Schedules for 25 Feb - 02 Mar, 2012

Disc 1

HAYDN: Paris Symphonies, No 85 in Bb, The Queen; No 86 in D; No 87 in A - Eighteenth Century Orch/Frans Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor; Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor - Adam Harasiewicz (pno), Vienna SO/Heinrich Hollreiser (Philips 422 472)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

REBELO: Super aspidem; Ecce nunc; In te, Domine, speravi; Qui habitat; Fratres sobrii; Educes me; MELGÁS: Popule meus; REBELO: Panis angelicus; MELGÁS: Lamentacao de Quinto Feira Santa; Salve regina; REBELO: Magnificat a 13 - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Collins 14652)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: Fantasy in C; TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-Scherzo; ERNST: Last Rose of Summer variations; YSAŸE: Ballade; RAVEL: Tzigane; DEBUSSY: Afternoon of a Faun; WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Irina Vinogradova (pno) (Biddulph LAW 001)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GLAZUNOV: Suite for string orchestra Op 35; Elegy Op 105; Les Vendredis, Prelude & Fugue; VARIOUS: Les Vendredis, Polka, Allegretto; VARIOUS: Variations on a Russian Folk Song - Amati Ensemble/Attila Balogh (Calig CAL 50 940)

6:00 HANDEL: Overture, from Rinaldo - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Artworks AW 029)

TRAD arr Idenstam: Diptyque; Spel Jocke - Johan Hedin (nyckelharpa), Gunnar Idenstam (org) (Caprice CAP 21807)

BOTTESINI: Duetto for clarinet, double bass & orchestra - Emma Johnson (cl), Thomas Martin (dbass), English CO/Andrew Litton (Naxos 8.570397)

BRIDGE: The hour glass, Dusk; The dew fairy; The midnight tide - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

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

7:00 ANON: Ninna nanna alla Napoletana - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 945770)

MARTINU: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (fl), Adéla Stajnochrová (vln), Monika Knoblochová (hpschd) (Supraphon SU 3805)

ALPAERTS: Summer Idyll - Flemish Radio Orch/Michel Tabachnik (Etcetera KTC 4025)

CLEMENTI: Capriccio in Bb Op 17 - Howard Shelley (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67850)

GRAUPNER: Bassoon Concerto in F - Christian Beuse (bsn), Frankfurt Cappella Academica/Petra Müllejans (dir) (CPO 777 321)

RIISAGER: Erasmus Montanus, Overture - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Dacapo 8.226146)

8:00 LEHÁR: Preludium religioso, from Rodrigo - Berlin Radio SO/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 761)

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

STRAVINSKY: Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch - Ghent Collegium Vocale, Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PentaTone PTC 5186 349)

LEIGH: Music for string orchestra - members of Locrian Ensemble (Dutton CDLX 7143)

PETIT: Tarentelle - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

SAINT-SAËNS: French military march, from Algerian Suite - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler (RCA VD 87881)

A recap from the week's national and international music news, with Eva Radich (RNZ)

HAYDN: Symphony No 15 in D - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (dir/hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 66534)

WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, from Tannhäuser - Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 440 069)

SCHUMANN: Toccata in C Op 7 - Michael Endres (pno) (Arte Nova 74321 84386)

BACH: Flute Sonata in Eb BWV1031 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Robert Veyron-Lacroix (hpschd), Jean Huchot (cello) (rec 1954) (EMI 5 69642)

K JENKINS: Angry Flames, from The Armed Man - Susie Parkes (sop), Rachel Lloyd (mezzo), Nicholas Merryweather (bar), Philip Shakesby (bass), National Youth Choir of Great Britain, London Phil/Karl Jenkins (Virgin 8 11015)

SCHUBERT: Notturno in Eb D897 - Macquarie Trio (ABC Classics 465 792)

Upbeat interview commemorating Maurice Till

Eva Radich talks to Michael Houstoun about New Zealand pianist Maurice Till who died on 26 March 2011, preceded by a short interview with Maurice just before his 80th birthday (RNZ)

GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

VERDI: Più tranquilla l'alma sento, from The Force of Destiny - Patricia Hughes (sop), David Griffiths (bar), Noel Mangin (bass), Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 234)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25 - John Ogdon (pno), London SO/Aldo Ceccato (Testament SBT 1288)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

This week's best-selling CDs

Nineteen live jazz concerts from the EBU

(19) The Bad Plus. Famed for their deconstructed covers in the pop, rock, electronic and classical idioms, jazz trio The Bad Plus are joined today by "highly acclaimed and charismatic" sax player Joshua Redman (recorded in Saalfelden, Salzburg by Austrian Radio)

Indigenous music from around the world

Folkelarm - Traditional music from Norway

Folkelarm is an annual festival showcasing Norway's traditional music. Today in Global Sounds, we've music from some of the artists who have played at recent festivals (Arts Council Norway)

Kerikeri National Piano Competition 2010

Six programmes

(6) Selected performances from the final round

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 47 in B minor HobXVI/32; RAVEL: Jeux d'eau; CHOPIN: Funeral March Third & Fourth movements, Marche Funèbre; Presto, from Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 - Buz Bryant-Greene (pno)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 24 in F# Op 78; DEBUSSY: Estampes; LISZT: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - John-Paul Muir (pno) (recorded in The Centre, Kerikeri, by RNZ)

NIELSEN: Symphony No 6, Sinfonia semplice - Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Finlandia 3984 29714)

BROUWER: Ten New Simple Studies - Graham Anthony Devine (gtr) (Naxos 8.570251)

BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 - Orpheus CO (DG 423 624)

MUSTONEN: Three Simple Pieces - Martti Rousi (cello), Olli Mustonen (pno) (Finlandia 4509 95860)

BRACKETT: Simple Gifts - Bryn Terfel (bar), London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 477 5563)

ROSENBERG: Symphony No 6, Sinfonia semplice - Gothenburg SO/Mario Venzago (BIS CD 1383)

NZ musicians and composers

LILBURN: Four Preludes (1944) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

BLOCH: Suite Modale - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Symphony in E minor Op 46 - Bamberg SO/Gary Brain (Conifer 75605 51317)

BUSONI: Two Songs Op 31, Wer hat das erste Lied erdacht?; Bin ein fahrender Gesell; Hebrew Songs Op 15, Ich sah die Träne; An Babylons Wassern - Martin Bruns (bar), Ulrich Eisenlohr (pno) (Naxos 8.557245)

STRAUSS: Eight Songs Op 10, Dedication; Nothing; The night; The dahlia; Patience; Discretion; The meadow saffron; All Souls Day - Lucia Popp (sop), Wolfgang Sawallisch (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49318)

LOEWE: St Helena Op 126; Melek in the desert Op 10; St Mary's knight Op 36/2; Who is the bear? Op 64/4; The crossing Op 99/1; The king on the tower Op 9 - Morten Ernst Lassen (bar), Cord Garben (pno) (CPO 999 979)

Li-Wei (cello), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night; SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129; BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, by RNZ)

CRAS: Ames d'enfants - Luxembourg Phil/Jean-François Antonioli (Timpani 2C 2037)

FUNCK: Suite in D - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb Op 11 - Håkan Rosengren (cl), Sundsvall CO/John Storgårds (Caprice CAP 21592)

11:00 GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 1 in F Op 8 - Alexandra Soumm (vln), David Kadouch (pno) (Claves 50-1002)

DUARTE: Appalachian Dreams - Sharon Isbin (gtr) (Teldec 3984 25736)

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)

Disc 1

DITTERSDORF: Sinfonias, No 4 in F, The Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus; No 5 in A, Transformation of the Lycian Peasants to Frogs; No 6 in D, The Turning to Stone of Phineus and his Friends - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmur (Naxos 8.553369)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Bolero Op 19; Mazurkas, No 20 in Db; No 25 in B minor; No 33 in B; No 34 in C; No 35 in C minor; in F minor Op posth 68/4; Ballade No 2 in F Op 38; Barcarolle in F# Op 60; Scherzo No 4 in E Op 54; Two Nocturnes Op 62 - Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 673)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

JOHNSON: Domine in virtue tua I; Dum tranisset sabbatum for 5 voices; Gaude Maria virgo; Ave Dei patris filia; Benedicam domino; Laudes Deo; I give you a new commandment; Dum transisset sabbatum for 4 voices; Domine in virtue tua II - Cappella Nova/Alan Tavener (ASV CD GAU 154)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, No 9 in C, Razumovsky; No 10 in Eb, Harp - Amadeus String Quartet (Decca 421 364)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

HEINICHEN: Concerto in F; DIEUPART: Concerto in A minor; FASCH: Concerto in D minor; PISENDEL: Sonata in C minor; HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A; QUANTZ: Concerto in G; VERACINI: Overture No 5 in B - Musica Antiqua, Cologne/Reinhard Goebel (Archiv 447 644)

PANUFNIK: Modlitwa - Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen (Meridian CDE 84561)

LAURIDSEN: Ubi caritas et amor - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

BROSSARD: Dialogus poenitentis animae cum Deo - Véronique Gens (sop), Gérard Lesne (countertenor/dir), Il Seminario Musicale (Virgin 5 45271)

ENNS: Missa brevis - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Centrediscs CMCCD 10905)

LASSER: Variations on a Chorale by JS Bach - Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80715)

PALESTRINA: Lamentations for Holy Saturday, excerpt - Nordic Voices (Chandos CHAN 0763)

SCELSI: Alleluja, from Three Latin Prayers - Frances-Marie Uitti (cello) (ECM 1963)

KODÁLY: Intermezzo for string trio - Berlin Philharmonic String Trio (Arte Nova 74321 54845)

POULENC: Four Motets for a Time of Penitence - Robert Shaw Festival Singers/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80236)

RUTTER: Cantus - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Stephen Cleobury (EMI CDC 5 56605)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Slovak Phil/Stephen Gunzenhauser (Marco Polo 8.223003)

FAURÉ arr Busser/Hazell: Après un rêve - Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia/Leonard Slatkin (EMI 5 57052)

MONTEVERDI: Ohimè ch'io cado - Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

SIBELIUS: Valse Triste, from Kuolema - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Lambert Orkis (pno) (DG 471 500)

GIORDANI: Caro mio ben - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), György Fischer (pno) (Decca 448 300)

BRAHMS arr Heifetz/Reynolds: Contemplation - Nicola Benedetti (vln), London SO/Daniel Harding (DG 987 0577)

MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - London SO/André Previn (EMI 3 82157)

WIDOR: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Op 77 - Martin Roscoe (pno), BBC Concert Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7275)

Being Mendelssohn

Six programmes from the 2009 three-week Californian summer music festival, which marked the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth

(2) MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne & Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Jeffrey Kahane, Wu Han (pno duet)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 18/6 - Pacifica Quartet

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 - Geoff Nuttall, Scott St John, Simin Ganatra, Sibbi Bernhardsson (vlns), Masumi Per Rostad, Lesley Robertson (vlas), David Finckel, Brandon Vamos (cellos) (Music@Menlo Live 2009/2)

KETÈLBEY: Bells across the meadows - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

GRAINGER: Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow - Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender (pno duet) (Pearl SHE CD 9623)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Flos Campi - Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Welsh National Chorus & Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67839)

TATE: London Fields - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2138)

Nine programmes

(9) Liszt on Wagner's Steinway

LISZT: Chapelle de Guillaume Tell; Au lac de Wallenstadt; Pastorale; Au bord d'une source; Orage; Eglogue; Le mal du pays; Les cloches de Genève; Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland - Tomas Dratva (pno) (Oehms OC 786)

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in Bb G482 - Pierre Fournier (cello), Stuttgart CO/Karl Münchinger (rec 1952) (Testament SBT 1359)

RAVEL: Histoires naturelles - Gérard Souzay (bar), Jacqueline Bonneau (pno) (rec 1951) (Testament SBT 1311)

KREJČÍ: Serenade for orchestra - Czech Phil/Karel Ancerl (rec 1957) (EMI 5 75091)

Music from Bamboo

Six programmes by Allan Thomas

(6) The Bamboo Grove (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

Twenty-three operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera House

(8) HANDEL/RAMEAU/VIVALDI: The Enchanted Island, an opera in two acts

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world's best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare. In The Enchanted Island, the lovers from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream are shipwrecked on his other-worldly island of The Tempest. Inspired by the musical pastiches and masques of the 18th century, the work showcases arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and others, and a new libretto by Jeremy Sams

Prospero....................... David Daniels

Sycorax........................ Joyce DiDonato

Ariel.............................. Danielle de Niese

Caliban......................... Luca Pisaroni

Neptune........................ Plácido Domingo

Miranda........................ Lisette Oropesa

Ferdinand...................... Anthony Roth Costanzo

Helena.......................... Layla Claire

Hermia.......................... Elizabeth DeShong

Demetrius...................... Paul Appleby

Lysander....................... Elliot Madore

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/William Christie (EBU)

NZ musicians and composers

HILL: String Quartet No 9 in A minor - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

Two programmes

(2) Mystery White Boy

A collection of live recordings from 1995 and 1996, the last two years of Buckley's life. Taken from shows in Germany, Australia, France and the USA, it includes originals like Dream Brother and the studio album title track Grace; as well as covers including Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, which Buckley well and truly made his own (Columbia 498 265)

Four Programmes

(4) Lorenzo Gatto (vln), Eliane Reyes (pno)

MOZART: Violin Sonata No 32 in Bb K454; TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse-scherzo; SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise; YSAŸE: Sonata in D minor for solo violin Op 27/3, Ballade; FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A; MONTI: Czárdás (recorded in the Grünewald Hall, Concert Hall, Stockholm by Swedish Radio)

Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb - Stephen Hough (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (Hyperion CDA 67824)

Polonaise in E S223/2; Berceuse - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67085)

TAFFANEL: Wind Quintet in G minor - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS SACD 1532)

LALO: Cello Concerto in D minor - Anne Gastinel (cello), Lyon National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine (Naïve V 5246)

MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Orfeo 180 891)

11:00 LOLLI: Violin Sonata in A Op 3/6 - Luca Fanfoni (vln), Marianne Chen (cello), Paola del Giudice (hpschd) (Dynamic CDS 660)

ONSLOW: String Quintet in C minor Op 67 - Momento Musicale Quintet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1390)

Disc 1

BARBER: The School for Scandal, Overture; Symphony No 1 Op 9; BEACH: Symphony in E minor Op 32, Gaelic - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8958)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

SAINT-SAËNS trans Liszt: Danse Macabre; CHOPIN trans Liszt: Six Polish Songs; BERLIOZ trans Liszt: L'Idée fixe; Les Francs-Juges, Overture; Harold in Italy, Marche des Pelerins; The Damnation of Faust, Waltz of the Sylphes; King Lear, Overture - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66346)

2:35 approx - Disc 3

HOLST: Seven Part Songs Op 44; A Choral Fantasia Op 51; A Dirge for Two Veterans; Ode to Death Op 38 - Patricia Rozario (sop), Joyful Company of Singers, London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9437)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

JC BACH: Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in C minor; No 3 in Eb; No 4 in G; No 5 in A; No 6 in Bb - Robert Woolley (fpno) (Chandos CHAN 0543)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

BRITTEN: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; Les Illuminations for soprano & string orchestra; Lachrymae, Reflections on a song of Dowland for viola & string orchestra - Christina Högman (sop), Nils-Erik Sparf (vla), New Stockholm Chamber Orch/Péter Csaba (BIS CD 435)

6:00 GRÉTRY: Silvain, Overture - Brittany Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO CORSACD 16016)

VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522, from L'Estro Armonico - Roberto Michelucci (vln/dir), Anna Maria Cotogni (vln), I Musici (Philips 446 169)

PIAZZOLLA arr Benitez: Summer & Spring, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - members of Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

7:00 PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Susanne Beer (cello), Gareth Hancock (pno) (Divine Art DDA 25068)

Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest - Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (SCL)

REVUELTAS: Planos - Amsterdam Ebony Band/Werner Herbers (Channel Classics CCS SA 21104)

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Paris Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 417 513)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DARZINS: Valse mélancolique - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)

CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

BRAHMS: Third movement, Poco allegretto, from Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

MOZART: Rondo in C K373 - James Ehnes (vln/dir), Mozart Anniversary Orch (CBC SMCD 5238)

POULENC: French Suite after Claude Gervaise - London Wind Orch/Denis Wick (ASV White Line CD WHL 2067)

VERDI ed Spada: Aida, Sinfonia - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World, from Symphonies on Ovid's Metamorphoses - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

HOLBROOKE: Saxophone Concerto in Bb Op 88 - Amy Dickson (alto & soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

GRAGNANI: Duet in D for two guitars - Consortium Classicum (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 301 1415)

KORNGOLD: Sinfonietta in B Op 5 - North West German Phil/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 037)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 17 in D D850 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2115.16)

BRUCH: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 44 - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

BAX: Apple Blossom Time - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8732)

STRAUSS: Mädchenblumen Op 22, No 1, Cornflowers; No 2, Poppies; No 3, Ivy; No 4, Water-lily - Gillian Keith (sop), Simon Lepper (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 018)

LAWSON: Song of the Lesser Twayblade - John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV CD WHL 2143)

MAHLER: Blumine, symphonic movement - Frankfurt Radio SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 2 16576)

PUCCINI: In questa reggia, from Turandot - Joan Sutherland (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), John Alldis Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Decca 444 555)

ANON: Johney Cock Thy Beaver; Greene-Sleeves; Stingo, or the Oyle of Barly - David Douglass (vln), Paul O'Dette (theorbo/cittern), Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7186)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - Chris Bruerton (treble), David Childs (org) (TreeHouse T9923)

BEETHOVEN: Triple Concerto in C Op 56 - David Oistrakh (vln), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (EMI 5 66902)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé - Camerata Singers, New York Phil/Pierre Boulez (rel 1975) (CBS MK 33523)

NZ musicians and composers

BODY: Three Transcriptions, Long Gi Yi (China); Ramandriana (Madagascar); Ratschenitsa (Bulgaria) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 118)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 62 in Eb HobXVI/52 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1523)

HOFMANN: Flute Concerto in D - Elizabeth Hirst (fl), University of Auckland Orch/Uwe Grodd (Uni of Auckland UAAA 01)

GRIEG: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Swedish Radio SO/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony MLK 64064)

PARRY: Jerusalem - Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes, Jeffrey Makinson (org) (Naxos 8.572104)

LOEILLET DE GANT: Recorder Sonata in G Op 1/3 - Daniel Rothert (recorder), Vanessa Young (cello), Ketil Haugsand (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572023)

GOUNOD: Jewel Song, from Faust - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil/Mikko Franck (Ondine ODE 1126)

TANEYEV: Canzona in F minor - Stanislav Jankovsky (cl), Novosibirsk Academic SO/Thomas Sanderling (Naxos 8.570584)

GRAINGER: My dark-haired maid - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

MOSCHELES: Anticipations of Scotland, A Grand Fantasia Op 75 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67276)

AUBER: Grand Pas Classique - English Concert Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 818)

COSTE: Grand Duo - Duo Maccari-Pugliese (gtr duo) (Brilliant Classics 93898)

GROFÉ: On the trail, from Grand Canyon Suite - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

GOTTSCHALK: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Alan Marks, Nerine Barrett (pno duet) (Nimbus NI 7045/6)

GIGOUT arr Ropartz: Grand choeur dialogué - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHSA 5048)

Nine programmes

(9) PETERIS VASKS (b1946)

Robyn Jaquiery explores the often political and environmental themes that run through the works of this Latvian composer (RNZ)

Violin Concerto, Distant Light - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Teldec 3984 22660)

2011 Adam Chamber Music Festival

Thirteen programmes

(12) LISZT Celebration

Martin Roscoe (pno)

Ballade No 2 in B minor; Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses; Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort; La lugubre gondola (second version); Tarantella, from Venice & Naples; Piano Sonata in B minor (recorded in the Nelson School of Music by RNZ)

STRAUSS: Schlechtes Wetter Op 69/5; C SCHUMANN: Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen Op 12/2; MAHLER: Frühlingsmorgen; SCHUMANN: Frühlingsnacht; SCHUBERT: Frühlingsglaube; MENDELSSOHN: Frühlingslied Op 47/3; WOLF: Er ist's - Christiane Karg (sop), Burkhard Kehring (pno) (Berlin Classics 001662 BC)

TELEMANN: Overture in Bb, Nations Old & New - Stephan Mai (vln/dir), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1744)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 55 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)

TIRAO: Conciertango Buenos Aires - Edoardo Catemario (gtr), Vincenzo Galilei Orch/Nicola Paszkowski (Arts 47728)

11:00 GOODALL: Eternal Light, A Requiem - Natasha Marsh (sop), Alfie Boe (ten), Christopher Maltman (bar), Choir of Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, London Musici/Stephen Darlington (EMI 2 15047)

ROSLAVETS: Meditation - Lachezar Kostov (cello), Viktor Valkov (pno) (Naxos 8.570996)

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola and orchestra; HOWELLS: Elegy; WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor; BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (ASV DCA 1181)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BALAKIREV: Islamey; The Lark; Toccata in C# minor; SCRIABIN: Prelude in C# minor Op 9/1; Nocturne in Db Op 9/2; Sonata-Fantasy No 2 in G# minor Op 19; Etudes, in C# minor Op 2/1; in E Op 8/5; in F# Op 42/4; in C# minor Op 42/5; GLAZUNOV: Theme & Variations in F# minor Op 72 - Michael Lewin (pno) (Centaur CRC 2134)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN - Bryn Terfel (bar), Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniels (DG 449 163)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

HUMMEL: Piano Concertos, in F posth No 1; in Ab Op 113 - Nikolaus Lahusen (pno), Südwestfälische Phil/Hiroshi Kodama (Koch Schwann 3-1567)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

DONIZETTI: Sinfonia in G minor; Concertinos, in C minor for flute and chamber orchestra; in F for oboe and chamber orchestra; in D minor for violin, cello and orchestra; in G for English horn and orchestra; in Bb for clarinet and orchestra; Sinfonia in D minor - Camerata Budapest/Laszlo Kovacs (Marco Polo 8.223701)

6:00 TCHAIKOVSKY arr Meshchaninov: Melody, from Souvenir d'un lieu cher - Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Lithuanian CO/David Geringas (Naxos 8.554381)

TÁRREGA: Las dos hermanitas, from Valse Suite - Mats Bergström (gtr) (Naxos 8.572365)

RR BENNETT: Reflections on a 16th-Century Tune - Philharmonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10389)

SCHUBERT: Das Fischermädchen; Die Taubenpost; Liebesbotschaft, from Schwanengesang - Ian Bostridge (ten), Antonio Pappano (pno) (EMI 2 42639)

ABERT arr Fritsche: Variations for doublebass & string orchestra - Renger Woelderink (dbass), Stuttgart CO/Michael Hofstetter (Hänssler CD 98.610)

MOZART: Idomeneo, Overture - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc TEL 31827)

7:00 HANDEL: Oboe Concerto No 2 in Bb - Lajos Lencsés (ob), La Follia Instrumental Ensemble/Christophe Poiget (dir) (Hänssler CD 98.217)

HOLST: St Paul's Suite - English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)

SNOER: Fantasy on Wien Neerlandsch bloed - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

GROVLEZ: Sicilienne et Allegro giocoso - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

ELGAR: Imperial March Op 32 - BBC Phil/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHAN 10570)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GIORDANO: Amor ti vieta, from Fedora - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 425 681)

BIZET trans Moszkowski: Chanson bohème, from Carmen - Christof Keymer (pno) (Berlin Classics 1640 BC)

LIADOV: About Olden Times Op 21b - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

IBERT: Reflets dans l'eau - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

J WILLIAMS: Aeolian Suite - John Williams (gtr), orch/William Goodchild (Sony SK 60586)

J STRAUSS II arr Schönherr: Emperor Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164 - Machiko Takahashi (fl), Concertgebouw CO/Roland Kieft (Brilliant Classics 93988)

SAINT-SAËNS: Six Etudes Op 111 - Piers Lane (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67037)

RIISAGER: Symphony No 1 Op 8 - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Dacapo 8.226146)

MCEWEN: A Little Quartet, in modo scotico No 15 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10182)

VIVALDI: Gloria in D RV589 - Katherine Fugue (sop), Lucy Ballard, Margaret Cameron (mezzos), Elinor Carter (contralto), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 597)

GARCIA ABRIL: Evocaciones, Suite for guitar - Francisco Bernier (gtr) (Naxos 8.572389)

SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Mélisande Op 46 - Estonian National SO/Paavo Järvi (Virgin 5 22055)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

BARTÓK: Swineherd's Dance, from Hungarian Sketches Sz97 - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (EMI 5 62866)

BRIDGE: Three Sketches, April; Rosemary; Valse capricieuse - Daniel Tong (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7254)

PITFIELD: Three Nautical Sketches - John Turner (recorder), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Olympia OCD 667)

BRAGA SANTOS: Symphonic Sketches - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572815)

ANDERSSON/NORKLIT arr Andersson: After the rain - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Benny Andersson (pno) (DG 477 590)

How Hybrid? Global Music Mixes

Megan Collins re-contextualises five portable instruments, the violin, guitar, hammered dulcimer, ukulele and accordion

(2) Violins and Fiddles

Violins made their way around the world on colonial ships and in the suitcases of migrants. Megan Collins introduces violin from Italy to India, played under the chin, on the shoulder and upside down (RNZ) (Programme 3 next Tuesday)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 18 in Bb K456 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (rec 1988) (Philips 422 348)

Rondo in A minor K511; Adagio in B minor K540 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (rec 1983/84) (Philips 422 117)

NZ musicians and composers

FARR: From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs Pt 1 - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

SPARKE: Rhythm & Blues - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No 3 in A minor Op 28 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

HONEGGER: Symphony No 3, Liturgique - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.555974)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5047)

VIEUXTEMPS arr Bailey: Souvenir d'Amérique, Variations on Yankee Doodle Op 17 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

JC BACH: Concertino in Bb for organ & strings - Johannes Geffert (org), Johann Christian Bach Akademie/Ingeborg Scheerer (dir) (Audite 20.002)

PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (EMI 5 57231)

BAZZINI: Deux morceaux de salon Op 12, Le départ; Le retour - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Caspar Frantz (pno) (Naxos 8.570800)

MULET: Carillon-Sortie in D - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

GLINKA: Eastern Dances in the Black Sea Castle, from Russlan & Ludmila - Moscow Radio SO/Mark Ermler (RegisC 1242)

TRAD arr Leon: She moved through the fair - Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Edin Karamazov (lute), Stacey Shames (harp) (Decca 468 499)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Stuttgart Radio SO/Uri Segal (CPO 999 779)

TURINA: Fantasía del reloh Op 94 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.572141)

HAYDN: Second movement, Andante, from Symphony No 101 in D, The Clock - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Naïve V 5176)

TRAD arr Wood: Past three a clock - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16085)

CALDINI: Clockwork Toccata - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (Channel Classics CCS SA 25707)

HUPFELD arr Williams: As time goes by, from Casablanca - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

7:00 Scriabin's Mysterium

Simon Romanos grapples with the concepts of Scriabin's final, unfinished, cataclysmic opus synthesizing all the arts. It was planned to take place over a period of seven days in the foothills of the Himalayas, after which the world would dissolve in bliss and humans would be replaced by "nobler beings" (RNZ)

8:00 Gubaidulina Festival

James Tibbles (org/hpschd), Sera Ellis, Lisa Chung, Annie Kim, Eunice Park, Yoon Bee Jee, Ann Kim, Cameron Stuart, Robert Drage, Jesbery Hartono, Martin Rummel (cellos), Pepe Becker (sop), Melody Lin (fl), Gemma Lee, Cindy Tsao, Sam Jury, Dean Sky-Lucas, Sarah Watkins (pnos), Darija Andjelic-Andzakovic (dbass), Susan Bierre (vla), Ben Hoadley (bsn)

GUBAIDULINA: Hell und Dunkel; Ten Preludes for solo cello; Two Songs from German Folk Poetry; Musical Toys; Pantomime; Quasi hoquetus (recorded in the University of Auckland Music Theatre and St David's Church, Khyber Pass by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5 Op 47; Cello Concerto No 1 Op 107 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein, Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MDK 44903)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

LISZT: Piano Concerto No 1 in Eb; Piano Sonata in B minor; Hungarian Rhapsody No 6; Annê de pèlerinage-année 1, Vallée d'Obermann; Annê de pèlerinage-année 3, Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este - Martha Argerich, Lazar Berman (pnos), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 439 409)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

VIVALDI: Gloria in D; BACH: Magnificat BWV 243a - Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby (sops), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Paul Elliott (ten), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston (Oiseau-Lyre 414 678)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

LAZZARI: String Quartet in A minor Op 17; LALO: String Quartet in Eb Op 45 - Quator à Cordes de Paris (Chant Du Monde LCD 278 807)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

DELIUS: Violin Concerto; Two Aquarelles; On hearing the first cuckoo in spring; Summer Night on the River; Fennimore & Gerda, Intermezzo; Irmelin Prelude; Dance Rhapsodies - Tasmin Little (vln), Welsh National Opera Orch/Charles Mackerras (Argo 433 704)

6:00 MOZART: Overture; March of the Priests, from The Magic Flute - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

CHOPIN: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10588)

TELEMANN: Flute Concerto in D TWV51/D3, Concerto polonoise - Karl Kaiser (piccolo fl), Cologne Camerata (CPO 777 402)

RUTTER: Five traditional songs, The girl I left behind me; O waly, waly; The British Grenadiers; Golden slumbers; Dashing away with the smoothing iron - Nordic Chamber Choir/Nicol Matt (Bayer BR 100 334)

CARSE: Two Sketches, A Northern Song; A Northern Dance - Northern Sinfonia/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555070)

7:00 J STRAUSS II: The Gypsy Baron, Overture - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 2020 601)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

GRIEG: Butterfly, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

BORODIN: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Borodin Quartet (Decca 444 389)

SVENDSEN: Norwegian Rhapsody No 3 Op 21 - Latvian National SO/Terje Mikkelsen (CPO 777 372)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Ständchen, from Schwanengesang - Oxana Yablonskaya (pno) (Naxos 8.553062)

KERLL: Batalla Imperial - Hespèrion XX/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AV 9801)

JOPLIN arr Perlman: The Rag-Time Dance; Solace; Elite Syncopations - Itzhak Perlman (vln), André Previn (pno) (EMI CDC 7 47170)

TRAD arr Morrison: Ye banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Claude Delangle (sax), Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS CD 1357)

DVORÁK: Nocturne in B for strings Op 40 - London Phil/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 8323)

STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Berlin Phil/Karl Böhm (DG 427 218)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Christopher Lyndon-Gee (Naxos 8.553126)

BACH arr Boothby: Goldberg Variations - Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7560)

BRUCKNER: Te Deum in C - Joan Rodgers (sop), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Keith Lewis (ten), Alastair Miles (bass), Corydon Singers & Orch/Matthew Best (Hyperion CDA 66650)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - Royal Phil/André Previn (EMI CDC 7 47468)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

J STRAUSS II: Town and Country Polka Op 322 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

BRIDGE trans Jacobs: Country Dance - Louise Williams (vla), David Owen Norris (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1064)

RR BENNETT: Seven Country Dances, A new Dance; Lady Day; The Ladies' misfortune; Enfield Common; The Czar of Muscovy; The mulberry garden; Nobody's jig - Amy Dickson (soprano sax), Royal Scottish National Orch/George Vass (Dutton CDLX 7277)

GERMAN: Country dance, from Dances from Nell Gwyn - Southern Festival Orch/Robin White (Chandos CHAN 9110)

SUGATA: Dancing Girl in the Orient, from Sketches of the Desert, Suite in Oriental Style Op 10 - Kanagawa Phil/Kazuhiko Komatsu (Naxos 8.570319)

MENDELSSOHN: Mitten wir im Leben sind Op 23/3 - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 702)

PARADIS arr Prior: Sicilienne in Eb - Rowan Prior (cello), Jonathan Pritchard (vln) (Ode CD Ode 1363)

PRESTI: Prélude No 1; Danse d'Avila - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

BALFE: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian Girl - Joan Sutherland (sop), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 850)

HILL: String Quartet No 1 in Bb, Maori - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Julius Katchen (pno), London SO/Pierre Monteux (rec 1959) (Decca 460 828)

NZ musicians and composers

CARR: Gaudeamus Overture - New Zealand SO/Franz-Paul Decker (Corellia CRA 1005)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 5 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

HAYDN: String Trio in D HobXI/74 - Tres Cordes String Trio (Ode CD MANU 5122)

PÉRILHOU: Ballade - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

ROSSINI: La Cenerentola, Overture - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA 60387 2 RG)

BELLINI arr Smedvig: Second movement, Allegro, from Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Rolf Smedvig (tpt), Scottish CO/Jahja Ling (Telarc CD 80550)

WAGNER trans Moszkowski: Venusberg music, from Tannhäuser - Christof Keymer (pno) (Berlin Classics 1640 BC)

ELGAR: Salut d'amour Op 12 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu MANU CD 5006)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc CD 80698)

LARA: Granada - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Paris Orch/James Levine (Decca 460 500)

MILTON: Carmen Fantasy Op 22 - Michael Collins (cl), Piers Lane (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10615)

FARR: Te Papa - Mere Boynton (karanga), Virginia-Marie Stack (mezzo), Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2026)

J STRAUSS I arr Weinmann: Eisele & Beisele leaps Polka - Alois Posch (dbass), members of the Alban Berg Quartet (EMI CDC 7 54881)

MAYERL: Leprechaun's Leap - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9141)

TRAD: The leaping galley - Alison Pearce (sop), Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDH 88023)

SPRATLEY: Third movement, Allegro non troppo, from Clarinet Concertino Op 27, Byard's leap - Linda Merrick (cl), Manchester Sinfonia/Philip Spratley (Toccata Classics TOCC 0088)

ORFF: Allegro piece, Come and let us leap and dance, Sumer is icumen in, from Music for Children Tölzer Boys' Choir, State Academy for Music Chamber Choir, Munich, instrumental ensemble/Carl Orff (RCA 09026 68031)

GLYN: Stag's Leap - BBC Welsh National Orch/Grant Llewellyn (Sain SCD 2653)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 143)

GOUNOD: O divine redeemer - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Barry Rose (Philips 412 629)

PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 247)

2011 BBC Reith Lectures

Five programmes

(4) What Role should security and intelligence play in society? That's the question addressed by the former Director-General of MI5, the British Security Service, in the second lecture of her BBC Reith Lectures, "Securing Freedom"

In this lecture sub-titled "Security" Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller argues that the security and intelligence services in a democracy have a good record of protecting and preserving freedom (BBC)

2011 Adam Chamber Music Festival

Thirteen programmes

(13) Grand Finale

BEETHOVEN: Duo in Eb for viola & cello WoO32 - Alexander Zemtsov (vla), Leonid Gorokhov (cello)

VIEUXTEMPS: Capriccio in C minor for solo viola - Gillian Ansell (vla)

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - James Campbell (cl), New Zealand String Quartet

SCHUBERT: Octet in F D803 - Hermitage String Trio, New Zealand String Quartet, James Campbell (cl), Edward Allen (horn), Robert Weeks (bsn), Hiroshi Ikematsu (dbass) (recorded in Nelson Cathedral by RNZ)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 527)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor Op 44 - Stephen Hough (pno), CBSO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

HOFFMEISTER: Double Bass Quartet No 2 in D - Norbert Duka (dbass), Ernö Sebestyén (vln), Helmut Nicolai (vla), Martin Ostertag (cello) (Naxos 8.572187)

11:00 SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 22 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67780)

REISSIGER: Piano Trio No 15 in G Op 164 - Trio Art Nouveau (Hungaroton HCD 32488)

Disc 1

MAGNARD: Symphony No 2 in E; Hymne a la Justice; Ouverture Op 10 - Toulouse Capital Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI CDC 49080)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

FAURÉ: Nocturnes Nos 1-13 - Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (CBC MVCD 1075)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

TRAD: African-American Spirituals: Deep river; Didn't it rain?; Swing low sweet chariot; I got a robe; TRAD: West Indian Spirituals & Folksongs: Papa didn't know; Ogoun Belele; Murder in de market; Mercy pourin' down; The Lord's prayer; Death, O me Lawd; The virgin had a baby boy; Time for man go home; DVORÁK: Songs My Mother Taught Me; TRAD: Arran Homing Song; TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the weary heart; MALASHKIN: Oh, could I but express in song; TRAD: O, no John; LEHMANN: Myself when young; MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song; RASBACH: Trees; SCHUBERT: Der Musensohn; SCHUMANN: Aus meinen tränene spriessen; SCHUBERT: Erlkönig; HIKIROA: Ka mate Ka mate; FLANDERS & SWANN: The income tax collector - Inia te Wiata (bass), Ernest Lush, Maurice Till (pnos) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: Introduction & Variations on Trock'ne Blumen from Die schöne Müllerin D802; SCHUBERT arr Jansa: Two songs from Winterreise, Gute Nacht; Der Lindenbaum; SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Am Meer, from Schwanengesang; BOEHM: Grande Polonaise Op 16; First Potpourri of Waltzes on Franz Schubert's & other Favourite Melodies; Fantasy on a Schubert Air Op 21 - Rachel Brown (fl), Simon Nicholls (pno) (Chandos CHAN 0565)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525; Divertimento in D K334; Notturno in D for four orchestras K286 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 430 496)

6:00 JG GRAUN: Sinfonia in Bb - Frankfurt Cappella Academica/Petra Müllejans (dir) (CPO 777 321)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois Op 2 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Jürgen Schuster (tpt), Cologne CO/Helmet Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.570482)

BRAHMS: Nänie Op 82 - Bavarian Radio Choir, Bamberg SO/Robin Ticciati (Tudor 7167)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

7:00 SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ)

LOEILLET DE GANT: Recorder Sonata in C minor Op 3/5 - Daniel Rothert (recorder), Vanessa Young (cello), Ketil Haugsand (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572023)

ELGAR: Spanish Serenade Op 23 - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd Jones (Dutton CDLX 7148)

CZERNY trans Moszkowski: Toccata in C Op 92 - Christof Keymer (pno) (Berlin Classics 1640 BC)

BERNSTEIN: On the Town, Three Dance Episodes, The great lover; Lonely town; Times Square 1944 - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein (Sony SM3K 47154)

8:00 Beauty Spot: REFICE: Ombra di Nube - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), St Cecilia National Academy Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (Decca 478 2258)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Grant Llewellyn (Argo 436 401)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), NZSO CO (Atoll ACD 702)

CHABRIER orch Ravel: Menuet pompeux, from Pièces pittoresques - Royal Flemish Phil/Daniele Callegari (Talent DOM 2929 95)

VERDI arr anon: Grand March, from Aida - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

HÉROLD: Zampa, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor Op 89 - Domus, Anthony Marwood (vln) (Hyperion CDA 66766)

HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Guy Touvron (tpt), Prague CO (Ligia LIDI 010 5220-10)

SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben Op 42 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (pno) (DG 445 881)

STANFORD: Violin Concerto in D Op 74 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67208)

RICHTER: Flute Sonata No 3 in A - Pauliina Fred (fl), Heidi Peltoniemi (cello), Aapo Häkkinen (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572029)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 6 in C minor Op 58 - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner Classics 2564 69627)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Tempera Quartet (BIS CD 1466)

BIDDINGTON: Festival Dance - Mark Hobson, Sarah Masters (cls), Gloria Streat (bass cl) (Manu CD MANU 1558)

BARBER: Toccata Festiva Op 36 - Cameron Carpenter (org), NZSO National Youth Orch 2011/James Judd (Private Recording)

CURTIS: A Festival Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

SHORE: Fifth movement: The Return of the King, from The Lord of the Rings Symphony - Kaitlyn Lusk (sop), 21st Century Symphony Chorus & Orch/Ludwig Wicki (Howe Records HWR 1005)

PAINE: Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn - Christopher Herrick (organ of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre) (Hyperion CDA 66978)

CHERUBINI: String Quartet No 2 in C - Hausmusik (CPO 999 949)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - David Oistrakh (vln), USSR State SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (rec 1960) (Brilliant Classics 92609)

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 19 - David Oistrakh (vln), Moscow Phil/Kyrill Kondrashin (rec 1963) (Brilliant Classics 92609)

NZ musicians and composers

WHITEHEAD: Missa brevis - Sings Harry Vocal Ensemble (Waiteata WTA 003)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (NZSO)

IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47984)

BACH: Trio Sonata in Eb BWV525 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Lawrence Church, Rotterdam) (Argo 460 185)

FALLA: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance - Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (RegisC 1271)

MOZART: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Quartet in F K370 - Viva CO (Viva CO)

WAGNER: Spinning chorus, from The Flying Dutchman - Janis Martin (sop), Isola Jones (mezzo), Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 421 865)

YSAŸE trans Kniazev: Berceuse Op 20 - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Plamena Mangova (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 587)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 410 873)

HUANG YIJUN arr Peng Xiuwen: Fair Flowers under Full Moon - Sharon Bezaly (piccolo), Taipei Chinese Orch/Chung Yiu-Kwong (BIS SACD 1759)

MAYERL: Marigold - Susan Tomes (pno) (Virgin Classics VC 7 90745)

BIZET: Flower song, from Carmen - Rolando Villazón (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Michel Plasson (Virgin 3 44701)

TRAD arr Young: The Last Rose of Summer - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

DELIBES: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Joan Sutherland (sop), Jane Berbié (mezzo), Monte Carlo Opera Orch/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 322)

J STRAUSS II arr Schoenberg: Roses from the South - Leonore Aumaier (pno), Alfred Mitterhofer (harmonium), members of the Vienna String Quintet (CPO 999 588)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Herbert Blomstedt (Decca 475 6550)

Donald Munro (1913-2012)

The founder of the New Zealand Opera Company in 1954 passed away in January at the age of 99. Donald Munro was awarded an MBE for services to opera in 1960, and made an Arts Foundation Icon in 2005

He recorded this interview with Des Wilson in December 1995 (RNZ)

Divine Poetry

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

BORODIN: In the Steppes of Central Asia; SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107

(Interval)

SCRIABIN: Symphony No 3 Op 43, Le divin poème (RNZ)

WINTER: Clarinet Quartet - Consortium Classicum (Orfeo C 751 101 A)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Julius Caesar Op 78 - West Australian SO/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.572500)

11:00 SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956 - Tokyo String Quartet, David Watkin (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7427)

Disc 1

BIZET: Suite No 3 for orchestra, Roma; Symphony in C - USSR Radio SO/Fourat Mansourian, Moscow SO/Veronica Doudarova (Chant Du Monde LCD 278 844)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 1 Op 35 - André Previn (pno), New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein

Piano Concerto No 2 Op 102 - Leonard Bernstein (pno/dir), New York Phil

Concerto in Eb for cello Op 107 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MPK 44850)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Southern Voices

Opera arias performed by Frances Alda, Rosina Buckman, Malvina Major, Kiri Te Kanawa (sops), Heather Begg, Patricia Payne (mezzos), Peter Baillie, Anson Austin, Richard Greager, Patrick Power, Keith Lewis (tens), Brian Drake, Barry Mora, Denis Dowling, Bryan Drake (bars), Donald McIntyre, Rodney Macann (bbars), Noel Mangin, Oscar Natzka, Inia Te Wiata (basses) (Kiwi CD SLD 82)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

D SCARLATTI arr Françaix: Five Sonatas; MOZART: Flute Quartet in D, K285; SCHUBERT: String Sonata movement in B, D471; SCHUBERT arr Françaix: Six Impromptus and Musical Moments; DEBUSSY: Sonata for flute, viola and harp - Helen Webby (harp), Ensemble Obligat (PRIVATE RECORDING)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

GRIEG: Morning, from Peer Gynt; BACH: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; DELIUS: Daybreak, from Florida Suite; SEGOVIA: Mist; NIELSEN: Aladdin's Dream & Dance of the Morning Mist; J STRAUSS II: Morning Papers; TRAD arr Pearson: Early One Morning; RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé; HAYDN: Second movement, Adagio - Andante, from Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin; ELGAR: Chanson de matin; BRUCH: Introduction: Grave - Adagio cantabile, from Scottish Fantasy; CANTELOUBE: Uno jionto postouro, from Songs of the Auvergne; PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Various artists (London 443 331)

6:00 RUBBRA: Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (Chandos CHAN 8378)

HAMELIN: Etude No 4 in C minor, Etude à mouvement perpétuellement semblable, after Alkan from 12 Etudes in all the minor keys - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67789)

MOZART: Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers K339 - Sumi Jo (sop), Cologne Philharmonia Choir, Cologne Güzenich Orch/James Conlon (Erato 8573 85772)

H BLAKE: Penillion Op 571 - Madeleine Mitchell (vln), Howard Blake (pno) (Naxos 8.572083)

HANDEL arr E Grigoryan: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Slava & Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

7:00 COPLAND: Letter from Home - Buffalo Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos 8.559240)

BEETHOVEN: Hymne an die Nacht, Heil'ge nacht, o giesse du; Leise sinkt die nacht hernieder - Die Meistersinger/Klaus Breuninger (Hänssler CD 98.572)

LAURO: Venezuelan Waltzes - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

JORGENSEN: Romance Op 21 - Jesper Juul (tbn), Danish National SO/Henrik Vagn Christensen (Dacapo 6.220526)

SMETANA: Overture; Prelude & Polka from Act 2 of The Two Widows - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10518)

8:00 Beauty Spot: WOLF-FERRARI: Intermezzo, from The Jewels of the Madonna - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BRIDGE: A Sea Idyll - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 082)

JIRÁNEK: Bassoon Concerto in G minor - Sergio Azzolini (bsn), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (dir) (Supraphon SU 4039)

CASSADO arr Messier: Requiebros - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Analekta AN 2 9897)

IBERT: Scherzetto - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-80 CD)

CRAS: Piano Concerto - Alain Jacquon (pno), Luxembourg Phil/Jean-François Antonioli (Timpani 2C 2037)

DVORÁK: Cypresses - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 8765)

HALVORSEN: Mascarade, Suite - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10584)

LAURIDSEN: Les Chansons des Roses - Leslie De'Ath (pno), Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.559304)

BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor Op 5/2 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Telarc CD 80740)

CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb Op 20 - Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 078)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

LISZT: Prélude et Étude en arpèges - Wolf Harden (pno) (Naxos 8.572077)

SPEAKE: JT's Symmetrical Scale - Martin Speake (sax), Dharambir Singh (sitar), Sarvar Sabri (table/ghatam) (Black Box BBJ 2025)

ROLLA: Exercise & arpeggio in G for solo viola - Jennifer Stumm (vla) (Naxos 8.572010)

ROSSINI: Rising & falling scales, from Sins of my old age Book 3 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

KAPSBERGER: Toccata arpeggiata - Paul O'Dette (chitarrone) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7020)

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

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (PentaTone PTC 5186 182)

MOZART: Dal tuo gentil sembiante, from Ascanio in Alba - Natalie Dessay (sop), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Louis Langrée (Virgin 5 45447)

(Box 123, Wellington or concert@radionz.co.nz)

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 15 in Db, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441-3)

TANEYEV: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 30 - Vadim Repin, Ilya Gringolts (vlns), Nobuko Imai (vla), Lynn Harrell (cello), Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (rec 2003) (DG 477 5419)

NZ musicians and composers

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

BEETHOVEN arr Matiegka: Serenade in D Op 8 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Robert Alemany (cl) (Koch International 3-7404)

COSMA: Concerto for euphonium - Adam Frey (euphonium), New Zealand SO/Bruce Hangen (Naxos 8.570538)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

POLLACK arr Gale: That's a-plenty; SOUSA arr Werden: The Washington Post; GERSHWIN arr Elkjer: I got Rhythm - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 1, The boatmen's song; The dodger; Long time ago; Simple gifts; I bought me a cat - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

RUDNEV: The Old Lime Tree - Artyom Dervoed (gtr) (Naxos 8.570447)

PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Alessandro Baccini (ob), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

PÄRT: Hymn to a Great City - Michael McHale (pno) (Louth CMS LCMS 901)

MORALES arr Garbarek: Parce mihi Domine - Jan Garbarek (sax), Hilliard Ensemble (ECM 1525)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus - BBC Welsh National Orch/Lesley Hatfield (dir) (BBC Music BBC MM 250)

BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony S2K 63203)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Pittsburgh SO/Lorin Maazel (Sony SK 48382)

McFERRIN Grace - Bobby McFerrin (vocal), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (Sony SK 48177)

FAURÉ arr Ma: Fourth movement, Allegro quasi presto, from Violin Sonata No 1 in A Op 13 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Sony SK 87287)

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in Bb RV423 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Sony SK 90916)

O'CONNOR arr Meyer: Butterfly's Day Out - Mark O'Connor (mdln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

2011 Gramophone Awards

Best Historic Recording

MAHLER: Deryck Cooke's illustrated talk, broadcast on the BBC Third Programme on 19 Dec 1960, in which he introduces Mahler's unfinished 10th symphony and explains the nature of his work on the draft - Deryck Cooke (speaker/pno), Philharmonia/Bertold Goldschmidt (Testament SBT3 1457) (complete Symphony after Music Alive)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), City of London Sinfonia (Chandos CHAN 10702)

WOMAD Taranaki 2011

Eleven programmes

(8) Sidestepper

Bogota-based music collective Sidestepper fuse Latin rhythms, dub, drum and bass, and hip-hop music, creating a sound that unites contemporary electronic and more traditional Caribbean sounds. The group have been a prime catalyst for the burgeoning revolution in Colombian music and continue to blaze trails at its forefront (RNZ)

MAHLER: Symphony No 10 in F# minor, the first performance of Deryck Cooke's full-length performing version, recorded live on 13 Aug 1964 at the Royal Albert Hall, London - London SO/Bertold Goldschmidt (Testament SBT3 1457)

ONSLOW: Piano Trio in A Op 3/1 - Trio Cascades (CPO 777 232)

DUROSOIR: Jouvence - Saskia Lethiec (vln), Ensemble Calliopée/Renaud Déjardin (Alpha 164)

11:00 TOURNIER: Harp Sonatina Op 30 - Chantal Mathieu (harp) (Claves CD 50-9816)

STATHAM: Suite for Flute & String Quartet - Adrianna Lis (fl), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (pno) (Oehms OC 585)