Schedules for 17 - 23 December, 2016

Progress, Patriotism and Protest

Three Progammes

Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America.

(3) Bob Dylan declares that the times are a-changin' - but to what? George Crumb's images from a dark land or the social causes of Lou Harrison and Paul Robeson? And: opera gets topical with John Adams (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73; PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite - Christchurch SO, William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)

2:15 approx - Disc 2

POENITZ: Todestanz der Willys Op 24; Italienische Romanze Op 27; Three easy pieces Op 29; Romanze; Romanze for violin and harp; Klänge aus der Alhambra, Fantasy Op 68; Gebet Op 67; Two salon pieces Op 26; Nordische Ballade Op 33; Capriccio Op 73; Elegy in memoriam Franz Poenitz Op 17 - Laura Vinciguerra (harp), Paolo Franceschini (vln), Roberto Petrocchi (cl) (Brilliant Classics 9179)

3:25 approx - Disc 3

RIEDL: Fanfare; AUGUSTINER: Fanfare; BIBER: Missa Salisburensis; Sonata tam aris quam aulis servientes; Sonata No 12 & No 5; Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Musica Antiqua Cologne/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

4:40 approx - Disc 4

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Margaret Campbell, Collin Lilley (fls), Audrey Douglas (harp), English String Orch/William Broughton (Nimbus NI 5213)

STEFFANI: Niobe, Regina di Tebe, Overture - Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (Divox CDX 79811)

KREISLER: La Chasse, in the style of Cartier; Caprice viennois Op 2; Allegretto in the style of Boccherini Jack Liebeck (vln), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68040)

VERDI ed Pedretti: Capriccio for bassoon & orchestra - Andrea Magnani (bsn), Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

D SCARLATTI arr anon: Mandolin Sonata in D minor Kk90 - Magazine Steven Isserlis (cello), Robin Michael (cello), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 68045)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - BBC Welsh National Orch/Lesley Hatfield (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 250)

7.00

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (2) - Curtis SO/Christoph Eschenbach (Ondine ODE 1141)

VERACINI: Violin Sonata in A Op 2/6 (4) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Catherine Rimer (cello), Thomas Dunford (theorbo), Christian Curnyn (hpschd/dir) (Decca 476 434)

MUSSORGSKY: Intermezzo Symphonique In Modo Classico - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (Sony SK 62034)

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

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)

8.00

VALENTINI: Christmas Symphony Op 1/12 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

HOOK: Flute Trio in D Op 83/3 - Washington Camerata: Kelly Kazik, Alicia Kosack, Sarah McIver (fls), (Washington Camerata 2012)

KETÈLBEY: Bells across the meadows - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

SARASATE: Fantasy on Mozart's Don Giovanni Op 51 - Volker Reinhold (vln), Ralph Zedler (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm 903 1909)

WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Netherlands Phil/Yakov Kreizberg (PentaTone PTC 5186 041)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 - Ronald Brautigam (fpno), Cologne Academy/Michael Alexander Willens (BIS SACD 2074)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 - Fabio di Càsola (cl), Louis Schwizgebel-Wang (pno), Ophélie Gaillard (cello) (Aparté AP 053)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.570794)

TRAD arr Stopford: Lully, Lulla, Lullay, Coventry Carol - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/Andrew Carwood, Simon Johnson (org) (Decca 478 9225)

GOLLAND arr Frey: Peace - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Decca 414 623)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F (5) - Tonhalle Orch, Zurich/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 49695)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in G BWV541 - Douglas Mews (organ of the Wellington Town Hall) (Mews 2012A) AKLD

THORESEN: From the Sweet-scented Streams of Eternity - Isa Katharina Gerricke (sop), Kai Koivumägi (contralto), Jerker Dahlin (ten), Nils Arne Helgeröd (bass), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen Helgeröd (Simax PSC 1130)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (DG 477 8777)

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

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David Bremner and friends get into the festive mood with some favourite brass ensembles, jazzy big bands and a few special carol arrangements (RNZ)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Multi-keyboard Extravaganza

Michael Tsalka (hpschd/fpno/pno/clavichord), James Tibbles (org/clavichord/fpno)

L COUPERIN: Unmeasured Prelude in D; SALVATORE: Canzone Francese Terza; LIGETI: Hungarian Rock; WANHAL: Capriccio in Eb Op 36/2, Dolente; RIES: Introduction & Gypsy Rondo Op 184; VIARDOT: Serenade; HAYDN: Introduction, from The Seven Last Words; MOZART: Funeral March for Signor Maestro Contrapunto; TÜRK: Sonata No 1 in A minor; TOIA: Nocturne No 3; SANGREGORY: Etude; DITTERSDORF: Ovid Sonata, Hercule en Dieu, excerpt (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

BARNETT: The Mountain Sylph, Overture - Victorian Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Somm SOMMCD 0123)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lake in the Mountains - Iain Burnside (pno) (Albion ALB 015)

BENJAMIN: The Conquest of Everest, Suite - National Orch of Wales/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10713)

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

Michael Houstoun (pno), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei, Vincent Hardaker

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain; SCRIABIN: Piano Concerto in F# minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D, Polish (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

MOZART arr anon: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet (Korean Broadcasting Haedong 253)

NZ performers and composers

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

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in Eb (1823) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570003)

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

TELEMANN: Orchestral Suite in A, Festive - Northwest CO, Seattle/Alun Francis (Hyperion CDH 55048)

BALFE: Cello Sonata in Ab - Joseph Spooner (cello), Michael Jones (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7225)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 2 in C Op 58 - Fanny Clamagirand (vln), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572037)

POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon - Ensemble Blumina (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 903 1827)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 10 in Eb D87 - Quatuor Mosaïques (Naïve E 8580)

Disc 1

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27; Vocalise in E minor Op 34/14 - Philharmonia/Jacek Kaspszyk (Collins 10542)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MEDTNER: Sonata Reminiscenza in A minor Op 38/1; Russian Fairy Tale Op 42/1; Dancing Fairy Tale Op 48/1; Organ Grinder Op 54/3; Fairy Tales, in F minor Op 26/3; in D minor Op 51/1; Funeral March Op 31/2; Fairy Tale in G# minor Op 31/3 - Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9050)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

STANFORD: For lo I raise up; HARRIS: Bring us O Lord God; HARVEY: The tree; PURCELL: Hear my prayer O Lord; BOYCE: O where shall wisdom be found; TAVENER: Hymn to the mother of God; WALTON: Jubilate Deo; HAYDN: Insanae et Vanae Curae; NAYLOR: Vox Dicentis, Clama; BLOW: Salvator Mundi; WOOD: Great Lord of Lords; BALFOUR GARDINER: Evening Hymn; FINZI: God is gone up Op 27 - Choir of Norwich Cathedral/Michael Nicholas, Neil Taylor (org) (Priory PRCD 351)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

SCHARWENKA: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 56; No 3 in C# minor Op 80 - Seta Tanyel (pno), Hanover Radio Phil/Tadeuz Strugala (Hyperion CDA 67365)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

LEASK: Aatidahlge; BACH arr Koonce: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998; MERTZ: Hungarian Fantasy; KOSHKIN: Usher Waltz; DOMENICONI: Variations on an Anatolian Folksong; PIAZZOLLA: Tanguango (arr Roskilly); Milonga del angel (arr Benitez); Verano Porteña; Primavera Porteña - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5004)

WHITE: Magnificat - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7517)

DAQUIN: Noël No 3 - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Church of St Rémy de Dieppe, France) (Hyperion CDA 66816)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

GRAINGER arr Perna: Sussex Mummers' Carol; LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium; WARLOCK: Lullaby my Jesus - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

J STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony Op 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol; And every stone shall cry - BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 100)

KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse, The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

KIRKPATRICK arr Leon: Away in a manger; REDNER arr Leon: O little town of Bethlehem; WILLIS arr Leon: It came upon a midnight clear; PACHECO arr Leon: Moita Festa - Robert Max (cello), London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (Sony 88697 98887)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

GAUTIER DE COINCY Douce Dame - Ian Harrison (cornetto), Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7317)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Andrea Bocelli (ten), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 411 958)

GRIEG arr Reger: Ich liebe dich Op 5/3 - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

RESPIGHI: Aria, from Suite for flute & string orchestra - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)

Music for the Festive Season

TRAD arr Carter: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (organ) (Helios CDH 55463)

F JACKSON: Three Carols for Advent Op 7, Gabriel's Message; I know a flower; While the careless world is sleeping - Exon Singers/Matthew Owens, David Bednall (org) (Delphian DCD 34035)

TOURNIER: Six Noëls - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin; TRAD arr Shaw/Parker: Carol of the Birds; THOMPSON: Alleluia - Donna Carter, Janice Chandler (sops), Nannette Soles (contralto), Sean Mayer (ten), Charles Sprawls (bass), Robert Shaw Chamber Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80461)

BALL: The Kingdom Triumphant - Sellers Engineering Band/Norman Law (Chandos CHAN 4531)

Garrick Ohlsson (pno)

SMETANA: Five Czech Dances; FALLA: Four Spanish Pieces; Fantasía baetica

(recorded in Wigmore Hall, London by the BBC)

BACH: Cantata No 132, Make ready the pathways, make ready the road, written for the 4th Sunday in Advent - Arleen Auger (sop), Helen Watts (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (ten), Wolfgang Schöne (bass), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 92.041)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Swiss Romande Orch/Charles Dutoit (Pentatone PTC 5186 504)

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WILLIAM, MONK OF STRATFORD: Magnificat - Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford/Stephen Darlington (Avie AV 2359)

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for violin in tromba marina RV221 - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2344)

JANÁCEK: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the street - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67895)

TRAD arr Hillier: The Holly & the Ivy; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; We wish you a Merry Christmas - Concert Clemens/Carsten Seyer-Hansen (Orchid Classics ORC 100062)

Vintage Shostakovich

Prelude & Fugue No 1 in C Op 87 - Dmitri Shostakovich (pno) (rec.1959) (EMI 5 62646)

Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57 - Victor Aller (pno), Hollywood String Quartet (rec 1952) (Testament SBT 1077)

Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35 - Dmitri Shostakovich (pno), Ludovic Vaillant (tpt), French Radio National Orch/André Cluytens (rec 1958) (EMI 5 62646)

Interrupted Cadences

What if …?

In this series of ten programmes, John Drummond explores critical moments in the history of Western music when things might well have turned out differently

(10) Falling on their feet

From the sixteenth century to the nineteenth, composers depended on patrons. Four composers just happened to find exactly the right ones, at a time of crisis, and their support determined the direction of music history (RNZ)

University of Auckland 2015 Graduation Gala

James Tibbles (org), Ji Hyun (Jane) Sohn (pno), Lauren Bennett (vln), Bradley Wood (pno), Morag Atchison (sop), Te Oti Rakena (bar), Robert Wiremu (pno), University of Auckland SO/Leo Phillips

BACH: First movement, Toccata, from Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C BWV564; CHOPIN: First movement, Allegro maestoso, from Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 11; SIBELIUS: First movement, Allegro moderato, from Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47; RACHMANINOV: First & Third movements, Vivace; Allegro vivace, from Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1; HOLMES: Where the Tui Sings Three Notes (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

STRAVINSKY: Petrushka - Pays de la Loire National Orch/Isaac Karabtchevsky (Calliope CAL 9383)

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)

STRAYHORN arr/orch Henderson: Take the "A" train - Geri Allen (pno), Lewis Nash (drums), Peter Washington (dbass), Clark Terry (tpt), Bobby Watson, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano (saxes), Regina Carter (vln), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

CURTIS: Pas de Deux - Alaster Bentley (ob), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2015) ANTHEIL: A Jazz Symphony - Oregon Symphony/Carlos Kalmar (Pentatone PTC 5186 481)

PUCCINI: Tosca

Floria Tosca................. Angela Gheorghiu

Mario Cavaradossi....... Jonas Kaufmann

Baron Scarpia.............. Bryn Terfel

Cesare Angelotti.......... Ryan Speedo Green

Sacristan...................... Alfred Šramek

Spoletta........................ Benedikt Kobel

Sciarrone...................... Marcus Pelz

Jailer............................. Il Hong

A shepherd boy........... Bernhard Sengstschmid

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Jésus López Cobos (EBU)

KARG-ELERT: Impressions exotiques Op 134 - Thies Roorda (fl), Nata Tsvereli (pno) (Naxos 8.573269)

KARLOWICZ: Serenade in C Op 2 - Daniel Stabrawa (vln/dir), Capella Bydgostiensis (Accord ACD 047 (011 913))

NZ performers and composers

BALDWIN: An Advent Prelude - Richard Apperley (organ of St James' Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Wellington) (Organism ORG 006)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto in D Op 61a - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2056-57)

HERRMANN: Clarinet Quintet, Souvenirs de voyage - Richard Hosford (cl), Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 68094)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1959)

D'INDY: String Quartet No 2 in E Op 45 - Joachim Quartet (Calliope CAL 3891.2)

HOWELLS: Three Carol-Anthems, A Spotless Rose; Sing Lullaby; Here is the little door - Choir of Wells Cathedral/Malcolm Archer (Hyperion CDA 67494)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor; VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerto in F RV487; MOZART: Rondo in Eb for horn K371; MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor; WOLF: Italian Serenade; J STRAUSS II: Blue Danube Waltz; Emperor Waltz - Matthew Wilkie (bsn), Jonathan Williams (horn), Douglas Boyd (ob), Diemut Poppen (vla), Chamber Orch of Europe/Alexander Schneider (ASV CD COE 810)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

WALTON: Violin Concerto; Sonata for violin & orchestra; Two Pieces for violin & orchestra - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9073)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MACHAUT: La Messe de Nostre Dame; Songs from Le Voir Dit, Ballade 32, Plourez dames; Ballade 33, Nes qu'on porroit; Rondeau 4, Sans cuer dolens; Lai 13, Le lay de bonne esperance; Rondeau 18, Puis qu'en oubli; Rondeau 17, Dis et sept cinq - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.553833)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

FOLEY: Oiseaux Excentriques; LOUIE: Music for piano; SOUTHAM: Rivers, excerpts; SMITH: Zart; HÉTU: Petite Suite - Louise Bessette (pno) (CBC MVCD 1064)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

DUKAS: La Péri, Fanfare; La Péri; Symphony in C; The Sorcerer's Apprentice -Netherlands Radio Phil/Jean Fournet (Denon CO 75284)

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

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 (2) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1816)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for multiple instruments - Jed Wentz (fl/dir), Manfred Kraemer (vln), Gustavo Zabra (vln), Balázs Máté (cello), Musica ad Rhenum (CHALLENGE CC 72044)

STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Op 60 (9) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 39339)

OLSSON: God's son is born - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

RESPIGHI: Valse caressante, from Six Pieces - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), Péter Nagy (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67930)

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

7.00

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Formosa Quartet (EMI 3 66557)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Liza Ferschtman (vln), Netherlands SO/Jan Willem de Vriend (CHALLENGE CC 72384)

WALTON: Make we joy now in this fest - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (1) - London SO/Valery Gergiev (PHILIPS 475 7655)

VERDI: Parmi veder le lagrime, from Rigoletto - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

GERSHWIN: Bess, you is my woman now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Queensland SO/Vladimir Ponkin (abc classics 432 250)

8.00

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (PHILIPS 462 588)

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (3) - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson Quartet (DG 439 868)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 (2) - Donna Brown (sop), cellists of Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS CD 1410)

WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Daniel Röhn (vln), Milana Chernyavska (pno) (CLAVES CD 50-2507)

OFFENBACH: Abendblätter - Marco Sollini (pno) (CPO 777 161)

IVES: A Christmas Carol - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 297 7079)

DEBUSSY: Ibéria, from Images for Orchestra (1) - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

Music for the festive season

KILAR: Symphony No 5, Advent Symphony (1) - Silesian Phil Choir & Orch/Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk (Dux DUX 0781)

RESPIGHI: L'Adorazione dei Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 937 16776)

MCDOWALL: Christus natus est - Rachel Nicholls (sop), Canterbury Chamber Choir, Parmiter's Senior Singers, Orchestra Nova/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7146)

BACH orch Respighi: Three Chorales, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren; Wachet auf, ruft uns dies Stimme - Bonn Beethoven Orch/Stefan Blunier (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 937 16776)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale (2) - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (DG 477 8770)

SALAVERDE: Canzona prima - Red Priest (RED PRIEST RP 001)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Gaston Litaize (org), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (DG 415 847)

LALO: Guitarre Op 28 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 475 6198)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

12.00

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (4) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Maxine Eilander (harp), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (ANALEKTA AN 2 9811)

DOVE: Run, shepherds, run! - Wells Cathedral Choir, Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir/Matthew Owens (HYPERION CDA 67768)

WIDOR: Symphony No 6 in C minor Op 42/2 (3) - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 (3) - Cédric Tiberghien (pno), BBC SO/Jiri Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1977)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.55434)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 8 in A minor K310 - Michael Endres (pno) (OEHMS OC 253)

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

CASSADO: Suite for solo cello - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) (Atoll ACD 884)

ELGAR: Romance Op 62 - Preman Tilson (bsn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

STRAVINSKY: Suite italienne - Pierre Fournier (cello), Ernest Lush (pno) (DG 477 5939)

STANFORD: Songs of the Sea Op 91 - Gerald Finley (bar), BBC Welsh National Chorus & Orch/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHSA 5043)

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G RV413 - Georg Faust (cello), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Op 61 (3) - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), London SO/Lawrence Foster (DECCA 448 128)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (2) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (CHANDOS CHAN 9484)

PIAZZOLLA: Adiós Nonino - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), Leonardo Sanchez (gtr), Otto Derolez (vln), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80526)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (3) - Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 598)

5.00

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 4 57815)

KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

MENDELSSOHN: Frühlingsglaube Op 9/8 - Thomas Quasthoff (bbar), Justus Zeyen (pno) (DG 474 501)

BRICCIALDI: Variations on The Carnival of Venice Op 78 - János Bálint (fl), Imre Kovács (fl), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (HYPERION CDA 67716)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Artemis Quartet (VIRGIN 3 95143)

6.00

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - Emerson String Quartet (DG 427 320)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70 (5) - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 448 122)

ANON: Lullay, lullow: I saw a sweet semely sight - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - London Phil/Vernon Handley (CHANDOS CHAN 6526)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54 - Eugen Indjic (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 9368)

KERN: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, from Roberta - Jeanne Lehman (sop), London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn (EMI 7 54883)

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

A Chamber Music New Zealand concert

Enso String Quartet

HAYDN: String Quartet in A Op 20 No 6; GINASTERA: String Quartet No 2 Op 26; TAYLOR: a coincidence of surfaces II (CMNZ commission); SIBELIUS: String Quartet in D minor Op 56, 'Voces intimae'

(recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb - David Pyatt (horn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

SCHUBERT: Five Dances - Berlin Radio SO/Matthias Bamert (MUSICA MUNDI 311 135)

BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong (vln), Yury Gezentsvey (vln), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

THOMPSON: Alleluia - Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville (ASV CD DCA 1125)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

A SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Peter Averi (hpschd), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (KIWI SLD 52)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 447 430)

WEBER: Symphony No 2 in C - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 515)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in F Op 41/2 (2) - Hagen Quartet (DG 449 214)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 16 in D K451 - Rudolf Serkin (pno), Chamber Orch of Europe/Claudio Abbado (PHILIPS 456 964)

SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A Op 124 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Catherine Beynon (harp) (HYPERION CDA 67285)

Disc 1

HANSON: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 33; The Lament for Beowulf Op 25; Symphony No 5 Op 43, Sinfonia Sacra - Seattle Chorale & SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3709)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

GARDNER: Petite Suite Op 245; McCABE: Domestic Life; LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade; LEIGHTON: Concerto Op 88; LANE: Suite Champêtre; MELLERS: Aubade; MILFORD: Two Pipe Tunes; KAY: Mr Pitfield's Pavane; DODGSON: Concerto Chacony - John Turner (rec), Keith Elcombe (hpschd), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

VANHAL: Missa Pastoralis in G; Missa Solemnis in C - Mary Haines (sop), Nina Stoddart (alto), Colin Ainsworth (ten), Steven Pitkanen (bass), Voices New Zealand, Aradia Ensemble/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.555080)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BACH: Keyboard Concertos, No 1 in D minor BWV1052; No 5 in F minor BWV1056; Concerto for two harpsichords & strings BWV1060; Concerto in C for three harpsichords & strings BWV1064; Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords & strings BWV1065 - Raymond Leppard, Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger, Blandine Verlet (hpschds), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 497)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Op 12; Op 38; Op 43; Op 47 - Gerard Oppitz (pno) (RCA 09026 61568)

DVORÁK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (1) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

BRUCH: Romance in F Op 85 - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1852)

FARRENC: Variations brillantes Op 15 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (cpo 999 879)

SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Scottish CO/Alexander Faris (NIMBUS NI 7067/8)

HANDEL: Minuet, from Berenice - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

TRAD: Masters in this hall - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno), Vienna Phil/Simon Rattle (Philips 462 781)

7.00

GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (CHANDOS CHAN 9861)

PIAZZOLLA: Verano porteño - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (nonesuch 79568)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (dg 471 614)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV259 - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (DECCA 455 653)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.572705)

BRAHMS: Geistliches Wiegenlied Op 91/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knaue (DG 477 9301)

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, Overture - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (TELARC TEL 31827)

8.00

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

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (1) - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (DG 457 075)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (5) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

ALBENIZ: El Albaicín, from Iberia, Book 3 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

TRIEBERT/JANCOURT: Fantaisie Concertante on The Italian Girl - Poulenc Trio (MARQUIS 81403)

Music for the festive season

BARBER: Die Natali - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559133)

DUTCH TRAD: King Jesus hath a garden; ANON: Up! good Christian folk, and listen; BASQUE TRAD: Gabriel's message; RUTTER: Donkey Carol - Mary Hitch (sop), Choir & Orch of Clare College, Cambridge/John Rutter (Decca 425 500)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV270, per il Santissimo Natale - Roland Straumer (vln), Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0146 BC)

RUTTER: Nativity Carol; Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Layton (Hyperion NOEL 2)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

CHOPIN: Introduction & Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Michal Kanka (cello), Jaromír Klepác (pno) (PRAGA PRD 250 229)

J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Tracy Dahl (sop), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54897)

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

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99986)

FAURÉ: Sicilienne, from Pelléas & Mélisande - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (alpha 603)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

12.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in F RV283 (3) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (archiv 479 1075)

ALBENIZ: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

BUXTEHUDE: In dulci jubilo - John Finney (org), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

DVORAK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Marek Janowski (PENTATONE PTC 5186 353)

SUK: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 466 443)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NAXOS 8.570001)

C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in C for two violins - Richard Friedman (vln), Steven Smith (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

A RITCHIE: Three Songs for soprano & piano - Anna Leese (sop), Tom McGrath (pno) (ODE CD MANU 5032)

FARR: Queen of Demons - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2021)

BACH: Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030 - Jed Wentz (fl), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93814)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 415 975)

RAVEL: Overture to Shéhérazade - Jennifer Micallef (pno), Glen Inanga (pno) (SOMM SOMMCD 025)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

DUBRA: Hodie Christus natus est - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (HYPERION CDA 67799)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (1) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods & Fields, from Má Vlast - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Antal Doráti (newton 880 2073)

5.00

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 51 (4) - Jerusalem Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2152)

PAGANINI: Theme & Variations, from Caprice Op 1/24 - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 458 190)

POULENC: Quem vidistis pastores dicite, from Four Christmas Motets - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80236)

OOSTEN: Harp Concerto (3) - Godelieve Schrama (harp), Netherlands Radio CO/Micha Hamel (NM CLASSICS 92077)

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Steven Isserlis (cello), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9584)

VIVALDI: Chamber Concerto in C RV114 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (ARCHIV 474 5092)

6.00

BIZET: Carmen Suite - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

OFFENBACH: Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach!, - Marcelo Alvarez (ten), Nice Opera Chorus, Nice Phil/Mark Elder (SONY SK 89650)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Romance in G Op 39 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 (3) - I Musici (PHILIPS 420 816)

CAZZATI/STORACE/PLUHAR: Ciaccona - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Osian Ellis (harp), ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei

SCHUBERT: Rosamunde, Overture; Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

Anthems, motets, lieder and opera for the festive season.

William Dart explores the Christmas spirit through composers from Praetorius to Cornelius, Wolf to Webern, as well as Anon, Jack Body and David Farquhar (RNZ)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor S359/5 - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

ROSLAVETS: Meditation - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 9881)

NIELSEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 33 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung (BIS CD 616)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Iona Brown (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 518)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 6/3 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 - Emma Johnson (cl), English CO/Gerard Schwarz (ASV CD DCA 659)

BACH: Pastorale in F BWV590 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Columba aspexit - Tapestry/Laurie Monahan (dir) (DABRINGHAUS & GRIMM MDG 344 1193)

DVORÁK: String Sextet in A Op 48 - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Florian Donderer (vln), Isabelle van Keulen (vla), Rachel Roberts (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello), Quirine Viersen (cello) (AVI 8553207)

Disc 1

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faun; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Fêtes, from Nocturnes; La Cathédral engloutie, from Prèludes Book 1; Clair de Lune, from Suite Bergamasque; Golliwogg's cakewalk, from Children's Corner ; Rêverie; Le Matin d'un jour de fêtes from Iberia; Arabesque No 1; Prèlude to The Council of the False Gods; String Quartet in G minor Op 10, Scherzo; La Mer - Various artists (Sony MLK 64065)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BARBER: Canzone; COPLAND: Vocalise; BURTON: Sonatina; PORTER: Blues Lontains; COPLAND: Duo for flute & piano; ROCHBERG: Between Two Worlds; Five Images for flute & piano; MUCZYNSKI: Flute Sonata; BLOCH: Last Two Poems (Maybe…) - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7144)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah; MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Vesperae solennes de confessore K339; MENDELSSOHN: Thanks be to God, from Elijah; GLUCK: Che faro senza Euridice, from Orpheus & Euridice; PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madama Butterfly; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Song of Thanksgiving; HANDEL: Coronation Anthem, Zadok the Priest; SCHUBERT arr Hazell: Ave Maria; CANTELOUBE: Bailero, from Chants d'Auvergne; MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618; COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Old American Songs; I bought me a cat, from Old American Songs; HALL arr Hazell: Jenny Rebecca; BERNSTEIN arr Cullen: Somewhere, from West Side Story - Frederica von Stade (sop), Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Salt Lake Childrens Chorus, Utah SO/Joseph Silverstein (London 436 284)

3:45 -- Disc 4

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons; Scenes de Ballet Op 52 - Czech Radio SO Bratislava/Ondrej Lenard (Marco Polo 8.223136)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in D minor RV406; Cello Sonata No 7 in A minor RV44; Cello Concerto in C minor RV402; Cello Sonata No 8 in Eb RV39; Cello Sonata No 9 in G minor RV42; Cello Concerto in G RV414 - Christophe Coin (cello), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'oiseau-Lyre 433 052)

DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque (4) - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb K417 (1) - Jacek Muzyk (horn), Polish Radio Amadeus CO/Agnieszka Duczmal (NAXOS 8.570419)

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), James Kirby (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10028)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Figaro - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (CHANDOS CHAN 9973)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - members of the Purcell Quartet (HYPERION CDA 66226)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E HobXVI/22 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (HYPERION CDA 66868)

7.00

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo and Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 458 190)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (DECCA 467 049)

CHOPIN: Mazurka in C# minor Op 50/3 - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (2) - Florent Héau (cl), Patrick Zygmanowski (pno) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 2030 301)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (AVIE AV 2119)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4 - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (warner 2564 62061)

TRAD: Wexford Carol - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 (4) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1555)

8.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Romance, from The Gadfly - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

TCHAIKOVSKY: March; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Trepak, from The Nutcracker, Suite - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin (5) - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 06001)

DOPPLER: Hungarian Duet Op 36 - János Bálint (fl), Imre Kovács (fl), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/André Previn (emi 3 82157)

MALATS: Spanish Serenade - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto in D Op 61a (3) - Jenö Jandó (pno), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (NAXOS 8.554288)

Music for the festive season

ANON: Plainchat: Antiphon: O Sapientia; HOWELLS: The fear of the Lord; Magnificat - Abigail Gostick (contralto), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Graham Ross (dir), Nicholas Haigh (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907579)

BACH: Fugue on the Magnificat BWV733 - Luca Guglielmi (organ of the Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello) (Vivat 108)

Magnificat in D BWV243 - Miah Persson, Yukari Nonoshita (sops), Akira Tachikawa (countertenor), Gerd Türk (ten), Chiyuki Urano (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1011)

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (4) - Menahem Pressler (pno), members of Emerson Quartet (DG 439 868)

MOZART: Rondo in A K386 - Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2147)

STRAUSS: Don Juan Op 20 - New York Phil/Lorin Maazel (DG 477 6435)

BOCCHERINI: String Quartet in G G223, La Tiranna - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1334)

TORREJON Y VELASCO: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (ALIA VOX AV 9834)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1569)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2221)

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Küchl Quartet, Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 265)

12.00

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (4) - London Phil/Marin Alsop (NAXOS 8.557429)

CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - Evgenia Rubinova (pno) (EMI 3 53234)

WHITACRE: little tree - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (NAXOS 8.559677)

TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore - Rachel Brown (fl), Anthony Robson (ob d'amore), Simon Standage (vla d'amore), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (CHANDOS CHAN 0580)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (3) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

RAVEL: Tzigane - Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RATTLE RAT D032)

WELLS: Variations on Adeste Fideles - John Wells (org) ( (RNZ) UB09)

LILBURN: Bagatelle No 4, From the Port Hills - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 12 in G minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (HYPERION CDA 66561/3)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Cleveland Orch/Neville Marriner (DECCA 410 019)

MAHLER: Rückert-Lieder - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69499)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart - Goran Krivokapic (gtr) (Naxos 8.570502)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV230 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Antonio Pappano (emi 4 74813)

5.00

PÄRT: Bogoroditse Devo - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (3) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 216)

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 (4) - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 419 860)

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite (3) - London SO/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68770)

MOZART: Rondo in A minor K511 - Leon McCawley (pno) (AVIE AV 2105)

ARENSKY: The dream on the Volga, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (CHANDOS CHAN 10024)

6.00

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 7 in A minor (3) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor (3) - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

TRAD: Gloucestershire Wassail - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

ALBENIZ: El puerto, from Iberia Book 1 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

SARASATE: Fantasy on Mozart's Don Giovanni Op 51 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)

BAERMANN: Adagio in Db - Alfred Boskovsky (cl), members of the Vienna Octet (LONDON 440 084)

GLAZUNOV: Concert Waltz No 2 in F Op 51 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (CHANDOS CHAN 9658)

Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (dir)

Christmas music from the 2016 Temple Winter Festival, London. Sandwiched between Victoria's two grandest double-choir compositions, the Tallis Scholars' programme features Tallis' 7-voice Missa Puer natus est.

VICTORIA: Magnificat Primi Toni; PÄRT: Magnificat; SHEPPARD: Libera nos I & II; BRITTEN: Hymn to the Virgin; TAVENER: The Lamb; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis (Gloria, Sanctus); SHEPPARD: Gaude, gaude, gaude; TALLIS: Missa Puer natus est nobis (Agnus Dei); VICTORIA: Salve Regina (EBU)

WALTON: The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (CHANDOS CHAN 8871)

MOZART: Divertimento in D K136 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)

A RITCHIE: Brass Quintet - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 8885)

SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice brillant - Philippe Graffin (vln), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67285)

LOEWE: Tom der Reimer Op 135 - Andreas Schmidt (bar), Cord Garben (pno) (CPO 999 253)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Paul Meyer (cl), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (NAXOS 8.572675)

G BOHM: Suite No 8 in F minor - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Tartar TRL 022)

TAVENER: Svyati - Tim Hugh (cello), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (NAXOS 8.555256)

WF BACH: Overture-Suite in G minor - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (BERLIN CLASSICS BC 1098)

BRUMEL: Noe, noe, noe - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

SATIE: Gnossiennes - Bojan Gorisek (pno) (LTM LTMCD 2501)

BACH: Trio Sonata No 3 in D minor BWV527 - Purcell Quartet (CHANDOS CHAN 0654)

Disc 1

ALWYN: Symphony No 5, Hydriotaphia; Sinfonietta for Strings; Piano Concerto No 2 - Howard Shelley (pno), London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9196)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Flute Sonatas, in E minor BWV1034; in C BWV1033; in E BWV1035, in B minor BWV1030, in A BWV1032; in Eb BWV1031 - John Solum (baroque fl), Igor Kipnis (hpschd), Barbara Bogatin (cello) (Arabesque Z 6589)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

CHESNOKOV: Requiem No 2 Op 39; Orthodox Chants - Olga Slovesnova (contralto), Mikhail Falkov (ten), Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble/Ludmila Ashavskaya (Olympia OCD 482)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Nine Short Pieces for Piano; Three Sea Changes; Seven Short Pieces; Short Piece; Prelude; Sonata; 2 Untitled Pieces; Sonatina No 1; A Musical Offering - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2054)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GLIÈRE: Gyul'sara, Overture; Concert Waltz Op 90; Shakh-Senem, Overture; GLIÈRE orch Derzhanovsky: Ballad Op 4; GLIÈRE: Overture on Slavonic Themes; Heroic March for the Buryiat-Mongolian ASSR Op 71; Holiday at Ferghana, Overture - Peter Dixon (cello), BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9518)

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 71 (4) - members of the CO of Europe (ASV CD COE 807)

ALBENIZ: El Albaicín, from Iberia Book 3 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67476/7)

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (ATOLL ACD 399)

J STRAUSS II: Du und Du, from Die Fledermaus - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (DECCA 417 885)

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

MARAIS: Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont de Paris - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)

FALLA: Neighbour's Dance & Miller's Dance - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

7.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A Op 6/11 (5) - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (ARCHIV 410 899)

ROSSINI: The Italian Girl in Algiers, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (philips 412 893)

KREISLER: Liebesfreud - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (RCA 88697 48971)

FOULDS: Darby & Joan Op 42/1, An Old English Idyll - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (DUTTON CDLX 7260)

TRAD: Gaudete, Christus est natus - Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 297 7079)

KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger - Rolf Lislevand (theorbo), Brian Feehan (colascione), Pedro Estevan (perc) (AUVIDIS TEMPO A 6259)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (4) - Simón Bolívar String Quartet (dg 479 0429)

LEHAR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4038)

8.00

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Pascal Rogé (pno) (DECCA 425 002)

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 (3) - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)

BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf (1) - Hana Blazíková (sop), Gerd Turk (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1981)

FAURÉ: Fantaisie Op 79 - Richard Davis (fl), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 9416)

CHOPIN: Les Sylphides (8) - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (DECCA 433 864)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G minor for strings RV156 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44 (3) - Mikhail Pletnev (pno), Philharmonia/Vladimir Fedoseyev (Virgin VC 7 91202)

Music for the festive season

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets, O magnum mysterium; Quem vidistis pastores dicite; Videntes stellam; Hodie Christus natus est - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Virgin VC 7 91075)

SAINT-SAËNS: Christmas Oratorio Op 12 - Ute Selbig (sop), Elisabet Wilke (mezzo), Annette Markert (contralto), Armin Ude (ten), Egbert Junghans (bar), Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Phil/Martin Flämig (Capriccio 10 216)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 (4) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in E HobXV/28 - Beaux Arts Trio (PHILIPS 420 790)

RUTTER: Suite Antique - Duke Dobing (fl), Wayne Marshall (hpschd), City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 516)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz, from The Gadfly - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Paul Meyer (cl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (emi 5 57948)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (DECCA 421 769)

GJEILO: A spotless rose - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

BARRIOS MANGORE: Un sueño en la floresta - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

PARRY: Concertstück in G minor - London Phil/Matthias Bamert (CHANDOS CHAN 6610)

12.00

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV232 (1) - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (archiv 479 1075)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 475 6935)

HANDEL: O Thou that tellest, from Messiah - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil/Adrian Boult (DECCA 414 623)

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Christmas 1943 - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2068-69)

GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (PHILIPS 412 629)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Philip Green (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/James Judd (TRUST MMT 2035)

Shakespeare 400 - The Tempest

LOCKE: First & Second Musick, & Curtain Tune from The Tempest - Musicians of the Globe (Philips 456 505)

HUMFREY: Masque of Neptune & Amphitrite, Where the bee sucks, from The Tempest - Musicians of the Globe Philips 456 505

ARNE: Where the bee sucks, from The Tempest - Isobel Baillie (sop), Gerald Moore (pno), (Dutton Laboratories CDLX 7013)

FARQUHAR: Prospero dreaming - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

NYMAN: Prospero's Magic from Prospero's Books - Royal Phil/Jonathan Carney (Tring International TRP 097)

MARTIN: Songs of Ariel - RIAS Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1834)

SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Suite No 2 - Hungarian State SO/Jussi Jalas (Decca 448 267)VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Full fathom five, The cloud-capp'd towers, from Three Shakespeare Songs - Choir of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford/Stephen Darlington (Nimbus NI 1754)

Louis & Bebe BARRON: Main Titles, Overture from Forbidden Planet (CHROMEDREAMS 646142)

R JOHNSON: Full fathom five - David Thomas (bass), Anthony Rooley (lute) (Virgin VC 7 59321)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest Op 18 - Chicago SO/Claudio Abbado (CBS MK 39359)

5.00

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (1) - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

FALLA: Pantomime, from El Amor Brujo - Sequeira Costa (pno), Artur Pizarro (pno) (COLLINS 14662)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dawn Patrol, from Coastal Command, Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (CHANDOS CHAN 10007)

KASTALSKY: Glory to God in the highest - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 80 7410)

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 8885)

BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - London Phil/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 245)

KREISLER: Slavonic Fantasy - Nicolas Koeckert (vln), Milana Chernyavska (pno) (NAXOS 8.557388)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (3) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

6.00

KROLL: Banjo & Fiddle - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

ROSSINI: Demetrio & Polibio, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 434 016)

RUTTER: Arise, shine, for thy light has come - Mark Williams (org), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 515)

TRAD: Go tell it on the mountain - Thomas Hampson (bar), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (teldec 3984 28414)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in B Op 32/1 - Israela Margalit (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2022)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94188)

TORELLI: Sonata in D for trumpet & orchestra - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb Op 21 (1) - Smetana Trio (SUPRAPHON SU 3927)

Celebrate Christmas

APO's 2015 Christmas Concert

Sarah Castle (mezzo), Graduate Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Benjamin Northey, Terence Maskell

A programme of seasonal treats including music by VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, TCHAIKOVSKY, HUMPERDINCK and a selection of popular carols

(recorded in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland by RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103 - members of the CO of Europe (ASV CD COE 807)

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

COATES: The Three Elizabeths Suite - East of England Orch/Malcolm Nabarro (ASV CD WHL 2053)

TELEMANN: Suite in A minor - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl/dir), Jerusalem Music Centre CO (CBS MK 35133)

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (CHANDOS CHAN 9484)

PART: Tabula Rasa - Tasmin Little (vln), Robert Aldwinckle (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt (EMI CD EMX 2221)

BRUCKNER: Motets - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge/David Rowland (CHRIST'S COLLEGE CCC CD 003)

BACH: Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

CHOPIN: Impromptus - Nikita Magaloff (pno) (PHILIPS 422 483)

G HAHN: The earth is waiting - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

CHABRIER: Lamento - Alexandre Emard (cor anglais), Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

HOLBORNE: Passion; Playfellow; The Honie-suckle - Paul O'Dette (lute/cittern), King's Noyse/David Douglass (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7238)

Disc 1

HANDEL: Hornpipe, Air & Gigue, from Water Music; DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1; J STRAUSS II: Lagunen-Walzer; RAVEL: Jeau d'eau; VIVALDI: Largo, from Four Seasons, Winter; SMETANA: Vltava; CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Die Forelle; TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake; DELIUS orch Fenby: Aquarelle No 2; SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Auf dem Wasser zu singen; J STRAUSS II: The Blue Danube - Various artists (London 443 332)

1:15 approx -Disc 2

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16; Arabesque in C Op 18; Humoresque Op 20 - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Calliope CAL 9207)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

PURCELL: Ode for Queen Mary's birthday Z331; Ode for St Cecilia's Day Z334; Ode for St Cecilia's Day Z329; Welcome for Charles II, Z326 - Gillian Fisher, Mary Seers (sops), James Bowman, Nigel Short (countertenors), Mark Padmore, Andrew Tusa (tens), Michael George, Robert Evans (basses), King's Consort/Robert King (Hyperion CDA 66494)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

SMYTH: Piano Trio in D minor; Violin Sonata in A minor Op 7; Cello Sonata in A minor Op 5 - Chagall Trio (Meridian CDE 84286)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

WALDTEUFEL: Soiree d'ete, Waltz Op 188; Invitation a la gavotte Op 246; Les Sirenes, Waltz Op 154; Ma Voisine, Polka Op 206; Les Sourires, Waltz Op 187; Pluie de diamants, Waltz Op 160; Tres jolie, Waltz Op 159; Joyeux Paris, Polka Op 215; Tout en rose, Waltz Op 200 - Czecho-Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223441)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (1) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 448 629)

MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (ORFEO 180 891)

SARASATE: Gavotte after Mignon - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (NAXOS 8.570192)

HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (2) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 (4) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

7.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Christine Schornsheim (hpschd), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

TRAD: Personent hodie - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

MOSZKOWSKI: Caprice Espagnol Op 37 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (Private Recording 837 001)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (1) - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 430 702)

STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1) - Kathryn Stott (pno), Kenneth Sillito (vln), Stephen Orton (cello), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 446 696)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (2) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (DECCA 421 769)

HUMMEL: Piano Septet No 2 in C Op 114 (4) - Capricorn (HYPERION CDA 66396)

MOERAN: Overture for a Festival - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7281)

8.00

BEACH: Berceuse - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (HYPERION CDS 44301/5)

ALBENIZ: Tango, from España Op 165 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (DECCA 433 926)

ZESPEDES: Convidando está la noche - Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7293)

BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 09026 68790)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5 in E minor Op 64 (3) - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR MEDIA 900 105)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 (1) - John Williams (gtr), Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla (dir) (SONY MLK 64062)

BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Gil Shaham (vln), Jian Wang (cello), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)

Music for the festive season

SALZÉDO: Concert Variations on Adeste Fideles - Judy Loman (harp) (Naxos 8.572510)

GALUPPI: Adeste fideles - Gemma Bertagnolli (sop), Dresden Instrumental Concert/Peter Kopp (Berlin Classics 030 0063 BC)

G RICHARDS: Pastorale - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols - Roderick Williams (bar), Joyful Company of Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox, Joseph Cullen (org) (Chandos CHAN 10385)

M HAYDN: Pastorello - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

TRAD arr Willcocks: O come, all ye faithful - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/David Willcocks, Ian Hare (org), (EMI 5 66923)

CHABRIER: España - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

GERSHWIN: Summertime/A woman is a sometime thing - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Sonya Ovrutsky (pno) (BERLIN CLASSICS 030 0060 BC)

BACH: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (DECCA 478 1517)

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10443)

SCHMITT: Suite en rocaille Op 84 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Evgeny Kissin (pno), Philharmonia/James Levine (SONY SK 62926)

KERNIS: Musica Celestis - CBSO/Hugh Wolff (ARGO 448 900)

12.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 (1) - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (DECCA 425 793)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (1) - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 0039)

HANDEL: Suite from Il Pastor Fido - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

FALLA: Neighbour's Dance & Miller's Dance - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

J RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 71)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Op 102/1 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (CBS MK 42121)

Shakespeare 400 - Henry VIII

GERMAN: Henry VIII, incidental music - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7285)

Henry VIII: Consort music & songs - Claire Wilkinson (mezzo), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) ensemble Quintessential/David Skinner (Obsidian CD705)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Orpheus with his lute - Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Graham Johnson (pno), (Hyperion CDA 66480)

5.00

TRAD: Folia - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata, (improvisation)/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80466)

BACH: Partita No 4 in D BWV828 (1) - Richard Goode (pno) (NONESUCH 79483)

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (HYPERION CDA 67716)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (2) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (3) - Fausto Ghiazza (cl), Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/Riccardo Chailly (DECCA 476 2830)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Brillant in Eb Op 29 - John Ogdon (pno), London SO/Aldo Ceccato (TESTAMENT SBT 1288)

6.00

BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 22 in F Op 54 (2) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (warner 2564 62300)

BARRIOS MANGORE: Waltz in G Op 8/4 - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (Naxos 8.573225)

TRAD: Away in a manger - New York Polyphony (AVIE AV 2141)

MARTINU: Clarinet Sonatina (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Alfons Kontarsky (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49711)

MOZART: Symphony No 29 in A K201 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

Aotearoa Plus

Stephen de Pledge (pno), New Zealand SO/Bramwell Tovey

TOVEY: Time Tracks, suite from the opera The Inventor; LINDBERG: Piano Concerto No 2; BLAKE: Symphony - Voices (recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

PÄRT: Seven Magnificat Antiphons - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (VIRGIN VC 5 45276)

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