Schedules for 24 - 30 December, 2016

Whittaker's Musical Museum

Tim Dodd visits the Whittaker's Music Museum on Waiheke Island and talks to Lloyd and Joan Whittaker about their marvellous collection of harmonicas, accordions, concertinas, pianolas, pianos and organs (RNZ)

1:00 Approx - Disc 1

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Lincoln Mayorga (pno), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman

The Yankee Doodle blues; That certain feeling, from Tip-Toes; Somebody loves me; Sweet and low down, from Tip-Toes; I'll build a stairway to paradise; The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman

Fascinatin' Rhythm, from Lady, be Good!; Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Al Gallodoro (reeds), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/ Steven Richman

Rhapsody in Blue - Al Gallodoro (cl/bcl), Lincoln Mayorga (pno), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

1:50 Approx - Disc 2

Soundtrack by Yann Tiersen, from the film Amelie

TIERSEN: J'y Suis Jamais Allé, Les Jours Tristes, La Valse d'Amélie, Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi, La Noyée, L'autre Valse d'Amélie - Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments), Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis, Christian Quermalet (percussion)

KHAN/WHITING/AKST: Guilty - Al Bowlly (vocalist), Roy Fox and his Orchestra (recorded 1931)

TIERSEN: A Quai, Le Moulin, Pas Si Simple, La Valse d'Amélie (orch version), La Valse Des Vieux Os, La Dispute - Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments), Christine Ott (ondes-martenots), Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis

BAYLE/CLARET: Si Tu N'étais Pas Là - Fréhel (vocalist), orchestral accompaniment (recorded 1934)

TIERSEN: Soir De Fête, La Redécouverte, Sur Le Fil, Le Banquet, La Valse d'Amélie (pno version), La Valse Des Monstres -Yann Tiersen (pno/accordion/various other instruments) (Virgin 811 239)

2:45 Approx - Disc 3

FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Angharad Gruffydd Jones (sop), Jonathan Brown (bar), Stephen Farr (org), English Voices, London Festival Orch/Ross Pople

Cantique de Jean Racine - English Voices, London Festival Orch/Ross Pople

Messe Basse - Angharad Gruffydd Jones (sop), Stephen Farr (org), women of English Voices/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304 670)

3:40 Approx - Disc 4

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129; VOLKMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 33; SCHUMANN: Abendlied Op 85/12; VOLKMANN: Andante with variations for three cellos; Troubadour's Song Op 10; Capriccio Op 74; SCHUMANN: Abendlied Op 85/12 - Peter Bruns, Gregor Nowak, Jakob Stepp (cellos), Annegret Kuttner (pno), Leipzig Mendelssohn CO/Jürgen Bruns (Hänssler CD 98.594)

4:50 Approx - Disc 5

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concertos, in G minor H409; in A H411; in D H421 - Miklós Spányi (hpschd), Concerto Armonico (BIS CD 767)

STRADELLA: Trumpet Sonata in D - Jürgen Schuster (tpt), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.551077)

DONIZETTI arr Christ: Andante in F minor - Céline Moinet (ob), Sarah Christ (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2175)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in F RV97 - Rachel Barton Pine (vla d'amore/dir), Ars Antigua (Cedille CDR 90000 159)

CARULLI: Serenade in A Op 96 - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1710)

CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Kun Woo Paik (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Decca 475 169)

7.00

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Dresden State Opera Orch/Otmar Suitner (Berlin Classics 018 5772 BC)

MENDELSSOHN: Kinderstücke Op 72 - Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93975)

JANÁCEK: The Fiddler's Child - Petr Zdvihal (vln), Prague Radio SO/Tomás Netopil (Supraphon SU 4131)

SPOHR: Variations on I am still in my youth, from an opera by Méhul - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

DVORÁK: The Noon Witch Op 108 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 4012)

8.00

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Maxim Vengerov (vln), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI 3 36403)

STRAUSS: Liebesliedchen - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 643 1355)

BACH orch Barbirolli: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - Joanna G'froerer (fl), Kimball Sykes (cl), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 1 in D K412 - Pip Eastop (natural horn), Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead (Hyperion CDA 68097)

POPPER: Dance of the Elves Op 39 - Richard Harwood (cello), Christoph Berner (pno) (EMI 3 59645)

CURTIS: Christmas rush - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

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

TRAD arr Sullivan: It came upon a midnight clear; GRUBER: Silent Night; TRAD arr Lloyd: I saw three ships come sailing in - Choir of Merton College, Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas, Charlie Warren, Peter Shepherd (org) (BBC Music BBC MM 378)

LISZT arr Collins: The Christmas Tree Suite, excerpts - Rebecca Turner (vln), BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.570331)

TRAD: God rest you merry, gentlemen; TRAD arr Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high; H MARTIN arr Gritton: Have yourself a merry little Christmas - Armonico Consort/Christopher Monks, Charles Matthews (org) (Signum SIGCD 386)

GARBAREK: Rites - Jan Garbarek (sax), Bugge Wesseltoft (synth) (ECM 1685/86 (559 006))

MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London/Malcolm Archer, Huw Williams (org) (Griffin GCCD 4051)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Pletnev: Andante maestoso, from The Nutcracker - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 5 75202)

FRY: Santa Claus, Christmas Symphony - Royal Scottish National Orch/Tony Rowe (Naxos 8.559057)

ROSENLID: The Plucked Halling - Annbjørg Lien (hardanger fiddle), Roger Tallroth (gtr), Iver Kleive (org) (Shanachie 164060)

PRAETORIUS: Christmas Mass, excerpts - Gabrieli Consort & Players Boys' Choir, Congregational Choir of Roskilde Cathedral/Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts (organ of Roskilde Cathedral) (Archiv 439 250)

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Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Jun'ichi Hirokami

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture; MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64; BRITTEN: Soirées musicales; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring, original version - New York Harmonie Ensemble/Steven Richman (Bridge 9145)

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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

The traditional Christmas service, from the chapel in which it was first conceived in 1918, with readings from choir members, Cambridge residents and the clergy of King's College - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Ben-San Lau (org) (Choir of King's College KGS 0001)

PONCHIELLI: Capriccio - Katsuya Watanabe (ob), David Johnson (pno) (Profil PH 10001)

C STAMITZ: Orchestral Quartet in G - Cappella Coloniensis/Ulf Björlin (Phoenix Edition 177)

NZ performers and composers

REED: A Christmas Intrada - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Squadron Leader Graham Hanify, Janet Gibbs (org) (Kiwi CD SLC 216)

HAMILTON: Christmas Bells; I know Moonrise; Nunc Dimittis - Opus 1997/David Hamilton (Private)

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

LANE Three Christmas Pictures, Sleighbell Serenade; Starlight Lullaby; Christmas Eve Waltz - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

MERCADANTE: Flute Concerto in E minor - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia Jyväskylä (Naxos 8.572731)

SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 2122/23 (476 3909))

BRUCKNER: Motets, Ave Maria; Locus iste; Os justi; Christus factus est - Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge/David Rowland (Christ's College CCC CD 003)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve, Suite - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8327/9)

PEROTTI ed Akakpo: Sonata in G - Komalé Akakpo (psaltery), Martin Gester (org), Tomasz Pokrzywinski (cello), Dohyo Sol (archlute) (BIS BIS 2089)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 426 315)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUBERT: Fantasia in C D934; STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertante; PROKOFIEV: Sonata for violin solo Op 15; RAVEL: Sonata for violin & piano; SATIE: Choses vues a droite et a gauche; MILHAUD: Le Printemps - Gidon Kremer (vln), Elena Bashkirov (pno) (Philips 426 387)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

Joy to the World: An American Christmas

TRAD: I wonder as I wander; O magnum mysterium; LAURINDSEN: O magnum mysterium; TRAD: Joy to the World; It came upon the midnight clear; HOLST: In the bleak midwinter; BILLINGS: Shepherds, rejoice!; TRAD: In dulci jubilo (original English); CHILCOTT: The Shepherd's carol; RUTTER: There is a flower; TRAD American: O little town of Bethlehem; TRAD: Angels we have heard on high; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; H PRAETORIUS: In dulci jubilo (German); BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere; BILLINGS: A Virgin Unspotted; R.L. Pearsall: In dulci jubilo; TRAD: O little town of Bethlehem; LEONTOVICH: Carol of the Bells - Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16117)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

ROSSINI: Ballet music from The Siege of Corinth, Moses, William Tell & Othello - National Orch of the Monte-Carlo Opera/Antonio De Almeida (Philips 422 843)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Oboe concertos, No 1 in Bb; No 2 in Bb; No 3 in G minor; Concerto grosso in G Op 3/3; Sonata a 5 in Bb; Concerto grosso in C, Alexander's Feast; Overture in D; Hornpipe in D - Heinz Holliger, Neil Black, James Brown (obs), Kenneth Sillito, John Tunnell (vlns), Richard Adenay (fl), Kenneth Heath (cello), Leslie Pearson (org & hpschd), John Constable (hpschd), James Tyler (chitarrone), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 426 082)

RUTTER: What sweeter music; TRAD: Noël nouvelet; BURTON: Balulalow; MATHIAS: A babe is born Op 55 - Julius Foo (treble), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha, John Challenger (org) (Chandos CHSA 5096)

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude; Carol; Christmas Dance, from Suite for viola & orchestra - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV CD DCA 1181)

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

FLEURY: Variations sur un Noël bourguignon - Elisabeth Roloff (organ of the Franciscan Convent of St Catharina, Bethlehem) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 320 1345)

MENDELSSOHN: Weihnachten; BARRETT arr Walsh: Wither's rocking hymn; GRIFFITHS: Dormi Jesu - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

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

WILLAN: Gloria Deo per immensa saecula - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.557037)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

As an alternative to what you may have been hearing in the supermarket lately, Clarissa Dunn and Cynthia Morahan present "Christmas Playlist" - some favourite seasonal listening compiled by RNZ Concert and friends (RNZ)

Christmas Church service from Mo'unga Heamoni, the Northcote Tonga Methodist Church. Minister: Rev Tevita M Finau (RNZ)

TRAD arr Cable: A Canadian Brass Christmas Card - Canadian Brass (BWE Classics BWE 0196)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (Dorian DOR 90008)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts - London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 432 750)

SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 - Charles Hamann (ob), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

TRAD arr Shaw: Rejoice & be Merry; TRAD arr Vaughan Williams & Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

RUTTER: Brother Heinrich's Christmas - Brian Kay (narrator), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 115)

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

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

ANON: Wassail Song; Coventry Carol; Deck the halls - Philadelphia Brass Ensemble (CBS MK 7033)

The APO's annual celebration of Yuletide cheer

Patricia Wright (sop), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia/Ben Northey

GABRIELI: Canzona, Sol sol la sol (1608); VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium; HANDEL: Messiah, excerpts; SUK: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn, Op. 35a; SCHUBERT: Ave Maria; TRAD: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; TCHAIKOVSKY: Christmas (December), from The Seasons; PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kije Suite; CHRIS ARTLEY: Qui Creavit Caelum; RAVEL: Mother Goose; B KELLY: Improvisations on Christmas carols (recorded in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, by RNZ)

A Christmas Cracker

TH JONES: Christmas Cracker - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

PARTICHELA arr Wild: Mexican Hat Dance - Earl Wild (pno) (Ivory Classics 64405 73005)

TRAD: Twelve Days of Christmas - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 268)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K522, A Musical Joke (4) - English Concert/Andrew Manze (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7280)

Carols from around the world

GRÍMSDÓTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

TRAD arr R Panufnik: Angels Sing! - Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent, Jeremy Filsell (org) (Warner Classics 2564 60292)

TRAD arr Didier: Noël des Rois; TRAD arr Escaich: Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris - Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (Naïve V 5319)

SIRETT: Thou shalt know him - Choir of St John's, Elora/Noel Edison

GRAINGER: Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Mats Lidström (cello), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67184)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 509)

BRACKETT arr Meyer: Simple Gifts - Alison Krauss (sop), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 89667)

Catalina Bertucci (sop), Susanne Krumbiegel (mezzo), Tilman Lichdi, Evangelist (ten), Martin Lattke (ten), Andreas Scheibner (bass), St Thomas' Boys' Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Gotthold Schwarz

JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts I, II, III, and VI), performed in the church where he spent most of his life as music director, the St. Thomas' Church in Leipzig. A cast of international soloists perform with the St Thomas' Church Boys' Choir and the phenomenal Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (EBU)

TRAD arr Langland: My love is like a red, red rose - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (PRIVATE)

BRAHMS: Romance in F Op 118/5; Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 79469)

ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

Songs of Joy & Peace: Yo-Yo Ma and Friends

TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem; TRAD arr Meyer/Thile: The Wassail Song/All through the night; MCMASTER/TRAD: A Christmas Jig/Mouth of the Tobique Reel; TRAD arr Floyd/Ma: Wexford Carol; TRAD arr Pato: Panxolina: A Galician Carol; TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem; DA ROCHA arr Assad after Marcos Leite: Vassourinhas; D'RIVERA Invitación al Danzón - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer, Carlo Derosa (dbass), Natalie McMaster (fiddle), J D Blair (drums), Marta Cook (celtic harp), Mac Morin, Alon Yavnai (pno), Alison Krause (vocals), Cristina Pato (bagpipes), Shane Shanahan, John Hadfield, Jamey Haddad (perc), Victor Prieto (accordion), Sérgio Assad, Odair Assad (gtrs) Nilson Matta (bass), Paquito D'Rivera (clar), (Sony 88697 34390)

TRAD arr Reeve: Il est né; TRAD arr Iveson Jingle bells; Deck the hall - James Blades, David Corkill (perc), Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (Decca 448 980)

PROKOFIEV: Winter Bonfire Op 122, excerpts - Finchley Children's Music Group, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Helios CDH55177)

MONTERO: Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Emily Beynon (fl), Catherine Beynon (harp), BBC National Orch of Wales/Thierry Fischer (BBC Music MM 354)7.00

Renée Fleming (sop), New Zealand SO/James Judd

RAVEL: La Valse; Shéhérazade; Pavane for a Dead Princess; CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne; GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust; STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Squence No 1; Morgen Op 27/4; Zueignung Op 10/1; TOSTI: Aprile; PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi; GERSHWIN: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess; LOEWE: I could have danced all night, from My Fair Lady; KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt (recorded in Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

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

STATHAM: Suite for flute & string quartet - Adrianna Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

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

CHILDS: O magnum mysterium - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

BRIDGE: Summer - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557167)

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

DEBUSSY orch Stokowski: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium -The Concordia Choir/René Clausen (Signum Classics SIGCD 262)

BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67121/2)

POULENC: O magnum mysterium - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80531)

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - Oliver Triendl (harmonium), Vogler Quartet (CPO 777 624)

FOOTE: Air, from Air & Gavotte - Budapest Strings/Károly Botvay (dir) (Capriccio 10 505)

FARR: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 709)

GJEILO: Serenity - Bartosz Cajler (vln), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

PÄRT: Christmas Lullaby - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Metamorphosen; Three Hymns, Hymne an die Liebe; Ruckkehr in die Heimat; Die Liebe; Death & Transfiguration - Felicity Lott (sop), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8734)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

LECLAIR: Sonata in D minor Op 4/1; Sonata in Bb Op 4/2; Sonata in D minor Op 4/3; Sonata in F Op 4/4; Sonata in G minor Op 4/5; Sonata in A Op 4/6 - Purcell Quartet

(Chandos CHAN 0536)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Sleep, Holy Babe: A Collection of Christmas Lullabies

CAMPKIN: Sleep, Holy Babe; FINZI: A Lullaby; MANCHICOURT: O Emanuel; MUDGE: O magnum mysterium; LING: Magnificat; CAMPBELL: Sleep, my dreaming one; TRAD: Sing Lullaby; PYGOTT: Quid petis, O Fili?; BEVAN: Magnificat; DUGGAN: O Babe, born bare; BURGES: Coventry Carol; POTT: Lullay, my Liking - Blossom Street/Hilary Campbell (Naxos 8.572868)

3:20 approx - Disc 4

WELLS: A New Zealand Suite; GRIFFITHS: Meditation on Maria zu leben; Trisagion, Nicaea; LILBURN: Prelude & Fugue in G minor; MEWS: Gigue de Pan; T.S. WEBSTER arr Wells: Waikato March; VIERNE: Naïades, Op 55/4; GRAINGER arr Wells: Blythe Bells; HOLLINS: Spring Song; Grand Choeur in C - John Wells (org) (Ribbonwood RCD 1005)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

ARNOLD: The Roots of Heaven; ALWYN: Suite of Scottish Dances; SARGENT: An Impression of a Windy Day; PARKER: The Glass Slipper; LANGLEY: The Coloured Counties; JACOB: The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil, Overture; JOHNSTONE: Tarn Hows, a Cumbrian Rhapsody; LANGFORD: Two Worlds, Overture; BENNETT: Little Suite; LYON: Joie de Vivre, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2113)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (2) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (CHANDOS CHAN 9046)

MOZART: Violin Sonata No 32 in Bb K454 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (dg 477 5801)

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

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski (pno) (WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE 0023)

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)

TRAD/STEVENS: Star of the County Down/Lady D'Arbanville - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Catrin Finch (harp), Steáfán Hannigan (uilleann pipes) (EMI 3 59488)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (3) - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7430)

7.00

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

ANDERSON: A Christmas Festival - BBC Concert Orch/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559381)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Alessandra Ammara (pno) (arts 47696)

DEBUSSY: Nuages, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

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

SARASATE: Jota de Pamplona OP 50 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)

J STRAUSS II: Dream Picture II - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223237)

8.00

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

RICHTER: Flute Concerto in E minor (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

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

VILLA-LOBOS: Song of the capadócio, - António Meneses (cello), Celina Szrvinsk (pno) (AVIE AV 2162)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1379)

SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ (4) - Simon Preston (org), Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 419 617)

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

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem; DOVE: The Three Kings - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 67716)

TRAD arr Berkey: The Good King/Good King Wenceslas; Gentlemen, God rest ye!/The nine-finger carol; Three kings of the Orient/We three kings - Elaine Funaro (hpschd) (Alienor ARCD 1207)

GARDNER: Entry of the Three Kings; TRAD arr Sharp The King of all Kings; ARMSTRONG: Ring out ye crystal spheres; WEELKES: Gloria in excelsis Deo - John Anderson (ob/cor ang, Katherine Fuge (sop), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 050)

LUNDÉN-WELDEN: St Stephen's Holiday - Oystein Baadsvik (tuba), Trondheim SO/Torodd Wigum (BIS CD 1885)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (4) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1569)

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 101 - Macquarie Trio (ABC CLASSICS 472 668)

LISZT: Danza sacra e duetto finale, from Verdi's Aida - Alexandre Dossin (pno) (Naxos 8.557904)

HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Clifford Curzon (pno), English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 417 288)

DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (CHANDOS CHAN 8453)

Listening Room

When was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Cynthia Morahan shares music from the classics, jazz, and beyond for you to discover and savour on your summer afternoons (1) (RNZ)

Music Details:

Theme: MEYER: BT - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola) (Sony SK 60864)

MOZART: Credo In Unum Deum from Mass In C Minor, K 427, "Great" - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh (Archiv 477 5744)

WAINWRIGHT: Do I Disappoint You - Rufus Wainwright (GEFFEN 173016)  

SAINT-SAENS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Pittsburgh SO, Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 53979)

MONTERO: BACH: Prelude - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)

MONTERO: HANDEL: Hallelujah - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)

MONTERO: PACHELBEL: Canon - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)

MONTERO: VIVALDI: Summer & Winter - Gabriela Montero (EMI 5 14838)

ALLEGRI: Miserere - Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 041)

MELBOURNE arr BENSON: Tui - Dudley Benson, The Dawn Chorus (choir) (GOLDEN RETRIEVER 737259)

COPLAND: 4TH movt from Symphony No. 3 - Atlanta SO, Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80201)

DE LANGE: If I'm Lucky - Melody Gardot, Charlie Haden Quartet West (EMARCY 275081)

HANDEL:Concerto for oboe and strings No 2a in B flat HWV302a-David Reichenberg (oboe), English Concert, Trevor Pinnock(ARCHIV 415 291)

KORNGOLD: Die Tote Stadt - Glück, Das Mir Verblieb - Jonas Kaufmann (ten),  Julia Kleiter (sop),  Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin,  Jochen Rieder (Sony 88843087712)

MACCOLL: The First Time Ever I Saw Her Face - Michael Kaeshammer (vocal, piano) & Dione Taylor (vocal) (Alert Records)

YOUNG: 4th movt from Euphonium Concerto - Rikki McDonnell, New Zealand SO/Ken Young (RNZ-CFM)

NZ performers and composers

BACH: Four Duets BWV802-805 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 3 in E minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

BRAHMS: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ)

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo in G WoO41 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (2) - Emerson String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (DG 459 151)

RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Max Rostal (vln), Monique Haas (pno) (DG 477 6201)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8532)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 42124)

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV574 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (OPUS 111 OP 30283)

TRAD: Deck the hall with boughs of holly - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (AVIE AV 2078)

5.00

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D S359/6 - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

WALDTEUFEL: The Skaters, Waltz - National Phil/Douglas Gamley (Decca 460 400)

WEBBE: Variations in A on Adestes Fideles - Salomon Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66780)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

STROZZI: Begli occhi - Christine Brandes (sop), Jennifer Lane (mezzo), New York Baroque/Eric Milnes (dir) (DORIAN DOR 93218)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (3) - Apollo's Fire (Cleveland Baroque Orch)/Jeannette Sorrell (AVIE AV 2159)

6:00 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (3) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Anthony Robson (ob), Catherine Latham (ob), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (CHANDOS CHAN 0602)

ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8380)

HANDEL: O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis & Galatea - Christopher Purves (bass), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67842)

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan folksong - András Csáki (gtr) (Naxos 8.572630)

HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor Op 76/2, Fifths (1) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

STRAUSS: Festival Prelude Op 61 - Peter Solomon (org), Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (ARTE NOVA 74321 92779)

The Archduke Concert

Michael Houstoun (pno), Wilma Smith (vln), Eliah Sakakushev (cello)

MOZART: Piano Trio No 6 in G K564; RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor; BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre by RNZ)

WEYSE: Symphony No 1 in G minor - Royal Danish Orch/Michael Schönwandt (DACAPO 8.224012)

DUBOIS: Fantaisie triomphale - Christopher Hainsworth (org), Toulouse National CO/Jean-Marc Bourret (dir) (Private - Hainsworth 2003A)

A AGRICOLA: A la mignonne de fortune - Ensemble Unicorn/Michael Posch (Naxos 8.553840)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Ivan Moravec (pno), Dallas SO/Eduardo Mata (DORIAN DOR 90172)

REFICE: Ombra de nube - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 6029)

MENDELSSOHN: Pieces for String Quartet Op 81 - Ysaÿe Quartet (Decca 452 049)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Gerhard Oppitz (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8417)

HAYDN: Symphony No 83 in G minor, The Hen - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 741)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos 1, 3, 5; CHABRIER: España-Rhapsodie; BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry; RAVEL: Bolero - Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC 426289)

(Selector No: 0005)

58' 26"

1:00 approx - Disc 2

Neo MedievalMedieval improvisations on works by MACHAUT, CICONIA, SENLECHES, de la HALLE, LESCUREL - Hesperus: Tina Chancey (vielles, rebec, kamerj, lyra, recorders), Grant Herreid (lutes, saz, psaltery, recorders), Scott Reiss (recorders, hammered dulcimer, dombek, nakara) (Dorian DIS 80155)

2:15 approx - Disc 3

BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri - The Sixteen, Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers (Linn CKD 141)

3:15 approx - Disc 4

SCHUMANN: Fantasiestücke Op 12; Papillons Op 2; Carnaval Op 9 - George-Emmanuel Lazaridis (pno) (Somm SOMM CD 024)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

WIENER: Concerto for accordion and orchestra; Sonata for violoncello and piano; Concerto for orchestra and one principal piano - Gilbert Roussel (accordion), Jean Weiner, Jacqueline Robin (pnos), Pierre Pénassou (cello), orchestral accompaniment/André Girard (Arion ARN 68186)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (2) - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (CHCH SYMPH TRUST CHCH 004)

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 81b (3) - Nash Ensemble (ASV GLD 4002)

MOZART: Adagio in E K261 - Leonid Kogan (vln), Moscow Phil/Pavel Kogan (brilliant classics 93030)

ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Hervé Billaut (pno) (LYRINX LYR 2217)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (2) - Phildelphia Orch/Christoph Eschenbach (ONDINE ODE 1131-5)

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

7.00

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (6) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 475 6198)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Philharmonia/Riccardo Muti (EMI 3 71497)

VIVALDI: Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Scottish CO/Christian Curnyn (Decca 476 434)

TERZI: Vestiva i colli; ORTIZ: Recercada quinta - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (sop), Anna Maria Friman (sop), period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ecm 2088 (476 3317))

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

M ALBENIZ: Keyboard Sonata in D - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 639)

8.00

CHABRIER: Bourrée fantasque - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 4 in E minor Op 44/2 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 (1) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Patricia Petibon (sop), Spanish National Orch/Josep Pons (DG 477 9447)

FALLA: Spanish Dance, from La Vida breve - Rovshan Mamedkuliev (gtr) (Naxos 8.573179)

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

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

9.00

COPLAND: Buckaroo Holiday, from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80339)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast - Simon Standage (vln), Micaela Comberti (vln), Anthony Pleeth (cello), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 291)

WOLF-FERRARI: Suite-Concertino in F Op 16 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (CHANDOS CHAN 10511)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

CIMAROSA: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 5 in D Op 70/1, Ghost - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 412 891)

VERDI: O patria mia, from Aida - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (DELOS DE 3108)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI 5 67523)

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SIGNUM SIGCD 193)

Listening Room

When was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Cynthia Morahan shares music from the classics, jazz, and beyond for you to discover and savour on your summer afternoons (2) (RNZ)

Music Details:

Theme: MEYER: BT  - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola)  (Sony SK 60864)

BACH: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren from Cantata BWV 167 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert, Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

ACUFF: Just over in the Gloryland - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907400)

MOZART: 4th Movt from Symphony No 41 in C, Jupiter (K551) - Boston SO, James Levine (BSO Live)

CHURCHILL: Un jour mon Prince viendra - Ebène Quartet (Virgin Classics   28668)

PARIS: Stars Fell on Alabama - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (VERVE 825373)

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, ‘Wanderer’ - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi 90 2136/37)

WEBER: Und ob die Wolke, from Der Freischütz - Elisabeth Grümmer (sop), Berlin Phil, Joseph Keilberth (EMI 7 69342)

HINSON: She Don’t Own Me - Micah P. Hinson (SPUNK 376284)

DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children’s Corner Suite - Béla Fleck (banjo), Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (bass) (Sony 89610)

ANON:Chemirocha - Chemutoi Ketienya & girls (SWP 770683)

PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (Analekta AN 2 9811)

TRAD: Aghaoil, Leig Dhachaigh Gum Mhathair Mi (Love, Let Me Home To My Mother) - Julie Fowlis (MACHAIR 309258)

TRAD: Ae fond kiss - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO, Rory Macdonald (Decca 478 6690)

YOUENS: Rakaia - New Zealand SO, Luke Dollman (RNZ-CFM)

DEBUSSY: 3rd Movt from Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2012)

DEBUSSY: Par les rue et les Chemins from Iberia - Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (Decca 425 502)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Cambridge Overture - Schola Players/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 77)

SPICER: Kiwi Fireworks - Jeremy Woodside (org) (CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL 2009A)

ECCLES: Violin Sonata in G minor - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572494)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)

TOSCANINI: Meditazione, Tristezza in cor mi piange - Kristina Zelinska (solo vln), Cindy Yan, Miyo Yoon (vlns), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Paul Mitchell (cello) (RNZ)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno), CBSO/Simon Rattle (Philips 456 787)

REINCKEN: Sonata in A minor - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (ARCHIV 437 089)

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

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 - Anton Kuerti (pno) (ANALEKTA FL 2 3139-40)

FREDERICK THE GREAT: Flute Concerto No 2 in G - Kurt Redel (fl/dir), Munich Pro Arte Orch (Philips 426 083)

BACH: Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020 - Lara St John (vln), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) (ANCALAGON ANC 139)

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 8852)

5.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 (3) - Mikhail Pletnev (pno), Russian National Orch/Christian Gansch (dg 477 6415)

LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Bb - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

TRAD: Ain'-a that good news! - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

GLASS: The Hours, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), studio orch/Nick Ingman (NONESUCH 79693)

VIVALDI: Concerto in F for multiple instruments RV569 (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (dir) (OPUS 111 OP 30283)

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 421 065)

6.00

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 19/3, The Wild Rider - António Meneses (cello), Gérard Wyss (pno) (AVIE AV 2140)

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

SIECZYNSKI: Vienna, city of my dreams - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - Daniel Binelli (bandoneón), Louise Pellerin (ob), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 468 528)

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Brodsky Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10761)

A SCARLATTI: Improvisation on Follia di Spagna - Maurice Steger (recorder), (psalterium), Mauro Valli (cello), Br (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2135)

Shakespeare in Music

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Alexander Shelley

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing; MENDELSSOHN: Overture, Scherzo & Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream; WALTON: Henry V Suite; STRAUSS: Macbeth (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon - Adrian Wilson (ob), Peter Whelan (bsn), Tim Horton (pno) (NIMBUS NI 6121)

COPLAND: El Salón México - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 98)

YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Yellow River Piano Concerto - Chen Jie (pno), New Zealand SO/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)

S ADAMS: The Holy City - Jessye Norman (sop), organ accompaniment (Philips 422 893)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1523)

KREBS: Wachet auf - Michael Thompson (tpt), Peter Hurford (org) (ARGO 430 208)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (CHALLENGE CC 72043)

FAURÉ: Impromptu in Db Op 86 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

SIBELIUS: Luonnotar - Elisabeth Söderström (sop), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 400 056)

SAINT-SAËNS: Variations on a theme of Beethoven Op 35 - Julian Reynolds (pno), Peter Lockwood (pno) (GLOBE GLO 5152)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1970.71)

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

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in G Wq43/5 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir), English Concert (CRD 3311)

Disc 1

MARSCHNER: Kaiser Adolph von Nassau Op 130; Des Falkners Braut Op 65; Prinz Friedrich von Homburg Op 56; Lukretia Op 67; Der Bäbu Op 98; Der Goldschmied von Ulm; Der Templer und die Jüdin Op 60; Grande Ouverture solenne Op 78 - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223342)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77; KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto - Henryk Szeryng (vln), London SO/Antal Dorati (Mercury 434 318)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

GIRAMO: Festa, riso; WILLAERT: O dolce vita mia; NOLA: Tri ciechi siamo; ANON: Pavana d'España; NOLA: Chi la gagliarda; MACQUE: Gagliarda seconda; ANON: L'amanza mia; CORNET: Parmi di star; ANON: Corten espadas afiladas; WILLAERT: Ave virgo sponsa Dei; PICCININI: Colascione; ANON: Catalina, Catalina!; ORTIZ: Ricercarda quarta; WILLAERT: O dolce vita mia; LAMBARDI: Toccata e gagliarda; WILLAERT: Qual dolcezza giamai; MUDARRA: Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa; AGOSTINI: Non t'aricordi; ANON: Chi passa per 'sta strada; WILLAERT: Vecchie letrose - King's Singers, Tragicomedia

(EMI CDC 7 54191)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

GOTTSCHALK: Le Banjo, Grotesque fantasie; Le Mancenillier, Serenade Op 11; Minuit à Seville, Caprice Op 30; Romanze; Chanson de Gitano; Mazurka; Souvenir de Porto Rico, marche des Gibaros Op 31; Souvenir de la Havane, Grand caprice de concert Op 39; Danza Op 33; Sixième Ballade Op 83; Columbia, Caprice Américain Op 34; Les yeux créoles, Danse cubaine Op 37; Le Bananier, Chanson nègre Op 5; Union, Paraphrase de concert Op 48 - Philip Martin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66459)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

RABAUD: Dances from Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo; Procession Nocturne Op 6; Suite Anglaise No 2, from Music for The Merchant of Venice; Eglogue Op 7; Suite Anglais No 3, from Music for The Merchant of Venice; Divertissement on Russian Songs Op 2 - Rheinland-Pfalz Phil/Leif Segerstam (Marco Polo 8.223503)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 (4) - Alexandre Brussilovsky (vln), Inger Södergren (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 4214)

MOZART: Serenade No 12 in C minor K388 (1) - Chamber Soloists of the Royal Phil (NAIM CD 117)

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 44 in F HobXVI/29 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (3) - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80676)

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471 - Tres Cordes String Trio (ODE CD MANU 5122)

7.00

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 34/1 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 060)

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

LISZT: Die Lorelei - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

FOULDS: Cello Concerto in G Op 17 (2) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Bournemouth SO/Martin Yates (DUTTON CDLX 7284)

PURCELL: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

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

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

8.00

GRIEG: Vanished days, from Lyric Pieces Book 6 - Elena Filonova (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 9405)

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (2) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 414 340)

PUCCINI: Preludio Sinfonico in A - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

STRAUSS: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (4) - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.223003)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

9.00

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (1) - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 445 848)

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

BACH: Flute Sonata in E minor BWV1034 - Andrea Oliva (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67897)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 1 in Eb Op 1/1 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67393)

VIVALDI: Cello Sonata No 3 in A minor RV43 - L'École d'Orphée (CRD 3440)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 3 in G K216 (3) - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 3 in D Op 44/1 - Coull String Quartet (Hyperion CDS 44051/3)

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals - Johnny Morris (narr), Slovak Radio SO/Ondrej Lenárd (Naxos 8.554463)

CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

C STAMITZ: Double Clarinet Concerto in Bb - Hans Deinzer (cl), Jann Engel (cl), Cappella Coloniensis/Gabriele Ferro (PHOENIX EDITION 177)

Listening Room

When was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Cynthia Morahan shares music from the classics, jazz, and beyond for you to discover and savour on your summer afternoons (3) (RNZ)

Music Details:

Theme: MEYER: BT  - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola)  (Sony SK 60864)

GLAZUNOV: 2nd movt from Symphony No.4 in E flat major Op.48  - Royal Scottish National Orch, José Serebrier (Warner 2564 63236)

PIAZZOLA: Oblivion - Alison Balsom (tpt),  Guy Barker Orchestra/Guy Barker (Warner 632789)

HESS: Concerto for Piano & Orchestra: I. The Smile - Lang Lang (pno), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (Deutsche Grammophon 001697972 )

Trad: Slumber, My Darling - Alison Krauss (vocal), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 66782)

ELGAR: Sea Slumber-Song from Sea Pictures Op. 37 - Bernadette Greevy (contralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Classics For Pleasure 75306 )

BRAHMS: 4th Movt from Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch, Riccardo Chailly (DECCA Live)

SCHUMANN: Ich Grolle Nicht  from Dichterliebe, Op. 48 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Christoph Eschenbach (pno) (DG 445 660)

REARDON: This is Heaven to Me - Madeleine Peyroux (ROUNDER 613192)

BARBER: 1st movt from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 - Robert McDuffie (vln), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80441)

FOSTER trans RIEGGER: Ah! may the red rose live alway - Thomas Hampson (bar), Armen Guzelimian (pno), Kenneth Sillito (vln) (EMI CDC 7 54051)

PURCELL: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (Analekta AN 2 9811)07:04

ARLEN: If I only had a brain - Abbey Lincoln (vocal) (Verve #E5595382)

HAYDN: 2nd movt from Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie (Hyperion CDA 67925)

COWAN: Legend of the Trojan Bird - New Zealand SO/Luke Dollman (RNZ-CFM)7:33

AMORIM: Meu Amigo  - Márcio Faraco (Universal)

NZ performers and composers

WELLS: Chorale Fantasia on Cwm Rhondda - John Wells (org) (RNZ)

CARR: Aubade - Alan Vivian (cl), Sydney SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi SLD 76)

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

HAYDN: String Trio in D HobXI/74 - Tres Cordes String Trio (ODE CD MANU 5122)

RIES: Piano Concerto in C Op 123 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557638)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Symphony/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 480)

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 (1) - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Hansjörg Schellenberger (ob), Larry Combs (cl), Dale Clevenger (horn), Daniele Damiano (bsn) (ERATO 4509 96359)

RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome - Minneapolis SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 007)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

DELIUS: Violin Concerto - Philippe Djokic (vln), Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 439 889)

5.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (1) - Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida Thompson (leader) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 21504)

BLOCH: Nigun, from Baal Shem - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Janet Goodman Guggenheim (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54108)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Michel Bellavance (fl), Roy Howat (pno) (MERIDIAN CDE 84509)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky (4) - Beaux Arts Trio (warner 2564 61492)

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

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

FRANCESCO DA MILANO: Canon, La Spagna - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

6.00

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 (3) - Vienna Phil/Leonard Bernstein (DG 435 351)

MONTI: Czárdás - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No 5 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 883)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 (2) - Thierry Fischer (fl/dir), Charlotte Sprenkels (harp), CO of Euro (COE RECORDS CD COE 813)

PÄRT: Fratres - Franz Joseph Quartet (ATMA ACD 2 2310)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Purcell Quartet with Purcell Band (Hyperion CDA 66264)

Sergey Khachatryan (violin), Ulster Orchestra/Rafael Payare

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical;

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26;

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 3 in D Op 29, Polish (recorded in Ulster Hall, Belfast by the BBC)

BACH: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV230 - Bart Naessens (org), Elise Christiaens (violone), Flemish Radio Choir/Bo Holten (GLOSSA GCDSA 922 205)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ARTE NOVA ANO 304980)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C# minor Op 131 - Petersen Quartet (CAPRICCIO 10 510)

ELGAR: So many true Princesses who have gone - Robert Quinney (org), Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 67593)

COPLAND: Quiet City - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80339)

LISZT: Enfant, si j'étais roi - Keith Lewis (ten), David Harper (pno) (TRUST TRI 3002)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Berlin Ensemble (berlin philharmonic 6001)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in C# minor Op 26/1 - Jean-François Latour (pno) (ATMA ACD 2 2560)

FRANCK: String Quartet in D - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.572009)

Disc 1

KABALEVSKY: Romeo & Juliet Suite; Comedians' Suite; Colas Breugnon Suite - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 967)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

TELEMANN: Oboe Sonatas, in Bb; in G minor, from Tafelmusik; HANDEL: Oboe Sonata in C minor Op 1/8; TELEMANN: Oboe Sonata in A minor; HANDEL: Oboe Sonatas, in Bb, Fitzwilliam; in G minor Op 1/6; TELEMANN: Oboe Sonatas, in E minor; in G minor; HANDEL: Oboe Sonata in F Op 1/5 - Marilyn Zupnik (ob), Mark Shuman (cello), Raymond Leppard (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 663)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

Songs by Italian Opera Composers: including BELLINI; Verdi; Donizetti; Rossini; Puccini; Mascagni - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (Atoll A 9803)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

PATITUCCI: Tell Tale; JOBIM: Chovendo Na Roseira; HART: I Will Rise Again;: DJAVAN: Lei; HOLST: In the Bleak Midwinter; PATITUCCI: Three Faces; SOUZA: Now the River; PATITUCCI: Soulmate; Rhapsodic Journey; RODGERS: It Never Entered My Mind; PATITUCCI: Love Eternal; COLTRANE: Wise One - various artists (Concord Records CCD 2149)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

CATALINI: Impressioni, 10 Pieces; Se tu sapessi; Scherzo-tarantella; Aspirazione; Ricordi di Lugano; A Sera; Eleganza; Notturno; Contemplazione; Loreley - Pietro Spada (pno) (ASV CD DCA 921)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 (3) - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - Martin Fröst (cl), Vertavo String Quartet (BIS SACD 1263)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (7) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57111)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 (2) - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1519)

C SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 (4) - Dartington Piano Trio (Hyperion CDA 66331)

SPOHR: Faust, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 093)

DEBUSSY: Jeux de vagues, from La Mer - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

COPRARIO: Fantasia, Chi può mirarvi - Fretwork (VIRGIN VC 5 45346)

7.00

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

CPE BACH: Cello Concerto in A Wq172 (3) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Angeli Ensemble (AZICA ACD 71265)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in G Op 37/2 - Israela Margalit (pno) (QUARTZ QTZ 2022)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1 - CSR SO/Adrian Leaper (Naxos 8.554409)

SCHUBERT: Fierabras, Overture - Vienna Phil/István Kertész (Decca 430 773)

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for violin & oboe RV548 - Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Berlin Baroque Soloists (BERLIN PHILHARMONIC 6003)

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (CONIFER 75605 51343)

8.00

BACH: Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

WAXMAN: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Royal Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559302)

RAVEL: La vallée des cloches, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence (2) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (LONDON 440 366)

ANDERSEN: Second Concert Piece Op 61 - Kyle Dzapo (fl), Matthew Mazzoni (pno) (Naxos 8.572277)

WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 348)

DALZA: Calata ala spagnola - Piffaro (ARCHIV 453 441)

9.00

BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No 2 in A Op 26 (4) - Derek Han (pno), Isabelle Faust (vln), Bruno Giuranna (vla), Alain Meunier (cello) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93040)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Alan Civil (horn), Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe (EMI CD EMX 2004)

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (CHANDOS CHAN 10416)

HOLST: A Moorside Suite - London Collegiate Brass/James Stobart (REGISC 1200)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 14 in Ab Op 105 (2) - Szymanowski Quartet (AVIE AV 2092)

FALLA: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.57055)

GRIFFES: Bacchanale - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559164)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Berlin Phil/Antonio Pappano (EMI 4 74813)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen - Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Werner Bärtschi (pno) (PROFIL PH 10004)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Sayuri Yamagata (vln), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92403)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (Decca 473 862)

Listening Room

When was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Cynthia Morahan shares music from the classics, jazz, and beyond for you to discover and savour on your summer afternoons (4) (RNZ)

Music Details:

Theme: MEYER: BT  - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola)  (Sony SK 60864)

ANON: La perra mora - period instrument ensemble, Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

RAVEL  : String Quartet in F - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

DONALDSON, KAHN: Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone (KOCH 234494)3:32

BACH: Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen G'Mein, BWV 734 - Martin Stadtfeld (pno) (Sony 0935369)

TRAD: The Lark in the Clear Air - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV #CDWHL 2118)

COPLAND: The World Feels Dusty from 12 Poems Of Emily Dickinson - Dawn Upshaw; Hugh Wolff: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (Teldec 77310)

TCHAIKOVSKY: 4th Movt from Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74 - Kirov Orch, Valery Gergiev (Philips 456 580)

OTIS/RICHTER: This Bitter Earth / On the Nature of Daylight - Dinah Washington, Max Richter (Rhino 522120)

BEETHOVEN: 4th Movt from Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

ANONYMOUS: A l’entrada del tens clar - Skye Consort (Ombù 1006)

MUSARURWA: Skokiaan - African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia (SWP 770683)

TELEMANN: Sinfonia melodica in C TWV50/2 - Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (DG 477 5923)

BLUMENFELD: Etude for the left hand in Ab Op 36 - Nelson Goerner (pno) (Cascavelle VEL 3051)

MITCHELL ARR MENDOZA: A Case of You - Joni Mitchell (vocal), John Anderson Concert Orchestra (Reprise 47640)

LOZOWCHUK: Extracts from Bright Sadness - Blair Lofgren (cello), Quatuor Cartier, Kami Lofgren, Marie Magistry (sops), Micah Lamb (ten), Oleksa Lozowchuk (sopilka) (Tendershoot TSM 001)

MCLEOD: CUT TO MUSIC (aka A Hero’s Tale) - New Zealand SO/Luke Dollman (RNZ-CFM)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Bagatelle No 5 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

SIBELIUS: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

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

FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), BBC SO/Jac van Steen (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 298)

LILBURN: Bagatelle No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

PROKOFIEV: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 331)

BRAHMS: Waltzes Op 39 - Andreas Grau (pno), Götz Schumacher (pno) (COL LEGNO WWE 1CD 20103)

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - Larry Combs (cl), David McGill (bsn), Chicago SO/Daniel Barenboim (Teldec 3984 23913)

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

SANCAN: Sonatine for flute & piano - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (AVIE AV 0027)

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (DG 474 199)

POZZI: Cantata sopra il Passacaglio. Diatonica - Marco Beasley (ten), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata, abandons me (improvisation)/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

SUPPE: Light Cavalry, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

5.00

CHABRIER: Gwendoline, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (2) - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

PAGANINI: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger (SONY SK 60804)

ARNOLD: Beckus the Dandipratt - London Phil/Vernon Handley (LPO 0013)

RACHMANINOV: Oh, never sing to me again Op 4/4 - Anna Netrebko (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (DG 477 6384)

CORELLI: Violin Sonata in F Op 5/10 - Rémy Baudet (vln), Pieter-Jan Belder (hpschd) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92403)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter (4) - Tafelmusik Orch/Bruno Weil (DHM 82876 89504)

6:00 DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (3) - Guarneri Quartet (Philips 420 803)

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Eugen Indjic (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 9368)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Barbara Jane Gilby (vln), Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope (ABC 472 610)

SUESSE: Jazz Nocturne - Peter Mintun (pno), Hot Springs Music Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559647)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scherzo - London SO/Barry Wordsworth (VIRGIN 3 91372)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor (1) - Mie Kobayashi (vln), Yoko Hasegawa (cello), Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4008)

ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CDC 7 49155)

Lexus Song Quest 2016

Three programmes

Recital 1

Tonight we'll hear five of the ten semi-finalists:Emily Mwila, Sophie Sparrow (sops), Filipe Manu (ten), Bradley Christensen and Benson Wilson (bars).Each semi-finalist performed two songs and one aria, accompanied by pianist Terence Dennis. This year's judge was renowned soprano Yvonne Kenny

Recital 2 will be broadcast tomorrow at 7pm (recorded in St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ)

FAURÉ: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 14 - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

TOSCANINI: Two Pieces for string quartet - Cindy Yan (vln), Miyo Yoon (vln), Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), Paul Mitchell (cello) (RNZ)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 48 in C HobXVI/35 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Ex Chartreuse TB 6)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9270)

ORFF: In Trutina, from Carmina Burana - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 414 267)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Humoresque Op 10/2 - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

MOZART: Three arias from The Magic Flute - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln) (SONY 88697 28585)

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), Berlin Phil/Bernard Haitink (Philips 422 414)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572693)

WEBER: Variations on a theme from Silvana - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

FUCHS: Andante grazioso & Capriccio Op 63 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

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

DEBUSSY: La plus que lente - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

TAVENER: Song for Athene - Cantillation/Antony Walker (ABC 472 610)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 45 in F# minor, Farewell; No 48 in C, Maria Theresia; No 102 in Bb - Capella Istropolitana/Barry Wordsworth (Naxos 8.550382)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Rondos, Op 1, 5, 16 & 73; Mazurkas, in G, Bb, Bb, C, Ab and D; Variations brillantes; Variations sur un theme national allemande; Variations Puritains de Bellini; Variations Souvenir de Paganini; Variations Vierhandig - Idil Biret, Martin Sauer (pnos) (Naxos 8.550367)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

DAVY: Stabat Mater; BROWNE: Jesu, mercy, how may this be?; CORNYSH: Stabat Mater; SHERYNGHAM: Ah, gentle Jesu; BROWNE: Stabat Mater - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 13162)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

CPE BACH: Oboe Concertos, in Bb; in Eb; Sonata in A minor for solo oboe; A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jozsef Kiss (ob), Ferenc Erkel CO/Lilli Aldor (Naxos 8.550556)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

SUPPE: Overtures: Die Schone Galatea; Isabella; Das Modell; Tantalusqualen; Der Krammer und sein Kommis; Paragraph 3; Boccaccio; Fatinitza March; Donna Juanita - Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223648)

IBERT: Scherzetto - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor (1) - Ruth Bolister (ob), Elgar CO/Stephen Bell (ASV CD DCA 1173)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), André Previn (pno) (Philips 434 914)

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

BACH: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 (1) - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (CALLIOPE CAL 9385)

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb Wq165 (1) - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93988)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ARTE NOVA ANO 378 680)

7.00

CHABRIER: Danse villageoise, fromPièces pittoresques Nos 1-6 - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Hopak, from Mazeppa - Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80640)

SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

TRAD: Fantasy on British Sea Songs - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (KIWI CD SLC 247)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

BERLIOZ: Villanelle, from Les nuits d'été - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Berlin Phil/James Levine (DG 445 823)

PORTER: So in Love; In the Still of the Night - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (Atoll ACD 115)

F COUPERIN: Les baricades mistérieuses - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

8.00

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Yan Pascal Tortelier (vln), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

TRAD: Shenandoah - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (1) - Paul Dean (cl), Queensland Orch/Guillaume Tourniaire (MELBA MR 301 122)

ROSSINI: Sinfonia al Conventello - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 434 016)

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

RACHMANINOV: Melodie in E; Gavotte in D - Alessio Bax (pno) (SIGNUM SIGCD 264)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1849)

9.00

TORKE: Javelin - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (ARGO 452 101)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/8 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 (1) - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)

DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (CHANDOS CHAN 7123)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (1) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

MONTEVERDI: Beatus vir, from Selva morale e spirituale - Emma Kirkby (sop), Rogers Covey-Crump (ten), David Thomas (bass)/Andrew Parrott (EMI 5 67523)

BALAKIREV: Islamey - Michael Lewin (pno) (CENTAUR CRC 2134)

BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ONYX 4016)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 2 in F Op 80 - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

CRESPO: Spiritual Waltz - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2 - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (CHANDOS CHAN 9462)

Listening Room

When was the last time you sat down and really listened to music with no distractions? Cynthia Morahan shares music from the classics, jazz, and beyond for you to discover and savour on your summer afternoons (5) (RNZ)

Music Details:

Theme: MEYER: BT  - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandola)  (Sony SK 60864)

CHAMPAGNE: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yaov Talmi (Analekta FL 2 315)

MOODY: One Voice - The Wailin' Jennys (Redhouse 510177)

GRIEG: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen from Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 74789)

Anfass - Ballake Sissoko, Driss el Maloumi & Rajery (Contrejour 200002)

MOZETICH: Unfolding Sky from Postcards From The Sky - CBC Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC SM 5200)

Samradh Samdradh - The Gloaming (Justin Time)

BACH: Ei! Wie Schmerckt Der Coffee Susse from Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 - Carolyn Sampson, (sop), Bach Collegium Japan/ Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 1411)

CAESAR & YOUMANS: Tea for Two - Pink Martini, Jimmy Scott (Inertia 270069)

WILLIAMS & FLETCHER: Sugar Blues - Terra Hazelton and Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards (Independent)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romance Op. 5 - Alexey Gorokholinsky (cl), Marina Gorokholinsky (pno) (CD Baby 5637312586)

COUPERIN: Les Baricades Mistérieuses from Pièces De Clavecin, Book 2, 6E Ordre - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67440)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - Penelope Thwaites (pno), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9499)

COLEMAN & LEIGH: I Walk A Little Faster - Blossom Dearie (Avid 101967)

BRAHMS: Ihr Habt Nun Traurigkeit from German Requiem - Charlotte Margiono (sop), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 140)

DVORAK: Finale from String Quartet No. 13 in G Major, Op. 106 - Cecilia Quartet (Analekta AN 2 9892)

GUILLAUME: Twa Tanbou - New Zealand Secondary Student's Choir/Andrew Withington (RNZ-CFM)

TRAD: Pájaro campana - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 678516)

NZ performers and composers

Featuring pianist Richard Farrell, born 30 December 1926

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a theme by Handel Op 24 (Atoll ACD 909)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)

LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase (Atoll ACD 909)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 9 in D minor (4) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

BECK: Sinfonia in F Op 3/1 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

PAGANINI: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - Sarah Chang (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55026)

BACH: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 716)

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

KATS-CHERNIN: Calliope Dreaming - Haydn Trio Eisenstadt (Capriccio 7020)

SAINT-SAËNS: Phaéton - Royal Phil/Christian Badea (Telarc CD 80274)

ALBÉNIZ: El Polo from Iberia Book 3 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 417 887)

TRAD: Tribute to Maria Tanase - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Kroke (EMI 5 57511)

5.00

FRANCESCO DA MILANO: Canon, La Spagna - period instrument ensemble/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ecm 2088 (476 3317))

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in D RV429 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (3) - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (artistled 10501)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Eb D899/2 - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80337)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir d'un lieu cher (3) - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

HANDEL: Zadok the Priest - Tallis Chamber Choir, Royal Academy Consort/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.557003)

HASTED: Celebration Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

LIADOV: Mazurka Op 19 - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.220348)

6.00

CHABRIER: Ronde champêtre, from Five Posthumous Pieces - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

MOZART: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Die Zauberflöte - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (SONY 828768 84822)

GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (CHANDOS CHAN 9346)

MARAIS: Sonate à la Marésienne, - Trio Sonnerie (Linn CKD 434)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 (1) - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 285)

SIBELIUS: Overture in F minor - Brass Partout/Hermann Baumer (BIS CD 1054)

BACH: Fugue in G BWV577, Jig Fugue - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (CHANDOS CHAN 9835)

Lexus Song Quest 2016

Three programmes

Recital 2

Tonight we'll hear another five of the ten semi-finalists: Madison Nonoa, Imogen Thirlwall (sops), Harry Grigg (ten), Jarvis Dams (bar) and Tavis Gravatt (bbar).Each one performed two songs and one aria, accompanied by pianist Terence Dennis. This year's judge was renowned soprano Yvonne Kenny

The Grand Final will be broadcast tomorrow at 7pm (recorded in St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington RNZ)

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: The Cathedral - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 432 102)

MOZETICH: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (CHANDOS CHAN 9748)

For the next few weeks we take another listen to some of the best interviews and music from the past year and throw in some new treats. Hosted by Charlotte Wilson.

9:00 Charlotte talks to Salina Fisher about winning the SOUNZ Contemporary Award with her orchestral work Rainphase

10:00 Relevant Tones: Synaesthesia in Music and Visual ArtScriabin so linked colour to his music that he created a "light organ" to display colours that corresponded to different notes in his pieces. How does colour and visual art affect composers and their music today? (WFMT)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Come along for a mesmerising ride as Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music - handpicked from the very latest, to 20th century seminal masterpieces and everything in between