Schedules for 27 Apr - 03 May, 2019

FOOTE: Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

PHILIPS: O Maria Mater - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Truls Mörk (cello) (Virgin 5 45650)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

1:00 approx

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)

STENHAMMAR: As You Like It - Caroline Sjöberg (sop), Peter Boman (bar), Magnus Nilsson (bsn), members of Helsingborg Concert Hall Choir, Helsingborg SO, Helén Finnberg (sop)/Arvo Volmer (STERLING CDS 1045)

HAMILTON: Parlour Games - Jade String Quartet (Rattle RAT D073)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction The lilac fairy, from Sleeping Beauty - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80151)

2:00 approx

DOVE: Flute Concerto, The Magic Flute Dances - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7501)

RITCHIE: Remember Parihaka - Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

TRADITIONAL arr Hunsberger: The Last Rose of Summer - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger (SONY SK 60804)

3:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

PAISIELLO: Mandolin Concerto in Eb - Ugo Orlandi (mndl), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 4509 92132)

WAGNER: Nur eine Waffe taugt, from Parsifal - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - English Concert/Laurence Cummings (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7523)

4:00 approx

POULENC: Cello Sonata Op 143 - Edgar Moreau (cello), David Kadouch (pno) (Erato 9029 57406)

ROTA: Symphony on a love song - Teatro Massimo SO/Marzio Conti (Chandos CHAN 10090)

HANDEL: Piangerò, la sorte mia, from Giulio Cesare - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chelsea Opera Group Orch/William Southgate (KIWI CD SLC 217)

RAMEAU: Air gracieux, from La naissance d'Osiris - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

5:00 approx

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

ROSETTI ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)

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

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 (1) - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 1 (3) - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

SIBELIUS: Humoresque No 2 in D Op 87 - Augustin Hadelich (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Hannu Lintu (Avie AV2276)

DELIUS: Sunset - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)

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

RACHMANINOV transcr Sudbin: Spring waters Op 14/11 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1728)

HAWES: Pavane, from The Incredible Mrs Ritchie - Uncredited studio performance (Black Box BBM 1081)

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

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

RAVEL: Sonatine - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

7.00

DVORÁK: Romantic Pieces Op 75 (3) - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (4) - members of the Vienna Octet (Decca 417 643)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 (2) - Steven Isserlis (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Hyperion CDA 68162)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (3) - Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)

HAYDN: Symphony No 12 in E - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Alpha 674)

BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 41 (1) - Alexa Still (fl), Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ UB61)

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9346)

8.00

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 (3) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 15 (4) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (vla) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)

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

DELIBES: Où va la jeune Indoue? from Lakmé - Aida Garifullina (sop), ORF Radio SO, Vienna/Cornelius Meister (Decca 478 8305)

POULENC: Three Novelettes (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (4) - San Francisco SO/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 433 811)

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D (2) - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - Boston SO/Andris Nelsons (DG 4836728)

FIELD: Nocturne No 13 in D minor H59 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

SKINNER: The Dean Brig o' Edinburgh - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Phil Cunningham (accordion) (Decca 478 6690)

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

IRELAND orch Bye: If there were dreams to sell - Stephen Varcoe (bar), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8743)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 9 66342)

10.00

HILL: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

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

BEACH: Piano Concerto in C# Minor Op 45 - Danny Driver (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)

11.00

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Alain Planès (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1762)

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons Op 67 - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)

COLBY: Ragtime Travesty on 'Il Trovatore' - Paragon Ragtime Orch/Rick Benjamin (DORIAN DIS 80107)

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BOSSI: Scherzo in G minor Op 49/2 - Martin Setchell (org) (Pipeline Press PP2)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)

LAURIDSEN: Prayer - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (DG 483 5058)

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Lang Lang (piano) (DG 4797441)

LAURIDSEN: Ya Eres Mia - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Chamber Choir of Europe/Nicol Matt (DG 483 5058)

SCHUMANN arr Grützmacher: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (pno) (Sony 88985352272)

NUNNS: Te Po - Hirini Melbourne (taonga puoro), Richard Nunns (taonga puoro) (Rattle RAT-D004)

TRADITIONAL: - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony 482242)

Selections from Settling the Score

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (SONY MLK 64062)

STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, Suite - Budapest Festival Orch/Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 32112)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (2) - Cleveland Orch/Franz Welser-Möst (DG 477 7132)

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSQ: Dangerous Liaisons

New Zealand String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 18/1

BARTÓK: String Quartet No 1

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3

St Mary of the Angels, Wellington (RNZ)

WAGNER: Die Meistersinger Overture - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

NORMAN: The Never Bird, from Peter Pan - Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (RNZB 1999A)

REINHARDT: Nuages - Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli ( )

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

The stories behind the music

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2017: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Colin Currie (percussion), NZSO National Youth Orchestra

ORAM: Young People's Guide to the Orchestra (première)

MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

JELLEYMAN: Vespro (première)

Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra/James Macmillan

Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

A weekly forum for contemporary music

GÓRECKI: Symphony No 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Beth Gibbons (vocalist), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Krzysztof Penderecki (Domino Recording Company WIGLP395)

WHITEHEAD: Shadows cross the water - Vilém Veverka (oboe), Stamic Quartet, Patricia Goodson (piano) (Rattle RATD077)

HOLMES: Aquae Sulis - New Zealand SO/Tecwyn Evans (RNZ )

SAWHNEY: - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Nitin Sawhney (electronics) (Deutsche Grammophon 479 5268)

11.00 Living American Composers: New Music From Bowling Green
Fifth House Ensemble
Composers Stacy Garrop, Jennifer Higdon, and Dan Visconti join us for a “live in concert” performance from one of the top groups on the modern music scene, the Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble. (WGTE Public Media)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke - Eisenstadt Haydn Trio (PHOENIX EDITION 122)

1:00 approx

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

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 17 in Bb K570 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 448 629)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

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

2:00 approx

RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the left hand - Leon Fleisher (pno), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (SONY SK 47188)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - Quatuor Ébène (EMI 4 64546)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3 - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Giovanni Deangeli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

3:00 approx

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

PHILLIPS: Symphony in C minor - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (DUTTON CDLX 7140)

WARLOCK: Six Italian Dance Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 49757)

4:00 approx

KOEHNE: Palm Court Suite - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics 476 6502)

IBERT: Histoires - Peter Katin (pno) (Simax PSC 1067)

RITCHIE: Canary Wine - 1998 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016)

GATES: Sonatina for flute & piano (2) - Judy Hand (fl), Keith Gates (pno) (SUMMIT RECORDS DCD 254)

5:00 approx

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - David Pyatt (horn), Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (EMI CD EMX 2238)

RACHMANINOV: Prelude No 13 in Db, Op 32 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

BOCCHERINI: Concerto No 2 in D for cello and strings - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Collegium Musicum Zurich/Paul Sacher (DG 429 098)

PICCININI: Folias - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 1 in D D82 (2) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

ROTA arr Joel Diegert: 8 1/2 Theme - Five Sax, Rupert Struber (perc) (Orlando OR 0016)

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

DVORÁK arr Waxman: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - Daniel Hope (vln), Royal Stockholm Phil/Sakari Oramo (DG 477 9301)

Music for the spirit and soul

PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Theatre of Voices, Pro Arte Singers/Paul Hillier (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7242)

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

DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10 - Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (SIGNUM SIGCD 163)

GLICK: Suite Hébraïque No 1 (1) - James Campbell (cl), Valerie Tryon (pno) (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a new song - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Miranda Brown (harp)/Elmer Iseler (CBC Records SMCD 5115)

WALTON: Jubilate Deo - James Vivian (org), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (HYPERION CDA 67330)

BACH: Cantata No 42, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats - Gillian Keith (sop), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Charles Daniels (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 131)

TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony 88697 34390)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - London SO/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

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

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

MONTERO: Continuum - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

DVORÁK: Song to the moon, from Rusalka - Lucia Popp (sop), Munich Radio Orch/Kurt Eichhorn (Acanta 43326)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 472 984)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Edward Dusinberre (vln), András Fejér (cello), Andreas Haefliger (pno) (Decca 452 854)

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

LISZT: Serenade: Hark! Hark! the lark - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

HAYDN: Symphony No 89 in F - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

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

DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

10.00

PACHELBEL: Magnificat - 1999 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1948 (476 6189))

GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY SK 65949)

11.00

BRIDGE: Lament - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

NIELSEN: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 7 - Gothenburg SO/Myung-Whun Chung (BIS CD 454)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Eldar Nebolsin (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572336)

Marg Ogilvie mixes it up with great musicians across genres

HUNT / DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8S: Rainbows (& a promise of snow) - Sam Hunt (poet), David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s (BANDIT KING RECORDS BK-1)
ATTILA / DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8S: The Seventh - Sam Hunt (poet), David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s (BANDIT KING RECORDS BK-1)
COLE / MILLS arr Peg Leg Sam: Straighten Up and Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (SMITHSONIAN 740211)
TRAD arr Peg Leg Sam: Froggy Went-a-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (SMITHSONIAN 740211)
JEFFES: Air à Danser - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin EEGCD 56)
TRAD arr Jeffes: Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin EEGCD 56)
REICH: Tehillim I. Psalms 19:2-5 - Ossia / Alan Pierson (Cantaloupe 21009)
ANON: Vardar ovasi - Müzeyyen Senar, Sanatçılar Korosu (vocals) (Raks 9720171)
PROKOFIEV: Plescheyevo Lake, from Alexander Nevsky - St Petersburg Teleradio Company Chorus; St Petersburg Chamber Chorus, St Petersburg Chorus Capella "LIK", St Petersburg Phil / Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026-61926)
TRAD (IRISH) arr Iversen / Aghamir: Fionnghuala - Sean Kjartan Iversen (ten), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
IVERSEN: Reel for the sick - Sean Kjartan Iversen (bodhran), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
TRAD (GEORGIAN): Tsintscharo - Svend Waage (ten), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
GRIEG: Bådnlåt (At the Cradle) - Rein Alexander Hauge (bar), Svend Waage (ten), Frederik (the animal), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
SCHIFRIN: Mission Impossible - Lalo Schifrin & His Orchestra (ACE 670584)
GERSHWIN arr Schifrin: Prelude No 2 - Lalo Schifrin & His Orchestra (Verve 530741)

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

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

HOLST: A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CJAM 10796)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10977)

ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61 (1) - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5083)

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Fritz Wunderlich (ten), Hubert Giesen (pno) (DG 459 064)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - John Connell (bass), Gwynne Howell (bass), Maciej Rakowski (vln), English CO, Elizabeth Connell (sop), Anne Dawson (sop), Linda Kitchen (sop), Amanda Roocroft (sop), Diana Montague (mezzo), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Sarah Walker (mezzo), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (c/Matthew Best (HYPERION CDA 66420)

COUPERIN: Concert No 8 in G, dans le goût théâtral, from Les Goûts-réünis - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Erato 2292-45011)

WEBER: Invitation to the Dance - Anatol Ugorski (pno) (DG 447 105)

MOZART: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön - Richard Tauber (ten), Vienna State Opera Orch/Karl Alwin (Nimbus NI 7801)

LULLY: Atys, Prologue (7) - Bernard Deletré (bass), Monique Zanetti (sop), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (ten), Les Arts Florissants Chorus & Orch/William Christie (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 9012 57/59)

PUCCINI: Senza mamma, from Suor Angelica - Antonietta Stella (sop), London SO/Alberto Erede (TESTAMENT SBT 1148)

MAHLER: Symphony No 4 in G - Jo Vincent (sop), Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Willem Mengelberg (Venias VN-018)

MONTEVERDI: Sanctus, from Missa In illo tempore - Ensemble Vocal Européen/Philippe Hereweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8006)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 130 - Quartetto Italiano (Philips 416 638)

A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

ALWYN arr Lane: March, from The True Glory - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10349)

ALWYN arr Lane: The Magic Box, Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10349)

ALWYN arr Lane: Waltz, from The Cure for Love - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10349)

ALWYN arr Lane: Paul's last ride, from The Rocking Horse Winner - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10349)

Metropolitan Opera Season: Samson et Dalila

Anita Rachvelishvili (Dalila), Gregory Kunde (Samson), Laurent Naouri (High Priest), Tomasz Konieczny (Abimélech), Günther Groissböck (The Old Hebrew), Metropolitan Opera Chours & Orchestra

SAINT-SAËNS: Samson et Dalila/Mark Elder

Metropolitan Opera House, New York (Met Opera)

NZ performers and composers

HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

BACH: Trio on Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV664 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

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

METCALFE: Silent Westway; Ochre Orange Freeway; As She (1) - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

PSATHAS: To Yelasto Paidi, from View from Olympus - Michael Houstoun (pno), Pedro Carneiro (perc), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

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

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
APHEX TWIN: Selected Ambient Works Volume II - Richard D. James (electronics) (Warp 24582)

MOZART: German Dances K571 - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC Classics 472 826)

TRADITIONAL: King of the Blind - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben Op 40 - Erez Ofer (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 56149)

1:00 approx

GRIFFITHS: Salve Regina - Angela Penton (sop), Isabel Cunningham (contralto), Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (EX KIWI SLD 56)

RODRIGO: Concerto in modo galante - Asier Polo (cello), Castile & Leon SO/Max Bragado-Darman (Naxos 8.55584)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 88 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 67175)

BAX: Irish Landscape - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 296)

2:00 approx

ROUSSEL: Serenade Op 30 - Skaila Kanga (harp), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 8621)

HERZOGENBERG: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 94 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.207)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), François Leleux (ob), Chamber Orch of Bavarian Radio SO (DG 479 2479)

BOSSI: Scherzo in G minor Op 49/2 - Martin Setchell (org) (Pipeline Press PP2)

3:00 approx

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

RITTLER arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Ciaccona - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)

BERWALD ed Castegren: Symphony No 2 in D, Capricieuse - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in G minor Op 10/6 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

4:00 approx

SCHUBERT: Ballet I, Part 2, from Rosamunde D797 - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

BENDA: Sonata in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in G Op 77 - Chilingirian Quartet, Duncan McTier (dbass) (Chandos CHAN 9046)

MOZART: Horn Concerto No 2 in Eb K417 - Claire Briggs (horn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Stephen Kovacevich (EMI 3 82227)

5:00 approx

ALBINONI arr Giazotto: Adagio in G minor - Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (Decca 473 862)

BIZET arr Kanengiser: Seguidilla, from Carmen Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (TELARC CD 80593)

HAYDN: Symphony No 8 in G, Le Soir - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

FASCH: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes FWV L/D1 - Thomas Reiner (tpt), Southwest German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (Naxos 8.570501)

PAPANDOPULO: Pintarichiana - Zagreb Soloists (CPO 777 829)

BRAHMS orch Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 11 in D minor - London SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8885)

CHOPIN: Etude in Gb Op 10/5, Black Keys - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

PUCCINI: Minuet No 3 in A - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D (4) - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 741)

RAMEAU: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Ensemble Pygmalion/Raphaël Pichon (Harmonia Mundi HMM902288)

DEBUSSY: Hommage à Rameau, from Images, Book 1 - Stephen Hough (pno) (HYPERION CDA68139)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 (3) - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 (4) - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

MOZART: Abendempfindung an Laura K523 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Peter Serkin (pno) (HMU 90 7500)

DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 53 (3) - Maxim Vengerov (vln), New York Phil/Kurt Masur (teldec 4509 96300)

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

7.00

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 3 in F HWV334 (5) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (4) - New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private - NZSO 2006B)

LISZT: Rêve d'amour No 3 - François-René Duchâble (pno) (Virgin 3 63278)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 (3) - Leonidas Kavakos (vln/dir), Salzburg Camerata (SONY 88697 43303)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 5 in D (2) - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

SATIE: Gymnopédie No 3 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

MESSAGER: Rossignol, from Monsieur Beaucaire - Kate Royal (sop), Crouch End Festival Chorus, English National O/Edward Gardner (EMI 2 68192)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (4) - Vienna Phil/István Kertész (Decca 430 773)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 (6) - Zuill Bailey (cello) (DE 3326)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

RACHMANINOV: Siren Op 21/5 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 2 in D (1) - Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 250 282)

STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in C Op 1/1 (3) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (2) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

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

BOCCHERINI: Passa Calle, from La Musica Notturna delle Strada Madrid - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (AVSA9845)

PAGANINI: Variations on a theme by Rossini - Gary Karr (dbass), Berlin Radio SO/Uros Lajovic (CD 11063)

CZERNY: Piano Concerto in F Op 28 (3) - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (CDA 68138)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

HOLST: Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in C Op 46/1 - Israel Phil/István Kertész (Decca 425 087)

BACH: Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Jan Fr/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

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

CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Lisbon Gulbenkian Orch/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC 5186 503)

SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt, adapted Horowitz: Danse macabre - Niu Niu (pno) (EMI 7 25332)

10.00

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

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

WALDTEUFEL: La Source, Waltz - Slovak State Orchestra, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223451)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

11.00

YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA10)

BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Leon Fleisher (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 6458)

CHABRIER: Habanera - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

ELGAR: March of the Mogul Emperors - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

KORNGOLD: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, from Die tote Stadt - Benson Wilson (bar), New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ)

BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor Op 102 (3) - Isaac Stern (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chicago SO/Claudio Abbado (SONY SK 90405)

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 76/3, Emperor (2) - Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 5 56166)

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - Marielle Labèque (pno) (KML 1111)

1.00

Hayden Green reviews the NZSO’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back In Concert

J WILLIAMS: Star Wars movie soundtrack excerpts

TSABROPOULOS: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))

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

MASCAGNI: Quando al soave, from Nerone - Plácido Domingo (ten), National Phil/Eugene Kohn (EMI CDC 7 54053)

MOZART: Parto, parto, from La clemenza di Tito - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Phil/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 (3) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

KERNIS: Air - Truls Mørk (cello), Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Virgin 5 45464)

ROPARTZ: Piece in Eb minor - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

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

EDWARDS arr Walter: Guitar Dance No 1 -  Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

4.00

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (4) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Rory Macdonald (Decca 478 6690)

HAYDN: Trio in D for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/16 (1) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (4) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - Huelgas Ensemble/Paul van Nevel (Sony SK 66261)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810 (4) - Takács Quartet (HYPERION CDA 67585)

SCULTHORPE: Maranoa Lullaby - Nicole Forsyth (viola), Peter Morrison (cello), Sinfonia Australis, Jane Sheldon (sop), Anna McDonald, Michelle Kelly (vlns) / David Stanhope (ABC 472 597)

5.00

BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (4) - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 454 515)

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

HEATH: Violin Concerto, The Celtic (3) - Clio Gould (vln/dir), BT Scottish Ensemble (LINN CKD 073)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 3 in C Op 2/3 (1) - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA44)

BERLIOZ: Les Nuits d'été (6) - Karen Cargill (mezzo), Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite (3) - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

SCHUBERT: 36 Original Dances (Waltzes) D365 (34) - Paolo Bordoni (pno) (3 50849)

6.00

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)

MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80596)

TRADITIONAL arr Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry - Jonathan Scott (harmonium), BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9839)

REGER: Frohsinn - Die Singphoniker (CPO 999 966)

FIELD: Nocturne No 7 in C - John O'Conor (pno) (Telarc CD 80290)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

NZSO: Enigma

Joyce Yang (piano), New Zealand SO

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15

STRAUSS: Serenade in Eb for winds Op 7

Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma/Edo de Waart

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

BIDDINGTON: Lincoln Green Suite - Elvira Dommisse (fl), Susan Voight-McKeich (ob), Gretchen La Roche (cl), Neville Forsythe (bsn) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

GYROWETZ: Divertissement in A Op 50 - Eckart Haupt (fl), Arkadi Zenziper (pno), Götz Teutsch (cello) (Capriccio 10 398)

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

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 9 in D minor (1) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

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

ASSAD: Spanish Impressions - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

WHITACRE: A Boy and a Girl - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in F RV434 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - St Paul CO/Pinchas Zukerman (dir) (Philips 412 212)

DANZI: Fantasy on Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

FARQUHAR: Harlequin Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ )

1:00 approx

PURCELL: Hear my prayer, O Lord - Choir of Wellington Cathedral/Philip Walsh (ABC Classics 456 360)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 447 760)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in C G453, La ritirata di Madrid - Europa Galante (Virgin 5 45607)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Berlin German Opera Orch/Christian Thielemann (DG 469 008)

2:00 approx

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

FAURÉ: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - Petits Chanteurs de St-Louis, Ensemble Musique Oblique/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1292)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst (Chandos CHAN 8375)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 4 in A minor D537 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 717)

3:00 approx

PÄRT: Fratres - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - James Ehnes (violin), Wendy Chen (piano) (CBC RECORDS MVCD 1138)

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Gadfly Op 97a - Philadelphia Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 452 597)

DELIUS arr Grainger: Air & Dance - Piers Lane (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67279)

4:00 approx

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 - Daniel Hope (vln), Jaime Martin (fl), Kristian Bezuidenhout (hpshpschd), Chamber Orch of Europe (warner 2564 62545)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 10 in B minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (HYPERION CDA 66561/3)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 - Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57526)

HESS: Fantasy for Violin, from Ladies in Lavender - Joshua Bell (vln), Royal Phil/Nigel Hess (Sony Sk 92689)

5:00 approx

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (TELARC CD 80594)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

SCARLATTI trans Williams: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk159 - John Williams (gtr) (CBS MK 44518)

SCHUMANN: Introduction & Allegro appassionato Op 92 - Jan Lisiecki (piano), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia/Antonio Pappano (DG 4795327)

ADDISON: The Charge of the Light Brigade, Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

STRAUSS: Capriccio, Introduction to the Final Scene - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

LISZT: Valse oubliée No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA32)

ELGAR arr Milone: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1039 - Jed Wentz (fl), Marion Moonen (fl), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 (4) - English CO/Benjamin Britten (Decca 430 495)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G478 (4) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

MORTON: L'Homme armé - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (3) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

FRANCK arr Cullen: Panis angelicus, from Mass for three voices - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

HANDEL arr Pluhar: Where'er you walk, from Semele - Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Erato 9029 5811693)

CHOPIN: Waltzes Op 64 (1) - Ingrid Fliter (pno) (EMI 5 14899)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (1) - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (teldec 0630-10788)

MOZART: Benedictus, from Mass No 16 in C K 317, Coronation - Margit Kobeck (contralto), Johannes Feyerabend (ten), Ewald Kaldeweier (bass), Margot Guilleaume (sop), Cologne Radio Chorus, Cologne Radio SO/ Günter Wand (PH 08024)

7.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 104 in D, London (4) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Colin Davis (Philips 434 153)

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 445 187)

HANDEL arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Eternal Source of Light Divine, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)

GRIEG: Norwegian Dance Op 35/2 - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64064)

KREISLER: Recitative & Scherzo-caprice Op 6 (2) - James Ehnes (vln) (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3159)

BRAHMS: Ballades Op 10 (2) - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 208)

RONNELL arr Jennings: Willow Weep For Me - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

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

FOSTER: Beautiful Dreamer - Thomas Hampson (bar), Jay Ungar (mandolin), David Alpher (pno), Molly Mason (guitar) (EMI 3 82225)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

MORALES arr Garbarek: Parce Mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 445 369)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue No 9 in E major BWV 878, from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 5 in A major - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

LUIGI BOCCHERINI: Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

WEISSENBERG: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

WEISSENBERG: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet (3) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (4) - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

GRIEG: In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt Suite - Saint Louis SO/ Leonard Slatkin (SACD 60655)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

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

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 448 705)

BRAHMS orch various: Hungarian Dance No 20 in E minor - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 224)

LISZT: Totentanz - Nelson Freire (pno), Munich Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Philips 456 781)

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A - London SO/Antal Dorati (MERCURY 432 015)

10.00

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

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Das Fischermädchen D957/10 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

LEGRAND: Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (The Windmills Of Your Mind) - Jessye Norman (sop), Michel Legrand (pno), Ron Carter (dbass), Grady Tate (drums) (Philips 456 654)

WHEELER: "Part I – Opening" from Sweet Time Suite - Kenny Wheeler ensemble (ECM 14/1516)

HAYDN: Symphony No 84 in Eb - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

11.00

BAX: Water Music - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8497)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 3 in G Op 55 - Russian National Orch/Vladimir Jurowski (Pentatone PTC 5186 061)

EVANS: Peace Piece - Bill Evans (piano) (Riverside RLP 12-291​)

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

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

SAINT-SAËNS: Tarantella in A minor Op 6 - members of Nash Ensemble (HYPERION CDA 67431/2)

WILSON: Spiderweb for solo clarinet - Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 222)

GERSHWIN: Piano Concerto in F - André Previn (pno/dir), Pittsburgh SO (Philips 456 934)

LOEWE arr Schwartz: I've grown accustomed to her face - Thomas Quasthoff (vocals), Richard Todd (horn), Gary Foster (alto sax), Alan Broadbent (pno), German SO, Berlin/Nan Schwartz (DG 776 501)

TRAD: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child - Wynton Marsalis (trpt), Eastman Wind Ensemble (CBS 444 726)

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

1.00

David Morriss talks to Simon Cox and Matthew Knight from Septura brass septet, who are in New Zealand for a Chamber Music New Zealand tour

WEISSENBERG: Six arrangements of songs sung by Charles Trenet (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67656)

David Morriss talks to Nick Tipping about the Wellington Jazz Festival (5-9 June)

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

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

HOLST: A Song of the Night Op 19/1 - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CJAM 10796)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10977)

ELGAR: Violin Concerto in B minor Op 61 (1) - Tasmin Little (vln), Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5083)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - London Phil/Paavo Berglund (LPO 65)

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

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), English CO/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Philips 432 084)

TRADITIONAL arr Erb: Shenandoah - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

4.00

TARTINI arr Baril: Violin Sonata in G minor, Devil's Trill (3) - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

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

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 11 in F K413 (3) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)

FARRENC: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 (1) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

MAHLER: Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - members of the New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (SONY SM2K 63159)

5.00

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (4) - Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Antje Weithaas (vln), Silke Avenhaus (pno) (BIS SACD 1859)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

SCHUMANN: Humoreske in Bb Op 20 (6) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 (3) - Alexa Still (fl), Auckland CO/Peter Scholes (Atoll ACD 129)

BACH: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

LAWSON arr Jennings: Calling My Children Home - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 (2) - Josef Suk (vln), Miroslav Ambros (vln), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)

6.00

MOZART: Rondo in Eb K371 - Alan Civil (horn), Royal Phil/Rudolf Kempe (EMI CD EMX 2004)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 456 823)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

PÄRT: Summa - Franz Joseph Quartet (Atma ACD 2 2310)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Wallace International Piano Festival: Boris Giltburg

Boris Giltburg (piano)

Virtuosic piano music from Russia, including Rachmaninov's Etudes-tableaux, Scriabin's 4th Piano Sonata, and Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No 8

The University of Auckland Music Theatre, Auckland (RNZ)

ELGAR: March of the Mogul Emperors - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 - Aisslinn Nosky (vln/dir), NZSO Strings (RNZ 2017)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: La Boîte à joujoux - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

WAGENSEIL: Trombone Concerto in Eb - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)

ROSSINI: Assisa a piè d'un salice, from Otello - Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Rotterdam Phil/Edo de Waart (PENTATONE PTC 5186 158)

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Lithuanian CO (BIS SACD 2007)

ORTIZ: Recercada sobre tenore - Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Lee Santana (lute/gtr/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

ORTIZ: Recercada quarta sobre Doulce memoire - Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Lee Santana (lute/gtr/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

ORTIZ: Doulce memoire - Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (violone), Lee Santana (lute/gtr/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9435)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi - Christopher Balmer (vla), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool PO/Vernon Handley (EMI CD EMX 9512)

WELCHER: All the Words to all the Songs - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7658)

SINDING: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 45 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Bournemouth SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557266)

TRADITIONAL: Highland Battle: The March -They Mend their Pace - The Battle Begins - The Height of the Battle - The Preparation for a Retreat - The Chief is Killed - The Retreat - The Lamentation for the Chief - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

1:00 approx

CHABRIER: Pastoral prelude - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - David James (pno) (RNZ UB50)

SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Kenneth Sillito (vln), ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9258)

FINZI: A Severn Rhapsody - Northern Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

BURGMULLER: Overture Op 5, from Dionys - Wuppertal SO/Gernot Schmalfuss (MDG 335 0817)

2:00 approx

LILBURN: Four Canzonas - NZSO CO (RNZ UA01)

GLICK: Sing unto the Lord a new song - Elmer Iseler Singers, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Miranda Brown (harp)/Elmer Iseler (CBC Records SMCD 5115)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (vla) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)

3:00 approx

FASCH: Concerto in D for two flutes FWV L/D9 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sonata in E Op 6 - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 37838)

MOZART: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London SO/Colin Davis (Decca 465 145)

BACH: Lute Suite in E minor BWV996 - Lutz Kirchhof (lute) ( S2K 45858)

4:00 approx

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle in A minor, Für Elise WoO59 - Finghin Collins (pno) (X5 105)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - London Phil/Paavo Berglund (LPO 65)

HUMMEL: Piano Trio No 4 in G Op 65 - Daniel Sepec (vln), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Andreas Staier (fpno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1955)

DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (KIWI CD SLC 222)

5:00 approx

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The cloud-capp'd towers - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D899/4 - Maria João Pires (pno) (DG 457550)

HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 4 in A minor - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (HYPERION CDA 67367)

WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op 48 - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

GRIEG: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Op 46 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Decca 473 862)

PAGANINI: Caprice No 9 in E, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Augustin Hadelich (violin) (Avie AV 2180)

RAMEAU: Ritournelle, from Hippolyte & Aricie - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

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SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - Ursula Leveaux (bassoon), Ian Brown (piano) ( CDA 67431/2)

HAYDN: Symphony No 82 in C, The Bear (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

DEBUSSY: Valse, from La Plus Que Lente - Bert Lucarelli (ob), Susan Jolles (harp) (Stradivari SCD 6034)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in A Op 1/2 (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

ORTIZ: Passamezzo antico - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Eb RV253, Storm at sea - Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir), Freiburg Baroque Orch (DHM 05472 77384)

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Pritchard (Decca 452 624)

TRAD:2 Irish Airs: John Nugent (jig), Bumper Squire Jones (jig) - the Curious Bards (HMN916105)

7.00

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

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring (1) - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 410 554)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), City of London Sinfonia (PCD 832)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 67/2 Allegro leggiero - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

STAMITZ: Orchestral Trio in A Op 1/2 (1) - New Zealand CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)

POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody Op 68 - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (SMCD 5153)

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

GERSHWIN arr Ryden: Rialto Ripples - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)

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

8.00

Beauty Spot:

RACHMANINOV arr Volodos: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (SONY SK 64384)

HERBERT: Serenade for Strings Op 12 (5) - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty - Royal Phil/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80151)

HILL: The Karakia, from String Quartet No 2 in G minor, A Maori Legend in Four Scenes - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

DVORÁK: Polonaise, from Rusalka - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (SUPRAPHON 110624)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (4) - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

HADAR arr Tom Hodge: Evening of Roses - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), CBSO/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)

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

HAYDN: Symphony No 70 in D (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 671)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)

ELGAR: May Song - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.570166)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jörg Widmann (cl), Lars Vogt (pno) (AVI 8553207)

STATHAM: Romance No 1 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

LALO: Norwegian Fantasy - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (HYPERION CDA 67294)

BRAHMS: Four Quartets Op 92 - Robert Levin (pno), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 475 7558)

10.00

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

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

11.00

MOZART: Oh, temerario Arbace!... - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna CO/György Fischer (Decca 440 401)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 - Adam Laloum (pno) (Mirare MIR299)

COATES: Youth of Britain March - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (LYRITA SRCD 246)

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DVORAK arr Milone: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 46/2 - 48 violas from the ASMF, BBC SO, London Phil, ENO Orch/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 0106)

CLEMENTI: Keyboard Sonata in C Op 34/1 (1) - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67814)

RODGERS: Some enchanted evening, from South Pacific - Bryn Terfel (bar), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (DG 449 163)

IVES: Symphony No 3, The Camp Meeting (2) - Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion SACDA 67525)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 12/2 - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RAT D088)

MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words Op 19/6 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG  423 931)

1.00

Nick Tipping talks to Bruce Brown about the Great American Songbook

J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

MOERAN: Stalham River - Duncan Honeybourne (pno) (EM Records EMRCD 012/013)

GERSHWIN arr Courage: Fantasy on Porgy & Bess for violin & orchestra - Joshua Bell (vln), London SO/John Williams (Sony SK 60659)

Marg Ogilvie mixes it up with great musicians across genres

HUNT / DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8S: Rainbows (& a promise of snow) - Sam Hunt (poet), David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s (BANDIT KING RECORDS BK-1)
ATTILA / DAVID KILGOUR & THE HEAVY 8S: The Seventh - Sam Hunt (poet), David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s (BANDIT KING RECORDS BK-1)
COLE / MILLS arr Peg Leg Sam: Straighten Up and Fly Right - Peg Leg Sam (SMITHSONIAN 740211)
TRAD arr Peg Leg Sam: Froggy Went-a-Courting - Peg Leg Sam (SMITHSONIAN 740211)
JEFFES: Air à Danser - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin EEGCD 56)
TRAD arr Jeffes: Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin EEGCD 56)
REICH: Tehillim I. Psalms 19:2-5 - Ossia / Alan Pierson (Cantaloupe 21009)
ANON: Vardar ovasi - Müzeyyen Senar, Sanatçılar Korosu (vocals) (Raks 9720171)
PROKOFIEV: Plescheyevo Lake, from Alexander Nevsky - St Petersburg Teleradio Company Chorus; St Petersburg Chamber Chorus, St Petersburg Chorus Capella "LIK", St Petersburg Phil / Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026-61926)
TRAD (IRISH) arr Iversen / Aghamir: Fionnghuala - Sean Kjartan Iversen (ten), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
IVERSEN: Reel for the sick - Sean Kjartan Iversen (bodhran), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
TRAD (GEORGIAN): Tsintscharo - Svend Waage (ten), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
GRIEG: Bådnlåt (At the Cradle) - Rein Alexander Hauge (bar), Svend Waage (ten), Frederik (the animal), Gli Scapoli / Reza Aghamir (Philips 462 448)
SCHIFRIN: Mission Impossible - Lalo Schifrin & His Orchestra (ACE 670584)
GERSHWIN arr Schifrin: Prelude No 2 - Lalo Schifrin & His Orchestra (Verve 530741)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

MOZART: Symphony No 23 in D K181 (1) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)

DELIUS: Irmelin, Prelude - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

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

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Truls Mörk (cello), French Radio Phil/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 45664)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - Anne-Marie McDermott (pno), Dallas SO/Justin Brown (Bridge 9252)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in D RV222 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orch/Andrea Marcon (SONY SK 89362)

4.00

WEBER: Ruler of the Spirits, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 (1) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (1) - London Phil/Vladimir Jurowski (BBC Music BBC MM 285)

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

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - CPE Bach CO/Hartmut Haenchen (Capriccio 60 008)

HOLST: Suite No 2 for Military Band Op 28/2 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

5.00

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (4) - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10802)

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

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (3) - members of the Vienna Octet (Decca 417 643)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (3) - Prague Radio SO/Vladimír Válek (SUPRAPHON SU 3802)

TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: O Waly Waly - Christopher Fritzsche (countertenor), Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 2 in F Op 50 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Berlin Phil/Daniel Barenboim (EMI CDC 7 49567)

HANDEL arr Temmingh: Convey me to some peaceful shor, from Alexander Balus - Stefan Temmingh (recorder), Loredana Gintoli (baroque harp) (Oehms Classics OC 772)

6.00

CHABRIER: España - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

LISZT: Consolation No 3 in Db - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - English CO/Raymond Leppard (Philips 420 346)

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

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (2) - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish (4) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Deutsche Welle Festival: More Tensions in Heimbach

Isabelle Faust (violin), Yura Lee (violin), Tatyana Masurenko (viola), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Alexander Vorontsov (piano) and others

More electrifying performances from the historic hydroelectric power plant in a river valley in a remote corner of western Germany. The mostly Russian playbill reflects the country in focus in this festival.

Power Plant, Heimbach (Deutsche Welle)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BERWALD: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sérieuse - Danish National SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 10303)

VEJVANOVSKÝ: Intrada; Sonata in seven parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Decca 478 5393)

CASADESUS: Symphony No 5, Sur le nom de Haydn - Northern Sinfonia/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10263)

LILBURN: Salutes to Seven Poets - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)

BAYNES arr Sonnenburg: Destiny - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

ALBÉNIZ arr Moriarty: Rapsodia española Op 70 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in Bb minor Op 117/2 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 483 2154)

MOZART: Duo in G for violin & viola K423 - Gidon Kremer (vln), Kim Kashkashian (vla) (DG 415 483)

1:00 approx

KARLOWICZ: A Sorrowful Tale - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570295)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 1 in A Op 18 - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

STAMITZ: Clarinet Concerto No 7 in Eb - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Kammerakademie (DG 481 4711)

2:00 approx

RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor Op 23/5 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

SAINT-SAËNS: Fantasy in A minor Op 95 - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (MASTER PERFORMERS MP 010)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (BIS SACD 1656)

3:00 approx

HOFMANN attr Haydn: Flute Concerto in D - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Haydn Ensemble, Berlin/Hansjörg Schellenberger (EMI CDC 5 56577)

BEACH: Symphony in E minor, Gaelic - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559139)

4:00 approx

LISZT: Transcendental Study No 9, Ricordanza - Henry Wong Doe (pno) (ABC Classics 461 651)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G397 - Ensemble 415 (HARMONIA MUNDI HMA 195 1402)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (Sony 88697 41233)

JOPLIN arr Crespo: Solace, A Mexican Serenade - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

5:00 approx

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

CACCINI arr Cullen: Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

CARR: Two Mansfield Poems - Jennifer Paull (ob d'amore), Read Gainsford (pno) (Amoris AR 1003)

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

CHAUSSON: Poème - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

HE LUTING: The Cowherd's Flute - Lang Lang (pno) (Deutsche Grammophon DG 477 6229)

ELGAR arr Milone: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

HANDEL: Sinfonia, from Jeptha - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - Nash Ensemble (HYPERION CDA 67574)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A BWV1055 (1) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin (5) - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)

BRUCKNER: Ave Maria - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Ex Kiwi SLD 45)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in G G450 (2) - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (2) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 447 070)

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (Sony 88697 00655)

TELEMANN: Overture in G, Burlesque de Don Quixotte (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (FL 2 3138)

7.00

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques (1) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata (3) - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI 9 65922)

RESPIGHI: La Primavera, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

IRELAND orch Bridgewater: Bagatelle - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (DUTTON CDLX 7215)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (4) - Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Edgar Moreau (cello) (Erato 9029577396)

CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (DELOS DE 3108)

BIDDINGTON: Romance - Gretchen La Roche (cl), Julie Downard (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

CHOPIN: Fantasy-Impromptu in C# minor Op 66 - Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (ONYX 4049)

VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537 - Maurice Andre (tpt), English CO/Charles Mackerras (DG 415 980)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

HAHN: L'Heure exquise - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI 3 59488)

MOZART: Serenade No 7 in D K250, Haffner (6) - Rudolf Koeckert (vln), Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26 (2) - Russian Cinematographic SO/Walter Mnatsakanov (REGISC 1287)

BENJAMIN: Jamaican Rumba - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

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

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)

KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458 858)

HAYDN: Symphony NO 101 in D, The Clock (2) - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (Brilliant Classics 93105)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Overture - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D935/2 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C, Alexander's Feast - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 (1) - Gareth Hulse (oboe), Ian Brown (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67431/2)

BARBER: Essay No 1 for orchestra Op12 - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8012)

TSINTSADZE arr Batiashvili: Miniatures - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), Georgian CO (SONY 88697 33400)

10.00

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 3 in F minor Op 65 - Florestan Trio (HYPERION CDA 66895)

WEHI WHANAU: Wairua Tapu - Albert Mataafa (gtr), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2048)

11.00

TELEMANN: Overture in D - John Wallace (tpt), John Miller (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (NIMBUS NI 5189)

MOSZKOWSKI: Piano Concerto in E Op 59 - Piers Lane (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (HYPERION CDA 66452)

VINTER: James Cook, Circumnavigator - Auckland Brass/Nigel Weeks (KIWI CD SLC 247)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

1.00

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture - New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (SONY SM3K 64103)

VIVALDI: Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Angel Romero (gtr), Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Iona Brown (Philips 412 624)

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI CDZ 7 62608)

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

ANONYMUS arr Ashmore: Greensleeves - Richard Stolzman (cl), Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter (dir) (RCA RD 60437)

COPLAND: Quiet City - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova 74321 37854)

4.00

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (Brilliant Classics 94070)

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 477 6607)

DVORÁK: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

MOZART: Parto, parto, from La clemenza di Tito - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Phil/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)

KAPP: Don Carlos - BBC Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10441)

5.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 70 in D (1) - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Alpha 674)

FALLA arr Maréchal: Jota, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), John Williams (gtr) (EMI 5 65955)

OFFENBACH: Orpheus in the Underworld, Rhapsodic Overture - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

FAURÉ: Libera me, from Requiem - Bryn Terfel (bbar), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, R/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

DAVERNE: Ghosts of Alberton - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

BACH: Concerto in G BWV973 - Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 8379.81)

ARNOLD: Bridge on the River Kwai (4) - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

6.00

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

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical in C Op 16/6 - Andrei Gavrilov (pno) (EMI 5 85779)

PIAZZOLLA arr Milone: Escualo - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist (Naxos 8.557023)

STILL ed Alexa Still: Bayou Home - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

SARASATE: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), French National Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 7 47318)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

APO: A Night of Firsts

Ingrid Fliter (piano), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

TURNAGE: Symphonic Movements

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25

CHOPIN: Nocturne in E minor Op 72/1

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39/Christian Kluxen

Town Hall, Auckland (RNZ)

DVORÁK: String Sextet in A Op 48 (1) - Christian Tetzlaff (vln), Florian Donderer (vln), Isabelle van Keulen (vla), Rachel Roberts (vla), Gustav Rivinius (cello), Quirine Viersen (cello) (AVI 8553207)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Eric Le Sage (pno), Alexandre Tharaud (pno) (Alpha 603)

HAYDN: Symphony No 35 in Bb - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Gryphon Trio (Analekta FL 2 3110)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 483 2154)

HATZIS: Old photographs, from Constantinople - Gryphon Trio (Analekta FL 2 3174)

HAYDN: Symphony No 88 in G - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)

WAGNER: Was duftet doch der Flieder - Donald McIntyre (bbar), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (KIWI CD SLD 39)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor Op 35 - Ronald Brautigam (pno), Peter Masseurs (tpt), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 433 702)

1:00 approx

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Wedding Cake, Caprice-Valse Op 76 - Heini Kärkkäinen (pno), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Jean-Jacques Kantorow (BIS CD 1470)

BACH: Violin Concerto in E BWV1042 - Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO/Jeffrey Kahane (DG 474 199)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 375586)

2:00 approx

GIBBONS: The Silver Swan - Canadian Brass (CBS MK 45792)

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Heath Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907665)

TRADITIONAL arr Burleigh: Negro Spirituals - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Maurice Till (pno) (KIWI CD SLC 248)

RESPIGHI orch/arr Respighi: La Boutique fantasque - Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

3:00 approx

WARLOCK: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

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

4:00 approx

BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

IRELAND: Her Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572902)

BERWALD: Quartet in Eb for piano & wind - members of the Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 66834)

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

5:00 approx

BACH orch Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)

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

GRAUN: Concerto in C for recorder & violin - Michael Schneider (recorder), Petra Müllejans (vln/dir), Frankfurt Cappella Academica (CPO 777 321)

FOOTE: Francesca da Rimini Op 24 - Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

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

RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (18) - Julius Katchen (pno), London Phil/Adrian Boult (Philips 456 859)

GLUCK: Dance of the Furies, from Orpheus & Euridice - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

STRAUSS arr Godowsky: Last Waltz - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67626)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D (1) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 925)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 23 (4) - Jayson Gillham (pno) (ABC Classics ABC4815564)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Am Meer D957/12 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

RUSH: Overture from The Capricious Lovers - The Mozartists

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (2) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9875)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 (1) - i Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (ECD 75366)

7.00

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

HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from The Planets Suite - London SO/Richard Hickox (REGISC 1200)

MOZART: Oboe Concerto in C K314 (3) - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Lithuanian CO (BIS SACD 2007)

CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Anthony Newman (SONY SK 60804)

PAGANINI: Caprice No 24 in A minor, from 24 Caprices Op 1 - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

DELIUS arr Fenby: La Calinda, from Koanga - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

HANDEL: Son qual stanco pellegrino, from Arianna in Creta - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello), Andrés Gabetta (violin/Dir), Cappella Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

DVORÁK arr Burghauser: Waltzes Op 54 (6) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)

MOZART: Horn Quintet in Eb K407 (1) - Nash Ensemble

8.00

Beauty Spot:

CUNNINGHAM: The gentle light that wakes me - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Aly Bain (vln), Phil Cunningham (pno) (Decca 478 6690)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in C G505 (1) - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 172)

DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 (2) - Orchestre Revolutionnair et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner  (Archiv 439 900)

MANCINI arr Diegert & Collao: The Pink Panther Theme, from The Pink Panther - Five Sax, Jacek Obstarczyk (pno), Zoltan Kiss (tbn), Rupert Strauber (perc) (Orlando OR 0016)

KHACHATURIAN: Masquerade, Suite (1) - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in F HobXVIII/3 (2) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

GRAUPNER: Bassoon Concerto in F - Christian Beuse (bsn), Frankfurt Cappella Academica/Petra Mullejans (CPO 777 321)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

RAUTAVAARA: Apotheosis - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570069)

STRAUSS: Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Jessye Norman (sop), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 411 052)

DELIUS: Life's Dance - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

LISZT: Grand galop chromatique - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto in D HobVIIb/4 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

SMETANA: Sárka, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)

10.00

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in G Kk547 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68184)

BRAHMS: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 - Louise Williams (vla), Paul Watkins (cello), Lindsay String Quartet (ASV GLD 4016)

11.00

BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

PAINE: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)

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

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

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with Nick Tipping

12.00 Upbeat

SAINT-SAËNS: The Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals - Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (pnos), double bassist from London Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 595)

C SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata in G minor, excerpts - Susanne Grutzmann (pno) (Haenssler 7065)

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (SONY MLK 64061)

ROTA: Divertimento concertante (2) - Rick Stotijn (dbass), Swedish Radio SO/Mats Rondin (Channel Classics CCS SA 33613)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G (1) - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

TRAD: Shenandoah - Pete Seeger (Smithsonian 740150)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Tuba Concerto in F minor - James Gourlay (tuba), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557754)

1.00

Nick Tipping talks to double bassist Eric Scholes, soloist in this weekend’s NZ Barok concert

DITTERSDORF: Double Bass Concerto No 2 in D (1) - Chi-Chi Nwanoku (db), Swedish CO/Paul Goodwin (Hyperion CDA 67179)

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, From the New World - Largo - Chineke!/Kevin John Edusei (Signum SIGCD515)

ROSSINI: Duet for Violoncello and Double Bass in D (3) - Roel Dieltiens (cello), Love Persson (dbass) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1847)

TIPPING: Folieta - Charmaine Ford (pno), Nick Tipping (dbass), Richard Wise (dms) (Ford Motion FMR9005)

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

MEYER: Concert Duo, the Prequel - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Sam Bush (mandl), Mike Marshall (gtr) (Sony SK 60864)

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Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 75 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

CHOPIN arr Debski: Nocturne in Eb Op 9/2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Polish CO/Jacek Kaspszyk (EMI 3 79934)

MOZART: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Clara Haskil (pno) (DG 437 676)

RACHMANINOV: String Quartet No 1 (1) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Natalie Dessay (sop), Delphine Haidan (mezzo), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 10568)

BURTON: Sonatina - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 0004)

LODGE: Hinterland - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (TRUST MMT 2037)

4.00

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Phil/Seiji Ozawa (Philips 426 271)

COUPERIN: Ordre No 18, from Livre de clavecin Book 3 (1) - Angela Hewitt (pno) (HYPERION CDA 67440)

D'INDY: Fantasy on French Popular Themes (2) - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

TRADITIONAL arr Leon: Barbara Allen - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp), Orpheus CO (Decca 468 499)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romances for violin and piano Op 6 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Yannick Nézet-Séguin (pno) (DG 479 0835)

COATES orch Baynes: The Selfish Giant - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

5.00

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

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

RAVEL: Menuet antique - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 471 614)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (1) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Rolando Villazón (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 13 in A minor D804, Rosamunde (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ UB63)

BRAHMS orch Schmelling: Hungarian Dance No 6 in D - Royal Phil/Rafael Kubelík (EMI CDZ 7 62608)

6.00

PURCELL: An Evening Hymn, from Harmonia Sacra - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

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

GROFE: Mississippi Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

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

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

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

STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (TELDEC 8.4324)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Clarissa Dunn takes you to the best seat in the house

Choirs Aotearoa: New Zealand Youth Choir

NZ Youth Choir, Michael Stewart (piano)

Spiritual music, ancient and contemporary, from New Zealand and from around the world. Includes traditional spirituals, music by de Lassus, Mendelssohn, Leonie Holmes, and a little Cole Porter/David Squire

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington (RNZ)

WALTON: Symphony No 1 in Bb minor - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0681)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

STRAVINSKY arr Agosti & ?: The Firebird, excerpts - Christian Lindberg (tbn), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 988)

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

DEBUSSY: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - François Chaplin (pno) (PIERRE VERANY PV 702 101)

METCALFE: The Third Fire - Tom Kerstens (gtr) (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

CASTELLO: Sonata No 4 - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)

BACH: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Glenn Gould (piano) (Sony SMK 52619)