Schedules for 10 - 16 March, 2012

Disc 1

Night Music 3

Works by Fauré, Tchaikovsky, Marcello, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bizet, Haydn, Corelli, Mozart, Albinoni - Various Artists (Naxos 8.551123)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

DAVID: Piano Trios, No 3 in C minor; No 2 in D minor - Ilona Prunyi (pno), Eszter Perényi (vln), Tibor Párkányi (cello) (Marco Polo 8.223492)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

Stairway to Heaven

Choral Works by Bach, Fauré, Messiaen, Poulenc, Stanford, Allegri, Mozart, Burgon, Schubert, Lassus, Victoria, Purcell, Barber - Choir of Trinity College/Richard Marlow (Conifer 75605-51521)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonatas, No 21 in C Op 53, Waldstein; No 27 in E minor Op 90; No 14 in C# minor Op 27/2, Moonlight; No 13 in Eb Op 27/1 - Michael Houstoun (Trust MMT 2001/3)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

GRAINGER: Rustic Dance; Eastern Intermezzo; Colonial Song; Gay but Wistful; The Gum-sucker's March; LILBURN: Diversions for strings; DREYFUS: Serenade for small orchestra; BENJAMIN: North American Square Dance; COULTHARD: Excursion Ballet Suite - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC 2 5088)

6:00 L MOZART: Symphony in C, Eisen C4 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10496)

FAURÉ arr Busser: Pavane - Ina-Esther Joost Ben-Sasson (cello), Allan Sternfield (pno) (Naxos 8.570545)

GOODWIN: Puppet Serenade - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

BACH: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor - Monica Huggett (vln) (Virgin VCD 5 45205)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Overture - Leningrad Phil/Evgeny Mravinsky (Melodiya 74321 25199)

7:00 RAVEL: Dawn, from Daphnis & Chloé - London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Leopold Stokowski (London 443 331)

HANDEL: Violin Sonata in D HWV371 - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), David Schrader (hpschd), John Mark Rozendaal (cello) (Cedille CDR 90000 032)

HERTEL: Concerto in Eb for trumpet & oboe - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Ulf Bjurenhed (ob), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Edward Tarr (Naxos 8.554375)

CORRETTE: Carillon des morts - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Philippe Herreweghe (Archiv 471 722)

MESSAGER: Solo de concours - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

GERMAN: The Willow Song - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7156)

8:00 ROSSINI: Tancredi, Overture - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62802)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Daniel-Ben Pienaar (pno) (Avie AV 2209)

MOLTER: Cello Concerto in C - Roman Storojenko (cello), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

ANON arr Southgate/Rawson: English Dompe; Ballo Milanese; Galliarda Sexta - Bruce McKinnon, Jeremy Fitzsimons (percussion), Saxcess (Saxcess)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 1 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9148)

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

LISZT: Les Préludes - Rotterdam Phil/James Conlon (Erato 2292-45256)

DELIUS ed Beecham/Fenby: Cello Concerto - Paul Watkins (cello), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Chandos CHSA 5094)

PETRIE: Asleep in the deep - Oscar Natzka (bass), Hubert Greenslade (pno) (rec 1939) (Atoll ACD 400)

ENESCU: Octet in C Op 7 - ASMF Chamber Ensemble (Chandos CHAN 9131)

MOURET: Rondo, from Suites de Symphonies - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Anthony Newman (Sony SK 60804)

PUCCINI: Love duet, from Madame Butterfly - Mirella Freni (sop), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 440 072)

SCHMEISSER: Serenade - Andreas Blau (fl), Hendrik Heilmann (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 308 1659)

HAYDN: Symphony No 17 in F - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (dir/hpschd) (Hyperion CDA 66533)

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

This week's best-selling CDs

Ten programmes giving Phil Broadhurst's perspective on the international recorded jazz scene

(2) Women in Jazz including Terri Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

WOMAD 2012 artists

A sneak preview of some of the artists appearing at WOMAD 2012 in New Plymouth next weekend. There's a touch of Bollywood from Bombay Royale, intense oud playing from the Joubran Trio and some unexpected renditions of waiata by The Yoots (Global promo; Economy 880735; Randana RAND 002)

The University of Auckland Concerto Competition 2010

University of Auckland SO/Uwe Grodd

A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Tianyi Lu (fl)

GREGSON: Tuba Concerto - Jessica Rodda (tuba)

TCHAIKOVSKY: First movement, Allegro non troppo, from Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Jason Bae (pno) (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

SCHUMANN: Manfred Overture Op 115 - BBC National Orch of Wales/Walter Weller (BBC Music BBC MM 216)

JOACHIM: Hebrew Melodies, Impressions of Byron's poems - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), Anthony Hewitt (pno) (Naxos 8.572533)

ARNELL: Lord Byron, a symphonic portrait Op 67 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7195)

BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy - Csaba Erdélyi (vla), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 03)

FREITAS BRANCO: The Death of Manfred - RTE National SO/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.572370)

NZ musicians and composers

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

TCHEREPNIN: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 30/2 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Geoffrey Tozer (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9770)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes Op 32 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

TURINA: Poem in the form of songs, Never forget; Song; Two fears; Crazed for love; MONTSALVATGE: Five Negro Songs, Cuba in a piano; Habanera rhythm; Chévere; Cradle song for a little black boy; Black song - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Julius Drake (pno) (Eloquentia EL 0608)

FINZI: Till Earth outwears, Let me enjoy the earth; In years defaced; The market-girl; I look into my glass; It never looks like Summer; At a lunar eclipse; Life laughs onwards - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Iain Burnside (pno) (Naxos 8.570414)

BRAHMS: My thoughts are with you Op 95/2; Like melodies Op 105/1; Sapphic Ode Op 94/4; Solitude in the meadow Op 86/2; Nightingale Op 97/1; Despair Op 72/4 - Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1926)

With Heath Lees

Beethoven's Symphony No 6, Pastoral (RNZ)

Colin Currie (percussion), New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring; HIGDON: Percussion Concerto; CRESSWELL: I Paesaggi dell'anima (Landscapes of the Soul)

(Interval interview: Composer Jennifer Higdon talks with Kim Hill)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

POPPER: Fantasy on little Russian songs Op 43 - Raphaël Pidoux (cello), Elodie Soulard (accordion) (Integral Classic INT 221.230)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS arr Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 472 984)

11:00 FESCA: Flute Quartet in D Op 37 - Linos Ensemble (CPO 777 126)

ALBÉNIZ arr Feola: Asturias; Castilla, from Spanish Songs Op 232 - Giuseppe Feola (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 94047)

SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), José Gallardo (pno) (Genuin GEN 10187)

Disc 1

ELGAR: Cockaigne Overture; DELIUS: Summer evening; BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad; The banks of Green Willow; FINZI: Suite from Love's Labours - English SO/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5210)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

NIELSEN: String Quartets, in G minor Op 13; in F Op 44; String Quintet in G - Philipp Naegele (vla), Kontra Quartet (BIS CD 504)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BUSNOIS: Missa L'home armé; Anima mea liquefacta est; Domarto: Missa Spiritus almus; Busnois: Gaude celestis domina; PULLOIS: Flos de spina - Binchois Consort/Andrew Kirkman (Hyperion CDA 67319)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

STRAVINSKY arr Crabb/Draugsvoll: Petrushka, 1947 version; Tango; MUSSORGSKY arr Crabb/Draugsvoll: Pictures at an Exhibition - James Crabb, Geir Draugsvoll (accordions) (EMI CDZ 5 69705)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Enchanting melodies from Victorian and Edwardian times

Piano Works - Alan Etherden (pno) (HMP CD 0589)

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

PÄRT: Pari Intervallo - Marshall McGuire (harp) (ABC Classics 456 696)

TRAD arr Varis: Magdalena på källebro - Maria Kalaniemi (sop/accordion), Olli Varis (gtr) (Aito Records AICD015)

SCHUBERT: German Mass D872 - Regensburg Cathedral Choir, wind ensemble/Georg Ratzinger (Ars Musici 232 126)

ALLEGRI: Miserere mei, Deus - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16014)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Rhosymedre, from Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - Eugene Lavery (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Holy Trinity Cathedral)

G IVES: In pace; Listen sweet Dove; A song of divine love - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives, Jonathan Hardy, Richard Pinel (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7420)

GRETCHANINOV: Passion Week, excerpts - Caroline Markham (mezzo), Paul Davidson (ten), Bryan Taylor (bar), Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansas City Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5044)

GRIEG: The Last Spring Op 34/2 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

VILLA-LOBOS: Prelude No 1 in E minor - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

DVORÁK: Second movement, Waltz, from Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow, Richard Pearce (org) (Conifer 75605 51521)

OFFENBACH trans Moszkowski: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - John McArthur (pno) (Boston & Blue Street BAB 10977)

BACH arr Koopman: Erbarme dich, from St Matthew Passion - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Sony SK 60680)

CANTELOUBE: Brezairola, from Songs of the Auvergne - Yvonne Kenny (sop), Melbourne SO/Vladimir Kamirski (ABC Classics 454 511)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Fêtes galantes, Set 2, The innocents; The faun; Sentimental conversation - Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Daniel Blumenthal (pno) (Naïve V 5022)

Estampes, Pagodes; La soirée dans Grenade; Jardins sous la pluie - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4018)

Le Promenoir des deux amants - Dawn Upshaw (sop), Jérôme Ducros (pno) (Erato 3984 27329)

Jeux - London SO/Valery Gergiev (LSO Live LSO 0692)

Being Mendelssohn

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

(4) BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata No 9 in A Op 47, Kreutzer - Arnaud Sussmann (vln), Wu Han (pno)

SPOHR: Nonet in F Op 31 - Carol Wincenc (fl), William Bennett (ob), Anthony McGill (cl), Denis Godburn (bsn), William Vermeulen (horn), Arnaud Sussmann (vln), Masumi Per Rostad (vla), Paul Walkins (cello), Scott Pingel (dbass) (Music@Menlo Live 2009/4)

SAINT-SAËNS: Six Studies for the left hand - Michel Béroff (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49079)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 4 in Bb Op 53 for the left hand - Alexander Gavrylyuk (pno), Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Triton EXCL 00044)

Peter de Blois reviews choral releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

The Viennese Troika: Gulda, Badura-Skoda, Demus

HAYDN: Variations in F minor HobXVII/6 - Friedrich Gulda (pno) (rec 1959) (Hänssler CD 93.704)

MOZART: Concerto in Eb for two pianos K365 - Paul Badura-Skoda, Dagmar Bella (pno duo), Vienna Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler (rec 1949) (Music & Arts CD 1097)

SCHUMANN: Schneeglöckchen; Er ist's; Marienwürmchen; Käuzlein; Der Sandmann, from Lieder-Album for the Young Op 79 - Elly Ameling (sop), Jörg Demus (fpno) (rec 1967) (DHM GD 77085)

SHEARING/FORSTER: Lullaby of Birdland - Friedrich Gulda (pno), with jazz ensemble (Philips 456 820)

Mahler's Last Year

When Gustav Mahler died on 18 May 1911, his music remained misunderstood except by a small circle of devotees. For almost 50 years it was largely ignored, however today the world listens to Mahler's music.

Peter Shaw presents two programmes about the composer's final year. It saw the triumphant première of his Eighth Symphony in Munich, the near collapse of his marriage, a fraught period as conductor of the New York Philharmonic and a prolonged struggle with the illness that forced his early retirement and brought him back to Vienna to die at the age of 50 (2) (RNZ)

Metropolitan Opera Season

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

(10) DONIZETTI: Anna Bolena, an opera in two acts

Anna Netrebko portrays the ill-fated queen, driven insane by her unfaithful king, singing one of opera's greatest mad scenes

Anna Bolena................. Anna Netrebko

Enrico........................... Ildar Abdrazakov

Giovanna....................... Ekaterina Gubanova

Lord Rochefort............. Keith Miller

Lord Percy.................... Stephen Costello

Smeton......................... Tamara Mumford

Sir Hervey..................... Eduardo Valdes

Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orch/Marco Armiliato (EBU)

Nine programmes

(2) Paul McCartney

William Dart reviews Paul McCartney’s new album of Tin Pan Alley standards in the context of his own song-writing and other artists’ endeavours in this area (RNZ)

Gisborne Music Competition 2011

Four programmes

(1) Performances from the semi-final round

POULENC: Flute Sonata; BURTON: Second movement, Andantino sognando, from Flute Sonatina - Stephanie Vici (fl), Richard Mapp (pno)

PROKOFIEV: Second movement, Andante, from Symphony-Concerto in E minor Op 125; TCHAIKOVSKY: Pezzo Capriccioso in B minor Op 62 - Karol Kowalik (cello), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

SCELSI: First movement, from Four Pieces for solo trumpet; ENESCU: Legend for trumpet & piano - Josh Rogan (tpt), Janis Cook (pno)

BACH: Fourth & Second movements, Finale; Fugue, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; SARASATE: Introduction & Tarantella Op 43 - James Dong (vln), Rosemary Barnes (pno)

BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Lute Suite in C minor BWV997; HOUGHTON: Stélé - Andrey Lebedev (gtr) (recorded in the Gisborne War Memorial Theatre by RNZ)

JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta Op 60 - Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.572639)

LUTOSLAWSKI: Dance Preludes - Zbigniew Kaleta (cl), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.555763)

WALTON: Variations on a theme by Hindemith - English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (Naxos 8.553869)

HOLST: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group, To the dawn; To the waters; To Vena; Hymn of the travellers - Sioned Williams (harp), BBC Singers/Justin Doyle (BBC Music BBC MM 252)

DELIUS: Suite for violin & orchestra - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7226)

11:00 BONIS: Piano Quartet No 1 in Bb Op 69 - Mozart Piano Quartet (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 643 1424)

KUMMER: Cello Duet Op 103/4 - Phoebe Carrai, Tanya Tomkins (cellos) (Avie AV 2060)

CAMPA: Three Miniatures, Menuet; Gavotte; Thème varié - Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Sono Luminus DSL 92130)

Disc 1

GOTTSCHALK arr Kay: Cakewalk Ballet; PISTON: The Incredible Flutist - Louisville Orch/Akira Endo, Jorge Mester (Albany TROY 016)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

BEETHOVEN: Rasumovsky Quartets Op 59/2 & 3 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

RODRIGO: Christmas carols and songs; Hymns of the Neophytes of Qumrán; Music for the Salamancan Codex; Canticle of St Francis of Assisi - Raquel Lojendio, María Jesús Prieto, Victoria Marchante, Ada Allende (sops), David Rubiera (bar), Orch and Chorus of the Comunidad de Madrid/José Ramón Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: La boite à joujoux; Etudes, Vols 1 & 2 - Jörg Demus (pno) (Amadeo 423 277)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; HOLST: St Paul's Suite Op 29/2; WARLOCK: Capriol Suite; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10 - Margaret Campbell, Collin Lilley (fls), Audrey Douglas (harp), English String Orch/William Broughton (Nimbus NI 5213)

6:00 C STAMITZ: Symphony in F Op 24/3 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9358)

SMETANA: Three Salon Polkas Op 7 - Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (Calliope CAL 4206)

TRAD arr Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Scarborough Fair - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), London Voices, English CO (EMI 5 56923)

ANON: Greensleeves to a ground - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9820)

WAGNER: Tannhäuser, Procession into the Hall of Song - Chorus of the Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Swedish Orch/Leif Segerstam (Naxos 8.557714)

7:00 VERDI ed Spada: Force of Destiny, Prelude - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 473 767)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056 - András Schiff (pno), English CO/George Malcolm (Dal Segno DSPRCD 042)

BRAHMS arr Joachim: Hungarian Dances, Vol 1 Book 2 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67663)

GLINKA: Variations on Scottish Themes - Valery Kamishov (pno) (Melodiya MCD 124)

KUULA: Prelude & Fugue Op 10 - BBC Concert Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7272)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BOLZONI: Minuet - Detroit SO/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9227)

CHOPIN: Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise in Eb Op 22 - Alexis Weissenberg (pno), Paris Conservatoire Orch/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (EMI 5 00906)

ALBÉNIZ arr Tárrega: Tango, from España Op 165 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private Recording)

COLLINS: Vanity Fair - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (Dutton CDLX 7162)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C# minor S244 - Thomas Labé (pno) (Dorian DOR 90251)

ROSAS: Sobre las olas - Festival Orch of Mexico/Enrique Bátiz (Naxos 8.550838)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans - Fiona Eldridge (sop), Julia Field (contralto), David Jackson (ten), James Cross (bass), Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse (Guild GMCD 7199)

Première rapsodie - Kari Kriikku (cl), Finnish Radio SO/Jukka-Pekka Saraste (Ondine ODE 778)

Trois Poèmes de Stephane Mallarmé - Bernard Kruysen (bar), Hans Henkemans (pno) (Globe GLO 6902)

orch Koechlin: Khamma - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572297)

Syrinx - Sharon Bezaly (fl) (BIS SACD 1459)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No O in D minor, Nullte - Ireland National SO/Georg Tintner (Naxos 8.554215-16)

POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani - Michael Murray (organ of Cathedral of St Philip, Atlanta, Georgia), Atlanta SO/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80643)

LILBURN: String Quartet in E minor - Martin Riseley, Jun He (vlns), Donald Maurice (vla), Inbal Megiddo (cello) (Atoll ACD 142)

DVORÁK: Te Deum Op 103 - Christine Brewer (sop), Roger Roloff (bass), Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (Telarc CD 80287)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

SCHMITT: Étude pour le Palais Hanté Op 49 - Leslie De'Ath, Anya Alexeyev (pno duo) (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7273)

ANDERSON: The Phantom Regiment - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

SULLIVAN: When the night wind howls, from Ruddigore - Donald Adams (bass), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 433 868)

TOYE: The Haunted Ballroom - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

LINCKE: Glow Worm Idyll - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian - Sviatoslav Richter (pno), Stuttgart Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (Hänssler CD 93.707)

STROZZI: Rissolvetevi pensieri - Glenda Simpson (mezzo), Camerata of London (Hyperion CDA 66303)

BIBER: Sonata No 15, The Coronation of the Virgin, the last of The Five Glorious Mysteries, from The Rosary Sonatas - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321/22)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SHOSTAKOVICH: Prelude & Fugue No 16 in Bb minor, from 24 Preludes & Fugues Op 87 - Tatiana Nikolayeva (pno) (rec 1990) (Hyperion CDA 66441-3)

RACHMANINOV: The Bells Op 35 - Renée Fleming (sop), Karl Dent (ten), Victor Ledbetter (bar), Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Shaw (rec 1995) (Telarc CD 80365)

NZ musicians and composers

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Peter Scholes (cl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 5 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)

SOR: Introduction & Variations on a theme by Mozart Op 9 - Peter McAven (gtr) (Private recording)

MOZART: Second movement, Andantino, from Concerto in C for flute & harp K299 - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), Wellington Orch/James Sedares (Wgtn Sinfonia)

HILL: The Sacred Mountain - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Hill Records 001)

MAHLER: Fourth movement, Adagietto, from Symphony No 5 in C# minor - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1577)

BIZET arr Grafe: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante; Prés des remparts de Séville, from Carmen - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

S WESLEY: Variations in D on God save the King - Jennifer Bate (organ of St James' Church, Bermondsey, London) (Somm SOMMCD 036)

TARTINI arr Baril: Violin Sonata in G minor Op 2/1, Devil's Trill - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza (Lento), from Symphony No 5 in D - Adelaide SO/Patrick Thomas (ABC Classics 472 984)

HANDEL: Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - Keith Lewis (ten), NZSO CO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2022)

LEHÁR: Legends of the Danube - North German Radio Phil/Klauspeter Seibel (CPO 999 423)

GLYN: Spirit of the Lake, from Legend of the Lake - Michael Allen (tpt), Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2149)

TCHAIKOVSKY: A legend, from 16 Children's Songs - Ilya Levinsky (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51268)

BRIDGE: Norse Legend - BBC National Orch of Wales/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 10012)

MAYERL: The Sword Excalibur; Guinevere, from The Legends of King Arthur - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9141)

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Abbey Road Ensemble/Lawrence Foster (EMI CDC 5 55475)

ANON: The legend of the twelve robbers - Boris Tchepikov (bass), Orthodox Singers Male Choir/Gueorgui Smirnov (Saison Russe RUS 288 158)

ROTA: The Legend of the Glass Mountain, from the film The Glass Mountain - Philip Fowke (pno), RTE Concert Orch/Proinnsías O Duinn (Naxos 8.554323)

SOUTULLO: The Legend of the Kiss, Intermezzo - Madrid Community Orch/Miguel Roa (Naxos 8.555957)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Beau soir; Mandoline; Apparition - Renée Fleming (sop), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 467 697)

Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon - John Chen (pno) (ABC 476 6834)

Sonata for flute, viola & harp - Juliette Hurel (fl), Arnaud Thorette (vla), Christine Icart (harp) (Zig Zag ZZT 110 401)

Six Epigraphes antiques - Waka Hasegawa, Joseph Tong (pno duet) (Quartz QTZ 2048)

Cello Sonata in D minor - Jean-Marie Trotereau (cello), Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.105)

Tokyo String Quartet

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 95, Serioso; VINE: String Quartet No 5; MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 13 (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

D SCARLATTI: Stabat Mater - Virginie Thomas (sop), Sean Clayton (ten), Les Arts Florissants/Paul Agnew (Virgin 0 70907)

VIOTTI: Second movement, Adagio, from Harp Sonata in Bb - Nicanor Zabaleta (harp) (DG 415 893)

RIES: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 132, Abschieds-Concert von England - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Royal Liverpool Phil/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.570440)

SIBELIUS: Karelia Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 447 760)

11:00 VILLA-LOBOS: Twelve Etudes - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Ode CD MANU 5016)

IBERT: Le Jardinier de Samos, incidental music to Vildrac's play - Collegium Musicum soloists (Kontrapunkt 32202)

Disc 1

PIAZZOLLA: La Muerte del Angel; Aconcagua; Romance del Diablo; Tanguedia; Milonga del Angel; Vayamos al Diablo; Tres Tangos; Oblivion - James Crabb (accordion), Benjamin Martin (pno); Australian Chamber Orch/Richard Tognetti (Chandos CHAN 10163)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SAINT-SAËNS: Odelette Op 162; Sonata for clarinet Op 167; Feuillet d'album Op 81; Sonata for bassoon Op 168; Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs for flute, oboe and piano Op 79; Sonata for oboe Op 166; Romance in Db Op 37; Tarantell Op 6 - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell, David Campbell (cls), Rachel Gough, Robin Kennard (bsns) (Cala CACD 1017)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

HUMMEL: Te Deum; Missa Solemnis in C - Patricia Wright (sop), Zan McKendree-Wright (contralto), Patrick Power (ten), David Griffiths (bass), Donald Armstrong (vln), Voices New Zealand, New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557193)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

Works by Monteverdi, Dalla Casa, Ortiz, Rogniono, de Rore, Trabaci, de Sekma, Willaert, Bonnizzi, Terzi - Hille Perle, Robert Sagasser, Martina Rothbauer, Paulina van Laarhoven, Matthias Müller (violas da gamba), Andrew Laurence-King (harp), Lee Santana (lutes, Renaissance gtr, chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

4:30 approx - Disc 5

KODÁLY: Háry János, Suite: Dances of Marosszék; Dances on a Hungarian Folk Song, The Peacock; Dances of Galánta - Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 444 322)

6:00 HAYDN: Overture to Autumn, from The Seasons - Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta/Manfred Huss (BIS CD 1818)

CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

C SCOTT: Early one morning, Poem for piano & orchestra - Howard Shelley (pno), BBC Phil/Martyn Brabbins (Chandos CHAN 10376)

PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

MATIELLI: Adagio - Lily Laskine (harp) (Erato 4509 92131)

COPLAND: Old American Songs, Set 2, The little horses; Zion's walls; The golden willow tree; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw - St Charles Singers, Elgin SO/Robert Hanson (Naxos 8.559297)

7:00 GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

PAGANINI: Le Streghe, Variations on a theme from Sussmayr's Il noce di Benvenuto - Eugene Fodor (vln), Kiyoshi Tomagawa (pno) (Clarity CCD 1017)

RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd, from Requiem - Quentin Poole (ob), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COL CD 100)

BACH: Toccata in G BWV916 - Anthony Jennings (hpschd) (Tartar TRL 022)

WALTON arr Mathieson: Richard III, A Shakespeare Suite - Philharmonia/William Walton (EMI CDM 5 65007)

8:00 Beauty Spot: G JACKSON: Salve regina - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67708)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Op 68, Evening in the mountains; At the cradle - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Cleveland Symphonic Winds/Frederick Fennell (Telarc CD 80099)

J STRAUSS I arr Winter: Radetzky March - Philharmonia/Efrem Kurtz (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

PABST: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty after Tchaikovsky - Oleg Marshev (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 450)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9815)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Preludes, Book 2, excerpts, La Puerta del Vino; Général Lavine - eccentric; La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune; Feux d'artifice - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (pno) (Philips 456 901)

Trois ballades de François Villon - Gérard Souzay (bar), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (EMI CDM 7 63112)

La plus que lente - Derek Bell (cimbalom), Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

En blanc et noir - Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy (pno duo) (Decca 478 1090)

SCHUBERT arr Joachim: Grand Duo in C D812 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 655)

GIBBS: Oboe Concerto Op 48 - Jonathan Small (ob), Royal Liverpool Phil/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7249)

G SCHUMANN: Piano Trio No 1 in F Op 25 - Munich Piano Trio (CPO 777 712)

STILL: Wood Notes, Singing river; Autumn night; Moon dusk; Whippoorwill's Shoes - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos 8.559676)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

ROSLAVETS: In the hours of the New Moon - BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67484)

Les Heures - Isabelle Druet (mezzo), Johanne Ralambondrainy (pno) (Aparté AP 013)

GLASS: The kiss, from The Hours - Michael Riesman (pno), Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), studio orch/Nick Ingman (Nonesuch 79693)

PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours, from La Gioconda - Vienna Phil/Rudolf Kempe (Testament SBT 1127)

ANDERSSON/ULVAEUS arr Andersson/Henryson: I walk with you, mama - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Benny Andersson (pno), Svante Henryson (dbass) (DG 477 590)

How Hybrid? Global Music Mixes

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

(4) The Hammered Dulcimer

Known as the "chopping board" (hackbrett) in Germany, the "foreign zither" (yangqin) in China and the "whamadiddle" in USA, the dispersal of the hammered dulcimer from ancient Greece and Iran to the world reads like a hybridity epic (RNZ) (Programme 5 next Tuesday)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90; Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Solomon (pno), Philharmonia/Herbert Menges (rec 1956) (EMI 7 67735)

NZ musicians and composers

PRUDEN: Dances of Brittany - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

GRANADOS: Tonadillas, selection - Deborah Wai Kapohe (sop), David Harper (pno) (Trust MMT 2038)

WAGNER: Selige Öde auf wonniger Höh'! Das is kein Mann!, from Siegfried - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

RAK: Three Russian Waltzes - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 02 CD)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

BRAHMS: Chorale Prelude, Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen - Michael Stewart (organ of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Michael Stewart)

VIVALDI: Double Concerto in D minor RV540 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (dir) (Virgin 5 45723)

MOZART compltd Levin: Lacrimosa, from Requiem in D minor K626 - Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (NZSO Live)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the reed pipes, from The Nutcracker - Royal Phil/Yuri Simonov (Tring International TRP 996)

TURINA: Gypsy Dances Op 84 - Jordi Masó (pno) (Naxos 8.557150)

SMETANA: Furiant, from The Bartered Bride - Janácek Phil/Theodore Kuchar (Brilliant Classics 93634)

TORELLI: Sonata in D for trumpet & orchestra - Ludwig Güttler (tpt/dir), Virtuosi Saxoniae (Berlin Classics 030 0168 BC)

CHERKASSKY: Prélude pathétique - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (Decca 433 651)

ISASI: Tragic Berceuse Op 22/1 - Jonathan Carney (vln), Basque National Orch/Enrique García Asensio (Claves CD 50-2007)

WAGNER: Deux Entreactes tragiques - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

SCHUMANN: Tragedy, from Romances & Ballads Op 64 - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Lorna Anderson (sop), Timothy Robinson (ten), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 447 042)

SCHILLINGS: Das Erntefest, from Moloch, Musical tragedy - Czecho-Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223324)

KIESEWETTER: Tango pathétique - Martha Argerich (pno), Gidon Kremer (vln), Mischa Maisky (cello) (DG 459 326)

MYASKOVSKY: Pathetic Overture in C minor Op 76 - Russian Federation State SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (Warner 2564 69689-8)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

9:00 European Jazz

Six programmes

(2) Bill Frisell's Disfarmer Project, original music inspired by Depression-era photographer Michael Disfarmer's arresting images of rural America. Featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leiz, Viktor Krauss & Carrie Rodriguez (German Radio/EBU)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

Night Music 15: Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming - Various artists (Naxos 8.551135)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44; DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81- Artur Schnabel (pno), Pro Arte Quartet (Arabesque Z 6613)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

CICONIA: Doctorum principem; Per quella strada; PADOVA: Imperial sedendo; CICONIA: O felix templum jubila; ANON: O Maria, virgo davitica; CICONIA: O Padua, sidus preclarum; PADOVA: La douce cere; CICONIA: Con lagreme bagnandome; Gloria, Spiritus et alme; Una panthera; DA CASERTA: Del gloriosa titolo; DA TERAMO: Un fior gentil; CICONIA: Sus une fontayne; Le ray au soleyl; DA TERAMO: Sumite, karissimi; Dime, Fortuna; Gloria: Ad ogni vento - Orlando Consort (Archiv 459 620)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DVORÁK adapted Talmi: Sonatina in G Op 100; SCHUBERT: Theme and Variations for flute and piano Op 160; REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Yossi Arnheim (fl), Daniel Gortler (pno) (Meridian CDE 84320)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

Greatest Hits: Marches

Marches from Clarke, Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Berlioz, Elgar, Verdi, Sousa, Bagley, Alford, Arne, J Wagner, Holst, Herbert, Williams & Prokofiev - Various ensembles (Sony MLK 66710)

6:00 SVENDSEN: Two Icelandic Melodies - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9028)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 253)

STATHAM: Happy Days; Happy Ending - Ben Hoadley (bsn), Nicola Baker (horn), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

DELIUS arr Tertis: Caprice & Elegy for viola & orchestra - Sarah-Jane Bradley (vla), BBC Concert Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7226)

ALBÉNIZ: Torre Bermeja, from 12 Characteristic Pieces - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc TEL 32712)

HERBERT: Three pieces for string orchestra, Air de ballet; Forget-me-not; Sunset - South West German CO/Sebastian Tewinkel (CPO 777 576)

7:00 TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - John Wallace (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 1757)

BOCHSA: Introduction & Air, based on O let eternal honours, & From mighty kings, from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - Mara Galassi (harp) (Glossa GCD 921 303)

FAURÉ: Cantique de Jean Racine - Netherlands Chamber Choir, Limburg SO/Ed Spanjaard (PentaTone PTC 5186 020)

BITSCH: Concertino - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

GERSHWIN arr Heifetz: It ain't necessarily so, from Porgy & Bess - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 471 500)

SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SATIE arr/orch Kennedy: Gymnopédie No 2 - Nigel Kennedy (vln/dir), David Heath (fls), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

BENNETT: Suite française - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2131)

C SCHUMANN arr Nelleke: Three Romances Op 22 - Karine Georgian (cello), Jan Willem Nelleke (pno) (Naxos 8.572375)

ANON: Hebrew lullaby, Noumi, noumi yaldatii - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Arianna Savall (harp), Ferran Savall (theorbo), Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Pedro Estevan (percussion) (Alia Vox AVSA 9841)

CHAMINADE: Automne - John Ogdon (pno) (EMI CDZ 7 62525)

GAL: Biedermeiertänze Op 66 - Baden Orch of Plucked Instruments/Volker Gerland (Antes BMCD 31.9171)

RAMEAU trans anon: The Hen, from Pièces de clavecin - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

DEBUSSY: Pelléas & Mélisande, excerpts

Mélisande..................... Maria Ewing

Pelléas.......................... François le Roux

Golaud.......................... José van Dam

Geneviève..................... Christa Ludwig

Arkel............................ Jean-Philippe Courtis

Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 344)

RAMEAU: Les Boréades, Suite - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AVSA 9882)

FREITAS BRANCO: Violin Sonata No 1 - Carlos Damas (vln), Anna Tomasik (pno) (Naxos 8.572334)

MESSAGER: Symphony in A - Le Mans SO/José-André Gendille (Skarbo DSK 3921)

ADIGEZALOV: Piano Concerto No 4 - Murad Adigezalzade (pno), Royal Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.572666)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

ALFVÉN: Dance of the Herdmaiden, from The Mountain King - Malmö SO/James DePreist (BIS CD 570)

BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA arr Cooper: The Maiden's Prayer - Joseph Cooper (pno) (Decca 436 854)

SEVCIK: Blue-eyed maiden Op 10/1 - Pavel Sporcl (vln), Petr Jiríkovsky (pno) (Supraphon SU 3621-2 131)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Snow Maiden, Suite - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572787)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Alfama Quartet (Fuga Libera FUG 582)

MOZART: Non mi dir, bell'idol mio, from Don Giovanni - Malvina Major (sop), New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD TRL 075)

HOLST: Suite No 1 for Military Band Op 28/1 - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)

TRAD arr Kreisler/Pritchard/Prior: Londonderry Air - Rowan Prior (cello), Jonathan Pritchard (vln) (Ode CD Ode 1363)

FAURÉ: Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op 48 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (EMI 5 57231)

HILL: String Quartet No 3 in A minor, Carnival - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.570491)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SCHUBERT: Variations on a theme from Hérold's opera, Marie - Yaara Tal, Andreas Groethuysen (pno duet) (rec 1993) (Sony S2K 58955)

TRAD arr Grainger: I'm seventeen come Sunday; Brigg Fair; My dark-haired maid - Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (rec 1994) (Philips 446 657)

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), London SO/André Previn (rec 1984) (Sony SMK 53333)

NZ musicians and composers

WEBER: Preciosa, Overture - New Zealand SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570296)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu MANU CD 5006)

J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Trust MMT 2040)

BODY: Five Lullabies - Tudor Consort/Simon Ravens (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: The Dryad Op 45/1; Dance-Intermezzo Op 45/2 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 466 357)

PIAZZOLLA arr Gordon: Libertango - London Concertante (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7491)

BACH reconstr Alessandrini: Italian Concerto in F BWV971 - Francesca Vicari (vln), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (dir) (Opus 111 OP 30301)

DRING: Trio for flute, oboe & piano - Nancy Ruffer (fl), John Anderson (ob), Helen Crayford (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7181)

PONCE: Gavota - Mexico State SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 926)

VERDI: Soldiers' Chorus, from Il Trovatore - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franco (Decca 417 721)

RHEINBERGER: Third movement, Sarabande, from Suite for organ, violin & cello Op 149 - Christopher Herrick (org), Paul Barritt (vln), Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 66883)

MARTINU: Czech Rhapsody - Craig Stratton (vln), Sholto Kynoch (pno) (Classical CRC 1417)

IRELAND: Sea Fever - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 445 946)

ROPARTZ: Prelude, Marine & Chansons - Linos Harp Quintet (Hänssler CD 93.175)

BEETHOVEN: Calm Sea & Prosperous Voyage Op 112 - Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus & Orch/Lawrence Foster (PentaTone PTC 5186 359)

RAMIREZ arr Coves: Alfonsina y el mar - Vicente Coves (gtr) (Naxos 8.572527)

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (SOUNZ Volume 1)

BRITTEN: Storm, from Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes - Ulster Orch/Vernon Handley (Chandos CHAN 6538)

Philosophy Talk

Philosophy Talk is radio that celebrates the value of the examined life. Our two philosopher-hosts invite listeners to join them in conversations about a wide variety of issues, ranging from popular culture to our most deeply held beliefs about science, morality, and the human condition

Philosophy Talk is presented by Ken Taylor and John Perry of Stanford University

Six programmes

(1) Nihilism and Meaning

The ancients believed in an enchanted universe - a universe suffused with meaning and purpose. But with the dawn of modernity, philosophy and science conspired together to disenchant the universe, to reveal it as entirely devoid of meaning and purpose. Must any rational and reflective person living in the 21st century accept such nihilism? Or is there a way to re-infuse the disenchanted universe with meaning and purpose? Join John and Ken for a thought-provoking discussion of nihilism and meaning with writer Hubert Dreyfus (Ben Manilla Productions)

Music for Film

Four programmes

(2) Aurélienne Brauner (cello), Lille National Orch/Laurent Petitgirard

JARRE: A Passage to India; Is Paris Burning?; HONEGGER: Symphonic Movement No 1, Pacific 231; JARRE: Dead Poets Society; Lawrence of Arabia, Suite & Overture; PETITGIRARD: John Rabe; JARRE: Suite française, Le tête contre les murs; Les dragueurs; Week-end à Zuydcoote; MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain; JARRE: Doctor Zhivago (recorded in Nouveau Siècle, Lille by Radio France)

BRITTEN: Phantasy Quartet Op 2 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (Sony 88697 28585)

BOWEN: Phantasy in F Op 54 - Bridge Duo (Naxos 8.572580)

DITTERSDORF: Serenade in F - Oradea Phil/Romeo Rîmbu (Olympia OCD 425)

STRAUSS: Duet Concertino for clarinet & bassoon - Nicholas Cox (cl), Alan Pendlebury (bsn), Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (Avie AV 2071)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

11:00 SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in A minor D385 - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (Newton 880 2067)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Robert Plane (cl), David Pyatt (horn), Maggini Quartet (Naxos 8.570550)

Disc 1

MAHLER ed Cooke: Symphony No 10 - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 5 56972)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MARAIS: Suites, in E minor; in G minor; in C - Quadro Hotteterre, Walter Möller (cellos), Bob van Asperen (hpschd) (Teldec 9031 77617)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

ANON: Rejoice in the Lord; PURCELL: Remember not, Lord, our offences; AMNER: Come, let's rejoice; TOMKINS: When David heard; BAIRSTOW: I sat down under his shadow; GOSS: These are they that follow the Lamb; TAVERNER: Christe Jesu, pastor bone; PHILIPS: O beatum et sacrosanctum dicum; HOWELLS: Nunc dimittis; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: O vos omnes; DERING: Factum est silentium; STANFORD: Justorum animae; WOOD: Hail gladdening light; TAVENER: A Hymn to the Mother of God; Hymn for the Dormition of the Mother of God; ELGAR: They are at rest; WALTON: A litany; MORLEY: Nolo mortem peccatoris; TALLIS: O nata lux; RUTTER: Loving shepherd of thy sheep; STONE: The Lord's Prayer; SHEPPARD: In manus tuas; HARRIS: Bring us, O Lord God - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 113)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

ROSSINI: String Sonatas, No 1 in G; No 2 in A; No 3 in C; No 4 in Bb; No 5 in Eb; No 6 in D - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (Hyperion CDA 66595)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits

Works for violin by Vivaldi, Massenet, Satie, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Bach, Kreisler, Bach, Trad, Kennedy, Monti, Vivaldi - Nigel Kennedy (vln), Various artists and orchestras (EMI 5 573302)

6:00 CPE BACH: String Symphony in Bb Wq182/2 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 300)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 3 in Ab - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (RNZ)

VERDI arr Genin/Pierre: Fantasy on A Masked Ball - Patrick Gallois (fl), Fabrice Pierre (harp), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

ELGAR: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)

HOLBROOKE: Three Blind Mice Op 37/1, Symphonic Variations on an old English Air - Brandenburg State Orch/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 442)

7:00 LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Kiwi SLD 14)

BACH arr Giegling: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Heinz Holliger (ob), Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Edo de Waart (Philips 420 700)

GARNER/BURKE arr Barley: Misty - Viktoria Mullova (vln) (Philips 464 184)

N RAWSTHORNE: Hornpipe Humoresque - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

L MOZART: Toy Symphony in G - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.570499)

8:00 Beauty Spot: MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller?, from Werther - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), National Phil/Oliviero de Fabritiis (Decca 421 876)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

RAVEL trans Garban: Daphnis & Chloé, Suite No 2 - Sergio Tiempo, Karin Lechner (pno duo) (EMI 5 18333)

REGONDI: Introduction & Caprice Op 23 - Anabel Montesinos (gtr) (Naxos 8.557294)

ANON arr Ashmore: Greensleeves - Richard Stolzman (cl), Guildhall String Ensemble/Robert Salter (dir) (RCA RD 60437)

DELIBES: Waltz & Mazurka, from Coppélia - New Zealand SO/Varujan Kojian (Kiwi CD SLC 222)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

Fantasy for piano & orchestra - Aldo Ciccolini (pno), ORTF National Orch/Jean Martinon (EMI CDM 7 69668)

Etudes, Book 2 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner Classics 8573 83940)

BRAHMS: Song of Triumph Op 55 - Bo Skovhus (bar), Danish National Choir & SO/Gerd Albrecht (Chandos CHAN 10165)

CHOPIN: Piano Trio in G minor Op 8 - Kungsbacka Piano Trio (Naxos 8.572585)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Nicolas Altstaedt (cello), Potsdam Kammerakademie/Michael Sanderling (Genuin GEN 89148)

G CHARPENTIER: Italian Impressions - Nice Phil/Marco Guidarini (Talent DOM 2929 106)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

JF WAGNER: Under the Double Eagle - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 66710)

KORNGOLD: The Sea Hawk, excerpts - Ambrosian Singers, National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (RCA GD 80912)

BAX: Golden Eagle - Richard Nunn (pno), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

GOODWIN: Where Eagles Dare, Main Theme - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10262)

DVORÁK: The Golden Spinning Wheel Op 109 - Czech Phil/Charles Mackerras (Supraphon SU 4012)

SULLIVAN: I have a song to sing, o! from The Yeomen of the Guard - John Reed (bar), Elizabeth Harwood (sop), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Phil/Malcolm Sargent (Decca 430 095)

WIENIAWSKI: Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Op 22 - Jascha Heifetz (vln), London Phil/John Barbirolli (rec 1935) (EMI 7 64251)

ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa, from Barber of Seville - Maria Callas (sop), Philharmonia/Alceo Galliera (EMI CDC 7 49502)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Paris Conservatoire Orch/Ataúlfo Argenta (rec 1957) (Decca 475 7747)

NZ musicians and composers

K YOUNG: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

FARQUHAR: Eight Blake Songs - Peter Russell (bar), Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi CD SLD 112)

LISZT: Orpheus - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.553355)

CHARLTON: Figure Eight - Totally Plucked, the Wellington Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

BEETHOVEN: Fidelio, Overture - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MDK 44790)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - János Starker (cello), London SO/Antal Dorati (Philips 420 873)

MOZART arr anon: Variations in C on Ah, vous dirai-je, maman K265 - Yur-Eum Woodwind Quintet (Korean Broadcasting Haedong 253)

ALBÉNIZ: Rondeña, from Iberia Book 2 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

WALDTEUFEL: The Skaters, Waltz - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (IMG Artists 5 62869)

PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème - Renata Tebaldi (sop), Carlo Bergonzi (ten), St Cecilia Academy Orch, Rome/Tullio Serafin (Decca 444 555)

MARTUCCI: Notturno Op 70/1 - English CO/Alfredo Bonavera (Hyperion CDA 66290)

AUBER: The Bronze Horse, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9765)

SULLIVAN: When the foeman bares his steel, from The Pirates of Penzance - Owen Brannigan (bass), Valerie Masterson (sop), Jean Allister (mezzo), John Reed (bar), D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Royal Phil/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 430 095)

CURTIS: Sterling silver - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Campion CAMEO 2085)

CHOPIN trans Liszt: The silver ring, from Six Polish Songs Op 74 - Mordecai Shehori (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4189)

PIERNÉ: March of the Little Lead Soldiers - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66998)

BILLINGS: Let tyrants shake their iron rod - His Majestie's Clerkes/Paul Hillier (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7126)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun, from The Golden Cockerel - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80547)

Progress, Patriotism and Protest

Three programmes in which Matthew Crawford navigates the turbulent confluence of music and politics in 20th century America

(1) Sousa waves the flag, Charles Ives remembers the civil war, William Grant Still imagines an Afro-American Symphony and organised labour takes to Broadway (Media Maker)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Latin Fiesta

Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneón), Auckland Philharmonia/Eckehard Stier

MARQUEZ: Dance No 2; PIAZZOLLA: Fuga y Misterio; Concerto for bandoneón, strings & percussion, Aconcagua

(Interval)

PIAZZOLLA arr Hensel: Invierno porteña; Verano porteña, from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires; PIAZZOLLA: Libertango; TURINA: Danzas fantásticas Op 22; GINASTERA: Estancia, Ballet Suite (RNZ)

SCHUMANN trans Meinders: Hochländisches Wiegenlied Op 25/14; Volksliedschen Op 51/2; Schöne Fremde Op 39/6; Helft mir, ihr Schwestern Op 42/5; Du Ring an meinem Finger Op 42/4; Die Lotusblume Op 25/7 - Frédéric Meinders (pno) (Danacord DACOCD 671)

TELEMANN: Oboe d'amore Concerto in G TWVG3 - Paul Goodwin (ob d'amore), King's Consort/Robert King (hpschd/dir) (Hyperion CDA 66267)

SPOHR: Faust, Overture - Berlin Radio SO/Christian Fröhlich (CPO 999 093)

11:00 MARAIS: Suite in D, from Premier Livre de Pièces de Viole, Paris, 1686 - Margaret Little (vla da gamba) (ATMA ACD 2 2612)

JOSQUIN DESPREZ: Missa Gaudeamus - A Sei Voci, Maîtrise des Pays de Loire/Bernard Fabre-Garrus (Astrée Auvidis E 8612)

Disc 1

DYSON: Concerto Leggiero for piano and orchestra; Concerto da Camera; Concerto da Chiesa - Eric Parkin (pno), Andrew Watkinson, Edward Roberts (vlns), Stephen Tees (vla), Stephen Orton (cello), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9076)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

The Only True Opera Gala

Arrangements for cello ensemble of opera works by Rossini, Mozart, Françaix, Weber, Verdi, Wagner, Bizet, Strauss, Gershwin & J Strauss II - Philharmonic Cellists (Koch 3 6546)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

PHILIPS: Sacred music for 5 voices - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

REGER: Suites, No 1 in G; No 2 in D minor; No 3 in A minor; Sonata in Bb for viola & piano Op 107 - Keith Harvey (cello), Ivo van der Werff (vla), Simon Marlow (pno) (ASV CD DCA 976)

4. 05 approx - Disc 5

MAYERL: Filigree; Three Miniatures in Syncopation; Siberian Lament; In My Garden: Summertime; Two pieces from Three Japanese Pictures; Beguine Impromptu; The Big Top; The Legends of King Arthur, Two Pieces; Honky-Tonk; In my Garden: Autumntime; Romanesque; Insect Oddities; Leprechaun's Leap - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9141)

6:00 ABEL: Symphony in C Op 7/5 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

ALBINONI: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 4/1, from Sonate da Chiesa Op 4 - Alessandro Ciccolini (vln), Ad Corda (Brilliant Classics 94189)

PROKOFIEV: Juliet as a young girl, from Romeo and Juliet - NHK SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 190)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2; Mazurka in C# minor Op 41/1 - Vladimir Sofronitsky (pno) (Philips 456 970)

HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb HWV294 - Ursula Holliger (harp), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 413 465)

7:00 BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture Op 62 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 696)

SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 2/1 - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1568)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Stetsuk: Not a word my friend; Why?; Alone again as before; Don't ask - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Warner 2564 62061)

WILDER arr Rosenthal: Suite No 1 for tuba & orchestra, Effie the Elephant - Peter Whish-Wilson (tuba), Adelaide SO/David Stanhope (ABC 476 5251)

MUSSORGSKY orch Rimsky-Korsakov: Dawn on the Moscow River, Prelude from Khovanshchina, Act 1 - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60705)

8:00 Beauty Spot: SCHUBERT: Second movement, Andante con moto, from Piano Trio No 2 in Eb D929 - Borodin Trio (Chandos CHAN 8324)

J STRAUSS II: Artists' Life Waltz - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

PARISH ALVARS: Grand Fantasy Op 57 - Ieuan Jones (harp) (Claudio CR 4939)

FARQUHAR: Waltz, from Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

MILHAUD: Brazileira, from Scaramouche - Emma Johnson (cl), Gordon Back (pno) (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

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

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

orch Debussy/Caplet: La Boîte à joujoux - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572568)

Violin Sonata in G minor - Shlomo Mintz (vln), Yefim Bronfman (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94160)

Elégie - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

PUCCINI: Messa di Gloria - Roberto Alagna (ten), Thomas Hampson (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch/Antonio Pappano (EMI 5 57159)

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 - Prague Phil/Jakub Hrusa (Supraphon SU 3882)

BACH arr anon: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 - Trio di Clarone (Avi Music AVI 8553162)

WILMS: Symphony No 1 in C Op 9 - North German Radio Phil/Howard Griffiths (CPO 777 209)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

GOTTSCHALK ed & cmpltd Rosenberg: Symphony No 1, A Night in the Tropics - Hot Springs Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559320)

CORDERO: Concertino Tropical - Guillermo Figueroa (vln), I Solisti di Zagreb (Naxos 8.572707)

MOZART: Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose, from The Abduction from the Seraglio - Natalie Dessay (sop), Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Louis Langrée (Virgin 5 45447)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Royal Phil/Jacques Delacôte (Tring International TRP 049)

ELGAR: The Spirit of England Op 80 - Susan Gritton (sop), Andrew Kennedy (ten), Iain Farrington (org), BBC Symphony Chorus & Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7172)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 423 626)

BACH: Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Steven Isserlis (cello) (rec 2005) (Hyperion CDA 67541/2)

GLUCK: Tremo fra' dubbi miei, from La clemenza di Tito; Di questa cetra in seno, from Il Parnaso confuso - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (vln/leader) (Decca 467 248)

RAMEAU: Acante et Céphise, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (rec 1996) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

NZ musicians and composers

MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

BACH: Fantasia in G BWV572 - Michael Stewart (organ of Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch) (Michael Stewart)

FARR: Waka - Aroha Priest (vocalist), Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (Vector Wgtn Orch VWO 001)

TRAD arr Rutter: Afton Water; Down by the Sally Gardens - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell, Claire Caldwell (pno) (Atoll ACD 105)

TOSCANINI: Autunno; Primo bacio; Canto di Mignon; Per album - Patricia Wright (sop), David Vine (pno) (RNZ)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: Century fanfare, Other echoes - Auckland Philharmonia/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll ACD 100)

DVORÁK: Hussite Overture Op 67 - London SO/István Kertész (Decca 425 784)

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Charles Medlam (cello/dir), London Baroque (BIS CD 1135)

SMETANA: Sárka, from Má Vlast - Malaysian Phil/Claus Peter Flor (BIS SACD 1805)

ANON: Folia, Rodrigo Martinez - Jordi Savall (vla da gamba), Arianna Savall (harp), Rolf Lislevand (gtr), Michael Behringer (org), Pedro Estevan (drum), Adela Gonzalez-Campa (bells) (Alia Vox AV 9805)

GRANADOS orch de Grignon: Oriental; Andaluza; Rondalla, from Spanish Dances - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

ROSSINI arr anon: Cavatina - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

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

PREVIN: I want magic! from A Streetcar Named Desire - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (Decca 460 567)

CHATMAN: A magical machine - Vancouver Chamber Choir/Jon Washburn (Canadian Music Centre CMC CD 13608)

HURLSTONE: Second movement, Snow White in the woods, from The Magic Mirror, Suite - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 208)

FALLA ed Ligorio: El Amor Brujo, Suite - Daniel Ligorio (pno) (Naxos 8.555065)

SAUNDERS: The Magic Kingdom - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7147)

BEBEY: The magic box - John Williams (gtr) (Sony SK 89483)

MILLOCKER: Polonaise, from The Magic Castle - Raphaele Concert Orch/Erwin Rondell (Mozart Recordings MECD 1002)

WAGNER: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Hans Hotter (bbar), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 313)

ZIEHRER: The White Magician, Overture - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.225332)

The Critic's Chair

Peter de Blois reviews choral releases (RNZ)

WOMAD Taranaki 2011

Eleven programmes

(10) Calypso Rose

Calypso is Caribbean carnival music and Calypsonian queen McArtha Linda Sandy-Lewis, or Calypso Rose, has been performing since age fifteen, more than fifty years ago. She has written over 500 songs and is known for her energetic performances, sharp social commentary and impish humour (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

STENHAMMAR: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 1 - Niklas Sivelöv (pno), Malmö SO/Mario Venzago (Naxos 8.572259)

HALVORSEN: Sarabande con variazioni on a theme of Handel; Concert Caprice on Norwegian Melodies - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D minor G506, La casa del diavolo - Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni Antonini (dir) (Opus 111 OP 30399)

A SCARLATTI: Euridice dall'Inferno - Melissa Givens (sop), Houston Ars Lyrica (Naxos 8.570950)

CHISHOLM: Pictures from Dante (after Doré) - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7239)

11:00 POULENC: Trois mouvements perpétuels - William Bennett (fl), Nicholas Daniel (ob), James Campbell (cl), Rachel Gough (bsn), Richard Watkins (horn), Chris West (dbass), members of the Allegri String Quartet chamber ensemble (Cala CACD 1018)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - Amadeus Quartet, Cecil Aronowitz (vla) (DG 419 875)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelles Op 126 - Gary Cooper (fpno) (Channel Classics CCS SA 29110)