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23 April 2024

Barber, Samuel: Adagio for Strings - Royal Scottish National Orch/Marin Alsop (Naxos 8.559088)

Burton, Eldin: Sonatina - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (Koch 1915393)

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

Paganini, Niccolò: Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 (3) - Hilary Hahn (vln), Swedish Radio SO/Eiji Oue (DG 477 6232)

Pärt, Arvo: Piano Sonatina Op 1/1; Piano Sonatina Op 1/2 - Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Black Box BBM 1071)

Handel, George Frideric: Oboe Concerto No 3 in G minor - David Reichenberg (ob), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Archiv 415 291)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Church Sonata in Eb K67 - Donald Armstrong (vln), Douglas Beilman (vln), Rolf Gjelsten (cello), Douglas Mews (organ), Dale Gold (dbass) (RNZ UB51)

1:00 approx

Butterworth, George: Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Iain Burnside (pno) (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

Dvořák, Antonín: Bagatelles Op 47 - Josef Suk (vln), Miroslav Ambros (vln), Jirí Bárta (cello), Jan Simon (harmonium) (SUPRAPHON SU 3976)

Bach, Johann Sebastian orch Raff: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - BBC Phil/Leonard Slatkin (Chandos CHAN 9835)

Hamilton, David: Ohana i runga rawa - Toronto Children's Chorus, Sarah Jeffery (oboe)/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Trio Sonata in Bb RV77 - L'Astrée (OPUS 111 OP 30252)

2:00 approx

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 84 in Eb - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 677)

Schumann, Robert: Papillons Op 2 - Nelson Freire (pno) (Decca 473 902)

Bruni, Antonio: Duo Concertante in F Book 4/6 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

Lilburn, Douglas: Drysdale Overture - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

Balfe, Michael William: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls - Joan Sutherland (sop), London SO/Richard Bonynge (Decca 425 850)

3:00 approx

Ritchie, Anthony: Down In The Brunner Mine - Woolston Brass/David Gallaher (Woolston Brass CDWB 3896340/01)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 23 in F minor, Appassionata - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle D048)

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Gulliver Suite for two violins - Andrew Manze (vln), Caroline Balding (vln) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7137)

Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No 2 in D Op 73 (2) - Christchurch SO/William Southgate (Chch Symph Trust CHCH 004)

Edwards, Ross: Blackwattle Caprices - Aleksandr Tsiboulski (gtr) (Naxos 8.570949)

Byrd, William: Mass for four voices 5. Agnus Dei - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)

4:00 approx

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor K478 (1) - Paul Lewis (pno), Leopold String Trio (Hyperion CDA 67373)

Strauss, Richard: Macbeth Op 23 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 410 146)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 51 in Bb (4) - Orch of the Age of Enlightenment/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 779)

Huyssen, Hans: Mapfachapfacha muMhembero, from Concerto for an African Cellist - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Odeion School of Music Camerata/Hans Huyssen (ODE CDMANU 5158)

Franck, César: Panis Angelicus - Jessye Norman (sop), Ambrosian Singers, Royal Phil/Alexander Gibson (Philips 422 893)

5:00 approx

Finzi, Gerald: Five Bagatelles Op 23 - Michael Collins (cl), Michael McHale (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10637)

Debussy, Claude: Arabesques Nos 1 & 2 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10467)

Bach, Johann Christian: Harpsichord Concerto No 6 in F Minor W C73 - Sophie Gent (vln), Louis Creac'h (vln), Fanny Paccoud (vla), Antoine Touche (cello), Thomas de Pierrefeu (bass), Evolène Kiener (bsn)/Jean Rondeau (hpschd/dir) (Erato 90 29488846)

Ritchie, John: So sweet is she - Women of the Auckland Youth Choir/Terence Maskell (MANU CD MANU 1509)

Shostakovich, Dmitri: Jazz Suite No 1 (1) - Philadelphia Orch/Mariss Jansons (EMI CDC 5 55601)

Montero/Albinoni: Improvisation on Albinoni's Adagio - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

Bridge, Frank arr Parkin: Spring song - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello) (Decca 4850241)

24 April 2024

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: The Entrance of Polyhymnia, from Les Boréades - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

Warlock, Peter: Serenade - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: The Magic Flute, Overture - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

Schubert, Franz: Three Piano Pieces D946 (2) - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

Smetana, Bedrich: Vltava, from Má Vlast - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Balletti in five parts - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

Ritchie, John: Whimsies (3) Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

1:00 approx

Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 47 in G - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E HobXVI/22 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67882)

Goodall, Howard: The Seasons, Autumn - Bozidar Vukotic (cello), Tippett Quartet, Marianna Szymanowska (harp) (EMI 6 88626)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 2 & 4 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

Traditional arr Christensen/McDunn: Londonderry Air - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 30 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 7352.53)

2:00 approx

Stamitz, Anton: Viola Concerto in Bb - Jan Peruska (vla), Prague Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (SUPRAPHON SU 3929)

Ritchie, Anthony: Symphony No 5, Childhood: I. Beginnings - Christchurch SO/Kenneth Young (Rattle RAT-D109)

Binge, Ronald: The Watermill - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)

Danzi, Franz: Concertino in Bb Op 47 for Clarinet & Bassoon - Albrecht Mayer (cor anglais), Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Potsdam Chamber Academy (DG 481 4711)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Hostias, from Requiem in D minor K626 - Barbara Bonney (sop), Anne Sofie von Otter (contralto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (ten), Willard White (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (PHILIPS 420 197)

3:00 approx

Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quintet No 2 in Bb Op 87 (1) - Sharon Quartet, Petra Vahle (vla) (Brilliant Classics 94205)

Schubert, Franz: Quartet for guitar, flute, viola & cello D96 - JoAnn Falletta (gtr), Alexa Still (fl), Paul Neubauer (vla), Ronald Thomas (cello) (KOCH INTERNATIONAL 2010356)

Ravel, Maurice: La vallée des cloches, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA34)

Grieg, Edvard: Piano Concerto in A minor Op 16 (2) - Richard Farrell (pno), Hallé Orch/George Weldon (Atoll ACD 208)

Pierné, Gabriel: Impromptu-Caprice Op 9 - Alison Nicholls (harp) (Alison Nicholls ARN 001)

Leoncavallo, Ruggero: Bell Chorus, from I Pagliacci - José Cura (ten), Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 467 086)

4:00 approx

Strauss, Richard: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op 28 - Bavarian Radio SO/Mariss Jansons (BR Media 900 707)

Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 119 (2) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

Williams, Michael F: Suite per antiche archi - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

Halvorsen, Johan: Sarabande con variazioni - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

Liszt, Franz: Funérailles - Johann Blanchard (pno) (MDG 904 1803)

Previn, André: I Want Magic! from A Streetcar Named Desire - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)

5:00 approx

Rak, Štěpán: Cry of the Guitar - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

Allegri, Gregorio ed Rutter: Miserere mei, Deus - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Andrew Nethsingha (Chandos CHSA 5085)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Ruy Blas, Overture - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 104)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique - Jonathan Biss (pno) (EMI 3 94422)

Farquhar, David: Musette - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (Rattle D097)

Boccherini, Luigi: Minuet, from String Quintet in E G275 - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

Traditional arr Rutter: O Waly Waly - Christopher Fritzsche (countertenor), Chanticleer (TELDEC 4509 96515)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: It Cannot Be! from Romances Op 34/7 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano) (Decca 4851630)

Elgar, Edward: La Capricieuse Op 17 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Samuel Sanders (pno) (EMI CDC 7 49604)