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13 January 2025
Mendelssohn, Felix: Ruy Blas, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)
Ries, Ferdinand: Piano Concerto in Eb Op 42 (1) - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572742)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 477 6228)
Corelli, Arcangelo arr Suzuki: Violin Sonata in D minor Op 5/12, La follia - Takako Nishizaki (vln), Terence Dennis (pno) (Naxos 8.572382)
Baynes, Sydney arr Sonnenburg: Destiny - I Salonisti (London 458 382)
Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso No 5 in D minor - Café Zimmermann (Alpha 31)
Sainz de la Maza, Eduardo: Zapateado - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)
1:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Four Romantic Pieces Op 75 - James Ehnes (vln), Eduard Laurel (pno) (Analekta FL 2 3191)
Marx, Joseph: Quartetto in modo classico - Thomas Christian Ensemble (CPO 777 066)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Variations in G on Unser dummer Pöbel meint K455 - Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA42)
Haydn, Michael: Trumpet Concerto No 1 in D - Maurice André (tpt), Munich CO/Hans Stadlmair (DG 415 980)
2:00 approx
Ritchie, John: Three Caricatures - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ UB37)
Cowan, Claire: Mother and Father - Pas de Deux Two, from Hansel and Gretel - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (Private P002363)
Liszt, Franz: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA37)
Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)
Sibelius, Jean: Two Serenades Op 69 - Dong-Suk Kang (vln), Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 472)
Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell: Heyr himna smiður - Voces8 (Decca 4851626)
3:00 approx
Geminiani, Francesco: Sonata No 6 in D minor for 2 violins - Purcell Quartet (Hyperion CDA 66264)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor BWV1067 - Penelope Evison (fl), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble (BIS CD 249)
Psathas, John: Helix (1) Archon Metron - New Zealand Chamber Soloists (Atoll ACD 542)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (1) - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64018)
Lilburn, Douglas: Three Sea Changes - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Kiwi SLD 78)
Bizet, Georges: Près des remparts de Séville, from Carmen - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Roberto Alagna (ten), Toulouse Capitole Orch/Michel Plasson (EMI 5 57503)
4:00 approx
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy: Etruscan Concerto - Caroline Almonte (piano), Tasmanian SO (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)
Foote, Arthur: Suite in E Op 63 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
Pärt, Arvo: Spiegel im Spiegel - Tasmin Little (vln), Martin Roscoe (pno) (EMI CD EMX 2221)
Puccini, Giacomo: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Richard Stoltzman (cl), Slovak Phil (RCA 09026 68817)
Norton, Christopher: Harry's Rag - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)
Canteloube, Joseph arr Armenian: Brezaïrola, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)
Handel, George Frederic: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 - Berlin Academy for Early Music/Bernhard Forck (Pentatone PTC5186737)
Chopin, Frédéric: Etude in Gb Op 10/5, Black Keys - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)
5:00 approx
Fauré, Gabriel arr Rutter: Cantique de Jean Racine - Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Phil/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 7025)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 16 in C K545, For Beginners - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (Philips 456 928)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 7 in C, Le Midi - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Gavotte & Double Variations - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)
Donizetti, Gaetano: Bella siccome un angelo, from Don Pasquale - Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Philharmonia/Ion Marin (Philips 4757643)
Brahms, Johannes arr Geringas: Sapphische Ode Op 94/4 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)
Anonymous arr Rieu: Greensleeves - André Rieu (vln/dir), & his Orch (UNIVERSAL 589 306)
14 January 2025
Borodin, Alexander: Nocturne, from String Quartet No 2 in D - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)
Schubert, Franz: Violin Sonatina in D D384 - Wilma Smith (vln), Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA64)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (1) - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)
Chopin, Frédéric: Scherzo No 1 in B minor Op 20 - Emanuel Ax (pno) (rca 82876 72554)
Lilburn, Douglas: Concert Overture in D - NZSO Chamber Orch (RNZ UA01)
Brahms, Johannes: Rhapsody in B minor Op 79/1 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 5719)
Ellington, Duke: It Don't Mean A Thing - The Black Quartet (Private P001452)
1:00 approx
Saint-Saëns, Camille: Romance in Db Op 37 - Kathryn Thomas (fl), Richard Shaw (pno) (DEUX-ELLES DXL 1033)
Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 - Isaac Stern (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (CBS MK 42256)
Handel, George Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 886)
Hamilton, David: Slow waltz, from Imagined Dances II - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue, excerpts - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
2:00 approx
Farr, Gareth: From Forgotten Forests - Carolyn Mills (harp) (TRUST MMT 2020)
Schoenfield, Paul: Café Music - NZTrio (Rattle RAT D064 2016)
Grieg, Edvard: Lyric Suite Op 54 - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No 12 in A K414 (3) - Erin Helyard (fpno), NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 229)
Fontana, Giovanni Battista: Sonata No 2 - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)
Verdi, Giuseppe: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - St Cecilia National Academy Chorus & Orch, Rome/Carlo Franci (Decca 417 721)
3:00 approx
Merk, Joseph: Valse brillante Op 6 - Martin Rummel (cello), Roland Krüger (pno) (Naxos 8.572759)
Bax, Arnold: Irish Landscape - Royal Phil/Vernon Handley (Lyrita SRCD 296)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D048)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph arr Reed: For all the saints - Central Band of the Royal New Zealand Airforce/Graham Hanify ( )
Schumann, Robert: Fantasy Pieces Op 73 - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Gerald Moore (pno) (EMI 5 65955)
Stanford, Charles Villiers: Justorum animae, from Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)
4:00 approx
Stenhammar, Wilhelm: Two Sentimental Romances Op 28 - Ulf Wallin (vln), Malmö SO/Paavo Järvi (Brilliant Classics 94238)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in Db Op 27/2 - Leon Fleisher (pno) (VANGUARD ATM CD 1551)
Goodwin, Ron: Puppet Serenade - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio in Eb HobXV/29 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 420 790)
Respighi, Ottorino: La Primavera, from Three Botticelli Pictures - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 437 533)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Serenada, Op 63/6, from Six Romances - Aida Garifullina (sop), ORF Radio SO, Vienna/Cornelius Meister (Decca 478 8305)
Torke, Michael: South, Concerto for oboe - Lyrical - Ryan Roberts (oboe), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude in G# minor Op 32/12 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
5:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Largo from Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World - Bavarian Radio SO/Andris Nelsons (BR Media 900 116)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Bassoon Concerto in F (3) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen (Ondine ODE13242)
Debussy, Claude: Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1 - Cécile Ousset (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49497)
Elgar, Edward: Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 - Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Berlin State Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 2735)
Gershwin, George: Summertime, from Porgy and Bess - Renée Fleming (sop), New York Voices, Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)
Fauré, Gabriel orch Rabaud: Berceuse, from Dolly Suite - Paris Orch/Serge Baudo (EMI 5 67523)
Ravel, Maurice: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)