Schedules for 27 Oct - 02 Nov, 2012

Disc 1

DVORÁK: Concert Overtures, In Nature's Realm; Carnival; Othello; Symphonic Variations Op 78; Scherzo Capriccioso - Royal Phil/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 794)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MEDTNER: Piano Concertos, No 2 in C minor Op 50; No 3 in E minor Op 60, Ballade - Geoffrey Tozer (pno), London Phil/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9038)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

BACH: Violin Partita in D minor BWV1004 with chorales, Auf meinen lieben Gott; Den Tod…; Allemanda; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Corrente; Den Tod niemand zwingen kuunt; Sarabanda; Wo sol lich fliehen hin; Giga; Den Tod…; Ciaccona; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Dein Will gescheh'; Befiehl du deine Wege; Jesu meine Freude; Auf meinen lieben Gott; Jesu deine Passion; In meines Herzens Grunde; Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren; Den Tod…; Ciaccona for solo violin and four voices after Helga Thoene's analysis; Den Tod… - Hilliard Ensemble, Christoph Poppen (baroque vln) (ECM 1765)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

LISZT: Divertissement on the cavatina I tuoi frequenti palpiti from Pacini's Niobe; THALBERG: Fantasy on themes from Rossini's Moses; WEBER: Concert Piece in F minor Op 79; THALBERG: Fantasia on God Save the Queen; LISZT: Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude, from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - Steven Mayer (pno) (ASV CD DCA 783)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

Fantasias, Arias and Toccatas by MUDARRA, MILAN, MACQUE, DELL'APRA, FRESCOBALDI and MONTEVERDI - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque harps) (Hyperion CDA 66518)

6:00 SALIERI: La grotta di Trofonio, Overture - Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.554)

FAURÉ: Papillon Op 77 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.557889)

DVORÁK: Second movement, Largo, from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - New Zealand SO/Victor Yampolsky (Kiwi CD SLC 215)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in C G324, La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid - Eckart Runge (cello), Casals Quartet (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2092)

CHOPIN: Concert Rondo in F Op 14, Krakowiak - Kun Woo Paik (pno), Warsaw Phil/Antoni Wit (Decca 475 169)

7:00 M PHILLIPS: A Surrey Suite Op 59 - BBC Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Dutton CDLX 7140)

GRAINGER: Blithe Bells, A Free Ramble on JS Bach's aria Sheep May Safely Graze - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9630)

BACH trans Stokowski: Arioso - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.572050)

DEBUSSY: Violin Sonata in G minor - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Olga Sitkovetsky (pno) (Trust TRI 3003)

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No 2 - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (Signum SIGCD 193)

8:00 HAYDN: Symphony No 10 in D - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.557771)

WAGNER: Sailor's Chorus, Steuermann, lass die Wacht! - from The Flying Dutchman - Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

HERZOGENBERG: Waltzes Op 53 - Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow (pno duet) (Toccata Classics TOCC 0010)

VERDI arr Genin/Guiot: Fantasy on La Traviata - Patrick Gallois (fl), Richard Friedman (vln), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (DG 445 822)

WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

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

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 5 in C minor Op 67 - Montreal SO/Kent Nagano (RCA 88697 40084)

ANON arr Hazell: Romance, from Jeux interdits - Milos Karadaglic (gtr), English CO/Paul Watkins (DG 477 9693)

PUCCINI: Torna ai felici dì, from Le Villi - Vittorio Grigolo (ten), Parma Teatro Regio Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Sony 88697 75260)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Kuss Quartet (Onyx 4090)

THOMPSON: Alleluia - Harvard University Choir/Murray Forbes Somerville (ASV CD DCA 1125)

Words & Music

Brian Kay explores favourite territory, displaying Noel Coward's skill in joining words and music in perfect combination (RNZ)

(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

(4) From the rock and pop worlds - jazz covers of Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, etc (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

The Klezmatics - Live at Town Hall

(Klezmatics Disc KD 2010)

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

(4) A batch of polkas & waltzes: Brahms the Academic

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

BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture Op 80; Double Concerto in A minor Op 102; Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Sonata in A Wq48/6 - Susan Alexander-Max (pno) (Naxos 8.572674)

KIRNBERGER: Trio Sonata in G minor - Lenka Torgersen (vln), Jana Semerádová (fl), Hana Fleková (cello), Bertrand Cuiller (hpschd) (Supraphon SU 4087)

NZ performers and composers

LILBURN: Festival Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

HILL: String Quartet No 8 in A - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

BARBER: Toccata Festiva Op 36 - Gillian Weir (organ of St Augustine's Chapel, Tonbridge School), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Linn CKD 178)

GOUNOD: Le soir; Le temps des roses - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66801/2)

FAURÉ: Five Venetian Songs Op 58, Mandoline; En sourdine; Green; A Clymène; C'est l'extase - Yann Beuron (ten), Billy Eidi (pno) (Timpani 1C 1162)

RAVEL: Histoires naturelles, Le paon; Le grillon; Le cygne; Le martin-pêcheur; La pintade - Gerald Finley (bar), Julius Drake (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67728)

DEBUSSY: Chansons de bilitis - Lorna Anderson (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67883)

POULENC: Métamorphoses, Queen of the seagulls; It is thus that you are; Paganini - Lisa Milne (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Signum Classics SIGCD 247)

Martin Riseley (vln), Diedre Irons (pno)

SCHUBERT: Rondo brillant in B minor D895; STRAVINSKY: Divertimento; CORIGLIANO: Violin Sonata; TARTINI arr Kreisler: Variations on a theme by Corelli; PAGANINI arr Kreisler: La Clochette Op 7; KREISLER: Schön Rosmarin (recorded in the Ilott Theatre, Wellington by RNZ)

Piano Concerto No 21 in C K467 - Jan Lisiecki (pno), Bavarian Radio SO/Christian Zacharias (DG 479 0061)

Andante in F K616 - Gottlieb Wallisch (pno) (Linn CKD 407)

RAFF: Jubilee Overture - Philharmonia Hungarica/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 289)

ROSETTI: Horn Concerto in D minor K3/43 - Radek Baborák (horn), Prague CO (Supraphon SU 4017)

SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 1 Op 25 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

11:00 TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Vasile Beluska (vln), Alan Smith (cello), Diana Barker Smith (pno) (KVR Classics 2012a)

trans Stees: Kuda, Kuda, from Eugene Onegin - Barrick Stees (bsn), Randall Fusco (pno) (Claves CD 50-9815)

Disc 1

D'INDY: Saugefleurie Op 21; Souvenirs Op 62; Symphony No 3; De Bello Gallico - Strasbourg Phil/Theodor Guschlbauer (Auvidis Valois V 4686)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

CPE BACH: Flute Sonatas, in E minor Wq124; in G Wq86; in A minor Wq132; in C Wq87; in D Wq129; Excerpts from 12 Little Pieces Wq82 - Nancy Hadden, Elizabeth Walker (fls), Lucy Carolyn (hpschd/clavichord), Erin Headley (vla da gamba) (ASV CD GAU 161)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

RHEINBERGER: Mass in Eb, Cantus Missae; Canzonetta Op 167/3; Ave Regina Caelorum Op 140/4; Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnungen Op 35; Ich Liebe, Weil Erhoret Der Herr Op 40/1; Ave Maris Stella Op 171/4a; Intermezzo Op 167/7; Anima Nostra Op 133/1; Meditabor Op 133/2; Laudate Dominum Op 133/3; Requiem in D minor Op 194 - Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge/Geoffrey Webber, Christopher Monks (org), Helen Cole (harp) (ASV CD DCA 989)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

PSATHAS: Waiting for the Aeroplane; BODY: Five Melodies; DADSON: Sisters Dance; WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew; LILBURN: Sonatina No 2; POYNTON: Nga Iwi E; LOCKWOOD: Red Mesa - Dan Poynton (pno) (Rattle RAT D 006)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

COATES: The Merrymakers; London Suite; The Three Elizabeths; Calling All Workers; The Green Hills O'Sommerset; The Jester at the Wedding; Stonecracker John; The Dam Busters - BBC Concert Orch/Adrian Boult (BBC Radio Classics BBCRD 9106)

SHEPPARD: The Lord's Prayer - Stile Antico (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7509)

LE JEUNE: Third Fantasy for five viols - Ensemble Mare Nostrum/Andrea de Carlo (dir) (Ricercar RIC 284)

DUBRA: Ubi caritas; Ave Maria - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67799)

TSABROPOULOS: Three pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888)

SANCES: Stabat mater dolorosa - Nuria Rial (sop), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (Virgin 6 94577)

GIORGINAKIS: Therismos, from Greek Memories - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

ELGAR: They are at rest - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 281)

ANON arr Lundgren: Vinea Mea; GAFFURIO arr Lundgren: Kyrie, from Missa de Carneval; LASSUS arr Lundgren: Carmina chromatico, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum - Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir, Jan Lundgren (synth/pno), Lars Danielsson (cello/dbass) (ACT 9457)

LISZT: Missa Choralis - Swiss Romande Vocal Academie/Renaud Bouvier, Benjamin Righetti (org) (K617 K617 229)

HOWELLS: Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks; C WOOD: Hail, gladdening light; RUTTER: The Lord is my Shepherd - Elin Manahan Thomas (sop), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Universal 179 5732)

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

BRAHMS: Second movement, Adagio affetuoso, from Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 - Laura Buruiana (cello), Matei Varga (pno) (Coviello 51204)

DESENCLOS: Nos autem gloriari oportet - Les Eléments Chamber Choir/Joël Suhubiette (Hortus 009)

A MARCELLO: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor - Albrecht Mayer (ob/dir), New Seasons Ensemble (Decca 478 0313)

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - András Schiff (pno) (Dal Segno DSPRCD 044)

FAURÉ: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

MONTEVERDI: Pur ti miro, from L'incoronazione di Poppea - Nuria Rial (sop), Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor), L'Arpeggiata/Christina Pluhar (dir) (Virgin 2 36140)

STÖLZEL orch Klemperer: Bist du bei mir - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHSA 5030)

SVENDSEN: Romance in G Op 26 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Razumovsky SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.554497)

Frances Moore takes a look at the Vocal Music of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Six Songs Op 48, Prayer; Love of one's neighbour; On death; God's glory in nature; Penitential song; God's strength & providence - Dietrich Henschel (bar), Michael Schäfer (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1801)

Elegiac Song Op 118 - Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0703)

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

(6) Zehetmair String Trio

SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471; KLEIN: String Trio; MOZART: Divertimento in Eb K563; YSAŸE: Sonata in D minor for solo violin Op 27/3, Ballade (American Public Media)

FOOTE: Serenade for Strings Op 25 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (Dutton CDLX 7238)

RIES: Piano Concerto in D Op 120, Pastoral - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Bournemouth SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572088)

Murray Khouri looks at recordings of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

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

BRAHMS: Four Serious Songs Op 121 - Hans Hotter (bar), Gerald Moore (pno) (rec 1951) (EMI CDH 7 63198)

STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Vienna Phil/Wilhelm Furtwängler (rec 1954) (EMI 5 62790)

Chagall and Music

Julie Sperring looks at music inspired by the Russian-Jewish-French painter (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

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

THOMAS: Mignon, an opera in three acts and five tableaux

Mignon........................ Sophie Koch

Philine.......................... Diana Damrau

Wilhelm Meister.......... Paolo Fanale

Frédéric........................ Carine Séchaye

Laerte........................... Emilio Pons

Lothario....................... Nicolas Courjal

Jarno............................ Frédéric Gonçalves

Grand Théâtre Chorus, Swiss Romande Orch/Frédéric Chaslin (recorded in the Grand Théâtre, Geneva by Swiss Radio, Geneva)

NZ performers and composers

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

JACOB: Flute Concerto - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7140)

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner - Wisconsin CO/Andrew Sewell (WCO Records CD 0001)

Ten programmes

(7) With William Dart (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2012

Nine programmes

(3) Highlights from the National Finale featuring: SOS (Rangitoto College), Viva Camerata (Rathkeale/St Matthew's Collegiate), Mandate (Otago Boys' High School), Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College), Choralation (Westlake Girls' & Boys' High Schools)

HAMILTON: Festival Gloria; ARLEN arr Shaw: It's only a paper moon; VECCHI arr Bacak: Fa una canzona; TRAD arr Porter: Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel; TRAD arr Arch: All my trials; WEELKES: Late in my rash accounting; A RITCHIE: Song; BARRETT arr Walsh/Fletcher: Wither's Rocking Hymn; SCHUMANN: Ländliches Lied; WHITACRE: The firefly, from Animal Crackers; LUKÁS: Requiem Aeternam; WEELKES; Hosanna to the Son of David (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

HAYDN: Symphony No 102 in Bb - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 421)

KRAUS: Viola Concerto in Eb VB153C - David Carpenter (vla), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE 1193)

GUIGNON: Trio Sonata in D Op 4/2 - London Baroque (BIS SACD 1855)

WF BACH: Keyboard Sonata in D F4 - Julia Brown (hpschd) (Naxos 8.572814)

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

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

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Sarah Williamson (cl), Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (Somm SOMMCD 244)

11:00 KORNGOLD: String Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 26 - Doric String Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10611)

RAVEL: Miroirs - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67731/2)

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Four Symphonic Interludes, from Intermezzo; String Sextet, from Capriccio; Die schweigsame Frau, Potpourri; Guntram, Prelude; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy Op 65 - Rotterdam Phil/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54581)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

WALTON: Viola Concerto; Sonata for string orchestra; Variations on a theme by Hindemith - Nobuko Imai (vla), London Phil/Jan Latham-Koenig (Chandos CHAN 9106)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

G GABRIELI: Dulcis Jesu; Sonata pian e forte; Jubilate Deo; Sonata; O Jesu mi dulcissime; Canzon; Hic est filius Dei; Sonata con tre violini; Sonata; Miserere mei Deus, Gloria patri; Canzon in echo duodecimi toni; Audite principes - Taverner Consort & Players/Andrew Parrott (EMI CDC 7 54265)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

MERTZ: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto; Fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni; GOUNOD arr Hellweg: Waltzes from Faust; TÁRREGA: Fantasy on themes from Arrieta's Marina; ARCAS: Fantasy on themes from Verdi's Il Trovatore; FERRER: Fantasy on the Quartet from Verdi's Rigoletto; GIULIANI: La Rossiniana - Pepe Romero (gtr), Wilhelm Hellweg (fpno) (Philips 446 090)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

RAMEAU: Les Paladins Suite - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Gustav Leonhardt (Philips 432 968)

6:00 PAISIELLO: Proserpine, Overture - Collegium Philarmonicum CO/Gennaro Cappabianca (Naxos 8.557031)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas Op 68 - Artur Rubinstein (pno) (RCA RD 85171)

ALBINONI: Second movement, Adagio, from Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Pierre Pierlot (ob), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato 3984 22241)

KREISLER: Caprice viennois; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Fleurs de Lys FL 2 3159)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol - London SO/Ataúlfo Argenta (Decca 475 7747)

7:00 VERDI: Aida, Prelude - Mexico SO/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD DCA 856)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 in C# minor S244 - Leonid Kuzmin (pno) (XXICR CD 20005)

D SCARLATTI arr Attademo: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk209 - Luigi Attademo (gtr) (Brilliant Classics 9125)

LEHÁR: Gold & Silver Waltz - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 463 185)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GIBBS: Dusk, from Fancy Dress Suite - New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 66868)

TRAD: The Skye Boat Song - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 416 698)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)

BASSI: Concert Fantasia, Variations on Caro nome from Verdi's Rigoletto - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 003)

WALTON arr Morrell: Spitfire Prelude - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Vocal Music

Ah! Perfido Op 65 - Alexandra Coku (sop), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer (Ambroisie AM 204)

Adelaide Op 46; Wonne der Wehmut Op 83/1; Der Kuss Op 128 - Michael Schade (ten), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67315)

Irish songs, Oh! Would I were but that sweet linnet; He promised me at parting; They bid me slight my Dermot dear - Victoria de los Angeles (sop), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Gerald Moore (pno), Edward Drolc (vln) (EMI CMS 5 65061)

An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Peter Schreier (ten), András Schiff (pno) (Decca 444 817)

No, non turbarti WoO92a - Alexandra Coku (sop), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer (Ambroisie AM 204)

SUK: Prague Op 26 - BBC SO/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHSA 5109)

SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto in A minor Op 129 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Douglas Boyd (Hyperion CDA 67847)

PROKOFIEV: Ten Pieces from Romeo & Juliet Op 75 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 452 062)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 4 in C minor D417, Tragic - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 653)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

The G & S Beginnings

SULLIVAN: Thespis ballet music, Prelude; Dance of Nymphs & Satyrs; Galop & Finale - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223460)

When I good friends, was called to the bar, from Trial by Jury

Learned Judge....................... John Reed

Counsel for the Plaintiff....... Kenneth Sandford

Usher..................................... Donald Adams

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Chorus, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Isidore Godfrey (London 417 358)

The Sorcerer, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

Now give three cheers; I am the monarch of the sea; When I was a lad; Never mind the why and wherefore, from HMS Pinafore

Rt Hon Joseph Porter............ John Reed

Captain Corcoran.................. Jeffrey Skitch

Hebe...................................... Joyce Wright

Josephine............................... Jean Hindmarsh

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New London SO/Isidore Godfrey (Decca 430 095)

BIBER: The Agony in the Garden, from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (org) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321.22)

BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody Op 53 - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Phil Chorus & Orch/Clemens Krauss (rec 1947) (Decca 433 477)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D BWV1054 - Gabriel Tacchino (pno), Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Jean-Pierre Wallez (EMI 5 00948)

DUBERY: Three Songs to Poems by Robert Graves, Under the olives; I will write; On giving - Adrienne Murray (mezzo), John Turner (rec), David Dubery (pno) (Metier MSV 28523)

VANGELIS: Chariots of Fire; Physical Energy, from Chariots of Fire, the Play - orch realised by the composer (Decca 371 0285)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

ENESCU: Scherzo; Pièce sur le nom de Fauré - Luiza Borac (pno) (rec 2005) (Avie AV 2081)

SZYMANOWSKI: String Quartet No 2 Op 56 - Carmina Quartet (rec 1991) (Denon CO 79462)

BLOCH: Schelomo - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Baltimore SO/David Zinman (rec 1960) (Sony SK 57961)

NZ performers and composers

MENDELSSOHN: Six Anthems Op 79 - Auckland Dorian Choir/Peter Godfrey (Kiwi Pacific CD SLD 109)

BUCHANAN: Flute Song for the Birds - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

BREINER: Songs & Dances from the Silk Road - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)

HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

WAXMAN: Carmen Fantasy - Alexander Gilman (vln), Cape Town Phil/Perry So (Oehms Classics OC 799)

KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 470 291)

FALLA arr Kochanski: Popular Spanish Suite based on Seven Popular Spanish Songs - Timora Rosler (cello), Klára Würtz (pno) (Brilliant Classics 9157)

HOLST: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, from Planets Suite Op 32 - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hyperion CDA 67270)

MASSENET: Adieu, notre petite table, from Manon - Leontyne Price (sop), RCA Italiana Opera Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (RCA 09026 62596)

PAGANINI arr Hunsberger: Moto perpetuo in C Op 11 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), Eastman Wind Ensemble/Donald Hunsberger (Sony SK 60804)

LANNER: Favourite Polka - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony SK 66860)

CZERNY: Variations on a favourite Viennese Waltz Op 12 - Herbert Schuch (pno) (Oehms OC 754)

F COUPERIN: Chaconne en Rondeau, La Favourite - Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque hp) (DHM 05472 77371)

CATENI/VALENTINI: The Favorite Gigg in Corelli's 5th Solo - Maurice Steger (recorder), English Concert/Laurence Cummings (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7523)

RODGERS arr Hough: My Favourite Things - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin VC 7 90732)

DONIZETTI: O mio Fernando, from La Favorita - Doris Soffel (mezzo), Royal Swedish CO/Mats Liljefors (Caprice CAP 21428)

WEBER: Six Favourite Waltzes - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 357)

JOPLIN: The Favourite - Paragon Ragtime Orch/Rick Benjamin (Dorian DIS 80107)

Frances Moore takes a look at the Vocal Music of LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) (RNZ)

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

Five Folksongs - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Trio Fontenay (Philips 442 784)

Direct from Auckland Town Hall

Michael Endres (pno), Enso String Quartet

HAYDN: String Quartet in C Op 20/2; DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10

(Interval)

WHITEHEAD: No stars, not even clouds; SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor Op 57 (RNZ)

DELIUS: Idylle de Printemps - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7528)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: The Young Prince & the Young Princess, from Scheherazade - Richard Roberts (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 410 253)

BERG: Seven early songs, Night; Song amid the reeds; The nightingale; Crowned in dreams; Indoors; Ode to love; Summer days - Claudia Barainsky (sop), Winterthur Musikkollegium/Jac van Steen (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 601 1425)

11:00 MOZART: Trio in Eb K498, Kegelstatt - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (pno) (Sony SK 57499)

MOZART: Divertimento in F K247, First Lodron Night Music - Gaudier Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67386)

Disc 1

BAX: Violin Concerto; Legend; Romantic Overture; Golden Eagle, Incidental music - Lydia Mordkovitch (vln), London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 9003)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

CHOPIN: Mazurkas, Opp 41; 50; 56; 59; 63; 67; 68; Mazurka in A minor, 'à Emile Gaillard'; Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 417 584)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

FINZI: Requiem da Camera; BRITTEN: Deus in adjutorium meum; Chorale on an old French carol; Cantata misericordium Op 69; HOLST: Two Psalms, Nos 86 & 148 - John Mark Ainsley (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 8997)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters; DVORÁK: Cypresses for string quartet - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 749)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

DEBUSSY: Rêverie; Arabesque No 1; Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque; SCRIABIN: Etude Op 42/4; BACH: Wachet Auf!; Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; GLINKA: The Lark; GODOWSKY: Alt Wien; SAINT-SAËNS: The Swan; SCHUMANN: Arabesque in C Op 18; Träumerei Op 15/7; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; GRIEG: Butterfly Op 43/1; Nocturne Op 54/4; RAVEL: Forlane; Pavane pour une infante défunte - Gordon Fergus-Thompson (pno) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2066)

6:00 MOZART: Così fan tutte, Overture - Norwegian National Opera Orch/Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve OP 30479)

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

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

ARNOLD: Sarabande & Polka, from Solitaire - Munich SO/Douglas Bostock (Classico CLASS CD 294)

ANON: Masque Dances - Alison Melville (recorder), Margaret Gay (cello), Peter Lehman (theorbo), Valerie Weeks (hpschd) (EBS EBS 6016)

SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Moscow Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Brilliant Classics 9212)

7:00 ECCLES: Symphony for Mercury, from The Judgement of Paris - Parley of Instruments/Roy Goodman, Peter Holman (dirs) (Hyperion CDA 66108)

RAVEL arr Salzedo/Vallières: Trio for flute, viola & harp - Valérie Milot (harp) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

ADDINSELL: Journey to Romance - BBC Concert Orch/Kenneth Alwyn (Marco Polo 8.223732)

ANON arr Bonell: Spanish Romance, theme from 1952 film, "Jeux Interdits" - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Upbeat Classics URCD 140)

DEBUSSY orch Busser: Petite Suite - Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (ATMA SACD 2 2377)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TCHAIKOVSKY: None but the lonely heart Op 6/6 - Ian Partridge (ten), Jennifer Partridge (pno) (Upbeat Classics URCD 143)

GRAINGER: Molly on the Shore - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

BECK: Sinfonia in Eb Op 1/4 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (Naxos 8.554071)

STANLEY: Voluntary in G minor Op 5/9 - Robert Costin (organ of Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge) (Atoll ACD 241)

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

WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman, Overture - Berlin Phil/Lorin Maazel (RCA 09026 63143)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Vocal Music

O welche Lust, from Fidelio - Ekkehard Wagner (ten), Frank Schiller (bar), Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresden State Orch/Silvio Varviso (Philips 422 410)

O wär ich schon, from Leonore - Alexandra Coku (sop), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer (Ambroisie AM 204)

Mir ist so wunderbar, from Fidelio - Hildegard Behrens, Sonia Ghazarian (sops), David Kuebler (ten), Hans Sotin (bass), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 448 060)

Der glorreiche Augenblick Op 136 - Claire Rutter (sop), Matilde Wallevik (mezzo), Peter Hoare (ten), Stephen Gadd (bar), City of London Choir, Royal Phil/Hilary Davan Wetton (Naxos 8.572783)

MEYERBEER: Overture in March Style - North German Radio Phil/Michail Jurowski (CPO 999 168)

MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No 1 in Bb Op 45 - Gary Hoffman (cello), David Selig (pno) (La Dolce Volta LDV 05)

HAYDN: Symphony No 103 in Eb, Drumroll - Cologne Gurzenich Orch/Günter Wand (Testament SBT 1356)

BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No 2 Sz112 - Arabella Steinbacher (vln), Swiss Romande Orch/Marek Janowski (PentaTone PTC 5186 350)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

J WILLIAMS: March & Love theme, from Superman - Boston Pops/John Williams (Philips 412 884)

Schindler's List theme - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

arr Woude: Hymn to the Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan - Black Dyke Band/Nicholas Childs (Naxos 8.570726)

The Raider March, from Raiders of the Lost Ark - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc 480 495)

VERDI: Oh dolore! from Atilla - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), La Scala Theatre Orch/Claudio Abbado (CBS MK 37228)

CHOPIN: Etudes Op 25 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 61885)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel - Thomas Allen (bar), CBSO/Simon Rattle (EMI CDC 7 47220)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

STRAVINSKY: Apollon musagète - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (rec 1972) (DG 415 979)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - John Browning (pno), Boston SO/Erich Leinsdorf (rec 1965) (Testament SBT2 1376)

NZ performers and composers

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in G minor D408 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5082)

DE CASTRO-ROBINSON: A Chaos of Delight III - Madeleine Pierard (sop), women of Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma - NZSO National Youth Orch 2004/Alasdair Neale (National Youth Orch)

DOHNÁNYI: American Rhapsody Op 47 - English Sinfonia/John Farrer (ASV CD DCA 1107)

GRANADOS arr Miolin: Zambra, from Spanish Dances Op 37 - Anders Miolin (gtr) (BIS CD 1116)

WALDTEUFEL: Gaîté, Waltz - Waltz Slovak State Phil/Alfred Walter (Marco Polo 8.223684)

HANDEL: The king shall rejoice - Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert/Simon Preston (Archiv 410 030)

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

WARLOCK arr Lane: Folksong Preludes - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2139)

Peter Warlock's Fancy - Christopher Maltman (bar), John Constable (pno) (Collins 15002)

Six Italian Dance Tunes, Zorzi; La gamba; Paduana del Re; La Manfrolina; La Forze d'Hercole; El Saltarello - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in C RV447 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (dir) (L'Oiseau-Lyre 433 674)

COPLAND: Hoedown, from Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Zina Schiff (vln), Cameron Grant (pno) (4Tay CD 4005)

PUCCINI: Suor Angelica, Intermezzo - BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10634)

PIAZZOLLA arr Roskilly: Tanguango - Totally Plucked, the Wellington Guitar Quartet (Manu CD MANU 5003/04)

GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm - William Tritt (pno), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80445)

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

(5) HARRIS: As though there were no God - NZSO/James MacMillan (RNZ)

COWAN: Shadow Hands - John Chen (pno) (RNZ)

MORGAN: ...and yet, not - Catherine Tsao (flute), Charley Davenport (cello) (RNZ)

RITCHIE: Whalesong - Dale Gold (db), NZSO/Pietari Inkinen

8:00 Intrepid Music Project

Emily Bouwhuis, Alex MacDonald (vla), Robert Drage (cello), Andrew Uren (cls), Ben Hoadley (bsn)/Alex Taylor (vln/dir)

DE CASTRO ROBINSON: Chaos of Delight I, Undercurrents; WATSON: Three Bagatelles; HOADLEY: Manaia IV; TAYLOR: quasi concertino (recorded at Kerr Street Artspace, Auckland by RNZ)

9:30 Illegal Harmonies

Ten programmes written & presented by Andrew Ford

(6) The Zero Hour

The German critic, Theodor Adorno, famously warned against poetry after Auschwitz. For young composers in the early 1950s it was time to start again, to rethink musical syntax from the ground up, to embrace the mathematical logic of serialism wholeheartedly and to shake off the trappings of neo-classicism. But even as the barricades went up and Pierre Boulez pronounced Schoenberg dead, musical revolutions of another sort were occurring in the United States. 1955 may have been the year of Le marteau sans maître, but it was also the year of Rock Around the Clock. Music by Igor Stravinsky, Hans Werner Henze, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Edgard Varèse, Leonard Bernstein, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and the voice of Elvis Presley (ABC Classic FM)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

GOODWIN: Theme from 633 Squadron; Drake 400 Suite; Puppet Serenade; New Zealand Suite; Arabian Celebration; Venus Waltz; Prisoners of War March; Minuet in Blue; Theme from The Trap; Girl with a Dream; Theme from Lancelot & Guinevere - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in G Op 78; No 2 in A Op 100; No 3 in D minor Op 108 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (EMI CDC 747 403)

2:10 approx - Disc 3

PARRY: The Soul's Ransom; The Lotus Eaters - Della Jones (sop), David Wilson-Johnson (bar), London Philharmonic Choir & Orch/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 8990)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

DEBUSSY: Iberia; Nocturnes; RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole - French National Radio Orch, London SO/Leopold Stokowski (EMI CDC 7 47423)

4:35 approx - Disc 5

CHOPIN: Prelude No 25 in C# minor; Prelude in Ab; Impromptus, in Ab; F# and Gb; Fantaisie-Impromptu in C# minor; Barcarolle in F#; Nocturnes, in C# minor; in F minor; in Eb; Waltzes, in Eb, Ab and E; Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise - Peter Frankl (pno) (ASV CD DCA 781)

6:00 ISASI: Suite No 2 in E Op 21 - Bilbao SO/Juan José Mena (Naxos 8.557584)

MENDELSSOHN: Variations concertantes in D Op 17 - Gary Hoffman (cello), David Selig (pno) (La Dolce Volta LDV 05)

BACH: Jesu, joy of man's desiring, from Cantata No 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Albrecht Mayer (ob), Trinity Baroque, English Concert/Julian Podger (dir) (Decca 478 1517)

FAMPAS: Corfu - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

JACOB: Old Wine in New Bottles - Dana Chamber Winds/Stephen Gage (Naxos 8.572762)

PERGOLESI: Sinfonia in F - Raglan Baroque Players/Nicholas Kraemer (Hyperion CDA 67230)

7:00 MOZART: First movement, Molto allegro, from Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Paris Orchestral Ensemble/Armin Jordon (Warner Classics 3984 25544)

CHOPIN: Nocturnes, in Bb Op 9/3; in Ab Op 32/2 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Supraphon SU 4097)

O BULL: Los Recuerdos de la Habana - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

POULENC: Four short prayers of St Francis of Assisi - Tenebrae/Nigel Short (Signum SIGCD 197)

OFFENBACH: La Vie Parisienne, Overture - Philharmonia/Neville Marriner (Philips 411 476)

8:00 Beauty Spot: EDWARDS: Cadenza - Chorale, from Maninyas - Dene Olding (vln), Sydney SO/Stuart Challender (ABC 472 610)

GRANADOS: Intermezzo; Tonadilla, La Maja de Goya, from Goyescas - William Feasley (gtr) (Sonora SO 22587 CD)

HAYDN: La vera costanza, Sinfonia - Toronto CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.572130)

BÖHME: Danse russe - Giuliano Sommerhalder (cornet), Westphalia New Phil/Heiko Mathias Förster (Solo Musica SM 125)

LILBURN: Three Preludes - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2067)

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

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Vocal Music

An die Hoffnung Op 94 - Stephan Genz (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67055)

Irish Songs - Felicity Lott (sop), Ann Murray (mezzo), Galina Solodchin (vln), Jonathan Williams (cello), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 5 74206)

Opferlied Op 121b - Lorna Haywood (sop), Ambrosian Singers, London SO/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 76404)

Five Folksongs - Wolfgang Holzmair (bar), Trio Fontenay (Philips 442 784)

Bundeslied Op 122 - Ambrosian Singers, London SO Wind Section/Michael Tilson Thomas (CBS MK 76404)

KALINNIKOV: Symphony No 2 in A - Malaysian Phil/Kees Bakels (BIS CD 1155)

SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No 14 in A minor D784 - Radu Lupu (pno) (Philips 456 895)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes (vla) (Onyx 4043)

VILLA-LOBOS: Harp Concerto - Catherine Michel (harp), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 135 SACD)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

The Jewish Experience

LEGRAND: A piece of sky, from Yentl - Rolando Villazón (ten), City of Prague Phil/Nicholas Dodd (DG 477 9729)

BOCK/HARNICK arr Lakatos/Cséki: Sunrise, Sunset, from Fiddler on the Roof - Roby Lakatos (vln/dir), László Bóni (vln), Oszkár Németh (dbass), Ernest Bangó (gtr/cymbalon), Kálmán Cséki (pno) (DG 459 642)

KANDER: Tomorrow belongs to me; What would you do? from Cabaret

Nazi youth............................. Robert Sharp

Master of Ceremonies........... Joel Grey

Fräulein Schneider................ Lotte Lenya

Original Broadway Cast Chorus & Orch/Harold Hastings (Columbia 403 040)

DAVIS: Anne Frank Remembered - Czech National SO/Carl Davis (Carl Davis Collection CDC 009)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan; GLIÈRE: Valse - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 9031 77705)

HILL: String Quartet No 10 in E - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572844)

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

HANDEL: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Portrait PCL 1004)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Symphony No 19 in Eb K132 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (rel 1979) (Oiseau-Lyre 417 592)

Rondo in D K382; Rondo in A K386 - Alfred Brendel (pno), ASMF/Neville Marriner (rec 1975) (Philips 442 269)

Martern aller Arten, from The Abduction from the Seraglio - Joan Sutherland (sop), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (rec 1960) (Decca 414 450)

NZ performers and composers

GLINKA: Trio Pathétique in D minor - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2031)

FARR: Tabuh Pacific - Gareth Farr (gamelan gongs), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2021)

BRIDGE: Suite for strings - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7139)

SIBELIUS: Andante festivo - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1265)

SARASATE: Introduction & Fandango Op 40 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Markus Hadulla (pno) (Naxos 8.570893)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 423 626)

TCHAIKOVSKY arr Grafe: Lensky's Aria, from Eugene Onegin - Sol Gabetta (cello), Prague Phil/Charles Olivieri-Munroe (RCA Red Seal 88697 35962)

LISZT: Concert Study No 3 in Db, Un Sospiro - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Music & Arts CD 723)

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

TRAD arr Russell: Three Celtic Pieces, Spatter the dew; Neil Gow's lament for the death of his second wife; The bucks of Oranmore - John Couch (gtr) (John Couch JB 1001)

HITA: Love, only your enchantment, from La Briseida - María Bayo (sop), Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (Naïve E 8885)

LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake - Eastman Philharmonia/Howard Hanson (Mercury 434 390)

HOVHANESS: Upon Enchanted Ground - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp), Frank Hendrickx (fl), Herwig Coryn (cello), Patrick De Smet (tam-tam) (Telarc CD 80530)

LEVITZKI: The Enchanted Nymph - Stephen Hough (pno) (Virgin 7 59304)

RODGERS: Some enchanted evening, from South Pacific - Bryn Terfel (bar), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (DG 449 163)

ELGAR: May Song - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

TURINA: Variaciones clásicas Op 72 - Felix Ayo (vln), Bruno Canino (pno) (Dynamic CDS 391)

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

Alfred Deller: Renaissance Man

It's a hundred years this year since the countertenor Alfred Deller was born. To celebrate, we look at the life and views of this statuesque, six foot two, family man who shocked, mesmerised, inspired and educated generations of audiences with a voice and choice of music that, for many, was a very new experience (RNZ)

Honens International Piano Competition

Ten of the world's finest emerging concert pianists vied for the richest prize in the world of international music competitions - the $100,000 Enbridge Prize and a 3 year artistic and career development program valued at a half million dollars. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covers the competition and announces the winner.

The Semifinals/Recital Round of the Competition took place October 17 to 21. Each pianist performed a 60 minute solo recital and a 70 minute collaborative recital with soprano Amanda Roocroft, cellist Johannes Moser and violinist Geoff Nuttall. Five pianists moved onto the Finals/Concerto Round on October 25 and 26 to perform with the Calgary Phil and conductor Roberto Minczuk (CBC)

KOEHNE: Shaker Dances, Whirling Dance; Precept & Line; Square order shuffle - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC 476 6502)

JOHANSON: Fancies - Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen (marimba), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen (Simax PSC 1298)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Oboe Concerto in A minor - Stéphane Rancourt (ob), Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7529)

11:00 HERZOGENBERG: Cello Sonata No 3 Op 94 - Johannes Moser (cello), Paul Rivinius (pno) (Hänssler CD 93.207)

HUMMEL: String Quartet in Eb Op 30/3 - Delmé Quartet (Hyperion CDH 55166)

Disc 1

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor, Unfinished; BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 3 in Eb, Eroica - BBC Phil/Stephen Kovacevich, Günther Herbig (BBC Music MM 136)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

SMYTH: String Quartet in E minor; String Quintet in E Op 1 - Mannheim String Quartet, Joachim Griesheimer (cello) (CPO 999 352)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MUSSORGSKY: Songs & Dances of Death; The Nursery; The Puppet-Show; Forgotten; The Seminarist; Darling Savishna; The He-Goat, A Wordly Story; Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51229)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

G GABRIELLI: Canzona noni toni; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8; GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3; MANFREDINI: Concerto in G minor Op 3/10; ALBINONI: Concerto in A minor Op 5/5; TORELLI: Concerto musicale in D minor Op 6/10; LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 1/9; CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/7 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 436 224)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

GINASTERA: Piezas Infantiles; Milonga, from Dos Canciones Op 3; Tres Piezas Op 6; Malambo Op 7; Suite de Criollas Op 15; Rondo Sobre Temas Infantiles Argentinos Op 19; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 53; Toccata; Piano Sonata No 3 Op 55 - Alberto Portugheis (pno) (ASV CD DCA 880)

6:00 A SCARLATTI: Sinfonia No 12 in C minor, La Geniale - Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (dir/rec) (Atma ACD 2 2606)

TRAD: Improvisations on Four English Folksongs, O Waly Waly; I will give my love an apple; The three ravens; Barbara Allen - Rachael Beesley (vln), Anthea Cottee (cello), Paul Dyer (hpschd) (ABC Classics 465 428)

INNS arr Russell: Robbin' Harry - Evelyn Glennie (perc), National Phil/Ray Russell (RCA 60242-2-RC)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in F# minor Op 44 - Lazar Berman (pno) (DG 449 090)

ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 Op 19, Midsummer Vigil - Helsingborg SO/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)

7:00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: May Night, Overture - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO arr Fung: Figaro after Rossini's The Barber of Seville - Yuli Turovsky (cello/dir), I Musici de Montréal (Chandos CHAN 9973)

VERDI: Anvil Chorus, from Il Trovatore - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Chorus & Orch/Lamberto Gardelli (EMI CDM 7 69054)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 1 - Douglas Riva (pno) (Naxos 8.572313)

MARSHALL: Hikurangi Sunrise - New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VICTORIA: O magnum mysterium - Choir of Westminster Cathedral/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66190)

HALVORSEN: Entry March of the Boyars - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80170)

GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces Op 65/6 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 74789)

WIENIAWSKI: Legend - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

A MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances, in E minor Op 72/2; in Ab Op 46/3 - Cleveland Orch/George Szell (EMI CDC 7 47618)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Vocal Music

Mass in C Op 86 - Rebecca Evans (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Mark Padmore (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bar), Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0703)

Benedictus, from Missa Solemnis in D Op 123 - Luba Orgonasova (sop), Anna Larsson (contralto), Rainer Trost (ten), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Primoz Novsak (vln), Swiss Chamber Choir, Zurich Tonhalle Orch/David Zinman (Arte Nova 74321 87074)

BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

KRAFT: Cello Concerto in C Op 4 - Michal Kanka (cello), Prague CO (Supraphon SU 4108)

BALAKIREV: Fantasy on Glinka's A Life for the Tsar - Etsuko Hirose (pno) (Mirare MIR 181)

WAGNER arr Vlieger: Meistersinger, an orchestral tribute - Royal Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5092)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

GARDEL: Por una cabeza, from Scent of a Woman - Nicola Benedetti, Alexander Sitkovetsky (vlns), Leonard Elschenbroich (cello), Ksenija Sidorova (accordion), Alexei Grynyuk (pno) (Decca 478 3529)

ROSAS/AARONSON: The loveliest night the year - Joseph Calleja (ten), BBC Concert Orch/Steven Mercurio (Decca 478 3531)

EINAUDI: Nightbook - Ludovico Einaudi (pno/gtrs) Marco Decimo (cello), Ronald Lippok (percussion), Harald Küdgen (marimba) (Decca 476 4490)

RODRIGUEZ arr Goss: La cumparsita - Milos Karadaglic (gtr) (DG 479 0063)

LLOYD WEBBER: Music of the night, from Phantom of the Opera - Katherine Jenkins (sop), Rudolfinium Hall Orch, Prague (Decca 476 4974)

DEBUSSY arr Marshall: La fille aux cheveux de lin, from Preludes, Book 1 - Claire Jones (harp), English CO/Stuart Morley (Classic FM 28947 65143)

J STRAUSS I orch Jacob: Radetzky March - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (EMI CD CFP 4499)

MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain - Anatoli Kotcherga (bar), South Tyrolean Children's Choir, Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (Sony SK 62034)

SCHUMANN arr Isserlis: Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor Op posth - Steven Isserlis (cello), Dénes Várjon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67661)

BACH: Prelude & Fugue in D BWV850, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Artur Schnabel (pno) (rec 1950) (Naxos 8.111286)

WHITACRE: Alleluia - Grace Davidson (sop), Alexander Learmonth (bar), Eric Whitacre Singers/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

BARRY: A Childhood Memory - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 6 in B minor Op 74, Pathétique - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (rec 1991) (Virgin VC 7 91487)

Sérénade mélancolique in B minor - Pinchas Zukerman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (rec 1985) (CBS MK 39563)

NZ performers and composers

SCHUBERT: Introduction & Variations on Trockne Blumen, from Die schöne Müllerin - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

LILBURN: A Song of Islands - New Zealand SO/William Southgate (Continuum CCD 1076)

CANTELOUBE: Songs of the Auvergne Set 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

ROSSINI: Semiramide, Overture - Mexican State SO/Enrique Bátiz (Brilliant Classics 93994)

PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue in D - Geoffrey Lancaster (hpschd/dir), Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players (ABC Classics 472 424)

KREISLER: Prelude & Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani - Nigel Kennedy (vln), John Lenehan (pno) (EMI CDC 5 56626)

BIZET arr anon: Minuet, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 2; Entr'acte to Act 3, from Carmen - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

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

HANDEL: Dixit Dominus, from Dixit Dominus - Elin Manahan Thomas (sop), Ruth Massey (contralto), Mark Dobell (ten), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16102)

PURCELL ed Britten: Chaconne in G minor Z730 - English CO/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)

DUNCAN: The Visionaries Grand March - Slovak Radio SO/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223517)

O BULL: A Mountain Vision - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Dala Sinfonietta/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572827)

LEHÁR: Eine Vision, Meine Jugendzeit - North German Radio Phil/Klauspeter Seibel (CPO 999 423)

STRAUSS: Freundliche Vision Op 48/1 - Karita Mattila (sop), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 445 182)

ALEXANDROV: Visions Op 111 - Hamish Milne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67328)

STILL: Summerland, from Three Visions - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch International 3-7192)

PROKOFIEV arr Barshai/Balashov: Visions fugitives Op 22, excerpts - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4017)

How will opera survive?

John Drummond presents four programmes considering The Future of Opera in the contemporary world of mass popular culture, digital technology and global financial crisis. He draws on results from a current research project called Sustainable Futures for Musical Cultures based at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music

(1) The future for opera companies (RNZ)

Cédric Tiberghien (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Roy Goodman

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83; DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

CPE BACH: Flute Sonata in A minor Wq132 - Céline Moinet (ob) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2118)

TELEMANN: Fantasy No 6 in E minor for solo violin - Lara Hall (vln) (Atoll ACD 341)

FRANÇAIX: Suite Carmélite - Gillian Weir (org) (Priory PRCD 752)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy - Arthur Grumiaux (vln), New Philharmonia/Heinz Wallberg (Philips 475 7825)

MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit - French National Orch/Leonard Bersnetin (EMI CDC 7 47845)

11:00 W MACFARREN: Cello Sonata in E minor - Joseph Spooner (cello), Kathryn Mosley (pno) (Dutton CDLX 7225)

DVORÁK: Piano Trio No 4 in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Gould Piano Trio (Champs Hill CHRCD 034)

Disc 1

FARQUHAR: String Quartet; Magpies and Other Birds; Suite for Guitar; In Despite of Death; Echoes and Reflections - John Mills (gtr), David Griffiths (bar), Terence Dennis (pno), New Zealand String Quartet, New Zealand SO/John Matheson (Kiwi CD SLD 88)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

LECLAIR: Overture No 1 in G; Sonata No 1 in B minor; Overture No 2 in D; Sonata No 2 in A; Overture No 3 in D; Sonata No 3 in G minor - Purcell Quartet (Chandos CHAN 0542)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

PALIASHVILI: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - Cantus Sacred Music Ensemble/Ludmila Arshavskaya (Olympia OCD 483)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

DVORÁK: Piano Trios, in F minor Op 65; in E minor Op 90, Dumky - Emanuel Ax (pno), Young Uck Kim (vln), Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (CBS MK 44527)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

CHOPIN arr Godowsky: Etudes, No 7; 8; 19 and 31 for the left hand, No 45; SCHUBERT arr Godowsky: Good Night; Litany; Music for Rosamunde; STRAUSS arr Godowsky: Serenade; ALBÉNIZ arr Godowsky: Tango; LOEILLES arr Godowsky: Gigue from Renaissance; GODOWSKY: Passacaglia; Prelude & Fugue on BACH for left hand; Etude Macabre; Puppet Shadow Plays; The Gardens of Buitenzorg from Suite Java - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Musica Viva MVCD 1026)

6:00 GOSSEC: Symphony in D B86 - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9661)

WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise No 1 in D Op 4 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)

MOZART: German Dances K605 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Hans Graf (Capriccio 10 809)

STRAUSS: String Sextet, from Capriccio - Cecil Aronowitz (vla), William Pleeth (cello), Amadeus Quartet (BBC Legends BBCL 4061)

WAGNER arr Stokowski: Magic Fire Music, from Die Walküre - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.570293)

7:00 KUULA: Prelude & Fugue Op 10 - BBC Concert Orch/Martyn Brabbins (Dutton Epoch CDLX 7272)

CHOPIN: Variations on Non più mesta, from Rossini's La Cenerentola - Heinz Holliger (ob), Ursula Holliger (harp) (Philips 426 288)

MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 4 in C minor - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Hyperion CDA 66561/3)

SCHUMANN: In der Nacht; Traumes-Wirren, from Fantasy Pieces Op 12 - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (RegisC 1186)

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

8:00 Beauty Spot: ELGAR: Elegy Op 58 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

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

POULENC arr L Berkeley: Flute Sonata - Emily Beynon (fl), BBC Welsh National Orch/Bramwell Tovey (Chandos CHAN 10718)

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

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

DEBUSSY orch Molinari: L'Isle Joyeuse - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Vocal Music

In questa tomba oscura WoO 133; T'intendo sì, mio cor Op 82/2 - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Melvyn Tan (fpno) (Archiv 469 074)

Klage; Neue Liebe, neues Leben - Stephan Genz (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67055)

Kennst du das Land Op 75/1; Das Liedchen von der Ruhe Op 5 - Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Peter Stamm (pno) (CPO 999 436)

Fourth movement, Finale, from Symphony No 9 in D minor, Choral - Pilar Lorengar (sop), Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Stuart Burrows (ten), Martti Talvela (bass), Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orch/Georg Solti (Decca 411 957)

IRELAND: Sextet for clarinet, horn & string quartet - Melos Ensemble (Lyrita SRCD 2271)

SIBELIUS: The wood nymph Op 15 - Helsinki Phil/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1147)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in C Wq112/1 - Michael Rische (pno), Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Hänssler CD 98.639)

ROSSINI orch/arr Respighi: La Boutique fantasque - National Phil/Richard Bonynge (Decca 410 139)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

The Other Bernstein

E BERNSTEIN: Prelude & Go, proclaim liberty, from The Ten Commandments - Paramount Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein (TRAX 310107)

The Age of Innocence - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

Main title theme, from Ghostbusters - Columbia Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein (Arista 218246)

The Hallelujah Trail, film music - Arizona State University Concert Choir, Phoenix SO/James Sedares (Koch 3-7222)

Main Title & Calvera, from The Magnificent Seven - Goldwyn Studio Orch/Elmer Bernstein (Varese Sarabande 665592)

ALAIN: Litanies - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Priory PRCD 1031)

ALBRECHTSBERGER: Concerto in F for jew's harp & mandora - Fritz Mayr (jew's harp), Dieter Kirsch (mandora), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (Orfeo C 035 821 A)

HANDEL: Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2011-12/Andrew Withington, Grant Bartley (org) (NZSSC)

GOFFIN: Rhapsody in Brass - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

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

ALBINONI: Adagio in G minor - Alastair Ross (org), Simon Standage (vln), Richard Hickox Orch/Richard Hickox (Decca 425 854)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

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

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/11 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 423 626)

TALLIS: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis - Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood (rec 2005) (Hyperion CDA 67548)

BACH: Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV1001 - Nathan Milstein (vln) (rec 1973) (DG 423 294)

GLUCK: Maggior follia, from La Semiramide riconosciuta - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (vln/dir) (rec 2001) (Decca 467 248)

NZ performers and composers

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

STATHAM: Landscape No 1 - Camille White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

BLOOMFIELD: Behold the Narrows from the Hill - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

STATHAM: Landscape No 2 - Camille White (ob), Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

FRANCK: Pastorale Op 19 - Gillian Weir (organ of Aarhus Cathedral, Denmark) (Collins Classics 70442)

MACCUNN: The Land of the Mountain & the Flood Op 3 - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Trust MMT 2059)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, Overture - Bournemouth SO/Kees Bakels (Naxos 8.550734)

BRAHMS: Scherzo, from FAE Sonata in A minor - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (Manu CD MANU 5006)

CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Véronique Gens (sop), Lille National Orchestra/Jean-Claude Casadesus (Naxos 8.557491)

ELGAR: Carissima - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557577)

VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 459 146)

FAURÉ: Romance sans paroles in Ab Op 17/1 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

RODRIGO: Second movement, Adagio, from Concierto de Aranjuez - Turibio Santos (gtr), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Claudio Scimone (Warner 8573 80438)

SATIE arr anon: Gymnopédies - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

COATES: Youth of Britain March, from The Three Elizabeths Suite - New Philharmonia/Adrian Boult (Lyrita SRCD 246)

BRITTEN: Young Apollo - Steven Osborne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (Hyperion CDA 67625)

HAMILTON: Song for a Young Country - Viva Voce/John Rosser (Ode CD ODE 1308)

NIELSEN: At the bier of a young artist - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 5960)

L LIEBERMANN: Ostinato; Starry Night; Melancholy; Homage to Fauré; Homage to Alkan, from Album for the Young - Alexa Still (fl), David Korevaar (pno) (Koch 3-7549)

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

LEHMANN: Myself when young, from In a Persian Garden - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Ernest Lush (pno) (rec 1955) (Kiwi CD SLC 248)

SOMERVELL: Young love lies sleeping - Anna Leese (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (EMI 2 07639)

RACHMANINOV: Youth Symphony - Sydney Symphony/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Exton EXCL 00018)

The Critic's Chair

Murray Khouri looks at recordings of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (RNZ)

New Zealand String Quartet

SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 5 in Bb Op 92; SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 9 in Eb Op 117 (recorded in St Matthew in the City, Auckland by RNZ)

HAYDN: Se non piange un'infelice, from L'isola disabitata; GLUCK: Jupiter, lance la foudre! from Iphigénie en Aulide; MOZART: Mitridate, re di Ponto, Overture; Voi che sapete, from The Marriage of Figaro - Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie (Naïve V 5264)

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

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rilling (Hänssler CD 94.605)

11:00 SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Augustin Dumay (vln), Frédéric Lodéon (cello), Jean-Philippe Collard (pno) (EMI 3 65295)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D951 - Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne (pno duet) (Hyperion CDA 67665)