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12:00 AM. Music Through the Night

Wagner, Richard: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orchestra/Mark Elder (SONY SK 62032)
Chopin, Frédéric: Fantasy in F minor Op 49 - David James (piano) (RNZ UB48)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 (1) - Maria Joao Pires (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Frans Brüggen (DG 477 6607)
Glick, Srul Irving: Divertimento for String Orchestra III Fast and bright, with good humour - Thirteen Strings of Ottawa/Brian Law (CBC Records MVCD 1046)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in F Op 18/1 (1) - Doric String Quartet (Chandos CHAN202982)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Lilacs Op 21/5 - Colin Horsley (piano) ()
1:00 approx
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Capriccio Italien - Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 417 300)
Liszt, Franz arr Selmeczi: Four valses oubliées - Camerata Transsylvanica/György Selmeczi (BMC CD 060)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 118, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
Finlay, Harold John: I've been to the Dentist, from Eight Songs of Childhood for Adults - Robert Tucker (baritone), Bruce Greenfield (piano) (RNZ 2021-05-04)
Handel, George Frideric: Violin Sonata in E minor HWV375 - Riccardo Minasi (violin), Marco Ceccato (cello), Giulia Nuti (harpsichord), Luca Pianca (archlute) (DHM 88697 70531)
2:00 approx
Rebay, Ferdinand: Little Variations - Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet), Massimo Laura (guitar) (Brilliant Classics 94171)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in C Op 1/1 - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr - Gillian Weir (organ) (PRIORY PRCD 800)
Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 1 (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (NAXOS 8.555862)
Grieg, Edvard: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO Chamber Orchestra (RNZ UA02)
Canteloube, Joseph: Passo pel prat, from Songs of the Auvergne - Véronique Gens (soprano), Lille National Orchestra/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)
3:00 approx
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Danse macabre - Peter Schaffer (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Variations in F Op 97 - Christopher Hinterhuber (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557845)
Lane, Philip: Suite ancienne - John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Olympia OCD 667)
Kaska, Kevin: Vacances Parisiennes - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)
Lilburn, Douglas: A Song of Islands - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/John Hopkins (KIWI CD SLD 100)
Byrd, William: Agnus Dei, from the Mass for four voices - Voces8 (Signum Classics SIGCD 283)
4:00 approx
Telemann, Georg Philipp: Viola Concerto in G - Stephen Shingles (viola), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 265)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Invitation to the Dance Op 65 - Hamish Milne (piano) (CRD 3485)
Carwithen, Doreen: Violin Sonata - Fenella Humphreys (violin), Nathan Williamson (piano) (Lyrita SRCD359)
Hespe, George: The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan, Soldier of Fortune - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op 115 (4) - Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Alban Berg Quartet (EMI 5 56759)
Previn, André: I Want Magic! from A Streetcar Named Desire - Renée Fleming (soprano), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Decca 460567)
Hahn, Reynaldo: L'Heure exquise - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (piano) (Decca 473 168)
Farr, Gareth: Duggan theme, from Three Etudes - Jeremy Fitzsimons (marimba) (Trust MMT 2058)
5:00 approx
Schumann, Clara: Three Romances Op 11 - Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4850020)
Dvořák, Antonín: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Gil Shaham (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 449 923)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: English Suite No 3 in G minor BWV808 - Murray Perahia (piano) (Sony SK 60276)
Statham, Keith: Elena's Waltz - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Sinopoulos, Sokratis: 21st March - Sokratis Sinopoulos Quartet (ECM ECM2407)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Parto, parto, from La clemenza di Tito - Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), Prague Philharmonic/Michel Swierczewski (DG 471 334)
Kreisler, Fritz: Schön Rosmarin - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano) (DG 471 500)
Schumann, Robert: Stücklein Op 99/1 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
6:00 AM. Summer Mornings

Debussy, Claude orch Ravel: Sarabande, from Pour le Piano - Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Yoav Talmi (Atma SACD 2 2377)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Cello Concerto in A minor Wq170 (1) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (Nimbus NI 5848)
Sheng, Bright: Black Swan (after Brahms) - Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559679)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich arr Hough: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Stephen Hough (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67711/2)
Humperdinck, Engelbert arr J Schmeisser: Evening Prayer, from Hänsel and Gretel - Albrecht Mayer (oboe), King's Singers (DG 479 1907)
Handel, George Frideric: Trio Sonata in Bb Op 2/3 - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1379)
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Orch Rondeau: Keyboard Sonata in G Major F7 (2) - Sophie Gent (violin), Louis Creac'h (violin), Fanny Paccoud (viola), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)
Elgar, Edward: Sospiri Op 70 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (RNZ UB23)
Ravel, Maurice: Sonatine - 2. Mouvement De Menuet - Julien Brocal (piano) (Rubicon RCD 1008)
7.00
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Eine kleine Nachtmusik (3) - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9846)
Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 (2) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (viola) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Bertali, Antonio: Sonata No 2 in three parts - Jörgen van Rijen (trombone), members of Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)
Britten, Benjamin; Berkeley, Lennox: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances Op 9 - English Chamber Orchestra/Steuart Bedford (Collins Classics 11232)
Grainger, Percy: Molly on the Shore - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9346)
Fauré, Gabriel: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor Op 89 (1) - Domus, Anthony Marwood (violin) (Hyperion CDA 66766)
Merlin, José Luis: Suite del recuerdo (4) - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
Medtner, Nikolai: Romantic Sketches for the Young Op 54 (8) - Hamish Milne (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67491/2)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Hornpipe, from Much Ado About Nothing Op 11 - Linz Bruckner Orchestra/Caspar Richter (ASV CD DCA 1146)
8.00
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 000)
Bach, Johann Sebastian orch Bantock: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV645 - BBC Philharmonic/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)
Dvořák, Antonín: String Quartet No 7 in A minor (1) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)
Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (4) - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Cello Concerto in Bb RV423 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 90916)
Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 (2) - Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Dresden State Orchestra/Herbert Blomstedt (EMI 5 67988)
Rodgers, Richard: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)
9.00
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 (1) - Emerson Quartet (DG 445 551)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Caprice in the form of a waltz - Natalia Lomeiko (violin), Olga Sitkovetsky (piano) (Trust TRI 3003)
Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Sextet in D Op 110 (4) - Dalia Ouziel (piano), Gil Sharon (violin), Ron Ephrat (viola), Liisa Tamminen (viola), Alexander Hülshoff (cello) Jean Sassen (double bass) (Brilliant Classics 94205)
Couperin, François: Les baricades mistérieuses - Gillian Weir (harpsichord) (EX TARTAR TRL 046)
Piazzolla, Astor arr Bragato: Oblivion - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)
10:00 AM. Summer Days

Chopin, Frédéric: Prelude in Db Op 28/15, Raindrop - Michael Houstoun (piano) (RNZ UA33)
Stravinsky, Igor: The Firebird, Suite - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 458 142)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 4 in D BWV1069 - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)
11.00
Wagner, Richard: Overture, from The Flying Dutchman - Berlin Philharmonic/Claudio Abbado (DG 471 348)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - François Leleux (oboe), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano/director), Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Sony 88883 70548)
12.00
Schumann, Robert: Piano Trio No 3 in G minor Op 110 (4) - Ilya Gringolts (violin), Dmitry Kouzov (cello), Peter Laul (piano) (ONYX 4072)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Viola d'amore Concerto in A RV396 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/director), Europa Galante (Virgin 3 95146)
Debussy, Claude: De l'aube à midi sur la mer, from La Mer - French National Orchestra/Daniele Gatti (Sony 88697 97400)
Fisher, Salina: Sumner Tides - Sharon Joy Vogan (piano) (Atoll ACD700)
Boulanger, Lili: D'un Matin de Printemps - Chiara Corona (flute), Davide Baldo (piano) (Da Vinci Classics C01003)
Walton, William arr Palmer: Troilus & Cressida Symphonic Suite: III. The Lovers - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (DG 4861547)
Pink Martini: Mar Desconocido - Pink Martini (INERTIA 270069)
Legrand, Michel: Watch What Happens - Ted Greene (guitar) (Art of Life AL1011-2)
1.00
Farrenc, Louise: Overture No 2 Op 24 - Auckland Philharmonia/Elena Schwarz (RNZ)
Ginastera, Alberto: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 22 - Henry Wong Doe (piano) (RNZ WCMT 2024-07-21)
Schubert, Franz arr Hekkema: Fantasy in F minor D940 - Calefax (RNZ)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Horn Sonata in F Op 17 - Alex Hambleton (horn), Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ WCMT 2023-07-16)
PUanaki, Te Huaki: Tāne Mahuta - Armani Whitehead Wilson, Ben Madden (guitars), New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir/Susan Densem (RNZ)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Yuzhang Wu (piano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Benjamin Northey (RNZ)
Hindemith, Paul: Mathis der Maler, symphony - Auckland Philharmonia/Shiyeon Sung (RNZ)
Traditional: Norwegian Folk Song - Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet) (RNZ)
3:00 PM. Summer Three to Seven

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (3) - Akiko Suwanai (vln/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Philips 475 6934)
Debussy, Claude: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses La fille aux cheveux de lin Les Collines d'Anacapri Canope, from Preludes - Pascal Rogé (piano) (Onyx 4057)
Smith, Alice Mary ed Graham-Jones: Symphony in A minor (1) - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10283)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 11 in G - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 2 - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (DG 419 868)
Anonymous: Hanacpachap cussicuinin - Clematis, Cappella Mediterranea, Chœur de Chambre de Namur/Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (Ricercar RIC334)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in Bb Op 76/4 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
4.00
Hovhaness, Alan: Alleluia & Fugue Op 40b - I Fiamminghi/Rudolf Werthen (TELARC CD 80503)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Cello Sonata No 3 in A Op 69 (1) - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Angela Hewitt (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67633)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Prague Chamber Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80217)
Fauré, Gabriel: En Prière - Dawn Harms (violin), Carolyn Mills (harp) (ATOLL ACD199)
Handel, George Frideric: Overture - Menuet, from Jeptha - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)
Sibelius, Jean: Two Serious Melodies Op 77 (1) - Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon (Ondine ODE1468-2)
5.00
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 91 in Eb (3) - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)
Strauss, Richard: Suite in Bb for winds Op 4 (1) - Royal Liverpool PO/Gerard Schwarz (RLPO LIVE RLCD 401 P)
Borodin, Alexander: Overture, from Prince Igor - Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg/Valery Gergiev (Philips 446 820)
Harrison, Lou: Suite for violin & American Gamelan (2) - Gabriela Diaz (violin), Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose (BMOP Sound BMOP1037)
Rota, Nino: Andantino, from Bassoon Concerto - Christopher Millard (bsn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi (CBC SMCD5185)
Melbourne, Hirini: Purea nei - Anna Coddington (vocalist) (RNZ 2018)
Liszt, Franz: Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este - Alfred Brendel (piano) (Philips 420 837)
6.00
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orchestra/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)
Glass, Philip reworked by Christian Badzura: Opening, from Glassworks - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Siggi String Quartet (DG 94796918)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in D RV222 - Giuliano Carmignola (baroque vln), Venice Baroque Orchestra/Andrea Marcon (Sony SK 89362)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (4) - Royal Flemish Philharmonic/Philippe Hereweghe (PENTATONE PTC 5186 372)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 13 in C K415 (3) - Erin Helyard (fortepiano), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
7:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Rossini, Gioachino: Overture, from The Silken Ladder - National Philharmonic/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)
Kreisler, Fritz trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid Liebesfreud - Alessio Bax (piano) (SIGNUM SIGCD 264)
Sibelius, Jean: Alla marcia, from Karelia Suite - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi (DG 447 760)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (1) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr James F. Smith: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)
Piazzolla, Astor: Tango del ángel - Gryphon Trio (Analekta AN 2 9857)
Uccellini, Marco: Sonata seconda 'La luciminia contenta a violino solo', op 4 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
8:00 PM. Music Alive

with Clarissa Dunn
Russ Spiegel at the Creative Jazz Club
Russ Spiegel (guitar), Callum Passells (alto sax), Roger Manins (tenor sax), Finn Scholes (trumpet), Connor McAneny (piano), Cam McArthur (bass), Dan Waterson (drums)
SPIEGEL: Up the Creek
SPIEGEL: Streets of Milan
SPIEGEL: Miami Girl
VELÁZQUEZ: Bésame mucho
SPIEGEL: Slippery Slope
SPIEGEL: Underdown Groove
SPIEGEL: Count Up
SPIEGEL: Retribution Blues
SPIEGEL: Caribbean Blue
(RNZ Anthology, Auckland)
Piazzolla, Astor: Oblivion - Rachel Vernon (clarinet), Aroha String Quartet (RNZ 2022)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (1) - Shan Liu (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2024-10-08)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Violin Sonata in E Minor Op2/1 - Justine Cormack (violin), James Bush (cello), Simon Martyn-Ellis (theorbo) ()
10:00 PM. Summer Evenings

Handel, George Frideric: Sarabande, from Suite in D minor HWV437 - Daniel Hope (violin) & Friends (DG 477 8094)
Koželuch, Leopold: Clarinet Concerto in Eb (1) - Emma Johnson (clarinet), Royal Philharmonic/Günther Herbig (ASV CD DCA 763)
Debussy, Claude orch Büsser: Petite Suite - Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 8756)
Jaëll, Marie: Cello Concerto in F - Raphaela Gromes (cello), German Symphony Orchestra Berlin/Anna Rakitina (Sony 19802932902)
Mendelssohn, Fanny: Januar (1) from Das Jahr - Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 88697030162)
Cooper, Julie: ECHO - Grace Davidson (soprano), Anna Hale, Julie Cooper, Camilla Pay (vocals), Her Ensemble, Oculus Ensemble (Signum SIGCD847)
Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Labadie: Goldberg Variations BWV988 - Variations 26-30 & Aria Da Capo - Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (DORIAN 90281)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 - Jan Mráček (violin), Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra/Howard Griffiths (Alpha ALPHA1139)
Houser, William: Palmetto (Shall We Gather at the River), folk hymn - Anonymous 4 (Harmonia Mundi 467400)
Holmès, Augusta: Les amours d'Angélique et de Médor, Dans la forêt (2) Roland furieux - Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Michael Francis (CPO 555593-2)
Martucci, Giuseppe: Notturno Op 70/1 - English Chamber Orchestra/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)