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27 August 2025

Holst, Gustav: A Somerset Rhapsody Op 22 - North Texas Wind Symphony/Eugene Migliaro Corporon (GIA Publications CD655)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Keyboard Sonata No 53 in E minor HobXVI/34 - Tessa Birnie (pno) (Chartreuse TB 6)

Glazunov, Alexander: Meditation Op 32 - Chloë Hanslip (vln), Swiss-Italian Orch/Alexander Vedernikov (Hyperion CDA 67940)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 14 in C minor K457 (2) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

Argento, Dominick: Three Motets - Sylvain Pineault (tpt), Ensemble Singers of the Plymouth Music S/Philip Brunelle (Collins Classics 15232)

Richardson, Alan: Roundelay - Murray Khouri (cl), Rosemary Barnes (pno) (Continuum CCD 1014)

Fiala, Josef: Oboe Concerto in Bb (1) - Ingo Goritzki (ob), Polish Chamber Phil/Wojciech Rajski (Claves CD 50-9018)

1:00 approx

Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 7 - Frederic Chiu (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 7352.53)

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

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chaconne, from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor BWV1004 - Alina Ibragimova (vln) (BBC Music BBC MM 284)

Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio: Sinfonia No 1 in D (2) - NZ Barok (Atoll ACD 813)

Lilburn, Douglas: Piano Sonata (1949) - Margaret Nielsen (pno) (Ex Kiwi SLD 58)

2:00 approx

Fauré, Gabriel/Messager, André: Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville - Petits Chanteurs de St-Louis, Ensemble Musique Oblique/Philippe Herreweghe (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1292)

Stradella, Alessandro: Trumpet Sonata in D - Jürgen Schuster (tpt), Cologne CO/Helmut Müller-Brühl (Naxos 8.551077)

Chabrier, Emmanuel: Pièces pittoresques Nos 1-5 - Emmanuel Strosser (pno) (MIRARE MIR 116)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No 40 in G minor K550 (1) - New Zealand SO/Nicholas McGegan (Private - NZSO 2006B)

Gabrieli, Giovanni arr Brown: Sonata - BonaNZa Trombone Quartet (RATA RT 011)

Gibbons, Orlando: Pavan, for 6 viols - Phantasm (Avie AV 0032)

3:00 approx

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 19 (4) - Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (pno) (Decca 414 340)

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: String Quartet No 1 in D Op 11 - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 214)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb Op 19 (3) - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (Trust MMT 2050)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn - Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 716)

Dalz, Joan Ambrosio arr Lislevand: Saltarello; Piva - Rolf Lislevand (lute), Marco Ambrosini (viola d amore), Thor Harald Johnsen (lute), Michael Behringer (clavichord), David Mayoral (percussion), Bjørn Kjellemyr (colascione), Giovanna Pessi (harp)/Rolf Lislevand (dir) (ECM 2088 (476 3317))

4:00 approx

Handel, George Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 3 in D minor HWV428 - Murray Perahia (pno) (Sony SK 62785)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Op 61 (3) - Kyung-Wha Chung (vln), London SO/Lawrence Foster (Decca 448 128)

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 118, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Sonata in A for flute, violin & continuo H570 - Les Adieux (DHM RD 77250)

Liszt, Franz: Il penseroso - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

Ewald, Victor: Brass Quintet No 3 in Db Op 7 (3) Andante - Gomalan Brass Quintet (cpo 555680-2)

5:00 approx

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in F for three violins - Simon Standage (vln/dir), Micaela Comberti (vln), Catherine Weiss (vln), Collegium Musicum 90 (Chandos CHAN 0580)

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - Imogen Cooper (pno) (Avie AV 2157)

Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von: Symphony No 1 in C, The Four Ages of the World - Failoni Orch/Hanspeter Gmür (Naxos 8.553368)

Francisque, Antoine arr Grandjany: Three Lute Dances (3) - Nancy Allen (harp) (EMI CDM 7 69070)

Respighi, Ottorino: Pastorale in A (2) - Michael Erxleben (vln/dir), New Berlin CO (Capriccio 10 563)

Audain, Yvette: Wera - Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (Atoll ACD700)

Traditional: Mes Belles Amourettes - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)

Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo - National Phil/Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Decca 425 848)

28 August 2025

Albinoni, Tomaso: Violin Concerto in D Op 9/7 - Andrew Manze (vln), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)

Albéniz, Isaac: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Benjamin Grosvenor (pno) (PRIVATE RECORDING 837 001)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Violin Concerto in G minor RV317 (2) - Takako Nishizaki (vln), New Zealand SO National Youth Orch/Peter Walls (Naxos 8.572381)

Einaudi, Ludovico: Experience - Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony 19658831402)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Concerto in D minor for oboe & violin BWV1060 - Vesa-Matti Leppänen (vln, dir), Robert Orr (ob), Bethany Angus (hpchd), New Zealand SO (RNZ NZSO 2022-03-17)

Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzo in A minor Op 116/2 - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)

Bruch, Max: Adagio Appassionato - Salvatore Accardo (vln), Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch/Kurt Masur (Philips 432 282)

1:00 approx

Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon - New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)

Kapustin, Nikolai: Piano Sonata No 1 Op 39, Sonata-Fantasia - Steven Osborne (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67159)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (1) - Atlanta SO/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: String Quartet in E minor Op 59/2, Razumovsky (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll ACD 402)

Jackson, Gabriel: Edinburgh Mass - Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh/Matthew Owens (DELPHIAN DCD 34027)

2:00 approx

Schubert, Franz: Moments musicaux D780 (2) - Tessa Birnie (pno) (ABC Classics 476 6479)

Martinu, Bohuslav: Estampes - Czech Phil/Jirí Belohlávek (Supraphon 10 4140)

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in G for four unaccompanied violins - Reinhard Goebel (vln/dir), Stephan Schardt (vln), Julia Huber-Warzecha (vln), Mary Utiger (vln) (Archiv 471 492)

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

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

Walton, William: What God hath done, is rightly done, from The Wise Virgins Suite - London Phil/Bryden Thomson (Chandos CHAN 8871)

3:00 approx

Liszt, Franz: Etude No. 11 Harmonies du soir - Luu Hong Quang (pno) (RATTLE RATD152)

Mendelssohn, Felix: String Quartet No 6 in F minor Op 80 - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.570001)

Mendelssohn, Fanny: Overture in C - Women's Phil/JoAnn Falletta (Koch 37169)

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 2 in F Op 38 - Agustin Anievas (pno) (EMI 5 74290)

Jeffes, Simon: Lifeboat (Lovers' Rock) - Penguin Café Orchestra (Penguin Cafe DPC098)

4:00 approx

Ritchie, John: Suite No 1 for string orchestra - NZSO Chamber Orch/Donald Armstrong (TRUST MMT 2040)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Trio No 5 in C K548 (2) - Daniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Kian Soltani (cello) (DG 4837506)

Eller, Heino: Five Pieces for string orchestra - Tallinn CO/Tônu Kaljuste (ECM 1745)

Ravel, Maurice: Oiseaux tristes, from Miroirs - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA34)

Vivaldi, Antonio: Trio Sonata in F for two violins RV68 - L'Astrée (OPUS 111 OP 30252)

Satie, Eric arr Milhaud: Jack-in-the-Box - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pno) (Decca 470 290)

5:00 approx

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No 2 in C - Hanover Band/Roy Goodman (Hyperion CDA 66524)

Lauridsen, Morten: Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (pno), Polyphony/Stephen Layton (Hyperion CDA 67580)

Talbot, Joby: Ink Dark Moon (1) - Miloš Karadaglić (guitar), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ben Gernon (Decca 4851525)

Vivaldi, Antonio arr Anonymous: Ho nel petto un cor sì forte, from Giustino - Franziska Fleischanderl (salterio), Il Dolce Conforto (Christophorus CHR77471)

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

Dowland, John: Fantasia No 7 - Matthew Marshall (gtr) (RNZ UA16)

Wonder, Stevie: Overjoyed - Calefax Reed Quintet (Pentatone PTC5187046)

Brahms, Johannes: Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op 105/1 - Andrew Joyce (cello), Rae de Lisle (pno) (Atoll ACD280)

Ravel, Maurice Arr Barker & Balsom: Piece in the form of a Habanera - Alison Balsom (tpt), Guy Barker Orch/Guy Barker (Warner 2564 632789)