Schedules for 20 - 26 October, 2012

Disc 1

GERSHWIN: Gershwin in Hollywood; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Porgy and Bess - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.559107)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

Traditional and baroque flute music of the British Isles by DOW, GEMINIANI, MUNRO, GOW, FISCHER, FRASER - Brian Berryman (fls), Axel Wolf (gtr/lute/theorbo), Eckhart Kuper (hpschd) (MDG MDG 505 1127)

2.25approx - Disc 3

PURCELL: Rejoice in the Lord alway; LOCKE: Three voluntaries for organ; PURCELL: Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; Awake and with attention hear; O praise God in His holiness; Thou wakeful shepherd; Now that the sun has veiled his light; My beloved spake; ANON: Two verses for organ; PURCELL: In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust - David Cordier (countertenor), John Elwes (ten), Peter Kooy, Harry van der Kamp (basses), Tolzer Boys' Choir, Period Instrumental Ensemble/Gustav Leonhardt (org/dir) (Sony SK 53981)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G; Menuet antique; Piano Concerto for the Left Hand; Une barque sur l'ocean; Fanfare from L'Eventail de Jeanne - Pascal Rogé (pno), Montréal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 230)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

SCHOBERT: Quartet in F minor Op 7/2; Trio in Bb Op 16/1; Sonata in D minor Op 14/4; Sonata in A Op 14/5; Trio in F Op 16/4; Quartet in Eb Op 14/1 - Luciano Sgrizzi (fpno), Chiara Banchini, Véronique Méjean (vlns) Philipp Bosbach (cello) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1294)

6:00 J STAMITZ: Symphony in G - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

SIBELIUS: Intermezzo & Ballade, from Karelia Suite - Folke Gräsbeck (pno) (BIS CD 1272)

MOZART: Second movement, Adagio, from Clarinet Concerto in A K622 - Jack Brymer (cl), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 422 269)

ALBÉNIZ: Cádiz; Granada; Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Manu CD MANU 5007)

GERMAN: Nell Gwyn, Suite - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223419)

7:00 SUPPÉ: The Beautiful Galatea, Overture - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Teldec 8.43240)

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

GIMÉNEZ arr Yamashita: Intermedio from La Boda de Luis Alonso - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

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

ELGAR: Characteristic Pieces Op 10 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

8:00 COATES: Dam Busters March - London Phil/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

GODARD: Suite Op 116 - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

CHOPIN: Waltzes, in Ab Op 69/1, L'Adieu; in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante; in E minor Op posth - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Philharmonia/Vernon Handley (RCA 74321 84112)

J STRAUSS I: Eunomien-Tänze Op 171 - Slovak Sinfonietta of Zilina/Ernst Märzendorfer (Marco Polo 8.225338)

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

GOLDMARK: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor - Joshua Bell (vln), Los Angeles Phil/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Sony SK 65949)

HAMILTON: The Moon is Silently Singing - Nicola Averill, Erica Challis (horns), 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2016)

STRAVINSKY: Duo Concertant - Max Rostal (vln), Colin Horsley (pno) (rec 1957) (Symposium 1076)

LOEWE: Erlkönig Op 1/3; Graf Eberstein Op 9/5; Archibald Douglas Op 128; Tom der Reimer Op 135 - Hermann Prey (bar), Karl Engel (pno) (Philips 422 244)

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, No 17 in Ab BWV862; No 22 in Bb minor BWV891, from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Rosalyn Tureck (pno) (rec 1953) (DG 463 305)

HENDRIX: Castles made of sand - Vitamin String Quartet (Vitamin CD 8494)

VERDI: Quando le sere al placido, from Luisa Miller - Vittorio Grigolo (ten), Parma Teatro Regio Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Sony 88697 75260)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A RV345, from La Cetra Op 9 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

(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

(3) Recent releases & reissues (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

The Rough Guide to the music of Scandinavia

An overview of the contemporary Nordic music scene (World Music RGNET 1282)

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

(3) Brahms & Women: Mysterious Relationships

Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen

BRAHMS: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90; Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

SIVORI: Folies espagnoles Op 29 - Fulvio Luciani (vln), Massimiliano Motterle (pno) (Naxos 8.572484)

ASSAD: Spanish Impressions - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

ALBÉNIZ: Rapsodia española Op 7 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

CHABRIER: España - Philharmonia/Herbert von Karajan (IMG Artists 5 62869)

NZ performers and composers

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Marya Martin (fl), Michael Houstoun (pno) (Tartar TRL 030)

LILBURN: A Birthday Offering - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

DEBUSSY: Estampes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ)

American Composers

MACDOWELL: Eight Songs Op 47 - Steven Tharp (ten), James Barbagallo (pno) (Marco Polo 8.223866)

HEGGIE: Four songs, My true love hath my heart; Barb'ry Allen; He's gone away; The Leather-Winged bat - Lisa Delan (sop), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo), Kristin Pankonin (pno), Matt Haimovitz (cello) (PentaTone PTC 5186 099)

BARBER: Ten Hermit Songs Op 29, At St Patrick's purgatory; Church bell at night; St Ita's vision; The heavenly banquet; The Crucifixion; Sea snatch; Promiscuity; The monk and his cat; The praises of God; The desire for hermitage - Gerald Finley (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67528)

COPLAND: Three Songs on Poems by Aaron Schaffer, A summer vacation; Night; My heart is in the east - Roberta Alexander (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Etcetera KTC 1100)

BOLCOM: Waitin - Kate Royal (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 9 48536)

Michael Houstoun (pno)

To celebrate Michael Houstoun's 60th birthday today

BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations Op 120 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber by RNZ)

CHAJES: Israeli Melodies - members of the Israel Phil/David Amos (Crystal CD 508)

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

J KREJN: Three Hebrew songs without words - Wolfgang Meyer (cl), Jascha Nemtsov (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.094)

BLOCH arr Palmer: From Jewish Life - Natalie Clein (cello), BBC Scottich SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67910)

HOVHANESS: Harp Sonata Op 127 - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80530)

RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Yuja Wang (pno), Mahler CO/Claudio Abbado (DG 477 9308)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Act 3 - New Zealand SO/Patrick Flynn (RNZB)

11:00 HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 71/3 - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67793)

ONSLOW: Quintet in G for piano & strings Op 76 - Nepomuk Fortepiano Quintet (Brilliant Classics 93203)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Op 71 - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

MOERAN: Symphony in G minor; IRELAND: Piano Concerto in Eb - Eileen Joyce (pno), Hallé Orch/Leslie Heward (Cedar CDAX 8001)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Cantata No 85, Ich bin ein guter Hirt; Cantata No 183, Sie werden euch in den Bann tun; Cantata No 199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut; Cantata No 175, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen - Barbara Schlick (sop), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Christoph Pregardien (ten), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Concerto Vocale, Limoges Baroque Ensemble/Christophe Coin (Astrée E 8544)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand; Bridal Lullaby; English Waltz; Mock Morris; To a Nordic Princess; In a Nutshell Suite - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 5220)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E minor RV281; Concerto in E minor for strings RV133; Cello Concerto in D minor RV407; Concerto in D minor for violin & organ RV541; Violin Concerto in F RV286; Concerto for two violins in D RV511; Concerto in G minor for two cellos RV531 - Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi (Opus 111 OPS 30-86)

PALESTRINA: Sicut lilium inter spinas; BRUCKNER: Tota pulchra es, Maria; RIZZA: Ave generosa - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (UCJ 476 6295)

SCHARWENKA: Andante religioso Op 46a - Poznan Phil/Lukasz Borowicz (Naxos 8.572637)

RHEINBERGER: Six Hymns for two voices Op 118 - Lydia Teuscher (sop), Christine Müller (mezzo), Kay Johannsen (org) (Carus 83.431)

ANON: Ubi caritas - Matthew Barley (cello) (Black Box BBM 1068)

BACH: Chorale Prelude, Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele; Cantata No 180, Adorn thyself, O beloved soul (written for the 20th Sunday after Trinity) - Anne Monoyios (sop), Angus Davidson (countertenor), Charles Daniels (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone (organ of Brand-Erbisdorf Parish Church, Saxony) (Archiv 415 631)

KLENGEL: Hymn for twelve cellos Op 57 - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

RUTTER: O Lord, thou hast searched me out - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha, Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (org) (Chandos CHSA 5085)

POULENC: Mass in G - Swedish Radio Choir/Peter Dijkstra (Channel Classics CCS SA 31411)

ELGAR: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

GLUCK: Che farò senza Euridice? from Orpheus & Euridice - Denyce Graves (mezzo), Munich Radio Orch/Maurizio Barbacini (RCA 09026 63509)

TRAD arr Meyer: Star of the County Down - Mark O'Connor (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Edgar Meyer (dbass) (Sony SK 68460)

SCULTHORPE: Djilile - Elena Riu (pno) (Linn CKD 111)

VERDI: O patria mia, from Aida - Alessandra Marc (sop), New Zealand SO/Heinz Wallberg (Delos DE 3108)

COPLAND: Vocalise for flute & piano - Paul Lustig Dunkel (fl), Michael Boriskin (pno) (Arabesque Z 6794)

MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - André Rieu (vln/dir) & his Orch (Universal 589 306)

MOERAN: Whythorne's Shadow, from Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI CDC 7 47945)

A look at the life and music of HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704) presented by Gregory Squire (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Passacaglia, from The Mystery Sonatas - Monica Huggett (vln) (ASV CD GAU 203)

Nisi Dominus - Thomas Guthrie (bass), Sonnerie (ASV CD GAU 203)

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

(5) Brentano String Quartet

GESUALDO arr Adolphe: Madrigals Book VI, Deh, come invan sospiro; Belta, pi che t'assenti; Gia piansi nel dolore; Moro lasso; MOZART: String Quartet No 18 in A K464 (American Public Media)

ROUSSEL: Le marchand de sable qui passe - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Naxos 8.570323)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 - Daniel Hope (vln), BBC SO/Maxim Shostakovich (Warner 2564 62546)

Robyn Jaquiery and Nick Tipping share The Critic's Chair in reviews of recent Crossover projects, from Yo-yo Ma's Goat Rodeo Sessions, to a new Broadway production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Also, baroque specialists, L'Arpeggiata, visit South America, and the Ebène Quartet trade in Mozart for Jazz, Film, and Bruce Springsteen. (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Sir Georg Solti, A Centenary Tribute

At the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most vitally influential conductors of the 20th century, Sir Georg Solti's celebrated career is recalled by an exceptional line-up of contributors reflecting the great and very special regard that worldwide opera singers, solo instrumentalists and orchestral musicians felt for him. Additionally, the voice of Sir Georg himself is heard remembering highlights of his legendary career, which is musically covered in 60 years of recorded performances.

Sir Georg Solti, A Centenary Tribute is hosted and produced by Jon Tolansky. The feature is a Radio New Zealand Concert production that has been made with the assistance of WFMT

Euroradio Opera Season

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

BRITTEN: The Turn of the Screw, an opera in a prologue and two acts

Prologue/Peter Quint... Nikolai Shukoff

Governess.................... Sally Matthews

Miles............................ Teddy Favre-Gilly

Flora............................. Eleonore Burke

Mrs Grose.................... Ann Murray

Miss Jessel................... Jennifer Larmore

Vienna Radio SO/Cornelius Meister (recorded in the Theater an der Wien, Vienna by Austrian Radio)

J STRAUSS II: Sylphs Polka Op 309 - Slovak State Phil/Christian Pollack (Marco Polo 8.223239)

CHAMINADE: Pas des sylphs, Intermezzo - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8888)

LØVENSKJOLD: Pas de deux, from La Sylphide - Erich Gruenberg (vln), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 433 861)

BERLIOZ: Dance of the Sylphes, from The Damnation of Faust - Royal Phil/Thomas Beecham (EMI CDM 7 63412)

GRIEG: Sylphe, from Lyric Pieces Book 7 - Daniel Propper (pno) (Skarbo DSK 1082)

ADAM: Giselle, Act 2 highlights - Slovak Radio SO/Andrew Mogrelia (Naxos 8.572924)

NZ performers and composers

K YOUNG: Brass Quintet No 1 - NZ Brass Quintet (Kiwi SLD 72)

MAREK: Serenade for violin & orchestra - Ingolf Turban (vln), Philharmonia/Gary Brain (Koch Schwann 3-6440)

Ten programmes

(6) With William Dart (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2012

Nine programmes

(2) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College), Euphony (Kristin School), Twilight Tones (Tawa College), Con Brio (Villa Maria College), Voicemale (Westlake Boys' High School)

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque; STRAUSS arr Taylor/Macfarlane: Zueignung; HAMILTON: In a Glorious Garden Green; RAUTAVAARA: Malagueña, from Suite de Lorca; MATHIAS: It was a lover and his lass, from Shakespeare Songs; MCLEOD: Cocks Crow, Babies Grow; TRAD arr Harlan: Give Me Jesus; J RITCHIE: So sweet is she; HOLST: Summer; GILPIN: Nothin' Gonna Stumble My Feet; CHILDS: The Silent Land; GERSHWIN arr Althouse: Embraceable You (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

ENESCU: Concert Piece for viola & piano - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Evelyn Chang (pno) (Avie AV 2111)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Op 26 - Freddy Kempf (pno), Bergen Phil/Andrew Litton (BIS SACD 1820)

PAGANINI: Introduction & Variations on Nel cor più non mi sento from Paisiello's La molinara - Feng Ning (vln) (Channel of China CCS SA 80807)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 6 in E minor D566 - Michael Endres (pno) (Capriccio 10 553)

KARLOWICZ compltd Fitelberg: Episode at a Masquerade - Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Naxos 8.570452)

GIULIANI: Guitar Concerto No 3 in F - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 780)

11:00 LILBURN: Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

BEETHOVEN: Octet in Eb Op 103 - Consortium Classicum (CPO 999 438)

HAYDN: Piano Trio in G HobXV/25, Gypsy - Renaud Capuçon (vln), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Martha Argerich (pno) (EMI 5 62970)

Disc 1

BLAKE: Symphony, The Islands; We all fall down; Echelles de Glace; The Furnace of Pihanga - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 403)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MARTINU: Piano Quartet No 1; Quartet for oboe, violin, cello & piano; Sonata for viola & piano; String Quintet for two violins, two violas & cello - Daniel Adni, Kathryn Selby (pnos), Charmian Gadd, Solmia Sorska, Isabelle van Keulen (vlns), Theodore Kuchar, Rainer Moog (vlas), Young-Chang Cho, Alexander Ivashkin (cellos), Joel Marangella (ob) (Naxos 8.553916)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

TCHAIKOVSKY: Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op 41; Sacred Works - Natalia Kornieva, Elena Fedotova (sops), Marina Ushapovskaya (contralto), St Petersburg Chamber Choir/Nikolai Korniev (Philips 446 685)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

CPE BACH: Oboe Concerto in Eb Wq165; Oboe Concerto in Bb Wq164; JC BACH: Oboe Concerto in F - Burkhard Glaetzner (ob), New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Berlin CO/Max Pommer (Capriccio 10 069)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

CHABRIER: España; CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2, Larghetti; DVORÁK: Symphony No 7, Scherzo; MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor, Andante; DVORÁK: Serenade for Strings, Tempo di valse; TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Scène finale; WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1, Rondo; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2; TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture - Various artists (Naxos 8.550006)

6:00 BECK: Sinfonia in A Op 1/3 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

SCHUMANN: Märchenbilder Op 113 - Lawrence Power (vla), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67923)

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

MENDELSSOHN: Lift thine eyes; For he shall give his angels charge over thee, from Elijah; Beati mortui Op 115/1 - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Ondine ODE 1201)

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse, Tarentelle Styrienne - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

7:00 HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - The Sixteen Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

FRANÇAIX: Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon - members of Bergen Woodwind Quintet (BIS SACD 2008)

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

FRANCOEUR: Cello Sonata in E - Zuill Bailey (cello), Simone Dinnerstein (pno) (Delos DE 3326)

KOMITAS arr Aslamazian: Dear Shogher; The sky clouded over; Allegro, from Ten Armenian Folk Songs & Dances, excerpts - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 10094)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet, from Romeo & Juliet - Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 453 439)

TORELLI: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 8/9 - Hélène Plouffe (vln), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (dir/rec) (Atma ACD 2 2606)

ALBÉNIZ arr Aguirre: Triana, from Iberia Book 2 - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

DVORÁK: Polka, from Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 444 614)

GAUBERT: Nocturne & Allegro Scherzando - James Galway (fl), Philip Moll (pno) (RCA 09026 68882)

SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - Emanuel Brabec (cello), Vienna Phil/Georg Solti (Decca 421 170)

HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704)

Sonata No 10 in G minor, from Sonatas appropriate to the altar or the court - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman, Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66145)

Huc poenitentes; Ne cedite mentes; Quo abiit dilectus; Lux perpetua - Gerlinde Sämann, Johanette Zomer (sops), Guillemette Laurens (contralto), Hans Jörg Mammel (ten), Jörg Hempel (bass), Arsys Bourgogne/Pierre Cao (Ambroisie AMB 9936)

The Resurrection; The Coronation of The Blessed Virgin, from The Five Glorious Mysteries - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln), Paula Chateauneuf (theorbo/archlute), Richard Tunnicliffe (viola da gamba/violone), Davis Roblou (org) (Avie AV 0038)

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring - Minnesota Orch/Eiji Oue (Reference Recordings-93 CD)

ARENSKY: Piano Quintet in D Op 51 - Lilya Zilberstein (pno), Dora Schwarzberg, Lucia Hall (vlns), Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg (vla), Mark Drobinsky (cello) (EMI 2 67051)

DVORÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor Op 104 - Truls Mørk (cello), Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Virgin 3 63287)

REINECKE: Symphony No 1 in A Op 79 - Rhenish Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223117)

BERNSTEIN: Candide, a comic operetta in two acts

Narrator...................................... Ray Henwood

Candide..................................... Cameron Barclay

Cunegonde................................. Barbara Graham

Pangloss/Martin......................... Nick Dunbar

Old Lady................................... Helen Medlyn

Grand Inquistor/Don Issachar/

Senore/Governor/Vanderdendur/

Ragotski..................................... Richard Greager

Paquette..................................... Bianca Andrew

Maximillian................................ Kieran Rayner

Orpheus Choir, Wellington Orch/Mark Dorell (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

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

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 416 643)

DOVE: Seek him that maketh the seven stars - Tenebrae/Nigel Short, Jeremy Filsell (org) (Signum SIGCD 501)

MACMILLAN: From Ayrshire - Nicola Benedetti (vln), ASMF/James MacMillan (Decca 476 3159)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BAX: Symphony No 6 - BBC Phil/Vernon Handley (rec 2003) (Chandos CHAN 10122)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Franklin Cohen (cl), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (rec 1991) (DG 439 896)

SIBELIUS: Luonnotar, from Lemminkäinen Legends - Soile Isokoski (sop), Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (rec 2005) (Ondine ODE 1080)

NZ performers and composers

BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor Op 79/2 - Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 030)

RR BENNETT: The mouse & the bumblebee; Baby, baby, naughty baby; As I walked by myself, from Songs before Sleep - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (EMI 5 58076)

GERSHWIN arr Wilkinson: Rhapsody in Blue - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

FARR: Mondo Rondo - New Zealand String Quartet (Trust MMT 2019)

LEHÁR: Vilja's Song, from The Merry Widow - Malvina Major (sop), Auckland Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia/Brian Law (Kiwi CD SLC 227)

CARR: Nightmusic, Scherzo for orchestra - Queensland SO/Edwin Carr (Kiwi CD SLD 101)

BACH: Concerto in D minor BWV974, after Oboe Concerto in D minor by Alessandro Marcello - Heinz Holliger (ob), Bern Camerata/Erich Höbarth (dir) (ECM 2229)

GRANADOS: The maiden & the nightingale, from Goyescas - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 58039)

HALVORSEN: Norwegian Dance No 3 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

CHAUSSON: Two Duos Op 11, La Nuit; Réveil - Christine Schäfer (sop), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Irwin Gage (pno) (DG 289 459 682)

MENDELSSOHN: St Paul Op 36, Overture - Bremen German Chamber Phil/Frieder Bernius (Carus 83.214)

WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor - Huw Williams (organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London) (Guild GMCD 7304)

BRIDGE: Rosemary; Canzonetta - Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury (Conifer 75605 51327)

KOEHNE: A Closed World of Fine Feelings & Grand Design - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

SHEPPARD: In manus tuas - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 281)

LISZT: Au bord d'une source, from Années de Pèlerinage, Year 1, Switzerland - Endre Hegedüs (pno) (Studio Liszt Productions HEG 114)

ANDERSON: A Bugler's Holiday - London SO/Stanley Black (Sony MLK 66702)

DALE: Holiday Tune - Lorraine McAslan (vln), Michael Dussek (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7157)

FOULDS: Holiday Sketches Op 16 - BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp (Dutton CDLX 7252)

HOLBORNE: Galliard, Heigh ho holiday - Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (dir) (Alia Vox AV 9813)

GLIÈRE: Holiday at Ferghana, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9518)

A look at the life and music of HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704) presented by Gregory Squire (RNZ)

Sonata for six trumpets, timpani & continuo - Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble, Virtuosi Saxoniae/Ludwig Güttler (Berlin Classics 030 0167 BC)

Violin Sonata in A, Sonata Representativa - Andrew Manze (baroque vln), Nigel North (lute), John Toll (hpschd), Romanesca (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7134/5)

Serenade in C, The Night Watchman - Hans-Georg Wimmer (bass), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 429 230)

Beethoven!

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

(5) String Quartets, in Eb Op 127; in F Op 135; in A minor Op 132 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington by RNZ)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Haydn Op 56a - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1977)

KREEK: Sacred folk songs, In penury; Jesus is the best of all good things; Dear Jesus, I pray to You; O Jesus, all Your pain; Wake up, my heart, and sing - Estonian Phil Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Ondine ODE 1201)

WEBER: Horn Concertino in E minor Op 45 - Stephen Stirling (horn), City of London Sinfonia/Michael Collins (Chandos CHAN 10702)

11:00 RAFF: Four Pieces Op 196, Etude, Berceuse, Novelette, Impromptu - Tra Nguyen (pno) (Grand Piano GP 612)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sonatina for flute & guitar Op 205 - Anna Norberg (fl), Mats Bergström (gtr) (Proprius PRCD 9124)

FAURÉ: Piano Trio in D minor Op 120 - Priya Mitchell (vln), Christian Poltéra (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10447)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military; Symphony No 101 in D, Clock; Symphony No 59 in A, Fire - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 420 866)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ALBINONI/GIAZOTTO: Adagio in G minor for strings & organ; HANDEL: Harp Concerto in Bb Op 4/6; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue; BACH: Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - I Musici (Philips 420 718)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Missa in honorem Sanctissimae Trinitas in C K167; Missa brevis in G K140; Missa brevis in D minor K65 - Helen Donath (sop), Annette Markert (contralto), Uwe Heilmann (ten), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Leipzig Radio Choir and SO/Herbert Kegel (Philips 422 264)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

SCHUMANN: Carnaval Op 9; Kinderszenen Op 15; Waldszenen Op 82 - Claudio Arrau (pno) (Philips 420 871)

4:40 approx -Disc 5

RAVEL: Boléro; CHABRIER: España; RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez, Adagio; FALLA: El amor brujo, Feuertanz; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol Op 34; GLINKA: Jota aragonesa; FALLA: Three Cornered Hat, Miller's dance and final dance - Various artists (Philips 422 267)

6:00 HAYDN: Symphony No 30 in C, Alleluja - Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec 9031 76460)

ROSSINI: Andante & Variations on Tanti palpiti, from Tancredi - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

BACH: Second movement, Largo ma non tanto, from Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043 - Donald Armstrong (vln/dir), Andrew Thomson (vln), NZSO CO (RNZ)

BRAHMS: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Book 1 - Idil Biret (pno) (Naxos 8.550350)

LIADOV: Polonaise in C Op 49, In memory of Pushkin - Krasnoyarsk SO/Ivan Shpiller (Brilliant Classics 94077)

7:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture Op 96 - St Petersburg Phil/Yuri Temirkanov (RCA 09026 68844)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in E RV265 - Elizabeth Wilcock (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

J STRAUSS II/Josef STRAUSS: Pizzicato Polka - Vienna Phil/Willi Boskovsky (Decca 417 747)

RODRIGO: Invocation & Dance - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private recording BNP 01CD)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Introduction, Waltz & Polonaise, from Eugene Onegin - La Scala Orch, Milan/Lovro von Matacic (Testament SBT 1330)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VERDI: Laudi alla Vergine Maria, from Four Sacred Pieces - Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 502)

PUCCINI arr Picarband/Nevi: Corazzata Sicilia, after La Bohème - Giuseppe Verdi SO, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 475 320)

LOPEZ-QUIROGA arr Trepat: Francisco Alegre - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

WAGNER trans Liszt: O du mein holder Abendstern, from Tannhäuser - Michel Dalberto (pno) (RCA 82876 60309)

DEMERSSEMAN/BERTHELEMY orch Dodgson: Duo Brillante, on themes from William Tell - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Pierre Pierlot (ob), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 - Gösta Ohlin's Vocal Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)

HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704)

Sonata Sancti Polycarpi; Plaudite tympana - Gabrieli Consort & Players, Cologne Musica Antiqua/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 471 632)

Mensa sonora, Part 1 - Purcell Quartet, Jane Rogers (vla) (Chandos CHAN 0748)

Sonata in C for ten instruments - members of Flanders Recorder Quartet & Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir) (Archiv 453 442)

Mensa sonora, Part 4 - Purcell Quartet, Jane Rogers (vla) (Chandos CHAN 0748)

Magnificat, from Vespers - Els Bongers, Anne Grimm (sops), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Amsterdam Baroque Orch & Choir/Ton Koopman (Erato 4509 91725)

KODÁLY: Háry János Suite - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572749)

SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 54 - Byron Janis (pno), Minneapolis SO/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (Mercury 432 011)

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 10 in Eb D87 - Cuarteto Casals (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2121)

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30 - Chicago SO/Fritz Reiner (RCA CD 86722)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

HOLLAENDER arr Bacharach: Falling in love again, from The Blue Angel - Marlene Dietrich (vocalist) (Universal 584949)

WEILL: The Threepenny Opera, Suite for Brass - tenThing/Tine Thing Helseth (dir/tpt) (EMI 0 88326)

KANDER arr Kerber: Mein Herr; Don't tell Mama, from Cabaret - Ute Lemper (vocalist), Band/Randy Kerber (Decca 458 931)

ROSSINI: The Barber of Seville, Overture - La Scala Orch, Milan/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 218)

FIELD: Piano Concerto No 7 in C minor H58 - John O'Conor (pno), New Irish CO/János Fürst (Sound 3414)

ANDERSSON arr Eljas/Wadenius: Heaven help my heart, from Chess - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Anders Eljas (pno), Georg Wadenius (gtr), Fredrik Jonsson (dbass), Magnus Persson (percussion), Jörgen Stenberg (vibraphone), David Björkman, Roland Kress (vlns), Jakob Ruthberg (vla), Anna Wallgren (cello), Magnus Lindgren (cl) (DG 477 590)

STRAVINSKY arr Stravinsky/Dushkin: Suite italienne - Anthony Marwood (vln), Thomas Adès (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67723)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Symphony No 38 in D K504, Prague - English CO/Benjamin Britten (rec 1970) (Decca 430 494)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D minor G506, La casa del diavolo - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (rec 1988) (DHM RD 77867)

NZ performers and composers

STILL: Folk Suite No 1 - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno), New Zealand String Quartet (Koch International 3-7192)

A GRIFFITHS: Naseby; CHILDS: Salve Regina - Madeleine Pierard (sop), Jessica Wells (contralto), Albert Mataafa (ten), New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2048)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 1 in E minor Op 39 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572305)

IRELAND: A London Overture - Hallé Orch/John Wilson (Hallé CD HLL 7523)

HANDEL: Mr Handel's Water Piece - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

PAGANINI: La Campanella - Ilya Gringolts (vln), Irina Ryumina (pno) (BIS CD 999)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Alain Planès (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2052)

DELIUS: Sleigh Ride - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC SMCD 5134)

G CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour, from Louise - Leontyne Price (sop), RCA Italiana Opera Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (RCA 09026 62596)

WOLF: Italian Serenade - Ana Bela Chaves (vla), Paris Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Erato 2292 45416)

ZADOR: Csárdás Rhapsody - Budapest SO/Mariusz Smolij (Naxos 8.572548)

HUBAY: Czárdás Scene No 6, The yellow beetle Op 34 - Hagai Shaham (vln), Arnon Erez (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67441/2)

KÁLMÁN: Tanzen möcht' ich, from Die Csárdásfürstin - Jerry Hadley (ten), Munich Radio Orch/Richard Bonynge (RCA 09026 68258)

ITURRALDE: Little csárdás - Daniel Gauthier (sax), Jang Eun Bae (pno) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 603 1149)

DELIBES: Czárdás, from Coppélia - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 423 215)

MONTI: Czárdás - Mark Walton (cl), Iola Shelley (pno) (Private)

J STRAUSS II: Czárdás, from Die Fledermaus - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Vienna Phil/André Previn (Philips 434 725)

Pesther Csárdás Op 23 - Vienna Folk Opera SO/Rudolf Bibl (Erato 3984 25500)

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

(4) A RITCHIE: Whalesong - Dale Gold (dbass), NZSO/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ)

POWELL: Nelson Songs, for male singer & tape - Nelson Wattie (bar) (RNZ)

NORRIS: 14 Islands - Bridget Douglas (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), Arnold Marinissen (perc) (RNZ)

8:00 Ned Rorem, A Birthday Tribute

Conductor, José Serebrier has programmed many of Ned Rorem's works in concerts over the years. More recently he has recorded the first two symphonies and a number of the concertos. Tonight, the composer and conductor are in conversation

9:30 Illegal Harmonies

Ten programmes written & presented by Andrew Ford

(5) Old Dreams and New Deals

The music of the Second World War and the immediate post-war years was characterised by a paradoxical degree of optimism. Shostakovich was temporarily off the political hook, thanks to a war-time symphony favourably misinterpreted by his government, Strauss composed his final glowingly romantic pieces and Benjamin Britten wrote the first great English opera in 300 years, Peter Grimes. The United States was unequivocally the centre of things: Bartók, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Weill and Rachmaninov all lived there, and the American Way was celebrated from New York, New York to Oklahoma!

Music by Richard Strauss, Francis Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen, Dimitri Shostakovich, Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg, Benjamin Britten, Pierre Boulez, Aaron Copland, John Antill, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein (ABC Classic FM)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

GRIEG: Peer Gynt: Suite No 1 Op 46; Suite No 2 Op 55; Four Norwegian Dances Op 35; Old Norwegian Romance Op 51 - English CO, Philharmonia/Raymond Leppard (Philips 420 081)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

JONGEN: Sonata eroica; WILLAN: Introduction, Fugue and Allegro; HINDEMITH: Sonata No 1; REUBKE: Sonata on the 94th Psalm - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 751)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

VIVALDI: Lauda Jerusalem RV609; Introduzione al Gloria RV642; Gloria RV589; Laudate pueri RV602; Laudate Dominum RV606 - Margaret Marshall, Felicity Lott (sops), Ann Murray (mezzo), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), John Alldis Choir, English CO/Vittorio Negri (Philips 420 648)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C D956; BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata in F Op 5/1 - Sándor Vegh, Sándor Zöldy (vlns), Georges Janzer (vla),Wilhelm Kempff (pno), Pablo Casals, Paul Szabo (cellos) (Philips 420 077)

4:45 approx -Disc 5

MOZART: Serenade in Bb K361; Serenade in Eb K375 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Edo De Waart (Philips 420 711)

6:00 VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in D minor RV565 - Daniel Hope, Lorenzo Borrani (vlns), William Conway (cello), CO of Europe (DG 477 7463)

FAURÉ: Nocturne No 3 in Ab Op 33/3 - Richard Mapp (pno) (RNZ)

MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor K546 - Ensemble XXI Moscow/Lygia O'Riordan (Ensemblegram 1991A)

PURCELL: Abdelazer, incidental music - Theatre of Early Music (Analekta AN 2 9948)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Character Dances, from The Nutcracker - Kirov Orch/Valery Gergiev (Philips 462 114)

7:00 LILBURN: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

HAYDN: Third movement, Finale: Allegro moderato, from Trio in G for keyboard, flute & cello - Uwe Grodd (fl), Martin Rummel (cello), Christopher Hinterhuber (pno) (Naxos 8.572667)

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

ATTERBERG: Suite No 3 for violin, viola & strings Op 19 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

GRIEG arr anon: Homage March, from Sigurd Jorsalfar - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duet) (Divine Art 25042)

8:00 Beauty Spot: FOULDS: Second movement, Adagio molto, from Cello Concerto in G Op 17 - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Bournemouth SO/Martin Yates (Dutton CDLX 7284)

BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Leon McCawley (pno) (Black Box BBM 3003)

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

BACH: Violin Sonata No 2 in A BWV1015 - James Ehnes (vln), Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta AN 2 9829)

BRIDGE: Rebus - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 243)

HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704)

Battalia in D; Requiem in A - La Capella Real de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9825)

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suite No 2 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.571210)

ROTA: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano - Davide Teodoro (cl), Carlo Teodoro (cello), Aldo Orvieto (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1072)

IRELAND arr Ireland/Bush: A Downland Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9376)

GRANADOS: Villanesca; Andaluza; Rondalla aragonesa, from Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 2 - Douglas Riva (pno) (Naxos 8.572313)

SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto No 10 in G - Qian Zhou (vln), Toronto Camerata/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557322)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

J STRAUSS II arr Rieu: Vienna Blood Waltz - Johann Strauss Orch/André Rieu (Universal 7532 38790)

RASCEL: Arrivederci, Roma - Joseph Calleja (ten), BBC Concert Orch/Steven Mercurio (Decca 478 3531)

PONCE: Scherzino mexicano; Chanson, from Sonata No 3 - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

TRAD arr Morgan/Pochin/Robbins: The ash grove - Katherine Jenkins (sop), Arcadian Ensemble/James Morgan (Decca 476 4974)

EINAUDI: The Earth Prelude - Ludovico Einaudi (pno), Laura Riccardi (vln), Antonio Leofreddi (vla), Marco Decimo (cello) (Decca 476 4490)

SULLIVAN arr Mackerras: Pineapple Poll, Suite - London Phil/Charles Mackerras (EMI 3 93231)

A MARCELLO: Trumpet Concerto in C minor - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 0630 10788)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2001)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F minor Op 34 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Artemis Quartet (rec 2006) (Virgin 3 95143)

MOZART: Non più andrai, from The Marriage of Figaro; Serenade, Deh, vieni alla finestra; Catalogue aria, Madamina, il catalogo è questo, from Don Giovanni - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (rec 1994) (DG 445 866)

NZ performers and composers

ELGAR: Froissart Overture Op 19 - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

PSATHAS: Jettatura - Stephen Gosling (pno) (Trust MMT 2047)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/5 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 373 250)

A RITCHIE: Viola Sonata Op 64b - Donald Maurice (vla), Emma Sayers (pno) (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 113)

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

DEBUSSY arr Trepat: La Puerta del vino, from Preludes Book 2 - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

SAINT-SAËNS: First movement, Part 2: Poco adagio, from Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78, Organ - Martin Setchell (org), Christchurch Symphony/Marc Taddei (Atoll ACD 401)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in D minor, La Folia, after Corelli's Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12 - Boston Baroque/Martin Pearlman (Telarc CD 80698)

ROSSINI: La Danza - José Carreras (ten), English CO (Philips 462 892)

FARRENC: Air russe varié Op 17 - Konstanze Eickhorst (pno) (CPO 999 879)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Fantasia on Serbian Themes - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1477)

SCHEIDT arr Thomas: Fantasia super Io, San Ferito - Christchurch Youth Recorder Ensemble/Neville Forsythe (Private)

ARENSKY: Fantasia on Russian Folksongs Op 48, Ryabinin Fantasia - Konstantin Scherbakov (pno), Russian Phil/Dmitry Yablonsky (Naxos 8.570526)

MORRICONE: Nella fantasia - Russell Watson (ten), Metro Voices, Royal Phil/Nick Ingman (Decca 467 251)

HUGUES: Grande Fantasia di Concerto for two flutes on themes from Verdi's A Masked Ball - Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Stallman (fls), Royal Phil/Plácido Domingo (CBS MK 42100)

GIBBONS: Fantasia in four parts - Robert Costin (organ of Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge) (Atoll ACD 241)

G WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes - London SO/Charles Groves (Lyrita SRCD 323)

Eurovision 2012

Sophie Wilson discovers the wonders of the Eurovision Song Contest held this year in Baku, Azerbaijan (RNZ)

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2011

Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink; Jard van Nes (mezzo), Schoenberg Ensemble/Reinbert de Leeuw; Thomas Hampson (bar), Wolfram Rieger (pno)

MAHLER: Symphony No 9 in D; SCHOENBERG: Song of the Wood Dove, from Gurrelieder; MAHLER: Ablösung im Sommer; Lob des hohen Verstands; Starke Einbildungskraft; Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Radio Netherlands)

QUILTER: A Children's Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2140)

DEVIENNE attrib Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Eckart Hübner (bsn), Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 120)

DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32b - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

11:00 CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35, Funeral March - Dejan Lazic (pno) (Channel Classics CCS 15998)

ISASI: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 27 - Isasi Quartet (Naxos 8.572463)

Disc 1

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture; Piano Sonata No 11 in A K331; Rondo, from Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Second movement, from Clarinet Concerto in A K622; Second movement, from Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488; Second movement, from Violin Concerto in D K218; Rondo, from Horn Concerto in Eb K495; Molto allegro, from Symphony No 40 in G minor K550; Andante, from Piano Concerto in C K467; Third movement, from Violin Concerto in A K219; Third movement, from Flute Concerto in A K219 - Alfred Brendel, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (pnos), Jack Brymer (cl), Alan Civil (horn), Henryk Szeryng (vln), Claude Monteux (fl), BBC SO/Colin Davis, ASMF/Neville Marriner, New Philharmonia/Alexander Gibson, London SO/Colin Davis (Philips 422 269)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

TCHAIKOVSKY: 16 Children's Songs Op 54; Last night Op 60/1; I'll tell you nothing Op 60/2; O, If only you knew Op 60/3; Simple words Op 60/5; Behind the window in the shadow Op 60/10; Why did I dream of you? Op 28/3 - Ilya Levinsky (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51268)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos, No 1 in C Op 15; No 2 in Bb Op 19 - Claudio Arrau (pno), Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 066)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden; DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American; BORODIN: Notturno, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Quartetto Italiano (Philips 420 876)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring RV269; Summer RV315; Autumn RV293; Winter RV297; Concerto in D minor for two oboes RV535; Bassoon Concerto in A minor RV498; Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Alan Loveday (vln), Neil Black, Celia Nicklin (obs), Martin Gatt (bsn), William Bennett (piccolo), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

6:00 STENHAMMAR: Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

HASSE: Sinfonia in D, from Alcide al bivio - moderntimes 1800/Ilia Korol (dir) (Challenge CC 72193)

GALEAZZI arr Pluhar: Voglio una casa - Lucilla Galeazzi (sop), Gianluigi Trovesi (cl), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Alpha 512)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67879)

KOEHNE: To His Servant Bach, God Grants a Final Glimpse: The Morning Star - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

PEDROLLO: Concertino for oboe & string orchestra - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Stuttgart Arcata CO/Patrick Strub (Hänssler CD 98.467)

7:00 SHOSTAKOVICH: Jazz Suite No 1 - members of Berlin Radio SO/Steven Sloane (Capriccio 71 096)

BRIDGE: Miniature Pastorals, Set 1 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz of the Flowers, from The Nutcracker - Royal Phil/George Weldon (EMI 7 94431)

CASELLA: Sicilienne & Burlesque - Kathryn Thomas (fl), Richard Shaw (pno) (Deux-Elles DXL 1125)

J STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

8:00 Beauty Spot: PUCCINI: Vissi d'arte, from Tosca - Maria Callas (sop), La Scala Orch, Milan/Victor de Sabata (EMI 5 57062)

MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture - German SO, Berlin/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 466 098)

SARASATE: Gavotte after Mignon - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570192)

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

REIS: Three Brazilian Pieces - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Waiata 9501)

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

HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704)

Sonata No 6 in C minor - John Holloway (vln), Aloysia Assenbaum (org), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (ECM 1791)

Balletti in C for six instruments - Otto Sauter, Franz Wagnermeyer (tpts), Capella Istropolitana/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 93714)

Partita No 7 in C minor - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 474 965)

SIBELIUS: Pelléas & Mélisande Op 46 - Czech Phil/Serge Baudo (Supraphon SU 3899)

BARBER: Violin Concerto Op 14 - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (Onyx 4016)

RACHMANINOV: Suite No 1 in G minor for two pianos Op 5 - Martha Argerich, Lilya Zilberstein (pno duo) (EMI 2 67051)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 711)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Fiddling Around

LAKATOS arr Lakatos/Cséki: Symphony, The Bird in the Dust - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno) (DG 459 642)

RODGERS/HART arr Musiker: My funny Valentine, from Babes in Arms - Kristin Chenoweth (vocalist), Joshua Bell (vln), Lee Musiker (pno) with instrumental ensemble (Sony 88697 55436)

SHERWIN: A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square - Yehudi Menuhin, Stéphane Grappelli (vlns), John Etheridge, Martin Taylor (gtrs), Lennie Bush (dbass), Laurie Holloway (pno), Ronnie Verrell (drums), David Snell (harp) with strings & brass/Max Harris (EMI CDM 7 69220)

V YOUNG arr Williams: Stella by Starlight, from The Uninvited - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

BARRY: Nocturnal New York - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

SCHUMANN: Adagio & Allegro in Ab Op 70 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

ANON: Licet eger cum ergotis; Fas et nefas ambulant, from Carmina Burana - Michael George (bar), Pavlo Beznosiuk (vielle), Catherine Bott, Tessa Bonner (sops), Belinda Sykes (contralto), Andrew King (ten), Stephen Charlesworth (bar), Simon Grant (bass) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 425 118)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

SMETANA: Czech Dances, Book 2 - Antonin Kubalek (pno) (rec 1988) (Dorian DOR 90122)

NEDBAL: Valse Triste; FIBICH: Poem, from At Twilight - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (rec 1983) (Supraphon 110624)

NZ performers and composers

FARQUHAR: Homage to Stravinsky - Concord Brass (Manu CD MANU 1550)

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

LISZT: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne - New Zealand SO/Michael Halász (Naxos 8.557846)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 138)

HAMELIN: Etude No 8 in Bb minor, Erlkönig, from 12 Etudes in all the minor keys - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67789)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - English Sinfonia/Howard Griffiths (Naxos 8.570339)

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

MARTUCCI: Momento musicale; Minuetto - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.570932)

LOHAN arr Lawson: Out of the Woods - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 177)

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Matthew Jennejohn (ob), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (dir/rec) (Atma ACD 2 2606)

JONGEN: Concert Study No 2 Op 65/2 - Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 586)

YORK: Andecy - Sharon Isbin (gtr) (Sony 88697 45456)

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

DONIZETTI: Sonata for flute & harp - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Marielle Nordmann (harp) (Sony SK 44552)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Iona Brown (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 945)

Strauss Post 1945

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, 1945. American soldiers are going house to house, arresting Nazi officials and party members. Now an elderly gentleman comes to his door, greeting the fresh-faced liberators with the words "I am Richard Strauss, the composer of Rosenkavalier and Salome."

Thomas Goss looks at the last years of the composer's life (RNZ)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Master of the Violin

Feng Ning (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Eduardo Portal

MENDELSSOHN: Ruy Blas, Overture;

Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian

(Interval)

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto in D Op 61 (RNZ)

WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll - Vienna Symphony/Wolfgang Sawallisch (Philips 422 480)

FRANÇAIX: L'Horloge de flore - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

11:00 KOEHNE: Palm Court Suite - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

DUARTE: Variations on a Catalan folksong - Antigoni Goni (gtr) (Naxos 8.554554)

SCHUMANN: Fairy-tale Scenes Op 132 - Richard Hosford (cl), Lawrence Power (vla), Ian Brown (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67923)

Disc 1

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica; Symphony No 8 in F - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Béla Drahos (Naxos 8.553475)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Polonaise in C minor Op 40/2; SCHUMANN: Arabeske Op 18; Stucklein Op 99/1; LISZT: Il Pensieroso; BRAHMS: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1; GRIEG: Arietta Op 12/1; FAURÉ: Fantasia in Ab Op 84/2; DEBUSSY: Et la line descend sur le temple qui fut; La fille aux cheveux de lin; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; GRANADOS: Danza Española No 5 in E minor; SCRIABIN: Etude in F# Op 42/4; RACHMANINOV: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12; RAVEL: Sonatine; BARTÓK: No 1 from 3 Rondos on Folk Tunes - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3 WAL 80432)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

VERDI: Solingo, errante, misero, from Ernani; BELLLINI: Adalgisa!....; Ma di'…, from Norma; PONCHIELLI: Ecco la barca, addio; Deh! Non turbare, from La Gioconda; VERDI: Già nella notte densa, from Otello; Madre, non dormi?, from Il Trovatore - Joan Sutherland (sop), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Luciano Pavarotti (ten), Jake Gardner (bar), New York City Opera Orchestra/Richard Bonynge (Decca 417 587)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

TELEMANN: Overture in Bb; Quartet in E minor; Concerto in Eb; Trio in D; Solo in G minor for oboe; Conclusion in B - Ensemble Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Accent ACC 78643)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BRITTEN: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge Op 10; Elegy for unaccompanied viola; Lachrymae; Variation on Sellenger's Round of Byrd; Chacony - Gérard Caussé (vla), Toulouse National CO/Bojidar Bratoev (Auvidis A 6124)

6:00 ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

GIBBONS: A Ground; The Italian Ground; ANON: Chi Passa, from Dublin Virginal Book - Robert Petre (hpschd) (Meridian CDE 84316)

SCHUBERT arr Mahler: Second movement, Andante con moto, from String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death & the Maiden - Lucerne Festival Strings/Achim Fiedler (Oehms OC 333)

BOUGHTON: Three Songs without Words - Sarah Francis (ob), members of Rasumovsky Quartet (Helios CDH 55174)

HANDEL: Organ Concerto in Bb Op 4/6 - Simon Lindley (organ of Holy Cross Church, Fenham, England), Northern Sinfonia/Bradley Creswick (Naxos 8.553835)

7:00 CLARKE: Trumpet Aire and Symphony of flatt trumpets, from The Island Princess - John Wallace (tpt), Wallace Collection, English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

POYNTON: Nga Iwi E - Dan Poynton (pno) (Rattle RAT D006)

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker, Act 2b - women of Ambrosian Singers, London SO/André Previn (EMI 9 67694)

MALATS arr Tárrega: Spanish Serenade - Rafael Aguirre Miñarro (gtr) (Naxos 8.572916)

PRUDEN: Taranaki - New Zealand SO/Philip Walsh (RNZ)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DEBUSSY: Rêverie - Philippe Entremont (pno) (Sony MLK 64065)

GLAZUNOV: Stenka Razin - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 8479)

ABREU arr Silvetti: Tico-Tico no Fubá - Daniel Barenboim (pno), Robert Kassinger (dbass), Cyro Baptista (perc) (Teldec 3984 21482)

MARTELLI: Cock Linnett - Neil Thomson and his orch (Dutton CDLX 7147)

PIERNÉ: Solo de concert Op 35 - Karen Geoghegan (bsn), Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10521)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Festival at Baghdad, The Sea, Shipwreck & Conclusion, from Scheherazade - Jaap van Zweden (vln), Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 443 703)

HEINRICH BIBER (1644-1704)

Missa Bruxellensis - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9808)

GODARD: Symphonie orientale Op 84 - Royal Scottish National Orch/Martin Yates (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7274)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno), Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 95143)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 0630-10788)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Richard Goode (pno) (RCA 60036 2 RG)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 2 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Following Tradition

TRAD: Amazing Grace; Danny Boy - Hayley Westenra (sop), orchestral accompaniment (Decca 478 1432)

All through the night - Claire Jones (harp), English CO/Stuart Morley (Classic FM 28947 65143)

arr Lawson: Deep River - King's Singers (Signum SIGCD 121)

Lisa Lan - Claire Jones (harp), English CO/Stuart Morley (Classic FM 28947 65143)

arr Warner: Still, Still, Still; Morning has broken - Bryn Terfel (bar), London Voices, London SO/Barry Wordsworth (DG 477 5563)

BOVET: Fugue on The Pink Panther - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 4 - New World Symphony/Michael Tilson Thomas (RCA 09026 68538)

SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto in D Op 3/1 - Qian Zhou (vln), Toronto Camerata/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557322)

MOZART: Non so più, from The Marriage of Figaro - Kathleen Battle (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (DG 439 949)

GLASS: The poet acts; Morning passages; Something she has to do, from The Hours - Lyric Quartet, Chris Laurence (dbass), with orchestra/Nick Ingman (Nonesuch 79693)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 - Pavel Haas Quartet (rec 2010) (Supraphon SU 4038)

MASCAGNI: Un di (ero piccina), from Iris; CATALANI: Né mai dunque avrò pace? from La Wally; PUCCINI: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì, from La Bohème; CILEA: O mia cuna, fiorita di songni, from Gloria - Renée Fleming (sop), Giuseppe Verdi Orch, Milan/Marco Armiliato (rec 2008) (Decca 478 1533)

NZ performers and composers

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 51 in Eb HobXVI/38 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)

BESSER: Wellington Harbour - Andrew Pask (bass cl), Jonathan Besser (pno) (Besser Music)

NORMAN: Little Jack Horner; The evader as plum puller; A song about the pie, from Plum Song - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 1995-1996/Roger Stevenson (Private)

DELLO JOIO: Variations, Chaconne & Finale - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7243)

HOLST: Mercury, the Winged Messenger, from The Planets - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.555776)

FALLA trans Maréchal/Liobet: Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Anne Gastinel (cello), Pablo Màrquez (gtr) (Naïve V 5182)

VIVALDI: Recorder Concerto in C RV443 - Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder), Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca (Arcana A 334)

KHACHATURIAN: Spartacus, excerpts - Duo Reine Elisabeth (pno duo) (Telos TLS 014)

HALVORSEN: Wedding March Op 32/1 - Soon-Mi Chung (vln), Bergen Phil/Karsten Andersen (NCB 435 963)

PUCCINI arr Tamminga: Piccolo valzer for piano, Musetta's waltz song, from La Bohème - Liuwe Tamminga (organ of St Pietro Somaldi, Lucca, Italy) (Passacaille 952)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - David Staff (tpt), Orch of the Golden Age/Robert Glenton (Naxos 8.553444)

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

BALAKRISHNAN: Little Mouse Jumps - Turtle Island String Quartet (Koch KIC CD 7529)

PRUDEN: Looking for a lost guinea-pig at daybreak - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 78)

SHOSTAKOVICH: The Tale of the Silly Little Mouse - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 460 792)

PODGAITS: The rat - Vesna Children's Choir, Moscow, percussion ensemble/Alexander Ponomarev (Opus 111 OPS 30-157)

LANCHBERY: The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, from Tales of Beatrix Potter - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/John Lanchbery (EMI 5 72813)

The Critic's Chair

Robyn Jaquiery reviews crossover recordings and Nick Tipping looks at second stream music (RNZ)

Beethoven!

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

(6) String Quartets, in Bb Op 130; in C# minor Op 131 (recorded in St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington by RNZ)

BERLIOZ: Beatrice & Benedict, Overture - Scottish CO/Robin Ticciati (Linn CKD 400)

ARNE: Sigh no more, ladies, from Much Ado About Nothing - Richard Morton (ten), Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66237)

KORNGOLD: Garden Scene, from Much Ado About Nothing Op 11 - Joel Quarrington (dbass), Andrew Burashko (pno) (Analekta AN 2 9931)

L MOZART: Symphony in G, Eisen G7 - Slovak CO/Bohdan Warchal (CPO 999 144)

BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Rosemarie Landry (sop), Ben Heppner (ten), Mark Pedrotti (bass), Tudor Singers of Montreal, CBC Vancouver Orch/Wayne Riddell (CBC Records SMCD 5163)

SVENDSEN: Romeo & Juliet Op 18 - South Jutland SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.570322)

11:00 FRANÇAIX: Quintet No 2 for flute, string trio & harp - Jocelyne Roy (fl), Antoine Bareil (vln), Valérie Milot (harp), François Vallières (vla), Raphaël Dubé (cello) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

PROKOFIEV trans Pletnev: Cinderella Suite - Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev (pno duo) (DG 474 8172)