Schedules for 13 - 19 October, 2012

Disc 1

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 5; Overture on Russian & Kirghiz themes; Novorossisk Chimes, from The Fire of Eternal Glory; Symphonic Poem, October - Royal Phil/Enrique Batiz (ASV CD DCA 707)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Sonata in G minor BWV1030; TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in Eb; VIVALDI: Sonata in C minor RV53; COUPERIN: Concerto No 6; CPE BACH: Sonata in C minor for oboe & harpsichord - Douglas Boyd (ob), Harold Lester (hpschd/org), Roderick Elms (hpschd), Richard Lester (cello) (ASV CD DCA 656)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

Bid Adieu

Irish Songs by HUGHES; JOYCE; PENDLETON; BEETHOVEN; MOERAN; BERLIOZ; BARBER; RIETTI; HEAD; BAX and TRAD - Ann Murray (mezzo), Graham Johnson (pno) (Forlane 16784)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

MOZART: Piano Sonatas, in F K533; in Bb K281; in D K311 and in C K309 - András Schiff (pno) (Decca 417 572)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

NIELSEN: Symphony No 5; Helios Overture Op 17; SIBELIUS: Spring Song Op 16; Night Ride & Sunrise Op 55 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6533)

6:00 BARRY: Dawn Chorus - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

POULENC: Trois mouvements perpétuels - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Decca 417 438)

SIBELIUS: Humoresques, in D minor Op 87/1; in D Op 87/2; in Eb Op 89/3 - Vilde Frang (vln), West German Radio SO/Thomas Søndergård (EMI 6 84413)

MACMILLAN: Serenity - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens, Jonathan Vaughn (org) (Hyperion CDA 67867)

BRAHMS arr Bailey: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4; Liebestreu Op 3/1; Minnelied Op 71/5; Wiegenlied Op 49/4 - Zuill Bailey (cello), Awadagin Pratt (pno) (Telarc TEL 32664)

ROSETTI: Symphony in D (Murray A16) - Zurich CO/Johannes Moesus (CPO 777 631)

7:00 HUMMEL: Rondo brillant in F Op 127, Le retour à Londres - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), London Mozart Players (Chandos CHAN 10374)

FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, string trio & harp - Lorna McGhee (fl), Kanako Ito (vln), Ashan Pillai (vla), Martin Storey (cello), Alison Nicholls (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1090)

SUPPÉ: Liebeswalzer, from Lohenyellow or The Maid of Dragant - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223864)

SOR: Etude Op 6/12 - Cristiano Porqueddu (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9205)

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

ROSSINI: The Thieving Magpie, Overture - Royal Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)

8:00 ZIPOLI arr Giovanini: Elevazione - Pierre Pierlot (ob), Bernard Fonteny (cello), Anne-Marie Beckensteiner (org), Jean-François Paillard CO/Jean-François Paillard (ABC Classics 465 086)

BRIDGE: Three Sketches, April; Rosemary; Valse capricieuse - Mark Bebbington (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 056)

RACHMANINOV: Dances from Aleko - Cincinnati SO/Paavo Järvi (Telarc SACD 60670)

BOCCHERINI: String Quartet in D G177 - Petersen Quartet (Capriccio 67 208)

STANFORD: The Blue Bird Op 119/3 - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (dir) (Collegium COLCD 104)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Rawsthorne: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker - Kemp English (organ of Dunedin Town Hall) (Manu CD MANU 5005)

BERLIOZ: Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust - Hungarian State SO/Mátyás Antal (Naxos 8.553596)

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

GOUNOD: Fantasy on the Russian National Hymn - Ian Tracey (organ of Liverpool Cathedral), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHSA 5048)

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

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, No 11 in F BWV856; No 12 in F minor BWV857, from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Rosalyn Tureck (pno) (rec 1953) (DG 463 305)

SILCHER arr Schicha: Alle Jahre wieder - Dresden Vocal Concert/Peter Kopp (Berlin Classics 1644 BC)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV181a, from La Cetra Op 9 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

SAINT-SAËNS arr Godowsky: The swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

TRAD: Ride a cock horse - Girls' Chamber Choir of the Arts Educational School, Tring Park, Tring, Trinity Boys' Choir, Trinity School, Croydon, Brambletye Choristers, Brambletye School, East Grinstead, Royal Phil/Nick Townend (Tring TRP 092)

YIN/CHU/SHENG/LIU: Yellow River Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (pno), China Phil/Long Yu (DG 477 6229)

VERDI: Ah! si, ben mio coll'essere, from Il Trovatore - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (Sony SK 89923)

SCHUMANN: Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor Op 105 - Max Rostal (vln), Colin Horsley (pno) (Symposium 1076)

F MENDELSSOHN: Gartenlieder Op 3 - Heidelberg Madrigal Choir/Gerald Kegelmann (Bayer BR 100 041 CD)

TURINA: Danzas fantásticas Op 22 - Cincinnati SO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80574)

(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) The Music of Joe Henderson (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

Blind Note

It was World Sight Day on 11 October, and we're marking the occasion in this week's Global Sounds with music from Blind Note. This is an initiative between Brussels arts organisation Musiek Publique and Light for the World, a European association of NGOs committed to saving eyesight in underprivileged parts of the world.

Six Belgian-resident musicians from different countries and traditions have joined forces to give concerts in support of the project. Nothing unusual there... except that the concerts are given in total darkness! So close the curtains, switch off the lights and join us (Musiek Publique)

Brahmissimo!

Four programmes

The NZSO's 'Brahmissimo' series of concerts featured all four of Brahms' Symphonies

Inge van Rij presents a themed introduction to each programme

(2) Brahms, Joseph Joachim and the Paradox of the Concerto

Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture Op 81; Violin Concerto in D Op 77; Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

MERTZ: Hungarian Fantasy - Owen Moriarty (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

HUBAY: Czárdás Scene No 12, My little turtle dove Op 83 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

DOPPLER orch Bogár: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise Op 26 - János Bálint (fl), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

NZ performers and composers

ALBRIGHT: The Dream Rags - Nicola Melville (pno) (Equilibrium EQ 57)

PUCCINI: Doretta's dream, from La Rondine - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), London Phil/John Pritchard (CBS CD 37298)

TABEA SQUIRE: Dreambird - Ingrid Bauer (harp) (Master Performers MP 010)

GOODWIN: Girl with a Dream - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

LISZT: Liebestraum No 1 in Ab - Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221.116)

ELGAR: Dream Children Op 43 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

New Zealand Voices

BRAHMS: Nachtigallen schwingen Op 6/6; Salome Op 69/8; Nachtigall Op 97/1; Dort in den Weiden; In stiller Nacht - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

FARR: Still Sounds Lie, Deep Bay; Stingray; Where the waves come from - Pepe Becker (sop), Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5103)

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

R CLARKE: The tiger; Tears; God made a tree; Come, oh come, my life's delight; Greeting; The donkey - Patricia Wright (sop), Kathron Sturrock (pno) (Guild GMCD 7208)

DUPARC: L'Invitation au voyage; Le manoir de Rosemonde; Au pays où se fait la guerre - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Richard Amner (pno) (CBS MK 76868)

Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Forbidden Love

Nicola Benedetti (vln), New Zealand SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya

K YOUNG: Dance; TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D Op 35

(Interval)

BERNSTEIN: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances; TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini (RNZ)

DE GREEF: Coucher de Soleil - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 - Jens Peter Maintz (cello/dir), Bremen German Chamber Phil (Berlin Classics 030 0196 BC)

11:00 WEINGARTNER: String Quartet No 2 in F minor Op 26 - Sarastro Quartet (CPO 777 253)

HERZOGENBERG: Trio in D for oboe, horn & piano Op 61 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Marie Luise Neunecker (horn), Markus Becker (pno) (Decca 478 3564)

Disc 1

DELIUS: Brigg Fair; A Song Before Sunrise; The Walk to Paradise Garden; A Song of Summer; In a Summer Garden; Summer Night on a River - Philharmonia/Owain Arwel Hughes (ASV CD CDA 627)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475; HAYDN: Sonata in G HobXVI/40; DUSSEK: Sonata in Bb Op 9/1; MOZART: Sonata in C K330; Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Kemp English (ftpno) (Manu CD MANU 5001)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RAMINSH: Songs of the Lights; Song; The Great Sea; Come, My Light; Ave Maria; Ave verum corpus; Magnificat - Sandra Graham (mezzo), Vancouver Chamber Choir, CBC Vancouver Orch/Jon Washburn (CBC SMCD 5116)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

JOLIVET: Five Incantations; Incantation; Chant de Linos for flute & piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Ascèses - Manuela Weisler (fl), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (BIS CD 549)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

TCHAIKOVSKY: Love theme, from Romeo & Juliet; Waltz, from Serenade for Strings; None but the lonely heart; Second movement, from Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23; Souvenir de Florence, Adagio; Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, from The Nutcracker; Andante cantabile, from String Quartet No 1; Chant sans paroles; Dance of the Mirlitons, from The Nutcracker; Elegie for strings; Valse sentimentale; Preghiera, from Suite No 4, Mozartiana; Dance of the Queen of the Swans, from Swan Lake; Panorama, from Sleeping Beauty; Second movement, from Symphony No 6, Pathètique - Various artists (London 440 366)

SILVESTROV: Hymn 2001 - Valentin Silvestrov (pno) (ECM 1776)

Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

AUFSCHNAITER: Sonata St Luke Op 4/7 - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (Arcana A 313)

VILLETTE: Three motets - BBC Singers/Stephen Jackson (BBC Music MM 85)

DURUFLÉ: Meditation - Hans Fagius (organ of Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) (BIS CD 1304)

PERGOLESI: Mass in F - Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30461)

MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 100 - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Ondine ODE 1201)

GOULD: Spirituals for Strings - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9848)

WHITACRE: I thank you God for most this amazing day - Conspirare/Craig Hella Johnson (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7518)

FAURÉ: Pavane - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

BEETHOVEN: Romance No 1 in G Op 40 - Gidon Kremer (vln), CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 74881)

GRIEG: Solveig's song, from Peer Gynt Op 23 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (Decca 468 818)

GIBBONS: Lord of Salisbury Pavane & Galliard - Andrew Rangell (pno) (Dorian DOR 93194)

BACH: Second movement, Air, from Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Tasmanian SO/David Stanhope (ABC Classics 465 680)

LISZT arr Milstein: Consolation No 3 in Db - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

ROSSINI: Dal tuo stellato soglio, from Moses in Egypt - Pauline Tinsley (sop), Elizabeth Shelley (mezzo), David Hughes (ten), Robert Lloyd (bass), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

O LINDBERG arr Milone: Andante, from Gammal fäbodspsalm - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (EMI 7 94431)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

A programme featuring the consummate Russian musician - cellist, conductor, and accompanist who was the inspiration for many commissioned works in the second part of the 20th Century. Presented by Robbie Ellis (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Thirteen programmes in which Bill McGlaughlin talks with chamber musicians in the studio

(4) Czech Nonet

FOERSTER: First movement, Allegro, from Nonetto Op 147; MARTINU: Nonet for violin, viola, cello, doublebass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon & horn (1930); KREJCI: Second & First movements, Aria; Introduction, from Divertimento; DVORÁK arr Hertl: First, Second & Fourth movements, Moderato; Minuetto; Finale, from Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (American Public Media)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (MDG 940 1737)

HAYDN: Symphony No 94 in G, Surprise - Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0662)

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Conductor Igor Markevitch

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 3 in D D200; CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for 2 flutes - Aurèle Nicolet (fl), Fritz Demmler (fl), Berlin Phil (rec 1954) (DG 474 400)

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Lamoureux Concerts Orch (rec 1959) (Philips 420 863)

Psalms

In his series Choral Connections Brian Kay looks at the traditions and settings of the Psalms. The Book of Psalms features in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible and the Islamic Zabur. About half of the 150 poems are thought to have been written by King David (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

A selection of live operatic performances recorded by some of the world's major public broadcasters

HANDEL: Semele, an opera in three acts

Jupiter.......................... William Burden

Cadmus........................ Steven Humes

Semele......................... Jane Archibald

Athamas....................... Anthony Roth Costanzo

Ino/Juno....................... Allyson McHardy

Somnus........................ Steven Humes

Iris................................ Katherine Whyte

Canadian Opera Company Chorus & Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (recorded in the Canadian Opera Company Opera House, in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto by the CBC)

NZ performers and composers

GRANDJANY: Children's Hour Suite - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

IBERT: Jeux - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ)

ELGAR: Nursery Suite - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557166)

RAVEL: Jeux d'eau - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

PRINCESS TE RANGI PAI arr O'Boyle: Hine e Hine - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

Ten programmes

(5) With William Dart (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2012

Nine programmes

(1) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Seraphim Choir (Chilton St James School), The Fundamentals (Rangitoto College), Bella Voce (Marlborough Girls' College), All the King's Men (King's College), Bel Canto (Burnside High School)

TRAD arr Liu: Lan Hua Hua; HAMILTON: Count me the stars; DERTON: La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire; MENDELSSOHN: Three Folksongs; CHILDS: My song; VECCHI arr ROBINSON: Fa una canzona; GJEILO: Tundra; MENDELSSOHN: Abendlied; MCGLYNN: Dúlamán; BIEGEL: Hey ho, the wind and the rain; BRAHMS: Four songs, from The Fountain of Youth; KODÁLY: Egyetem Begyetem (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

GRAINGER: Over the Hills and Far Away - Martin Jones, Richard McMahon (pno duo) (Nimbus NI 1767)

RODRIGO: Concierto pastoral - Jennifer Stinton (fl), English CO/Steuart Bedford (Alto ALC 1090)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

MOMPOU: Música Callada, Book 4 - Javier Perianes (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7070)

BRAHMS arr Berio: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Fausto Ghiazza (cl), Milan Giuseppe Verdi SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 476 2830)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 47 in G - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554340)

11:00 SAINT-LUBIN: Grand Duo Concertant Op 49 - Anastasia Khitruk (vln), Elizaveta Kopelman (pno) (Naxos 8.572019)

RIES: String Quartet in C WoO37 - Schuppanzigh Quartet (CPO 777 014)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 13 in D; No 14 in A; No 15 in D; No 16 in Bb - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66534)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

C SCHUMANN: Romance in A minor; Scherzo in D minor; Romances Op 11 No 1-3; Scherzo No 2 in C minor; Pieces Fugitives; Variations on a theme of Robert Schumann Op 20; Romances Op 21 Nos 1-3; Romance in B minor - Cristina Ortiz (pno) (Carlton Classics 30366 00292)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge; GURNEY: The Western Playland; Ludlow & Teme - Adrian Thompson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Iain Burnside (pno), Delmé String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66385)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

The Maiden's Prayer

Piano music by Baranowska, DVORÁK, Beethoven, Saint-SaËns, Rubinstein, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Boccherini, Kreisler, Sinding, Paderewski, Lange, Grieg, Drdla, Gossec, Elgar, Lehar, Fibich & Jessel - Various artists (Naxos 8.550646)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

Cinema Classics 3

Music by Mozart, Mouret, Puccini, Gershwin, Mascagni, Handel, Orff, Verdi & Beethoven - Various artists (Naxos 8.551153)

6:00 HOFMANN: Symphony in Bb (Badley Bb1) - Northern CO/Nicholas Ward (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553866)

MYERS arr Field: Cavatina, from The Deer Hunter - Saffire, The Australian Guitar Quartet (ABC 476 701)

DIEPENBROCK: Hymn for violin & orchestra - Emmy Verhey (vln), Hague Residentie Orch/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

MOZART: Rondo in D K485 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno) (Philips 422 727)

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

7:00 PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Royal Phil/Daniele Gatti (Conifer 75605 51343)

BULL: In nomine No 5 - John Wells (organ of Baptist Church, Ponsonby, Auckland) (RNZ)

WARLOCK: Capriol Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Concerto in C for oboe & strings - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Stuttgart Arcata CO/Patrick Strub (Hänssler CD 98.467)

HUMMEL ed Stein: Variations & Coda on O du lieber Augustin - London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley (Chandos CHAN 10374)

8:00 Beauty Spot: ELGAR: Carissima - Marat Bisengaliev (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Black Box BBM 1016)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), National Phil/Raymond Leppard (CBS CD 37846)

LISZT: Rigoletto Paraphrase - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Otoño porteño - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79568)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 3 - National Phil/Leopold Stokowski (EMI CDM 7 64140)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

PROKOFIEV: Concertino in G minor Op 132 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Moscow Radio & Television SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (EMI CZS 5 72016)

KNIPPER: Concerto-Monologue for cello, seven brass instruments & two timpani - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), USSR State SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (EMI CZS 5 72016)

SCHNITTKE: Concerto for Three - Gidon Kremer (vln), Yuri Bashmet (vla), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Moscow Soloists (EMI CDC 5 55627)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 92 - Malmö SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572823)

HALVORSEN: Suite ancienne - Bergen Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 10614)

KUHLAU: Flute Sonata in C Op 83/2 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.555346)

MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition - Melbourne SO/Markus Stenz (ABC Classics 465 681)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

ROMBERG in the 1920s

Softly, as in a morning sunrise, from New Moon - José Carreras (ten), Tallis Chamber Choir, London Musicians Orch/David Giménez (Erato 0630 17789)

The Student Prince, Overture - Philharmonia/John Owen Edwards (TER CDTER2 1172)

arr Tunick: Serenade, from The Student Prince - Ben Heppner (ten), London Phil/Jonathan Tunick (RCA 09026 63508)

The Desert Song, Overture & Title song - Judith Raskin (sop), Mario Lanza (ten), Studio Orch/Constantine Callinicos (rec 1959) (RCA 2600048)

BIBER: The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, from The Five Joyful Mysteries - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321.22)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E BWV1053 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67308)

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: Alleluia, O virga mediatrix - Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly (Naxos 8.555319-20)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 16 in G Op 31/1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2018)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 10 in E minor Op 93 - Royal Liverpool Phil/Vasily Petrenko (rec 2009) (Naxos 8.572461)

NZ performers and composers

GINASTERA: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 22 - David James (pno) (RNZ)

HILL: String Quartet No 5 in Eb, Allies - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572446)

CARR: Auckland 71: Ode - Heath Lees (narrator), Orpheus Choir of Wellington Chamber Choir, New Zealand SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 111)

MENDELSSOHN: The Fair Melusina, Overture Op 32 - Swiss Romande Orch/Armin Jordan (Erato 4509 91734)

BRICCIALDI arr Bogár: Variations on The Carnival of Venice Op 78 - János Bálint, Imre Kovács (fls), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

KHACHATURIAN: Waltz, from Masquerade - Murray McLachlan (pno) (RegisC 1184)

ELLSTEIN: Hassidic Dance - David Krakauer (cl), Berlin Radio SO/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559403)

M HAYDN: Divertimento in G - German Chamber Academy, Neuss/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 513)

BORODIN arr anon: Third movement, Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ)

VIERNE: Berceuse - Philip Walsh (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington) (Trust MMT 2014)

SIBELIUS: The Origin of Fire - Tommi Hakala (bar), YL Male Voice Choir, Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1525)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Nina Kotova (cello), Moscow CO/Constantine Orbelian (Philips 462 612)

DILORENZO: Fire Dance - Center City Brass Quintet (Chandos CHAN 10260)

VERDI: Fire Chorus, Fuoco di gioia, from Otello - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

MOLLER: Poem to a Distant Fire - Johannes Möller (gtr) (Naxos 8.572715)

THEODORAKIS arr Bessas: The fire inside, from Zorba the Greek - Aquarelle Guitar Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10723)

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

ADDINSELL arr Zalva: Fire over England, Suite - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Kenneth Alwyn (ASV White Line CD WHL 2115)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

A programme featuring the consummate Russian musician - cellist, conductor, and accompanist who was the inspiration for many commissioned works in the second part of the 20th Century. Presented by Robbie Ellis (RNZ)

Beethoven!

Six programmes featuring the Complete String Quartets performed by the New Zealand String Quartet

(3) String Quartets, in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky; in F Op 59/1, Razumovsky (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

ROSSINI: Otello, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 893)

HAMILTON: Three Songs from Othello - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Othello Suite - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)

RACHMANINOV: Etudes-tableaux Op 33 - John Ogdon (pno) (Philips 456 916)

PROKOFIEV: Alexander Nevsky - Irina Gelahova (mezzo), Stanislavsky Chorus, Russian State SO/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.555710)

11:00 DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

GRIEG: Violin Sonata No 1 in F Op 8 - Vilde Frang (vln), Michail Lifits (pno) (EMI 9 47639)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 2 in G Op 44; Fantasie de Concert Op 56 - Bernd Glemser (pno), Polish National Radio SO/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.550820)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

KUHLAU: Flute Sonatas, in G Op 83/1; in C Op 83/2; in G minor Op 83/3 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.555346)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

Siegel/Brighetti/Martino: Estate (Summer); MASON: Dizzy blonde; GREEN: Out of nowhere; CARMICHAEL: Skylark; BROWN: Joy spring; PORTER: Love for sale; BROADHURST: Herman Leonard; REID: I'll close my eyes; PETRUCCIANI: Lullaby; COOTS: You go to my head; MASON: The Jody grind; MONK: Round midnight - Julie Mason (pno/vocals), Alberto Santarelli (bass/electric bass), Frank Gibson (drums), Brian Smith (ten sax), Joseph Anderson (gtr), Phil Broadhurst (pno), Grant Mason (tpt/flugelhorn) (VOX 0004)

3:30 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010; Suite No 5 in C minor BWV1011; Suite No 6 in D BWV1012 - Anner Bylsma (cello) (Sony S2K 48047)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

Music by Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Myers, Flotow, DVORÁK, Bach, Prokofiev & Shostakovich - Various artists (Naxos 8.551172)

6:00 DELIUS: Irmelin, Prelude - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7503)

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

SALZEDO: Variations on a theme in the old style - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

SCHUBERT: Overture in Bb D470 - Prague Sinfonia/Christian Benda (Naxos 8.570328)

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

ELLER: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

7:00 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHSA 5047)

GOSSEC: Tambourin; Gavotte - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

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

PETIT: Toccata - Heinrich Albert Duo (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1348)

GRIEG arr Baadsvik: Norwegian Dance Op 35/1 - Øystein Baadsvik (tuba), Musica Vitae/Bjørn Sagstad (BIS CD 1285)

DVORÁK: Prague Waltzes - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)

8:00 Beauty Spot: BRUCKNER: Os justi - Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno/Petr Fiala (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 322 1422)

RAMEAU: Les Indes galantes, Les Sauvages - Orch of the 18th Century/Frans Brüggen (Philips 475 7780)

SARASATE: Airs écossais Op 34 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Gervase de Peyer (cl), London SO/Rudolf Kempe (BBC Legends BBCL 4087)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 090)

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

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

ALBERT: Symphony No 1, RiverRun - Russian Phil/Paul Polivnick (Naxos 8.559257)

KHACHATURIAN: Concerto-Rhapsody for cello & orchestra - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), London SO/George Hurst (BBC Legends BBCL 4073)

HAYDN: Symphony No 87 in A - Vienna Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (DHM 82876 60602)

MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in D minor for violin & piano - Gottfried von der Goltz (vln/dir), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fpno), Freiburg Baroque Orch (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2082)

SCHUMANN: Carnival Jest from Vienna Op 26 - Sachiko Furuhata-Kersting (pno) (Oehms OC 774)

PIERNÉ: Ramuntcho Suite No 1 - BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10633)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Give Us Peace

K JENKINS: Blessed are the peacemakers; Fanfara; Peace, peace!, from The Peacemakers - Berlin Radio Choir, CBSO Youth Chorus, The Really Big Chorus, London SO/Karl Jenkins (EMI 0 84378)

TRAD: Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony 88697 34390)

Amazing Grace - Noah Stewart (ten), City of Prague Phil/Richard Hein (Decca 371 3976)

Improvisation on Dona Nobis Pacem - Paquito D'Rivera (cl), Alon Yavnai (pno) (Sony 88697 34390)

TODD: That we may love again - Tenebrae, English CO/Nigel Short (Signum SIGCD 298)

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

PÄRT: Solfeggio - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Tonu Kaljuste (Virgin VC 5 45276)

BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 15 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67801)

MALOTTE: Lord's Prayer - Mina Foley (sop), Ronald Dellow (org) (Manu CD MANU 1529)

CHOPIN: Funeral March in C minor Op 72/2 - Tatiana Shebanova (pno) (NIFC NIFCCD 017)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A - Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno) (rec 1980) (Praga PR 50024)

GIULIANI: Guitar Concerto No 1 in A - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Neville Marriner (rec 1974) (Philips 420 780)

NZ performers and composers

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb Op 109 - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 802)

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

FIELD: Serenade in Bb - John Khouri (fpno) (Entr'acte ESCD 6503)

RÓZSA: Theme, Variations & Finale - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7191)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - London SO/Adrian Boult (EMI CDC 7 47218)

RAVEL: Sonatine - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67341/2)

RAMEAU: Entrée de Polymnie, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

HALVORSEN arr Cello Duello: Passacaglia after Handel - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

M HAYDN: Bassoon Concertino in Bb - Laurence Perkins (bsn), Manchester Camerata/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67288)

BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti - Ruth Ann Swenson (sop), Warren Jones (pno) (MI 5 56158)

G GABRIELI arr Brown: Sonata - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (Rata RT 011)

SIBELIUS: Overture in E - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1565)

HASSELMANS: La Source - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66038)

BECK: Sinfonia in C Op 1/6 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

GUASTAVINO arr Cueto: La rosa y el sauce - José Miguel Cueto (vln), St Petersburg SO/Vladimir Lande (Marquis 81407)

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

HANDEL: Come rosa in su la spina, from Apollo e Dafne - Lorenzo Regazzo (bass), Concerto Italiano/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30472)

LISZT: Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 2, Italy - Nicholas Angelich (pno) (Mirare MIR 9941)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Rose Adagio, from Sleeping Beauty - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (DG 457 634)

Ryan Smith hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

7:00 Resound

Ten programmes of New Zealand music from the RNZ archives introduced by Kenneth Young

(3) CREE-BROWN: Forgotten Memories - Vyvyan Yendoll (vla), NZSO/James Judd (RNZ)

BROWNLEE: Mists and Voices - electroacoustic (RNZ)

CRESSWELL: Triptych - Gretchen Dunsmore (cl), Lynda Cochrane (pno) (RNZ)

8:00 Jonathan Batiste Band @ Kennedy Center Jazz Club

MONK: Green Chimneys; MORTON: New Orleans Blues; ABREU: Tico Tico; TRAD: St James Infirmary Blues; MANCINI/GERSHWIN: Medley: Moon River/Embraceable You; LINS/BATISTE: You & I; BATISTE: Kindergarten (NPR)

9:30 Illegal Harmonies

Ten programmes written & presented by Andrew Ford

(4) Depression and Oppression

In the 1930s it wasn't easy being a modern composer, particularly if you lived in Soviet Russia or Nazi Germany. The Soviets wanted cantatas about factories while the Nazis wanted any music that wasn't dissonant or too jazzy or by a Jew. You can imagine - that didn't leave much. Out of these turbulent years came some great music, including three of the 20th century's greatest operas - Lady Macbeth, Lulu and Porgy and Bess.

Music by Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, Olivier Messiaen, Benjamin Britten, Dimitri Shostakovich, Béla Bartók and Alban Berg (ABC Classic FM)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

SCHUMANN arr Mahler: Symphonies, No 1 in Bb, Spring; No 2 in C - Bergen Phil/Aldo Ceccato (BIS CD 361)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

GRANADOS: Moresque; Cançion Arabe; Danza Española No 5; Escenas Romanticas; Danza Lenta Op 37; Mazurka Op 2; Cuertos de la Juventud Op 1; Allegro de Concierto - Richard Mapp (pno) (Meridian CDE 84403)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

OCKEGHEM: Missa Prolationum; Alma redemptoris mater; Salve regina; Intermerata Dei mater; Ave Maria; Salve regina - Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier (EMI CDC 7 49798)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

GLAZUNOV: The Kremlin; From the Middle Ages; Poème lyrique; Poème épique - Moscow SO/Konstantine Krimets (Naxos 8.553537)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

TELEMANN: Recorder Concerto in F; Oboe Concerto in E minor; Flute Concerto in D; Concerto in A minor for recorder & viola da gamba; Concerto in D for bassoon & two violins - Michael Schneider (rec), Karl Kaiser (transverse fl), Hans-Peter Westermann (ob), Michael McCraw (bsn), Mary Utiger Hajo Bäss (vlns), Rainer Zipperling (vla da gamba), Camerata Cologne (DHM RD 77201)

6:00 VANHAL: Sinfonia in A (Bryan A9) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)

PABST: Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty after Tchaikovsky - Earl Wild (pno) (Sony SK 62036)

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

SOR: Fantasy in D on a favourite Scottish Air Op 40, Variations on Ye banks & braes - Göran Söllscher (gtr) (DG 419 247)

GLAZUNOV: Wedding March Op 21 - Moscow SO/Igor Golovschin (Naxos 8.553839)

7:00 BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 1 - Bavarian Radio SO/Colin Davis (CBS MDK 44790)

KROLL arr/orch Kennedy/Lenehan/Messiter: Banjo & Fiddle - Nigel Kennedy (vln), English CO (EMI 5 56923)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in F Op 15/1 - Richard Farrell (pno) (Atoll ACD 909)

CARDON: Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman - Frances Kelly (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66497)

J STRAUSS I: Fire of Youth Galop Op 90; Eisele and Beisele Leaps Polka Op 202; Sounds of the Lorelei on the Rhine Op 154; Annen Polka Op 137 - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67169)

8:00 Beauty Spot: FARR: Waipoua - Marina Sturm (cl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

GERSHWIN orch Grofé: The man I love, from Lady, Be Good! - Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

SAINT-SAËNS: Le Rouet d'Omphale Op 31 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5104)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV362, Hunt - Stefano Montanari (vln), Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (dir) (Arts 47565)

SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry, Overture - New Symphony Orch of London/Raymond Agoult (Decca 425 739)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

BRITTEN: Cello Suite No 2 Op 80 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) (EMI 5 62827)

WEINBERG: Cello Concerto Op 43 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), USSR State SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (EMI CZS 5 72016)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

WAGNER: Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung - Gwyneth Jones (sop), West German Radio SO/Roberto Paternostro (Chandos CHAN 10286)

WIKLUND: Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Op 10 - Martin Sturfält (pno), Helsingborg SO/Andrew Manze (Hyperion CDA 67828)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 1 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.571210)

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Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

LLOYD WEBBER: Jesus Christ Superstar Suite - London SO/Anthony Inglis (RCA 09026 61577)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Invocation - Skaila Kanga (harp), City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9595)

LLOYD WEBBER: Theme and Variations Nos 1-4, from Variations - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Philips 446 050)

W LLOYD WEBBER: Frensham Pond, from Country Impressions - Antony Pay (cl), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67008)

PLEYEL: Symphony in G Ben130 - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.572550)

BACH: Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1052 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Apollo's Fire/Jeannette Sorrell (dir) (Avie AV 2207)

MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness - Peter Maxwell Davies (pno) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9070)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

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

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk96 - Mikhail Pletnev (pno) (rec 1995) (Virgin VCD 5 45123)

HAYDN: Mass No 11 in D minor, Nelson Mass - Felicity Lott (sop), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Maldwyn Davies (ten), David Wilson-Johnson (bass), English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (rec 1987) (Archiv 423 097)

NZ performers and composers

BABAJANIAN: Piano Trio in F# minor - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 209)

WELLS: Third Organ Suite - John Wells (organ of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland) (Ribbonwood RCD 1009)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 3 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

VERDI: Sicilian Vespers, Overture - Royal Phil/Tullio Serafin (Medici Arts MM 008)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Second movement, Andante, from Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Tamás Vesmás (pno), New Zealand SO/Edwin Outwater (NZSO)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi - Quartetto Puccini (ASV CD DCA 909)

SCHUMANN: Blumenstück Op 19 - András Schiff (pno) (Teldec 4509 99176)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Third movement, Romanza (Lento), from Symphony No 5 in D - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

DVORÁK arr Anon: Going Home - Kathleen Battle (sop), James Carter (bcl), Cyrus Chestnut (pno), Marlon Graves (gtr), Christian McBride (dbass) (Sony SK 89464)

GRÉTRY ed Kogel: L'épreuve villageoise, Overture - Britanny Orch/Stefan Sanderling (ASV CD DCA 1095)

OLSEN: Six Old Village Songs from Lom in Norway - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

WEISS: The Village Blacksmith - Oscar Natzka (bass), Session Orch/Henry Geehl (Atoll ACD 400)

HUMMEL: Rondo villageois in C Op 122 - John Khouri (fpno) (Music & Arts CD 1165)

MUSSORGSKY: In the village - Vovka Ashkenazy (pno) (Conifer 75605 51274)

BOÏELDIEU: Boléro, from La Fête du village voisin - Sumi Jo (sop), English CO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 440 679)

SOR: Fantasia Villageoise in A minor Op 52 - Stefano Palamidessi (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 93960)

DELIUS arr Fenby: Wedding Music from A Village Romeo & Juliet - Mark Brafield (org), Elysian Singers of London/Matthew Greenall (Continuum CCD 1054)

SUK: Village Serenade - Pavel Stepán (pno) (Supraphon SU 3820)

ANON arr Arne: The Miller of Dee, from Love in a Village - Joseph Cornwell (ten), members of Parley of Instruments/Peter Holman (hpschd/dir) (Hyperion CDA 67115)

ZIMMERMANN: Rhenish Village Dances - Serenade Orch/Janos Komives (Koch Schwann 3-6419)

Beethoven Quartets

In three programmes Peter Walls explores the character of Beethoven's great cycle of String Quartets, being performed and broadcast by the NZSQ this year

(3) The Road to Parnassus (RNZ)

Listen to the NZSQ in concert over the next two weeks in Music Alive on Mondays and Fridays, 19, 22 & 26 October

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2011

Miah Persson (sop), Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Philippe Herreweghe; London Phil/Bernard Haitink; I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky

MOZART: Symphony No 36 in C K425, Linz; Un moto di gioia, from The Marriage of Figaro; Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben, from Zaïde; Ah! Non so'io che parlo K369; MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish; MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; BRITTEN: Simple Symphony Op 4 (Radio Netherlands)

RAVEL: Gaspard de la nuit - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto in D - Yeon-Hee Kwak (ob), Munich Radio Orch/Johannes Goritzki (MDG 903 1598)

LILBURN: Allegro for Strings - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Koch International 3-7260)

11:00 ONSLOW: Piano Trio in G Op 27 - Trio Cascades (CPO 777 230)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango - Ludovica Mosca (castanets), Almodis Chamber Ensemble (Columna Música 1CM 0125)

Disc 1

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 2; WALTON: Symphony No 2 - BBC Scottish SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk, Martyn Brabbins (BBC MUSIC MM 39)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BURTON: Sonata No 1 in D; JC BACH: Sonata in C minor Op 17/2; BUSBY: Sonata in E Op 1/4; CLEMENTI: Sonata in F minor Op 13/6; DUSSEK: Sonata in Eb, The Farewell; WESLEY: Rondo on God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Ian Hobson (pno) (Arabesque Z 6594)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

HOLST: Ave Maria; Of one that is so fair and bright; A welcome song; Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born; Terly Terlow; Lullay my liking; Bring us in good ale; Diverus and Lazarus; This have I done for my true love; Songs from the Princess; O spiritual pilgrim; My sweetheart's like Venus; Two Eastern pictures; Light leaves whisper; In youth is pleasure; Six Choral Folk Songs - Holst Singers/Stephen Layton, David Theodore (ob), Robert Truman (cello), Sioned Williams (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66705)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

DVORÁK: Piano Quintet in A Op 81; Terzetto for two violins and viola Op 74; Drobnosti for two violins and viola Op 75a; Gavotte for three violins - Jeremy Menuhin (pno), Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 9173)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

MOURET: Fanfares, Première Suite; Simphonies, Seconde Suite; DE LALANDE: Simphonies pour les soupers du roi, Quatrième Suite, Sixième Suite, Première Caprice; PHILIDOR: Marche à quatre Timbales; LULLY: Airs de Trompettes, Timbales et Hautbois; CHARPENTIER: Prélude du Te Deum - Edith Selig (sop), Adolf Scherbaum (tpt), Paul Kuentz CO/Paul Keuntz (Archiv 453 169)

6:00 ABEL: Symphony in G Op 7/1 - Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd (dir) (Chandos CHAN 8648)

DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D minor - Tatjana Vassilieva (cello), Yumiko Urabe (pno) (Naxos 8.555762)

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

FINZI: Eclogue Op 10 - Martin Jones (pno), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5665)

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - English CO/Paul Goodwin (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7258)

7:00 RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G minor Op 23/5 - Eugene Albulescu (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1523)

FAURÉ arr Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine - Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Phil/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 7025)

SCHUBERT arr Webern: String Quartet No 12 in C minor, Quartettsatz - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 333)

G GABRIELI arr Block: Canzon on the 7th tone - Chicago SO Brass/Mark Ridenour (Chicago SO CSOR 901 1103)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in F Wq43/1 - Miklós Spányi (hpschd), Concerto Armonico Budapest (BIS CD 1787)

8:00 Beauty Spot: STRAUSS: Gesang der Apollopriesterin, from Four Songs Op 33 - Karita Mattila (sop), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 445 182)

BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire, Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 421 193)

VILLA-LOBOS arr Mondvay: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - I Salonisti (Decca 425 228)

WIDOR arr Beckett/Widor: Scherzo & Romance, from Suite Op 34 - Edward Beckett (fl), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Black Box BBM 1049)

COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

BRUCH: Kol Nidrei - Han-Na Chang (cello), London SO/Mstislav Rostropovich (EMI CDC 5 56126)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Five Satires Op 109, To a critic; The awakening of Spring; Descendants; A misunderstanding; Kreutzer Sonata - Galina Vishnevskaya (sop), Mstislav Rostropovich (pno) (EMI 5 62829)

Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Moscow Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (EMI 5 62827)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 16 in A minor D845 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 707)

FRANCK: Le Chasseur Maudit - Royal Phil/Raymond Leppard (Tring International TRP 070)

PARRY: Nonet in Bb - Capricorn (Hyperion CDA 66291)

KALKBRENNER: Piano Concerto No 2 in E minor Op 85 - Howard Shelley (pno/dir), Tasmanian SO (Hyperion CDA 67843)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

In celebration of Howard Keel's MGM years

DePAUL: Main title; Bless yore beautiful hide, from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Howard Keel (bar), MGM Studio Orch/Adolph Deutsch (rec 1953/54) (Premiere 853047)

BORODIN arr Kunzel: Kismet, excerpts - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80703)

PORTER: So in love; Wunderbar, from Kiss Me Kate - Kathryn Grayson (sop), Howard Keel (bar), MGM Studio Orch/André Previn (rel 1953) (CBS 170 278)

BARRY: The Beyondness of Things - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 - Stephen Kovacevich (pno), BBC SO/Colin Davis (Philips 446 192)

PAINE: Music Box Waltz, from Alberton - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Bruce Paine BNP DVD 001)

BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Op 129, Rage over a lost penny - Wilhelm Kempff (pno) (DG 429 072)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI 7 94431)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Hertha Klust (pno) (rec 1949) (DG 477 5270)

SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe Op 48 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Jörg Demus (pno) (rec 1957) (DG 477 5270)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

MARSHALL arr McNeff: L'Homme Armé Variations - Philharmonia à Vent Wind Orch/John Boyd (Klavier K 11150)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Robert Levin (pno), New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (NZSO)

WEBER: Der Freischütz, Overture - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 070)

PURCELL: Trumpet Tune - Maurice André (tpt), I Musici (Philips 420 877)

SAINT-SAËNS: Second movement, part 2, Maestoso-Allegro, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Peter Averi (organ of the Wellington Town Hall), New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

BARBER: Agnus Dei - Ruth Dean (sop), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16013)

F&K DOPPLER orch Scimone: Rigoletto Fantasie Op 38 - János Bálint, Imre Kovács (fls), Budapest Strings (Capriccio 10 831)

GALUPPI: Sinfonia in D - English CO/Paul Angerer (Claves CD 50-8306)

Keyboard Sonata in G, Del Signor Buranello - Andrea Bacchetti (pno) (RCA 88697 36793)

Voi che languite - Catherine King (mezzo), Il canto di Orfeo/Gianluca Capuano (dir) (Avie AV 2116)

Sonata for two organs - Luigi Celegin, Bianka Pezic (organs of the Basilica of the Madonna della Misericordia, Sant' Elpidio a Mare, Ascoli Piceno, Italy) (Naxos 8.557131)

Concerto a quattro in C minor - Anne Röhrig, Ulla Bundies (vlns), Friederike Kremers (vla), Musica Alta Ripa (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 309 1617)

WALTON: Façade Suite No 2 - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9148)

DOWLAND: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - Members of the Finchley Children's Music Group, National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 458 595)

Candide

Voltaire's 18th century satirical novella takes the central character through a tumultuous series of adventures in a parody of the classic adventure-romance plot, all testing the philosophy of optimism he's been taught. Leonard Bernstein's 20th century musical had its own calamitous episodes and multiple revisions but survives in the repertoire to this day. Presented by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson (RNZ) (Listen to the recent Orpheus Choir performance of Candide next Monday, Labour Day, after the midday news)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Sara Macliver (sop), Kate Spence (mezzo), James Oxley (ten), Jared Holt (bass), University of Auckland Chamber Choir, Auckland Philharmonia/Stephen Layton

BACH: Mass in B minor BWV232 (RNZ)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio No 1 in G minor, Elégiaque - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 209)

JARNEFELT: Symphonic Fantasy - Lahti SO/Jaakko Kuusisto (BIS CD 1753)

11:00 HURLSTONE: Trio in G minor for clarinet, bassoon & piano - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Musson (bsn), Stephen Emmerson (pno) (Continuum CCD 1079)

SOR: Air Varié WoO - Margarita Escarpa (gtr) (Naxos 8.554197)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in E G275 - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2092)

Disc 1

TELEMANN: Overture in D; Concerto in D for three trumpets; Sinfonia in F; Concerto in D for trumpet and two oboes; Concerto in D for trumpet and two oboes; Trumpet Concerto in D; Trumpet Suite in D; Concerto in Eb for two trumpets - John Wallace (tpt), English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 5189)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

WOODS: New Zealand National Anthem; SPICER: Kiwi Fireworks; BACH: Concerto No 1 in G BWV592; GRISSON: Toccata in F; SUSATO: Mohrentanz; SETCHELL: Trumpet Gigue; KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; SOUSA: March, The Liberty Bell; WALTON: Popular Song, from Façade; CALLAERTS: Toccata in E minor Op 29/1; SAINT-SAËNS arr Setchell: Elephants, from Carnival of the Animals; LANGLAIS: Cats, from American Suite; SIBELIUS: Finlandia; YON: Humoresque, L'Organo Primitivo; LEFÉBURE-WÉLY: Sortie in Bb - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

HAYDN: Missa Sanctae Caeciliae HobXXII/5 - Judith Nelson (sop), Margaret Cable (contralto), Martyn Hill (ten), David Thomas (bass), Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music/Simon Preston (Oiseau-Lyre 417 125)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: Images oubliées; Valse romantique; Réverie; Danse; Suite bergamasque; Nocturne, Ballade; Mazurka; Deux Arabesques; Danse bohémienne - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5160)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture Op 30; Petite Suite de Concert Op 77; Four Characteristic Waltzes Op 22; Gipsy Suite Op 20; Romance of the Prairie Lilies Op 39; Othello Suite Op 79 - RTE Concert Orch/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223516)

6:00 BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 - Gabriele Cassone (natural tpt), Duilio Galfetti (vln), Maurice Steger (recorder), Emiliano Rodolfi (ob), I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis (Arts 47715)

GAUBERT: Divertissement Grec - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

WARLOCK: Serenade - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 318)

TALLIS: Spem in alium - Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (dir) (Gimell 454 895)

LISZT: Valse-Caprice No 6, from Soirées de Vienne - Vladimir Horowitz (pno) (DG 477 7558)

TRAD arr Barton Pine/Fraser: Medley of Scots' Tunes - Rachel Barton Pine (vln), Alasdair Fraser (fiddle), Scottish CO/Alexander Platt (Cedille CDR 90000 083)

7:00 MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/René Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2068)

TRAD arr Bairstow: The oak and the ash - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 104)

BARBER: Canzonetta for oboe & strings - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo capriccioso in E Op 14 - Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.553186)

GLAZUNOV: Idyll - Stephen Stirling (horn), Fibonacci Sequence (Deux-Elles DXL 1122)

KORNGOLD: Straussiana - North West German Philharmonia/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 146)

8:00 Beauty Spot: OURKOUZOUNOV: Makedonski pesen, from Four legends - Cavatina Duo (Cedille CDR 90000 117)

HANDEL: Instrumental Suite, from Radamisto - Academy of Early Music, Berlin (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1685)

SCHUMANN: Three Romances Op 94 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

ELGAR: O wild west wind, from Four Partsongs Op 53 - Worcester Cathedral Choir/Donald Hunt (Hyperion CDA 66271/2)

SZELIGOWSKI: Four Polish Dances - Anna Ziólkowska (vln), Poznan Phil/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.570371)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz, from Swan Lake Act 1 Scene 2 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (1927-2007)

PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Igor Uriash (pno) (EMI CZS 5 72016)

MESSIAEN: Second movement, Vocalise, from Concert à quatre - Catherine Cantin (fl), Heinz Holliger (ob), Yvonne Loriod (pno), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Bastille Opera Orch/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 445 947)

SHCHEDRIN: Sotto Voce, concerto for cello & orchestra - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), London SO/Seiji Ozawa (Teldec 4509-94570)

MARX: Sinfonia in modo classico - Bochum SO/Steven Sloane (ASV CD DCA 1158)

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 2 in Ab H31 - Míceál O'Rourke (pno), London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10468)

BLANC: Septet in E Op 40 - members of Octuor de France (Calliope CAL 9384)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 7 in C Op 105 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 439 527)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

BRODSZKY: Be my love; LARA: Granada - Joseph Calleja (ten), BBC Concert Orch/Steven Mercurio (Decca 478 3531)

EINAUDI: Dietro Casa (Nearby home) - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Decca 476 4490)

CAPDEVIELLE: Carmine meo - Emma Shapplin (sop), French Opera Choir, orchestral accompaniment/Regis Dupre/Mariana Yotoya (EMI 4 93198)

K JENKINS: La Folia - Neil Percy (marimba), London SO/Karl Jenkins (EMI 5 00235)

WOODS: God Defend New Zealand - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 5, Alma brasileira - Sergio Alonso (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1150)

TELEMANN: Der Abend, from Die Tageszeiten TWV20/39 - Hans Jörg Mammel (ten), Basel Madrigalists, L'arpa festante/Fritz Näf (Carus 83.439)

RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 19901)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRITTEN: The Prince of the Pagodas, Act 1, The Palace of the Emperor of the Middle Kingdom - London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen (rec 1989) (Virgin VCD 7 91103)

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122 - Emerson String Quartet (rec 1994) (DG 463 284)

NZ performers and composers

MAYUZUMI: Symphonic Mood - New Zealand SO/Takuo Yuasa (Naxos 8.557693)

PSATHAS: Matre's Dance - Jeremy Fitzsimons (perc), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)

BELLINI: Ah! per sempre io ti perdei, from I Puritani - Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

DITTERSDORF: Symphony in A, Sinfonia nazionale nel gusto di cinque nazioni - Failoni Orch/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.553975)

COPLAND: Simple gifts, from Appalachian Spring - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

RACHMANINOV arr Wild: Oh, never sing to me again Op 4/4 - Earl Wild (pno) (Ivory Classics 64405 74001)

MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in D - Kari Kriikku (cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1056)

GRIEG: Melodies Op 53, Norwegian; The first meeting - Oslo Camerata/Stephan Barratt-Due (Naxos 8.557890)

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

HANDEL: Zadok the Priest - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

MARTUCCI: Andante Op 69/2 - Andrea Noferini (cello), Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570929)

SAINT-SAËNS: Oboe Sonata in D Op 166 - Charles Hamann (ob), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

ELLIS: Coronation Scot - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jerry Hadley (ten), Thomas Hampson (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi (Erato 3984 26499)

RAMEAU: Air gay; Ces oiseaux par leur doux ramage (Trajan); Air gay, from Le temple de la gloire - Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (ten), Le Concert Spirituel/Hervé Niquet (Virgin 5 22027)

DEBUSSY: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut, from Images, Book 2 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 460 247)

WALDTEUFEL: The Songbird of the Temple, Waltz - Slovak State Phil, Kosice/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223687)

The Critic's Chair

Robert Johnson reviews of recent releases (RNZ)

Beethoven!

Six programmes featuring the Complete String Quartets performed by the New Zealand String Quartet

(4) String Quartets, in Eb Op 74, Harp; in F minor Op 95, Serioso; in C Op 59/3, Razumovsky (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

SMETANA: Macbeth and the Witches - Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (Unicorn-Kanchana DKP CD 9152)

KELLY: O'Carolan Suite in Baroque Style - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (Black Box BBM 1003)

HUMMEL: Bassoon Concerto in F - Frantisek Machats (bsn), Capella Istropolitana/Bystrík Rezucha (Point Classics 267 2032)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Royal Phil/André Previn (Telarc 2CD 80738)

11:00 BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 1 in G Op 78 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (Sony SK 45819)

RAVEL: Piano Trio in A minor - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D019)