Schedules for 14 - 20 December, 2019

BACH: Triple Concerto in A minor BWV1044 - Richard Tognetti (vln/dir), Alison Mitchell (fl), Angela Hewitt (pno), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (Hyperion SACDA 67307)

TRADITIONAL: Sussex Carol - Simon Preston (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge ( )

SCHUBERT: Der Wanderer D489 - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 - Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (L'OISEAU-LYRE 425 696)

1:00 approx

REINECKE: Flute Sonata in E minor Op 167, Undine - Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Hugh Sung (pno) (Avie AV 2131)

TRADITIONAL arr O'Boyle: O Waly, Waly - Jane Sheldon (sop), Teddy Tahu Rhodes (bar), Sinfonia Australis/Antony Walker (ABC 476 227)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Violin Concerto in G minor Op 80 - Anthony Marwood (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67420)

TRADITIONAL: TRAD: Verbum caro factum est; GUERRERO: A un Nino llorando - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

2:00 approx

WEBER: Clarinet Quintet in Bb Op 34 - Sabine Meyer (cl), Württemberg CO, Heilbronn/Jörg Faerber (EMI 5 67988)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Sonata in E Op 6 - Murray Perahia (pno) (CBS MK 37838)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 3/3 - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 304980)

MARAIS: March, air & tambourin pour les Matelots - Le Concert des Nations/Jordi Savall (Auvidis Fontalis ES 9903)

3:00 approx

BYRD: Mass for four voices - Tallis Scholars/Peter Philips (Gimell 454 895)

SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No 1 in Eb Op 107 - Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), City of Birmingham SO/Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla (Decca 483 2948)

BOSSI: Giga Op 73 - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

TORMÉ arr Knight: Christmas Song - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

4:00 approx

HAYDN: Symphony No 96 in D, Miracle - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

BACH: Credo, from Mass in B minor BWV241 - Katherine Watson (sop), Tim Mead (cntrtenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor), André Morsch (baritone), Les Arts Florissants/William Christie (Harmonia Mundi HAF890529394)

WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

BILLINGS: A virgin unspotted - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

5:00 approx

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol Op 34 - Cleveland Orch/Lorin Maazel (Decca 4806627)

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

BEETHOVEN: Serenade in D Op 41 (1) - Alexa Still (fl), Rae de Lisle (pno) (RNZ UB61)

GEMINIANI: Concerto Grosso in E minor Op 3/3 (3) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

SCHUBERT: Ballet II No 9, from Rosamunde D797 - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Choir of Merton College Oxford/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Royal Liverpool Phil/Charles Groves (EMI CDZ 7 62526)

SCHUMANN: Why?, from Fantasy Pieces Op 12 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67120)

DEBUSSY orch Hazell: La Fille Aux Chevaux De Lin, from Preludes - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

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BACH: Cello Concerto in Bb Wq171 (3) - Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Morton (NIMBUS NI 5848)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 51 in Eb HobXVI/38 (1) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A K581 (2) - Charles Neidich (basset cl), L'Archibudelli (SONY SK 53366)

HOLST: In the Bleak Mid-Winter - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A - Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Carus 83.169)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre (4) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (4) - Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 439 900)

7.00

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 3/1 - Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7415)

MARTINU: Christmas - Giorgio Koukl (pno) (Naxos 8.557914)

YOUNG: Three Sad Waltzes - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA10)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (4) - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

BRAHMS: Horn Trio in Eb Op 40 (1) - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla), Ivan Martin (pno) (Orchid Classics ORC100098)

WATKINS: Carol eliseus - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

HAIRSTON arr Cullen & Hazell: Mary's Boy Child - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 33 (3) - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD 5153)

8.00

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 1 in Bb Op 38, Spring (3) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

BERLIOZ: The Shepherds' Farewell, from The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (3) - Akiko Suwanai (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 454 180)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 6 in C D589, Little (1) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 654)

BOCCHERINI: Guitar Quintet in D G448, Fandango (2) - Kazuhito Yamashita (gtr), Tokyo String Quartet (RCA RD 60421)

MORELY: Snowride - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 7 in F Op 77, Pastoral (1) - Royal Scottish National Orch/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 63236)

TUROK: Variations on an American Song - Nashville SO/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos 8.559373-74)

LISZT arr Horowitz: Hungarian Rhapsody No 15 in A minor S244 - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

MOZART: Concertone in C for two violins K190 - Julia Fischer (vln), Gordan Nikolic (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 098)

PURCELL: Music for a while, from Oedipus - Karina Gauvin (sop), Les Boréades de Montréal/Francis Colpron (Atma ACD2398)

10.00

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G BWV1049 - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 2191)

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G - Martha Argerich (pno), London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

WALTON: Make we joy now in this fest - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

11.00

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 27 in E minor Op 90 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1948 (476 6189))

BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

PAINE: New Zealand Suite - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)

Highlights from the week's best-selling albums

TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Alison Balsom (tpt), Balsom Ensemble/Simon Wright (Warner Classics 9029537006)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quartet in Eb Op 47 (1) - Richard Farrell Piano Quartet (Atoll ACD315)

BODY: Carol to St Stephen - 1992 NZ National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (Manu CD MANU 1412)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 in G BWV1007 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello) (SONY 19075854652)

GRUBER: Silent Night - Sol3 Mio, City of Prague Orch/Paul Bateman (Decca 375 7602)

RUTTER: Suite Antique (3) - Christopher D Lewis (hpschd), John McMurtery (fl), West Side CO/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.573146)

Selections from Settling the Score

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez - Sharon Isbin (gtr), New York Phil/José Serebrier (WARNER 2564 60296)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess - Clio Gould (vln), Royal Phil/Charles Dutoit (ONYX 4064)

BARBER: Adagio for Strings - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance in Ab Op 46/3 - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

Trans-global, fusion and folk roots music

National Concerto Competition 2019

TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme

IBERT: Flute Concerto

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47

Isabella Gregory (flute), Hyein Kim (cello), Diane Huh (violin), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/David Kay

Aurora Centre, Christchurch (RNZ)

RACHMANINOV: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 - Lang Lang (pno) (TELARC CD 80524)

STATHAM: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

A journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way (RNZ)

The stories behind the music

History through the Piano: The Centre Cannot Hold

John Drummond looks famous pieces of piano music as a window into the world in which they were created (RNZ)

NZSO: Messiah

HANDEL: Messiah HWV56

Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Kristin Darragh (mezzo), James Egglestone (tenor), Martin Snell (bass), The Tudor Consort, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas McGegan

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington (RNZ)

A weekly forum for contemporary music

Elizabeth Kerr talks to Annea Lockwood and provides insights into her world. (RNZ)

DADSON/WINSTANLEY/NUNN: 961(excerpt) - Phil Dadson, Paul Winstanley, Tom Nunn (Rattle RAT D091)

11.00 New Music at Bowling Green: Living American Composers
The second part of a “live in concert” version of the show hosted by Brad Cresswell at Bowling Green State University. Also, composer and BGSU grad Jennifer Higdon profiles composing icon Joan Tower. (WGTE Public Media)

HAYDN: Notturno in F - Orpheus CO (DG 437 782)

LISZT: Les Préludes - West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (Decca 478 5350)

STRAUSS trans Lawrence: Das Rosenband - David Bremner (tbn), Sarah Watkins (pno) (Atoll ACD 109)

HIGDON: O magnum mysterium - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus & instrumental ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

IBERT: Histoires - Peter Katin (pno) (Simax PSC 1067)

1:00 approx

BACH: Inventions in two parts BWV772-BWV786 - Janine Jansen (vln), Maxim Rysanov (vla) (Decca 475 9081)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 59 in Eb HobXVI/49 - (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902371)

DOVE: The Three Kings - Folasade-Nelleke Ladipo (sop), Sophie Gallagher (sop), Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 50 in D minor - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

2:00 approx

ELGAR: Introduction & Allegro Op 47 - Doric String Quartet, BBC SO/Edward Gardner (Chandos CHSA5181)

DEBUSSY arr Caplet: La Boîte à joujoux - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 58045)

TORREJÓN Y VELASCO SÁNCHEZ: Desvelado dueño mio - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

LILBURN: Three Sea Changes - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D040)

3:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Quintet in Eb for piano & winds Op 16 - Stephen Hough (pno), Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet (BIS CD 1552)

SINDING: Violin Concerto No 1 in A Op 45 - Henning Kraggerud (vln), Bournemouth SO/Bjarte Engeset (Naxos 8.557266)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

CACCINI: Amarilli, mia bella - Siobhán Stagg (sop), Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

CURNOW: Blenheim Flourishes - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand 2006/Kenneth Young (Private 1351)

4:00 approx

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Royal Phil/Leopold Stokowski (NEWTON 880 2025)

MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64 - Lu Siqing (violin), Melbourne SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 4816755)

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

PHILIPS: O Maria Mater - Tudor Consort/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.555056)

PRAETORIUS arr Williams: Dances from Terpsichore, excerpts (3) - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9674)

5:00 approx

BRUCH: Concerto in E minor for clarinet & viola Op 88 - Ludmila Peterková (cl), Alexander Besa (vla), Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon SU 3554)

CANTELOUBE: Poème - Philippe Graffin (vln), Ulster Orch/Thierry Fischer (Hyperion CDA 67294)

BACH: French Suite No 5 in G BWV816 (1) - Tony Chen Lin (piano) (Rattle RATD080)

MOZART: String Quartet No 14 in G K387 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (NZ String Quartet 2006)

BENNETT: My dancing day - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

HESS: Fantasy for Violin, from Ladies in Lavender - Joshua Bell (vln), Royal Phil/Nigel Hess (Sony Sk 92689)

BIZET: Au fond du temple saint, from The Pearl Fishers - Jerry Hadley (ten), Thomas Hampson (bar), Welsh National Opera Orch/Carlo Rizzi (Warner 2564696896)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 118 (1) - Lars Vogt (pno) (EMI 5 57543)

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

Music for the spirit and soul

SMITH: Veni Redemptor gentium - New York Polyphony (Avie AV 2141)

BACH: Prelude, from Cello Suite No 4 in Eb BWV1010 - Hopkinson Smith (lute) (Auvidis Tempo A 6259)

MISKINIS: Seven O Antiphons - Choir of Royal Holloway/Rupert Gough (Hyperion CDA 67818)

LAURIDSEN arr Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium - Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Philharmonia/Kristjan Järvi (Avie AV2386)

GRETCHANINOV: Missa Sancti Spiritus - Tatiana Jeranje (contralto), Russian State Symphonic Cappella, unnamed organist/Valéry Polyansky (Chandos CHAN)

BACH: Mein Freund is mein! from Cantata No 140, Wachet auf - Rosemarie Landry (sop), Mark Pedrotti (bass), CBC Vancouver Orch/Wayne Riddell (CBC Records SMCD 5163)

POSTON: Jesus Christ the apple tree - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

RUTTER: Of a rose, from Magnificat - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 114)

RUTTER: Et misericordia, from Magnificat - Patricia Forbes (sop), Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia/John Rutter (Collegium COLCD 114)

TRADITIONAL arr Puanaki: Ka Waiata - 1996 New Zealand National Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2016)

A weekly selection of traditional and modern hymns, presented by Robyn Jaquiery

FAURÉ orch Aubert: Fantaisie Op 79 - Richard Davis (fl), BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

GJEILO: The Ground - Phoenix Chorale, Ola Gjeilo (pno), Harrington String Quartet/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5100)

GIORGINAKIS: Therismos, from Greek Memories - Arada Guitar Duo (Landor LAN 284)

WHITACRE: This Marriage - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA67543)

PREVIN: Song, from Tango Song & Dance - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), André Previn (pno) (DG 477 7166)

SILVESTROV: The Lord's Prayer, from Diptychon - Latvian Radio Choir/Sigvards Klava (GB Records BCGBCD 07)

HUMPERDINCK: When at night I go to sleep - Anthony Way (treble), Barbara Bonney (sop), English Sinfonia/Neil Page (Decca 455 645)

BEETHOVEN: Andante in F WoO57, Andante favori - Sviatoslav Richter (pno) (Philips 456 949)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G BWV1048 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

SCHUBERT: Rondo in A D438 - James Ehnes (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze (Onyx ONYX4167)

COPLAND: Billy the Kid - BBC SO/Leonard Slatkin (BBC Music BBC MM 98)

MOORE: The Letter Song, from The Ballad of Baby Doe - Renée Fleming (sop), Metropolitan Opera Orch/James Levine (Decca 460567)

10.00

STAMITZ: Christmas Symphony 4/2 - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

HAYDN: Symphony No 82 in C, The Bear - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

BRAHMS: Violin Sonata No 2 in A Op 100 - Itzhak Perlman (vln), Daniel Barenboim (pno) (SONY SK 45819)

11.00

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 19 in F K459 - Hélène Grimaud (pno), Bavarian Radio CO/Radoslaw Szulc (DG 477 9455)

FREI FILIPE DA MADRE DE DEUS: Antonya, Flasiquia, Caspar! - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

with David Morriss including Vintage Years

MATTHESON: Boris Godunov, excerpt - Marlies Siemeling (sop), Günter Arndt Choir, Berlin Phil/Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (Columbia C 91 102)

DAVID arr Vieuxtemps: La Nuit - Roberto Díaz (vla), Robert Koenig (pno) (Naxos 8.555262)

BACH: Symphony in A Wq182/4 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/dir) (Archiv 415 300)

BRAHMS: Three Songs Op 42 - Danish National Radio Choir/Stefan Parkman ( CHAN 9806)

TELEMANN: Overture-Suite in C, Hamburg Ebb & Flow - Cappella Coloniensis/Hans-Martin Linde (Capriccio 71 120)

DEBUSSY: Canope, from Preludes - Pascal Rogé (pno) (Onyx 4057)

HANDEL: Berenice, Overture - Berlin State Opera Orch/Erich Kleiber (Bruno Walter Society IGI 330)

STRAUSS II: Tales from the Vienna Woods - NBC SO/Erich Kleiber (Music & Arts CD 1112)

MOZART: Symphony No 39 in Eb K543 - Cologne Radio SO/Erich Kleiber (Decca 475 6080)

SHEPPARD: Missa Cantate - Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 457 658)

MARCHAND: Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1 (2) - Lorenzo Ghielmi (hpschd) (WINTER & WINTER 910 105)

A guide to the worlds of rock, pop, country, folk and beyond

WILLIAMS: Star Wars, Main title - London SO/John Williams (Polydor 800096)

WILLIAMS: Rey's Theme, from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

WILLIAMS: Yoda's Theme, from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

WILLIAMS: Luke and Leia, from Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

WILLIAMS: Imperial March, from The Empire Strikes Back - London SO ( )

WILLIAMS: Finale, from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - London SO (Wlat Disney Records D0027429M5)

Vienna State Opera's Tales of Hoffmann

OFFENBACH: The Tales of Hoffmann

Dmitry Korchak (Hoffmann), Gaëlle Arquez (Muse/Nicklausse), Luca Pisaroni (Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracelle/Dapertutto), Michael Laurenz (Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio), Olga Peretyatko (Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta), Chorus & Orchestra of Vienna State Opera/ Frédéric Chaslin

State Opera, Vienna (EBU)

NZ performers and composers

GERSHWIN: Three Preludes - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)

WEBER orch Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (EX Tartar TRL 020)

BACH: Partita No 4 in D BWV828 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA36)

ADAM arr Palmer: O Holy Night - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

BIDDINGTON: Pastorale - Gretchen La Roche (cl), Julie Downard (pno) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

JENNINGS: Pictures at the Waikato Museum - Liam Wooding (pno) (Atoll ACD221)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

WELLS: Five Miniatures - Dimitri Atanassov (vln), Tom Pierard (cello) (RNZ UB69)

TRADITIONAL arr L'Estrange: Still, Still, Still - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

SMYTHE: Moto Mojo - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

TELEMANN: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

Ryan Smith explores ambient and drone music
LESS BELLS: Solifuge (album) - Julie Carpenter (cello, violin, voice, organ, synthesizers, xylophone, electronics) (Kranky KRANK 216)

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

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 3 in F HWV334 - English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard (Philips 422 949)

DOVE: Wellcome, all wonders in one sight! - Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

HAYDN: Symphony No 102 in Bb - Orpheus CO (DG 429 218)

PICCININI: Folias - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics 476 4525)

1:00 approx

ARENSKY: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky Op 35a - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Chandos CHAN 10086)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor Op 37 - Jan Lisiecki (pno/dir), ASMF (DG 4837637)

CERELOLS: Serfín que con dulce - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

CHAMBONNIÈRES: Sarabande in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

2:00 approx

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est; O sacrum convivium - Trinity College Chapel Choir, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (Hyperion CDA 67103)

RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Robin Wilson (vln), Kemp English (pno) (MANU CD MANU 5006)

3:00 approx

MUNKTELL: Suite for large orchestra - Gävle Symphony Orchestra/Tobias Ringborg (Sterling CDS1066)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 - Philharmonia/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 421 069)

TRADITIONAL arr Gesius: In dulci jubilo - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

DOWLAND: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA16)

4:00 approx

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 4 in Eb K282 - Maria Joao Pires (pno) (Philips 456 928)

CHAUSSON: Symphony in Bb Op 20 - Basel SO/Armin Jordan (ERATO ECD 88169)

VICTORIA: Ave Maria - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

STILL ed Alexa Still: Here's One - Alexa Still (fl), Susan DeWitt Smith (pno) (KOCH 1932925)

5:00 approx

DVORÁK: Romance in F minor Op 11 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), Berlin Phil/Manfred Honeck (DG 479 1060)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

NERUDA: Trumpet Concerto in Eb - Sergei Nakariakov (tpt), Saint Paul CO/Hugh Wolff (TELDEC 0630-10788)

KREISLER: Liebesleid - Ben Baker (violin), Robert Thompson (piano) (CHAMPS HILL CHRCD096)

OFFENBACH: Pomme d'api, Overture - Scottish CO/Antonio de Almeida (RCA 09026 68116)

CHABRIER: Habanera - Swiss Romande Orch/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHSA 5122)

CHOPIN: Waltzes Op 64 (1) - Ingrid Fliter (pno) (EMI 5 14899)

DEBUSSY orch Büsser: Petite Suite (2) - Lyon National Orch/Jun Märkl (Naxos 8.572583)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (1) - István Engl (ob), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (vln), Zóltan/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Nocturne in D minor Op 19/4 - Johannes Moser (cello), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Andrew Manze (Pentatone PTC5186570)

SCHUBERT: Symphony No 2 in Bb D125 (4) - CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 652)

CHILCOTT: The shepherd's carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

HANDL: Hodie Christus natus est - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

HESS: The Smile, from Piano Concerto - Lang Lang (piano), London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green (DG 4779014)

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Pablo Heras-Casado (Harmonia Mundi HMM 902325)

SCHUBERT: Die schöne müllerin D795 (6) - Michael Schade (ten), Malcolm Martineau (pno)

7.00

ALBINONI: Concerto in C for two oboes Op 7/2 - Stefan Schilli (ob), Giovanni Deangeli (ob), Stuttgart CO/Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics 92791)

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

HOLST: A Moorside Suite (1) - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

JOUBERT: There is no rose - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

FAURÉ orch Rabaud: Dolly Suite (1) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (ASV CD DCA 517)

QI-MING: Young Soldier's Joy - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

SINDING: Symphony No 3 in F Op 121 (3) - North German Radio Phil/David Porcelijn (CPO 999 596)

SCHEIDT arr Hazell: O Jesulein zart - Bryn Terfel (bar), Côrdydd, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera/Tecwyn Evans (DG 477 8768)

HOWELLS: Sing lullaby - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (3) - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO LIVE LSO 0578)

JS BACH: The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080 - Anderson and Roe Piano Duo (STNS30033)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

FAURÉ: Après un rêve - Janine Jansen (vln), Itamar Golan (pno) (Decca 478 2256)

TRAD: The Sussex Carol - Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Simon Preston (org)

HAYDN: Symphony No 74 in Eb (4) - Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch/Adam Fischer (NIMBUS NI 5652/5)

HANDEL: Air and variations, "The Harmonius Blacksmith", from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9584)

MOZART: Symphony No 35 in D K385, Haffner (4) - Prague Philharmonia/Jirí Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1891)

IVES: A Christmas carol - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

TRADITIONAL arr MacGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Leontyne Price (sop) (Decca 433 010)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World (1) - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Brilliant Classics 92779)

TRAD: O nuit brillante - Arianna Savall (sop/harp), Petter Udland Johansen (ten, hardanger), Hirundo Maris (G010003964009K)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome - Atlanta SO/Louis Lane (TELARC CD 80085)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Eb Op 67 - Steven Isserlis (cello), North German Radio SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 63518)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 - Detroit SO/Antal Dorati (Decca 414 370)

HAMILTON: Nunc Dimittis - Viva Voce/John Rosser (ODE CD ODE 1308)

10.00

KERNIS: Air - Joshua Bell (vln), Minnesota Orch/David Zinman (Argo 460 226)

TRADITIONAL: Dormi, Jesu - Kathleen Battle (sop), Christopher Parkening (gtr) (SONY SK 89464)

BEETHOVEN arr Druzecky: Septet in Eb Op 20 - Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble (EMI CDC 5 56817)

KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

11.00

BACH: Preludes & Fugues, Nos 6 & 20 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 - Hélène Grimaud (pno) (DG 477 7978)

SCHUBERT: Mass No 6 in Eb D950 - Karita Mattila (sop), Marjana Lipovsek (contralto), Jerry Hadley (ten), Jorge Pita (ten), Robert Holl (bass), Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 088)

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical Op 16/5 - Jason Bae (pno) (AUSTRIAN GRAMOPHONE AG 0003)

SALIERI: The Stolen Bucket, Overture - Czecho-Slovak Radio SO/Michael Dittrich (Marco Polo 8.223381)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

WAGNER: Traume, from Wesendonck Lieder - Lisa Gasteen (sop), West Australian SO/Simone Young (Decca 4829181)

BEETHOVEN trans Liszt: Mignon Op 75/1 - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 9793)

KODÁLY : Hungarian Rondo - Christopher Warren-Green (vln), Philharmonia/Yondani Butt (ASV CDDCA924)

DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben - Arleen Augér (sop), Dalton Baldwin (pno) (DELOS DE 3029)

BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy (1) - Joshua Bell (violin/director), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Sony 19075842002)

WILLCOCKS: The Infant King - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

HAYDN: String Quartet in Bb Op 1/1, Hunt - Goldmund Quartet (Naxos 8573701)

1.00

Best of Upbeat interviews 2019

David Morriss talks with pianist Louis Lortie

ANON arr Ledger: I Saw Three Ships - Jack Goulder, James Micklethwaite (tens), Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury (King's College KGS0033)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'ocean, from Miroirs - Imogen Cooper (pno) (WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLIVE 0018)

CAMPION: Never weather-beaten saile - Michael Chance (countertenor), Christopher Wilson (lute) (Chandos CHAN 0538)

CORIGLIANO: Voyage - James Galway (fl), Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron (RCA 6602-2-RC)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Whither must I wander, from Songs of Travel - Bryn Terfel (bbar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 477 6686)

2.00

BACH arr P & Z Katona: French Suite No 5 BWV816, excerpts - Peter Katona (gtr), Zoltán Katona (gtr) (Channel Classics CCS SA 34713)

FINZI: Romance in Eb Op 11 - Orch of the Swan/David Curtis (SOMM SOMMCD 244)

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op 77 - Gil Shaham (vln), Berlin Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 469 529)

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

SMETANA: The Bartered Bride, Overture - Vienna Phil/James Levine (DG 419 768)

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D BWV1054 (1) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89690)

MARTINU: Idyll, from Bouquet of Flowers - Czech Phil/Václav Neumann (ORFEO 180 891)

VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)

GLASS reworked by Christian Badzura: Etude No 5 - Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Siggi String Quartet (DG 94796918)

MASSENET: Orchestral Suite No 1 (1) - New Zealand SO/Jean-Yves Ossonce (Naxos 8.553124)

ZUMAYA: Angélicas milicias - Coro Ciudad de La Alhambra, Ensemble Elyma/Gabriel Garrido (K617 K617 156)

Dvorák, Antonín: String Quartet No 13 in G Op 106 (3) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

4.00

HANDEL: Water Music Suite No 2 in D - Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark (Brilliant Classics 93779)

HOLST: A Fugal Overture - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (ASV CD DCA 782)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess - Kees Hulsmann (vln), London SO/Charles Mackerras (TELARC CD 80208)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 37 in E HobXVI/22 (1) - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10763)

LINDBERG arr Milone: Andante, from Gammal fäbodspsalm - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

ANONYMUS: Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in F Op 6/9 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

CHOPIN: Polonaise in Ab Op 53, Heroic - Evgeny Kissin (pno) (RCA 09026 63535)

5.00

MOZART: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture - Columbia SO/Thomas Schippers (SONY SBK 62830)

J RITCHIE: Concertino in A for clarinet & strings (1) - Marina Sturm (cl), NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (TRUST MMT 2040)

DEBUSSY orch Caplet: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9129)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 104 (3) - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.572705)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Mitsuko Uchida (pno), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Kurt Sanderling (Philips 446 082)

WILLIAMS: Main Title, from Home Alone - studio orch and chorus/John Williams (Sony 88875 15617)

BENNETT: Gloria, Gloria - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

HEDGES: Cantilena - RTE Sinfonietta/Anthony Hedges (MARCO POLO 8.223886)

MENDELSSOHN: Notturno in G minor - Heather Schmidt (pno) (Naxos 8.570825)

DVORAK: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (1) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider

6.00

BERLIOZ: Rêverie & Caprice - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO/Yoav Talmi (Analekta FL 2 3151)

BACH arr Pearson: Cantata No 156, Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

HAYDN: Symphony No 91 in Eb (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No 1 in Db Op 10 - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno), BBC Phil/Gianandrea Noseda (Chandos CHAN 10802)

BRAHMS: Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor Op 38 (1) - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in G Op 6/1 (4) - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557358-60)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Gala Concert in the presence of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Opera favourites to celebrate the naming of the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.

Anna Leese (soprano), Pene Pati (tenor), James Ioelu (bass-baritone), NZ Opera Chorus, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Giordano Bellincampi

Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland (RNZ)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 46 in E HobXVI/31 - Lang Lang (pno) (TELARC CD 80524)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

PEZ: Concerto pastorale in F major - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Op 17 - Piotr Anderszewski (pno) (Warner 190295888558)

PIAZZOLLA arr Voirpy: Café 1930, from Histoire du Tango - Rachel McLarin (alto sax), Saxcess (Private - Saxcess 2003A)

DVORÁK: String Quintet in Eb Op 97 - Members of the Vienna Octet (Decca 425 537)

YOSHIMATSU: Wind color Vector - Craig Ogden (gtr) (Chandos CHAN 9743)

LAURIDSEN: Ubi caritas - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion SACDA 67449)

RITTLER arr Herbert Walser-Breuß: Ciaccona - Rolf Lislevand (lute, baroque guitar), Concerto Stella Matutina (Sony 19075827802)

TAVENER: Svyati - Tim Hugh (cello), Choir of St John's College, Cambridge/Christopher Robinson (Naxos 8.555256)

ANONYMUS: Lullay, lullow: I saw a sweet semely sight - Orlando Consort (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7418)

CANNABICH: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

HOFFMEISTER: Flute Concerto No 17 in D - Bruno Meier (fl), Prague CO (Naxos 8.57304)

1:00 approx

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

SULLIVAN: The Tempest Op 1 - BBC Phil/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9859)

LISZT: Die Lorelei - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Roger Vignoles (pno) (Decca 425 820)

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

PUCCINI: Minuet No 2 in A - Berlin Radio SO/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 410 007)

2:00 approx

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 14 in C# minor, Moonlight - Murray Perahia (piano) (DG 4798353)

BRAHMS: Serenade No 2 in A Op 16 - London SO/Bernard Haitink (LSO Live LSO 0056)

PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

KREISLER: Marche miniature viennoise - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

3:00 approx

HAYDN: Symphony No 6 in D, Le Matin - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 296 1767)

FAURÉ: Cello Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 109 - Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano) (BIS BIS2220)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Phoenix Chorale/Charles Bruffy (Chandos CHSA 5066)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

4:00 approx

DELIUS: Brigg Fair, An English Rhapsody - BBC SO/Andrew Davis (BBC Music BBC MM 298)

SCHUMANN: String Quartet in A Op 41/3 - Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67631)

RACHMANINOV: Moment Musical Op 16/5 - Jason Bae (pno) (AUSTRIAN GRAMOPHONE AG 0003)

BACH: Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh, - Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 427 653)

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

5:00 approx

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in Bb Op 6/7 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

LISZT arr Janácek: Mass in Bb - Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Clive Driskill-Smith (org)/Stephen Darlington (Griffin GCCD 4042)

LILBURN: Processional Fanfare - New Zealand SO/James Judd (Naxos 8.557697)

MASSENET: Meditation, from Thaïs - James Ehnes (vln), Quebec SO (Analekta FL 2 3151)

KVERNO: Corpus Christi Carol - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

GLAZUNOV: Chant du Ménestrel - Shauna Rolston (cello), Calgary Phil/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD 5153)

SARASATE orch Hohn: Romanza andaluza Op 22/1 - Gil Shaham (vln), Orpheus CO (DG 449 923)

TRADITIONAL arr Hart: Folk Song From Suffolk - Stella Dickinson (ob), Capital Virtuosi/Paul Hart (ASV CDWHL 2118)

GRIEG: Lyric Pieces Book 7, excerpts (3) - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (EMI 5 57296)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

VIVALDI: Mandolin Concerto in C RV425 - Manuel Barrueco (gtr), Galicia SO/Victor Pablo Pérez (KOCH KIC CD 7597)

DELIUS: On hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring - Swiss-Italian Orch/Howard Griffiths (Berlin Classics 0300426 BC)

FERRANDINI: Christmas Symphony (1) - New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2043)

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2) - Martin Fröst (basset cl), Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Peter Oundjian (BIS SACD 1263)

J STAMITZ: Symphony in G  (1) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong

PARK: Shepherd's cradle song - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

SAUNDERS: Fairytale Sleighride - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

SUK: Serenade in Eb for strings Op 6 (4) - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Chandos CHAN 9063)

BACH: Cello Suite No 1 (3) - Zuill Bailey (cello)

7.00

DOHNÁNYI: Ruralia Hungarica Op 32b (5) - Danubia SO/Domonkos Héja (Warner 2564 62409)

HANDEL: Concerto a due cori No 1 in Bb HWV332 (1) - Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra/Jean Lamon (vln/dir) (Tafelmusik Media 1011CD)

PACHELBEL: Canon in D - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (dir) (RNZ UB12)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in Eb Op 1/1 (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

HAYDN: Symphony No 100 in G, Military (4) - Orch of the 18th Century/Franz Brüggen (Philips 473 015)

STRAUSS II: Where the lemon trees bloom, Waltz Op 364 - Vienna Phil/Zubin Mehta (DG 477 6225)

TRADITIONAL arr Ribo: El Noi de la Mare - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

ZÉSPEDES: Convidando esta la noche - Ex Cathedra Choir & Baroque Ensemble/Jeffrey Skidmore (Hyperion CDA 67380)

WEINBERGER: Polka & Fugue, from Schwanda the Bagpiper - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (Telarc CD 80115)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

RACHMANINOV: Siren Op 21/5 - Simon Trpceski (pno) (EMI 557943)

UNGAR: Ashokan Farewell - Jay Ungar (vln), Molly Mason (guitar), Nashville CO

BIZET arr Guiraud: L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 (1) - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

RAVEL: Sonatine - 3. Animé - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

KHACHATURIAN: Gayaneh, excerpts (8) - Bournemouth SO/Kirill Karabits (ONYX 4063)

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (1) - Orpheus Chamber Orch (DG 423 624)

POULENC: Quem vidistis, from Four Christmas Motets - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

REBIKOV: Waltz, from the Christmas Tree Suite Op 21 - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

HEATH: Violin Concerto, The Celtic (3) - Clio Gould (vln/dir), BT Scottish Ensemble (LINN CKD 073)

DVORÁK: Symphony No 8 in G Op 88 (3) - Prague Radio SO/Vladimír Válek (SUPRAPHON SU 3802)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

GERSHWIN orch Rose: Strike Up The Band, Overture - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9325)

BACH: Trio Sonata in C BWV529 - Isabelle Faust (violin), Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord), Bernhard Forck (violin) (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 25 - Murray Perahia (pno), ASMF/Neville Marriner (CBS MK 42401)

ARNOLD: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1038)

10.00

STRAUSS II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube - Vienna Phil/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 662)

IRELAND: The Holy Boy - Lucy Gould (vln), Benjamin Frith (pno) (Naxos 8.570507)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence - Endellion String Quartet, Tim Boulton (vla), Robert Cohen (cello) (CRD 3502)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Ständchen D957/4 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

TRAD: Suo Gân - Bryn Terfel (bbar), The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera (DG 463 593)

11.00

BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique - Philharmonia/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SIGNUM SIGCD 193)

DOWLAND arr Bergeron, Dagher, Slattery: A Shepherd in a Shade; His Golden Locks - Michael Slattery (ten), La Nef (Atma ACD2 2650)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus, Overture - New Zealand SO/Lars Vogt (RNZ)

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in D Op 6/1 - Strings of the New Zealand SO (RNZ)

GRUBER: Silent Night (Po Marie) - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

RAVEL: Violin Sonata in G - Nikki Chooi (vln), Stephen de Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 615)

ODERMATT: Summer, from Three Images Op 18 - Albrecht Mayer (ob), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

1.00

Best of Upbeat 2019

David Morriss talks with Lloyd Scott

BACH: Cantata No 63, Christen ätzet diesen Tag (1) - Gent Collegium Vocale/Philippe Hereweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1781.82)

RNZ Concert shines a weekly spotlight on artists and musical matters

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BIZET: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (1) - Ulster Orch/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 6693)

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A minor Op 114 (3) - Nash Ensemble (ONYX 4045)

HAYDN: Sinfonia Concertante in Bb HobI/105 (3) - István Engl (ob), Lászlo Baranyai (bsn), Igor Ozim (vln), Zóltan Rácz (cello), Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 935)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in A Op 1/2 (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

WILLIAMS: Schindler's List theme - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

MOZART: Ave verum corpus K618 - Tölz Childrens' Choir, European Baroque Soloists/Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (SONY MLK 64053)

DAVERNE: Gem of the Kaipara - Kevin Friedrich (accordion), Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

BOCCHERINI: String Quintet in F minor G348 (1) - Vanbrugh Quartet, Richard Lester (cello) (Hyperion CDA 67287)

4.00

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D899 (4) - Khatia Buniatishvili (pno) (Sony 19075841202)

VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A RV335, The Cuckoo - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 455 653)

SIBELIUS: Finlandia - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

HANDEL trans Stokowski: Pastoral Symphony, from Messiah - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557883)

BRUCKNER: Locus iste - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 105)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in D Op 18/3 (4) - Gewandhaus Quartet (NCA 60139)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 2 in Eb Op 74 (2) - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 2 in C Op 61 (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1555)

5.00

DVORÁK: Serenade in E for strings Op 22 (3) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)

GLAZUNOV: Symphony No 1 in E Op 5, Slavyanskaya (2) - Russian State SO/Valeri Polyansky (Brilliant Classics 93565)

BACH arr Andrew York: Fugue in G minor BWV578 - Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (DELOS DE 3205)

WARLOCK: Six English Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

RAVEL: Sonatine - 1. Modéré - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

PINKHAM: Sweet music - Susan Consoli (sop), Janice Giampa (sop), Handel & Haydn Society Chorus/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

NORTH: Spartacus Love Theme - Unknown/unknown conductor (TRAX 310121)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 426 051)

SAINT-SAËNS: Romance in Bb Op 27 - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

DUSSEK: Sinfonia in G (1) - Helsinki Baroque Orch/Aapo Häkkinen (Naxos 8.572683)

6.00

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491 (3) - Evgeny Kissin (pno), London SO/Colin Davis (EMI 3 82879)

HONEGGER: Pastorale d'été - New Zealand SO/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Legend Op 14 - Lorraine McAslan (vln), London Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (LYRITA SRCD 317)

CHOPIN: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 (3) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 1771)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

Lazarus String Quartet

MOZART: String Quartet No 16 in Eb K428

BARTOK: String Quartet No 2 in A minor Op 17

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Bb Op 18/6

SCHUMANN: Träumerei, from Kinderszenen

Lazarus Quartet

St. Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington (RNZ)

HOROVITZ: Two Majorcan Pieces - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (EX CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 6 in D minor Op 14 - New Zealand SO/Thomas Søndergård (RNZ 2019)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 25 in C K503 - Mitsuko Uchida (pno/dir), Cleveland Orch (Decca 483 0716)

BENDA: Violin Concerto in E - Lara Hall (vln), NZ Barok/Peter Walls (Atoll ACD 419)

COWAN: The Sleeping Keeper - Helen Webby (harp) (Ode CD MANU 5144)

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

CANTELOUBE: Suite, Dans la montagne - Philippe Graffin (vln), Pascal Devoyon (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67427)

BRAHMS: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 - Mark Pedrotti (bar), Stephen Ralls (pno) (CBC Records MVCD 1051)

FASCH: Concerto in D for two flutes FWV L/D9 - Il Gardellino (Accent ACC 24252)

HANDEL: Rejoice greatly, from Messiah - Kathleen Battle (sop), session orchestra/Robert Sadin (SONY SK 89464)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 6 in F Op 68, Pastoral - Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard (SIMAX PSC 1184)

STATHAM: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

1:00 approx

MENDELSSOHN: Songs without Words Op 38 - Daniel Barenboim (pno) (DG 423 931)

ELLINGTON: The River Suite - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi (Chandos CHAN 9226)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wither's rocking hymn - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BASSI: Concert Fantasia - Mark Walton (cl), Simon Ballard (pno) (EX CHALUMEAU EBY 003)

2:00 approx

HAYDN: Symphony No 86 in D - Lower Austria Tonkünstler Orch/Kristjan Järvi (PREISER PR 90765)

FRANÇAIX: Quintet No 2 for flute, string trio & harp - Valérie Milot (harp), François Vallières (vla), Raphaël Dubé (cello), Jocelyne Roy (fl), Antoine Bareil (vln) (Analekta AN 2 9985)

SIXTEN: Mary's lullaby - Jeanette Köhn (sop), Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Summer - Alan Loveday (vln), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonata in A Kk322 - Federico Colli (piano) (Chandos CHAN10988)

3:00 approx

FRANCK: Symphony in D minor Op 48 - Montreal Metropolitain Orch/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Atma ACD 2 2647)

BACH: Flösst, mein Heiland, from Christmas Oratorio BWV248 - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Fiona Tibbles (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), (Atoll ACD 916)

MOZART: Fantasia in C minor K475 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

4:00 approx

BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in G G480 - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No 5 in F Op 103, Egyptian - Bertrand Chamayou (piano), French National Orch/Emmanuel Krivine (Erato 9029563426)

DE LALANDE: Simphonies des noëls - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

WAGNER: Nur eine Waffe taugt, from Parsifal - Simon O'Neill (ten), New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (EMI 4 57817)

BEETHOVEN: Bagatelle No 25 in A minor, Für Elise - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 031)

5:00 approx

STAMITZ: Symphony in D, The Hunt - London Mozart Players/Matthias Bamert (Chandos CHAN 9358)

TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D - Ole Edvard Antonsen (tpt), English CO/Jeffrey Tate (EMI 7 54897)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Hilary Hahn (vln), London SO/Colin Davis (DG 474 5042)

CHOPIN: Etude in Gb Op 10/5, Black Keys - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

ADAM arr Totzauer: O Holy Night - Leontyne Price (sop), Vienna Phil/Herbert von Karajan (Decca 468 503)

DEBUSSY: Fêtes, from Nocturnes - Boston SO/Charles Munch (rca 82876 59416)

SCHUBERT trans Hope: Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774 - Daniel Hope (vln), Sebastian Knauer (pno) (DG 477 9301)

SATIE orch Debussy: Gymnopédie No 1 - Saint Louis SO/Leonard Slatkin (TELARC SACD 60655)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

CLEMENTI ed Spada: Symphony No 4 in D (4) - Rome SO/Francesco La Vecchia (Naxos 8.573112)

MOZART: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 (1) - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)

GERSHWIN arr Villard: Piano Concerto in F, excerpt from 2nd mvmt - Michel Lethiec (cl), Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois (Naxos 8.570939)

MATHIEU: Été Canadien - Alain Lefèvre (piano) (Analekta AN29275)

RAVEL arr Renz: Le Tombeau de Couperin (6) - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)

TRADITIONAL arr Vaughan Williams & Armstrong: O little town of Bethlehem - Musica Sacra/Indra Hughes (Atoll ACD 501)

WARLOCK arr Lane: Bethlehem Down - Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.557753)

CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Op 21 (2) - Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno), London SO/David Zinman (Decca 466 462)

7.00

BACH: Cantata No 140, Wachet auf (1) - Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki (dir) (BIS SACD 1981)

WITT: Flute Concerto in G Op 8 (3) - Patrick Gallois (fl/dir), Sinfonia Finlandia (Naxos 8.572089)

RUTTER: - Choir of St. John's, Elora (Marshall Arts )

FAURÉ: Masques & Bergamasques (4) - BBC Phil/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos CHAN 9416)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (3) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO LIVE RCO 05002)

BRAHMS: Intermezzi Op 117 (1) - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)

KENT: I'll Be Home For Christmas - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

TCHAIKOVSKY: A Pine Forest in Winter & Waltz of the Snowflakes, from The Nutcracker - Los Angeles Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4836274)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS orch Jacob: English Folk Song Suite - II. My bonny boy - Royal Liverpool Phil/James Judd (Naxos 8.572304)

SIBELIUS: Andante Festivo - Lahti SO/Osmo Vänskä

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor K466 (3) - Maria Joao Pires (pno), Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado (DG 479 0075)

FARQUHAR: Anniversary Suite No 2 (6) - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (MANU CD MANU 1550)

HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in Eb HobVIIe/1 (1) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Bremen German Chamber Phil (EMI 2 16213)

TRADITIONAL arr Holst: Personent hodie - Robert Quinney (org), The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

MATHIAS: Sir Christèmas - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

GLAZUNOV: Mazurka-oberek in D - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

RAVEL: Menuet antique - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

RIES: Introduction & Polonaise Op 174 - Christopher Hinterhuber (pno), Gävle SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.557844)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American - Keller Quartet (ERATO 4509 96968)

BENNETT: In the bleak midwinter - BBC Singers/Paul Brough (Signum SIGCD 293)

10.00

VIVALDI arr Malipiero: Concerto in G for two mandolins RV532 - Slava Grigoryan (gtr), Leonard Grigoryan (gtr), Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (ABC Classics 476 5948)

MOZART: Symphony No 41 in C K551, Jupiter - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1958)

BACH: Fantasia on Komm heiliger Geist BWV651 - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 800)

HOWELLS: A spotless rose - Choir of New College Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (CRD 3455)

11.00

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor Op 15 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno), BBC SO/Jiri Belohlávek (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1977)

SCHUBERT: An die Musik D547 - Bryn Terfel (bar), Malcolm Martineau (pno) (DG 449 190)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

DELIUS: La Calinda, from Koanga - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

RAVEL: Noctuelles, from Miroirs - Beatrice Rana (pno) (Warner Classics 9029541109)

RAVEL: Une barque sur l'océan, from Miroirs - Beatrice Rana (pno) (Warner Classics 9029541109)

SIBELIUS: The Oceanides - NZSO National Youth Orch 2019/James Judd (RNZ 2019)

GRIFFITHS: Dormi Jesu - Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

GLINKA: The Lark - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Russian Dance (Trepak), from The Nutcracker - Simón Bolívar Youth Orch of Venezuela/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 479 0069)

BRAHMS: Symphony No 4 in E minor Op 98 (1) - Los Angeles Phil/Gustavo Dudamel (DG 4779459)

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Best of Upbeat interviews 2019

David Morriss talks with Raphael Merlin and Gabriel Magadure, members of string quartet Quatuor Ébène. The ensemble is performing all of Beethoven’s string quartets around the world in 2019 and 2020.

JOBIM: Corcovado - Stacey Kent (vocal), Quatuor Ébène (Virgin 6 286689)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in F Op 59/1, 'Razumovsky', excerpt - Quatuor Ébène (Erato 90295395995)

LITERES: Ah del rustico pastor - Marta Almajano (sop), Al Ayre Espanol/Eduardo Lopez Banzo (DHM 05472-77325)

MORALES: Missa Queramus cum pastoribus (6) - Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell (Hyperion CDA 66635)

Eva Radich mixes it up with great musicians across genres

Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

PROKOFIEV: Marches for Military Band (3) - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 10166)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 4 in Bb Op 60 (2) - Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 478 349)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Andante Cantabile, from String Quartet No 1 - Johannes Moser (cello), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Andrew Manze (Pentatone PTC5186570)

RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez (1) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

PUCCINI: Che gelida manina, from La Bohème - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

LISZT: Consolation No 3 in Db - Lang Lang (pno) (SONY 88697 89140)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Das Fischermädchen D957/10 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

KODÁLY: Dances of Marosszék - Budapest Festival Orch/Iván Fischer (Philips 462 824)

4.00

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052 (3) - Murray Perahia (pno/dir), ASMF (Sony SK 89245)

DEBUSSY: Jeux de vagues, from La Mer - Royal Scottish National Orch/Stéphane Denève (Chandos CHSA 5102)

CHABRIER: Gwendoline, Overture - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor K457 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

DOVE: Run, shepherds, run! - Wells Cathedral Choir, Wells Cathedral School Chapel Choir/Matthew Owens (Hyperion CDA 67768)

STRAUSS: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Op 60 (1) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 3 39339)

RACHMANINOV: Andante, from Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 - Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67376)

ESTACIO: Bootlegger's Tarantella - Edmonton SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD5232)

5.00

LALO: Symphonie espagnole (5) - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), French National Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (EMI CDC 7 47318)

ROSSINI arr Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Largo al factotum, from The Barber of Seville - Gil Shaham (vln), Akira Eguchi (pno) (DG 447 640)

MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto in D minor (3) - John Abberger (ob), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta AN 2 9811)

ELGAR: Pomp & Circumstance March No 3 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)

REED: Ballade - Mark Hobson (sax), Royal New Zealand Navy Band/Owen Clarke (Royal NZ Navy )

BRAHMS: Viola Sonata in Eb Op 120/2 (2) - Maxim Rysanov (vla), Jacob Katsnelson (pno) (ONYX 4033)

POULENC: Four Christmas Motets - Choir of New College, Oxford/Edward Higginbottom (Avie AV 2084)

MAYER: Look Away - Joshua Bell (vln), Edgar Meyer (dbass), Chris Thile (mandolin) (SONY 88697 55436)

PIAZZOLLA arr Crabb: Tanguedia - James Crabb (accordion), Australian CO/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 10163)

BYRD trans Stokowski: Pavane & Gigue - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.57205)

6.00

SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A D667, Trout (4) - John O'Conor (pno), James Vandemark (dbass), members of Cleveland Quartet (TELARC CD 80225)

EDWARDS: Chorale and Ecstatic Dance (Enyato I) (1) - Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 2 in D Op 36 (2) - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Mariss Jansons (RCO LIVE RCO 05002)

BARTÓK arr Farquhar: For Children, excerpts - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

TORKE: South, Concerto for oboe - Ryan Roberts (oboe), Albany SO/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra at Rostropovich Festival

WEBER: Euryanthe, Overture

SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A minor Op 129

BACH: Allemande, from Cello Suite No 6 in D BWV1012

DVORÁK: Symphony No 9 in E minor, From the New World

ELGAR: Salut d'Amour Op 12

Enrico Dindo (cello), St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Yuri Temirkanov

Grand Hall of State Conservatory, Moscow (EBU)

MOZART: Flute Concerto No 1 in G K313 (3) - Janet See (fl), Philharmonia Baroque Orch/Nicholas McGegan (MAGNATUNE 2006A)

PSATHAS: Three Psalms - Michael Houstoun (pno), New Zealand SO/Marc Taddei (Rattle RAT-DV 015)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

HAYDN: Variations in F minor HobXVII/6 - Alain Planès (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1762)

FUCHS: Serenade No 1 in D Op 9 - Cologne CO/Christian Ludwig (Naxos 8.572222)

PURCELL: Behold, I bring you glad tidings - Matthew White (countertenor), Julian Podger (ten), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Capella Brugenis, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense/Patrick Peire (Eufoda 1329)

WELCHER: All the Words to all the Songs - Alexa Still (fl), Stephen Gosling (pno) (KOCH KIC CD 7658)

METCLAFE: Silent Westway; Ochre Orange Freeway; As She Fell - Tom Kerstens (gtr), Tom Kerstens' G Plus ensemble (REAL WORLD CDRW 175)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Op 15 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno/dir), Mahler CO (Sony 88725 42058)

HEINICHEN: Pastorale in A - Dresden Instrumental-Concert/Peter Kopp (Carus 83.169)

WAGNER: Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 448 155)

DEBUSSY: Prelude, from Suite Bergamasque - John Chen (pno) (RNZ UB13)

MANFREDINI: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)

CHILDS: Weep no more - Toronto Children's Chorus/Elise Bradley (Marquis 81439)

RAVEL: String Quartet in F - Emerson String Quartet (DG 427 320)

1:00 approx

MOZART: Divertimento in Bb K137 - Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (vln/dir) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1809)

GIGOUT: Scherzo, from Ten Pieces - Gillian Weir (org) (KOSS KC 1013)

SAMMARTINI: Concerto grosso in G minor Op 5/6 - Les Violons du Roy (Dorian DOR 90180)

TELEMANN: Overture in G, Nations Old & New - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

BODY: African Strings - II. Kora. Chedo - Jane Curry, Owen Moriarty (gtrs) (Naxos 8.579041)

SAINT-SAENS: The Elephant, from Carnival of the Animals - Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (pnos), double bassist from London Sinfonietta/Charles Dutoit (Decca 458 595)

RESPIGHI: The Hen, from The Birds - New Zealand SO/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)

2:00 approx

ALBINONI: Oboe Concerto in D minor Op 9/2 - Gordon Hunt (ob/dir), Norrköping SO (BIS CD 5017)

BACH: Letzte Stunde, brich herein, from Cantata No 31; Der Himmel lacht! - Ursula Langmayr (sop), Alison Dunlop (ob), Eric Lamb (fl), Uwe Grodd (bass fl), Martin Rummel (cello), James Tibbles (hpschd) (Atoll ACD 916)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 3 in A minor Op 56, Scottish - Scottish CO/Joseph Swensen (LINN CKD 216)

HANDEL: Air and variations, "The Harmonius Blacksmith", from Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

RUTTER: All Bells in Paradise - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

3:00 approx

TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin, ballet music - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Orch/Colin Davis (Philips 422 845)

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 47 - Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Staatskapelle Dresden/André Previn (DG 447 895)

BRAHMS arr Geringas: Minnelied Op 71/5 - Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tamás Vesmás (pno) (RNZ UB56)

JOSQUIN DES PREZ: O virgo virginum - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

ROSSINI: O salutaris hostia - 1999 New Zealand Youth Choir/Karen Grylls (TRUST MMT 2029)

4:00 approx

SCHUMANN: Five Pieces in Folk Style Op 102 - Gautier Capuçon (cello), Frank Braley (piano) (ERATO 9341582)

LASSUS: Matona mia cara - Viva Voce/John Rosser (VIVA VOCE ACD 901)

SPOHR: Violin Concerto No 8 in A minor Op 47 - Elizabeth Wallfisch (vln), Brandenburg Orch/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66840)

BRITTEN: A Hymn to the Virgin - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (ucj 476 6295)

FAURÉ: Valse Caprice No 1 in A Op 30 - Michael Houstoun (pno) (Rattle RAT D075)

DELIUS: Walk to the Paradise Garden - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)

5:00 approx

KOEHNE: Way Out West - Diana Doherty (ob), Sinfonia Australis/Mark Summerbell (ABC 980 046)

MARIANELLI: Dawn, from Pride and Prejudice - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Silvascreen 111309)

RITCHIE: Suite No 2 for string orchestra, Aquarius - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

MOZART: German Dances K571 - Tasmanian SO/Ola Rudner (ABC Classics 472 826)

PAINE: Finchdean - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)

TRADITIONAL arr Rutter: Wexford Carol - Paul McMahon (ten), Cantillation (ABC Classics 472 044)

DVORÁK: Slavonic Dance Op 72 No 4 in Db - Atlanta SO/Yoel Levi (TELARC CD 80497)

VIVALDI: Concerto in D minor for two oboes RV535 (2) - Neil Black (ob), Celia Nicklin (ob), ASMF/Neville Marriner (Decca 466 232)

HAYDN: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 (3) - Alfred Brendel (pno) (Philips 456 727)

The perfect overture to your day, with Cynthia Morahan

HOVHANESS: Symphony No 2, Mysterious Mountain (3) - Royal Liverpool Phil/Gerard Schwarz (TELARC CD 80604)

BIDDINGTON: Lincoln Green Suite - Elvira Dommisse (fl), Susan Voight-McKeich (ob), Gretchen La Roche (cl), Neville Forsythe (bsn) (MANU CD MANU 1558)

CHABRIER: Five Posthumous Pieces (2) - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

BACH arr Balsom: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 (2) - Alison Balsom (tpt), Gothenburg SO/Edward Gardner (EMI 3 53255)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in Eb Op 127 (3) - ASMF/Murray Perahia (SONY SK 93043)

GARDNER: The Holly and the Ivy - Huddersfield Choral Society, Sellers Engineering Band/Brian Kay (Chandos CHAN 4530)

LOCATELLI: Concerto Grosso in F minor Op 1/8, Christmas (3) - Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (dir) (Challenge CC 72134)

BOCCHERINI: Symphony in D minor Op 12 No 4, La casa del diavolo (3) - Angèle Dubeau (vln), La Pietà (Analekta AN 2 8723)

TAVENER: The Lamb - Voces8 (SIGCD 283)

7.00

BIZET: Carillon, from L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 - Barcelona SO & National Orch of Catalonia/José Serebrier (BIS CD 1305)

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Op 35 (2) - James Ehnes (vln), Vancouver SO/Bramwell Tovey (ONYX 4016)

RAMEAU: Rigaudons 1 & 2, from Naïs - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

TRADITIONAL arr Pettman: Gabriel's Message - The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO COR 16085)

BREBEUF arr Anderson: The Huron Carol - Elora Festival Singers/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.554179)

MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante in Eb K297b (3) - Mohamed Saleh (ob), Kinan Azmeh (cl), Mor Biron (bsn), Sharon Polyak (horn), West-Eastern Divan Orch/Daniel Barenboim (warner 2564 62791)

LILBURN: Two Christmas Pieces for LB (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (RNZ )

POTT: Balulalow - Voces8 (Decca 4830968)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 (3) - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 1035)

BACH: English Suite No 1 in A BWV806 (9) - Glenn Gould (pno)

8.00

Beauty Spot:

CACCINI: Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Royal Phil/James Judd

ADAM: O Holy Night - The Three Tenors

BACH: Sinfonia from Christmas Oratorio, Part 2 - Dunedin Consort/John Butt (Linn CKD 499)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 8 in F Op 93 (3) - Scottish CO/Charles Mackerras (Hyperion CDS 44301/5)

MCLEOD: Three Celebrations (1) - New Zealand SO/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.572671)

PURCELL: Trumpet Sonata in D - Niklas Eklund (baroque tpt), Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble/Nils-Erik Sparf (Naxos 8.553531)

GAUNTLETT: Once, in Royal David's City - Madison Nonoa (sop), Australian Brandenburg Choir & Orch/Paul Dyer (ABC Classics ABC Live 2017)

TCHAIKOVSKY orch Lane: Troika - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

SCHUBERT: Three Piano Pieces D946 (3) - András Schiff (pno) (Philips 456 925)

Nick Tipping offers a full menu of masterpieces

DEBUSSY orch Ravel: Danse - Concertgebouw Orch, Amsterdam/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 417 611)

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D minor Op 7/1 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 6 in F Op 10/2 - András Schiff (pno) (ECM 1942 (476 3100))

CANNABICH: Symphony No 48 in Bb - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)

10.00

SMETANA: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Decca 4833187)

SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No 1 in Bb D898 - Philip Setzer (vln), David Finckel (cello), Wu Han (pno) (Artistled 10802)

MENDELSSOHN arr Wilcocks: Hark! the herald angels sing - Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra,/Benjamin Nicholas (Delphian DCD34192)

FINZI: Rollicum-rorum - Jonathan Lemalu (bbar), Roger Vignoles (pno) (EMI 5 75203)

11.00

CHOPIN: Waltz in Eb Op 18, Grande valse brillante - Ingrid Haebler (pno) (Philips 456 823)

SIBELIUS: Symphony No 5 in Eb Op 82 - Helsinki Phil/Leif Segerstam (ONDINE ODE 1035)

DAVERNE: Gallipoli, Rhapsody for trumpet & orchestra - Marek Bubenicek (tpt), Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

Keeping you in tune with music and the arts, with David Morriss

J STRAUSS II: Champagne Polka - London SO/John Georgiadis (IMP PCDS 2)

LUMBYE: Champagne Gallop - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Jan-Olav Wedin (BIS BISCD180)

HEWITT JONES: Lullay - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA)

ADAM: O Holy Night - Elora Festival Singers, Michael Bloss (organ)/Noel Edison (Naxos 8.573421)

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

BACH: Gavotte, from Violin Partita No 3 in E BWV1006 - Arthur Grumiaux (vln) (Philips 475 7552)

ANON arr Lislevand: Tourdion - Linn Andrea Fuglseth (voice), Anna Maria Friman (voice),   Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (mandolin), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (1) - Eric Lu (pno), Hallé Orchestra/Edward Gardner (Warner Classics 9029555215)

1.00

Best of Upbeat interviews 2019

David Morriss talks with violinist Viktoria Mullova

TRAD: O santissimo natale - Hamburg Monteverdi Choir/Jürgen Jürgens (Ambitus AMB 97 856)

MANFREDINI: Christmas Concerto in C Op 3/12 - Berlin Phil/Herbert von Karajan (DG 449 924)

DESPREZ: Praeter rerum seriem - Gabrieli Consort/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 437 833)

BERLIOZ: Trio for Two Flutes and Harp, from The Childhood of Christ - Doriot Anthony Dwyer (fl), James Pappoutsakis (fl), Bernard Zighera (harp) (RCA GD 86207)

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BOCCHERINI: Cello Concerto in D G478 (1) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman (Sony SK 60680)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: The Magic Flute, Overture - London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

SIBELIUS: Pan & Echo Op 53 - New Zealand SO/Pietari Inkinen (Naxos 8.570763)

DVORÁK: Rondo in G minor Op 94 - Heinrich Schiff (cello), André Previn (pno) (Philips 434 914)

TARTINI: Violin Concerto in Bb D117 (4) - Adrian Chandler (vln/dir), La Serenissima (Avie AV 2154)

BRAHMS: Piano Pieces Op 119 (2) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67550)

STRAUSS: Cäcilie Op 27/2 - Renée Fleming (sop), Houston SO/Christoph Eschenbach (RCA 09026 68539)

HAYDN: Symphony No 92 in G, Oxford (4) - Freiburg Baroque Orch/René Jacobs (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1849)

4.00

RAVEL: Alborada del Gracioso, from Miroirs - Philharmonia/Carlo Maria Giulini (EMI 5 62746)

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

BEETHOVEN: Clarinet Trio in Bb Op 11 (3) - Peter Schmidl (cl), Friedrich Dolezal (cello), Erich Binder (pno (Decca 414 576)

SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Op 28 - Sarah Chang (vln), Philadelphia Orch/Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI CDC 5 55026)

FIELD: Piano Sonata in B (1) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80290)

TRADITIONAL arr C Wood: Ding dong! merrily on high - Gloucester Cathedral Choir/Andrew Nethsingha (Avie AV 2122)

BONNIZZI: Jouissance - Hille Perl (viola da gamba), Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba), Paulina van Laarhoven (viola da gamba, Matthias Müller (viola da gamba), Lee Santana (lute/chitarrone) (DHM 05472 77502)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No 1 in Bb minor Op 23 (3) - Ayako Uehara (pno), London SO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (EMI 3 59606)

5.00

WITT: Symphony in A (4) - Sinfonia Finlandia/Patrick Gallois ( 8.572089)

DVORÁK: Czech Suite Op 39 (2) - Prague Philharmonia/Jakub Hrusa (SUPRAPHON SU 3867)

MENDELSSOHN: Octet in Eb Op 20 (3) - Daniel Hope (vln), members of CO of Europe (DG 477 6634)

SCHUBERT arr Liszt: Erlkönig D328 - Susanna Andersson (sop), Helsingborg SO/Tecwyn Evans (Orlando Records OR 0029)

GRANADOS: Spanish Dances Op 37 Book 4 (1) - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Decca 414 557)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 2 in D HobVIIb/2 (3) - Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Freiburg Baroque Orch/Petra Müllejans (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1816)

SWEELINCK: Hodie Christus natus est - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (1) - English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 492)

WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor Op 73 (2) - Charles Neidich (cl), Orpheus CO (DG 435 875)

SATIE arr Smith/McLachlan: Gnossienne No 1 - Tommy Smith (sax), Murray McLachlan (pno) (LINN AKD 103)

6.00

BRAHMS orch Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 25 (4) - Sydney SO/Edo de Waart (ABC Classics 454 515)

BIZET: Symphony in C (2) - CBSO/Louis Frémaux (EMI CDM 7 69643)

RITCHIE: Suite No 1 for string orchestra (3) - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

DEBUSSY: Pour le Piano - Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10443)

SUPPÉ: Poet & Peasant, Overture - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 456 576)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

APO: Celebrate Christmas 2018

Selections from Yuletide orchestral favourites like Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, and excerpts from Handel's rousing Messiah. And of course, you can't have Christmas without a healthy selection of carols.

James Ioelu (bass-baritone), The Graduate Choir NZ, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Hamish McKeich

Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland (RNZ)

SCRIABIN: Etude in C# minor Op 42/5 - Garrick Ohlsson (pno) (DUX 405)

BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy (1) - Tabea Zimmermann (vla), London SO/Colin Davis (LSO LIVE LSO 0040)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 1 in C BWV1066 - Zefiro Baroque Orchestra/Alfredo Bernardini (Arcana A 400)

PRAETORIUS: Quem pastores laudavere - Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Parley of Instruments/David Hill (Hyperion CDA 66200)

DEBUSSY: Piano Trio in G - Te Koki Trio (Rattle RAT D069 2017)

ELGAR: Serenade for Strings Op 20 - Royal Phil/Andrew Litton (Virgin VC 7 90727)

TAVENER: Ex Maria Virgine - James McVinnie (org), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge/Timothy Brown (Naxos 8.572168)

GRIEG: Elegiac Melodies Op 34 - NZSO CO (RNZ UA02)

MOZETICH: Affairs of the Heart - Juliette Kang (vln), CBC Vancouver Orchestra (CBC Records 5200)

OLSSON: God's son is born - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

BACH: Cantata No 99, Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan - William Towers (countertenor), James Gilchrist (ten), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Malin Hartelius (sop)/John Eliot Gardiner (SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 104)

ARAÑÉS: To the good life - Montserrat Figueras (sop), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

1:00 approx

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin - London SO/Claudio Abbado (DG 423 665)

STRAUSS: Death & Transfiguration Op 24 - Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Bernard Haitink (Philips 438 300)

TRADITIONAL: The Christ child's lullaby - Virginia LeCren (sop), Shona McIntyre-Bull (sop), Robert Wiremu (bass), Voices New Zealand/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

BUNCH: Velocity - Marya Martin (fl), Colette Valentine (pno) (Naxos 8.559629)

ELGAR arr Milone: In Moonlight, from In the South, Alassio - Natalie Clein (cello), Royal Liverpool Phil/Vernon Handley (EMI 5 01409)

2:00 approx

CORELLI: Concerto Grosso in G minor Op 6/8 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Linn CKD 411)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

HOLST arr Jennings, Woodgate: In the bleak midwinter - Chanticleer (Teldec 94563)

SCHUBERT arr Boehm: Ständchen D957/4 - Uwe Grodd (fl), Matteo Napoli (pno) (Naxos 8.570754)

FRAHM: Ambre - Nils Frahm (piano, reed organ, celeste) (Erased Tapes eratp18)

3:00 approx

MOZART: Oboe Quartet in F K370 - François Leleux (ob), Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Lawrence Power (vla), Sebastian Klinger (cello) (SONY 88697 28585)

MUSSORGSKY arr Renz: Pictures at an Exhibition - Berlin Ensemble (Berlin Philharmonic 6001)

FOX: Carol Fantasia - RTE Concert Orch (Naxos 8.572744)

CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor Op 68/2 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

4:00 approx

COPLAND: Clarinet Concerto - Andreas Ottensamer (cl), Rotterdam Phil/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG 481 0131)

HAYDN: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Australian CO (Orfeo C 080 031)

LAURIDSEN: O magnum mysterium - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

WARLOCK: Six English Tunes - London Festival Orch/Ross Pople (Arte Nova ANO 378 680)

IPPOLITOV-IVANOV: Procession of the Sardar - Borusan Istanbul Phil/Sascha Goetzel (Onyx 4124)

5:00 approx

LECLAIR: Violin Concerto in D Op 10/3 - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0589)

DELIUS: Poem of Life & Love - Royal Scottish National Orch/David Lloyd-Jones (DUTTON CDLX 7264)

ANONYMOUS: Latvian Prayer - Dawn Harms (vla), Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 199)

RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess - Philadelphia Orch/Eugene Ormandy (SONY MLK 64067)

HANDEL: For unto us a child is born, from Messiah - English Concert & Choir/Trevor Pinnock (Archiv 423 630)

GABRIELI: Sonata octavi toni in 12 parts - Gabrieli Players/Paul McCreesh (Archiv 453 427)

BRAHMS: Capriccio in B minor Op 76/2 - Arcadi Volodos (pno) (Sony 8887 5130192)

BACH: Sinfonia, from Cantata No 196 - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (DECCA 4782718)

RAMEAU: Danse Des Sauvages, from Les Indes Galantes - Les Musiciens du Louvre/Marc Minkowski (Archiv 477 5578)

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SCHUMANN: Symphony No 3 in Eb Op 97, Rhenish (2) - Champs-Elysées Orch/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1972)

MOZART: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

ROSSINI: Bassoon Concerto in Bb (1) - Jaakko Luoma (bassoon), Tapiola Sinfonietta/Janne Nisonen, concertmaster (Ondine ODE13242)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Pas d'action, from Swan Lake - Baiba Skride (vln), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Robert Johnston (harp), CBSO/Andris Nelsons (SONY 88697 21423)

ROSETTI: Horn Concerto in Eb K3/37 (3) - Klaus Wallendorf (horn), Kurpfalz CO

TRADITIONAL arr Kondonassis: Angels we have heard on high - Yolanda Kondonassis (harp) (TELARC CD 80687)

SANDSTRÖM: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen - Pepe Becker (sop), Shona McIntyre-Bull (sop), Andrea Cochrane (contralto), Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir/Karen Grylls (Trust MMT 2052)

EDWARDS: First Maninya, from Guitar Concerto (1) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

HANDEL: Sinfonia, from Act 1 of Samson - Anthony Halstead (horn), Christian Rutherford (horn), English CO/Trevor Pinnock

7.00

BACH: Orchestral Suite No 3 in D BWV1068 (3) - Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (Analekta FL 2 3134)

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 35 (1) - Louis Lortie (pno) (Chandos CHAN 10588)

GJEILO: A spotless rose - Sofia Vocal Ensemble/Bengt Ollén (Footprint Records FRCD 060)

RUTTER: Arise, shine, for thy light has come - Mark Williams (org), Cambridge Singers/John Rutter (Collegium CSCD 515)

CIMAROSA: Concerto in G for two flutes (3) - Mathieu Dufour (fl), Alex Klein (ob), Czech National SO/Paul Freeman (Cedille CDR 90000 080)

FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A (4) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (pno) (SONY SK 87287)

SCHUBERT: - Joan Sutherland (sop), Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia/Richard Bonynge (Decca 421 095)

HOLST: In the bleak midwinter - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

GLINKA: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - NZSO National Youth Orch 2005/Edwin Outwater (Private - NZSO NYO )

8.00

Beauty Spot:

WHITACRE: Lux Aurumque - ORA/Suzi Digby (ORA )

LILBURN: Aotearoa Overture - Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio No 7 in Bb Op 97, Archduke (4) - Trio Wanderer (Harmonia Mundi HMC 90 2100)

MOZART: Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez (Decca 478 0316)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 12 in F Op 96, American (3) - Royal Phil/Charles Rosekrans (TELARC CD 80610)

MADDEN: I sing of a maiden - Graduate Choir/Terence Maskell (Atoll ACD 308)

GRIMSDOTTIR: I will praise her and laud - Hljómeyki/Bernhardur Wilkinson (Iceland Music Centre SMK 23)

HANDEL: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from Solomon - English CO/Raymond Leppard (SONY MLK 64066)

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CHABRIER: Joyeuse Marche - Vienna Phil/John Eliot Gardiner (DG 447 751)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien - Oslo Phil/Mariss Jansons (Chandos CHAN 8460)

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Lark Ascending - Tasmin Little (vln), BBC SO/Andrew Davis (Teldec 9031 73127)

SCARLATTI: Cantata pastorale - Patricia Lawrey (mezzo), Peter Averi (hpschd), Schola Musica/Ashley Heenan (EX KIWI SLD 52)

10.00

MOZART: Symphony No 37 in G K444 - London Mozart Players/Jane Glover (ASV CD DCA 761)

WAGNER: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigem Schein - Jonas Kaufmann (ten), Prague Phil/Marco Armiliato (Decca 478 6029)

RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances Op 45 - Philharmonia/Neeme Järvi (Chandos CHAN 9081)

CASALS: Sardana - Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Guy Johnston (cellos), CBSO cellos (Decca 483 2948)

11.00

TRAD / NEALE / GRAEME CAIRNS: Good King Wences - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

HOLST / DANA LIVESAY: In Our Christmas Summer - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

TRAD / KATHY GILLARD: The Kauri and the Kowhai - RNZ Concert Choir, The Sirens (RNZ)

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky - Artemis Quartet (Virgin 3 80268)

DRIGO: Pas de Trois - London SO (Decca 433 861)

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J WILLIAMS: Across the Stars, from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Anne-Sophie Mutter (vln), The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles/John Williams (DG 4797553)

COATES: Cinderella - BBC Phil/Rumon Gamba (Chandos CHAN 9869)

PÄRT: Christmas Lullaby - Montserrat Figueras (sop), Hespèrion XXI (Alia Vox AV 9826)

BRIDGE: Miniature Pastorals, Set 1 - Ashley Wass (pno) (Naxos 8.557842)

RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2017)

1.00

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STOKOWSKI: Traditional Slavic Christmas Music - Bournemouth SO/José Serebrier (Naxos 8.557645)

G GABRIELI: Quem vidistis pastores? - Richard Farnes (org), Stephen Layton (org), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Thomas Elias (treble), Charles Brett (countertenor), William Kendall, Peter Hall (tens), Ian Caddy (bass)/Stephen Cleobury (Argo 417 468)

LANE: Old Christmas Music - RTE Concert Orch/Gavin Sutherland (Naxos 8.572744)

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Rick Young presents afternoon music to get you from A to B

BORODIN: Symphony No 2 in B minor (4) - Berlin Phil/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 17582)

BACH: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 (2) - Isabelle Faust (violin), Xenia Löffler (oboe), Akademie für Alte/Bernhard Forck (Harmonia Mundi HMM90233536)

VERDI arr Turovsky: String Quartet in E minor (1) - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9662)

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No 1 in C Op 21 (2) - Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (Concordance CCD 06)

NIELSEN: Serenata in vano - New London Chamber Ensemble & Guests (MERIDIAN CDE 84580)

DEBUSSY: Arabesque No 1 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67898)

PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi - Renée Fleming (sop), London Phil/Charles Mackerras (Decca 467 049)

FARRENC: Symphony No 3 in G minor Op 36 (1) - North German Radio Phil/Johannes Goritzki (CPO 999 603)

4.00

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor Op 40 (1) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno), Cleveland Orch/Vladimir Ashkenazy (Decca 458 930)

MOZART: Serenade No 7 in D K250, Haffner (4) - Rudolf Koeckert (vln), Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelík (DG 477 5838)

FAURÉ arr Hazell: Pavane - Albrecht Mayer (ob d'amore), ASMF/Mathias Mönius (Decca 478 2564)

WOOD: Fantasia on British Sea songs, excerpts - David Bremner (euphonium), Ashley Brown (cello), Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Universal 99172)

MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No 4 in A Op 90, Italian (4) - Vienna Phil/Christoph von Dohnányi (Decca 421 769)

HOWELLS: Here is the little door - The King's Singers (Signum SIGCD497)

EDWARDS: Second Maninya, from Guitar Concerto (3) - Karin Schaup (guitar), Tasmanian SO/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)

DVORÁK: String Quartet No 7 in A minor (2) - Prague String Quartet (DG 429 193)

5.00

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical (4) - London SO/Valery Gergiev (Philips 475 7655)

STAMITZ: Flute Concerto in G (1) - Barthold Kuijken (fl), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon (dir) (SONY SK 48045)

BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13, Pathétique (2) - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80118)

DAVERNE: A Pocket Overture - Moravian Phil/Petr Pololáník (EMI 557 9042)

RODRIGO: Fantasia para un gentilhombre (1) - Craig Ogden (gtr), BBC Phil/Sachio Fujioka (Chandos CHAN 9604)

ANONYMUS arr Pilkington: Coventry Carol - Handel & Haydn Society Chorus, Trinity Handbell Ensemble/Grant Llewellyn (Avie AV 2078)

ELLINGTON arr & orch Henderson: Solitude in Transbluceny - Andrew Barnell (bsn), Richard Simpson (ob), City of Birmingham SO/Simon Rattle (EMI 5 57014)

SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in Eb Op 44 (3) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno), Takács Quartet (Hyperion CDA 67631)

STANFORD: Symphony No 3 in F minor Op 28, Irish (4) - Bournemouth SO/David Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.570355)

6.00

DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Royal Scottish National Orch/Alexander Gibson (Chandos CHAN 6503)

BACH: Erbarme Dich, from St Matthew Passion - Lisa Batiashvili (vln/dir), François Leleux (ob d'amore), Chamber Orch of Bavarian Radio SO (DG 479 2479)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings Op 48 (3) - Moscow Soloists/Yuri Bashmet (Onyx 4037)

TARTINI arr Jacob: Concertino - Mark Walton (cl), Paul Bateman (pno) (Chalumeau EBY 001)

HAYDN: Symphony No 72 in D (4) - Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati (Decca 425 925)

With Bill McGlaughlin (WFMT)

NZSO: Christmas Brass

A dazzling selection of Christmas Carols and Favourites

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Brass/Brian Buerkle

Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, Wellington (RNZ)

ENESCU: Sonata in the Romanian Folk Character - Donald Maurice (vla), Richard Mapp (pno) (Atoll ACD 413)

PAINE: Finchdean - Gunter Herbig (gtr) (Naxos 8.573765)

RNZ Concert's musical nightcap

VIVALDI: Four Seasons, Spring - Berlin Baroque Soloists/Rainer Kussmaul (vln/dir) (Berlin Philharmonic 6003)

SCHUBERT: Impromptus D935 - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 68213)

PÄRT: I am the True Vine - Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67375)

VERDI: Willow Song & Ave Maria, from Otello - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Elzbieta Ardam (mezzo), Chicago SO/Georg Solti (Decca 440 843)

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in A minor Op 6/4 - Avison Ensemble/Pavlo Beznosiuk (dir) (LINN CKD 362)

MOZART: String Quartet No 22 in Bb K589, Prussian - Hagen Quartet (DG 423 108)