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29 November 2023

Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 118 (2) - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)

Massenet, Jules: Marche et strette, from Orchestral Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

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

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Labadie: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Aria & Variations 1-3 - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (DORIAN 90281)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Op 30 (3) - John Chen (pno), Sydney Symphony/János Fürst (ABC Classics 476 2720)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich orch Taneyev: Do you not hear the nightingale? - Suzanne Murphy (sop), Keith Lewis (ten), Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8476)

Fauré, Gabriel: Romance sans paroles in Ab Op 17/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

1:00 approx

Puccini, Giacomo: Capriccio Sinfonico - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

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

Whitehead, Gillian: Benedictus, from Missa brevis - Sings Harry Vocal Ensemble (WAITEATA WTA 003)

Edwards, Ross arr Walter: Guitar Dances - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

Foss, Lukas: Three American Pieces - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston SO/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 5 55360)

Bruckner, Anton: Os justi - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 459 674)

2:00 approx

Martinu, Bohuslav: Concerto in D for two violins & orchestra - Sarah Nemtanu (vln), Deborah Nemtanu (vln), Marseille PO/Lawrence Foster (Pentatone PTC5186658)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 15 in D Op 28, Pastoral - Stephen Kovacevich (pno) (EMI 5 56761)

Young, Kenneth: Remembering - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Atoll 502164)

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (TARTAR CD TRL 069)

3:00 approx

Huyssen, Hans: Concerto for an African Cellist - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Odeion School of Music Camerata/Hans Huyssen ( )

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (2) - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)

Bloch, Ernest: Nuit Exotique - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 1 in G K496 (3) - Florestan Trio (Hyperion CDA 67609)

Handel, George Frideric arr Balsom: Eternal Source of Light Divine, from the Birthday Ode for Queen - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

4:00 approx

Suk, Josef: Fantastic Scherzo Op 25 - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.572323)

Fauré, Gabriel arr Hazell: Pavane - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

Foulds, John: English Tune with Burden - Kathryn Stott (pno) (BIS CD 933)

Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No 21 in Bb D960 (1) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 420 644)

Farr, Gareth: Taheke - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (hrp) (Atoll ACD 709)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Di verde ulivo, from Tito Manlio RV 738 - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Sol Gabetta (cello), Andrés Gabetta (violin/Dir), Cappella Gabetta (Decca 4832473)

5:00 approx

Purcell, Henry: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk ed Beyer: Potpourri in G minor Op 94 - James Ehnes (vla), London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10255)

Holborne, Anthony: Allemande, The Choyce - Jacob Heringman (lute) ( CD GAU 173)

Puanaki, Richard: Ka Waiata - 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

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

Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - 2. Mouvement De Menuet - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

Copland, Aaron: At the river, from Old American Songs, Set 2 - Bryn Terfel (bar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 474 438)

30 November 2023

Sibelius, Jean: Ballade, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Grainger: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67279)

Corelli, Arcangelo: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - Rémy Baudet (vln), Jaap ter Linden (cello), Mike Fentross (theor (Brilliant Classics 92403)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

Brumel, Antoine: Kyrie, from Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)

Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Concerto in C minor FWV L/c2 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

Ellington, Duke: It Don't Mean A Thing - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)

1:00 approx

Beach, Amy: Piano Trio in A minor Op 150 - Hartley Trio (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 057)

Chabrier, Emmanuel: Pièces pittoresques Nos 1-5 - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

Handel, George Frideric: Water Music Suite No 3 in G - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

Falla, Manuel de: Canción, from Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

Ritchie, John: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

2:00 approx

Herschel, William: Symphony No 12 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in D Op 33/6 - Casals Quartet (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 2022.23)

Lilburn, Douglas: Piano Sonata (1949) (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

Boyce, William: Symphony No 1 in Bb - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

Foote, Arthur: Suite in E Op 63 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Emma Kirkby (sop), Wells Cathedral Choir, Sarum CO/Malcolm Archer (Cantoris CRCD 6070)

3:00 approx

Beethoven, Ludwig van arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 (4) - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

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

Borodin, Alexander: String Quartet No 2 in D (2) - Takács Quartet (Decca 452 239)

Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes Op 69 - Peter Jablonski (pno) (Decca 448 645)

Strauss, Richard: Violin Sonata in Eb Op 18 - 2. "Improvisation" Andante cantabile - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD096)

Hahn, Reynaldo: La Biondina in Gondoleta, from Songs in Venetian dialect - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 463 479)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Missa Papae Marcelli - Kyrie - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell CD GIM 994)

4:00 approx

Weber, Carl Maria von: Invitation to the Dance - Anatol Ugorski (pno) (DG 447 105)

Ries, Ferdinand: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

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

Williams, Grace: Penillion - Ray Allan (tpt), Royal Phil/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Boothby: Trio Sonata No 3 in D minor BWV527 - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0654)

5:00 approx

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 457 550)

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

Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon (6) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

Liszt, Franz trans Liszt: Ständchen S560/7; Das Wandern S565/1 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 82876 58462)

Grieg, Edvard orch Debussy: Ingrid's Lament, from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 Op 55 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

Elgar, Edward: Where Corals Lie, from Sea Pictures Op 37 - Maureen Forrester (contralto), McGill Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hoenich (McGill Records 750028-2)

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

Wagner, Richard: Schmerzen, from Wesendonck Lieder - Simon O'Neill (tenor), Terence Dennis (piano) (Decca ABC4817865)