Schedules for 10 - 16 November, 2012

Disc 1

MAHLER: Symphony No 1 in D, Titan; WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances, No 5 in G minor; No 6 in D; No 20 in E minor; No 21 in E minor - Quebec Conservatoire Orch/Franz-Paul Decker (Bell BELL-CD 1991)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

ROSSINI: Waltz in Eb; Thème; Allegretto; Scherzo in A minor; Un Rien; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 3, Morceau réservés; Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 - Marco Sollini (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10190)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

LILBURN: Drysdale Overture; A Song of Islands, Suite for Orchestra; A Birthday Offering; Prodigal Country - David Griffiths (bar), Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/John Hopkins, Charles Groves (Kiwi CD SLD 100)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

FUCHS: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor; Fantasiestücke Op 78; Cello Sonata No 2 in Eb - Nancy Green (cello), Caroline Palmer (pno) (Biddulph LAW 005)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: In the South Op 50; Froissart Op 19; Variations on an original theme, Enigma Op 36 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (Conifer CDCF 187)

6:00 RAMEAU: Les Fêtes de Polymnie, Overture - Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre 455 293)

SCHUBERT: Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen D343; Die Forelle D550; Der Doppelgänger D957/13 - Anne Gastinel (cello), Claire Désert (pno) (Naïve V 5021)

BUTTERWORTH: A Shropshire Lad - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7503)

VILLA-LOBOS: Aria, from Bachianas Brasileiras No 5 - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2101)

WHITACRE: The seal lullaby - Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus/Eric Whitacre, Christopher Glynn (pno) (Decca 274 3209)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Wilma Smith (vln), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 99072)

7:00 CLEMENTI ed Spada: Symphony in Bb Op 18/1 - Philharmonia/Francesco d'Avalos (ASV CD DCS 322)

LIADOV: A Musical Snuffbox - Georgina Zellan-Smith (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5101)

LILBURN: Allegro for Strings - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (Kiwi CD SLD 99)

TRIEBENSEE: Trio in Bb - Marilyn Zupnik, Kathryn Greenbank (obs), Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia (cor ang) (Resonance CD RSN 3102)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Overture on Russian Themes Op 28 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.572788)

8:00 DEBUSSY: Scottish March - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

J STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Leichtes Blut - Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

LISZT: Reminiscences of Norma - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo) (Globe GLO 5143)

TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Niklas Eklund (tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Edward Tarr (Naxos 8.554375)

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

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

BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No 1 - Laura O'Gorman (pno), Ensemble XXI Moscow/Lygia O'Riordan (Ensemblegram FIENG 95001)

LANGE: Spring's Message; CZIBULKA: Stephanie Gavotte Op 312; FINCK: In the Shadows - Alan Etherden (pno) (HMP HMPCD 0589)

MOZART: When a maiden takes your fancy, from The Abduction from the Seraglio - Oscar Natzka (bass), New Zealand Centennial Festival Orch/Andersen Tyrer (Atoll ACD 400)

STRAVINSKY arr Perlowin: Finale, from Firebird Suite - Michael Perlowin (pedal steel gtr) (Perlowin Music PM 0362)

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintet in Bb G442 - Jean-Pierre Rampal (fl), Régis Pasquier (vln), Bruno Pasquier (vla), Roland Pidoux, Mathilde Sternat (cellos) (Sony SK 62679)

THORESEN: The Light that is Shed from the Heaven of Bounty - Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen Helgerød (Simax PSC 1130)

TURINA: Rapsodia sinfonica - Alicia de Larrocha (pno), London Phil/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (Decca 410 289)

DELIUS: Violin Sonata No 2 - Max Rostal (vln), Colin Horsley (pno) (Testament SBT 1319)

VERDI: Parmi veder le lagrime, from Rigoletto - Vittorio Grigolo (ten), Parma Teatro Regio Orch/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Sony 88697 75260)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G minor RV334, from La Cetra Op 9 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

MOZART: Symphony No 17 in G K129 - Prague CO/Charles Mackerras (Telarc CD 80242)

(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

(6) Bird & Diz: modern-day versions of classic bebop tunes (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

Los Pájaros Perdidos: the South American project

Traditional South American folk music, classical music from the early 17th century, and arrangements of 20th century folk-style popular songs - it's all there in the latest album from Christina Pluhar and her early music ensemble L'Arpeggiata (Virgin 678516)

2011 Auckland Chamber Music Society Competition

MARTINU: Trio for flute, viola & piano - Jennifer Timmins (fl), Rachel Grimwood (vla), Sarah Lim (pno)

BRAHMS: Third & Fourth movements, Adagio mesto; Finale, Allegro con brio, from Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 - Stella Kim (vln), Sung-Soo Hong (horn), Jason Bae (pno)

HAYDN: Achieved is the glorious work, from The Creation; POLLACK arr Gale: That's a plenty - Luke Christiansen, Hadyn Godfrey (tbns), Craig Dean (bass tbn), Jessica Rodda (tuba)

BRAHMS: First & Fourth movements, Allegro con brio; Allegro, from Piano Trio No 1 in B Op 8 - Joo Yeon Lee (vln), Yoon Bee Jee (cello), Tina Kim (pno)

LIGETI: Nos 1, 2, 5 & 6, from Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet - Annie Hong (fl), Mike Merry (ob), Kenny Keppel (cl), Albee Ai (bsn), Henry Swanson (horn)

BEETHOVEN arr Pauer: Fifth & Sixth movements, Scherzo; Andante con moto alla Marcia, from Septet in Eb Op 20; FARR: Fields 1 - Somi Kim, Gemma Lee, Judy Lee, Cindy Tsao (two pnos, eight hands) (recorded in the Music Theatre, Auckland University by RNZ)

STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony Op 64 - São Paulo SO/Frank Shipway (BIS SACD 1950)

JACQUET: On the Alp - Nyon Alpine Yodelling Club/Paul Bongni (Musica Helvetica MHCD 96.2)

BRITTEN: Alpine Suite - Flautadors (Dutton CDLX 7142)

TRAD arr Pasatieri: Go tell it on the mountain - Thomas Hampson (bar), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (Teldec 3984 28414)

DAVERNE: Ka Puke Maeroero (The Southern Alps) - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EMI 557 9052)

NZ performers and composers

GERSHWIN: Preludes for piano - Diedre Irons (pno) (Trust MMT 2041)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Caucasian War March, from Caucasian Sketches Op 42 - Bamberg SO/Gary Brain (Conifer 75605 51317)

LILBURN: Nos 1-6, from Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.572185)

CPE BACH: Trio Sonata in A minor Wq148 - Extempore (Atoll ACD 204)

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

Vocal Duets

DVORÁK: Moravian Duets Op 32 - Genia Kühmeier (sop), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Christoph Berner (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2081)

ROSSINI: La pesca; La serenata; La regata veneziana - Miah Persson (sop), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Bruce Ford (ten), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Brilliant Classics 94082)

MENDELSSOHN: Journey on the water; Evening song; Field of wheat; Sunday morning; Song from Ruy Blas - Sophie Daneman (sop), Stephan Loges (bar), Eugene Asti (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67137)

SCHUBERT: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt - Janet Baker (mezzo), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Gerald Moore (pno) (Brilliant 94082)

Direct from the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (vln/dir)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043

(Interval)

MAHLER: Symphony No 7 in E minor (RNZ)

MARTIN Y SOLER: Divertimento No 4 in Bb - Moonwinds/Joan Enric Lluna (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2010)

DELIUS arr Matthews: A Village Romeo & Juliet, Suite - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Dutton CDLX 7264)

11:00 RACHMANINOV: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Sergio Tiempo (pno) (DG 477 7235)

RIES: Sextet in G minor Op 142 - Frankfurt Ensemble Concertant (CPO 999 622)

Disc 1

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical; Lieutenant Kijé Op 60; Symphony No 7 in C# minor Op 131 - London SO/André Previn (EMI 747 855)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

DVORÁK: Piano Quintets, in A Op 81; in Eb Op 87 - Menahem Pressler (pno), Emerson String Quartet (DG 439 868)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

OCKEGHEM: Requiem; DESPREZ: Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales - Pro Cantione Antiqua, Hamburg Old Music Wind Ensemble/Bruno Turner (Archiv 415 293)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; Polonaise Op 77; Caprice arabe Op 96; Scherzo Op 87; Variations on a theme by Beethoven Op 35; Danse macabre Op 44 - Julian Reynolds, Peter Lockwood (pno duo), Concentus Bestiales/Julian Reynolds (Globe GLO 5152)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

SOLER: Three Sonatas; REVUELTAS: Sensemayá; DIMAS: Sones de Mariachi; PONCE: Estrellita; HALFFTER: Obertura Festiva; REVUELTAS: Janitzio; HALFFTER: Tripartita; REVUELTAS: Ocho por Radio; VILLANUEVA: Vals Poetico; BUXTEHUDE orch Chávez: Chaconne in E minor - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (ASV CD CDA 894)

GIBBONS: Drop, drop, slow tears - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 281)

SHEPPARD: The Soul Rests Eternal, excerpts - Caroline Dale (cello), English CO/Steve Sidwell (Signum SIGCD 232)

PARRY: Lord, let me know my end, from Songs of Farewell - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Signum SIGCD 281)

HANDEL: Dixit Dominus HWV232 - Angela Kazimierczuk, Gill Ross, Donna Deam, Katherine Fugue (sops), Charles Humphries, Richard Wyn Roberts (countertenors), Rory O'Connor (ten), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 462 597)

GOICOECHEA: Ave Maria; PEDRELL: O gloriosa Virginum; FALLA: Salve en el mar - Mark Dobell (ten), Coro Cervantes/Carlos Fernández Aransay, Tansy Castledine (org) (Guild GMCD 7243)

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

HUMMEL ed Hogger: Mass in Bb Op 77 - Collegium Musicum 90 Choir & Orch/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 0681)

WAGNER: Tristan & Isolde, Prelude - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Mark Elder (Sony SK 62032)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Second movement, Andantino semplice, from Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/Lorin Maazel (Decca 466 462)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Db Op 37 - Anna Noakes (fl), Gillian Tingay (harp) (ASV White Line CD WHL 2101)

BIZET: Adagietto, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - London SO/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 464)

HANDEL: O sleep, why dost thou leave me?, from Semele - Benita Valente (sop), Robert Sylvester (cello), David Effron (hpschd) (Pantheon D 10680)

BUTTERWORTH: Banks of Green Willow - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NIM 5062)

WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew - David Guerin (pno) (SOUNZ Volume 1)

GRAINGER: My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone - Moray Welsh (cello), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

William Dart takes a look at the life and music of ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Overture; Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens; Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor - Torgny Sporsén (bass), Gothenburg SO & Chorus/Neeme Järvi (DG 435 757)

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

(8) OPUS ONE: Ida Kavafian (vln), Steven Tenenbom (vla), Peter Wiley (cello), Anne-Marie McDermott (pno)

MOZART: Third movement, Allegro, from Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478; DVORÁK: Piano Quartet No 2 in Eb Op 87 (American Public Media)

PONCE: Concierto del sur - Pablo Sáinz Villegas (gtr), Philharmonic Orch of the Americas/Alondra de la Parra (Sony 88697 70441)

SPOHR: Symphony No 3 in C minor Op 78 - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Shelley (Hyperion CDA 67788)

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

Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht conducts Fauré and Berlioz

BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture - London Phil (rec 1956) (Testament SBT 1265)

FAURÉ: Shylock, Suite - Henri Legay (ten), French Radio National Orch (rec 1954) (Testament SBT 1266)

BERLIOZ: Hungarian March; Dance of the Sylphs; Dance of the Will-o'-the-wisps, from The Damnation of Faust - London PO (rec 1956) (Testament SBT 1265)

FAURÉ: Pelléas & Mélisande, Concert Suite - Fernand Dufrène (fl), French Radio National Orch (rec 1955) (Testament SBT 1266)

I Musici

David Morriss talked with the ensemble's current leader Antonio Anselmi during this year's New Zealand International Arts Festival (RNZ)

Euroradio Opera Season

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

VERDI: La Forza del Destino, an opera in four acts

Marquis of Calatrava... Mario Luperi

Leonora........................ Violeta Urmana

Don Carlo.................... Vladimir Stoyanov

Don Alvaro.................. Marcelo Álvarez

Curra............................ Nona Javakhidze

Preziosilla..................... Nadia Krasteva

Mayor.......................... Christophe Fel

Trabuco........................ Rodolphe Briand

Padre Guardiano.......... Kwangchul Youn

Fra Melitone................ Nicola Alaimo

Surgeon........................ François Lis

Paris National Opera Chorus & Orch/Philippe Jordan (recorded in the Bastille Opera, Paris by Radio France)

NZ performers and composers

BRAHMS: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 - Turnovsky Trio (Trust MMT 2007)

BURCH: Concertino - Edward Allen (horn), New Zealand SO/Michael Vinten (RNZ)

Ten programmes

(9) With William Dart (RNZ)

The Big Sing 2012

(5) Highlights from the National Finale featuring Wellington College Chorale (Wellington College), Saints Alive (St Cuthbert's College), The Fundamentals (Rangitoto College), Bella Voce (Marlborough Girls' College), Macleans College Choir (Macleans College)

DVOŘÁK: Hostina; CHILDS: Fuji; MENDELSSOHN: Veni Domine; NORMAN: Reading the plum; TRAD arr Clausen: Deep River; EVANCHO/FOSTER/THOMPSON arr Purifoy: Dream with me; BYRD: Haec Dies; ARTLEY: I will lift up my eyes unto the hills; TRAD arr Thomas: I'm gonna sing! (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

BRUCKNER: Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Philharmonia/Christoph von Dohnányi (Signum Classics SIGCD 256)

CHABRIER: Valses romantiques - Pierre Barbizet, Jean Hubeau (pno duo) (Erato 4509 05309)

KREISLER: Berceuse romantique Op 9 - Caroline Goulding (vln), Christopher O'Riley (pno) (Telarc CD 80744)

KORNGOLD: Sursum Corda Op 13 - BBC Phil/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10432)

NIELSEN: Violin Concerto Op 33 - Vilde Frang (vln), Danish National SO/Eivind Gullberg Jensen (EMI 6 02570)

11:00 BACH: Trio Sonata in D minor BWV527 - Florilegium/Ashley Solomon (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 27012)

VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No 6 - Sato Moughalian (fl), Alexandre Silvério (bsn) (BIS CD 1410)

ARENSKY: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 35 - Nash Ensemble (Onyx 4067)

Disc 1

MENDELSSOHN: Overtures, The Hebrides, Fingal's Cave; A Midsummer Night's Dream; SUPPÉ: Overtures, The Light Cavalry; Poet & Peasant; BERLIOZ: Le Corsaire; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Festival Overture; GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture - Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 430 741)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa; Toccata e Due Canzoni; Sinfonietta La Jolla - Julian Jacobson (pno), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Tamás Vásáry (Chandos CHAN 8859)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

TCHAIKOVSKY: 16 Childrens' 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 Levinskt (ten), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605-51268)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

VIVALDI: First movement, from Four Seasons, Spring; MASSENET: Méditation, from Thaïs; SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending; DEBUSSY: La Fille aux cheveux de lin; BACH: Fourth movement, from Violin Sonata No 3 in C BWV1005; KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro; BACH: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr; Cantata, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort; TRAD: Danny Boy; Scarborough Fair; KENNEDY: Melody in the Wind; MONTI: Csárdás; VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Autumn - Nigel Kennedy, Jonathon Gandelsman (vlns), English CO, London Voices, City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle, John Lenehan (pno), Robert Brophy (vla), Reinhard Armleder (cello), Kroke (EMI 5 57330)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

LLOYD: Piano Concerto No 4; The Lily-Leaf & the Grasshopper; The Transformation of that Naked Ape - Kathryn Stott (pno), London SO/George Lloyd (Albany AR 004)

6:00 PERGOLESI: Violin Concerto in Bb - Giuliano Carmignola (vln), Mozart Orch/Claudio Abbado (Archiv 477 8077)

POULENC: Un soir de neige - Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Stephen Layton (Our Recordings 8.226906)

SCHUBERT trans Liszt: Der Lindenbaum, from Die Winterreise - Antti Siirala (pno) (Naxos 8.555997)

TRAD arr Dragon: Shenandoah - Virginia Symphony/JoAnn Falletta (Albany TROY 589)

CAMPA: Three Miniatures - Cuarteto Latinoamericano (Sono Luminus DSL 92130)

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Basque National Orch/Gilbert Varga (Claves CD 50-2101)

7:00 MOZART: The Abduction from the Seraglio, Overture - Dresden State Orch/Colin Davis (RCA 74321 56698)

SPOHR: Variations on I am still in my youth - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Channel Classics CCS SA 31711)

POPPER: Hungarian Rhapsody Op 68 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Gerhard Markson (Naxos 8.554657)

SAINT-SAËNS: Bassoon Sonata in G Op 168 - Christopher Millard (bsn), Stéphane Lemelin (pno) (Naxos 8.570964)

KHACHATURIAN: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia, from Spartacus - Bolshoi SO/Alexander Lazarev (Warner 8573 80438)

8:00 Beauty Spot: GLINKA trans Balakirev: The Lark - Alexander Paley (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1746)

VIVALDI: Cello Concerto in G minor RV416 - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik/Georg Kallweit (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2095)

COPLAND: The promise of living, from The Tender Land - Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony MLK 64059)

TRAD arr Mizzi: Three love poems, Hula; Lahaina; Hana - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Spearhead Music SM 200)

KORNGOLD: Marietta's Song, from Die tote Stadt - Sonja van Beek (vln), Andreas Frölich (pno) (CPO 999 709)

MARQUEZ: Dance No 2 - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 7457)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

String Sextet in D minor - Nash Ensemble (Onyx 4067)

Song of the dark forest; The sleeping princess; The pretty girl no longer loves me; Fair fisherman's daughter; Listen to my song, little friend; For the shores of thy far native land - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno), Leonid Gorokhov (cello) (Conifer 75605 51275)

Cello Sonata in B minor - Michal Kanka (cello), Jaromír Klepác (pno) (Praga PRD 250 139)

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

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

BRAHMS: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op 24 - Barry Douglas (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10716)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 - Vienna Phil/Myung-Whun Chung (DG 469 046)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Official Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales 2007-2011

Claire Jones (harp), Philharmonia/Patrick Hawe

TRAD arr Thomas: Watching the wheat (Classic FM 28947 65143)

HAWES: First movement, Goddess of the Woods, from Highgrove Suite - (Classic FM CFMD 16)

HASSELMANS: La Source (Classic FM 28947 65143)

HAWES: Fourth movement, The Gladiator, from Highgrove Suite (Classic FM CFMD 16)

BIBER: The Crowning with Thorns, from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7321.22)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 6 in F BWV1057 - Angela Hewitt (pno), Alison Mitchell, Emma Sholl (fls), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67308)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge - Peter Pears (ten), Benjamin Britten (pno), Zorian Quartet (Pearl GEMS 0062)

DUBERY: Cello Sonata - Peter Dixon (cello), Paul Janes (pno) (Metier MSV 28523)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

RAVEL: Tzigane; Piece in the form of a Habanera - Chantal Juillet (vln), Pascal Rogé (pno) (rec 1995) (Decca 448 612)

BARTÓK: Four Orchestral Pieces Op 12 - Chicago SO/Pierre Boulez (rec 1992) (DG 437 826)

NZ performers and composers

NORMAN: Plumsong - 2001-2002 NZ Secondary Students' Choir/Elise Bradley (NZSSC)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2028)

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

COATES: Dam Busters March - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

D SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in D Kk29 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

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

CIMAROSA: La Baronessa Stramba, Overture - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Alessandro Amoretti (Naxos 8.570508)

HILL: Blue evening; Valse lente; Waltz caprice - Asmira Woodward-Page (vln), Scott Davie (pno) (Artworks AW 034)

PUCCINI: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi, from La Bohème - Inessa Galante (sop), Latvian National SO/Alexander Vilumanis (CampionCD 1335)

PUCCINI arr Kondonassis: Musetta's Waltz song, from La Bohème - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80581)

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

TRAD arr Grainger: I'm seventeen come Sunday; Brigg Fair; GRAINGER: Father & Daughter - Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orch/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 446 657)

BALAKIREV: Islamey - Idil Biret (pno) (IBA 8.571288)

GLASS: Mechanical Ballet, from The Voyage - Vienna Radio SO/Dennis Russell Davies (Nonesuch 7559 79581)

BACH: First movement, Prelude, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Henryk Szeryng (vln) (DG 453 004)

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

BEETHOVEN: Third movement, Rondo vivace, from Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 - Daniel Barenboim (pno/dir), West-Eastern Divan Orch (Decca 478 3513)

William Dart takes a look at the life and music of ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887) (RNZ)

In the Steppes of Central Asia - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1215)

Petite Suite - Philip Fisher (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10676)

New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012

Seven programmes

(3) Power & Passion

Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), NZ String Quartet

HARRIS: Variation 25; GAO PING: Three Poems by Mu Xin (première performance & broadcast); BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op 11; Dover Beach Op 3; SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No 9 in Eb Op 117 (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ) (Programme 4 Friday at 8.00pm)

DEBUSSY: La Mer - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasy for piano & orchestra - Mark Bebbington (pno), Ulster Orch/George Vass (Somm SOMMCD 246)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance du soir Op 118; Les Fleurs et les arbres Op 68/2; Des pas dans l'allée Op 141/1; Calme des nuits Op 68/1; Salut au Chevalier Printemps Op 151/2 - Swiss Radio Chorus/Diego Fasolis, Mario Patuzzi (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10214)

GRIEG: Lyric Suite Op 54 - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

11:00 SCHUBERT: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (Koch International 3-7404)

REGER: String Trio in A minor Op 77b - Iva Nikolova (vln), Elissaveta Staneva-Vogl (vla), Bernhard Vogl (cello) (Gramola 98943)

Disc 1

STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra Op 30; Death & Transfiguration; Don Juan Op 20 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Bernard Haitink (Philips 438 300)

1:05 approx - Disc 2

ANON: Lamento di Tristano; Trotto; Salterello; ATTAINGNANT: Basse danses, La Brosse; La Gatta; La Magdalena; DALZA: Calata ala Ronde; NEUSIDLER: Der Judentanz; Welscher Tanz Wascha mesa; SUSATO: Ronde; GERVAISE: Branle de Bourgogne; Branle de Champagne; Palese; Passamezzo d'Italye - Konrad Ragossnig (lute), Ulsamer Collegium (Archiv 415 294)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GRIFFITHS: Lie deep, my love; FISHER: Pounamu; McCALLUM: The moon's glow once lit; HAMILTON: Veni, Sancte Spiritus; WHITEHEAD: Taiohi Taiao; HAMILTON: Lux Aeterna; A RITCHIE: Widow's songs; de CASTRO-ROBINSON: Chaos of Delight III; CHILDS: O Magnum Mysterium - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2065)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 1, Kreutzer Sonata; String Quartet No 2, Intimate letters; On an overgrown path - Talich Quartet, Radoslav Kvapil (pno) (Calliope CAL 9699)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSSINI: Péchés de Vieillesse - Jeffrey Swan (pno) (Akademia CDAK 103)

6:00 ABEL: Overture in C Op 5/4 - Il Fondamento/Paul Dombrecht (Passacaille 903)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on Se vuol ballare, from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro - Matthias Metzger (vln), Gerrit Zitterbart (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.462)

FAURÉ: In paradisum, from Requiem Op 48 - Choir of New College, Oxford, Capricorn/Edward Higginbottom (Erato 0630 14634)

BRAHMS: Second movement, Andante moderato, from Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 - Vienna Phil/Carlo Maria Giulini (DG 429 403)

VIVALDI arr Pujol: Trio Sonata in C RV82 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC 476 5948)

7:00 MENDELSSOHN: String Symphony No 6 in Eb - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Brilliant Classics 99926)

SAINT-SAËNS trans Godowsky: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (Decca 478 3527)

MOROSS: A Tall Story for Orchestra - New Zealand SO/JoAnn Falletta (Koch International 3-7367)

HANDEL: Trio Sonata in B minor Op 2/1 - London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1379)

CHABRIER: España - New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (NZSO)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DELIBES arr Bates: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Mady Mesplé (sop), Danielle Millet (mezzo), National Opera Orch/Alain Lombard (EMI 7 94431)

BRIDGE: Three Idylls - Eberle Quartet (Naim CD 019)

BELLINI: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Guy Touvron (tpt), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (RCA 09026 61815)

KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud - Jorge Bolet (pno) (Philips 456 724)

ERNST arr Szostak: Fantaisie brillante on the March & Romance from Rossini's opera Otello Op 11 - Adam Han-Gorski (vln), Slovak Phil/Zdzislaw Szostak (Opus 9350 2000)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

Piano Quintet in C minor - Jaromír Klepác (pno), Prazák Quartet (Praga PRD 250 139)

Symphony No 1 in Eb - USSR SO/Evgeny Svetlanov (CDK Music CDKM 1015)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F BWV1046 - Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 423 116)

STRAUSS: Symphonic Fantasy on Die Frau ohne Schatten - São Paulo SO/Frank Shipway (BIS SACD 1950)

NIELSEN: Wind Quintet in E Op 43 - New London Chamber Ensemble & Guests (Meridian CDE 84580)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 68904)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Nobel Prize Winners for Literature On Screen

COATES: Halcyon Days, from The Three Elizabeths Suite - BBC Concert Orch/Barry Wordsworth (BBC Music MM 347)

LOEWE: I could have danced all night; Ascot Gavotte, from My Fair Lady

Eliza Dolittle................ Marni Nixon

Mrs Pearce................... Mona Washbourne

Ensemble, Warner Brothers Studio Orch/André Previn (Sony 466 711)

JARRE: Overture; Main title; Lara's Theme; Sventytski's Waltz, from Doctor Zhivago - MGM Studio Orch/Maurice Jarre (CBS 170274)

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

BRUMEL: Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Tudor Consort/Michael Stewart (Organism ORG007)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: String Sextet No 1 in Bb Op 18 - Vienna String Sextet (rec 1993) (EMI CDC 5 55272)

DVORÁK: Miniatures Op 75 - Erich Höbarth, Peter Matzka (vlns), Thomas Riebl (vla), members of Vienna String Sextet (rec 1993) (EMI CDC 5 55272)

NZ performers and composers

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

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 - Patrick O'Byrne (pno), Auckland Philharmonia/Kenneth Klein (Ribbonwood RCD 1002)

HOLST: Brook Green Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 340 220)

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

SCHUBERT: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Baiba Skride (vln), Lauma Skride (pno) (Sony 82876 88872)

BERNSTEIN: Times Square, 1944, from On the Town, Dance Episodes - Boston Pops Orch/Keith Lockhart (RCA 09026 68786)

D'ERLANGER: Poëme in D - Philippe Graffin (vln), BBC Welsh National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (Hyperion CDA 67838)

GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Pepe Romero (gtr) (Philips 475 6360)

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

MUSSORGSKY orch Ravel: Promenade, from Pictures at an Exhibition - New York Phil/Zubin Mehta (Sony MLK 66702)

TRAD arr Burton: Maria walks along the shore - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 602)

GRAINGER: Walking Tune - Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Kenneth Montgomery (Chandos CHAN 6542)

BRUUN: A walk in the Forest - Danish National Vocal Ensemble/Sören Kinch Hansen (Dacapo 8.226051)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden, from A Village Romeo & Juliet - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 421 631)

GERSHWIN: Promenade: Walking the dog, from Shall We Dance? - David Fuest (cl), New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67067)

VOLLSTEDT arr Sonnenburg: Comic Cake Walk - I Salonisti (London 458 382)

LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Turin RAI Orch/Peter Maag (Arts Archives 43041)

SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Stanislav Bunin (pno) (DG 427 315)

J STRAUSS II: Accelerations Waltz - Vienna Johann Strauss Capelle/Michael Tomascheck (Koch International 324 073)

Kate Mead hosts a weekly forum for contemporary music

7:00 Resound

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

(7) LARDELLI: Tumbu - Patrick Barry (cl), New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)

ELMSLY: Sonata, for solo piano - Bryan Sayer (pno) (RNZ)

CROFT: Siramour - 175 East/James Gardner (RNZ)

8:00 Colin Currie (perc), New Zealand SO/Alexander Shelley

BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes, from Peter Grimes; MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel; RAVEL: Pavane pour une Infante defunte; STRAUSS: Tod und Verklarung (recorded at Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

9:30 Illegal Harmonies

Ten programmes written & presented by Andrew Ford

(8) Back to Basics

Although minimalism was born in the 1960s, it was only in the 1970s that it began to exert an influence over composers in all parts of the world. As radical, in its way, as the total serialism of the 1950s, and just as disciplined, minimal music reinstated tonal relationships and made a virtue out of repetition, repetition, repetition... Few were unaffected by it: even Stockhausen and Boulez produced works of comparative simplicity and dramatic directness.

Music by Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Gavin Bryars, Mike Oldfield, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elliott Carter, Harrison Birtwistle, Thea Musgrave, Brian Ferneyhough and Richard Meale (ABC Classic FM)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

WALTON: Portsmouth Point Overture; Capriccio Burlesco; The First Shoot; Scapino, A Comedy Overture; Granada, Prelude for orchestra; Prologo e Fantasia; Johannesburg Festival Overture; Music for Children; Music for Children, Galop finale - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8968)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

Miniatures by CHOPIN, GOTTSCHALK, LISZT, BACH, MENDELSSOHN, DEBUSSY, SCHUBERT, ALBÉNIZ, BEETHOVEN, GRIEG, MOZART - Various artists (Decca 436 854)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

TCHAIKOVSKY: Songs - Elizabeth Söderström (sop), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 436 204)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BEETHOVEN: Symphonies, No 1 in C Op 21; No 2 in D Op 36 - Philharmonia/Kurt Sanderling (EMI CDM 7 69382)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

TUBIN: Double bass Concerto; Valse Triste; Ballade for violin & orchestra; Violin Concerto No 2; Estonian Dances Suite - Hakan Ehrén (dbass), Gustavo Garcia (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 337)

6:00 JÄRNEFELT: Prelude; Berceuse - Jyväskylä SO/Kyösti Haatanen (Finlandia 4509 95706)

SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1 - Anthony Ferner (fl), Gerard Willems (pno) (Private)

CPE BACH: Keyboard Concerto in G Wq43/5 - Andreas Staier (hpschd), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2083.84)

MENDELSSOHN: On wings of song Op 34/2; Schilflied Op 71/4; Assai tranquillo; Song without Words in D Op 109 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Jonathan Gilad (pno) (Orfeo C 750 101 A)

B TCHAIKOVSKY: Clarinet Concerto - Anton Prischepa (cl), Russian Academy of Music CO/Timur Mynbaev (Naxos 8.557727)

7:00 MUSSORGSKY arr Liadov: Sorochinsky Fair, Introduction - Russian National Orch/Carlo Ponti (PentaTone PTC 5186 332)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (DG 477 8770)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Mincho Minchev (vln), Francisco Gabarro (cello), National Phil/Richard Bonynge (London 443 332)

PAGANINI: Polacca in F - Peter-Lukas Graf (fl), Konrad Ragossnig (gtr) (Claves CD 50-2013)

L MOZART: Symphony in F - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553347)

8:00 Beauty Spot: ARNOLD: Allegretto, from Four Scottish Dances - Philharmonia/Robert Irving (EMI 5 66120)

ZABEL: Waltz Caprice Op 37 - Susan Drake (harp) (Hyperion CDA 66340)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Serenade to Music - Singers from Opera Rochester, Rochester Phil/Christopher Seaman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7567)

BEETHOVEN: Variations on a theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus WoO45 - Maria Kliegel (cello), Nina Tichman (pno) (Naxos 8.555787)

KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance; Dance of the Rose Maidens; Lullaby; Lezghinka, from Gayaneh - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 2023)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

The Sea; The Sea Princess - Sarah Walker (mezzo), Thomas Allen (bar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66165)

orch Glazunov: Romance - Tord Wallström (bar), Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Brilliant Classics 93348)

Scherzo in Ab - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 444 389)

Spanish Serenade - Borodin Quartet (Onyx 4002)

Symphony No 2 in B minor - Royal Stockholm Phil/Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Brilliant Classics 93348)

ROSSINI: Stabat Mater - Anna Netrebko (sop), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Lawrence Brownlee (ten), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass), St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Antonio Pappano (EMI 6 40529)

MOZART: String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589, Prussian - Klenke Quartet (Profil PH 04031)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 16 - Evgeny Kissin (pno), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (EMI 2 64536)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

HEIDRICH: Happy Birthday Variations - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 7559 79657)

MORRICONE: Profumo di Limone, from Cinema Paradiso - Hayley Westenra (sop), Orchestra Sinfonietta di Roma/Ennio Morricone (Decca 478 3087)

YANNI: Adagio in C minor - Yanni (pno), orchestral accompaniment/Armen Anassian (Virgin 8 44981)

ARLEN: That old black magic, from Star Spangled Rhythm - Sylvia McNair (sop), André Previn (pno), David Finck (dbass) (Philips 446 818)

TIPPETT: Fifth movement, Finale, from Suite for the birthday of Prince Charles - English Northern Philharmonia/Michael Tippett (Nimbus NI 1759)

VERDI: La mia letizia infondere, from I Lombardi - Joseph Calleja (ten), ASMF/Carlo Rizzi (Decca 475 6931)

HARTMANN: Arbucklenian Polka - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 9031 77705)

CATALANI: Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana, from La Wally - Renée Fleming (sop), London Philharmonic Orch/Charles Mackerras (Decca 478 4446)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - London Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Resonance CD RSN 3063)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 2 in F Op 99 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Rudolf Serkin (pno) (rec 1983) (DG 410 510)

BACH: Cantata No 194, O most lovely feast of joy - Ruth Holton (sop), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (rec 2000) (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 13858)

NZ performers and composers

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

MEWS: Tango Fantastique - Bridget Douglas (fl) (Trust MMT 2063-64)

HARRIS: Bremner Aria - David Bremner (tbn), National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Bridal Procession, from The Golden Cockerel - Philharmonia/Efrem Kurtz (EMI CDZ 7 67252)

GAUBERT: Trois Aquarelles, On a clear morning; Autumn evening; Serenade - Wiek Trio (Fuga Libera FUG 556)

ORFF: O fortuna, from Carmina Burana - London Phil Choir, Southend Boys' Choir, London Phil/Zubin Mehta (Warner Classics 3984 25544)

GERSHWIN: Fascinatin' Rhythm, from Lady, be Good! - Al Gallodoro (reeds), Harmonie Ensemble, New York/Steven Richman (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7492)

SIBELIUS: Theme & Variations in C# minor - Tempera Quartet (BIS CD 1376)

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

GRAINGER: Spoon River - Martin Jones (pno) (Nimbus NI 1767)

CLARKE: Prince of Denmark's March - Maurice André (tpt), Rouen CO/Albert Beaucamp (Philips 420 877)

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

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

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals - Peter Katin, Philip Fowke (pno duo), Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (EMI CDS 7 81421)

TURINA: The Bullfighter's Prayer Op 34 - Britten Quartet (Brilliant Classics 9197)

GUNNING: Five Little Pigs - Yuri Torchinsky (vln), BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10625)

ANDERSON: The Waltzing Cat - Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin (RCA 09026 68048)

ROSSINI: Duetto buffo di due gatti - Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sops), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49238)

NEWMAN: Prince of Foxes Suite - New Zealand SO/Richard Kaufman (Koch 3-7376)

By Royal Command

Brian Kay presents two programmes of music written for royal occasions in the United Kingdom (2) (RNZ)

Huntington Estate Music Festival 2011

Three programmes from last year's festival

(2) KATS-CHERNIN: Intermezzo Days - Kristian Chong (pno), Sophie Rowell (vln), Rachel Johnston (cello) (world première)

TAN DUN: Eight Colours - Aroha Quartet

SCHOENBERG: Transfigured Night - Modigliani Quartet, Sally Bond (vln), Guy Johnston (cello)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Trio No 1 in C minor Op 8 - Kristian Chong (pno), Sophie Rowell (vln), Rachel Johnston (cello)

BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols - Adelaide Chamber Singers/Carl Crossin, Alice Giles (harp) (recorded at the Huntington Estate Winery, Mudgee, New South Wales by ABC)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV171 - Riccardo Minasi (vln), Il Pomo d'Oro (Naïve OP 30533)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in C RV181 - Riccardo Minasi (vln), Il Pomo d'Oro (Naïve OP 30533)

GRIEG: Holberg Suite - Malmö SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.572403)

FINZI: Let us garlands bring - Christopher Maltman (bar), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67065)

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

11:00 SILVESTROV: Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

VAN EECHAUTE: Suite ancienne - Peter Vanhove (pno) (Pavane ADW 7463)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet - Maggini Quartet, Garfield Jackson (vla) (Naxos 8.555300)

Disc 1

AUBERT: Concert de Simphonies, Suite No 5 in F; Concertos for four violins, cello & continuo, in G minor Op 17/6; in D Op 17/1; in E minor Op 26/4, Le Carillon; Concert de Simphonies, Suite No 2 in D - Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (Chandos CHAN 0577)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOZART: Flute Quartet in D K285; BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 25; SCHUBERT: String Trio in Bb D471; HOFFMEISTER: Quartet in A after Piano Sonata in A K331 by Mozart - Israel Flute Ensemble (CDI 18809)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

VIVALDI: Introduzione al Dixit RV636; Dixit Dominus RV594; Magnificat RV611; Beatus vir RV598 - Margaret Marshall, Felicity Lott, Sally Burgess (sops), Susan Daniel, Ann Murray (mezzos), Linda Finnie, Anne Collins (contraltos), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (ten), Robert Holl (bass), John Alldis Choir, English CO/Vittorio Negri (Philips 420 649)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas, No 1 in G Op 78; No 2 in A Op 100; No 3 in D minor Op 108; Scherzo, from FAE Sonata for violin & piano - Vasko Vassilev (vln), Pamela Tan-Nicholson (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMN 91 1576)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

LANE: London Salute; Diversions on a Theme of Paganini; Cotswold Dances; Divertissement for clarinet, harp and strings; Three Christmas Pictures; A Maritime Overture; Three Nautical Miniatures for strings; Prestbury Park - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Marco Polo 8.225185)

6:00 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel, Overture -

ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

BOWEN: Miniature Suite in C Op 14 - Danny Driver (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67827)

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

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

WILLAERT: A la fontaine du prez - Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet (NM Classics 92100)

HANDEL: Let thy hand be strengthened - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

7:00 ALWYN: Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570705)

FRANÇAIX: Aubade for twelve cellos - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

BARTÓK: Romanian Folk Dances Sz56 - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1519)

DURUFLÉ: Four Motets on Gregorian themes Op 10, Ubi caritas; Tota pulchra es; Tu es Petrus; Tantum ergo - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Chandos CHAN 10357)

SATIE orch Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - London Festival Players/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 421 395)

Our annual countdown has been brought forward!

We asked you to nominate your favourite orchestral works and those with the most votes make up fourteen hours of programme today, culminating in a live concert.

At 8.00pm the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra will take to the stage of the Auckland Town Hall to reveal and perform the most popular works, conducted by Eckehard Stier and presented by John Campbell. Tune in to hear the results of New Zealand's only survey of current tastes in classical music (RNZ)

(The whole programme will be repeated in its usual slot on New Year's Day)

C SCHUMANN: Soirées musicales Op 6 - Yoshiko Iwai (pno) (Naxos 8.553501)

BRUCH arr M Nakariakov: Canzone - Sergei Nakariakov (flugelhorn), Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Teldec 8573 80651)

11:00 DEBUSSY arr Amsterdam Guitar Trio: Suite Bergamasque - Amsterdam Guitar Trio (Newton 880 2093)

FAURÉ: Piano Quintet No 2 in C minor Op 115 - Michel Dalberto (pno), Quatuor Ébène (Virgin Classics 0 70875)

Disc 1

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for strings; Elegie; Suite No 4 in G, Mozartiana; Sleeping Beauty (orch Stravinsky), excerpts; String Quartet No 1 in D (orch Serebrier), Andante Cantabile - John Doig (vln), Scottish Chamber Orch/José Serebrier (ASV CD DCA 719)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

MOLTER: Sonata in F for two wind bands; Cello Concerto in C; Overture in C minor; Sinfonia in F; Oboe Concerto in C minor; Sinfonia in F - Roman Storojenko (cello), Voichita Popa (ob), Josef Bock (hpschd), Europa Symphony/Wolfgang Gröhs (Arte Nova 74321 40741)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

STANFORD: Stabat Mater Op 96; Bible Songs Op 113; Te Deum laudamus - Ingrid Attrot (sop), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo), Nigel Robson (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9548)

3:45 approx - Disc 4

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes; Sonatina No 2; Prelude (1951); From the Port Hills; Sonata (1956); Nine Short Pieces; Adagio Sostenuto; Two Preludes (1951); Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielson (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

4:55 approx - Disc 5

BACH: Suite in E BWV1006a; Prelude in C minor BWV999; Fugue in G minor BWV1000; Suite in G minor BWV995 - Nigel North (baroque lute) (Amon Ra CD SAR 23)

6:00 J STAMITZ: Symphony in D Op 3/2 - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (Naxos 8.553194)

RAVEL: Sonatine - Michael Endres (pno) (Oehms OC 307)

GOUNOD arr Stoltzman: Jewel Song, from Faust - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil/Arthur Fagen (RCA 09026 68817)

HALVORSEN arr Cello Duello: Passacaglia, after Handel's Harpsichord Suite No 7 in G minor - Cello Duello (Solo Musica SM 146)

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - London SO/Colin Davis (LSO Live LSO 0609)

7:00 SULLIVAN: Pirates of Penzance, Overture - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.554165)

FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance, from El Amor Brujo - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

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

TURINA: Three Andalusian Dances Op 8 - Albert Guinovart (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMI 98 7009)

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Mexico City Phil/Enrique Bátiz (Sanctuary CD RSN 3046)

8:00 Beauty Spot: TRAD arr R Clarke: I'll bid my heart be still - Helen Callus (vla), Robert McDonald (pno) (ASV CD DCA 1130)

PROKOFIEV: Overture on Hebrew Themes - Moscow Virtuosi/Vladimir Spivakov (RCA RD 60370)

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

WAGNER: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 & Bridal Procession - Orpheus Choir of Wellington, New Zealand SO/Christian Gansch (NZSO)

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

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 1 in F minor S359 - Anima Eterna/Jos van Immerseel (Zig Zag ZZT 041 102)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

Polka, from collaborative Paraphrases for piano - Leslie Howard (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66984)

orch Stokowksi: Requiem, from collaborative Paraphrases for piano - Ian Boughton (bar), BBC Symphony Men's Chorus, Philharmonia/Geoffrey Simon (Cala CACD 1011)

Pride; Arabic melody; The magic garden; Those folk - Sergei Leiferkus (bar), Semion Skigin (pno) (Conifer 75605 51275)

String Quartet No 2 in D - Shostakovich Quartet (Alto ALC 1111)

BUSONI: Tanzwalzer Op 53 - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.572922)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno), Paris Orch/Paavo Järvi (Sony 88691 97129)

BACH: Cantata No 208, My heart's delight is always the merry chase! (Hunt Cantata) - Sophie Junker, Joanne Lunn (sops), Makoto Sakurada (ten), Roderick Williams (bar), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (BIS SAD 1791)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3084)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

From the Charts

HESS: Ladies in Lavender, Main theme - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Bournemouth SO (Decca 478 3529)

ROMBERG: Serenade, from The Student Prince - Joseph Calleja (ten), BBC Concert Orch/Steven Mercurio (Decca 478 3531)

EINAUDI: Fairytale - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) with unnamed violist and cellist (Decca 476 4490)

COHEN: Hallelujah - Nathan Pacheco (vocalist), Leo Z (pno/synth), Angelo Passarella (gtr/ukelele), Tina Guo (cello), Philharmonia/Randy Miller (Disney Pearl D000469592)

ARMSTRONG: Glasgow love theme, from Love Actually - Claire Jones (harp), English CO/Stuart Morley (Classic FM 28947 65143)

JAMES arr Ingman: Calon Lan - Russell Watson (vocalist), Fron Male Voice Choir, Arts Symphonic Orch/Nick Ingman (Sony 88691 99168)

HEYNE arr Rieu: La petite Valse - André Rieu (vln/dir), Johann Strauss Orch (Polydor 252 7846)

FAURÉ: Berceuse in D Op 16 - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

SAINT-GEORGES: Violin Concerto in D G029 - Christophe Guiot (vln), Les Archets de Paris (Calliope CAL 9373)

MOZART: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 308)

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Classic performances from the back catalogue

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No 1, A Sea Symphony - Christine Goerke (sop), Brett Polegato (bar), Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orch/Robert Spano (Telarc CD 80588)

NZ performers and composers

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

A RITCHIE: Flute Concerto Op 56 - Alexa Still (fl), New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Koch International 3-7345)

SPICER: Kiwi Fireworks, Variations on God defend New Zealand - Nigel Potts (organ of the Sacred Heart Church, Wimbledon, London) (Guild GMCD 7165)

PRUDEN: Lambton Quay - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Overture - Vienna Phil/Carlos Kleiber (Sony SK 48376)

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

BURGMÜLLER: Rondo alla Turca - Lars Roos (pno) (Philips 420 817)

LOVREGLIO: Fantasia on Verdi's La Traviata - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

COPLAND: El Salón México - New Philharmonia/Aaron Copland (Sony MLK 64059)

ROSSINI: Cujus animam, from Stabat Mater - Luciano Pavarotti (ten), London SO/István Kertész (Decca 417 766)

FRANCHOMME: Variations on Russian & Scottish Themes - Roel Dieltiens (cello/dir), Ensemble Explorations (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1610)

BAIRSTOW: Blessed city, heavenly Salem - Musica Sacra, New Zealand Graduate Choir, Viva Voce/Terence Maskell, Indra Hughes (organ of Auckland Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 117)

GLUCK: Menuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orpheus & Euridice - Emmanuel Pahud, Juliette Hurel (fls), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 4 57814)

TCHAIKOVSKY: I bless you, forests Op 47/5 - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

O LINDBERG: That blessed day - Ralph Gustafsson (org) (Swedish Society SCD 1082)

SCHUBERT: Six Antiphons for the Blessing of the Branches on Palm Sunday D696 - Bavarian Radio Choir/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CMS 7 64783)

ANON: O Blessed Lord - Francis Biggi, Armin Janda (lutes) (Florentia Musicae FLO 69002)

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

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

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 72/2 - Royal Phil/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 749)

The Critic's Chair

Robert Johnson reviews recent releases (RNZ)

New Zealand International Arts Festival 2012

(4) Walk A Mile In My Shoes

The Barefoot Divas are five indigenous women of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Aotearoa. They present their lives and music as part of a dramatized show written by Alana Valentine

Whirimako Black, Maisey Rika, Emma Donovan, Ngaiire, Merenia (vocalists), Percy Robinson (gtr/vocalist), Justin Kereama (taonga puoro), Steve Marin (drums/percussion/vocalist), Marcello Maio (keyboards/accordion), Adam Ventoura (dbass/vocalist/music director)

SOUTH: Walk a Mile in my Shoes; BLACK: Within these walls; RIKA: Te Matapiko; JOSEPH/MOK: Never forget; JOSEPH: Filthy; GILLIES/PLINER: Fortuna; GILLIES/VENTOURA: The one be killa; COUNCILLOR-DONOVAN/BOSTON/MUNYARRYN: Lullaby; COUNCILLOR-DONOVAN/ROBINSON/ROBERTS: Miminga; BLACK/ANDERSON: Wahine Whakairo; JOSEPH: Two Minds; RIKA: Children of Romania; Reconnect; BLACK/KEREAMA/GRACE/NGAI TUHOE: Tuhoe; BLACK/KEREAMA: Mother Song; COUNCILLOR-DONOVAN/BOSTON: Ngarraanga; RIKA: Repeat Offender (recorded in Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

BRAHMS: String Quintet No 2 in G Op 111 - Alexander Sitkovetsky, Boris Brovtsyn (vlns), Maxim Rysanov, Julia Deyneka (vlas), Kristine Blaumane (cello) (Onyx 4054)

VERDI arr Krakamp, orch Gamzou: Fantasy on La Traviata Op 248 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (EMI 4 57814)

SIBELIUS: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (Ondine ODE 878)

11:00 BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 17 in D minor Op 31/2, Tempest - Javier Perianes (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2138)

Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Alfred Brendel (pno), Heinz Holliger (ob), Eduard Brunner (cl), Klaus Thunemann (bsn), Hermann Baumann (horn) (Philips 420 182)