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10 May 2024
Satie, Eric: Gymnopédies - Yitkin Seow (pno) (Hyperion CDA 66344)
Young, Kenneth: The Enchanted Dance Hall - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)
Strauss II, Johann: Die Fledermaus, Overture - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80547)
Bolcom, William: Three Rags - Ying Quartet (QUARTZ QTZ 2055)
Delius, Frederick: Summer Night on the River - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Flute Concerto in G RV435 - Emmanuel Pahud (fl), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (dir) (EMI 3 47212)
Lilburn, Douglas: Music Box No 1 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)
1:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Miniatures Op 75a - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 464 647)
Foote, Arthur: Suite in E Op 63 - London Octave/Kypros Markou (DUTTON CDLX 7238)
Beach, Amy: Piano Trio in A minor Op 150 - Hartley Trio (DAL SEGNO DSPRCD 057)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Bright is the ring of words, from Songs of Travel - Julien Van Mellaerts (bar), James Baillieu (pno) (Champs Hill CHRCD164)
Ritchie, John: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)
2:00 approx
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue, excerpts - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)
Rubbra, Edmund: Transformations Op 141 - Danielle Perrett (harp) (ASV CD DCA 1036)
Diamond, David: Symphony No 4 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559154)
Scriabin, Alexander: Piano Sonata No 3 in F# minor Op 23 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67131/2)
3:00 approx
Fauré, Gabriel: Nocturne No 4 in Eb Op 36 - Stefan Irmer (pno) (MDG 618 1626)
Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G minor Op 10 (1) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 399)
Chen Gang/He Zhanhao: Butterfly Lovers Concerto - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557348)
Holst, Gustav: St Paul's Suite - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 (2) - Jason Bae (pno) (Austrian Gramophone AG 0003)
Cano, Jose Maria: Epílogo, from Luna - Renée Fleming (sop), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (Decca 458858)
4:00 approx
Rota, Nino: Trombone Concerto in C - David Bremner (tbn), New Zealand SO/James Judd (RNZ NZSO 2022-05-18)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in D K136 - Amadeus Quartet (DG 423 300)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (3) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)
Walton, William arr Palmer: As You Like It, Suite - RTE Concert Orch/Andrew Penny (Naxos 8.553344)
Liszt, Franz arr Liszt & Doppler: Hungarian Rhapsody No 5 in E minor S359/5 - Vienna Academy Orch/Martin Haselböck (CPO 777 797)
Schutz, Heinrich: Selig sind die Toten SWV391 - Vox Luminis, Bart Jacobs (org)/Lionel Meunier (Ricercar RIC153)
5:00 approx
Saint-Saëns, Camille arr Thibaudet/Kerber: Fantasy on two themes from Samson & Delilah - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 475 7668)
Chabrier, Emmanuel: Suite pastorale - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)
Schumann, Robert: Papillons Op 2 - Diedre Irons (pno) (TRUST MMT 2041)
Goodwin, Ron: Puppet Serenade - New Zealand SO/Ron Goodwin (Marco Polo 8.223518)
Bax, Arnold: The maiden with the daffodil - Eric Parkin (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8732)
Victoria, Tomás Luis de: Ne timeas Maria - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16088)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (2) - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe: L'Enharmonique - Víkingur Ólafsson (pno) (DG 4837701)
11 May 2024
Purcell, Henry arr Balsom: The Fairy Queen - Symphony - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)
Brahms, Johannes: Two Songs for contralto, viola & piano Op 91 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Julia Joyce (vla), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (3) - Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67598)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (1) - Freiburg Baroque Orch, Petra Müllejans, Gottfried von der Goltz (dirs)/Gottfried von der Goltz (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2113.14)
Elgar, Edward: Polonia - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557273)
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes in B Major Op 9/3 Allegretto - Jan Lisiecki (piano) (DG 4860761)
Mendelssohn, Felix: Verleih' uns Frieden - John Robinson (org), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 67558)
1:00 approx
Sibelius, Jean: In Memoriam Op 59 (revised version) - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä (BIS CD 1485)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Tine Thing Helseth (tpt), Norwegian CO (SIMAX PSC 1292)
Handel, George Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 8 in F minor HWV433 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67736)
Hamilton, David: Calypso Gavotte, from Imagined Dances II - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 51 in Eb HobXVI/38 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Walsingham 3WAL 80432)
2:00 approx
Massenet, Jules: Marche et strette, from Orchestral Suite No 1 - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)
Herschel, William: Symphony No 12 in D - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 10048)
Ravel, Maurice: Gaspard de la Nuit - Sergio Tiempo (pno) (EMI 5 58018)
Rossini, Gioachino: Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)
Puccini, Giacomo: E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca - Salvatore Licitra (ten), London SO/Carlo Rizzi (SONY SK 89923)
3:00 approx
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in B minor Op 69/2 - Rudolf Buchbinder (pno) (EMI 5 85807)
Dvořák, Antonín: Violin Sonatina in G Op 100 - Jan Tawroszewicz (vln), Diedre Irons (pno) (RNZ UA71)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (3) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)
Carwithen, Doreen: Suffolk Suite - London SO/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9524)
Clementi, Muzio ed Spada: Symphony No 4 in D (1) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)
Canteloube, Joseph arr Armenian: Pastourelle; Tchut, Tchut, from Songs of the Auvergne - Karina Gauvin (sop), Canadian Chamber Ensemble/Raffi Armenian (CBC Records SMCD 5224)
4:00 approx
Strauss, Richard: Piano Quartet in C minor Op 13 (1) - Nash Ensemble (Hyperion CDA 67574)
Tárrega, Francisco: Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Norbert Kraft (gtr) (Naxos 8.5544)
Schubert, Franz: Symphony No 9 in C D944, Great (1) - New Zealand SO/Jerzy Maksymiuk (RNZ UA92)
Lilburn, Douglas: Four Canzonas - Ithaca College Festival Orch/Grant Cooper (KIWI CD SLD 99)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 448 629)
Traditional arr Bergeron: Avec un avocat/Bransles de Poitou - Suzie Leblanc (sop), David Greenberg (vln), Chris Norman (fl), Chants d'Acadie (Atma ACD 2 2330)
5:00 approx
Saint-Georges, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de: Symphony No 1 in G Op 11 - Tafelmusik Baroque Orch/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Tafelmusik Media TMK1032CD)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons, Autumn (1) - Sarah Chang (vln), Orpheus CO (EMI 3 94431)
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Alexander Rudin (cello), Musica Viva Instrumental Ensemble/Nicolai Alexeiev (Brilliant Classics 94188)
Ravel, Maurice: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Playford, John arr Lacey, McGuire, van Eyck: Bravade; Argiers, from John Playford's "The Dancing Master" - Genevieve Lacey (recorder), Marshall McGuire (harp) (ABC Classics ABC 4855892)
Handel, George Frideric: Yet, I can hear that dulcet lay - Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)
Lauridsen, Morten arr Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium - Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Philharmonia/Kristjan Järvi (Avie AV2386)
Poulenc, Francis: Three Novelettes (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)