Schedules for 28 Jan - 03 Feb, 2017

Kari Kriikku

The Finnish clarinet virtuoso talks with Kate Mead about contemporary music (RNZ)

1:00 approx - Disc 1

LISZT: Hungaria S103; Hamlet S104; Battle of the Huns S105; Die Ideale S106 - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10490)

2:20 approx - Disc 2

MOONDOG: Blast Off; New York; Paris; Bumbo; Heath on the Heather; Torisa; Shakespeare City; Frankanon; You Have To Have Hope; A.Sax; Reedroy; The Cosmicode - Moondog Big band, London Brass, London Saxophonic (Roof Music RD 2633272)

3:10 approx - Disc 4

D'HERVELOIS: Suite No 2 in G; VISÉE: Passacaille; Anne-Danican PHILIDOR: Recorder Sonata in D minor; DIEUPART: Suite No 1 in A; VISÉE: Theorbo Suite in D minor; F COUPERIN: Le Rossignol en amour; DIEUPART: Suite No 6 in F minor; F COUPERIN: Le Rossignole Vainqueur; Double de Rossignole - Pamela Thorby (recorders), Elizabeth Kenny (archlute/theorbo), Elizabeth Kenny (gtr) (Linn CKD 341)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

ROSS: Marching Strings; HOPE: Jaunting car, from The Ring of Kerry; DUNCAN: High Heels; CURZON: Dance of an ostracised imp; FOULDS: Keltic Lament, from A Keltic Suite Op 29; WILLIAMS: Rhythm on Rails; COATES: By the sleepy lagoon; BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba; KETÈLBEY: In a monastery garden; WILLIAMS: A quiet stroll; FLETCHER: Demoiselle chic, from Parisian Sketches No 1; BEAVER: Cavalcade of Youth; BAYCO: Elizabethan Masque; GARDINER: Shepherd Fennel Dance; ANCLIFFE: Thrills; ROSSE: The doge's march, from The Merchant of Venice; COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Petite Suite de Concert Op 77 - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67400)

6:00 STERNDALE BENNETT: Parisina, Overture - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 206)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Amphion String Quartet (Nimbus NI 6289)

TELEMANN: Concerto in D for two violins & bassoon - TWV53/D4 - Ingeborg Scheerer, Annette Wehnert (vlns), Marita Schaar (bsn), La Stagione Frankfurt/Michael Schneider (CPO 777 890)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio movement in Bb D28 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 412 620)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

7.00

PURCELL arr Balsom: King Arthur Suite Z628 - Alison Balsom (tpt), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (EMI 4 40329)

MENDELSSOHN: Andante & Scherzo, from Pieces for String Quartet Op 81 - Escher Quartet (BIS SACD 1990)

KREISLER: Sicilienne & Rigaudon, in the style of Francoeur - Akiko Suwanai (vln), Philharmonia/Charles Dutoit (Philips 475 6189)

TÁRREGA: Gran vals - Mats Bergström (gtr) (Naxos 8.572365)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Ballet Suite No 1 - Russian SO/Mark Gorenstein (Harmonia Mundi RUS 788164)

8.00

CHABRIER: España - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

ROSSINI: Miscellanée pour piano, excerpts, from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol 10 - Alessandro Marangoni (pno) (Naxos 8.573107)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Giovanna Pessi (harp), Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot (dir) (Mirare MIR 009)

DANZI trans Klug: Variations on a theme by Mozart, Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557613)

COATES: Summer Days Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/John Wilson (Avie AV 2070)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Signum SIGCD 193)

QUANTZ: Flute Concerto No 38 in D minor - Frank Theuns (transverse fl/dir), Les Buffardins (Accent ACC 24258)

ADDINSELL reconst Lane: Ring Round the Moon, Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Roderick Dunk (Dutton CDLX 7209)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in Bb K238 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno/dir), Chamber Orch of Europe (Warner 2564 62259)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in Ab Op 53, Heroic - Rafal Blechacz (pno) (Accord ACD 136)

BERG: Violin Concerto, To the Memory of an Angel - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Chicago SO/James Levine (DG 463 790)

SULLIVAN: I am the very model of a modern Major-General, from The Pirates of Penzance - John Reed (bar), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Phil/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 430 095)

FITKIN: Relent - Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS SACD 1517)

MOZART: Mass No 16 in C K317, Coronation - Teresa Wakim (sop), Paula Murrihy (contralto), Thomas Cooley (ten), Sumner Thompson (bar), Handel & Haydn Society/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16104)

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This week's best-selling CDs

A series of five programmes in which Charlotte Wilson visits prominent NZ artists in their studios to ask about the role of music in their life and work

(1) Robert Ellis weaves text and paint and symbolism together to make us think about what it means to be a New Zealander, and about our relationship to the sky and the land (RNZ)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie

In this programme of Chinese music, Trevor marks the start of Chinese New Year celebrations (RNZ)

Classical Hits

New Zealand SO/James Judd

ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture; COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes, from Rodeo; OFFENBACH: Can-Can, from Orpheus in the Underworld; J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube; TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture; ELGAR: W.N. and Nimrod, from Enigma Variations; WAGNER arr Langey: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre; J STRAUSS II: Thunder and Lightning Polka (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

GÁL: Improvisation, Variations & Finale, on a theme by Mozart Op 60b - Edinburgh Quartet (Meridian CDE 84530)

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

Loft Series 2016 - Glow

NZTrio - Justine Cormack (vln), Ashley Brown (cello), Sarah Watkins (pno)

ZHOU LONG: Spirit of Chimes; GAO PING: Feng Zheng; FARR: Forbidden Colours; RACHMANINOV: Trio Élégiaque No 2 in D minor (recorded in Q Theatre Loft, Auckland by RNZ)

HAYDN: Divertimento in C HobII/7 - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1806/08)

NZ performers and composers

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 (1) - Viva CO (Viva CO 2003A)

A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7345)

FARQUHAR: Eight Blake Songs, Laughing Song; To Tirzah; The fly; Ah! Sun-flower; I laid me down upon a bank; The sick rose; Mock on; The lily - Peter Russell (bar), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi CD SLD 112)

J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in F Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

WEBER: Piano Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 49 - Hamish Milne (pno) (CRD 3486)

GRAUPNER: Concerto in C for oboe d'amore GWV302 - Ofer Frenkel (ob d'amore), Accademia Daniel/Shalev Ad-El (cembalo/dir) (CPO 777 645)

SIBELIUS: Swanwhite Op 54, incidental music - Turku Phil/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.573341)

GIULIANI: Variations Op 24a - Amalia Hall (vln), David Starobin (gtr) (Bridge Records BRIDGE 9418)

ARRIAGA: String Quartet No 1 in D minor - Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7038)

J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring Waltz; Thunder & Lightning Polka; SIBELIUS: The Swan of Tuonela; ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso; BARBER: Adagio; MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain; RAVEL: Boléro - Christine Pendrill (cor anglais), Stephanie Chase (vln), Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (ABC 426 380)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

RENAUD: Toccata in D minor; HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 K467, Andante; ARNDT: Nola; DUBOIS: Fiat Lux; SETCHELL: Trumpet Tune, Scherzo and Toccata on Joy to the World, from Three Piece Suite; WATSON: Happy Birthday, Herr Bach; NALLE: Alles was du bist; SOUSA: Washington Post March; FAURÉ: Berceuse and Sicilienne, from Pelléas and Méllisande; VERDI: Grand March, from Aida; DAQUIN: The Cuckoo; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee; MOURET: Rondeau; CAMPRA: Rigaudon; GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette; BOVET: Totentanz, from Three Préludes Hambourgeois - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

SCHUMANN: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in A minor Op 105; No 2 in D minor Op 121; No 3 in A minor - Robert Zimansky (vln), Christophe Keller (pno) (Accord 220 532)

3:15 approx - Disc 4

SCHÜTZ: Motets and Psalms for Double Chorus - Regensburg Domspatzen, Hamburger Blaserkreis, Ulsamer - Collegium & instrumentalists/Hanns-Martin Schneidt (Archiv 415 297)

4:15 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Violin Concertos, in D RV230; in A minor RV356; Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532; Trio in C for guitar, violin & continuo RV82; Concerto in D minor for viola d'amore, guitar, strings & continuo RV540; Violin Concerto in A RV345; Guitar Concerto in D RV93 - John Williams, Benjamin Verdery (gtrs), Norbert Blum (vla d'amore), Franz Liszt CO/Janos Rolla (Sony Classic SK 46556)

BYRD: Domine, salva nos - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67779)

HOLST: Ave Maria - Wells Cathedral School Choralia/Christopher Finch (Naxos 8.573427) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Foster: Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, No 2, Rhosymedre; No 3, Hyfrydol - Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox (EMI CDC 7 49745)

DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10, Ubi caritas; Tota pulchra es; Tu es Petrus; Tantum ergo - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10357)

ANON arr Harms: Latvian Prayer - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

PÄRT: The Woman with the Alabaster Box - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (Gimell CDGIM 049)

BRYARS: Tre laude dolce (3) - Matthew Barley (cello) (Signum SIGCD 318)

BACH: Cantata No 81, Jesus sleeps. What should my hope be? - Julia Hamari (contralto), Adalbert Kraus (ten), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 92.026)

LISZT: O sacrum convivium - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66694)

MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Winchester Cathedral Choir & Quiristers, Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 460 583)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Benedictus - Tasmin Little (vln), Ian Watson (org) (Chandos CHAN 9595)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

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

TRIMBLE: The Bard of Lisgoole - Una Hunt, Roy Holmes (pno duo) (Marco Polo 8.225059)

GODARD arr Pierre: Berceuse, from Jocelyn - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

TAVENER: Svyati - Steven Isserlis (cello), Kiev Chamber Choir/Mykola Gobdych (dir) (RCA 09026 68761) SANDSTRÖM: Song to Lotta - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (BIS CD 1824)

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (4) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

MUTHEL: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in C minor - Marcin Swiatkiewicz (hpschd/dir), Arte dei Suonatori (BIS 2179) BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston, South Carolina's historic theatres, churches, and outdoor spaces with performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers.

HAYDN: Symphony No 104, London - Tara Helen O'Connor (fl), Geoff Nuttall, Owen Dalby (vlns), Daniel Phillips (vla), Christopher Costanza (cello), Anthony Manzo (dbass), Pedja Muzijevic (hpschd)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47- Pedja Muzijevic (pno), Benjamin Beilman (vln), Daniel Phillips (vla), Alisa Weilerstein (cello) (WFMT)

RUFINATSCHA: The Bride of Messina - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10665) RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Sharon Isbin (gtr), Lausanne CO/Lawrence Foster (Virgin VC 7 91192) GURNEY: A Gloucestershire Rhapsody - BBC Scottish SO/David Parry (BBC BBC MM 371)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines FAURÉ: Nine Preludes Op 103 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10915)

STOKOWSKI: Violin Concerto - Bartlomiej Niziol (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Lukasz Borowicz (Hyperion CDA 68102)

Vintage Shakespeare

VOLKMANN: Overture to Shakespeare's Tragedy Richard III Op 68 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Carl Schuricht (rec 1952) (Hänssler CD 93.149)

NICOLAI: Drinking Song, from The Merry Wives of Windsor - Oscar Natzka (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus & Orch/Karl Rankl (rec 1947) (Atoll ACD 500)

TIESSEN: Hamlet, Suite - Berlin Radio SO/Sergiu Celibidache (rec 1957) (IMG Artists 5 62872) MENDELSSOHN trans Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Colin Horsley (pno) (rec 1954) (Atoll ACD 442)

VERDI: Ave Maria, from Otello - Maria Callas (sop), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Nicola Rescigno (rec 1964) (EMI 5 57062)

WALTON arr Mathieson: Richard III - Philharmonia/William Walton (rec 1963) (EMI CDM 5 65007)

Brian Kay's Light Music

Brian Kay presents three programmes of his favourite pieces of Light Music

(3) Living composers (RNZ)

Bridget Douglas (flute), NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2015/José Luis Gomez

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; IBERT: Flute Concerto; S FISHER: Rainphase; DEBUSSY: La Mer (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op 113 - Hariolf Schlichtig (vla), Kalle Randalu (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 304 1649)

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)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 7 - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68538)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(4) HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, an opera in three acts

An English translation of the classic tale from the Brothers Grimm. The siblings Hansel and Gretel get lost in the forest and are caught by an evil old woman who puts a spell on them and intends to bake them in her magic oven

Hänsel..............................Alice Coote

Gretel...............................Christine Schäfer

Gertrude...........................Rosalind Plowright

The Witch........................Philip Langridge

Peter.................................Alan Held

Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus & Orch/Vladimir Jurowski (EBU)

QUILTER: A Children's Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Maria João Pires (pno) (Erato 4509 94692) GUASTAVINO: The Little Girls, No 1 from Tres romances argentinas - Entre Ríos SO/Gabriel Castagna (Chandos CHAN 10185)

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

NZ performers and composers

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

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 15 in C D840, Relique - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

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

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 447 279) M HAYDN: Horn Concertino in D - Johannes Hinterholzer (natural horn), Salzburger Hofmusik/Wolfgang Brunner (CPO 777 781)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 16 in G Op 31/1 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1945/46 (476 6186)) BERLIOZ: Love Scene, from Romeo & Juliet - Flanders SO/Seikyo Kim (Onyx 4107)

GLAZUNOV: Five Novelettes Op 15 - Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.570256)

Disc 1

ALBÉNIZ orch Arbos: Iberia Suite; FALLA: The Three Cornered Hat - Jill Gomez (sop), Philharmonia/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8904)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

GUILMANT: Symphony No 1 in D minor Op 42; WIDOR: Symphony Op 42/5; POULENC: Organ Concerto - Ian Tracey (org), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9271)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

ELGAR: Sea Pictures Op 37; The Music Makers Op 69 - Linda Finnie (contralto), London Phil Choir & Orch/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9022)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN arr Salomon: Symphonies, No 93 in D; No 94 in G, Surprise; No 101 in D, The Clock - Florilegium (Channel CCS 19698)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ALWYN: Odd Man Out Suite; The History of Mr Polly; The Fallen Idol Suite; Calypso, from The Rake's Progress - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9243)

6:00 BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (4) - Boris Brovtsyn (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla), Katya Apekisheva (pno) (ONYX 4033)

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 (3) - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (BIS SACD 1539)

CHOPIN: Three Waltzes Op 64 - Peter Jablonski (pno) (DECCA 448 645)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 (1) - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

ELGAR: From the Greek Anthology Op 45 - men of New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 3 in Db S359/3 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - André Rieu (vln/dir) & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)

7.00

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

BRUCH: Adagio on Celtic Themes Op 56 - Ofra Harnoy (cello), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (RCA RD 60757)

ALBÉNIZ: Córdoba, from Spanish Songs - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94047)

SUPPÉ: Das Modell, Overture - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5110)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 64061)

SCHUBERT: Five Songs - David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ)

M HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto No 1 in D - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (DG 415 980)

8.00

KORNGOLD: Much Ado About Nothing Suite Op 11 (3) - Gil Shaham (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 439 886)

E ALBULESCU: Ode to the 900 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (PRYDE 22/100)

MCLEOD: Dirge for Doomsday - New Zealand Youth Choir/Peter Godfrey (RNZ)

DAVIE: Variations & Fugue on The Wee Cooper of Fife - Welsh National Youth Wind Orch/Nigel Boddice (TY CERDD TCWO 001)

CORELLI: Sinfonia in D minor WoO1, Santa Beatrice d'Este - Rémy Baudet, Sayuri Yamagata (vlns), Richte van der Meer (cello), Hank Heyink (archlute), Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92403)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 (3) - Bavarian Radio CO (ARTS 47633)

RUTTER: Suite Antique (6) - Duke Dobing (fl), Wayne Marshall (hpschd), City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 516)

9.00

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 (3) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 448 629)

CHEN GANG: Miao Mountain Morning - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

HU-WEI HUANG: Pictures from Bashu, Six Sichuan folk songs - Eugenia Zukerman (fl), Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy Op 25 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

GRAINGER: A Lincolnshire Posy - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (CHANDOS CHAN 9549)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - Daniel Hope (vln), Jaime Martin (fl), Kristian Bezuidenhout (hpschd) (Warner 2564 62545)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI 5 65955)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94070)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in F Op 2/4 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian Opera Orch/Alexander Vilumanis (CAMPIONCD 1338)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 17 in D D850 - Michael Endres (pno) (CAPRICCIO 10 707)

12.00

DVORÁK: Carnival Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (CHANDOS CHAN 8453)

ANON: El dia del Corpus - Capilla de Indias/Tiziana Palmiero (K617 K617 147)

RAVEL: Mother Goose Suite - Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pno duet) (KML 1111)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1958)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

DELIUS: Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

GOUNOD: Mon coeur ne peut changer, from Mireille - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/Brian Law (KIWI CD SLC 230)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV653 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

HAMILTON: Rakiura - Elise Bradley (contralto), Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1509)

RACHMANINOV: Morceaux de Salon Op 2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Rustem Hayroudinoff (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10095)

J STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (NAXOS 8.553213)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet - Maggini Quartet, Garfield Jackson (vla) (NAXOS 8.5553)

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

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

4.00

SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 655)

SPOHR: Nonet in F Op 31 - Consortium Classicum (ORFEO C 155 871 A)

BEETHOVEN: Six Variations in F on an original theme Op 34 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (OLYMPIA OCD 339)

5.00

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (4) - Jascha Heifetz (vln), New SO of London/Malcolm Sargent (RCA RD 86214)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Red Priest (DORIAN DOR 90317)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Gb D899/3 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

THOMAS: A vos jeux, mes amis, from Hamlet - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (DECCA 414 450)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 (3) - Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes (vla) (ONYX 4043)

6.00

RACHMANINOV: Moments Musicaux Op 16 (4) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (DECCA 475 6198)

GIULIANI: Variations on Nume perdonami in tale istante - Paolo Pugliese (gtr), members of Ensemble Ottocento (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92621)

MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris (3) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

COPLAND: Morning on the Ranch, from The Red Pony - St Louis SO/André Previn (SONY MLK 64059)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 (4) - Chilingirian Quartet (CHANDOS CHAN 8874)

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

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon (3) - Joy Farrall (cl), Julie Andrews (bsn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

Chamber Music New Zealand presents the Vienna Piano Trio

HAYDN: Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/30; SCHOENBERG arr Steuermann: Transfigured Night Op 4; BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8; BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Allegretto, from Piano Trio No 6 in Eb Op 70/2 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre by RNZ)

PROKOFIEV: Five Melodies Op 35b - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Atoll ACD 513)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

POYNTON: Nga iwi e - Dan Poynton (pno) (RATTLE RAT D006)

GADE: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 56 - Anton Kontra (vln), Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi (BIS CD 672)

SCHUBERT: Twelve Waltzes D145 - John O'Connor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

JOHNSON: Have you seen but a white lily grow? - Julianne Baird (sop), Ronn McFarlane (lute) (ABC 472 610)

NIELSEN: String Quintet in G - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (CHANDOS CHAN 9258)

RODRIGO: A la busca del más allá - London Phil/Enrique Bátiz (EMI CDC 7 49542)

BACH: Flute Sonata in A BWV1032 - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Terence Charlston (hpschd) (BIS CD 1689)

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

PURCELL: Rejoice in the Lord alway - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Neal Davies/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHAN 0790)

Disc 1

STANFORD: Symphony No 4 in F; Irish Rhapsody No 6 for violin & orchestra; Oedipus Rex, Prelude - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8884)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Leipzig Chorale Preludes Nos 14-18 BWV664-668; Fantasia in G minor BWV572; Trio Sonata in E minor BWV528; Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV544; Toccata and Fugue in F BWV540 - Gillian Weir (organ of Thomaskirche, Leipzig) (Priory PRCD 800)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

Vocal & instrumental music by ALMODAR, MORALES, CARCERES, FLEXTA, GUERRERO & ANON - La Capella Reial de Catalunya/Jordi Savall (Astrée Auvidis E 8582)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

MOZART: String Quartets, in A K464; in C K465, Dissonance - Quatuor Mosaïques (Astrée Auvidis E 8748)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

Works by MENDELSSOHN, BACH, TCHAIKOVSKY, MASSENET, BRUCH, PUCCINI, WAGNER, GOUNOD, BERLIOZ & BARBER - Various orchestras & conductors (Decca 452 625)

6:00 DVORÁK: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 (1) - Antje Weithaas (vln), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 58062)

MOZART: Symphony No 32 in G K318 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (BR MEDIA 900 710)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129 - Moura Lympany (pno) (EMI CDZ 7 67204)

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

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ) KAPSBERGER: Kapsberger - Rolf Lislevand (theorbo), Brian Feehan (colascione), Pedro Estevan (perc) (AUVIDIS TEMPO A 6259)

MOERAN: Overture for a Masque - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (CHANDOS CHAN 8577)

7.00

DEBUSSY: Danse - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 9325)

HAYDN: London Trio No 1 in C HobIV/1 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Isaac Stern (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (CBS 37786)

SAINT-SAËNS: La princesse jaune, Overture - BBC Concert Orch/José Serebrier (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 63)

MAYR: Passacaglia-Grave in Bb - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (ARCHIV 453 418)

LEHÁR: Sirens of the Ball, Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (2) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (RCA RD 60368)

8.00

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque/Charles Medlem (dir) (BIS CD 1135)

LALO: Scherzo in D minor - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV204 - Rachel Podger (vln), Arte Dei Suonatori (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 19598)

TRAD: Afton Water - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell, Claire Caldwell (pno) (ATOLL ACD 105)

ANON: Jota - Hesperion XXI (ALIA VOX AV 9834)

ARRIAGA: The Happy Slaves, Overture - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (HYPERION CDA 66800)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa, from Barber of Seville - Sumi Jo (sop), Monte Carlo Phil/Paolo Olmi (ERATO 4509 97239)

9.00

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (4) - Maurizio Pollini (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 505)

CHEN/HE: Falling in love, from Butterfly Lovers - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 2 06322)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/5 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99986)

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

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

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 6 & 20 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - London CO/Christopher Warren-Green (SIGNUM SIGCD 175)

SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

HAMILTON: Caliban's song - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (CHANDOS CHAN 9081)

Vespers Op 37 (9) - Raissa Palmu (sop), Erja Wimeri (contralto), Eugen Antoni (ten), Finnish National Opera Chorus/Eric-Olof Söderström (NAXOS 8.555908)

BOWERMAN: Nocturne - Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 005)

RODGERS/HART: My funny Valentine, from Babes in Arms - Kristin Chenoweth (vocalist), Joshua Bell (vln), Lee Musiker (pno), instrumental ensemble (SONY 88697 55436)

12.00

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

DVORÁK: Scherzo capriccioso Op 66 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (WARNER 2564 63235)

SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67120)

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Oslo Phil Chorus & Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

DAVERNE: Concert Overture, For the Academy - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

BACH: Chorale Preludes, Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

SIBELIUS: The Dryad Op 45/1; Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (NAXOS 8.570763)

LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) - Dan Poynton (pno) (TRUST MMT 2053)

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

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (SONY SK 45819)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 413)

4.00

KOECHLIN: Clarinet Sonata No 1 - Deborah Marshall (cl), Sabine Liebner (pno) (KOCH SCHWANN 3-6729)

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (DECCA 448 155)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV251 - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 87733)

DEBUSSY: Children's Corner - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10467)

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (2) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

5.00

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

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80165)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 11 in Bb Op 22 (4) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

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

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (1) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (AVIE AV 2119)

GRAINGER: Dreamery - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (CHANDOS CHAN 9584)

PARRY: I was glad - Choir of the King's Consort, King's Consort/Robert King (Vivat 101)

6.00

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (3) - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY SK 60804)

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

VERDI: Libiamo ne' lieti calici, from La Traviata - Ileana Cotrubas (sop), Plácido Domingo (ten), Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Orch/Carlos Kleiber (DG 459 064)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (AVIE AV 2131)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in Ab Op 46/3 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (DECCA 425 087)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in D minor Op 63 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

Christopher Herrick in recital

Christopher Herrick (organ of Auckland Town Hall)

ELGAR arr Lemare: Pomp & Circumstance March No 1; MOZART: Andante & Variations in G K501; VERDI arr Lemare/Herrick: Grand March, from Aida; BACH: Trio Sonata in C minor BWV 526; STAMM: Rapsodia alla Latina; HOLLOWAY: Two rivers meet; LISZT: Fantasia and Fugue, Ad nos ad salutarem undam; TAKLE: Power of life (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

MOZART: Kyrie in D minor K341 - Choir of the Chapel Royal, Collegium Vocale, Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1620)

TELEMANN: Overture in C minor TWV55/c4 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (dg 477 5923)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 10, excerpts - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

LALO: Norwegian Rhapsody - Royal Phil/Yondani Butt (ASV CD DCA 709)

FARR: Sepuluh Jari - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2020)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Janine Jansen (vln), London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (decca 478 3546)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 6 in Db Op 63 - Richard Mapp (pno) ( (RNZ) UB65)

LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in F Op 2/2 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (naxos 8.572866)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (PHILIPS 446 100)

RUTTER: O Lord, thou hast searched me out - Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (CHANDOS CHSA 5085)

PÄRT: Festina lente - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt (EMI CD EMX 2221)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Piano Quintet in C minor - Schubert Ensemble (CHANDOS CHAN 10465)

MOERAN: Lonely Waters - Rebekah Coffey (sop), Ulster Orch/JoAnn Falletta (naxos 8.573034)

MOZART: Adagio in C K580a - François Leleux (cor anglais), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)

Disc 1

TELEMANN: Concertos, in A for two violins; in D for four violins; in A minor for recorder, viola da gamba & strings; in G minor for recorder & strings; in C for four violins; in E minor for recorder, flute & strings - Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (DG 439 444)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

GERSHWIN: Strike Up the Band; Rhapsody in Blue; Prelude No 1; Piano Concerto in F, Allegro Agitata; An American in Paris; Prelude No 3; Medley from Porgy & Bess; Fascinating Rhythm; Lullaby; Promenade; Cuban Overture - Sarah Vaughn (sop), André Previn (pno), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams, New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony MLK 64060)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Christmas Oratorio Parts 1-3 - Monika Frimmer (sop), Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Gerd Turk (ten), Peter Kooij (bass), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS CD 941/2)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 14 in C# minor Op 27, Moonlight; No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique; No 23 in F minor Op 57, Appassionata - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (CBS MK 34509)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

COATES: Sweet Seventeen; Summer Afternoon; Impressions of a Princess; Salute the Soldier; Two Light Syncopated Pieces, Moon Magic; Rose of Samarkand; For Your Delight; The Unknown Singers; I Sing to You; Coquette; Over to You; Idyll; Under the Stars; By the Tamarisk; Mirage; Last Love; The Greenland - Peter Hughes (sax), BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

MOZART: Symphony No 33 in Bb K319 (1) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 717)

FARRENC: Air russe varié Op 17 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (cpo 999 879)

ALBINONI: Concerto in C Op 10/3 - Andrew Skidmore (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (CHANDOS CHAN 0769)

JONGEN: Waltz - Rachel Talitman (harp) (CLASSIC TALENT DOM 2910 74)

FAURÉ: Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 (4) - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

VERHULST: Overture in B minor Op 2 - The Hague Residentie Orch/Matthias Bamert (CHANDOS CHAN 10179)

7.00

BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 (3) - Rachel Podger (vln) (CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS 14498)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 (1) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (naxos 8.572704)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67550)

HANDEL: Overture in D minor, from Chandos Anthem No 2 - London Phil/Leonard Slatkin (RCA RD 87862)

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (1) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (PHILIPS 442 649)

MERK: Air Suisse & Rondeau Op 32 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

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

8.00

BRUCKNER: Locus iste - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (ATOLL ACD 105)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 (3) - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 439 863)

ZIEHRER: On the High Seas Waltz Op 66 - Razumovsky Sinfonia/Christian Pollack (MARCO POLO 8.225172)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV376 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Andrea Marcon (organ/dir), Venice Baroque Orch (SONY SK 51352)

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: Un sueño en la floresta - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (naxos 8.573225)

WARLOCK: Six English Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ARTE NOVA ANO 378 680)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

9.00

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

YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Yellow River Piano Concerto - Yundi Li (pno), China NCPA Concert Hall Orch/Chen Zuohuang (EMI 0 88658)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 8 in E (1) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

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

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 (3) - Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67864)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 75 - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Marc Neikrug (pno) (PHILIPS 416 157)

J STRAUSS II: Farewell to America, Waltz - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Johannes Wildner (MARCO POLO 8.223247)

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

BIZET: C'est des contrebandiers le refuge ordinaire, - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (DECCA 467 049)

BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - New Zealand SO/Myer Fredman (NAXOS 8.553107)

SIBELIUS: Andante molto sostenuto in B minor - Tempera Quartet (BIS CD 1376)

RAVEL: Boléro - London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (SONY MLK 64067)

12.00

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

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 19 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

HUMMEL: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (CHANDOS CHAN 10255)

GRIEG: March of the Trolls, from Lyric Suite Op 54 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY MLK 64064)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

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

FARQUHAR: Serenade for Strings - NZSO CO (MANU CD MANU 1550)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1184)

COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2 - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (naxos 8.559297)

STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Philharmonia/Paul Sacher (DG 423 696)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 6 in E minor D566 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 440 306)

4.00

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

BYRD: Sing Joyfully - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 500)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in F HWV295 - Francesco Cera (org), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (ARTS SACD 47739-8)

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

5.00

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

FAURÉ: Fantaisie Op 79 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Eric Le Sage (pno) (alpha 603)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (4) - members of Orch of St Luke's/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80359)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Thomas Rajna (pno) (CRD 3321)

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

BACH: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (DECCA 478 1517)

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite (3) - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 447 760)

6.00

FESCH: Concerto No 4 in D (Allegro) - Musica ad Rhenum (NM CLASSICS 97001)

DONIZETTI: Clarinet Concertino in Bb - Béla Kovács (cl), Camerata Budapest/László Kovács (MARCO POLO 8.223701)

BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

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

G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Lucia Popp (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Kurt Eichhorn (ACANTA 43326)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Daniel Hope (vln), members of CO of Europe (DG 477 6634)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (AVIE AV 2191)

RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

MAHLER: Kindertotenlieder; BRUCKNER: Symphony No 5 in B flat - Patricia Bardon (mezzo), RTÉ National SO/Jonas Alber (recorded at National Concert Hall, Dublin by RTÉ Lyric FM, Ireland)

ROSSINI: Une larme - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

BRITTEN: Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Op 49 - Jiri Tancibudek (oboe) (ABC CLASSICS 461 703)

FOOTE: Suite in E Op 63 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (NAXOS 8.559365)

DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery Song Op 25 - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (CHANDOS CHAN 9733)

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

VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

MONTSALVATGE: Impromptus - Jordi Masó (pno) (NAXOS 8.570744)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), Swedish CO (Chandos CHAN 10756)

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

FARR: Frozen Landscapes I - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

VICTORIA: Salve Regina - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO CORSACD 16033)

HOVHANESS: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)

DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Skaila Kanga (harp), William Bennett (fl), Stephen Shingles (vla) (CHANDOS CHAN 8621)

KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (allegria 221085 205)

Disc 1

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, excerpts; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9, excerpts - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; A Song of Islands; Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Charles Groves (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Major Op 99; FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb minor Op 83; ZEMLINSKY: Cello Sonata in A minor - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.206)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (4) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 32646)

CIARDI: Le carnaval russe - Kyle Dzapo (fl), Matthew Mazzoni (pno) (NAXOS 8.572277)

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

BACH: Cello Suite No 3 in C BWV1009 (6) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

LISZT: Salve Maria de Jérusalem, from I Lombardi - Alexandre Dossin (pno) (NAXOS 8.557904)

FAURÉ: Pénélope, Prelude - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (DECCA 475 8140)

DANZI: Variations on a theme by Mozart - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (NAXOS 8.557613)

7.00

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

GERMAN: Coronation March & Hymn - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (DUTTON CDLX 7285)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 (2) - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)

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

STRAUSS: Dance of the seven veils, from Salome - New York Phil/Lorin Maazel (DG 477 6435)

SIBELIUS: Theme & Variations in C# minor - Tempera Quartet (BIS CD 1376)

SCHNITTKE: Pantomime, from Suite in the Old Style - Gidon Kremer (vln), Naoko Yoshino (harp) (PHILIPS 456 016)

8.00

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor (2) - Earl Wild (pno) (IVORY CLASSICS 64405 73005)

PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Op 119 (3) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10045)

DEBUSSY: La Mer (2) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

PILOTTI: Oboe Concerto in F - Diego Dini Ciacci (ob/dir), Padua & Venice Orch (CPO 777 715)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Tsar's Bride, Overture - Kirov Orch, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (PHILIPS 462 618)

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

LALO: Guitarre Op 28 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 458 143)

9.00

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81 (4) - Jonathan Biss (pno), Elias String Quartet (Onyx 4092)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 3 in Eb K447 - Lin Jiang (horn), West Australian SO/Barry Tuckwell (ABC CLASSICS 476 5745)

TRAD: The Cowherd's Flute; Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake; Dialogue in Song; Straw Hat Dance, from The Mermaid Suite - Lang Lang (pno) (Deutsche Grammophon DG 477 6229)

BACH: Viola da gamba Sonata No 2 in D BWV1028 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (ORFEO C 693 071 A)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Barcarolle Op 108 - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Fine Arts Quartet (Naxos 8.572904)

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

PÄRT: Mother of God and Virgin - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (CHANDOS CHSA 5085)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin - Alexander Anisimov (bass), St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Paris Orch/Semyon Bychkov (PHILIPS 438 235)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 6 in Eb Op 70/2 - Canterbury Trio (RNZ)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 10443)

12.00

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 (4) - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (CHANDOS CHAN 6693)

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - London Phil/Bernard Haitink (lpo 0002)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Janusz Olejniczak (pno) (OPUS 111 OPS 10-005)

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Mendelssohn Choir & Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (NEWTON 880 2097)

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WELLS: Five Miniatures - Dimitri Atanassov (vln), Tom Pierard (cello) (RNZ)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Concerto Grosso - strings of New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555867)

MOZART: Madamina, il catalogo è questo - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC 472 826)

BODY: Melodies for Orchestra - Donald Armstrong, Yury Gezentsvey (vlns), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RATTLE RAT D009)

RUBBRA: Prelude & Fugue on a Theme of Cyril Scott Op 69 - Peter Cooper (pno) (Pye GGC 14110)

WAGNER: Prelude & Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde - Birgit Nilsson (sop), Vienna Phil/Hans Knappertsbusch (DECCA 414 625)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

TROWELL: Sarabande Op 11/5 - Martin Griffiths (cello), Chikako Komaki (pno) (Private)

4.00

HOFFSTETTER: String Quartet in G Op 3/3 - Kodály Quartet (NAXOS 8.555704)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (1) - Krystian Zimerman (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 459 643)

CORBETTA: La Guitarre Royalle - Eric Bellocq, Massimo Moscardo (gtrs) (NAXOS 8.553745)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (5) - Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (SONY 88697 64687)

5.00

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 9 in D minor (2) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (2) - Turibio Santos (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Claudio Scimone (Warner 8573 80438)

BALAKIREV: Islamey - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (PHILIPS 456 787)

GRIEG: Norwegian Dances Op 35 (2) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (VIRGIN 3 44722)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)

PIERNÉ: Hymne à la Sainte Vierge - Calliope Women's Choir/Régine Théodoresco (CALLIOPE CAL 4301)

BACH: Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020 (1) - Lara St John (vln), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) (ANCALAGON ANC 139)

6.00

CHABRIER: Scherzo-valse, from Pièces pittoresques Nos 1-6 - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

BARBER: Mutations from Bach - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (REGISC 1209)

J STRAUSS II: Sylphs Polka Op 309 - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223239)

BEETHOVEN: New love, new life Op 75/2 - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Michael Schäfer (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1801)

COATES: The Three Bears Fantasy - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (CHANDOS CHAN 9869)

VIVALDI: Lute Concerto in D RV93 (2) - John Williams (gtr), Franz Liszt CO/János Rolla (dir) (SONY MLK 64062)

SOUSA: Intaglio Waltzes - Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (naxos 8.559247)

Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Eckehard Stier

MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage; MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218; ZEMLINSKY: The Little Mermaid (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

NOVÁK: Songs of a Winter Night Op 30 - Margaret Fingerhut (pno) (CHANDOS CHAN 9489)

STAINER: I saw the Lord - Choir of St Paul's Cathedral/John Scott, Andrew Lucas (org) (HYPERION CDA 66374)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 - Martha Argerich (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (PHILIPS 456 700)

DOWLAND: Behold a wonder here - Robin Blaze (countertenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute) (HYPERION CDA 67126)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 3/5 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 48 in Bb - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.55434)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Chamber Symphony in C minor Op 110a - Dalgat String Ensemble/Roland Melia (NAXOS 8.550953)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on a Russian Dance from Wranitzky's - Ronald Brautigam (fpno) (BIS SACD 1673)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 704)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, O Lamm Gottes unschüldig BWV656 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

Disc 1

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical; Lieutenant Kijé Op 60; Symphony No 7 in C# minor Op 131 - London SO/André Previn (EMI 747 855)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

DVORÁK: Piano Quintets, in A Op 81; in Eb Op 87 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 439 868)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

OCKEGHEM: Requiem; DESPREZ: Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales - Pro Cantione Antiqua, Hamburg Old Music Wind Ensemble/Bruno Turner (Archiv 415 293)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; Polonaise Op 77; Caprice arabe Op 96; Scherzo Op 87; Variations on a theme by Beethoven Op 35; Danse macabre Op 44 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pnos), Concentus Bestiales/Julian Reynolds (Globe GLO 5152)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

SOLER: Three Sonatas; REVUELTAS: Sensemayá; DIMAS: Sones de Mariachi; PONCE: Estrellita; HALFFTER: Obertura Festiva; REVUELTAS: Janitzio; HALFFTER: Tripartita; REVUELTAS: Ocho por Radio; VILLANUEVA: Vals Poetico; BUXTEHUDE orch Chávez: Chaconne in E minor - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD CDA 894)

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

FAURÉ: Après un rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 (1) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

MERTZ: Elegy - Gabriel Bianco (gtr) (NAXOS 8.572306)

WIENIAWSKI: Allegro de Sonate Op 2 - Piotr Janowski (vln), Wolfgang Plagge (pno) (2L 30)

HAYDN: Acide & Galatea, Sinfonia - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow (1) - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Carlo Fabiano (dir) (HYPERION CDA 67840)

7.00

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

FOULDS: April, England Op 48/1 - City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo

PROKOFIEV: Cinderella Suite - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in A RV396 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/dir), Europa Galante (VIRGIN 3 95146)

BOCCHERINI: Introduction & Fandango - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3144)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor Op 62 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1426)

HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets Suite - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0047)

8.00

RAMIREZ: Kyrie, from Missa Criolla - José Carreras (ten), Salvé de Laredo Choir, Bilbao Choral Society, Ariel Ramirez (pno/hpschd), Domingo Cura, Jorge Padin (perc), Arsenio Zambrano (charango), Lalo Gutierrez (gtr), Raúl Barboza (acc)/José Luis Ocejo (PHILIPS 462 892)

ALBINONI: Concerto in Bb for strings Op 9/1 - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (dir) (CHANDOS CHAN 0602)

LISZT: La lugubre gondola, second version - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Prelude to Act 3 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 257)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet (1) - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (NAXOS 8.570550)

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

DEBUSSY: Mouvement, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)

9.00

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 (3) - Cristina Ortiz (pno), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (DECCA 425 793)

SHENG: Seven Tunes Heard in China - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 64114)

ROSSINI: Fac ut portem, from Stabat Mater - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Bavarian Radio SO/Semyon Bychkov (PHILIPS 454 311)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 31 in Ab Op 110 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1949 (476 6192))

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 (1) - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Ursula Holliger (harp), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 67175)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (decca 478 6029)

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

BERLIOZ: Sur les lagunes, from Les nuits d'été - Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)

CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (DECCA 458 143)

12.00

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Ophira Zakai (theorbo), Ira Givol (cello), Potsdam Kammerakademie, Shalev Ad-El (hpschd) (DG 479 0092)

PALESTRINA: Stabat Mater - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (CRD 3519)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques Op 112 - Orpheus CO (DG 449 186)

GLINKA: Dances in Naina's Castle, - Moscow Radio SO/Mark Ermler (REGISC 1242)

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BASSI: Concert Fantasia - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

VERDI: Ah, fors'è lui, from La Traviata - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Florence May Festival Orch/Zubin Mehta (PHILIPS 442 440)

CARR: Seven Mediaeval Lyrics - Jubilate Singers, Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (KIWI SLD 70)

LILBURN: Piano Sonatina No 1 - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (KIWI SLD 78)

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

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

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana Op 16 - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA RD 86258)

4.00

MAYSEDER: Violin Sonata in Eb - Peter Sheppard Skaerved (vln), Aaron Shorr (pno) (METIER MSV CD 2004)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1184)

VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata Paschalis - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

MOZART: Fantasy in C Minor K396 - Martino Tirimo (pno) (REGISC 1256)

5.00

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

ROMBERG: One kiss - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 221)

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

ALBÉNIZ: Asturias; Castilla, - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94047)

STANFORD: Pater Noster - Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill (HYPERION CDA 66964)

HANDEL: Suite from Il Pastor Fido (11) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto - Martin Jones (pno), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV CD WHL 2108)

6.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

DVORÁK: Intermezzo in B - Duncan McTier (dbass), Chilingirian Quartet (CHANDOS CHAN 9046)

BACH: Cantata No 29, Wir danken dir, Gott, Sinfonia - Olivier Latry (org) (dg 474 8162)

BRITTEN: Hymn to St Cecilia Op 27 - Richard Cross (treble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 5 62796)

GAUBERT: Cantabile & Scherzetto - Guy Touvron (tpt), Nelly Cottin (pno) (LIGIA LIDI 010 5220-10)

PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

MONK OF MONTAUDON: Belha messios - Tim Rayborn (harp) (ASV CD GAU 175)

2015 Wellington Jazz Festival

Five programmes

(5) Tord Gustavsen Quartet

Sit back and experience the Nordic tone in jazz - Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen and his quartet explore an introspective sound with delicate playing and memorable melodies (recorded in the Wellington Opera House by RNZ)

RNZ Concert's weekly forum for contemporary music

8:30 Fa 发 a programme of new music that merges Western and Eastern cultures

Xia Jing (guzheng), NZTrio

ZHOU LONG: Spirit of Chimes; HUI-RAN WANG: Yi Dance; SPEAK: Serendipity fields (première performance); LARDELLI: Shells (première performance); KER: String Taxonomy (première performance); GAO PING: Feng Zheng (première performance) (recorded in Adam Concert Room, Wellington by RNZ)

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