Schedules for 29 Apr - 05 May, 2017

Music and Dreams

Since ancient times, the arts have been inspired by dreams. Ryan Smith looks at some famous composers from different eras who have lifted ideas and music straight out of their dreams.

(3 of 4) Mermaids, the Messiah and a sacrificial maiden - Archetypes in dreams and music

1:00 approx Disc 1

REGER: Variations & Fugue on a theme of Mozart Op 132; Variations & Fugue on a theme of Hiller Op 100 - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Naxos 8.553079)

2:15 approx - Disc 2

VAN EECHAUTE: Pastorale; MORTELMANS: Saïdjah's lied; Intermezzo in A; RYELANDT: Nocturne; VAN EECHAUTE: Canzonetta; Berceuse; RYELANDT: Five Fantasy Pieces; BENOIT: Derde Fantasie; VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne; DE GREEF: Coucher de Soleil; MORTELMANS: Nachtmijmering - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

3:35 approx - Disc 3

REBAY: Three Concert Pieces; BEETHOVEN arr Rebay: Dance No 4; REBAY: Little Variations; BEETHOVEN arr Rebay: Dance No 5; REBAY: Sonata in D minor for clarinet & guitar; BEETHOVEN arr Rebay: Dance No 7; REBAY: Sonata in A minor for clarinet & guitar; Sonatina in Bb for clarinet & guitar - Luigi Magistrelli (cl), Massimo Laura (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94171)

4:55 approx - Disc 4

CPE BACH: Symphonies, in G Wq182/1; in Bb Wq182/2; in C Wq182/3; in A Wq182/4; in B minor Wq182/5; in E Wq182/6 - Carl Philippe Emanuel Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Cappriccio 10 106)

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7 - François Leleux (ob), Ensemble Paris-Bastille (SONY 88697 74869)

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 (1) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

BOYCE: Symphony No 4 in F - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (NAXOS 8.557278)

RICHARDSON: Roundelay - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (CONTINUUM NZSO 100)

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

7.00

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

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter (3) - Tafelmusik Orch/Bruno Weil (DHM 82876 89504)

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

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

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 (2) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G (4) - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 410 188)

GRAINGER: Spoon River - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

8.00

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise (2) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Colin Davis (PHILIPS 442 649)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448 (4) - Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Luz Martin León Tello (castanets), David Mayoral (perc), members of Pulcinella (AMBROISIE AM 126)

LISZT arr Liszt: La Campanella - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (NAXOS 8.572304)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

BIZET: Symphony in C - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

BACH: Sich üben im Lieben, from Cantata No 202, Weichet nur, betrübte - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Atoll ACD 916)

DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane - Lisa Wellbaum (harp), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

PURCELL arr Pluhar: An Evening Hymn - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Erato 08256 463620)

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 14 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

BRITTEN: The Ash Grove - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (Virgin 5 45525)

BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk435; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk140; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk32; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk491; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk490; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk397; Keyboard Sonata in D Kk278 - Claire Huangci (pno) (Berlin Classics 0300603 BC)

HOFFNUNG: The Bricklayer's Lament - Gerard Hoffnung (speaker) (Inhouse CD 005)

BROCK arr Williams: If I Were A Rich Man, from Fiddler on the Roof - Chaim Topol (Tevye), Chorus & Orch/John Williams (EMI 535266)

BARCELATA: Maria Elena; TARREGA: Recuerdos De La Alhambra - Los Indios Tabajaras (BMG 133509)

SCHELLE: Christus, der ist mein Leben - Robin Blaze (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Peter Harvey/Robert King (HYPERION CDA 67260)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

William Dart takes a personal journey through the music of Sergei Rachmaninov, starting off with the perhaps unfortunate fact that his melodies have been fodder for writers of pop songs. He points out Rachmaninov's insistence that his music is always Russian music despite living a good proportion of his life in the West (RNZ)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in C# minor Op 3/2; Lilacs Op 21/5 - Sergei Rachmaninov (pno roll) (TELARC CD 80489)

RACHMANINOV orch Respighi: Etudes-tableaux, excerpts - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80396)

Worlds of Music with Trevor Reekie (RNZ)

Johannes Moser (cello), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D 759, Unfinished;

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo theme Op 33;

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 5 in D minor, Reformation (recorded in the Lighthouse, Poole by BBC)

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

Adam Chamber Music Festival 2013

Grand Finale

Penderecki String Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet

PSATHAS: Abisheka; STRAUSS: Sextet, from Capriccio; HATZIS: String Quartet No 2, The Gathering; MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 59 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

LILBURN: Symphony No 1 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 90)

BECK: Sinfonia in G Op 1/5 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

BACH: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - Janine Jansen (vln/dir) & Friends (Decca 478 5362)

BELLINI: Dolente imagine; Vaga luna, from Tre Ariette - Anna Leese (sop), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 050)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 1 in F Op 5/1 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67633)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

STILL ed Alexa Still: Here's One; Bayou Home - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

RAMEAU: Pygmalion, Acte de Ballet, Suite - European Union Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (NAXOS 8.55749)

DEBUSSY: Six Epigraphes antiques - Katia Labèque (pno), Marielle Labèque (pno) (PHILIPS 454 471)

CRUGER arr Vaughan Williams: Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge (CONIFER 75605 51249)

Disc 1

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

1:10 approx - Disc 2

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

2:20 approx - Disc 3

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

3:35 approx - Disc 4

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

ANON: The Latin Sibyl - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Jordi Savall (vièle à archet/dir), Al (ALIA VOX AVSA 9879)

HANDEL: Chandos Anthem No 11, Let God arise - Lynne Dawson (sop), Ian Partridge (ten), The Sixteen Choir & Orch/Harry Christophers (Chandos CHAN 0509)

LAURIDSEN: Ave dulcissima Maria - Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals), men of Polyphony/Stephen Layton (HYPERION CDA 67580)

BRITTEN arr Barley: Since she whom I loved - Matthew Barley (cello) (Signum SIGCD 318)

PÄRT: Ode IX, from Kanon pokajanen - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

BUSTO: Two Marian Pieces - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd, from Requiem - Quentin Poole (ob), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM COL CD 100)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns (RNZ)

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

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

WAGNER: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 348)

MOZART arr Romero: Adagio in E K261 - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (PHILIPS 426 263)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'adieu - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (RCA 09026 63314)

VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM CSCD 502)

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

SPOHR arr Wojciechowski: Adagio in F - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Edward Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10703)

HANDEL: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0650)

GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C D760, Wanderer - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 42124)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555867)

Chiaroscuro Quartet

HAYDN: String Quartets in C, Hob III/32, in G minor Hob III/33 (recorded at Bantry House, Ireland by RTÉ Lyric FM)

The top choices from leading overseas music magazines

FINZI: God is gone up Op 27/2 - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA68167)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Sol Gabetta (cello); Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (SONY 88985350792)

FINZI: Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op 26 - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA68167)

BALAKIREV: Russia - Philharmonia/Lovro von Matacic (TESTAMENT SBT 1331)

PROKOFIEV: Toccata in D minor Op 11; SCRIABIN: Piano Sonata No 4 in F# Op 30 - Emil Gilels (pno) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92615)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky - Busch Quartet (EMI 5 65308)

Songs of the Auvergne

Between 1923 and 1930, Joseph Canteloube arranged five sets of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France to be sung in the original Occitan language. The distinctive melodies are given lush harmonies and rich orchestrations by Canteloube. Matthew Crawford presents an introduction (RNZ)

QuintEssence is a three-part mini-festival featuring Mozart and Brahms quintets, presented by CMNZ

(3) James Dunham (viola), New Zealand String Quartet

MOZART: String Quintet No 4 in G minor K516

Salina FISHER: Tōrino (CMNZ commission and world première)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 (RNZ)

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)

GRENFELL: Dancing at the Camerata - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)

SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 20 - Liviu Prunaru (vln), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (CLAVES CD 50-2210)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(17) MOZART: Idomeneo

Set on the island of Crete in the aftermath of the Trojan War, the opera explores the motivations and emotions of humans whose fates seem beyond their own control

Idomeneo..................... Matthew Polenzani

Idamante...................... Alice Coote

Ilia................................ Nadine Sierra

Elettra.......................... Elza van den Heever

Arbace......................... Alan Opie

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/James Levine (EBU)

G GABRIELI ed Jones: Canzon IV in 6 parts - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, (1615)/Stephen Cleobury (ARGO 417 468)

G GABRIELI: Quem vidistis pastores? - Richard Farnes (org), Stephen Layton (org), Choir of King's Coll/Stephen Cleobury (ARGO 417 468)

G GABRIELI ed Jones: Canzon XII in 8 parts - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, (1615)/Stephen Cleobury (ARGO 417 468)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 9 in B minor Op 97; Nocturne No 10 in E minor Op 99 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

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

CARR: Waiheke Island - Amoris Consort (AMORIS AR 1002)

LOTTI: Crucifixus - New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G Op 18/2 - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music (preceded by the original Light Programme radio introduction to the Last Night of the 59th Season of Promenade Concerts, 19 September 1953) - BBC Chorus & SO/Basil Cameron

Symphony No 3, Pastoral - Valerie Hill (sop), BBC SO/Adrian Boult (BBC Music BBC MM 320)

12:55 Approx - Disc 2

The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

WILTZIE/MCBRIDE: Mulholland; The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonelier); Gasfarming; Piano Aquieu; Fac 21; Ballad of Distances; A Lovesong (For Cubs) - Adam Wiltzie, Brian McBride (instrumentalists), various instrumental ensembles (Kranky KRANK 050)

2:00 Approx - Disc 3

GUERRERO: Missa Congratulamini mihi; CRECQUILLON: Congratulamini mihi; GUERRERO: Dum esset rex; Maria Magdalena et altera Maria; Post dies octo; Regina caeli; Ave Maria; Regina caeli - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (Hyperion CDA 67836)

3:05 Approx - Disc 4

MENDELSSOHN: Capriccio in E minor Op 81/3, String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13, Fugue in Eb Op 81/4, String Quartet No 5 in Eb Op 44/3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570002)

4:25 Approx - Disc 5

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Artur Pizarro (pno), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 336)

MOZART: Rondo in D K485 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (PHILIPS 422 727)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

CLEMENT SCOTT arr Farquhar: Now is the Hour - New Zealand Wind Quintet ( (RNZ) UB46)

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)

GRIEG: Åse's death, from Peer Gynt - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (NAXOS 8.55789)

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr Cooper: Hine e Hine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Guy Jansen (KIWI CD TRL 025)

MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour - Janet Baker (mezzo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 434 173)

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

7.00

VIVALDI: Concerto in D for two violins RV511 (1) - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0528)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 4 in Bb Op 11 (3) - Gaudier Ensemble (HYPERION CDA 67526)

LILBURN: Diversions for Strings (4) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 13 in D (1) - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

LOCATELLI: Concerto in G Op 4/9 - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (CHALLENGE CC 72134)

STANFORD: Beati quorum via - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks (EMI 2 28944)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8620)

MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (RCA GD 86207)

8.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana (3) - Scottish CO/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 11 in Bb HobXVI/2 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

KASKA: Majestic Journey - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (NAXOS 8.570538)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (3) - Jon Manasse (cl), Jon Nakamatsu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Orch of La Fenice, Venice/Ion Marin (Decca 448 300)

BACH arr Pearson: Cantata No 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

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

9.00

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (REGISC 1215)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 729)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/5 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

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

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

MALATS arr Tárrega: Spanish Serenade - Kyuhee Park (gtr) (naxos 8.573225)

FOOTE: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwartz (NAXOS 8.559365)

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - Kolja Blacher (vln), Johannes Moser (cello), Mari Kodama (pno), German SO, Berlin/Kent Nagano (Berlin Classics 030 0331 BC)

12.00

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

I CLARKE: Orange Dawn - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7658)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - San Francisco SO/Michael Tilson Thomas ( )

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

J STAMITZ: Symphony in A - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (NAXOS 8.553194)

WAGNER: Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (KIWI CD SLD 39)

SHEPHERD: Prelude & Toccata - Carol Hohauser (fl), Karen Spiegel-Neumann (pno) (RNZ)

A RITCHIE: Concertino for piano & strings - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (Kiwi SLD 71)

ORTIZ: Recercada No 8 on La Folia - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

ELGAR: Symphony No 1 in Ab Op 55 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (LPO 46)

MOZART: 12 Variations in Eb on Je suis Lindor K354 - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (PHILIPS 422 726)

MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement in A minor - Christoph Eschenbach (pno), David Kim (vln), Choong-Jin Chang (v (ONDINE ODE 1084)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in Eb BWV552, St Anne - Karl Richter (org) (DG 423 779)

MARTINU: Overture - Basel SO/Vladimir Ashkenazy (ONDINE ODE 1158)

5.00

PROKOFIEV: Dance of the five couples, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Natalie Clein (cello), Charles Owen (pno) (EMI 3 66938)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Reed: For all the saints - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify (KIWI CD SLC 216)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances Op 72 (2) - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

CHEN GANG arr YI-WEN JIANG: Miao Mountain Morning - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 27 (2) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

J STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)

6.00

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques (3) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

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

GANNE: Marche Lorraine - Grimethorpe Colliery Band/Peter Parkes (Chandos CHAN 4542)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Polonaise in F minor Op 77 - Julian Reynolds (pno), Peter Lockwood (pno) (GLOBE GLO 5152)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante (OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)

KALINNIKOV: Nunc dimittis - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

7:00 Curtain Raiser: David Morriss introduces Mahler's Third Symphony (RNZ)

7:20 Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo), Auckland Choral, Auckland Boys Choir, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Edo de Waart

MAHLER: Symphony No 3 in D minor

(recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini - New Philharmonia/John Barbirolli (EMI 5 65053)

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ)

BAX: Tintagel - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC MUSIC BBC MM 63)

BEETHOVEN: Fantasia in G minor Op 77 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (TUXEDO TUXCD 1060)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)

BOELLMANN: Piano Quartet in F minor Op 10 - Trio Parnassus, Gérard Caussé (vla), Trio Parnassus: Yamei Yu (vln), Michael Gross (cello), Chia Chou (pno) (MDG 303 1755)

PARISH ALVARS: Introduction & Rondo on Bellini's Norma - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

HERSCHEL: Symphony No 14 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

VICTORIA: Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO CORSACD 16033)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67631)

Disc 1

SMETANA: Má Vlast - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 4032)

1:20 Approx - Disc 2

KARAINDROU: Soundtrack from the film Ulysses' Gaze - Kim Kashkashian (vla), Vangelis Christopoulos (ob), Andreas Tsekouras (accordion), Socratis Anthis (tpt), Vangelis Skouras (hn), Christos Sfetsas (cello), Georgia Voulvi (voice), string orch/Lefteris Chalkiadakis (ECM 1570)

2:20 Approx - Disc 3

HANDEL: Zadok the Priest; ELGAR: Lux aeterna - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

GOSS: Praise, my soul, the king of heaven - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Thomas Williamson (org)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

GOSS: The Lord is my shepherd - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, ASMF/David Willcocks

RUTTER: Pie Jesu, from Requiem - Edward Saklatvala (treble), Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Come down, O love divine - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Thomas Williamson (org)

TALLIS: O nata lux de lumine - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Oliver Brett (org)

GARDINER: Evening Hymn - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks, James Lancelot (org)

BYRD: Ave verum corpus - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

MILLER: When I survey the wondrous cross - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Benjamin Bayl (org)

STANFORD: Beati quorum via - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Antiphon, from Five Mystical Songs - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge, English CO/David Willcocks

BYRD: Iustorum animae - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks

PURCELL: Come ye sons of art away, excerpt; HARRIS: Faire is the Heaven - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

BAIRSTOW: Psalm 67, God be merciful unto us - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/David Willcocks (org/dir)

PARSONS: Ave Maria - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

BOURGEOIS: All people that on earth do dwell - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge; Wallace Collection/Stephen Cleobury, Benjamin Bayl (org) (EMI 2 28944)

3:35 Approx - Disc 4

PAGANINI: Twenty-four Caprices - Thomas Zehetmair (vln) (ECM 2124)

4:45 Approx - Disc 5

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon

BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10; Waltzes Op 39 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

BYRD trans Stokowski: Pavane & Gigue - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.57205)

HAYDN: Concerto in F for violin & keyboard HobXVIII/6 (1) - Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir), Andreas Staier (fpno), Freiburg Baroque Orch (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1854)

CHOPIN: Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (EMI 5 85807)

RHEINBERGER: Abendlied - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1516)

BACH arr Boëls: Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 (5) - Pascal Boëls (gtr) (CALLIOPE CAL 9385)

KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin; Tambourin chinois; Polichinelle; Syncopation; Toy-Soldier March - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - La Scala Chorus & Orch, Milan/Claudio Abbado (DG 459 064)

DEBUSSY: Rondes de printemps, from Images for Orchestra - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

7.00

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 (3) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)

JING-PING ZHANG: Harvest Celebration - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

FASCH: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes FWV L/D1 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

PHILIPS: Conceptio tua - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (NAXOS 8.555056)

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for multiple instruments RV553 - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (dir) (AVI 855 3060)

FLOTOW: Jungfrau Maria, from Alessandro Stradella - Rolando Villazón (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)

NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (EMI CD EMX 2169)

8.00

ANON arr Vartabet/orch Shoujounian: You are a profound mystery - Isabel Bayrakdarian (sop), Elmer Iseler CO/Raffi Armenian (CBC SMCD 5215)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb TWV55/B11, La Bourse (1) - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)

MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in D minor for violin & piano (3) - Gidon Kremer (vln), Martha Argerich (pno), Orpheus CO (DG 427 338)

DVORÁK: Cypresses (4) - Panocha Quartet (SUPRAPHON SU 4048)

TRAD: Dialogue in Song - Lang Lang (pno) (Deutsche Grammophon DG 477 6229)

GLASS: Mechanical Ballet, from The Voyage - Vienna Radio SO/Dennis Russell Davies (nonesuch 7559 79581)

J.W.ALEXANDER/WHITAKER arr Jennings: Straight Street - Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

GERSHWIN: Oh Lawd, I'm on my way, from Porgy & Bess - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Chorus & London Studio Orch (ATOLL ACD 507)

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

9.00

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (2) - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67633)

STRAUSS: Death & Transfiguration Op 24 - New York Phil/Lorin Maazel (DG 477 6435)

SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1014)

J RITCHIE: Papanui Road - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2040)

GAUBERT: Flute Sonata No 1 in A - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (AVIE AV 0027)

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

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

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

RAVEL: String Quartet in F - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

ROSSINI: William Tell, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80116)

12.00

TRAD arr Leon: I Will Give My Love An Apple - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karama (Decca 468 499)

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

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

GOUVY: Symphony No 5 in Bb Op 30 - German Radio Phil/Jacques Mercier (CPO 777 379)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

DELIUS: Two Pieces for small orchestra, - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

LILBURN: Sings Harry - Christopher Leech (ten), Dylan Lardelli (gtr) (WAITEATA WTA 009)

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

SCHUBERT: Eight Ländler in Bb D378 - Michael Endres (pno) (CAPRICCIO 49 242)

BIBER: Sonata Sancti Polycarpi - Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (ARCHIV 471 632)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Wolfgang Schneiderhan (vln), Berlin Phil/Eugen Jochum (DG 447 403)

HINDEMITH: Horn Sonata in Eb - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Daniel Blumenthal (pno) (abc 476 5254)

HANDEL: Süsse Blumen Ambraflocken HWV204 - Nuria Rial (sop), Austrian Baroque Company/Michael Oman (dir) (DHM 88697 48393)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Borisovsky: The Gadfly Op 97, excerpts - Lawrence Power (vla), Simon Crawford-Phillips (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67865)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Eduard van Beinum (PHILIPS 420 854)

5.00

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 27 in Bb K595 (3) - Richard Goode (pno), Orpheus CO (NONESUCH 79608)

GIMENEZ arr Yamashita: Intermedio from La Boda de Luis Alonso - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

F&K DOPPLER orch Scimone: Rigoletto Fantasie Op 38 - János Bálint (fl), Imre Kovács (fl), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

RUTTER: Gloria (1) - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Timothy Brown (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9087)

DEBUSSY: Danse - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

MAXWELL DAVIES arr Eriksson: Farewell to Stromness - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

HAYDN: Symphony No 93 in D (4) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 930)

6.00

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Berceuse in Bb Op 38 - Fanny Clamagirand (vln), Vanya Cohen (pno) (naxos 8.57275)

MUSSORGSKY arr Stokowski: Entr'acte to Act IV of Khovanshchina - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.557645)

ALBENIZ: Almería, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67476/7)

RAMEAU: Platée, Suite (1) - European Union Baroque Orch/Roy Goodman (NAXOS 8.55749)

BERLIOZ: La Belle Voyageuse Op 2/4 - Susan Mentzer (mezzo), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 915)

BERNSTEIN arr Crees: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs - London Symphony Brass/Eric Crees (REGISC 1209)

A celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

Mary Bevan (sop), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Nicholas Mulroy (ten), Neal Davies (bass), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and Clare Baroque/Graham Ross

JS BACH: Gott, Herr, der ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79;

MARTIN LUTHER: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin;

BRAHMS: Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen? Op 74/1, Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten;

MENDELSSOHN: Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten;

CROFT: Our God, our help in ages past;

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Lord, thou hast been our refuge;

MARTIN LUTHER: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott;

JS BACH: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80

(recorded in St John's Smith Square, London by BBC)

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

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 11 in F# minor Op 104/1 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 3 in C Op 52 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0051)

DVORÁK: String Quartet movement in F B120 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 8874)

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

HUE: Fantaisie - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR TRL 030)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8.554071)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (HYPERION CDA 66840)

MENDELSSOHN: Hear my prayer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), 1982 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Peter Godfrey (KIWI CD TRL 025)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1431)

Disc 1

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191; ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb; KREUTZER: Fantasie for bassoon & orchestra; CRUSELL: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)

1:05 Approx - Disc 2

Kurr by Icelandic ensemble Amiina

ÁRSÆLSDÓTTIR/SIGFÚSDÓTTIR/ÓLAFSDÓTTIR/SUMARLIÐADÓTTIR: Sogg, Rugla, Glámur, Seoul, Lúpína, Hilli, Sexfaldur, Kolapot, Saga, Lóri, Bláfeldur, Boga - Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (vlns), Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir (vla), Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir (cello), and various other instruments

(Ever 11)

1:55 Approx - Disc 3

HAMILTON: Caliban's Song; Three Songs from Othello; Carol of the Mother and Child; Lullaby Carol; Tydynges, tydynges; Transatlantic; Poem about the Sun Slinking Off; Didn't it rain?; From Age to Age Endure; Nunc Dimittis; Lux aeterna; Song for a Young Country - Maria Treadaway (sop), James Brown, Susan Smith (pnos), Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

3:00 Approx - Disc 4

KÓDALY: Cello Sonata Op 8, Sonatina for cello & piano, Epigrams, Romance lyrique, Adagio - Natalie Clein (cello), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67829)

4:10 Approx - Disc 5

BACH: Flute Sonata in C BWV1033; Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031; Flute Sonata in G minor BWV1020; Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 - Emmanuel Pahud, Silvia Careddu (fls), Jonathan Manson (cello), Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (EMI 2 17443)

TELEMANN: Concerto in A for flute, violin & cello (4) - Rachel Brown (fl), Jane Coe (cello), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0580)

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (BEN BAKER BBCD 01)

ALFVEN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (REFERENCE RECORDINGS-80 CD)

FRIEDMAN: Menuetto in D - Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67598)

WAGNER: Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde -  Montserrat Caballé (sop), New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony MLK 64061)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G RV310 - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (AVIE AV 2106)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (PHILIPS 473 015)

LE JEUNE: Un gentil amoureux - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

RUIZ DE RIBAYAZ: Españoletas - Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (alpha 512)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 18/1 (1) - Tokyo String Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7436.37)

TORELLI: Trumpet Concerto in D - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

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

C SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 17 (3) - Dartington Piano Trio (HYPERION CDA 66331)

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

8.00

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)

LALO: Symphonie espagnole (5) - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94070)

DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)

LIADOV: Scherzo No 1 in D Op 16 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 94077)

BRAHMS trans Joachim: Hungarian Dances, No 1 in G minor; Hungarian Dances, No 7 in A - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

BACH arr Howe: Sheep may safely graze, from Cantata No 208 - Claudine Orloff (pno), Burkard Spinnler (pno) (FUGA LIBERA FUG 572)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (3) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)

9.00

HANDEL: Water Music (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 68257)

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

DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima, from L'elisir d'Amore - José Carreras (ten), Rai di Torino SO/Claudio Scimone (PHILIPS 462 892)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 2 in A S125 - Nelson Freire (pno), Dresden Phil/Michel Plasson (BERLIN CLASSICS 018 5942 BC)

HALVORSEN: Passacaglia after Handel - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (NAXOS 8.572522)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (EMI 5 85807)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

R JOHNSON: Full fathom five; Where the bee sucks; ANON: The last of the Queenes masques

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Viktoria Postnikova (pno), Vienna SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Decca 410 112)

12.00

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 44 (3) - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 598)

TAVENER: A Hymn to the Mother of God - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (COLLEGIUM COL CD 113)

BARTÓK arr Székely: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Peter Csaba (vln), Peter Frankl (pno) (PRAGA PRD 250 190)

GRAINGER: Danish Folk-Music Suite - Slovak Radio SO/Keith Brion (NAXOS 8.554263)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

BACH arr Farquhar: Six Chorale Preludes - New Zealand Wind Quintet ( (RNZ) UB46)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 18 in D K576 - Michael Endres (pno) (OEHMS OC 253)

MCLEOD: Cambridge Suite - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

TOSCANINI: Autunno; Primo bacio; Canto di Mignon; Per album - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

LANGFORD: Rhapsody on Sea Shanties - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (KIWI CD SLC 247)

BUXTEHUDE arr Breuer: Prelude & Fugue in G minor - Friedrich Thomas (pno), Hansjacob Staemmler (pno) (Phoenix Edition 134)

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 - Bavarian Radio SO/Kyrill Kondrashin (BR MEDIA 900 704)

HOVHANESS: Celestial Fantasy - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (DELOS DE 3157)

CAMPRA: Salve Regina - Paul Agnew (ten), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (dir) (virgin 5 45720)

STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28- Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)

SCHUBERT: Rondo brillant in B minor D895 - Nathan Milstein (vln), Georges Pludermacher (pno) (DG 423 887)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Cincinnati SO/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80640)

5.00

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 4 in Eb K495 (3) - Lin Jiang (horn), West Australian SO/Barry Tuckwell (ABC CLASSICS 476 5745)

HUBAY: Fantasy on Bizet's Carmen - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (SONY 88697 64687)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F Op 15/1 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (ONYX 4049)

PUCCINI: Signore, ascolta, from Turandot - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Lyon Opera Orch/Kent Nagano (Warner 2564 69689-6)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in G minor Op 2/6 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9148)

6.00

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

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

GRANDA arr Flórez: Bello durmiente - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Juan Diego Flórez (bongos), David Gálve (Decca 475 6932)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 452 448)

BYRD: Ave verum corpus - Choir of King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (EMI 2 28944)

TOMLINSON: Lakeside Idyll - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7170)

7:00 Evening Classics

STRAUSS: Dance Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 446 696)

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Pascal Rogé (pno) (onyx 4057)

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

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Kathryn Stott (piano), Auckland Philharmonia/Rumon Gamba

STRAVINSKY: Funeral Song (NZ première);

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor;

(interval)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor (RNZ)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (VIRGIN 5 45560)

WIDOR: Suite Op 34 - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

PÄRT: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - Britten Sinfonia/Joanna MacGregor (SOUNDCIRCUS SC 008)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Karl Kaiser (fl), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)

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

Disc 1

PÄRT: Symphony No 4, Los Angeles - LA Phil, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Konan pokajanen, fragments - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir, Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 2160)

12:50 Approx - Disc 2

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10; FAURÉ: String Quartet in E minor Op 121; RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 5 19045)

2:10 Approx - Disc 3

MISKINIS: Dum medium silentium; O sacrum convivium; Pater noster; Tenebrae factae sunt; Don't leave me, Sun; Seven O Antiphons; Oh, it's getting cold; O Magnum Mysterium; Ave Maria (second setting); Salve Regina; Ave Maria (third setting); Time is endless - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

3:30 Approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

4:50 Approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Bassoon Concerti, No 7 in A minor RV497; No 8 in F RV485; No 27 in Eb RV483; No 3 in C RV478; No 2 in A minor RV498; No 9 in C RV480; No 24 in Bb RV502 - Daniel Smith (bsn), Zagreb Soloists/Tonko Ninic (ASV CD DCA 975)

CALDARA: Chiacona Op 2/12 - Four Nations Ensemble (GAUDEAMUS CD GAU 347)

BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 3 in F minor Op 5 (2) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57125)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in Bb Op 7/3 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 92791)

WAGNER: Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (VICTROLA 7819-2-RV)

TRAD arr Marshall: Minoi, Minoi - 1992 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (MANU CD MANU 1412)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine (2) - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR TRL 030)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (4) - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

7.00

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

CHABRIER arr Pienaar: Aubade, from Suite for trumpet & piano - Jonathan Freeman-Attwood (tpt), Daniel-Ben Pienaar (pno) (Linn CKD 294)

MOZART: Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 (2) - Irena Grafenauer (fl), Maria Graf (harp), ASMF/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 426 051)

VIVALDI: Concerto in Bb for strings RV167 - Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (dir) (ARCHIV 474 5092)

SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 2 in F Op 80 (1) - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (pno) (ONYX 4072)

JOPLIN arr Crespo: Pineapple Rag - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

BRAHMS: Gypsy Songs Op 103, excerpts - Claire Caldwell (pno), Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)

8.00

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

WILLIAMS: Star Wars, Main title - London SO; John Williams/John Williams (Polydor 800096)

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

BOYCE: Symphony No 1 in Bb - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (NAXOS 8.557278)

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

ROSENTHAL: Papillons - Stephen Hough (pno) (MUSICMASTERS 7046)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (4) - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)

9.00

GLAZUNOV: String Quartet No 3 in G Op 26, Slavonic (4) - Zemlinsky Quartet (Praga PRD 250 281)

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

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

LISZT: Paganini Etude No 6 in A minor - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67370)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 5 in D minor - Café Zimmermann (ALPHA 31)

ELGAR: Three Bavarian Dances - New Zealand SO/James Judd (NAXOS 8.557577)

PROKOFIEV: Cello Sonata in C Op 119 - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (ARTISTLED 19901)

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

BACH arr Yang: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 (2) - Xuefei Yang (gtr) (EMI 6 79018)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

12.00

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

SCHUBERT: Rondo in D D608 - Prague Piano Duo (Zdenka & Martin Hrsel) (PRAGA PRD 250 263)

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)

GERSHWIN orch Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue - Misha Dichter (pno), Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (PHILIPS 411 123)

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

RIES: Introduction & Polonaise Op 174 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (NAXOS 8.557844)

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

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

BESSER arr Besser/Prosser: Wellington Harbour - Jonathan Besser (pno), Christopher Prosser (vln) (KIWI CD SLD 114)

GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House Orch, Covent Garden/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (Decca 414 450)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 6 in A - New Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI 5 62621)

HAYDN: String Quartet in F minor Op 55/2, Razor - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 906)

DEBUSSY: Preludes, Book 2, excerpts - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (PHILIPS 456 901)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 458 595)

5.00

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (3) - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 314)

CHENG-QIAN XUE: Caprice - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

RAVEL: Three Songs - Sabine Vatin (pno), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (PHILIPS 438 149)

KORNGOLD arr Thibaudet/Kerber: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

BOLTER: Lakes - Peter Maunder (tbn), Helen Webby (harp) (ATOLL ACD 115)

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

IVANOVICI: The Waves of the Danube, Waltz - Vienna Volksoper Orch/Franz Bauer-Theussl (PHILIPS 420 815)

6.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 (5) - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 99986)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Pepe Romero (gtr) (PHILIPS 432 102)

MOZART: Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

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

WHITACRE: Water night - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

REGER: Romance in G Op 50/1 - Tanja Becker-Bender (vln), Berlin Konzerthaus Orch/Lothar Zagrosek (HYPERION CDA 67892)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - Paris Orchestral Ensemble/John Nelson (VIRGIN 5 45532)

Salut Printemps

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls

SIRETT: Ce beau printemps;

DEBUSSY: Chansons de Charles d'Orléans;

ABSIL: Le Bestiaire;

POULENC: Petites prières de Saint François d'Assise, No's 2 and 3;

DAUNAIS: Le pont Mirabeau (recorded in St Luke's Church, Remuera, Auckland by RNZ)

The Troubadours

Hilary Hayes, Julian Baker (vlns), Jin Kim (vla), Heather Lewis (cello)

GRIEG: String Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 27 (recorded in Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson by RNZ)

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

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

LISZT: From the Cradle to the Grave - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (NAXOS 8.553355)

DELIUS: Violin Sonata No 2 - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (CONIFER 75605 51315)

DEBUSSY: La Mer - Boston SO/Charles Munch (RCA 82876 59416)

N RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Jeremy Woodside (org) (CHRISTCHURCH CATHEDRAL 2009A)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

GAL: Clarinet Sonata Op 84 - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (CONTINUUM CCD 1027)

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

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV187 - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (ONYX 4001)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 13 in B minor Op 119 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

SCHELLE: Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229 - Gary Cooper (org), King's Consort Choir/Robert King (HYPERION CDA 67260)

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

Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; orch Voss: Opening sketch of "Scottish" Symphony; Piano Concerto No 3 in E minor; Hebrides Overture - Roberto Prosseda (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 1525)

1:10 Approx - Disc 2

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19; GRIEG: Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36 - Jamie Walton (cello), Daniel Grimwood (pno) (Signum SIGCD 172)

2:10 Approx - Disc 3

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

3:20 Approx - Disc 4

GLASS: Violin Concerto No 2, The American Four Seasons - Robert McDuffie (vln), London Phil/Marin Alsop (Orange Mountain Music OMM 0072)

4:00 Approx - Disc 5

TOURNIER: Suite for flute, harp & string trio Op 34; SCHMITT: Suite en rocaille Op 84; PIERNÉ: Variations libres et finale Op 51; FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio; ROUSSEL: Serenade Op 30 - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

5:05 Approx - Disc 6

TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore TWV53/E1; GRAUPNER: Overture in F GWV450; VIVALDI: Viola d'amore Concerto in A minor RV397; GRAUPNER: Concerto in Bb for oboe, viola d'amore & chalumeau GWV343 - Linde Brunmayr-Tutz (fl), Martin Stadler (ob d'amore), Annegret Siedel (vla d'amore/dir), Christian Leitherer (chalumeau), Salzburg Bell'arte (Berlin Classics 1671 BC)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for cor anglais, strings & continuo - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor Op 45 (2) - Joshua Bell (vln), Sergei Rachmaninov (pno) (SONY 88697 55436)

SOMERVELL: Young love lies sleeping - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

GOODWIN: Theme from Lancelot and Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (MARCO POLO 8.223518)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 17 in G K453 (3) - Angela Hewitt (pno), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Hannu Lintu (Hyperion CDA 67919)

7.00

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (SONY SK 60773)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

DVORÁK: String Sextet in A Op 48 (3) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Florian Donderer (vln), Isabelle van Keulen (vla), Rachel Roberts (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello), Quirine Viersen (cello) (avi 8553207)

STRADELLA: Sinfonia in D, from the serenata, Il barcheggio - Crispian Steele-Perkins (tpt), Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (org/dir) (HYPERION CDA 67359)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - William Bennett (fl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 425 848)

TRAD arr Leon: The Salley Gardens - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 459 064)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

8.00

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

CHABRIER: Suite pastorale (4) - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

ANON: Departe, Departe, from Thomas Wode's Part Books - Ensemble Galilei (TELARC CD 80556)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 (3) - Quatuor Ebène (EMI 4 64546)

BRAHMS orch Parlow: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

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

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique (3) - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 479 0835)

9.00

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (1) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67631)

BIZET arr Guirand: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

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

COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

TOSELLI: Serenade - Fritz Wunderlich (ten), Graunke SO/Hans Caste (BELART 461 057)

YSAŸE: Caprice d'après l'Etude en forme de valse - Philippe Graffin (vln), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67285)

MASSENET: Thaïs, Ballet Music - Barcelona SO/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.573123)

MARAIS arr Heinrich: Les Folies d'Espagne - Palladian Ensemble (LINN CKD 221)

MACMILLAN: A New Song - Huw Williams (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UNIVERSAL 476 3160)

MUSSORGSKY arr Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bare Mountain - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Igor Markevitch (BERLIN CLASSICS 1383 BC)

KAPUSTIN: Concert Etudes Op 40, excerpts - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella Suite - CO of Europe/Alexander Janiczek (dir) (LINN CKD 330)

12.00

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

REFICE: Ombra di Nube - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Vardan Mamikonian (pno) (CALLIOPE CAL 4220)

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

Music news & current affairs (RNZ)

NZ performers and composers

WEBER: Silvana, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (NAXOS 8.570296)

MERK: Fantasy on Verdi's Ernani Op 31 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

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

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 7 in C# minor Op 74 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

LOCKE: Saraband; Symphony; Curtain tune; (3) - Julie Hassler (sop), La Rêveuse (K617 K617 194)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb Op 73, Emperor - Clifford Curzon (pno), Vienna Phil/Hans Knappertsbusch (Decca 467 126)

BYRD: Ne irascaris Domine - Choir of Westminster Abbey/James O'Donnell (HYPERION CDA 67704)

STENHAMMAR arr Rosenberg: Romeo & Juliet Suite - Carl Andersson (ob), Helsingborg SO/Arvo Volmer (STERLING CDS 1045)

LILBURN: Chaconne - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

MUSSORGSKY: Song of the Flea - Inia Te Wiata (bass), London Concert Orch/Vilem Tausky (COLUMBIA 475 544)

STANLEY: Concerto in Bb Op 2/6 - Paul Nicholson (org), Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman (HYPERION CDA 66338)

5.00

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 (4) - Simon Rowland-Jones (vla), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9046)

BACH trans Stokowski: Arioso - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (NAXOS 8.57205)

BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture - Bergen Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5118)

BARTÓK: Sonatina Sz55 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1519)

ROSSINI: Non piu mesta, from La Cenerentola - Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chorus & Orch/Carlo Rizzi (Warner 2564 69689-6)

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)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet (1) - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (NAXOS 8.57055)

6.00

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (3) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (PHILIPS 446 100)

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

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: My man's gone now, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

BORNE orch Dodgson: Fantaisie Brillante on Bizet's Carmen - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

KERN: The last time I saw Paris - Thomas Hampson (bar), London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn (EMI 7 54883)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Nomos Quartet (RADIO NETHERLANDS NM Extra 98010)

ALFVEN: Swedish Rhapsody No 2 Op 24, Uppsala-rapsodi - Stockholm Phil/Neeme Järvi (BRILLIANT CLASSICS 8974)

Kaleidoscope Colours

Ariana Tikao (voice/taonga puoro), Christchurch SO/Benjamin Northey

SCULTHORPE: Sun Music III; BROWNLEE/TIKAO: Ko te tatai whetū, Concerto for Taonga Puoro (world première performance); MERIDAN: A Quiet Fury; BARTÓK: The Miraculous Mandarin Op 19 (recorded in the New Zealand Air Force Museum, Wigram, Christchurch by RNZ)

POULENC: Sextet for piano & winds (3) - Ensemble 360 (NIMBUS NI 6121)

GLIERE: Harp Concerto Op 74 - Rachel Masters (harp), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9094)

MOMPOU: Five Impressions - Jordi Masó (pno) (NAXOS 8.572142)

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