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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Sibelius, Jean: Intermezzo, from Karelia Suite - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (UNIVERSAL 99072)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Noli, ò cara, te adorantis, from Juditha triumphans RV644 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
Psathas, John: Muisca - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)
Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (oboe), Maria Joao Pires (piano) (DG 439 889)
Traditional: Highland Battle: The March -They Mend their Pace - The Battle Begins - The Height of the Battle - The Preparation for a Retreat - The Chief is Killed - The Retreat - The Lamentation for the Chief - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in E Op 62/2 - Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (PRAGA PR 54056)
Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 4 in C minor (3) - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)
1:00 approx
Ries, Ferdinand: Swedish National Airs with Variations Op 52 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)
Schnittke, Alfred arr Spivakov/Milman: Suite in the Old Style - Tapiola Sinfonietta/Ralf Gothóni (BIS CD 1437)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Adrian Brendel (cello), Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 475 379)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Chamber Concerto in D RV92 - László Kecskeméti (recorder), Attila Falvay (violin), György Kertész (cello), Borbála Dobozy (harpsichord) (Naxos 8.557215)
Schubert, Franz: Moments musicaux D780 (1) - Tessa Birnie (piano) (ABC Classics 476 6479)
2:00 approx
Sibelius, Jean: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)
Handel, George Frideric: Violin Sonata in G minor HWV364 - London Handel Players (SOMM SOMMCD 068)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Mass in G minor - Richard Hickox Singers/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9984)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Moriarty: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Rattle RAT D071 2017)
Peterson, Clara Gottshalk: Staccato polka - Marie-Catherine Girod (piano) (Mirare MIR574)
Foote, Arthur: Suite in E Op 63 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
3:00 approx
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (1) - Maurizio Pollini (piano/director), Vienna Philharmonic (DG 477 7167)
Kodály, Zoltán: Cello Sonata in B minor Op 8 - Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello) (Atoll ACD 884)
Toye, Geoffrey: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)
Liszt, Franz: Petrarch Sonnet No 104 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)
Rozman, Anže, Talve, Kara, Zimmer, Hans, Christie, Andrew James: Hatzegopteryx Courtship - Studio orchestra (Lakeshore Records LKS36415)
4:00 approx
Bassi, Luigi: Concert Fantasia - Julian Bliss (clarinet), Julien Quentin (piano) (EMI 5 85639)
Schubert, Franz: String Quintet in C D956 (4) - Emerson String Quartet, Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (DG 459 151)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 116, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Dvořák, Antonín: Miniatures Op 75a - Budapest Festival Orchestra/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)
Goemanne, Noël arr Setchell: El Dia De Fiesta - Martin Setchell (organ) (Pipeline Press PP2)
Adkins, Adele Brown, Brody Hernandez, Peter Lawrence, Philip: All I Ask - Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (pno) (Sony 19802932902)
5:00 approx
Sibelius, Jean: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)
Williams, Michael: Te Puna Kahurangi - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano), Horomona Horo (taonga pūoro) (Atoll ACD700)
Debussy, Claude: Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Gerard Causse (viola) (Erato 9029577396)
Purcell, Henry: Fantasy upon one note - John Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin) (ECM 4810430)
Evans, Bill arr Murphy/Distler: Turn Out the Stars - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) (Decca 455 512)
Binge, Ronald: Elizabethan Serenade - New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)
Prokofiev, Sergei trans Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Stephen de Pledge (piano) (Champs Hill CHRCD 093)
Elgar, Edward: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Philharmonic/James Judd (Philips 462 588)
6:00 AM. Mornings

with Carey McDonald
Debussy, Claude: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses, from Preludes - Pascal Rogé (piano) (Onyx 4057)
Purcell, Henry: Sonata No 20 in D - London Baroque (BIS CD 1455)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 (1) - Lausanne Chamber Orchestra/Jesús López-Cobos (TELARC CD 80309)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Songs Without Words, Book 1, Op 19b: No 1 in E, MWV U 86 (arr for Cello & Piano by Alfredo Piatti) - Jonathan Miller (cello), Marc Ryser (piano) (Navona)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (1) - Tini Mathot (harpsichord), Amsterdam Guitar Trio (NEWTON 880 2093)
Granados, Enrique: Spanish Dance No 5 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
Encke, Jakob: Paraglider - vision string quartet (Warner Classics 9029665669)
Monteverdi, Claudio: Ballo - L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director) (Virgin 2 36140)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (1) - Lars Vogt (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 727)
Torke, Michael: East, Concerto for clarinet (1) - Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)
7.00
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Mandolin Concerto in G (3) - Avi Avital (mandolin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (DG 4863459)
Grainger, Percy: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)
Gershwin, George: Embraceable You - Herbie Hancock (piano) (Verve 557797)
Guinovart, Albert: Sagrada Família, from Sinfonía Gaudí - Banda Municipal de Barcelona (Naxos)
Glazunov, Alexander: Spanish Serenade Op 20/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Ingrid Wahlberg (piano) (MANU CD MANU 1426)
Cowan, Claire: Mother and Father - Pas de Deux, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata in E minor HobXVI/34 (I) - Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano) (DG/CAvi 48675562)
Debussy, Claude: Ballade - Serge Lopez (guitar), Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional del Ecuador/Nathalie Marin (Willing Productions)
Rosetti, Francesco Antonio ed Moesus: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (Murray C69) (3) - Albrecht Holder (bsn), New Brandenburg PO/Nicolás Pasquet (Naxos 8.555341)
8.00
Glière, Reinhold: Russian Sailor's Dance, from The Red Poppy Suite - BBC Philharmonic/Edward Downes (Chandos CHAN 9160)
Anonymous arr Yyegmalian/orch Shoujounian: Doxology - Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Elmer Iseler Chamber Orchestra/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5215)
Traditional: Erzrumi Shoror - A.G.A. Trio (Naxos NXW76153-2)
Bizet, Georges: Caprice, from Trois Esquisses Musicales - Setrak Yavruyan "Setrak" (piano) (Harmonia mundi HMX 29052223.24)
Dvořák, Antonín: Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (III) - London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner (LPO LPO-0133)
Horovitz, Joseph: Two Majorcan Pieces, I Paguera - Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) (BIS BIS2097)
Awadis, Marie: Etude No 1, Playing Games - Marie Awadis (piano) (DG 4865992)
Rouse, Christopher: Orange Blossom Special - Amalia Hall (violin) (RNZ)
Holst, Gustav: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from The Planets Suite - London Philharmonic/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO 0047)
Debussy, Claude: La soirée dans Grenade, from Estampes - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67565)
Ponce, Manuel: Estrellita - Slava Grigoryan (guitar), Leonard Grigoryan (guitar) (ABC Classics ABC 4815101)
9.00
Morricone, Ennio: On Earth as it is in Heaven, from The Mission - Munich Radio Orchestra/Ennio Morricone (EuroArts 8024211020)
Hess, Nigel: The Love, from Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Linden Lea - Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) (Chandos CHAN 8475)
Anonymous: Greensleeves - Ronn McFarlane (lute) (Dorian 90008)
Steinke, Harriet: Rituals, (I) Practice - Crux Duo (ABC Classics ABCL0098D)
Rorem, Ned: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - St Martin's Voices/Andrew Earis (Resonus Classics RES10356)
Williams, John: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Hedwig's Theme & Harry's Wonderous World - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Dragon (RNZ 2018)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Concerto in G HobXVIII/4 (1) - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra (EMI CDC 5 56960)
10:00 AM. Days

with Maria Mo
Cimarosa, Domenico: Overture, from L'Armida immaginaria - Toronto Chamber Orchestra/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570279)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt (2) - Matthias Glander (clarinet), Felix Schwartz (viola), Daniel Barenboim (piano) (EMI 3 44643)
Copland, Aaron: Buckaroo Holiday, from Rodeo - San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 63511)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Concerto in D minor for violin & piano - Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 427 338)
Utting, Craig: Onslow College Suite - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)
11.00
Debussy, Claude orch Büsser: Cortège, from Petite Suite - Lyon National Orchestra/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Symphony No 4 in F minor Op 36 - Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 420 142)
Piazzolla, Astor: Tanti anni prima ('Ave Maria'), tango, from Enrico IV (film) - Quartetto Gelato (Linus 70055)
Montero, Gabriela Bach, Johann Sebastian: Improvisation on JS Bach's Prelude - Gabriela Montero (piano) (EMI 5 14838)
12.00
Schubert, Franz: Ballet II No 9, from Rosamunde D797 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 782)
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 3 in Ab Op 47 - Krystian Zimerman (piano) (DG 423 090)
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in F Op 10/8 Etude in Ab Op 10/10 - Ivo Pogorelich (piano) (DG 423 755)
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 (1) - Eric Lu (piano) (Warner Classics 9029555117)
Jenkins, John: Sonata in 3 parts No 6 in C major, Z 795 - Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)
Cosma, Vladimir: Concerto for euphonium (3) - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)
Sinopoulos, Sokratis: 21st March - Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet (ECM ECM2407)
Brahms, Johannes orch Parlow: Hungarian Dance No 11 in D minor - Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572770)
1.00
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (4) - NZSO National Youth Orchestra/Adam Johnson (RNZ 2025-07-05)
Nielsen, Carl: Serenata in vano - Peter Scholes (clarinet), Sam Brough (bsn), Simon Williams (horn), Callum Hall (cello), Eric Scholes (dbl bass) (RNZ)
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 - New Zealand String Quartet (RNZ 2024-05-15)
Traditional, Samoan: La'u rosa e - Ulalemamae Tinei Ainofo (soprano), Auckland Gospel Choir, Gesualdo Six (RNZ)
Richards, Johnny arr Harper: La suerte de los tontos - National Band of NZ/David Bremner (RNZ)
Barber, Samuel: Adagio for Strings - Auckland Philharmonia strings/Vincent Hardaker (RNZ)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 31 in D K297, Paris - Amalia Hall (violin & dir) Orchestra Wellington (RNZ 2020)
Strauss, Richard: Four Last Songs - Eliza Boom (soprano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ CSO)
Respighi, Ottorino: Nocturne, from 6 Piano Pieces - Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ)
3:00 PM. RNZ Concert Afternoons

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D BWV1050 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in E minor Op 72/1 - Louis Lortie (piano) (Chandos CHAN 10588)
Smetana, Bedřich: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Karel Ancerl (EMI 5 75091)
Shankar, Anoushka: Pacifica - Anoushkar Shankar (sitar), ensemble (Leiter 2024)
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Oslo Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)
Cowan, Claire: The Banquet, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Traditional arr Leon: Annie Laurie - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Stacey Shames (harp), Edin Karamazov (lute) (Decca 468 499)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture, from Così fan tutte - Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil (SONY SK 46695)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata - John O'Conor (piano) (TELARC CD 80118)
Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor Op 45 (4) - Domus (Hyperion CDA 66166)
Strayhorn, Billy arr & orch Henderson: Take the 'A' train - Clark Terry (trumpet), Bobby Watson, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano (saxes), Regina Carter (violin), Geri Allen (piano), Peter Washington (double bass), Lewis Nash (drums), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Winter - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (Berlin Philharmonic 6003)
5:00 PM. Inside Out

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

WFMT Opera Series 2025: Double Bill: Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni & Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo

Bavarian State Opera Children's Chorus, Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Bavarian State Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni

(WFMT National Theatre, Munich)

Debussy, Claude: Estampes - Lorelle McNaughton (piano) (RNZ 2020)

Eno, Roger: Chordal Drift - Scoring Berlin (DG 865022)
10:00 PM. Evenings

with David Morriss
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 8 in C K246, Lützow (2) - Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Carlo Fabiano (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67840)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in F Op 1/3 - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Eb minor Op 118/6 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Danzi, Franz: Concertino in Bb Op 47 for Clarinet & Bassoon - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)
Georges I. Gurdjieff, Thomas de Hartmann: Sayyid Chant and Dance No 41 - The Gurdjieff Ensemble (ECM 2788)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein (1) - Maurizio Pollini (piano) (DG 435 472)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225 - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury (BBC Music MM 44)
Scriabin, Alexander: Piano Concerto in F# minor Op 20 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), London Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Decca 417 252)
Hill, Alfred: I. In the streets, from String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)
Séverac, Déodat de: Tantum ergo - London Choral Sinfonia /Michael Waldron (Orchid ORC100317)
vision string quartet: Plunk Ballad - vision string quartet (Warner Classics 9029665669)