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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Mahler, Gustav: Rückert-Lieder, Excerpts - Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer (EMI CDM 7 69499)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Martin Rummel (cello) (PALADINO MUSIC PMR 0004)
Bolcom, William: Graceful Ghost - Gil Shaham (vln), Jonathan Feldman (pno) (DG 463 483)
Statham, Keith: Happy Days - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Haydon, Claude Meurisse: The Portrait - Boyd Owen (tenor), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 44320)
Sarasate, Pablo de: The Dream Op 53 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572276)
1:00 approx
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 4 in C Op 102/1 - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 475 379)
Mozetich, Marjan: Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9748)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 76, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Geminiani, Francesco: Concerto Grosso in F - Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (dir) (ZIG ZAG ZZT 040 301)
Davis, Oliver: Infinite Ocean (1) - Benjamin Baker (vln), Royal Phil/Paul Bateman (Signum SIGCD590)
2:00 approx
Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit - Emma Kirkby (sop), Emily van Evera (sop), Poppy Holden (sop), Judith Stell (sop), Doreen Muskett (symphony)/Christopher Page (dir) (Hyperion CDA 66039)
Ghedini, Giorgio Federico: Piano Sonata in Ab - Massimo Giuseppe Bianchi (pno) (Naxos 8.57233)
Hofmann, Leopold: Symphony in F (Badley F1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)
Ritchie, John: Turkey in the Straw - Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (EX KIWI SLD 2)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Romance in F minor Op 10/6 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (SONY SK 64384)
Lilburn, Douglas: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)
3:00 approx
Rognioni, Riccardo: Anchor che c'ol partire - Martina Rothbauer (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba), Matthias Müller (viola da gamba), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp), Lee Santana (chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)
Ravel, Maurice: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA40)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto in D HobVIIb/4 (1) - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler CO/Daniel Harding (Virgin 5 45560)
Dvořák, Antonín: Two Waltzes Op 54 - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB11)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonata No 3 In D Minor BWV527 (1) - James Crabb (accordion), Genevieve Lacey (recorder) (ABC Classics ABC4811874)
4:00 approx
Martinu, Bohuslav: Clarinet Sonatina - Sabine Meyer (cl), Alfons Kontarsky (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49711)
Young, Kenneth: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)
Mendelssohn, Felix arr Rachmaninov: Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture-Suite in D - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 0661)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Adagio in B minor K540 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 448 629)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (1) - Toru Yasunaga (vln), Georg Faust (cello), Jonathan Kelly (ob), Stefan Schweigert (bsn), Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 94237)
5:00 approx
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Phantasy Quintet - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67313)
Paine, Bruce: Finchdean - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Havanaise - María Dueñas (vln), Vienna SO/Manfred Honeck (DG 4863512)
Weiss, Silvius Leopold: Fantasia in C Minor - Magdalena Hoffmann (harp) (Deutsche Grammophon 4865911)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme of Schumann Op 23 (1) - Herbert Schuch (piano), Gülru Ensari (piano) (Naive V8319)
Fauré, Gabriel: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (SUPRAPHON SU 3899)
Martinu, Bohuslav: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (fl), Adéla Stajnochrová (vln), Monika Knoblochová (hpschd) (Supraphon SU 3805)
Glazunov, Alexander: Spanish Serenade Op 20/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1426)
Purcell, Henry: Abdelazer, Suite - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)
6:00 AM. Mornings

with Carey McDonald
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)
Jantitsch, Johann Gottlieb: Sonata da camera in F, I. Larghetto e cantabile - Berlin Friday Academy (Brilliant Classics )
Crusell, Bernhard Henrik: Clarinet Quartet No 3 in D Op. 7: IV. Finale. Allegro - Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), The London Haydn Quartet (Glossa )
Bowen, York: Romance in Db - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67991)
Chopin, Frédéric: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (TACTUS TC 791804)
Starr, Ringo arr Braunstein, Guy: Octopus's Garden, from Abbey Road Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - Alondra de la Parra (violin), Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège/Guy Braunstein (Alpha )
O'Connor, Mark: FC's Jig - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 68460)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (3) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Spring (1) - Lina Tur Bonet (violin), Musica Alchemica (Naive GCD924703)
Chopin, Frédéric: Chopin Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op.39 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 375586)
7.00
Corelli, Arcangelo: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 4: I. Adagio - Allegro - Veritá Baroque (Evil Penguin )
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 1 (4) - Sinfonia 21/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9415)
Bartok, Bela: Jocul cu bâtă, from Romanian Folk Dances - Iwo Jedynecki (accordian), Karolina Mikołajczyk (violin) (CRD )
Velázquez, Consuelo: Bésame Mucho - Jesús León (tenor), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Warner )
Chen Gang, Zhanhao He: Adagio Cantabile I, from Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto - Joshua Bell (violin), Singapore Chinese Orchestra (Sony 19658810972)
Ewald, Victor: Brass Quintet No 3 in Db Op 7 (3) Andante - Gomalan Brass Quintet (cpo 555680-2)
Poulenc, Francis arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata (3) - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)
Pullois, Johannes: Gloria - Carine Tinney (soprano), Sophia Faltas (mezzo-soprano), Sollazzo Ensemble /Anna Danilevskaia (Passacaille PAS1128)
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Trio Sonata in Eb (4) - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (org), Richard Lester (cello), Roderick Elms (hpschd) (ASV CD DCA 656)
Schubert, Franz: Moments musicaux D780 (5) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Pastoral prelude - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)
Stolz, Nolan: Lincoln Highway Suite (5) - Brno Philharmonic Orchestra/Mikel Toms (Ablaze 42)
Bernstein, Leonard: Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide - Dawn Upshaw (sop), session orchestra/Eric Stern (Elektra 979345)
8.00
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian (3) - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)
Grigorjeva, Galina: In Paradisum for Male-Voice Choir - National Male Choir of Estonia (Toccata )
Berry, William: Spring Prelude - William Berry (pno) (RNZ )
Granados, Enrique: Villanesca, from Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 2 - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC Classics 476 701)
Zéspedes, Juan García de: Convidando esta la noche - Harp Consort/Andrew Lawrence-King (harp/dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 2907293)
Rota, Nino: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano - Aurélien Pascal (cello), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Eric Le Sage (piano) (Alpha Classics ALPHA746)
Portman, Rachel: Emma, film - Session orchestra/David Snell (Hollywood 162069)
Grainger, Percy: Faeroe Island Dance - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
Bush, Kate: Running Up That Hill (Arr. for Piano Trio) - Boulanger Trio (Berlin Classics )
Gabrieli, Andrea arr Crowley: O salutaris hostia - Corvus Consort, Ferio Saxophone Quartet (Chandos CHAN20260)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Cello Sonata No 1 in Bb Op 45 (3) Allegro assai - Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (Sony 19439934002)
Montgeroult, Hélène de: Piano Étude No 67 in B - Clare Hammond (piano) (BIS )
9.00
Strauss II, Johann: Emperor Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch of Vienna/Willi Boskovsky (EMI 5 65052)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Horn Quintet in Eb K407 - Nash Ensemble (Virgin VC 7 91074)
Monti, Vittorio: Czárdás - Yuka Eguchi (violin), Kemp English (piano) (RNZ )
Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) (1) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)
Fontana, Giovanni Battista: Sonata No 2 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
Anonymous: Hanacpachap cussicuinin - Clematis, Cappella Mediterranea, Chœur de Chambre de Namur/Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (Ricercar RIC334)
10:00 AM. Days

with Maria Mo
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Bourrée fantasque - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)
Bartók, Béla: Concerto for Orchestra (5) - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (SONY MHK 63124)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Le rappel des oiseaux/Rigaudons 1 & 2, from Suite in E minor/Mus - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4837701)
Poulenc, Francis: Concert champêtre - Ton Koopman (hpschd), Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon (ERATO 4509 95303)
Shore, Howard: Concertino from Eastern Promises (1) - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Greg Knowles (cimbalom), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 4783529)
Schumann, Clara: Six Songs - Barbara Bonney (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 452 898)
11.00
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Overture in G, Burlesque de Don Quixotte - Jeanne Lamon (vln/dir), Tafelmusik (FLEURS DE LYS FL 2 3138)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Bella Hristova (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT-D144)
Franchi, Dorothea: Suite for flute & harp - Anthony Ferner (fl), Helen Webby (harp) (Manu CD MANU 2050)
Bell, Kate: Te Mea Nui - University of Auckland Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Auckland University 2011)
12.00
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Overture, Consecration of the House Op 124 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (ZIG ZAG ZZT 080 402.6)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Pas de caractère, Act 3, from, Sleeping Beauty Op 66 - Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan (Jube JUBE4079)
Britten, Benjamin: For I will consider my Cat Jeoffrey, from Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30 - Thomas Williams (countertenor), Simon Wall (ten), Malcolm Green (bass), Iain Farrington (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Benedict Giles (treb)/Christopher Robinson (NAXOS 8.554791)
Copland, Aaron: The cat and the mouse - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851663)
Ravel, Maurice: Duo miaulé, from L'Enfant et les sortilèges - Michel Sénéchal (ten), Heinz Rehfuss (bar), Camille Maurane (bar), French Radio National Choir, Maîtrise & Orch, Françoise Ogéas, Sylvaine Gilma, Colette Herzog (sops), Jeanine Collard, Jane Berbié (mezzos)/Lorin Maazel (DG 423 718)
Poulenc, Francis: No 4, Ba, be, bi, bo, bu, from La courte paille - Suze van Grootel (soprano), Kees Schul (piano) (Globe GLO5178)
Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonata in G minor Kk30, Cat's Fugue - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS CD 1508)
Champagne, Claude: Danse villageoise - Orchestre Symphonique De Quebec/Yoav Talmi (Analekta 23156)
Jeffes, Simon: Prelude and Yodel - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Virgin 811487)
Boccherini, Luigi: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (2) - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)
Zemtsov, Evgeni: Melodie im alten Stil - Dana Zemtsov (viola), Cathelijne Noorland (piano) (Channel CCSSA37215)
Fauré, Gabriel: La mer est infinie, from L'Horizon chimérique Op 118 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)
1.00
Young, Kenneth: Douce Tristesse - Auckland Philharmonia/Shiyeon Sung/Shiyeon Sung (RNZ Auckland Town Hall)
Schumann, Robert: Kreisleriana Op 16, Nos 1-2 - Read Gainsford (piano) (RNZ )
Marsalis, Wynton: Blues Symphony (1) Born in Hope - New Zealand SO/André de Ridder ( )
Marsalis, Wynton: Blues Symphony (2) Swimming in Sorrow - New Zealand SO/André de Ridder ( )
Czerny, Carl: Grand Fantasy on Bellini's Norma - Stephen De Pledge, Rachel Fuller, Sarah Watkins (one piano) (RNZ )
Sheryngham: Ah, Gentle Jesu - The Gesualdo Six (RNZ )
Takemitsu, Toru: Three Film Scores for Strings - Auckland Philharmonia/Samy Rachid (RNZ 2024-09-12TD)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Althuis: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor BWV542 - Calefax (RNZ )
Paganini, Niccolò: Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor Op 7 - Amalia Hall (violin), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ )
Fisher, Salina: If I could land - Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts 2022)
3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 (4) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)
Borodin, Alexander: String Quartet No 2 in D (2) - Takács Quartet (Decca 452 239)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 18 (2) - Jayson Gillham (pno), Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics ABC4815564)
Britten, Benjamin: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - BBC Phil/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHAN 10658)
Traditional: Hop High Ladies / June Apple Reel - Apollo's Fire (Avie AV2396)
Carl Orff: O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana - London Phil Choir, The London Chorus, London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
Sibelius, Jean: Ballade, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572704)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein - Maurizio Pollini (pno) (DG 435 472)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Così fan tutte, Overture - Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil (SONY SK 46695)
Mitchell, Joni arr Vince Mendoza: Love - Joni Mitchell (vocal), John Anderson Concert Orchestra/Vince Mendoza (Nonesuch 7559798172)
Grieg, Edvard: Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (1) - Tokyo String Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7429)
Borodin, Alexander: Prince Igor, Overture - Toronto SO/Andrew Davis (NEWTON 880 2097)
5:00 PM. Inside Out

with Nick Tipping
6:00 Inside Out continued
7:00 PM. Opera

WFMT Opera Series 2025: Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut
Erika Grimaldi (Manon Lescaut), Roberto Aronica (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Alessandro Luongo (Lescaut), Carlo Lepore (Geronte di Ravoir), Giuseppe Infantino (Edmondo), Didier Pieri (Lamplighter, Dance Master), Teatro Regio Chorus & Orchestra/Renato Palumbo
Teatro Regio di Torino, Torino 25/07/25 (WFMT)
Strauss, Richard: String Sextet, from Capriccio - Benjamin Baker (vln), Justine Cormack (vln), Amanda Verner (vla), Robert Ashworth (vla), Maciej Kulakowski (cello), Ken Ichinose (cello) (RNZ )
Andrès, Bernard: Preludes Vol 2, extracts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)
Handel, George Frederic: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - NZ Barok, Graham McPhail (director) ( )
Bruch, Max: Eight Pieces Op 83, extracts - James Campbell (clarinet), Gillian Ansell (viola), Dénes Várjon (piano) (RNZ )
10:00 PM. Evenings

with David Morriss
Pärt, Arvo: Festina lente - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt (EMI CD EMX 2221)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor BWV904 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) (DG 4835022)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: String Quartet No 21 in D K575, Prussian - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)
Bloomfield, Dwayne: Behold the Narrows From The Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Ravel, Maurice: La vallee des cloches, from Miroirs - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Brahms, Johannes: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (2) - Gil Shaham (vln), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)
Chopin, Frédéric: Polonaise-Fantasy in Ab Op 61 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7282)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Allelujah, from Exsultate, jubilate - Kathleen Battle (sop), Orch of St Luke's/André Previn (SONY SK 89464)
Wagner, Richard: For Princess Metternich's Album - Terence Dennis (pno) (ODE CD MANU 2038)
Anonymous: A Set of 3 Scottish Airs - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)