Schedules for 18 - 24 December, 2021

HERRMANN: Clarinet Quintet, Souvenirs de Voyage - Julian Bliss (cl), Tippett Quartet (SIGNUM SIGCD 234)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello), Brussels Phil/Stéphane Denève (2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition )

GRIEG: Holberg Suite (4) - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

1:00 approx

GLUCK arr Kreisler: Melody, from Orpheus & Euridice - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

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

RAVEL: Three Chansons madécasses - Julien Van Mellaerts (bar), Sofia Castillo (flute), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), James Baillieu (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD164)

SATIE: Sports et divertissements - Aldo Ciccolini (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49714)

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

2:00 approx

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 7/1 - Simon Preston (org), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 468)

CHOPIN: Prelude in C# minor Op 45 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA33)

SUK: Elegie Op 23 - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)

ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Wilma Smith (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

3:00 approx

JANACEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata - Schoenberg Quartet (CHANDOS CHAN 10405)

LILBURN: Piano Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1511)

BALAKIREV: Overture on Russian Themes - Tasmanian SO/Shalom Ronly-Riklis (ABC Classics 464 194)

BLAKE: We all fall down - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 403)

TAKLE: Celebration - Martin Setchell (org) (Pipeline Press PP2)

4:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Andante & Variations in Bb Op 46 - François Salque (cello), Victor Julien-Laferrière (cello), Bruno Schneider (horn), Frank Braley, Eric Lesage (pno duo) (Alpha 135)

MOZART compltd Süssmayr: Requiem in D minor K626 - Miriam Allan (sop), Anne Buter (mezzo), Marcus Ullmann (ten), Martin Snell (bass), Leipzig Gewandhaus Chamber Choir, Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Naxos 8.557728)

5:00 approx

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/12 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

DALEY: Child with the starry crayon - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto in D minor Wq23 (1) - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)

RACHMANINOV: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)

DITTERSDORF: Harp Concerto in A (1) - Marisa Robles (harp), ASMF/Iona Brown (Decca 425 723)

SCHUBERT: Ave Maria D839 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

PIAZZOLLA: Milonga del ángel - Juan José Mosalini (bandoneón), Osvaldo Calo (pno), I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80526)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 10 in C K330 (2) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053 (3) - Viktoria Mullova (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (Onyx 4114)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

DEBUSSY orch Busser: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque (pno duet) (KML 1111)

SAINT-GEORGES: L'amant anonyme - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Tom Hodge: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Katherine Thomas (harp), City of Birmingham SO cellos (Decca 483 2948)

ANONYMOUS arr Lislevand: La perra mora - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 (1) - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)

SIRETT: Thou Shalt Know Him - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 2 in G Op 1/2 (4) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67393)

7.00

WALTON: Sheep may safely graze, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 (3) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

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

BACH: Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006, excerpts - Jayson Gillham (piano) (ABC Classics ABC4817686)

CERELOLS: Serfín que con dulce - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

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

CHOPIN: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65 (2) - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (warner 2564 63946)

KORNGOLD: Ich soll ihn niemals, from Die Kathrin - Renée Fleming (sop), Mariinsky Theatre Orch/Valery Gergiev (Decca 475 8070)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter (4) - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 761)

GERSHWIN/WILD: Summertime, from Grand Fantasy on Porgy and Bess - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851663)

TRADITIONAL arr Sullivan: It came upon a midnight clear - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Alexander Little (organ)/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

ARENSKY: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10086)

LISZT: Grand galop chromatique - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)

RITCHIE: Partita for brass quintet (2) - NZ Chamber Brass (Private - NZCB 2007A)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)

9.00

BOYCE: Symphony No 5 in D - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)

RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)

VERDI: Patria oppressa! from Macbeth - Auckland Opera Chorus, Auckland Phil/Stephen Matthews (KIWI CD SLC 234)

LEGRAND: Paris Violon - Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Berlin Radio SO/Nikoloz Rachveli (DG 4838586)

BRIDGE arr Parkin: Spring Song - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello) (Decca 4850241)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (ONYX 4082)

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

DELIUS orch Fenby: Two Aquarelles - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Radio France Phil/Lionel Bringuier (Erato 9341342)

SATIE: Gymnopédies - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

DVORÁK: American Suite in A Op 98b (4) - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3882)

TRADITIONAL arr Willcocks: God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Henry Websdale (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

11.00

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

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 5 in Bb D485 - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 446 100)

RUTTER: Gloria in excelsis Deo, from Gloria - John Wells (org), Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 342)

12.00

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

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)

DVORÁK: Largo from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Bavarian Radio SO/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

GLASS: Etude No 5 - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 94796918)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A minor RV356 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), members of Berlin Phil (EMI 5 57859)

APO: Celebrate Christmas

G GABRIELI: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni a 10

POULENC: O magnum mysterium

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus

TRAD: O Come All Ye Faithful

MARTIN / BLANE: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Suite, excerpts

HUMPERDINCK: Overture

Hokuspokus Hexenschuss!

Witch's Dance, from Hansel and Gretel

RUTTER: Star Carol

ADAM: O Holy Night

MASON: Joy to the World

GRUBER: Silent Night

Sarah Castle (mezzo), The Graduate Choir NZ, Terence Maskell (dir), Auckland Philharmonia/Ben Northey

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland (RNZ)

BACH: Duet for two flutes - Bridget Douglas & Kirstin Eade (flutes) (RNZ )

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

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

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

STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

STATHAM: Landscape No 1 - Camilla White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

RAVEL arr Salzedo/Vallières: Sonatine - Valérie Milot (harp), Jocelyne Roy (fl), François Vallières (vla) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

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

DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Simon Preston (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge ( 425 499)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (3) - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 1035)

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

GRIEG: Arietta, from Lyric Pieces Book 1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

LISZT arr Kreisler: La Campanella - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

TRADITIONAL arr Gesius: In dulci jubilo - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

CHAUSSON: Poème Op 25 - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

ANONYMOUS arr Rieu: Greensleeves - André Rieu (vln/dir), & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)

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

VERDI: La Traviata, Prelude to Act I - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 848)

GRANADOS arr Kreisler: Spanish Dance No 5 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

CERTON: La, la, la, je n'ose le dire - King's Singers, Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley (EMI 5 69555)

TRADITIONAL: Away in a manger - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)

MOZART: Sinfonia in F major - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

ORPHEUS: Cathedral Series - Carol of the Bells

RUTTER arr Brent Stewart: Magnificat

MOZART: Laudate Dominum K339

LEONTOVICH arr Bradford: Carol of the Bells

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Pasquale Orchard (soprano), Joe Haddow (baritone), Orpheus Choir/Brent Stewart & Paul Rosoman (organ), instrumental ensemble

St. Paul's Cathedral, Wellington (RNZ)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 7 in Bb Op 83, "Stalingrad" - Tony YanTong Chen (pno) (RNZ )

A weekly forum for contemporary music

Sonic Art: The Democritisation of Sound

Eva Radich goes into kiwi sonic artists’ homes to find out what their art is all about. She talks to electro-acoustic pioneers Ross Harris and Chris Cree Brown, gurus like John Coulter and today’s sonic explorers Sonya Waters, Flo Wilson, Ruby Solly and Marcus Jackson and discovers that the digital age, when everyone has a recording device on their phone, has led to an explosion of talent and unlimited opportunities to contribute to the culture. (SOUNZ)

SONYA WATERS: The Sheltering Ranges - Sonya Waters (voice, electronics) (Cudhigi Records)

RUBY SOLLY: Karaka - Tau; Karaka - Wana - Ruby Solly (cello, taonga pūoro, field recording) (Private)

FLO WILSON: Music for Dance - Flo Wilson (voice, electronics) (Private)

ROSS HARRIS/JONATHAN BESSER: My Lips Are Moving; Earthmix - Ross Harris, Jonathan Besser, Kevin Oliff (electronics, various instruments) (Rattle RAT D096)

CHRIS CREE BROWN: Phoenix (première) - Christchurch SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2019)

11.00

JOHN RITCHIE: String Quartet - Penderecki String Quartet (RNZ 2013)

LEPO SUMERA: Concerto for Voices and Instruments - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (BIS 1560)

HANS ABRAHAMSEN: Horn Concerto (Australasian première) - Stefan Dohr (horn), Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ)

GLICK: Sonata for Oboe & Piano - Senia Trubashnik (ob), Valerie Tryon (pno) (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA40)

SOR: Caprice in E Op 50, Le calme - William Carter (gtr) (LINN CKD 380)

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

1:00 approx

HASTED: Celebration Suite (2) - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

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

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (2) - New Zealand SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ UA92)

CHOPIN: Etude in C# minor Op 25/7; Etude in Ab Op 25/1 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (SUPRAPHON SU 4059)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Penelope Evison (fl), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 249)

2:00 approx

DELIUS: Idylle de printemps - Royal Scottish National Orch/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10742)

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical Op 16/3 - Jason Bae (pno) (Austrian Gramophone AG 0003)

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

BOWEN: Phantasie in E minor Op 34 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 9 in D K311 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB35)

3:00 approx

ALFVÉN: A Country Tale - Norrköping SO/Niklas Willén (Naxos 8.557828)

BEETHOVEN: An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Simon O'Neill (tenor), Terence Dennis (piano) (Decca ABC4817865)

SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 2 Op 66 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

DEBUSSY: L'isle joyeuse - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA24)

4:00 approx

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture & Venusberg Music - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

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

TELEMANN: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

LLOYD WEBBER: Two Pieces for cello & piano - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lill (pno) (ASV CD DCA 961)

5:00 approx

COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 42140)

BRUNI: Duo Concertante in F Book 4/6 (2) - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

TALLIS arr Chilcott: Tallis Canon - ORA/Suzi Digby (Harmonia Mundi HMM 905284)

MOZART: Concerto in F for three pianos K242 (3) - Katia Labèque (pno), Marielle Labèque (pno), Semyon Bychkov (pno/Semyon Bychkov (Philips 426 241)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in C# minor Kk247 - Terence Dennis (pno) (RNZ UB39)

HANDEL: Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - Mark Padmore (ten), English Concert/Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7422)

HUBAY: Violin Concerto No 4 in A minor (3) - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67367)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 7 in Bb Op 83 (2) - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)

Music for the spirit and soul

PRAETORIUS: Nun komm der Hedien Heiland - Bremen Baroque Consort/Manfred Cordes (CPO 777 327)

SCHUBERT: The Twenty-Third Psalm - Malcolm Bilson (fpno), Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (ABC Classics 456 360)

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

BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

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

MOZART: Mass No 5 in G K140 - Helen Donath (sop), Annette Markert (contralto), Uwe Heilman (ten), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Leipzig Radio Chorus & SO/Herbert Kegel (Philips 422 264)

RHEINBERGER arr Cullen: Cantilena, from Organ Sonata No 11 in D minor - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd (Philips 462 588)

HEAD: The little road to Bethlehem - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

MISKINIS: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

BACH: Arioso, from Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), François Leleux (ob), Chamber Orch of Bavarian Radio SO (DG 479 2479)

PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

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

PÄRT: Silouan's Song (My Soul Yearns After The Lord) - Tallinn CO/Tonu Kaljuste (ECM 1505)

PURCELL: When I am laid in earth, from Dido & Aeneas - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

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

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (2) - Marie Ross (clarinet), Claire-Lise Démettre (cello), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)

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

COUPERIN: Allemande i G minor - Pavel Kolesnikov (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68224)

9.00

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

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

WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

ARY BARROSO: Aquarela do Brasil - Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Luis Ribeiro, Matheus Jardim, Luis Ribeiro, Marco da Costa, Jonathan Bolívar (guitar) (SONY 19075822942)

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

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

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

HAYDN: Notturno in F - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

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

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

TCHAIKOVSKY trans Pletnev: Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (Philips 456 931)

CHAMINADE: Piano Trio No 1 in G minor Op 11 (2) - Rembrandt Trio (Dorian DOR 90187)

AVISON: Concerto Grosso No 3 in D minor - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)

11.00

HAYDN: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

MOZART: Concertone in C for two violins K190 - Julia Fischer (vln), Gordan Nikolic (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

12.00

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 (3) - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (4) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

LASSUS: Resonet in laudibus - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb (3) - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 0630-10788)

HANDEL reconstructed Holman: Almira Suite - Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67053)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA29)

Christmas Concert with La Nef and sopranos Meredith Hall and Donna Kanerahtenha:wi Jacobs, from Montreal

Baroque and traditional Christmas music from Montreal's founding communities

ANON/BREBEUF: Eesus ahatonnyah (The Huron Carol)

TRAD: Nous voici dans la ville

DANDRIEU: Or, nous dites, Marie

TRAD: What Child is This?

TRAD: Usheg Veg Ruy (Little Red Bird)

PLAYFORD: On the Cold Ground

Drive the Cold Winter Away

Cold and Raw

My Lodging is on the Cold Ground

TRAD: Welsh Carol

DAQUIN: Suite de Noëls français

TRAD/BURNS: A cogie of Ale and a Pickle Ait Meal

TRAD arr Grenon: Scottish Reel

O'Connell: Christmas in Kinsale

COEN: Christmas Eve Reel

TRAD: Gloucestershire Wassail

TRAD: Please to See the King

TRAD: The Wren Song

TRAD: Ok Skennen'kowa

Meredith Hall, Donna Kanerahtenha:wi Jacobs (sopranos), La Nef: Sylvain Bergeron (director, archlute, Baroque guitar), Alex Kehler (violin (trad.), nyckelharpa), Robin Grenon (harps), Grégoire Jeay (recorders, traverso flute), Marie-Laurence Primeau (viola da gamba), Andrew Wells-Oberegger (percussion)

Church of La Visitation-du-Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal (CBC Espace Musique)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Adagio & Springtime Waltz, from The Limpid Stream - Inbal Megiddo (cello), Rachel Thomson (piano) (RNZ 2021)

BEETHOVEN: Sextet in Eb Op 81b - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin), Andrew Thomson (violin), Nicholas Hancox (viola), Andrew Joyce (cello), Samuel Jacobs (horn), Shadley van Wyk (horn) (RNZ )

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 11 - Samuel Jacobs (horn), New Zealand SO/Jun Märkl (RNZ 2019)

MOZART: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris - New Zealand SO/Jun Märkl (RNZ 2019)

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

MACHAUT: Douce Dame Jolie - Hugues Cuénod (ten) (INA IMV016)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Fritz Kreisler, Efrem Zimbalist (vlns), string quartet/Walter B Rogers (Naxos 8.001922)

TURNAGE: Three Screaming Popes - City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 5 55091)

BYRD: Mass for four voices (6) - Clerks of the Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (CRD 3499)

DESMOND: Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet (Columbia 465122)

DEBUSSY orch Ansermet: Six Epigraphes antiques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Testament SBT 1324)

MITCHELL: The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, from Seven Wonders Suite - Prague SO/Mario Klemens (Stuart Mitchell Music DNAVAR 1433)

BOYCE: Symphony No 8 in D minor - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 419 631)

BEETHOVEN: Nine Variations in C minor WoO63 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 457 493)

BACH: Cantata No 10, Meine Seel erhebt den Herren - Matthew White (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Peter Kooy (bass), Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita (sop)/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS CD 1331)

GRANADOS arr Barrueco & Müller-Pering: Spanish Dances Op 37 (11) - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Thomas Müller-Pering (gtr) (EMI 5 86985)

CAVALLI: Sonata a 12 - Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K 617 050)

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RODGERS arr STERN orch WARNER: He Was Too Good To Me, from Simple Simon - Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's/Eric Stern (Nonesuch 7559 79406)

NYMAN arr Haram: Why? - Simon Haram (sax), Liz Burley (pno), members of the Michael Nyman Band (Black Box BBM 1020)

ARLEN arr Takemitsu: Over the rainbow - Miloš Karadaglic (gtr) (Decca 7779637)

LILBURN: Concert Overture in D - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)

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

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PUCCINI: La Bohème

Marina Costa-Jackson (Mimi), Samir Pirgu (Rodolfo), Kihun Yoon (Marcello), Nicholas Brownlee (Colline), Michael J Hawk (Schaunard), Erica Petrocelli (Musetta), Chorus & Orchestra of Los Angeles Opera/James Conlon

Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (WFMT)

RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42 - Alessio Bax (piano) (RNZ 2019)

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 60, To the Appalachian Mountains - Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559294)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Vor deinen Thron BWV668 - Members of New Zealand SO (RNZ )

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

BARRA: Tibi Laus, Tibi Gloria - Andrew Johnstone (org), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin/Mark Duley (PRIORY PRCD 639)

HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

PAINE: Circle Dance - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

KLATZOW: A Sense of Place for Cello and Marimba - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Magda De Vries (marimba) (ODE CDMANU 5158)

YOUNG: Symphony No 2 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), Andrew Joyce (cello), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

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JAB: Erg Herbe (album) - John Also Bennett (flutes, electronics) (Shelter Press SP 105)

JAB & CV: Large Suess Plant, Rock House with a Door, from the album Thoughts of a Dot as it Travels a Surface - John Also Bennett (flutes, electronics), Christina Vantzou (electronics) (Shelter Press SP 092)

KORNGOLD: The Snowman - Peter Manning (vln), BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9631)

REBIKOV: Waltz, from the Christmas Tree Suite Op 21 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in D Grave D16 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

BACH: Fantasia on Komm heiliger Geist BWV651 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

1:00 approx

GINASTERA: Los trabajadores agricolas, from Estancia - New Zealand SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (RNZ 2020)

OFFENBACH: Les Fées du Rhin, excerpts - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 6403)

BRAHMS arr Geringas: Feldeinsamkeit Op 86/2; Wie Melodien Op 105/1; Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Wiegenlied Op 49/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Christian Ferras (vln), Pierre Barbizet (pno) (Brilliant Classics 93791)

MUFFAT: Armonico tributo Sonata No 2 in G minor - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

2:00 approx

BORODIN orch Glazunov: Petite Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

MERLIN: Suite del Recuerdo (5) - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)

MOZART: Church Sonata in A K225 - Donald Armstrong (vln), Douglas Beilman (vln), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (organ), Dale Gold (dbass) (RNZ UB51)

3:00 approx

LISZT: Three Concert Studies S144 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 416 461)

GRENFELL: Di Primavera - Claire Edwardes (marimba), Karin Schaupp (guitar) (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 5 in F Op 24, Spring - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)

HANDEL: I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 425 016)

4:00 approx

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 3 in Eb H32 (1) - John O'Conor (pno), Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80370)

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

KREUTZER: Grand Trio Op 16 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 2010356)

DVORÁK: Silent Woods - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (CBS MK 42206)

5:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 24 in F# Op 78 - Jonathan Biss (pno) (Onyx 4094)

PRICE: Andante cantabile, from Symphony No 4 in D minor (2) - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559827)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Dallas SO/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67550)

HARRIS: Music for Jonny - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)

SMITH: Suikinkutsu - Hannah Darroch (flute), Robyn Jaquiery (piano) (RNZ )

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (4) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

TAVENER: God is with us - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)

ALBINONI: Concerto in D for two oboes Op 7/8 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Giovanni Deangeli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

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MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 (2) - Nelson Freire (pno)

FINZI: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) ( )

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

DEBUSSY: Toccata, from Pour le piano - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Vienna Phil (DG 447 070)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker Suite - Montreal SO (Decca 417 300)

BACH: Concerto in C minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (1) - Allan Vogel (ob), Hilary Hahn (vln), Los Angeles CO (DG 474 199)

7.00

CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes (1) - Mathieu Dufour (fl), Alex Klein (ob), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (REGISC 1028)

RAVEL: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée I. Chanson romanesque - Julien Van Mellaerts (bar), James Baillieu (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD164)

TELEMANN: Concerto in E for flute, oboe d'amore & viola d'amore TWV53/E1 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), Wolfram Christ (vla d'amore), Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (EMI 5 57397)

SCHUBERT: Nacht und Träume D827 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

MORELY: Snowride - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

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

LUCCHESI: Organ Concerto in F - Johannes Geffert (org), Johann Christian Bach Akademie Orch/Ingeborg Scheerer (dir) (Audite 20.002)

8:00

STRAUSS: Morgen! Op 27/4 - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 (3) - Nikolai Lugansky (pno), Netherlands Radio CO/Lev Markiz (Challenge CC 72043)

SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 1/1, Hunt - Goldmund Quartet (Naxos 8573701)

WILLIAMS: Hedwig's Theme, from the Harry Potter films - studio orch/John Williams

TRAD: The Twelve days of Christmas - Joan Sutherland (sop), The Ambrosian Singers, New Phil Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

DEBUSSY: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

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

9.00

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

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

CHOPIN: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA33)

DOWLAND: In darkness, let me dwell, from A Musical Banquet - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Eden Karamazov (lute) (Decca 475 7667)

ANONYMOUS arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 1 in Bb HWV332 - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)

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SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), Philip Moll (pno) (Decca 417289)

MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in Bb K191 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10613)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Bb D935/3 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

TRADITIONAL: What Child is This? (Greensleeves) - Jessye Norman (sop), Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Philips 422 893)

11.00

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902325)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0056)

HOVHANESS: Vision of a starry night - Tamara Anna Cislowska (pno) (Artworks AW 010)

12.00

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

DEBUSSY: Sirènes, from Nocturnes - Women of the Cleveland Orch Chorus, Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

PINKHAM: Sweet music - Susan Consoli (sop), Janice Giampa (sop), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

HESS: A Christmas Overture - Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Nigel Hess (Chandos CHAN 10767)

MERK: Fantasy on Donizetti's Torquato Tasso Op 26/3 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)

A Choral Christmas with Bob Chilcott, Jess Gillam, Katie Melua and the BBC Singers Concert Orchestra, from London

TRAD: Ding dong! merrily on high

C ONYEJI: Amuworo ayi otu nwa

CHILCOTT: The Midnight of Your Birth

TRAD: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

TRAD: O Little Town of Bethlehem

TRAD: Festive Cheer

MILHAUD: Brazileira: Mouvement de samba, from Scaramouche

CHILCOTT: Sweet was the Song, from 'On Christmas Night'

Silent Night

PIERPONT: Jingle Bells

MIKE BATT: Nine Million Bicycles

KATIE MELUA: Maybe I Dreamt It

BERLIN: White Christmas

ALISON CARVER: Thinking of You This Christmas

WADE: O Come, All Ye Faithful

Katie Melua (vocal), Jess Gillam (saxophone, presenter), Rachel Mahon (organ, piano), Ashok Gupta (piano), BBC Singers, Jonathan Manners (chorus director), Members of the BBC Concert Orchestra/Bob Chilcott

Barbican Hall, London (BBC Radio 3)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

DVORÁK: Bagatelles Op 47 - James Crabb (accordion), Anthony Marwood (violin), Helene Pohl (violin), Rolf Gjelsten (cello) (RNZ 2019)

PIAZZOLLA: Oblivion - Anthony Marwood (violin), James Crabb (accordion) (RNZ 2019)

SILVESTRI: Suite from Back to the Future - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2018)

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TALLIS arr Kronos: Spem in alium - Kronos Quartet (ELEKTRA NONESUCH 7559 79242)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 6 in D Op 60 (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8530)

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (3) - Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (dir) (ABC Classics ABC4816494)

BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Donal McCann (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

TORKE: West, Concerto for Bassoon - Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

FAURÉ: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 (4) - Trio Wanderer, Antoine Tamestit (vla) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2032)

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

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Johannes Moser (cello), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Andrew Manze (Pentatone PTC5186570)

RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome - Montreal SO (Decca 410 145)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (3) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

BIZET orch Debussy: Les Dragons d'Alcala, from Carmen Suite No 1 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

BLOCH: Abodah - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

5.00

SAINT-SAËNS: Africa, Fantasy Op 89 - Stephen Hough (pno), City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 (4) - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80203)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (1) - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Yehudi Menuhin (Philips 446 050)

MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition - Rotterdam Phil/Edo de Waart (Eloquence ELQ4828981)

TRADITIONAL: Joy to the World - Joan Sutherland (sop), New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

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

CHOPIN: Waltz in Db Op 64/1, Minute - Ingrid Fliter (pno) (EMI 5 14899)

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DEBUSSY: De l'aube à midi sur la mer, from La Mer - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

HARRISS: Faire is the Heaven - Auckland Cathedral Singers (Corellia COR 1007)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 1 in F# minor Op 1 (3) - Simon Trpceski (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (Avie AV 2191)

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

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

7.00

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 174, Ich liebe den Höchsten - Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

POTT: Balulalow - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

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

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A minor Grave a2 - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 1 in Eb minor Op 33/1 - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

NZSO: Podium - Firebird

Juliet PALMER: Buzzard

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488

STRAVINSKY orch McPhee: The Firebird

Diedre Irons (piano), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

HAMILTON: The Kingston Flyer - Auckland Chamber Orchestra/Peter Scholes (RNZ 2019)

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CHOPIN: Nocturne in C minor Op 48/1 - David Fray (pno) (Erato 0190 295896478)

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

DEBUSSY: Arabesque No 1 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

SARASATE orch Hohn: Romanza andaluza Op 22/1 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

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

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

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.555867)

BACH: Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)

SCHUMANN: Forest Scenes Op 82 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 0029)

HANDEL: For unto us a child is born, from Messiah - English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

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

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

STRAUSS: Nocturno Op 7 - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

1:00 approx

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (3) - Murray Khouri (cl), John McCabe (pno) (Continuum CCD 1027)

LIADOV: Eight Russian Folksongs Op 58 - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

MOZART: Sinfonia in F major - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 3/4 - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570799)

MOZART: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478 (1) - Péter Nagy (pno), Members of New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

2:00 approx

ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - Orpheus CO (DG 419 191)

HANDEL: Air and variations, 'The Harmonius Blacksmith', from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

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

ROBINOVITCH: Klezmer in Grenada - Sefarad (MARQUIS 81389)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TRUST MMT 2028)

3:00 approx

BACH: Cello Suite No 2 in D minor BWV1008 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY S2K 63203)

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

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

WAGNER: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, from Götterdämmerung - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

4:00 approx

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

KLATZOW: A Sense of Place for Cello and Marimba - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Magda De Vries (marimba) (ODE CDMANU 5158)

PADEREWSKI: Nocturne in Bb Op 16/4 - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

DVORÁK: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA71)

MOZART: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Michel Dalberto (pno) (DENON CO 78909)

5:00 approx

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - New Dutch Academy CO/Simon Murphy (PENTATONE PTC 5186 031)

QUILTER: Go lovely rose - Julien Van Mellaerts (bar), James Baillieu (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD164)

MOZART: String Quartet No 14 in G K387 (1) - Formosa Quartet (EMI 3 66557)

O'CAROLAN: Carolan - Lament For Owen O'Neill - Invocation (Hyperion CDA 66774)

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

WILBY: Three Fragments - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

GLINKA: The Lark - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major (6) - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

BACH: Trio Sonata in G BWV1038 - Jed Wentz (fl), Igor Ruhadze (vln), Job ter Haar (cello), Michael Borgstede (hpschd) (Brilliant Classics 93814)

SPOHR: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 57 (3) - Julian Bliss (cl), ASMF/Kenneth Sillito (EMI 3 79786)

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BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 8 in G Op 30/3 (1) - Isabelle Faust (vln), Alexander Melnikov (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2025.27)

FAURÉ: Pavane - Gareth Morris (fl), New Philharmonia/David Willcocks (EMI 3 79994)

HANDEL: Lascia ch'io pianga, from Rinaldo - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Philips 434 992)

SCRIABIN: Etude in F# Op 42/4 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

M HAYDN: Symphony No 3 in G (2) - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 (2) - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10802)

ZUMAYA: Albricias Mortales - Coro Ciudad de La Alhambra, Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 156)

GRUBER: Po Marie (Silent Night) - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

DVORÁK arr Lutz: Humoresque in Gb Op 101/7 - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

7.00

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Swan Lake Act 1 Scene 2 - Vienna Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 6297)

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

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)

DAVIS: Infinite Ocean (5) - Benjamin Baker (vln), Royal Phil/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)

BACH: Aria, from Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 89243)

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

HAYDN: The heavens are telling, from The Creation - Sylvia McNair (sop), Michael Schade (ten), Gerald Finley (bar), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 064)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (3) - Emmanuel Ax (pno), Boston SO/Bernard Haitink (Sony 63229)

8:00

GLAZUNOV: Meditation in D Op 32 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov

PREISNER: Meditation - Leszek Mozdzer (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56971)

A RITCHIE: Albatross in Flight - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2018)

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 1 in Bb K207 (3) - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth (1) - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

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

VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - v522 - David Oistrakh (vln/dir), Igor Oistrakh (vln), Royal Phil

9.00

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Murray Perahia (piano) (DG 4798353)

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

MONTEVERDI: Vago augelletto, from the 8th book of Madrigals - Nuria Rial (sop), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), Cyril Auvit (ten)y (ten), Jan van Elsacker (ten) & Joaõ Fernandes (bass), L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

BOTTESINI: Elégie No 1 in D - Joel Quarrington (dbass), Andrew Burashko (pno) (Analekta AM 2 9931)

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

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

DUKAS orch Vitali Bujanowski: Villanelle - Hermann Baumann (horn), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 416 380)

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

VERDI: Capriccio - Rino Vernizzi (bsn), Giuseppe Verdi Theatre Orch, Busetto/Fausto Pedretti (Arts 47574)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in G Op18/2 - Tokyo String Quartet (HMU 90 7436.37)

11.00

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 - Daniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4835335)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 415 066)

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

12.00

HAYDN: Violin Concerto in C HobVIIa/1 (3) - Simon Standage (vln), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 427 316)

HOLST: Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

DEBUSSY arr Sachs: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Boston Symphony Chamber Players (DG 476 7703)

TRADITIONAL arr Spencer et al: Go tell it on the mountain - David Hobson (ten), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), members of Sinfonia Australis/Guy Noble (ABC Classics 476 3284)

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

STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No 1 in Eb - Barry Tuckwell (horn), Royal Phil/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 430 370)

MCLEOD: Music for Four - Goodfellas (RNZ 2021)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 - Ning Feng (vln), Auckland Phil (RNZ 2019)

BACH: Largo, from Sonata No 3 in C for solo violin, BWV1005 - Ning Feng (vln) (RNZ 2019)

DEBUSSY: Jeux - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

RINIKER: Three pieces from Velvet Valves - Arna Morton (violin), Alexander Morton (horn), Liam Wooding (piano) (RNZ )

STRAVINSKY: Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant - New Zealand SO/HK Gruber (RNZ )

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture Op 40 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

HANDEL: Let the bright seraphim, from Samson - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Phililps 434725)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor Op 58 (4) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA35)

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

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (DG 447 400)

JAMES: An Australian Christmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

RUTTER arr Hazell: Shepherd's Pipe Carol - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

PÄRT: Spiegel im Spiegel - Anne Akiko Meyers (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7762)

MAHLER: Symphony No 5 in C# minor (5) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 557385)

BACH: Zion hört die Wächter singen, from Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon, from The House of Life - Ian Bostridge (ten), Julius Drake (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56830)

MENDELSSOHN: Ruy Blas, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (4) - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Lida Chen (vla), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Walter Delahunt (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

ALBÉNIZ arr Tárrega: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Rovshan Mamedkuliev (gtr) (Naxos 8.573179)

5.00

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

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

PUCCINI arr MIKHASHOFF: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)

HANDEL: Ombra mai fu, from Xerses - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO Chamber Orch/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

FAURÉ: Elegy Op 24 - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) (BIS BIS2220)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (1) - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 423 624)

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

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets (2) - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (TELARC CD 80236)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (1) - Minnesota Orch/Osmo Vänskä (BIS SACD 1716)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (4) - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Nikolai Lugansky (pno) (warner 2564 63946)

LILBURN: Diversions for Strings (4) - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)

VIVALDI: Flute Concerto in A minor RV440 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 (2) - Richard Mapp (pno), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 3 in D minor (2) - Vienna Phil/Karl Böhm (Decca 425 760)

HAYDN: Trio in F for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/17 (1) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

7.00

HEDGES: Heigham Sound, Overture - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)

WEBER: Country Dance - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572381)

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

PIAZZOLLA arr Assad: Tango-Etudes, excerpts (1) - Cavatina Duo (Bridge 9330)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (2) - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (KIWI CD SLC 215)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

Voices NZ: Follow The Star

A constellation of well-known Christmas carols with music about stars and the mystery of the season.

Voices NZ Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls

St Matthew's in the city, Auckland (RNZ)

MOZART: Symphony No 25 in G minor K183 - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 - Orava Quartet (RNZ 2018)

KEAY: Fanfare for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2018)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

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

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan folksong - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (WAIATA 9501)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Impromptu No 2 in B minor - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851663)

HOLST: Venus, Bringer of Peace, from The Planets Suite - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Alto ALC 1013)

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

ALBINONI: Concerto in F for two oboes Op 9/3 - Gail Hennessy (ob), Rachel Chaplin (ob), La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2371)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (ERATO 4509 94692)

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 30/6 Allegretto tranquillo - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

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

HOVHANESS: The garden of Adonis - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (MANU CD MANU 2050)

BRAHMS arr Ma: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (SONY SK 63229)

HUMMEL: Variations on a theme by Gluck Op 57 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (ZELLAN RECORDS ZRCD 1002)

BYRD: Infelix ego - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)

STATHAM: Landscape No 1 - Camilla White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

1:00 approx

DAVERNE: A Pocket Overture - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

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

BUTTERWORTH: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

DEBUSSY: D'un cahier d'esquisses - Pascal Rogé (pno) (ONYX 4028)

HILL: String Quartet No 7 in A - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

2:00 approx

VERDI: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - Auckland Opera Chorus, Auckland Phil/Brian Law (KIWI CD SLC 234)

GRIEG arr Bertrand/Amoyel: Allegretto in E - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1986)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2051)

TRADITIONAL: Dormi, Jesu - Kathleen Battle (sop), Christopher Parkening (gtr) (SONY SK 89464)

3:00 approx

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

SCHUBERT arr Grodd: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Philip Green (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (2) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

4:00 approx

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

BACH arr Suzuki: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572383)

FAURÉ: Requiem Op 48 - Sara Macliver (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), David Drury (org), Cantillation, Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC Classics 472 045)

GRUBER arr Rutter: Silent Night - Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

5:00 approx

HOFMANN: Oboe Concerto in G - Stefan Schilli (ob), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553979)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto No 4 in F Op 10 (1) - Geneviève Gilardeau (vln), Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67166)

RAK: Cry of the Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

TRADITIONAL AMERICAN arr André Thomas: Keep Your Lamps - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

FARR: Taheke (2) - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)

RAMEAU: Les Sauvages, from Les Indes galantes - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

VIEUXTEMPS: Violin Concerto No 2 in F# minor Op 19 (1) - Alexander Markov (vln), Monte Carlo Phil/Lawrence Renes (Erato 0630 17878)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World (1) - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 47 in B minor HobXVI/32 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902371)

RIVE: Colne - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

CUNNINGHAM: The gentle light that wakes me - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Aly Bain (vln), Phil Cunningham (pno) (Decca 478 690)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in Ab D935/2 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)

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

GOODALL Orch Goodall & Lole: It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Aled Jones (vocal), New Zealand Sinfonietta/Ian Tilley (Decca 572406)

7.00

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

PURCELL arr Balsom: The Fairy Queen, excerpts - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

GJEILO: In the Bleak Midwinter - Voces8

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

IVES: A Christmas carol - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

BORODIN: Symphony No 1 in Eb (4) - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony 88697 32646) 

8:00

SIXTEN: Mary's lullaby - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

SMETANA: Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

SAINT-SAËNS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 167 (1) - Richard Hosford (cl), Ian Brown (pno) ( CDA 67431/2)

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

MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Ernest Lush (pno)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for Strings Op 22 (1) - Strings of the Philharmonia/Christopher Warren-Green (dir)  (Chandos CHAN 6526)

BRAHMS: Ballade in D Op 10/2 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57125)

9.00

ROSSINI: The Silken Ladder, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

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

PSATHAS: Century fanfare, Luminous - Auckland Phil/Edvard Tchivzhel (Atoll ACD 100)

KENT: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op 23 No 4 in D major: Andante cantabile - Alessio Bax (pno) (SIGNUM SIGCD 264)

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue - Stefano Bollani (pno), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2739)

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

ALBINONI: Concerto No 4 in G in six parts Op 2/8 - La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (dir) (Avie AV 2106)

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

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

DEBUSSY: The snow is dancing, from Children's Corner - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4837701)

TRADITIONAL arr Niles: I wonder as I wander - Salisbury Cathedral Choir/Richard Seal (Meridian 384068)

FOOTE: Air & Gavotte - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559365)

11.00

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), Vienna Phil/Valery Gergiev (RCA 88697 10336)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)

12.00

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

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

LISZT: Die Forelle - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Decca 414 575)

GRUBER: Stille Nacht - Arianna Savall (sop, harp), Petter Udland Johansen (ten, hardingfele, mandolin), Sveinung Lilleheier (Dobro, guitar),Gesine Bänfer (cittern, flute, whistles), Ian Harrison (whistle, border pipe, mute cornett), Miquel Àngel Cordero (bass), Pedro Estevan (p (Deutsche HM G010003964009K)

SARASATE: Magic Flute Fantasy - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 9 in D minor Op 125 (2) - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Paavo Järvi (Sony 88697 57606)

FARQUHAR: Epithalamion - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

HATZIS: Old photographs - NZTrio - Amalia Hall (vln), Ashley Brown (cello), Somi Kim (pno) (RNZ )

HUNT: Data Entry Groove - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ )

HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 33/2, Joke - Orava Quartet (RNZ 2018)

BACH: Concerto No 4 in C minor Wq 43/4 - Diedre Irons (fortepiano), New Zealand SO/Vesa-Matti Leppänen (violin/director) (RNZ )

VIVALDI: Gloria RV589 - Jayne Tankersley, Rowena Simpson (sop), Jessica Wells, Helen Acheson (alto), Jack Timings, Sid Chand (tenor), Chalium Poppy, Alex Matangi (bass), NZ Barok/Graham McPhail (vln/dir) (RNZ )

RESPIGHI: Church Windows - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

JOHNSON: Trumpet Tune in Eb - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade II. The Kalandar Prince - Clio Gould (vln), Royal Phil (ONYX 4064)

MCDOWALL: Now may we singen - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)

HAYWARD arr Hale; Delago; Assad: Nights in White Satin - Miloš Karadaglic (guitar), Manu Delago (drum), 12 ensemble (Decca 7779637)

HAMILTON: A Child comes forth (4) - Helen Webby (harp), Rowan Johnston (percussion), Key Cygnetures/Elise Bradley (RNZ UB15)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI 5 65056)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla), Ivan Martin (pno) (Orchid Classics ORC100098)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 (2) - I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts 47715)

DOMPIERRE: Les Beautés du diable - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein (3) - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)

TRADITIONAL arr Wilberg: Still, Still, Still - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

COWAN: Mother and Father - Pas de Deux, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Oslo Phil/Paavo Berglund (EMI CDC 5 56350)

5.00

THOMAS: Raymond, Overture - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

MOZART: Rondo alla Turca, from Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331 - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 3 36080)

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

TRADITIONAL arr Jacques: Good King Wenceslas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

GRAINGER: Blithe Bells - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

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

BACH: Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

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

HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 3 in G minor - David Reichenberg (ob), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)

DEBUSSY arr Rueffer & Hand: Finale, from Children's Corner - Pro Arte Guitar Trio (ASV CD WHL 2129)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 (3) - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA73)

CHOPIN orch Douglas: Les Sylphides (2) - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 864)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 10 in Eb Op 51 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

FORSYTH: Jubilee Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC Records SMCD 5069)

7.00

MOZART arr Slavinsky: Violin Sonata No 26 in Bb K378 (1) - Alexei Ogrintchouk (ob/dir), Leonid Ogrintchouk (pno) (BIS SACD 2007)

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

ROSSINI: Introduction, Theme & Variations in Eb - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

HOVHANESS: Khrimian Hairig - Lars Ranch (tpt), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559294)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 (4) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

San Francisco Symphony Season

STRAUSS: Metamorphosen

WAGNER: Die Walküre (Act 1)

COPLAND: Quiet City

Emily Magee (soprano), Stuart Skelton (tenor), Ain Andger (bass), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Simone Young

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco (WFMT)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 4 in D K218 - Isabelle Faust (vln), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2230-31)

HUMMEL: La contemplazione Op 107/3 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (ZELLAN RECORDS ZRCD 1002)

MANZ: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

PICKER: Old & Lost Rivers - London SO/John Williams (SONY SK 62729)

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

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

PURCELL arr Balsom: Fairest Isle, from King Arthur - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

TRADITIONAL arr Francis Melville, lyrics Kathy Gillard: The Kauri and the Kowhai - The Sirens and RNZ Concert Choir (RNZ 2019)

HAYDN: Symphony No 96 in D, Miracle - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

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

DVORÁK: In Nature's Realm, Overture - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8453)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 3 in C minor Op 1/3 - Turnovsky Trio (TRUST MMT 2007)

VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C minor RV441 - Pamela Thorby (rec), Sonnerie/Monica Huggett (dir/vln) (LINN CKD 183)

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

1:00 approx

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

TAILLEFERRE: Flute Sonata No 2 - Ransom Wilson (fl), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1073)

RIES: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral (1) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (RNZ UB32)

2:00 approx

ZEMLINSKY: Piano Trio in D minor - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 434 072)

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

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (2) - Marie Ross (clarinet), Claire-Lise Démettre (cello), Petra Somlai (piano) (Centaur CRC3760)

CHOPIN: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

3:00 approx

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan folksong - András Csáki (gtr) (Naxos 8.57263)

DAVIS: Infinite Ocean - Benjamin Baker (vln), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

WEBER: Abu Hassan, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

RAVEL: La vallée des cloches, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA34)

4:00 approx

MOZART: Sinfonia in F major - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

BRAHMS: Intermezzo in Bb minor Op 117/2 - Earl Wild (pno) (IVORY CLASSICS 64405 72008)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

FRANCK trans anon: Violin Sonata in A - Robert Langevin (fl), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (Avie AV 2213)

5:00 approx

POULENC: Trio for piano, oboe & bassoon - Peter Kirstein (ob), Etienne Boudreault (bsn), Martin Qvist Hansen (pno) (CPO 777 711)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

SCHUBERT: Impromptu in F minor D935/4 - Inon Barnatan (pno) (Bridge 9197)

WHITACRE: This Marriage - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Norwegian CO (EMI CDC 5 56960)

RITCHIE: Pas de deux Op 51a (1) - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)

SAINT-SAËNS: Prière - Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello), Pascal Amoyel (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1962)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 1 in F (3) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

RACHMANINOV: Barcarolle, from Pieces Op 11 - Hecht & Shapiro (pno duet) (Azica ACD 1201)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

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

ZIPOLI: Elevazione - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Niklass Veltman (cello), Norköping SO

HAMILTON: Carol of the Mother & Child - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (1) St Paul CO/Pinchas Zukerman (dir) (Philips 412 212)

HANDEL: I know that my redeemer liveth, from Messiah - Karina Gauvin (sop), Handel & Haydn Society Orch/Andrew Parrott

SCHUBERT: Moments musicaux D780 (1) - Radu Lupu (pno) (Philips 456 895)

ALLEGRI: Canario - L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

7.00

CHABRIER: España - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

WAGNER: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigem Schein - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

GRIEG: Symphonic Dances on Norwegian motifs Op 64 (1) - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 3 44722)

HAYDN: Keyboard Concerto in D HobXVIII/11 (1) - Sebastian Knauer (pno), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Bruhl

TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (3) - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

TRADITIONAL: Ding Dong Merrily on High - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

RUTTER: Suite Antique - Christopher D Lewis (hpschd), John McMurtery (fl), West Side CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573146)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 31/4 - Fabio Biondi (vln/dir), Europa Galante

MORRICONE: Deborah's Theme, from Once Upon a Time in America - Studio Orch/Ennio Morricone

8:00

SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

MCLEOD: Three Celebrations (1) - New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

ROREM: While all things were in quiet silence - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

BERNSTEIN: America, from West Side Story - Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), orch & chorus/Leonard Bernstein

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K364 (3) - Midori (vln), Nobuko Imai (vla), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (Sony SK 89488)

BUNCH: Night Flight, from Swing Shift - NZTrio (RNZ)

VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 - Pierre-Henri Xuereb (vla d'amore), Olivier Chassain (gtr), La Follia/Christophe Poiget (CAL 9273)

TRAD: Adeste Fideles - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Placido Domingo (ten) (Decca 460 400)

9.00

ELGAR: Triumphal March, from Caractacus - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro - Tasmin Little (vln), Piers Lane (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2196)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)

KANENGISER: African Suite - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (Sony SK 60274)

TODD: My Lord Has Come - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 26 in Eb Op 81a, Les Adieux - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 459 634)

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

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

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 (1) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67347)

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

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

SHOSTAKOVICH arr M Gluzman: Jazz Suite No 1 (3) - Vadim Gluzman (vln), Angela Yoffe (pno) (BIS CD 1592)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha Op 30/3, Overture - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)

11.00

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2 in D Op 43 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 8303)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

TORREJÓN Y VELASCO SÁNCHEZ: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

12.00

MOZART: La Clemenza di Tito, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Murray Perahia (pno), Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (CBS MK 39814)

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

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Air & Dance Bacchanale, from Samson & Delilah - Montreal SO (Decca 421 527)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 7 - Angela Cheng (pno), Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)

REINHARDT: H.C.Q. Strut - Django Reinhardt (gtr), Stephane Grappelli (vln) (ASV CDAJS2016)

SMETANA: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields, from Má Vlast - Auckland Phil/James Judd (RNZ )

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 3, Pastoral - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ 2018)

CHAULK: And my Soul Overflow - National Band of NZ/David Bremner (RNZ )

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Suite - Auckland Phil/Giordano Bellincampi (RNZ )

ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

HERMAN: We need a little Christmas - Jacqui Dark (mezzo), NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

TRADITIONAL arr Ritchie: The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Jacqui Dark (mezzo), NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

MARKS arr Hayman: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

MARTIN: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jacqui Dark (mezzo), NZSO/Benjamin Northey/Benjamin Northey (RNZ )

ANDERSON, LEROY: A Christmas Festival - New Zealand SO/Benjamin Northey (RNZ)

RODGERS: The Sound of Music, Entr'acte - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 446499)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (1) - Dora Schwarzberg (vln), Renaud Capuçon (vln), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 4 76871)

MANFREDINI: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)

HANDEL: Zadok the Priest - Swiss Radio Chorus, I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts SACD 47739-8)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (1) - Radu Lupu (pno), London SO/André Previn (Philips 456 895)

TRADITIONAL: Of the Father's heart begotten - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BACH arr Hess: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)

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

MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite No 4 in G Op 61, Mozartiana (3) - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (London 440 366)

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

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 4 in F major - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1958)

MENDELSSOHN: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 (4) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

HANDL: Mirabile mysterium - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Johannes Moser (cello), Stuttgart Radio SO/Fabrice Bollon (Hänssler CD 93.222)

MOZART: Dove sono, from The Marriage of Figaro - Elisabeth Grümmer (sop), Berlin Phil/Wilhelm Schüchter (EMI CDM 7 63137)

5.00

HILL: Symphony No 6 in Bb, Celtic (3) - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (marco polo 8.220345)

BACH arr Yang: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (1) - Xuefei Yang (gtr), Elias String Quartet (EMI 6 79018)

HANDEL: Ev'ry valley, from Messiah - Howard Crook (ten), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

NORTH: Concerto for piano & orchestra (3) - Sara Davis Buechner (pno), John Taber (tpt), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (KOCH 1944978)

WEBER: Grand Duo Concertant in Eb Op 48 (1) - Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Yuja Wang (piano) (DG 4836069)

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

CHILCOTT: The Bird of Dawning - Clare Webb (soprano), Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 (3) - Maurizio Pollini (pno), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 505)

DUNCAN / THILE / MEYER: Voila! - Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Chris Thile (mandolin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (db) (Sony 19439738552)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 55, Eroica (3) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

CHOPIN: Polonaise brillante in C Op 3 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (DG 471 346)

LISZT: Les Préludes - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10341)

MARSHALL: Bless the Child - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

RAMEAU: Le rappel des oiseaux/Rigaudons 1 & 2, from Suite in E minor/Musette en rondeau/Tambourin/La villageoise - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4837701)

LILBURN: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (1-6) - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

7.00

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

BENDA: Violin Concerto in E - Lara Hall (vln), NZ Barok/Peter Walls (Atoll ACD 419)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67598)

BACH: Flösst, mein Heiland, from Christmas Oratorio BWV248 - Kathleen Battle (sop), George Randall Ellis III (oboe), Charles Curtis (cello), Anthony Newman (organ) (Sony SK 62035)

MOZART: Sinfonia pastorale in G - Edward Allen (horn), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0007)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2020

BACH: Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, excerpts

PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

HANDEL: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah

MOZART: Exsultate, jubilate K165

BIZET: Jeux d'enfants Op 22

LAURIDSEN: O nata lux, from Lux Aeterna

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 1 in G minor Op 13, Winter Daydreams (3), Scherzo

REGER: Mariä Wiegenlied

GAUNTLETT arr Rutter: Once in royal David's city

HANDEL arr Rutter: Joy to the World

MENDELSSOHN arr Willcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah

GRUBER arr Maskell: Silent Night

Amelia Berry (sop), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Phil/Hamish McKeich, Terence Maskell

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

KORNGOLD: String Quartet Op 26/2 - Jerusalem Quartet (RNZ 2019)

WILLIAMS: Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2018)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 38 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

WIREMU: Extra Rations of Wine: Hodie Christus natus est - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand 2021)

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

MOZART: Fragment in Eb K370b - Sarah Willis (horn), Havana Lyceum Orch/José Antonio Méndez Padrón (ALPHA ALPHA578)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen - António Meneses (cello), Menahem Pressler (pno) (Avie AV 2103)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

HAMILTON: Tydynges, tydynges - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

SIBELIUS: Romance Op 78/2 - Joshua Bell (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (Decca 417 891)

DEBUSSY: Nocturnes - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 439 896)

BERLIOZ: Love Scene, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 421)

MOZART: Adagio in B minor K540 - Leon McCawley (pno) (Avie AV 2105)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (vln/dir) (OPUS 111 OPS 10-009)

GLICK: Divertimento for String Orchestra - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)

SARASATE: The Dream Op 53 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)

DUBOIS: Toccata in G, from 12 New Pieces - Kemp English (org) (MANU CD MANU 5005)

1:00 approx

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

TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture, from The Nutcracker Suite - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (1) - Amati String Orch (Brilliant Classics 94205)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

EDWARDS: Veni Creator Spiritus - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

HAYDN: Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello HobXV/15 (1) - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

2:00 approx

RAUTAVAARA: Divertimento - Ostrobothnian CO/Juha Kangas (ONDINE ODE 983)

BLOCH: Abodah - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

DEBUSSY arr Bavouzet: Jeux - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), François-Frédéric Guy (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10863)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 7 in D Op 10/3 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

3:00 approx

MORTELMANS: Spring Idyll - BRTN Phil, Brussels ( )

CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Chen Jie (pno), New Zealand SO/Carolyn Kuan (Naxos 8.570607)

SCHUMANN: Gesänge der Frühe Op 133 - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 471 370)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F (2) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)

STRAUSS: Morgen Op 27/4 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

4:00 approx

HUMMEL: Variations on a theme by Gluck Op 57 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (ZELLAN RECORDS ZRCD 1002)

TERZI: Jouissance - Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (lute/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

VERDI: Willow Song & Ave Maria, from Otello - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Elzbieta Ardam (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 440 843)

BEETHOVEN trans Liszt: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571252)

5:00 approx

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 (1) - Gould Piano Trio (QUARTZ QTZ 2011)

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (3) - Chamber Orch of Europe/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 4797337)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 60 in C HobXVI/50 (1) - András Schiff (pno) (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 042)

ALBÉNIZ orch Arbós/Surinach: El Polo from Iberia Book 3 - Cincinnati SO/Jésus López-Cobos (TELARC 2CD 80470)

TRADITIONAL arr Blackwell: Steal away - Dingle Yandell (bass), Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)

PALESTRINA: Tota pulchra es - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

GRUBER arr Pears: Silent Night - Aled Jones (Vocal), John Williams (gtr), New Zealand Sinfonietta/Ian Tilley (Decca 572406)

Start your day with great music and company from RNZ Concert

SIBELIUS: King Christian II, Suite (2) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

FAURÉ: Ballade in F# Op 19 - Jean-Philippe Collard (pno), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 3 97722)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

JENNINGS: Prelude, Fugue, Variations, and Chaconne (1) - Luca Manghi (flute), Ben Hoadley (bassoon), Liam Wooding (piano) (Atoll ACD221)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre (4) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

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

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 031)

STRAUSS: Die Heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sop), Berlin Radio SO/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47276)

7.00

BACH arr James F. Smith: Prelude & Fugue No 1 in C BWV846 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (3) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

PUCCINI: Humming Chorus, from Madame Butterfly - BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leonard Slatkin (warner 2564 61956)

MADDEN: I sing of a maiden - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

RAVEL Arr Barker & Balsom: Piano Concerto in G (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - English CO/Rafael Kubelík (Brilliant Classics 94081)

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, Aviary, Fossils, The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - The Kanneh-Masons (Decca 4851156)

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

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

BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No 6 in Bb - New Zealand SO/Gemma New (RNZ 2020)

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

MEIER: The Summer Wind - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony 472352)

TRADITIONAL: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

BACH arr Tarkmann: Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo (3) - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

FARRENC: Piano Quintet No 1 in A minor (1) - Schubert Ensemble of London (ASV CD DCA 1122)

9.00

DARKE: In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Oliver Kelham (ten), Choir of Merton College, Oxford / Benjamin Nicholas (BBC Music BBC MM 378)

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

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

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

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

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

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est; O sacrum convivium - Trinity College Chapel Choir, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Hyperion CDA 67103)

Great music and good company, whatever you're up to

BOWEN: Romance in Db - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)

CHARPENTIER: Noëls pour les instruments - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

LILBURN: Phantasy for String Quartet - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573079)

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

LANE: Another Night Before Christmas - Simon Callow (narrator), RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CDC 5 56126)

11.00

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 30 in E Op 109 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1949 (476 6192))

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

12.00

CIMAROSA: L'Armida immaginaria, Overture - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (3) - Janine Jansen (vln), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Decca 478 0651)

SHOSTAKOVICH arr Levon Atovmyan: Nocturne, from The Gadfly Suite - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham SO/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)

BASSI: Quem pastores laudavere - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

TUROK: Variations on an American Song - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559373-74)

CHAMINADE: Concert Piece for piano & orchestra Op 40 - Danny Driver (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Rebecca Miller (Hyperion CDA 68130)

DUBIN / WARREN: Lulu's Back in Town - Oscar Peterson (pno) (Verve 821843-2)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2019

Isabella Moore (soprano), Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Holly Mathieson

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

WESLEY: Andante in F - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

HAKIM: Always my Heart Wanders, from Sakskøbing Præludier - David Burchell (organ) (RNZ )

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - New Zealand SO/Edo de Waart (RNZ 2017)

ZAWINUL: Midnight Mood - Bill Evans (pno) (Verve V6-8792)

Great music and good company for your afternoon from RNZ Concert

LISZT: Rakoczy March from Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244 - Lang Lang (piano) (Sony 19075862332)

JENKINS: Hymn Before Action, from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace - National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

GERSHWIN: Three Preludes - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in C minor Op 6/8 - ASMF/Iona Brown (dir) (Brilliant Classics 99986)

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

RUTTER: Suzi's Carol - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 2, Hungarian Scenes - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (3) - Toru Yasunaga (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts (10) - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)

LIADOV: A Musical Snuffbox - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 4 in A minor Op 23 (3) - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RATTLE RATD088)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Academic SO of St Petersburg Philharmony 'Shostakovich'/Alexander Dmitriev (SONY MLK 64055)

MOURET: Rondo, from Suites de Symphonies - Canadian Brass (RCA GD 86207)

HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A - Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Carus 83.169)

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (Philips 456 700)

SMITH / WHEELER / SNYDER: The Sheik of Araby - Django Reinhardt (gtr), Stephane Grappelli (vln) (ASV CDAJS2016)

5.00

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 (1) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 8532)

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

KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon, Overture - Edmonton SO/Uri Mayer (CBC Records SMCD 5069)

SOUSA arr Brion/Schissel: Liberty Bell - Royal Artillery Band/Keith Brion (Naxos 8.559132)

COUPERIN: Les Grâces-Naturèles - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

SAINT-SAËNS arr J Rathbone: Winter Serenade - Albrecht Mayer (ob), King's Singers (DG 479 1907)

TRADITIONAL: The Holly and the Ivy - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia (Decca 421 095)

MOLLOY: The Kerry Dance - Art Tatum (pno) (Sony 772009)

Great music and good company as you relax into the evening

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 (3) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 483 0716)

WHITACRE: little tree - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.559677)

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

RESPIGHI: Adoration of the Magi, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

KELLY: Scrooge - Simon Callow (narrator), Mia Cooper (vln), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

TRADITIONAL arr Reeve: Il est né - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, James Blades (perc), David Corkill (perc)/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

TRADITIONAL arr Iveson: The holly & the ivy - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Philip Jones (dir) (Decca 448 980)

SAMETZ: Noel canon - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

7.00

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

BUXTEHUDE: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern BuxWV223 - Ton Koopman (org) (Novalis 150 048)

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

LECLAIR: Flute Sonata in G Op 2/5 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (vla da gamba), Laurence Cummings (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572866)

TRADITIONAL: Joseph & Mary; I wonder as I wander - Amanda Powell & Ross Hauck (vocals) (Avie AV2396)

BEETHOVEN: Overture, Consecration of the House Op 124 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (ZIG ZAG ZZT 080 402.6)

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols: The Centenary Service

Choir of King's College Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury

King's College, Cambridge (Kings College)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 - Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

TRADITIONAL arr. by J. Sorrell: Christmas Eve Reel; Christmas In America; Old Christmas Eve - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)

MOZETICH: The Passion of Angels - Nora Bumanis, Julia Shaw (hrps), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records CMCCD 21815)

RAMEAU: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

TRADITIONAL arr Schlenker: O come, O come, Emmanuel - 2013 New Zealand National Youth Choir/David Squire (RNZ 2013)

HAYDN: Symphony No 73 in D, The Hunt - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in C Op 6/10 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

RUTTER: There Is A Flower - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts NA)

TRADITIONAL: King Jesus Hath A Garden - Elora Festival Singers (Naxos 8.554179)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 12 in F K332 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (DG 477 5788)

PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)