Clock Piece No1 - Christina Xiao

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in B Flat Op 23/2; RAVEL: Sonatine - Sean Yang

BEETHOVEN: First movement, Presto, from Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3; CHOPIN: Nocturne in C# Minor Op 27/1; MESSIAEN: Prelude No 8, Un reflet dans le vent - Emily Fan

HAYDN: Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor, HobXVI/36; GLINKA transcr Balakirev: The Lark; DEBUSSY: Jardins sous la pluie, from Estampes; BARBER: Nos 1 & 3, from Excursions - Marianna Kang

BEETHOVEN: First movement, Allegro con brio, from Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3; CHOPIN: Ballade in G minor Op 23/1; BARTÓK: Allegro barbaro - Lixin Zhang

(recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 6 in G Op 47 - Jolente de Maeyer (vln), Liège Royal Phil/Patrick Davin (Fuga libera FUG 575)

William Dart hosts a half-hour of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond, following a personal trail to explore where his ears, gaze and nose guide him (RNZ)

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

From NZ Opera

Three programmes

(3) WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde

Isolde........................... Annalena Persson

Tristan.......................... Lars Clevemann

Brangäne...................... Daveda Karanas

Kurwenal..................... Bo Skovhus

Marke........................... Runí Battaberg

Melot........................... Marco Stella

Sailor, Shepherd.......... Henry Choo

Helmsman.................... Jarvis Dams

Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in F TWV55/F3 - Les Ambassadeurs/Alexis Kossenko (Alpha 200)

VILLA-LOBOS: A Prole do Bebê, Book 1 - Alma Petchersky (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1149)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 - Vogler Quartet (CPO 777 625)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante cantabile Op 11; DVORÁK: Concerto in B minor for cello & orchestra Op 104; Rondo in G minor Op 94; ARENSKY: Chante Triste Op 56/3; DAVIDOV: Am Springbrunnen Op 20/2; DVORÁK: Waldesruhe Op 68/5 - Peter Wispelwey (cello), Paolo Giacometti (pno/harmonium), Netherlands Phil/Lawrence Renes (Channel Classics CCS 8695)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

JC BACH: Quintet in D Op 22/1; Sextet in C for oboe, two horns, violin, cello & keyboard; Quintets, in D Op 11/6; in C Op 11/1 - English Concert (Archiv 423 385)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GRIEG: Songs - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 437 521)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

CHOPIN: 24 Preludes Op 28; Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Nikolai Demidenko (pno) (Onyx 4036)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

BUFFARDIN: Concerto in E minor in five parts; BOISMORTIER: Concerto in D Op 26/6; CORRETTE: Les Sauvages et La Furstemberg, from Concerto Comique No 25 in G minor; QUENTIN le jeune: Sonata in four parts in D; Concerto in A Op 12/1; BLAVET: Concerto in four parts in A minor - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 447 286)

6:00 SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1989)

SALIERI: Trio in G - Ensemble Italiano di Fiati (Brilliant Classics 93360)

PURCELL arr Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Bochmann String Quartet (Redcliffe 020)

NIELSEN: Saga Dream - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1839/40)

MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Julian Bliss (cl), Julien Quentin (pno) (EMI 5 85639)

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

7:00 SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

ARBAN: Fantaisie Brillante - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Maria Meerovitch (pno) (Warner 2564 65958)

BEETHOVEN: Rondino in Eb WoO25 - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 438)

ALBINONI: Sonata in Bb in five parts Op 2/5 - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (Zig Zag ZZT 090 202)

ZÁDOR: Hungarian Capriccio - Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572548)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY orch Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60758)

DELIUS: Sleigh Ride - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5131)

PIAZZOLLA: Milonga del ángel - Maristella Patuzzi (vln), Floraleda Sacchi (harp) (Decca 481 1489)

ERNST: Adagio sentimentale, from Morceaux de Salon Op 13 - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 894)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2194)

MOZART: Second movement, Andante, from Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Håvard Gimse, Vebjörn Anvik (pno duo), Norwegian CO/Iona Brown (dir) (Chandos CHAN 10507)

9:00 HILL: String Quartet No 14 in B minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.573267)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), London SO/André Previn (DG 474 8742) AKLD

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 476 259)

VERDI: È strano ... Sempre libera, from La Traviata - Diana Damrau (sop), Piotr Beczala (ten), Royal Theatre Orch, Turin/Gianandrea Noseda (Erato 0825 646166749)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), London Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0652)

DVORÁK: Terzetto in C Op 74 - members of Smetana Quartet (BBC Legends BBCL 4180)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

12:00 SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Sonata No 1 in C minor Op 32 - Julian Steckel (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Avi 8553230)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - BBC Phil/John Storgårds (Chandos CHAN 10809)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: String Trio (1945) - Helene Pohl (vln), Gillian Ansell (vla), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) (Naxos 8.573079)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (EMI CDM 7 63778)

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

MOERAN: Overture for a Masque - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 247)

VALENTINI: Lasciami ... Se il mar sommesso mormora, from Il sonnambulo - Joyce DiDonato, Héloise Mas (mezzos), Lyon National Opera Orch/Riccardo Minasi (Erato 0825 646365623)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 6/3 - Academy of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7228/29)

ONSLOW: Piano Trio in D minor Op 20 - Trio Cascades (CPO 777 232)

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

BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030 - François Lazarevitch (fl), Jean Rondeau (hpschd) (Alpha 186)

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 010)

5:00 M HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto No 1 in D - Franz Landlinger (tpt), Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (CPO 777 781)

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

CHARLTON: Figure Eight - Totally Plucked, the Wellington Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

GRIEG: At the Wedding, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Baltic Sea Youth Phil/Kristjan Järvi (Naïve V 5407)

BOCCHERINI: String Trio in A Op 38/1 - Tres Cordes String Trio (Ode CD MANU 5122)

PIERNÉ: Scherzo-Caprice in D Op 25 - Stephen Coombs (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67348)

6:00 RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/André Previn (EMI 7 94431)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Keller Quartet (ECM 2197)

TURINA: Corners of Seville Op 5 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.572915)

GOUNOD: Waltz, from Faust - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

ARNOLD: Three Shanties for Wind Quintet - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66173)

HUMMEL: Fantasy in G minor - Rainer Moog (vla), Hamburg Soloists/Emil Klein (Arte Nova 74321 37319)

BBC Proms 2016

Guy Johnston (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo

HAYDN: Symphony No 34 in D minor;

C BRAY: Falling in the Fire (BBC commission & world première);

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor

(recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonata in A D574 - Isaac Stern (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Sony Classical S2K 44504)

SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 1 in F minor Op 6 - Anatol Ugorski (pno) (Avi Music AVI 8553195)

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 8093)

MOZART: Symphony No 27 in G K199 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Oiseau-Lyre 417 592)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (Ondine OCDE 1271-2D)

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 BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme from Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

JEANJEAN: Clair Matin - Julian Bliss (cl), Julien Quentin (pno) (EMI 5 85639)

RABAUD: English Suite No 2 - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam (Marco Polo 8.223503)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Richard Pearce (org) (Conifer CDCF 176)

WF BACH: Allegro e forte, from Sinfonia in D minor F65 - Il Convito/Maude Gratton (dir/hpschd) (Mirare MIR 162)

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

DUFF: Meath Pastoral - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

RAMEAU: Dardanus, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

7:00 ROSSINI: Mon prélude hygienique du matin - Paolo Giacometti (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 13898)

PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67230)

LORD: The Road from Lindisfarne, from Durham Concerto - Matthew Barley (cello), Ruth Palmer (vln), Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes), Royal Liverpool Phil/Mischa Damev (Avie AV 2145)

BITTOVÁ: A strange young lady - Bart Schneemann (ob), Daniel Raiskin (vla) (Channel Classics CCS 18598)

HUMPERDINCK: Menuet in Eb for Piano Quintet - Andreas Kirpal (pno), Diogenes Quartet (CPO 777 547)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Running Set - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10001)

8:00 Beauty Spot: STANFORD: The blue bird Op 119/3 - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Decca 473 168)

LAURO: Venezuelan Waltz No 2; Seis por derecho - Pablo Villegas (gtr) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907649)

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for two horns RV539 - Kurt Sandau (hunting horn), Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (hunting horn/dir) (Berlin Classics 0300041BC)

CUNNINGHAM: Aberlady - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Phil Cunningham (accordion) (Decca 478 6690)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (CBS MK 42206)

VERDALLE: Impromptu No 2 - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

HAWES: Rain - English CO/Patrick Hawes (Black Box BBM 1081)

9:00 SPOHR: Concerto Movement in D WoO16 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 751)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - New Zealand SO/JoAnn Falletta (Koch International 3-7368)

CLEMENTI: Piano Trio in D Op 27/2 - Trio Galatea (Etcetera KTC 4010)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Anna Maria Friman (sops), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

MENDELSSOHN ed Hogwood: Hebrides Overture - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 1525)

MOZART: Flute Quartet No 1 in D K285 - Juliette Hurel (fl), Members of Quatuor Voce (Alpha 204)

RESPIGHI: Rossiniana - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.557711)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (RCA 74321 84112)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Philips 456 910)

GLIÈRE: Horn Concerto in Bb - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Jena Phil/Andrey Boreyko (Teldec 8573 85558)

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

12:00 HANDEL: Sinfonia in Bb HWV347 - Concerto Cologne (Berlin Classics 1617 BC)

Settling the Score: Clarissa Dunn talks to Bryan Crump

FARR: Waipoua - Mary Scott (cl), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

TIPPETT: Second movement, from Triple Concerto for violin, viola & cello - Ernst Kovacic (vln), Gérard Caussé (vla), Alexander Baillie (cello), BBC Phil/Michael Tippett (Nimbus NI 1759)

SCHUBERT: No 1 in C; No 3 in F minor; No 4 in C# minor, from Moments Musicaux D780 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2136/37)

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HAYDN: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan folksong - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

SIBELIUS: King Christian II, Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Indianapolis SO/Krzysztof Urbanski (Telarc TEL 34030)

CHILCOTT: Remember me - Katarzyna Neugebauer-Jastrzebska (pno), NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 311)

GRIEG: Notturno, from Lyric Pieces Book 5; Homesickness, from Lyric Pieces Book 6; At your feet, from Lyric Pieces Book 9 - Javier Perianes (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2205)

SAINT-SAËNS: La Muse et le Poète Op 132 - Noah Geller (vln), Kansas City SO/Michael Stern (Reference Recordings 136)

GOODALL: The Seasons, Summer - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/ (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2176)

MENDELSSOHN: Hear my prayer - Rachel Bennett (sop), Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Mark Williams (org) (Chandos CHAN 10363)

RR BENNETT: Seven Country Dances - A new Dance; Lady Day; The Ladies' misfortune; Enfield Common; The Czar of Muscovy; The mulberry garden; Nobody's jig - Amy Dickson (soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

5:00 R HARVEY: Second movement, contredanse, from Concerto Antico - John Williams (gtr), London SO/Paul Daniel (Sony SK 68337)

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

DEBUSSY trans Mercz: En bateau, from Petite Suite - János Bálint (fl), Nóra Mercz (harp) (Naxos 8.550741)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Peter Scholes (cl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

TRAD arr Rive: Colne - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

TRAD arr Lundén-Welden: Kesh Jig - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

ANON: Istampita chominciamenti di gioia - Hesperus (Dorian DIS 80155)

6:00 PACHELBEL: Canon in D - Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (Erato ECD 55018)

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

IRELAND: Sea Fever - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Danse russe, from Swan Lake, Act 3 - Joshua Bell (vln), Berlin Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas (Sony SH 94832)

PAINE: Sea Shanty, from Alberton - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Bruce Paine BNP DVD 001)

WHITACRE: Water night - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67543)

LISZT: Le Lac de Wallenstadt, from Album d'un voyageur - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570768)

DAVÏDOV: At the Fountain - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1754)

BBC Proms 2016

BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart

WALTON arr. Mathieson: Richard III Suite; FINZI: Love's Labour's Lost, Suite; SULLIVAN: The Tempest, Overture to Act 4; WALTON: As You Like It, a poem for orchestra after Shakespeare; TALBOT: Springtime Dance, from The Winter's Tale; BERNSTEIN: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances; PORTER: Kiss Me Kate, excerpts; RODGERS: The Boys from Syracuse, excerpts (recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

RIES: Notturno No 2 in Eb WoO60 - Swiss Wind Ensemble (CPO 777 618)

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

VILLA-LOBOS: Five Preludes - Frank Bungarten (gtr) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 905 1629)

LASSER: Piano Concerto, The Circle and the Child - Simone Dinnerstein (pno), MDR Leipzig Radio SO/Kristjan Järvi (Sony 88875 03245)

RHEINBERGER: Clarinet Sonata Op 105a - Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (cl), Hans Eijsackers (pno) (Challenge CC 72505)

WHITACRE: Five Hebrew Love Songs - Hila Plitmann (spoken Hebrew), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, Pavào Quartet/Eric Whitacre (Decca 274 3209)

PÄRT: Fratres - Moray Welsh (cello), Alastair Blayden, Michael Stirling (cello) (Sony SK 61753)

Disc 1

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55; Cockaigne Overture Op 40 - London SO/Charles Mackerras (Argo 430 835)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in E minor; BLAVET: Flute Sonata in D minor, La Vibray Op 2/2; RAMEAU: Pieces de Clavecin en concerts, Fifth concert; BARRE: Suite in G, Suite l'Inconnue; HOTTETERRE: Airs et Brunettes, Dans ces deserts paisibles; Pourquoy, doux rossignol; L'autre jour me Cloris; LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G - Rachel Brown (fl), Mark Caudle (viol), James Johnstone (hpschd) (Chandos CHAN 0544)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

SCHUBERT: Der Einsame; Des Sangers Habe; Lied der Delphine; Lied des Florio; Mondenschein; Mignon und der Harfner; Lied der Mignon; Totengraberweise; Das Echo; An Silvia; Ständchen; Trinklied; Wiegenlied; Widerspruch; Der Wanderer an den Mond; Grab und Mond; Nachtelle; Abschied von der Erde - Christine Schäfer (sop), John Mark Ainsley (ten), Richard Jackson (bar), London Schubert Chorale/Stephen Layton, Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDJ 33026)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Boléro de concert; BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565; RAWSTHORNE: Prelude on Londonderry Air; LANG: Tuba Tune in D Op 15; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Eb; TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the sugar plum fairy; DUBOIS: Toccata in G; RAWSTHORNE: Aria; BUXTEHUDE: Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C BuxWV137; BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068, Air; WIDOR: Symphony No 5 in F minor, Toccata; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Bb; DELIBES: Sylvia, Pizzicato; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: March in Eb; RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (org) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Melisande Suite Op 46; Swanwhite Suite Op 54, The harp; The maidens with roses; The prince alone; Swanwhite and the prince; Song of praise; Incidental music from King Christian II Op 27 - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9158)

6:00 HAYDN: Philemon & Baucis, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

GNATTALI: Petite Suite - Franz Halász (gtr) (BIS SACD 2086)

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Janine Jansen (vln), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 475 011)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Stanton: Six Studies in English Folk Song, excerpts - Laurence Perkins (bsn), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67453)

BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1892)

LARSSON: Lyric Fantasy Op 54 - Helsingborg SO/Andrew Manze (CPO 777 671)

7:00 SAINT-SAËNS trans Ysaÿe: Caprice in the form of a waltz - Hideko Udagawa (vln), London Phil/Kenneth Klein (Nimbus NI 6316)

BACH: Gigue, from Cello Suite No 5 in C minor - David Watkin (cello) (Resonus RES 10147)

BIZET arr Salzedo: Carmen, Pas de deux - City of Prague Phil/Julian Bigg (Dutton CDLX 7151)

MENDELSSOHN arr Hupka: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

WEBERN: Slow movement - Carmina Quartet (Denon CO 79462)

A LEVY: Samba, from Suíte Brasileira - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MASSENET arr Mouton: Mélodie-Elégie - Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

CHOPIN: Mazurka in C# minor Op 50/3 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Supraphon SU 41902)

LILBURN: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

CHAMINADE: Sérénade aux Etoiles - Christine Hankin (fl), Timothy Murray (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7193)

JONGEN: Fantasia in E Op 12 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Royal Flemish Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 68005)

TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9630)

VERDI: Force of Destiny, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 457 627)

9:00 BALAKIREV: Russia - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live LSO 0779)

WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79 - Lesley Howard (pno), Budapest SO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher (Hyperion CDA 67403/4)

COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes, from Rodeo - BBC Phil/John Wilson (Chandos CHSA 5164)

F MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in Eb - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

HOFFMEISTER: Flute Concerto No 17 in D - Bruno Meier (fl), Prague CO (Naxos 8.573040)

BRAHMS: Liebeslieder Waltzes Op 52 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner, Robert Levin, John Perry (pno duet) (Philips 475 7558)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 65775)

12:00 WAGNER arr Vlieger: Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

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BECK: Sinfonia in F Op 1/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

FARQUHAR: Suite for guitar - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

JC HERTEL: Sinfonia No 1 in D - Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Wolfgang Bauer (tpt/dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1499)

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

PAGANINI: I Palpiti, from Rossini's Tancredi Op 13 - Ivan Pochekin (vln), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570487)

PROKOFIEV: Four Etudes Op 2 - Veronika Böhmová (pno) (Supraphon SU 4148)

FOULDS: Puppet Ballet Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7311)

PUCCINI: Scherzo in A minor; Minuet No 1 in A - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

WAGENAAR: The Elves' Hill - Netherlands Radio SO/Eri Klas (Etcetera KTC 1326)

BRITTEN: Five Flower Songs Op 47 - Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood (dir) (Signum SIGCD 366)

READE: The Victorian Kitchen Garden, Suite - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10637)

RACHMANINOV: Scherzo in D minor - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)

5:00 OFFENBACH: Les Brigands, Overture - Lyon Opera Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (EMI 3 95113)

HERTEL: Trumpet Concerto No 2 in Eb - Wolfgang Bauer (tpt/dir), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1499)

BARTÓK arr Willner: Romanian Folk Dances Sz68 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 10094)

ELGAR: La Blonde - Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Barry Collett (Somm SOMMCD 252)

PARRY: Lady Radnor's Suite - Philharmonia/Patrick Hawes (Classic FM CFMD 16)

6:00 W LLOYD WEBBER: The Moon - English CO/Julian Lloyd Webber (Naxos 8.573250)

SUNG: Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon - Susan Glaser (fl), Emily Mitchell (harp) (Koch International 3-7497)

VINTER: Hunter's Moon - David Pyatt (horn), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 316)

CHILDS: The New Moon - Vox Humana/David Childs, Bradley Hunter Welch (pno) (Naxos 8.572511)

O'CONNOR: Misty Moonlight Waltz - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 66782)

FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

BBC Proms 2016

Louise Alder, Carolyn Sampson (sops), Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (mezzo), Benjamin Hulett (ten), Matthew Rose (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov

GRISEY: Dérives; MAHLER: Rückert-Lieder; MOZART: Mass in C minor, K427

(recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

RIES: Sonate Sentimental Op 169 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.572038)

STANFORD: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 85 - RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Garth Knox (vla) (Hyperion CDA 67505)

WEYSE: Symphony No 7 in Eb - Royal Danish Orch/Michael Schønwandt (Da Capo 8.224014)

TAVENER: The Protecting Veil - France Springuel (cello), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (Telarc CD 80487)

RAVEL: Gaspard de la Nuit - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

HILL: String Quartet No 17 in C - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.573416)

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Française d'après Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Mélancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, First nocturne, Second nocturne, Third nocturne - Taverner Choir & Consort/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSENBERG: Marionetter, Overture; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla, Overture; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Vallflickans dans, from Bergakungen - Malmö SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)

6:00 BOYCE: Symphony No 4 in F - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

ELGAR: La Capricieuse; FAURÉ: Après un rêve Op 7/1 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), István Hajdu (pno) (Philips 446 560)

SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela - James Horan (cor anglais), BBC Scottish SO/John Storgårds (BBC MM 380)

ELGAR: Menuetto - Innovation Chamber Ensemble/Barry Collett (Somm SOMMCD 252)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

7:00 HOLST: Brook Green Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

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

DEBUSSY trans Prorvich: The little shepherd, from Children's Corner - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

BEETHOVEN arr Stokowski: First movement, Adagio sostenuto, from Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55592)

RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 481 0652)

FRANCAIX: Concertino for piano & orchestra - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 448)

8:00 Beauty Spot:s BORTNYANSKY: Cherubic Hymn No 7 - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7318)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G RV301 - Francesco Cerrato (vln/dir), Armoniosa (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 901 1885)

ANDERSEN: Fantasy on Don Giovanni Op 45/5 - Kyle Dzapo (fl), Matthew Mazzoni (pno) (Naxos 8.572277)

PIERNÉ: March of the Little Lead Soldiers - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

MENDELSSOHN: Concert Piece in F minor Op 113 - Alan Hacker (cl), Lesley Schatzberger (basset horn), Richard Burnett (fpno) (Amon Ra CD SAR 38)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Spanish Dance & Final Scene, from Swan Lake - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

9:00 DAVID: String Quartet No 1 in F minor - Cambini-Paris Quartet (Ambroisie AM 206)

STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Concert Suite - CBSO/Andris Nelsons (Orfeo C 803 091 A)

BBC Proms 2016

Louis Lortie (piano)

ROSSINI arr Liszt: La regata veneziana, Notturno; La danza, Tarantella, from Soirées musicales; FAURÉ: Barcarolles, No 5 in F# minor Op 66; No 7 in D minor;

POULENC: Napoli; LISZT: Venezia e Napoli (recorded in Cadogan Hall, London by the BBC)

11:00 RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Netherlands Radio Choir, Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (BIS 1850)

12:00 HÉROLD: Zampa, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

JC BACH: Violin Concerto in C - Anna McDonald (vln), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (dir) (CPO 999 627)

BORODIN orch Glazunov: Symphony No 3 in A minor - Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Brilliant Classics 93348)

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HOLMES: Frond - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ)

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

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 15 in F K533 - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6501)

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

ADDINSELL: Invitation waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - BBC Concert Orch/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

FALLA arr Howe: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Tetra Guitar Quartet (Cadenza Music CAD CD 0460)

WEBER: Horn Concertino in E minor Op 45 - Anthony Halstead (natural horn), Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Nimbus NI 7062/3)

GODOWSKY: Studies 1-4, from Studies on Chopin Etudes - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67411/2)

SAINT-SAËNS: Concert piece Op 154 - Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Avignon Provence Regional Orch/Samuel Jean (Naïve V 5419)

QUANTZ: Flute Sonata in C QV1/9 - Mary Oleskiewicz (fl), Stephanie Vial (cello), David Schulenberg (hpschd) (Naxos 8.555064)

Shakespeare 400: Julius Caesar

SCHUMANN: Julius Caesar, Overture - Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 448 930)

IRELAND arr Bush: Julius Caesar, Scherzo & Cortège - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 240)

HANDEL: Giulio Cesare, Overture & Act 1 excerpts - Walter Berry (bass), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Phil/Ferdinand Leitner (Opera D'Oro OPD-1192)

GADE: Fantasy Pieces Op 43 - Charles Stier (cl), William Bloomquist (pno) (ELAN CD 2238)

BANTOCK: Russian Scenes - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 214)

5:00 HANSON: Nymphs & Satyr, Concert Suite from the Ballet - Rochester CO/David Fetler (Albany TROY 129)

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

BIZET: Votre toast...Toréador, en garde, from Carmen - Thomas Hampson (bar), Les Éléments Choir, Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 57503)

PIERNÉ: Canzonetta Op 19 - Lisa Shklyaver (cl), Jos van Immerseel (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 358)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas de deux, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

6:00 WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

MASSENET arr Bryan: Meditation, from Thaïs - Katherine Bryan (fl), Royal Scottish National Orch/Jac van Steen (Linn CKD 520)

GERSHWIN arr Milone: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - 48 violas from ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)

WEILL arr Frenkel: Mack the knife, from The Threepenny Opera - Livia Sohn (vln), Benjamin Loeb (pno) (Naxos 8.570202)

PASCULLI arr Christ: Fantasy on the opera Poliuto - Céline Moinet (ob), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)

ERNST arr Szostak: Fantaisie brillante on the March & Romance, from Rossini's opera Otello Op 11 - Adam Han-Gorski (vln), Slovak Phil/Zdzislaw Szostak (Opus 9350 2000)

7:00 Curtain Raiser

Rachel Hyde introduces Symphony No 12, The Year 1917 by Dmitri Shostakovich (RNZ)

7:20 Ragna Schirmer (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

SCHNITTKE: Concerto for piano & strings;

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467; SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 12 in D minor Op 112, The Year 1917 (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

Nonet in F Op 31 - Consortium Classicum (Orfeo C 155 871 A)

Violin Concerto in E minor WoO10 - Ulf Hoelscher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 751)

SCHUMANN: Andante & Variations in Bb Op 46 - L William Kuyper (horn), Alan Stepansky, Gerald Appleman (cellos), Hecht & Shapiro (pno duo) (Eri-Elysium Recordings GRK 709)

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3882)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 6 in E minor D566 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 553)

CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes - Mathieu Dufour (fl), Alex Klein (ob), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)

STANFORD: Six Irish Sketches Op 153 - Alberto Bologni (vln), Christopher Howell (pno) (Sheva SH 100)

Disc 1

FARQUHAR: Symphonies Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2060)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

TARTINI: Concerto Grosso No 3 in C; Violin Concerto in A minor; Cello Concerto in D; Violin Concerto in G; Concerto Grosso No 5 in E minor - Enrico Gatti (vln), Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1548)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; SCARLATTI: Concertos, No 1 in F minor; No 3 in F; No 5 in D minor - Mirella Freni (sop), Teresa Berganza (contralto), Scarlatti Orch of Naples/Ettore Gracis (Archiv 427 123)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

NIELSEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 5; String Quartet in Eb Op 14; Andante Lamentoso for string quartet - Jan Johansson (dbass), Kontra Quartet (BIS CD 503)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance, Military Marches Op 39; KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; ELGAR: Salut d'amor; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Philharmonia/Charles Groves (Denon CO 73534)

6:00 VANHAL: Symphony in A (Bryan A4) - Esterhazy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554662)

MOZART: Third movement, Minuetto Allegro-Trio, from String Quartet No 19 in C K465, Dissonance - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

SMYTH: Two interlinked French melodies, from Entente Cordiale - City of Prague Phil/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2147)

VIVALDI: Trio Sonata in D minor RV63, La Follia - Il Giardino Armonico (Teldec 4509 91852)

SVENDSEN: Romeo & Juliet Op 18 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

7:00 FIBICH: Selanka, Idyll for clarinet & orchestra Op 16 - Irvin Venys (cl), Czech National SO/Marek Stilec (Naxos 8.573157)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in D Op 23/4 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS BIS 1848 SACD)

STRAUSS: Symphonic Interlude, Träumerei am Kamin, from Intermezzo Op 72 - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC Classics 446 631)

BOTTESINI: Duetto for clarinet, double bass & piano - Alessandro Dorella (cl), Davide Botto (dbass), Elda Laro (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10867)

LILBURN: Introduction & Allegro - NZSO CO (RNZ)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BALAKIREV: Réverie - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

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

BRAHMS arr Faber: Ballade in G minor Op 118/3 - Dudok Kwartet (Resonus RES 10150)

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Music & Arts CDR 0896 D)

PONCE arr Heifetz: Estrellita - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants - RTE National SO/Jean-Luc Tingaud (Naxos 8.573344)

9:00 WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor - Roberto Díaz (vla), New Haven SO/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 6290)

HERZOGENBERG: Trio in D for oboe, horn & piano Op 61 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 478 3564)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 2 in C Op 53 - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9454)

CHOPIN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 8 - Kungsbacka Piano Trio (Naxos 8.572585)

DOBRZYNSKI: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 15, Characteristic - Polish Radio SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Chandos CHAN 10778)

12:00 BACH orch Schoenberg: Prelude & Fugue in Eb BWV552, St Anne - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)

POULENC: Aubade - Louis Lortie (pno), BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10875)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Four Dances from Love's Labour's Lost Op 167 - Malmö SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572823)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: A Musical Offering - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

HEENAN: Jack Winter's Dream - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi CD SLD 102)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Peter Scholes (cl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - London SO/John Eliot Gardiner (LSO Live LSO 0775)

BROUWER: Canción de cuna - Vicente Coves (gtr) (Naxos 8.572527)

Settling the Score:

Peter Sledmere talks to APO Principal Percussionist Eric Renick about his choices:

RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)

LIGETI: Mysteries of the Macabre - Sibylle Ehlert (sop), member of the Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 62311)

CONDON: Fractalia - Third Coast Percussion (Third Coast Percussion 2013)

BEETHOVEN: Thirty-two Variations in C minor WoO80 - Olga Pashchenko (fpno) (Alpha 201)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 723)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Lisa Shklyaver (cl), Jos van Immerseel (pno) (Zig Zag ZZT 358)

KALLIWODA: Violin Concertino No 1 in E Op 15 - Ariadne Daskalakis (vln), Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens (CPO 777 692)

5:00 ARNE: Overture No 3 in G, from Eight Overtures in eight parts - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0722)

IRELAND: Phantasie Trio in A minor - Yfrah Neaman (vln), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Eric Parkin (pno) (Lyrita SRCD 2271)

VERDI ed Rizzo: Sinfonia in C - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - Dag Jensen (bsn), Leonard Hokanson (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 0395)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 1, Polka; Valse; Swiss Yodelling Song; Tango, Pasodoblé; Tarantella, Sevillana - London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9148)

6:00 BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

HERRMANN: Concerto Macabre, from the film Hangover Square - David Buechner (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7225)

WOLF-FERRARI: The Little Square, Suite - Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 861)

SHERWIN arr Danillon: A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67967)

TRAD: Shenandoah - Bryn Terfel (bar), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orch at Temple Square/Mack Wilberg (DG 479 1073)

BENJAMIN: North American Square Dance Suite - London Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Lyrita SRCD 314)

BBC Proms 2016

Jamie Cullum (piano/vocals), The Roundhouse Choir, The Heritage Orchestra/Jules Buckley

Straddling the boundaries of jazz, pop and rock, Jamie Cullum offers his own take on a collection of pop songs, in the spirit of The Song Society - Cullum's project to create fast and loose covers of favourite tracks. He brings an approach of new discovery both to his use of the wide array of instruments available and to exploring the distinctive space of the Royal Albert Hall

(recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC)

CASTILLO: Guitar Quintet - Marcello Fantoni (gtr), Castillo Quartet (Naxos 8.573365)

COPLAND: Music for the theatre - New York Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman (Bridge 9145)

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