Schedules for 1 - 7 December, 2012

Disc 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Partita for double string orchestra; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The Lark Ascending - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

POULENC: Humoresque; Three Novelettes; Villageoises; 15 Improvisations; Intermezzo No 2 in Db; Intermezzo No 1 in C; Suite Française d'après Claude Gervaise; Presto in Bb; Mélancolie; Theme & Variations - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8847)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

GESUALDO: Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday 1611, First nocturne, Second nocturne, Third nocturne - Taverner Choir & Consort/Andrew Parrott (Sony SK 62977)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

HAYDN: Sun Quartets Op 20, No 1 in Eb; No 2 in C; No 3 in G minor - Salomon String Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66621)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

ROSENBERG: Marionetter, Overture; BIZET: Carmen Suite No 1; LARSSON: Dagens stunder; GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla, Overture; SATIE orch Debussy: Two Gymnopédies; SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture; SVENDSEN: Romance for violin & orchestra; ALFVÉN: Vallflickans dans, from Bergakungen - Malmo SO/James DePriest (BIS CD 570)

6:00 BERLIOZ: Second movement, A Ball, from Symphonie fantastique - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Pinchas Steinberg (Naxos 8.555319/20)

BARRIOS MANGORÉ: The Cathedral - Julie Bevan (gtr) (Audio Projects AP 2006)

J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Wilfried Scharf (zither), Vienna SO/Yakov Kreizberg (Pentatone PTC 5186 052)

WARLOCK: Six English Tunes, The witch; Daphne; Strawberry leaves; Tickle my toe; Sweet youth; A toy - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

PAGANINI arr Silva: Variations on a theme by Rossini - Pierre Fournier (cello), Lamar Crowson (pno) (DG 477 5939)

BALAKIREV orch Casella: Islamey - Philharmonia/Eugene Goossens (Medici Arts MM 009)

7:00 SULLIVAN: Thespis ballet music - RTE Concert Orch, Dublin/Andrew Penny (Marco Polo 8.223460)

KREISLER trans Rachmaninov: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud - Yevgeny Sudbin (pno) (BIS SACD 1518)

DVORÁK: Romance, from Czech Suite - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (Supraphon SU 4058)

MAHLER arr Gottwald: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from Rückert-Lieder - Accentus Chamber Choir/Laurence Equilbey (Naïve V 4947)

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

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

8:00 CARTER: Holiday Overture - Nashville SO/Kenneth Schermerhorn (Naxos 8.559151)

GRIEG arr Haaland: Butterfly; Erotikon; To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Fredrik Fors (cl), Sveinung Bjelland (pno) (2L 55)

SUGATA: Dancing Girl in the Orient, from Sketches of the Desert (Suite in Oriental Style Op 10) - Kanagawa Phil/Kazuhiko Komatsu (Naxos 8.570319)

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

SCHUBERT: Fourth movement, Theme & Variations, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout - András Schiff (pno), Alois Posch (dbass), members of the Hagen Quartet (Decca 466 945)

SARASATE: Fantasy on La Dame Blanche Op 3 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572191)

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

COCHRAN: Mazurka No 2 - Julian Cochran (pno) (Digital Scores EXTRACTS 2010)

HARMATI: The bluebird of happiness - John Charles Thomas (bar) (rec 1940) (EMI 560490)

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

BEETHOVEN: 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)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in Bb RV359, from La Cetra Op 9 - Simon Standage (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 475 7693)

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Vittorio Grigolo (ten), Orch del Teatro Regio di Parma/Pier Giorgio Morandi (Sony 88697 75260)

BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA: The Maiden's Prayer; WYMAN: Silvery Waves - Alan Etherden (pno) (HMP HMPCD 0589)

THORESEN: Ya Káfi, Ya Sháfi! The Long Healing Prayer - Anne-Lise Berntsen (sop), Norwegian Soloists' Choir/Grete Pedersen Helgeröd (Simax PSC 1130)

IRELAND: A London Overture - London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDM 7 64716)

(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

(9) Recent releases & reissues (RNZ)

Indigenous music from around the world

Hear the World

Three programmes from Hear the World, a Radio Netherlands series of live recordings made at Dutch world music venues

(3) In today's programme, host Dheera Sujan introduces music from Brazilian musician Roberto Correa who plays the viola caipira, a small 10-string folk guitar. We'll also hear from Tuareg band Azwa Imarhane, and Les Espoirs De Coronthie from Guinea (Radio Netherlands Worldwide 2011)

NZSO Todd Corporation Young Composer Awards 2011

Two programmes

In September 2011, 13 selected young New Zealand composers had their works performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Janina Nicoll talks to each composer and we hear the recording of their piece

(2) HANNAH BLUMHARDT: Tensile Strength; ALEX TAYLOR: [Inner]; MARGARIETHA DU PREEZ: Te Putangitangi-a-Tane; JOANIE CHUNG YEE LEE: Earthquake; ALEX CAMPBELL-HUNT: Progress; NATALIE MATIAS: The Crucible, Act 1, Overture - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (recorded in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17, Little Russian - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 382)

MCEWEN: A Little Quartet, in modo scotico No 15 - Chilingirian Quartet (Chandos CHAN 10182)

PIERNÉ: March of the Little Lead Soldiers - BBC Phil/Juanjo Mena (Chandos CHAN 10633)

REGER: Little Sonata in D minor Op 103b/1 - Ulf Wallin (vln), Roland Pöntinen (pno) (CPO 999 725)

NIELSEN: Little Suite for Strings - Danish National Radio SO/Ulf Schirmer (Decca 452 486)

NZ performers and composers

VINE: Flute Sonata - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (Koch KIC CD 7658)

TERZI: Nevicata Op 29 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Private)

LILBURN: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Continuum CCD 1069)

Richard STRAUSS

Girls in and out of love - Felicity Lott (sop), Graham Johnson (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD 037)

Cäcilie Op 27/2; Heimliche Aufforderung Op 27/3; Morgen! Op 27/4; Freundliche Vision Op 48/1; Ich liebe dich Op 37/2 - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Helmut Deutsch (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1879)

Gesänge des Orients Op 77, Ihre Augen; Liebesgeschenke; Die Allmächtige - Christine Brewer (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67488)

Four Last Songs - Barbara Bonney (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Decca 460 812)

Spellbound

Olivier Latry (org), New Zealand SO/Rossen Milanov

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; POULENC: Concerto for organ, strings & timpani; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

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

GIULIANI: Rondoletto - Vladimir Gorbach (gtr) (Naxos 8.573023)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Coastal Command, Suite - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10007)

JC BACH: Oboe Quartet in Bb Op 8/6 - Keisuke Wakao (ob), Malcolm Lowe (vln), Cathy Basrak (vla), Sato Knudsen (cello) (PentaTone PTC 5186 018)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Op 102 - Valentina Igoshina (pno), Neuss German Chamber Academy/Lavard Skou-Larsen (CPO 777 750)

11:00 SIVORI: La Génoise - Fulvio Luciani (vln), Massimiliano Motterle (pno) (Naxos 8.572484)

CHAUSSON: Piano Trio in G minor Op 3 - Meadowmount Trio (Naxos 8.572468)

Disc 1

FARQUHAR: Symphonies Nos 1-3 - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2060)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

TARTINI: Concerto Grosso No 3 in C; Violin Concerto in A minor; Cello Concerto in D; Violin Concerto in G; Concerto Grosso No 5 in E minor - Enrico Gatti (vln), Roel Dieltiens (cello), Ensemble 415/Chiara Banchini (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1548)

2:30 approx - Disc 3

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater; A SCARLATTI: Concertos, No 1 in F minor; No 3 in F; No 5 in D minor - Mirella Freni (sop), Teresa Berganza (contralto), Scarlatti Orch of Naples/Ettore Gracis (Archiv 427 123)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

NIELSEN: String Quartet in F minor Op 5; String Quartet in Eb Op 14; Andante Lamentoso for string quartet - Jan Johansson (dbass), Kontra Quartet (BIS CD 503)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance, Military Marches Op 39; KABALEVSKY: The Comedians Op 26; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals; ELGAR: Salut d'amor; VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Philharmonia/Charles Groves (Denon CO 73534)

TRAD: The bright festival approaches; TRAD arr Ottósson: Now comes the world's salvation; TRAD arr Asgeirsson: A festival approaches - Olafur E Rúnarsson (ten), Hamrahlíd Choir/Thorgerdur Ingólfsdóttir (Iceland MIC ITM 8-09)

BACH: Cantata No 36, written for the 1st Sunday in Advent, Soar joyfully aloft - Joanne Lunn (sop), William Towers (countertenor), Jan Kobow (ten), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 162)

DANDRIEU: Noël sur les flûtes - André Isoir (organ of Saint-Séverin) (Calliope CAL 5916)

SCHUBERT: Mass No 2 in G D167 - Claudia Reinhard (sop), Rüdiger Ballhorn (ten), Markus Flaig (bass), Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipzig CO/Morten Schuldt-Jensen (Naxos 8.570764)

GLENNIE: Light in Darkness - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

CHILCOTT: Advent Antiphons - BBC Singers/Bob Chilcott (Signum SIGCD 100)

TRAD arr Pohjola: A mighty fortress is our God - Jukka Perko (sax), Virtusi Di Kuhmo CO/John Storgårds (EMI 7243 594552 8)

TRAD arr Bond: Prepare a way for the Lord; G HAHN: The earth is waiting; OLSSON: Advent - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén, Henrik Arlestrand (org) (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

TRAD arr Praetorius/Walsh: Come, thou Redeemer of the Earth; TRAD arr Carter: O come, O come, Emmanuel - Choir of Wellington Cathedral of St Paul/Philip Walsh, Andrew MacMillan (org) (Herald HAVPCD 224)

RAMÍREZ: Kyrie, from Missa Criolla - José Carreras (ten), Domingo Cura, Jorge Padin (perc), Arsenio Zambrano (charango), Lalo Gutierrez (gtr), Raúl Barboza (accordion), Grupo Huancara (Latin American folk instruments), Ariel Ramírez (pno/hpschd), Salvé de Laredo Choir, Bilbao Choral Society/José Luis Ocejo (Philips 462 892)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - London Phil/Andrew Litton (EMI CD EMX 9518)

SANDSTRÖM: Song to Lotta - Stefan Schulz (bass tbn), Tomoko Sawano (pno) (BIS CD 1824)

ELGAR: Sospiri Op 70 - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ)

BALFE arr Chichon: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, from The Bohemian Girl - Elina Garança (mezzo), RAI National Orch/Karel Mark Chichon (DG 477 8776)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (Universal 399 878)

CHOPIN: Berceuse in Db Op 57 - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63259)

LISZT: Offertorium, from Hungarian Coronation Mass - Budapest SO/György Lehel (Hungaroton HCD 12148)

Roger Wilson takes a look at the life and music of JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999) (R Mon 7.00pm) (RNZ)

Cançoneta - Mikhail Ovrutsky (vln), Castile & Leon SO/Max Bragado-Darman (Naxos 8.555840)

Canticle of St Francis of Assisi - Madrid Community Chorus & Orch/José Ramón Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

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

(11) David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno)

E FINCKEL: Portrait; GRIEG: Second movement, Andante molto tranquillo, from Cello Sonata in A minor Op 36; BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Op 118/2; Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (American Public Media)

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

GLAZUNOV: The Seasons Op 67 - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (Warner 2564 61434)

Julie Sperring reviews recent releases (R Fri 7.00pm) (RNZ)

FARQUHAR: Ring Round the Moon - Alex Lindsay String Orch/Alex Lindsay (rec 1953) (Kiwi CD SLD 107)

MOZART: Sonata in D for two pianos K448 - Clifford Curzon, Benjamin Britten (pno duo) (rec 1960) (BBC Legends BBCL 4037)

ARNOLD: English Dances - London Phil/Adrian Boult (rec 1954) (London 425 661)

Hodies

In his series Choral Connections Brian Kay looks at settings of the Latin text 'Hodie Christus Natus Est', 'Today Christ is born', originally sung as antiphon to the Magnificat at Vespers on Christmas Day (RNZ)

WAGNER: Lohengrin, an opera in three acts

King Henry.................. Günther Groissböck

Lohengrin.................... Klaus Florian Vogt

Elsa.............................. Annette Dasch

Telramund.................... Gerd Grochowski

Ortrud.......................... Susanne Resmark

Herald.......................... Markus Brück

Nobles.......................... Robert Franke, Holger Marks, Sascha Glintenkamp, Thomas Pfützner

Pages............................ Christine Bischoff, Isabelle Vosskühler, Judith Löser, Bettina Pieck

Berlin Radio Choir & SO/Marek Janowski (Pentatone PCT 5186 403)

NZ performers and composers

BEETHOVEN: Piano Quartet in D WoO36/2 - New Zealand Piano Quartet (Naxos 8.570998)

Four programmes from the award-winning former British broadcaster Coles who presents his pick of the best new music releases and demos from around the planet (2) (MCM)

The Big Sing 2012

Nine programmes of highlights from the National Finale

(8) Featuring Bel Canto (Burnside High School), Twilight Tones (Tawa College), All the King's Men (King's College), Teal Voices (Wellington Girls' College), Macleans College Choir (Macleans College)

MELLNÄS: Aglepta; EVANS: Hymn to the Virgin; PRAETORIUS: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; TRAD arr Wilby: Marianne; TORMIS: Vistel Vastel; POULENC: Seigneur, je vous en prie; YELLEN/AGER arr Artman: Ain't she sweet; HANDEL arr Keighley: Where e'er you walk, from Semele; BARTÓK: Zauberspruch; CHILDS: Weep no more; HOWELLS: A spotless rose; NGA WHANAU WEHI: Wairua Tapu (recorded in the Wellington Town Hall by RNZ)

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques - Swiss Romande Orch/Ernest Ansermet (Decca 475 8140)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Krystian Zimerman (pno), Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (DG 449 213)

SATIE: Gymnopédie No 1; Gnossienne No 1- John Anderson (ob), Simon Wynberg (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 6581)

GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionette - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 600)

DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 - Cuarteto Casals (Harmonia Mundi HMG 50 8390.91)

DIEPENBROCK: The Birds, Overture - Hague Residentie Orch/Hans Vonk (Chandos CHAN 8821)

C STAMITZ: Symphonie Concertante in D for violin & viola - Richard Friedman (vln), Roger Best (vla), London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 650)

REBER: Symphony No 4 in G Op 33 - Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Jérémie Rhorer (Naïve AM 207)

11:00 FRANÇAIX: Quintet No 1 - Bergen Woodwind Quintet (BIS SACD 2008)

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

HILL: String Quartet No 11 in D minor - Australian String Quartet (Marco Polo 8.223746)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphonies, No 34 in C K338; No 35 in D K385; No 39 in Eb K543 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 615)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SUK: Suite Op 21; Spring Op 22a; Summer Moods Op 22b; About Mother Op 28 - Pavel Stepán (pno) (Supraphon SU 3820)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BEETHOVEN: Adelaïde; BRAHMS: Wie Melodien; Alte Liebe; Alte die Nachtigall; Feldeinsamkeit; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer; STRAUSS: Befreit; Nichts; Die Nacht; Heimliche Aufforderung; TCHAIKOVSKY: Blagoslavlyayu vas, lesa; Sleza drazht f tvajom rivnivom vzore; Net, tol'ka tot, kto znal; Serenada Don Zhuana; MORAWETZ: The Chimney-Sweeper; Mad Song; Grenadier; DUPARC: Phidylé; L'invitation au voyage; Le manoir de Rosamonde; Chanson triste - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC MVCD 1051)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

TRAD arr Nunns/Bailey: In one breath; Wooden Man; Late summer; Not reconciled; The other door; Returning; Play; Silence; The bells; Twilight; Reflections II - Richard Nunns (traditional Māori instruments), Judy Bailey (pno) (Rattle RAT DO11)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

HANDEL: Violin Sonatas, in D Op 1/13; in F Op 1/12; in D minor; in A Op 1/3; in G minor Op 1/6; in A Op 1/10; in E Op 1/12; in G; in A minor; in C minor - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (hpschd) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7259)

6:00 WAGENSEIL: Symphony in D WV374 - Stuttgart CO/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 777 112)

D'ESTRÉE trans Mizzi: Bransles de Malthe - Carlos Bonell (gtr) (Spearhead Music SM 200)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Tomás Jamník (cello), Prague Radio SO/Tomás Netopil (Supraphon SU 4034)

BRUCKNER: Locus iste - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67629)

SARASATE: Barcarolle vénitienne Op 46 - Tianwa Yang (vln), Navarra SO/Ernest Martínez Izquierdo (Naxos 8.572275)

LILBURN: Two Preludes (1951) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

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

7:00 TRAD arr Skeaping: Oh, Christmas now is drawing near at hand; We've been awhile a-wandering; The Waits - Maddy Prior (vocalist), Sneak's Noyse (Portrait PCL 1007)

RESPIGHI ed di Vittorio: Aria for strings - CO of New York "Ottorino Respighi"/Salvatore di Vittorio (Naxos 8.572332)

CIMAROSA arr Benjamin: Oboe Concerto in C minor - Alison Balsom (tpt), Scottish Ensemble (EMI 4 56094)

BORODIN: String Sextet in D minor - Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams (vla), Raphael Wallfisch (cello) (ASV CD DCA 1143)

SEREBRIER: Tango in Blue - Barcelona SO/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1175)

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

8:00 Beauty Spot: LISZT arr Milstein: Consolation No 3 in Db - Sarah Chang (vln), Sandra Rivers (pno) (EMI CDC 7 54352)

FREEDMAN: Laurentian moods - Toronto Wind Orch/Tony Gomes (Naxos 8.572248)

SEIXAS: Sinfonia in Bb - Algarve Orch/Alvaro Cassuto (Naxos 8.557207)

KREEK: Three Folksongs, Sing, sing, sickles; Sleep, little Matsik; Why are you chirping, little bird? - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Paul Hillier (Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 7485)

MENDELSSOHN: Rondo Brillant in Eb Op 29 - Martin Helmchen (pno), Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (PentaTone PTC 5186 366)

GRANADOS arr Henry Wood: Spanish Dance No 4, Villanesca - London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Lyrita SRCD 216)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Dos Esbozos - Agustín León Ara (vln), Eugène de Canck (pno) (CPO 999 186)

Five Children's Pieces - Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés (Naxos 8.555844)

Two Berceuses - Sara Marianovich (pno) (Sony S2K 89828)

Concierto de Aranjuez - Pepe Romero (gtr), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 475 6360)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C for string orchestra Op 48 - Irish CO/Fionnuala Hunt (dir) (Black Box BBM 3004)

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 - Christian Zacharias (pno/dir), Lausanne CO (MDG 940 1737)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 - Hans Christian Braein (cl), Håvard Gimse (pno) (Simax PSC 1259)

MESSNER: Salzburg Suite Op 51 - Salzburg Mozarteum Orch/Ivor Bolton (Oehms OC 734)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Going Piratical

E BERNSTEIN: Prelude; Out to Sea, from The Buccaneer - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80682)

KORNGOLD: The Albatross; The Throne Room of Elizabeth I; Entrance of the Sea Hawks; The Orchid; Panama March; The Duel; Strike for the Shores of Dover. from The Sea Hawk - Ambrosian Singers, National Phil/Charles Gerhardt (Rca GD 80912)

ZIMMER: Jack Sparrow; Hornpipe, from Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest - Eric Kim (cello), Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80682)

STYNE: Captain Hook's Waltz, from Peter Pan

Captain Hook.............. Cyril Ritchard

Original Broadway Cast Chorus & Orch/Louis Adrian (rec 1954) (RCA 663762)

MCNEELY: Hook and the Lost Boys, from Return to Never Land - Abbey Road Studio Orch/Jonathan Allen (Walt Disney 334 952)

BIBER: The Resurrection, from The Five Glorious Mysteries - Andrew Manze (vln), Richard Egarr (org) (Harmonia Mundi MHU 90 7321.22)

DARKE: In the bleak midwinter - Netherlands Chamber Choir, instrumental ensemble/Paul van Nevel (Challenge CC 72135)

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

HANDEL: Worthy is the Lamb, from Messiah - The Sixteen & Orch/Harry Christophers (Coro COR 16066)

HINDEMITH: Cello Concerto - David Geringas (cello), Queensland SO/Werner Andreas Albert (CPO 999 375)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Linn CKD 308)

ROSSINI: Bel raggio lusinghier, from Semiramide - Renée Fleming (sop), Florence May Festival Chorus, Orch of St Luke's/Patrick Summers (Decca 467 101)

CHOPIN: Mazurkas, in F minor Op 7/3; in A minor Op 17/4; in D Op 33/2 - Murray Perahia (pno) (rec 1994) (Sony SK 64399)

NZ performers and composers

BUCHANAN: Century fanfare, Peace - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Atoll ACD 100)

RAUTAVAARA: Lorca Suite - Auckland Dorian Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1299)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 10 in G Op 14/2 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Trust MMT 2017)

BODY: Long-Ge, from Three Transcriptions - New Zealand String Quartet (Rattle RAT 0009)

NORMAN: The flight & the stars; Cold & darkness; Warmth & light; The Sun King; The journey continues; The Lost Boys, from Peter Pan - Wellington Orch/Kenneth Young (RNZB)

CHABRIER: Fête Polonaise, from Le Roi malgré lui - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 303)

F COUPERIN: Les bergeries - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67440)

DONIZETTI: Cor anglais Concertino in G - Alessandro Baccini (cor anglais), City of Adria Phil/Giorgio Fabbri (Tactus TC 791804)

JANÁCEK: Ave Maria - Cappella Amsterdam/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2097)

WIRÉN: Serenade for Strings - Swedish CO/Petri Sakari (Caprice CAP 21513)

MOLTER: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in G - Kari Kriikku (cl), Tapiola Sinfonietta/John Storgårds (Ondine ODE 1056)

GADE: Novelette in A minor - Trio Parnassus (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 303 1665)

RUTTER: This is the day - Aurora Orch & Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 136)

GRIEG: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, from Lyric Pieces Op 65/6 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

WHITACRE: Water night - London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

PORTER: Night and day - Thomas Hampson (bar), London SO/John McGlinn (EMI 7 54203)

GRIGORYAN: Day Dreams - Slava & Leonard Grigoryan (gtrs) (ABC 472 824)

CAMILLERI: Concertino No 4, Summer Nights in Malta - Jennifer Micallef, Glen Inanga (pno duo), Bournemouth SO/Brian Schembri (Diversions DDV 24126)

Roger Wilson takes a look at the life and music of JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999) (RNZ)

Serenata española - María Garzón (pno) (ASV CD DCA 990)

Concierto serenata - Catherine Michel (harp), Monte Carlo National Opera Orch/Antonio de Almeida (PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 135 SACD)

Olivier Latry (organ of the Church of St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland)

DUPRÉ: Cortège et Litanie; FRANCK: Chorale No 2 in B minor; TOURNEMIRE trans Duruflé: Petite rhapsodie improvisée; WIDOR: First movement, Allegro vivace, from Symphony No 5 in F minor Op 42/1; VIERNE: Clair de lune Op 53/5; Carillon de Westminster Op 54/6, from Fantasy Pieces, Suite No 3; LATRY: Improvisation; WIDOR: Toccata, from Symphony No 5 in F minor (recorded in the Church of St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland by RNZ)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 8 in B minor D759, Unfinished - Royal Flemish Phil/Philippe Herreweghe (Pentatone PTC 5186 446)

SCHUMANN: Papillons Op 2 - Stefan Vladar (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1890)

GOUNOD: Mass No 4 in G minor for choir & two organs Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne/Michel Corboz, Marcelo Giannini (org) (Mirare MIR 129)

FINZI: Clarinet Concerto Op 31 - Michael Collins (cl/dir), BBC SO (Chandos CHAN 10739)

11:00 FUNCK: Suite in D - Cellists of the Berlin Phil (Allegria 221085 205)

BOELLMANN: Piano Quartet in F minor Op 10 - Trio Parnassus, Gérard Caussé (vla) (MDG 303 1755)

J PARRY: Harp Sonata No 1 - Claire Jones (harp) (Classic FM CFMD 16)

Disc 1

HAYDN: Symphonies, No 80 in D minor; No 87 in A; No 89 in F - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 635)

1:10 approx - Disc 2

ROPARTZ: Cello Sonata No 1; DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata in D; MIGOT: Three Pieces for cello and piano; Dialogue No 2 - Jean-Marie Trotereau (cello), Jeffrey Grice (pno) (Integral INT 221 105)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

PARRY: I was glad; Long since in Egypt's plenteous land, from Judith; Blest pair of sirens; BAIRSTOW: Blessed City, heavenly Salem; ELGAR: Great is the Lord; O hearken Thou; Give unto the Lord; STANFORD: Te Deum in Bb; Magnificat in Bb; Nunc dimittis in Bb; HADLEY: My beloved spake; PARRY orch Elgar: Jerusalem - Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth SO/David Hill, Timothy Byram-Wigfield (org) (Argo 430 836)

3:40 approx - Disc 4

BARTÓK: Mikrokosmos Vol 1 - Jenö Jandó (pno) (Koch Schwann 3-1218)

4:50 approx - Disc 5

JAMES: Concerto in D, The Four Seasons; VIVALDI: Concerto in C for two trumpets RV537; HANDEL: A Pastoral Symphony; March, from Scapino; Sarabande; March, from Judas Maccabeus; Gavotte; Water Music, Air; Minuet; Bourée & Lentement; A Martial Symphony; Bourée; Saul, Dead March; STANLEY: Trumpet Concerto in D; PURCELL: Ayres for the Theatre; CLARKE: Trumpet Ayres - Crispian Steele-Perkins (baroque tpt), Leslie Pearson (hpschd), Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt (Carlton Classics 30366 0038)

6:00 WAGNER: Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (Victrola 7819-2-RV)

PLAYFORD: Faronell's Division - Manfredo Kraemer (vln), Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (vla da gamba/dir) (Alia Vox AVSA 9844)

NIELSEN: Saga Dream - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

PARRY: Jerusalem - Manchester Cathedral Choir/Christopher Stokes, Jeffrey Makinson (org) (Naxos 8.572104)

BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Adagio, from String Quartet in F Op 18/1 - Cleveland Quartet (Telarc CD 80382)

ALBINONI: Concerto in G minor Op 10/2 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0769)

7:00 BALDWIN: An Advent Prelude - Richard Apperley (organ of St James' Presbyterian Church, Newtown, Wellington) (Organism ORG 006)

OFFENBACH: La Belle Hélène, Overture - Detroit SO/Paul Paray (Mercury 434 332)

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

RODGERS: The Carousel Waltz - Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 434 127)

BRUCKNER: Third movement, Scherzo, from Symphony No 4 in Eb, Romantic - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 84723)

8:00 Beauty Spot: CILEA: E la solita storia del pastore, from L'Arlesiana - Roberto Alagna (ten), London Phil/Richard Armstrong (EMI CDC 5 55477)

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

VILLA-LOBOS: Dança Frenética - Sao Paulo SO/Roberto Minczuk (BIS SACD 1430)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - English String Orch/William Boughton (Nimbus NI 7067/8)

MILHAUD: Scaramouche - Mihaela Ursuleasa, Lars Vogt (pno duo) (EMI 5 57798)

TELEMANN: Concerto No 1 in G, from the Paris Quartets - John Holloway (vln), Linde Brunmayr (fl), Lorenz Duftschmid (vla da gamba), Ulrike Becker (cello), Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (hpschd) (CPO 777 376)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Homage to the Precocious Girl - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.557101)

Air de ballet sur le nom d'une jeune fille - María Garzón (pno) (ASV CD DCA 990)

Concierto de estío - Michael Guttman (vln), Royal Phil/José Serebrier (ASV CDQS 6114)

For the flower of the blue lily - Castile & León SO/Max Bragado Darman (Naxos 8.555962)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Eb Op 33/2, Joke - Borodin Quartet (Onyx 4069)

SVENDSEN: Symphony No 2 in Bb Op 15 - Danish National Radio SO/Thomas Dausgaard (Chandos CHAN 9932)

ENESCU: Suite No 2 in D Op 10 - Matei Varga (pno) (Naxos 8.572120)

STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring - Cleveland Orch/Pierre Boulez (Sony SMK 64109)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

Orientalism in Musical Theatre

SULLIVAN: Mikado, Overture - Philharmonia/Charles Mackerras (EMI CDM 5 66538)

JONES: Happy Japan; A Geisha's life, from The Geisha - Lillian Watson (sop), New London Light Opera Chorus, New London Orch/Ronald Corp (Hyperion CDA 67006)

LEHÁR: You are my heart's delight from The Land of Smiles - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/Nicholas Cleobury (Philips 416 698)

NORTON: Here be oysters; When a pullet is plump; The robbers' chorus, from Chu Chin Chow - Inia Te Wiata (bass), Michael Collins and his orchestra (Columbia 475 545)

TRAD: A Litany from Christmas Vespers - A priest's solo voice, A Capella Choir/Constantin Zorbas (Ikon IKO 9011)

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 83 - Emil Gilels (pno), Berlin Phil/Eugen Jochum (Philips 456 799)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

DVORÁK: Symphony No 7 in D minor Op 70 - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (rec 1957) (EMI CDM 7 63774)

SIBELIUS: Pohjola's Daughter - Hallé Orch/John Barbirolli (rec 1966) (EMI CDM 7 69205)

NZ performers and composers

JANÁCEK: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the street - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1443)

FARR: Te Papa - Mere Boynton (karanga), Virginia-Marie Stack (mezzo), Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Trust MMT 2026)

MOUQUET: Flute Sonata Op 15, La flûte de Pan - Bridget Douglas (fl), Rachel Thomson (pno) (Trust MMT 2039)

CURNOW: Brass Metamorphosis - National Band of New Zealand/Kevin Jarrett (Kiwi Pacific CD SLC 226)

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

LISZT: Fantasy on Themes from Wagner's Rienzi - David Allen Wehr (pno) (Connoisseur Society CD 4199)

IVES orch Schuman: Variations on America - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.559083)

MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (Telarc CD 80318)

SARASATE arr Dokshizer: Gypsy Airs Op 20 - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 4509 94554)

PARTICHELA arr Hope: Mexican Hat Dance - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (ASV White Line CD WHL 2155)

WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo-Tarentelle in G minor Op 16 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (CBC MVCD 1168)

J STRAUSS II: Voices of Spring - Kathleen Battle (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 419 616)

IRELAND: Indian Summer - John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.572598)

GRIEG: In Autumn, Overture - Iceland SO/Petri Sakari (Chandos CHAN 9028)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Winter - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Israel Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 419 214)

POULENC: Un soir de neige - RIAS Chamber Choir/Daniel Reuss (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1872)

CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Prelude & Fugue in A minor - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

FALLA: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suite No 1 - Ulster Orch/Josep Caballé-Domenech (BBC Music BBC MM 255)

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

(10) HARRIS: Labyrinth - Andrew Jarvis (tuba), NZSO/James Judd (RNZ)

PROSSER: Lament & Dance, for solo violin - Isidor Saslav (vln) (RNZ)

SCHOLES: Time for Three - Peter Scholes (cl), Bruce McKinnon (perc) (RNZ)

8:00 175 East/Dylan Lardelli

GLOVER: Violin with Piano and Clarinet; LARDELLI: De Jant; XENAKIS: Charisma; SCHLEPPER-CONNOLLY: Cyan; LARDELLI: Lethe (recorded at the Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland by RNZ)

11:00 New Music Dreams

Disc 1

BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn; Nanie Op 82; Symphony No 4 in E minor - Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 435 349)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

BACH: Partitas, No 1 in Bb BWV825; No 2 in C minor BWV826; No 4 in D BWV 828 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd) (Archiv 415 493)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Sinfonia in Eb K16; Va, dal furor portata K21; Or che il dover … tali e cotanti sono K36; Si mostra la sortes K209; Con ossequio, con rispetto K210; Se al labbro mio con credi K295; Clarice cara mia sposa K256; Divertimento No 3 in F K138; Per pietà, non ricercate K420; Misero! o sogno … aura, che intorno spiri K431 - Christoph Prégardien (ten), L'Orfeo Baroque Orch/Michi Gaigg (CPO 999 810)

3:35 approx - Disc 4

SZÉKELY: Quartet (1937); DVORÁK: Quartet in Eb Op 51 - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 703)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

BINGE: Elizabethan Serenade; Scottish Rhapsody; Miss Melanie; Las Castanuelas; Madrugado; The Red Sombrero; Trade Winds; Faire Frou-Frou; String Song; Alto Saxophone Concerto in Eb; The Watermill; Scherzo, Allegro molto; The Dance of the Snowflakes; High Stepper; Prelude, The Whispering Valley; Venetian Carnival; Sailing By - Kenneth Edge (sax), Silvia Capova (pno), Slovak Radio SO/Ernest Tomlinson (Marco Polo 8.223515)

6:00 HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/2 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)

ALBÉNIZ arr Russell: Seville, from Spanish Suite Op 47 - David Russell (gtr) (Telarc CD 80576)

MOZART: Adagio in E K261 - Nicola Benedetti (vln), ASMF/James MacMillan (Decca 476 3159)

MAHLER: Piano Quartet movement - Idil Biret (pno), London String Quartet (IBA 8.571278)

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

7:00 PRAETORIUS: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland - Augsburg Cathedral Choir/Reinhard Kammler (Ars Musici 232 427)

HILL: The Sacred Mountain - Melbourne SO/Wilfred Lehmann (Marco Polo 8.220345)

BOCCHERINI: Third movement, Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - I Musici (Philips 420 816)

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

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in C Op 48 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

HAMILTON: Elysian Fields - New Zealand SO/Matthias Bamert (RNZ)

8:00 Beauty Spot: VOLKMANN: Romance Op 7 - Peter Bruns (cello), Annegret Kuttner (pno) (Hänssler CD 98.594)

QUILTER arr Tomlinson: Country Pieces - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Adrian Leaper (Marco Polo 8.223444)

CHOPIN: Nocturne in Bb minor Op 9/1 - Ivan Moravec (pno) (Supraphon SU 4097)

SATIE: Je te veux - Yoshikazu Mera (countertenor), Masayuki Kino (vln), Japan Phil/Shigeo Genda (BIS CD 949)

BACH: Ricercar in C minor BWV1079a, from A Musical Offering - Nicholas Jackson (hpschd) (Somm SOMMCD 077)

J STRAUSS II: Thunder & Lightning Polka; J STRAUSS II/Joseph STRAUSS: Pizzicato Polka; J STRAUSS II: Memories of Covent Garden (Waltz on English popular melodies) - Johann Strauss Orch/Christopher Warren-Green (Black Box BBM 1059)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

The Cànticos nupciales - Nuria Rial, Ana Maria Martinez, Fabiola Masino (sops)/Antoni Ros Marbà, Roberto Fresco (org) (Brilliant Classics 9172)

Tres Evocaciones - Artur Pizarro (pno) (Naxos 8.557923)

Concierto andaluz - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Delaware SO/David Amado (Telarc TEL 31754)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in Bb, from Tafelmusik - Camerata of the 18th Century/Konrad Hünteler (dir) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 311 0580)

MACDOWELL: Suite in E minor for piano Op 10 - Sandra Carlock (pno) (Somm SOMMCD 043)

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concerto No 3 in Bb Op 11 - Håkan Rosengren (cl), Sundsvall CO/John Storgårds (Caprice CAP 21592)

FARRENC: Symphony No 2 in D Op 35 - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 820)

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Feeling Feline

BARRY: Born Free - Laura Wright (sop), City of Prague Phil/Robert Hein (Decca 476 4879)

H MANCINI arr Rice-Young: The Pink Panther, Suite - Fourteen Berlin Flutists (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 908 1393)

A LLOYD WEBBER: Prologue, Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats, from Cats - New London Theatre Original Company & Orch/David Firman (Polydor 839 415)

ZIMMER: King of Pride Rock, from The Lion King - Walt Disney Original Soundtrack Orch/Nick Glennie-Smith (Walt Disney 477 177)

BERNSTEIN: Rondo for Lifey - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Alexander Markovich (pno) (Teldec 9031 77705)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Channel Classics CCS SA 31111)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

BRITTEN: Third movement, Recitative & aria: Lento, from Piano Concerto in D Op 13 (original version of the third movement of the Piano Concerto) - Steven Osborne (pno), BBC Scottish SO/Ilan Volkov (rec 2007) (Hyperion CDA 67625)

MARTINU: Three Madrigals for violin & viola - Philip Setzer (vln), Lawrence Dutton (vla) (rec 2008) (DG 477 8093)

ENESCU: Piano Sonata No 3 in D Op 24/3 - Luiza Borac (pno) (rec 2005) (Avie AV 2081)

NZ performers and composers

J RITCHIE: Papanui Road - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2040)

VILLA-LOBOS: Etude No 5, from Twelve Etudes - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Ode CD MANU 5016)

A RITCHIE: Four Songs for baritone & piano, The Bay; My Father today; Lament for Barney Flanagan; Tangi - Matthew Leese (bar), Tom McGrath (pno) (Ode CD MANU 5032)

RAVEL arr Wood: Boléro - Bruce McKinnon (perc), Saxcess (Private)

COLLET: Symphonie de l'Alhambra - Royal SO, Seville/Gary Brain (Claves CD 50-9801)

PROKOFIEV: Montagues & Capulets, from Romeo & Juliet - Scottish National Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 6511)

LOEFFLER: La cornemuse, from Two Rhapsodies - London Conchord Ensemble (Champs Hill CHRCD 010)

OFFENBACH: Barcarolle, from The Tales of Hoffmann - Auckland Philharmonia/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

DEBUSSY: Première rapsodie - Paul Meyer (cl), Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572675)

CORELLI trans Billington: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8, Christmas Concerto - James Tibbles (organ of Ponsonby Baptist Church, Auckland) (Atoll ACD 406)

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

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

BANTOCK: Two Scottish Folksongs, O can ye sew cushions; Dunbarton's drums - Elysian Singers/Sam Laughton (Meridian CDE 84570)

BARTÓK: Three Hungarian Folksongs from Csik Sz35a - Tamás Vesmás (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1521)

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

LLOBET: El Noi de la Mare; El testament d'Amelia; Canço del Lladre, from Catalan Folksongs - Bruce Paine (gtr) (Private)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Timothy Reynish (Chandos CHAN 9697)

Arnold Trowell, Cellist from the Colonies

Martin Griffiths re-introduces Arnold Trowell (1887-1966), a man all but forgotten in New Zealand today except as a minor character in the life of Katherine Mansfield. In his day however, based in London, he was one of the best cellists in the world. His compositions, which fell out of favour for their conventionality, are skilfully written and can charm with their directness, humour and naivety (RNZ)

Rita Venda, Joana Guimaraes (sops), Capella Duriensis/Jonathan Ayerst

TAVENER: Icon of the Nativity; CARDOSO: Missa Puer qui natus est; MACHAUT: Ballades, Doulz amis, oy mon compleint; Riches d'amour; S'Amours ne fait par sa grace; PEROTINUS: Alleluia; TRAD: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen; PEARSALL: In dulci jubilo (recorded in the Campo Church, Valongo, Portugal by Portuguese Radio)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave - Russian National Orch/Mikhail Pletnev (Pentatone PTC 5186 381)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Chorale & Variations; In the Monastery, from String Quartet No 2 - Leipzig String Quartet (MDG 307 1758)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 15 in A Op 141 - Stuttgart Radio SO/Andrey Boreyko (Hänssler CD 93.284)

PIAZZOLLA arr Assad: Four Seasons in Buenos Aires - Cavatina Duo (Bridge 9330)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dances, excerpts - Martha Argerich, Karin Lechner (pno duet) (EMI 2 67051)

VANHAL: Sinfonia in D (Bryan D17) - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.554341)

11:00 WEBER: Variations on a theme from Silvana - Janet Hilton (cl), Keith Swallow (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8366)

BORODIN: String Quartet No 1 in A - Borodin String Quartet (EMI CDC 7 47795)

Disc 1

MOZART: Symphonies, No 31 in D K297; No 36 in C K425; No 38 in D K504 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 647)

1:15 approx - Disc 2

SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata in D minor Op 40; PROKOFIEV: Adagio Op 97; Sonata in C Op 119 - Sonia Weider-Atherton (cello), Laurent Cabasso (pno) (Auvidis Valois V 4666)

2:20 approx - Disc 3

BLOW: God spake sometime in visions; Let thy hand be strengthened; LAWES: Zadok the priest; PURCELL: My heart is inditing; I was glad; CHILD: O Lord, grant the King a long life; BLOW: Behold, O God our defender; TURNER: The King shall rejoice - Westminster Abbey Choir & Orch/Simon Preston (Archiv 419 613)

3:25 approx - Disc 4

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Greensleeves; CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Chants d'Auvergne; BEETHOVEN: Second movement, Andante molto mosso, from Symphony No 6, Pastoral; SCHUBERT: Fourth movement, Theme & Variations, from Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout; CHABRIER: Idylle from Suite Pastorale; MACDOWELL: To a wild rose; GRIEG: Cowkeeper's tune; MASSENET: Scenes Alsaciennes, Sous les tilleuls; DEBUSSY: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; MACDOWELL: To a water-lily; SCHUBERT: Rosamunda, Hirtenmelodien & Hirtenchor; J STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - Various artists (London 443 333)

4:40 approx - Disc 5

CORELLI: Sonata in E minor Op 5/8; GEMINIANI: Sonata in D Op 1/10; VERACINI: Sonata Sesta in E minor Op 1; LOCATELLI: Sonata in C Op 2/1; ALBINONI: Sonata in A minor; VIVALDI: Sonata in G minor RV58; PLATTI: Sonata in G Op 3/6 - Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl), Wieland Kuijken (cello), Robert Konen (hpschd) (Accent ACC 9177 D)

6:00 JANÁCEK: Adagio, from Suite Op 3 - Slovak Phil/Libor Pesek (Marco Polo 8.223003)

CARRENO: Vals gayo - Clara Rodriguez (pno) (Nimbus NI 6103)

FERLENDIS: Oboe Concerto No 1 in F - Diego Dini Ciacci (ob/dir), Haydn Orch (CPO 777 368)

BRAHMS: Geistliches Lied Op 30 - New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir 2011-12/Andrew Withington, Grant Bartley (org) (NZSSC)

FRANÇAIX: Quintet for flute, harp & string trio - Mirage Quintet (Naxos 8.570444)

HUMPERDINCK: Prelude to Sleeping Beauty - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Martin Fischer-Dieskau (Marco Polo 8.223003)

7:00 PALESTRINA: I look from afar - Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford/Bill Ives (Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7495)

HAYDN: Organ Concerto in C HobXVIII/10 - Ton Koopman (org/dir), Amsterdam Baroque Orch (Philips 416 452)

SCHUBERT trans Maisky: Du bist die Ruh' D776 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (pno) (DG 449 817)

BINGE: The Watermill - Royal Phil/Barry Wordsworth (Warner 2564 62020)

NADERMAN: Harp Sonatina No 1 in Eb - Masumi Nagasawa (harp) (Etcetera KTC 1341)

RIISAGER: Erasmus Montanus, Overture - Aarhus SO/Bo Holten (Dacapo 8.226146)

8:00 Beauty Spot: CANTELOUBE: Baïlèro, from Songs of the Auvergne - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 444 995)

BARBER: Mutations from Bach - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559135)

SALIERI: La calamita de' cuori, Act 2 Sinfonia - Mannheim Mozart Orch/Thomas Fey (Hänssler CD 98.554)

SCHUMANN: Toccata in C Op 7 - Freddy Kempf (pno) (BIS CD 960)

JL BACH: Das ist meine Freude - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown, Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo), Helen Gough (bass vln), Keri Dexter (org) (Brilliant Classics 93801)

STRAUSS: Waltzes, from Der Rosenkavalier - Ilkka Talvi (vln), Seattle SO/Gerard Schwarz (Delos DE 3707)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Elogio de la guitarra - Charles Ramirez (gtr) (Signum SIGCD 244)

Concierto pastoral - Sharon Bezaly (fl), Sao Paulo SO/John Neschling (BIS SACD 1559)

A la busca del más allá - London Phil/Enrique Bátiz (EMI CDC 7 49542)

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

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor Op 10/1 - Paul Lewis (pno) (Harmonia Mundi HMV 90 1909.11)

BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor Op 25 - Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67546)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Sinfonietta on Russian Themes Op 31 - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 10424)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

A Dub Over Artist

LOEWE: Overture; Wouldn't it be loverly, from My Fair Lady

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

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

RODGERS: Hello, young lovers; The March of Siamese Children, from The King & I

Anna............................ Marni Nixon

20th Century-Fox Studio Orch/Alfred Newman (Capitol 746 632)

BERNSTEIN: I feel pretty, from West Side Story

Maria............................ Marni Nixon

with Yvonne Othon, Suzie Kaye, Joanne Miya, studio orch/Johnny Green (Sony 989 226)

WARREN/FRIEDHOFER: An Affair to Remember - Bruce Dukov (vln), Hollywood Bowl Orch/John Mauceri (Philips 454 647)

STYNE: Diamonds are a girl's best friend, from Gentlemen Prefer Blonds

Lorelei Lee................... Marilyn Monroe

studio orch/Lionel Newman (Universal 399408)

BARRY: Gifts of Nature - English CO/John Barry (London 460 009)

WAGENSEIL: Trombone Concerto in Eb - Jörgen van Rijen (tbn), Amsterdam Combattimento Consort/Jan Willem de Vriend (dir) (Channel Classics CCS SA 26708)

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

BELLINI: Vaga luna che inargenti - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), James Levine (pno) (Decca 455 513)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake, Suite - Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 425 516)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 63 - Joshua Bell (vln), Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit (Decca 440 331)

RACHMANINOV: Suite No 2 for two pianos Op 17 - Martha Argerich (pno), Alexandre Rabinovitch (pno) (Teldec 9031 74717)

NZ performers and composers

RAVEL: La Valse - NZSO National Youth Orchestra 2007/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (RNZ)

LILBURN: Piano Sonata in A minor (1939) - Dan Poynton (pno) (Trust MMT 2053)

PETIT: Concertino for organ, strings & percussion - Gillian Weir (organ of St Augustine's Chapel, Tonbridge School), English CO/Raymond Leppard (Linn CKD 178)

HANDEL: Atalanta, Overture - Robert Farley (tpt), Brandenburg Consort/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 67128)

VILLA-LOBOS: Chôros No 1 - Frank Bungarten (gtr) (Dabringhaus & Grimm MDG 905 1629)

HOLST: Morris Dance Tunes - NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7058)

BAZZINI: La Ronde des Lutins - Maxim Vengerov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Teldec 9031 77351)

GLIÈRE: Concert Waltz - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9518)

NORDQVIST: Christmas, Christmas, glorious Christmas - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

LILBURN: From the Port Hills - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Manu CD MANU 1511)

HANSON: Serenade - Alexa Still (fl), Carolyn Mills (harp), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

ARNOLD: River Kwai March, from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9100)

TRAD arr Marshall: Deep River - Willard White (bass), Graeme McNaught (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8960)

TRAD arr Crespo: Swing low, sweet chariot; Battle of Jericho - German Brass/Enrique Crespo (EMI CDC 7 49170)

WHITACRE: The River Cam - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London SO/Eric Whitacre (Decca 279 6323)

TRAD arr Kondonassis: Small River Flowing - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (Telarc CD 80488)

ABE: Dream of the cherry blossoms - Evelyn Glennie (marimba) (RCA RD 60557)

FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 2 in Db Op 38 - Jean-Claude Pennetier (pno) (Mirare MIR 072)

SMETANA: Vltava, from Má Vlast - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

Debussy at the stage door

Elric Hooper and Des Wilson discuss Debussy's works for the musical stage, in particular his major opera Pelléas & Mélisande (RNZ)

Barnabás Kelemen (vln), Auckland Philharmonia/Gary Walker

BRIDGE: Idyll No 2, from Three Idylls; BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Op 10; MOZART: Violin Concerto No 5 in A K219, Turkish; ELGAR: Variations on an Original Theme Op 36, Enigma (recorded in the Auckland Town Hall by RNZ)

BRAHMS: String Quartet No 1 in C minor Op 51 - Quatuor Ebène (Virgin 2 16622)

SIBELIUS: Scènes historiques, Suite No 2 Op 66 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570068)

11:00 KAPUSTIN: 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, excerpts - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67159)

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

Disc 1

PROKOFIEV: Romeo & Juliet Suites Nos 1-3 - Armenian Phil/Loris Tjeknavorian (ASV CD DCA 885)

1:20 approx - Disc 2

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 6 in Bb K238; Concerto in F for three pianos & orchestra K242; Concerto in Eb for two pianos & orchestra K365 - Malcolm Bilson, Robert Levin, Melvyn Tan (fpnos), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 317)

2:25 approx - Disc 3

MOZART: Madamina, il catalolo è questo, from Don Giovanni; TCHAIKOVSKY: Gremin's aria, from Eugene Onegin; ROSSINI: La Calunnia è un venticello; A un dottor della mia sorte, from The Barber of Seville; MOZART: La Vendetta; Non pùi andrai; Hai già vinta la causa!…; Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro, from The Marriage of Figaro; GOUNOD: Vous qui faites l'endormie, from Faust; BOÏTO: Son lo spirito che nega, from Mefistofele; MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from The Magic Flute; VERDI: Ehit! Paggio!…L'onore! Ladri!, from Falstaff; WAGNER: Die Frist ist um, from The Flying Dutchman - Jonathan Lemalu (bar), NZSO/James Judd (EMI 5 57605)

3:30 approx - Disc 4

TELEMANN: Suite in G, des Nations anciens et modernes; Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux; Viola Concerto in G; Sonata for two chalumeaux; Suite in Bb, Volker Overture - Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (chalumeaux), Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage (vla) (Chandos CHAN 0593)

4:45 approx - Disc 5

J STRAUSS II: Russian March; Slav Potpourri; Five Paragraphs from the Waltz Code; The Favourite, French Polka; Nikolai Quadrille on Russian Themes; Farewell to St Petersburg Waltz; The Imp, Polka-Mazurka; In the Russian Village; Romance, Sweet Tears; Niko Polka - Slovak Radio SO, Bratislava/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223234)

6:00 PROKOFIEV: Troika, from Lieutenant Kijé - Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Philips 426 247)

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

MATTEIS: Sett of Ayres - Palladian Ensemble (Linn CKD 126)

J WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Tasmin Little (vln), New World Phil/Iain Sutherland (EMI 5 65808)

GIULIANI: Variations on a theme by Handel Op 107, Harmonious Blacksmith - Slava Grigoryan (gtr) (ABC Classics 472 224)

CPE BACH: Symphony in F Wq183/3 - Salzburg Chamber Phil/Yoon K Lee (Naxos 8.553289)

7:00 REICHENAUER: Cantata, Quae est ista - Tomás Král (bar), Collegium Marianum/Jana Semerádová (dir) (Supraphon SU 4002)

BEETHOVEN: Name-Day Overture Op 115 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

YSAŸE trans Kniazev: Berceuse Op 20 - Alexander Kniazev (cello), Plamena Mangova (pno) (Fuga Libera FUG 587)

GOTTSCHALK ed Rosenberg: Grande Tarentelle Op 67 - Michael Gurt (pno), Hot Springs Festival SO/Richard Rosenberg (Naxos 8.559320)

PIAZZOLLA arr Desyatnikov: Primavera porteña - Gidon Kremer (vln/dir), Kremerata Baltica (Nonesuch 79568)

WAGNER: Prelude & Entry of the gods into Valhalla, from Das Rheingold - National SO, Washington/Antal Dorati (Decca 417 775)

8:00 Beauty Spot: DEBUSSY: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)

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

SCHUMANN trans Morris: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Craig Morris (tpt), Valentina Lisitsa (pno) (Naxos 8.572506)

LIADOV: Baba-Yaga Op 56 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Artek AR 0056)

TRAD arr Alwyn: Seven Irish tunes - Royal Liverpool Phil/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570145)

HOVHANESS: Bagatelles Op 30 - Shanghai String Quartet (Delos DE 3700)

JOAQUÍN RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Christmas Carols & Songs - Raquel Lojendio (sop), David Rubiera (bar), Madrid Community Chorus & Orch/José Ramún Encinar (Naxos 8.557223)

Fandango - Karin Schaupp (gtr) (Warner 3984 23306)

Concierto como un divertimento - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), London Phil/Jesús López-Cobos (RCA 74321 84112)

BRAHMS: Piano Sonata No 2 in F# minor Op 2 - Krystian Zimerman (pno) (DG 423 401)

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

JANÁCEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters - Emerson String Quartet (DG 477 8093)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 6 in C minor Op 58 - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)

Music news & current affairs with Eva Radich (RNZ)

Music from film, the stage and international classical charts

From the Charts

MARIANELLI: My Edward and I, from Jane Eyre - Nicola Benedetti (vln), Alexei Grynyuk (pno), Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (Decca 478 3529)

TEMPLE: Make me a channel of your peace - Alessandro Brustenghi (ten), London Session Orch/Sally Herbert (Decca 476 5014)

EINAUDI: I Giorni (The Days) - Ludovico Einaudi (pno) (Decca 476 4490)

MONK: Abide with me - Russell Watson (vocalist), Arts Symphonic Orch/Richard Cottle (Sony 88691 99168)

BENATZY arr Rieu: Ich muss wieder einmal in Grinzing sein - André Rieu (vln/dir), Johann Strauss Orch (Polydor 252 7846)

YON: Humoresque, L'Organo Primitivo - Martin Setchell (organ of Christchurch Town Hall) (Atoll ACD 603)

VERDI: O tu Palermo, from I Vespri Siciliani - Inia Te Wiata (bass), London Theatre Orch/Vilem Tausky (rec 1950s) (Columbia 475 544)

GAL: Symphony No 2 in F Op 53 - Northern Sinfonia/Thomas Zehetmair (Avie AV 2225)

NOVELLO: Primrose; My dearest dear, from The Dancing Years - Marilyn Hill Smith (sop), Gordon Langford (pno), Chandos Concert Orch/Stuart Barry (Flyback FBCD 2006)

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

Classic performances from the back catalogue

TCHAIKOVSKY: I love you, my love for you know no bounds, from The Queen of Spades - Simon Keenlyside (bar), Munich Radio Orchestra/Ulf Schirmer (rec 2006) (Sony 828768 84822)

Piano Trio in A minor Op 50 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), Itzhak Perlman (vln), Lynn Harrell (cello) (rec 1980) (EMI CDC 7 47988)

NZ performers and composers

BLOCH: Suite Modale - Alexa Still (fl), NZSO CO/Nicholas Braithwaite (Koch International 3-7063)

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

RACHMANINOV: Elégie in Eb minor Op 3/1, from Five Fantasy Pieces Op 3 - Elen Rapoport (pno) (Private recording)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Partita for double string orchestra - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

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

MAYERL: Marigold - Andrew Ball (pno), Slovak Radio SO/Gary Carpenter (Marco Polo 8.223514)

KREISLER: Liebesfreud; Caprice viennois - Yossif Ivanov (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Naïve AM 136)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Hallé Orch/Mark Elder (Hallé CD HLL 7512)

RAVEL: Ondine, from Gaspard de la nuit - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (pno) (Warner 2564 62160)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédies Nos 3 & 1 - London Phil/Bernard Herrmann (Decca 425 014)

COATES: Under the Stars - BBC Concert Orch/John Wilson (ASV White Line CD WHL 2107)

BOCCHERINI: Oboe Quintet in G G431 - Lajos Lencsés (ob), Parisii Quartet (Capriccio 10 454)

PSATHAS: A woman's touch, from Good for Nothing - Joe Callwood (gtr), New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (MI Films MI 001)

MARX: Love has touched you - Emma Bell (sop), Andrew West (pno) (Linn CKD 238)

WALTON arr Bennett: Touch her soft lips and part, from Henry V - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Boston Pops Orch/John Williams (Sony SK 60773)

HALLIDAY: Touch Wood - Gitbox (Rattle RAT D005)

CUI: I touched a flower Op 49/1 - Elena Kelessidi (sop), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (Onyx 4031)

HUME: Touch me lightly - Jordi Savall (bass viol) (Auvidis Astrée ES 9919)

ADDISON: Touch and Go, Mirror Waltz - BBC Concert Orch/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 10418)

MOLTER: Trumpet Concerto in D MWV4/13 - Wynton Marsalis (tpt), English CO/Raymond Leppard (CBS MK 39061)

MOZART: Adagio & Fugue in C minor K546 - Fine Arts Quartet (Music & Arts CD 1154 (8)

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

The Critic's Chair

Julie Sperring reviews of recent releases (RNZ)

From the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Freddy Kempf (pno), New Zealand SO/Matthew Coorey

GERSHWIN: Second Rhapsody for piano & orchestra; BERNSTEIN: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs; GERSHWIN: Variations on I Got Rhythm; An American in Paris; SHOSTAKOVICH: Tahiti Trot Op 16, a transcription of Vincent Youmans' song Tea for two; GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (RNZ)

SIBELIUS: En Saga Op 9 - Royal Phil/Ole Schmidt (RegisC 1216)

HOFFMEISTER: Double Bass Quartet No 2 in D - Norbert Duka (dbass), Ernö Sebestyén (vln), Helmut Nicolai (vla), Martin Ostertag (cello) (Naxos 8.572187)

11:00 TOURNIER: Harp Sonatina Op 30 - Chantal Mathieu (harp) (Claves CD 50-9816)

ENESCU: Piano Quartet No 1 in D Op 16 - Tammuz Piano Quartet (CPO 777 506)