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27 April 2024

Albinoni, Tomaso arr Giazotto: Adagio in G minor - Piero Toso (vln), I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (ERATO ECD 55018)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Piano Sonata No 2 in Bb minor Op 36 (1) - Jason Bae (pno) (Austrian Gramophone AG 0003)

Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 (3) - CO of Europe/Alexander Schneider (asv CD COE 801)

Avison, Charles: Concerto Grosso in D minor Op 4/1 - Pavlo Beznosiuk (vln/dir), Avison Ensemble (Naxos 8.557905-06)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: An die ferne Geliebte Op 98 - Simon O'Neill (tenor), Terence Dennis (piano) (Decca ABC4817865)

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 1 in G minor Op 23 - Cédric Tiberghien (pno) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1943)

Andrès, Bernard: Prelude No 1, from Preludes Vol 1 - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)

1:00 approx

Hill, Alfred: String Quartet No 6 in G, Kids - Dominion Quartet (Naxos 8.572097)

Estacio, John: A Farmer's Symphony - Edmonton SO/Mario Bernardi (CBC Records SMCD5232)

Schumann, Robert: Three Romances Op 94 - Douglas Boyd (ob), Maria Joao Pires (pno) (DG 439 889)

Statham, Keith: Elena's Waltz - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)

Nielsen, Carl: Pan and Syrinx - South Jutland SO/Niklás Willén (Naxos 8.557164)

2:00 approx

Stanford, Charles Villiers: Three Latin Motets Op 38 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge/Richard Marlow (dir) (Conifer CDCF 155)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Cello Concerto No 1 in C HobVIIb/1 - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello/dir), ASMF (EMI CDC 7 49305)

Howells, Herbert: Sonata for clarinet & piano (1) - Murray Khouri (cl), Peter Pettinger (pno) (Continuum CCD 1074)

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

Elgar, Edward: Where Corals Lie, from Sea Pictures Op 37 - Janet Baker (mezzo), London SO/John Barbirolli (EMI CDC 7 47329)

3:00 approx

Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturne in F minor Op 55/1 - Shura Cherkassky (pno) (BBC Legends BBCL 4057)

Brahms, Johannes: String Quintet No 1 in F Op 88 - New Zealand String Quartet, Maria Lambros (vla) (Naxos 8.573455)

Villa-Lobos, Heitor: Sexteto Mistico - Members of Lontano/Odaline de la Martinez (Lorelt LNT 102)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No 13 in Bb K333 (1) - Michael Houstoun (pno) (RNZ UA21)

Bruni, Antonio: Duo Concertante in Eb Book 4/1 - Natalia Lomeiko (vln), Yuri Zhislin (vla) (Naxos 8.572522)

Verdi, Giuseppe: Va pensiero, from Nabucco - London Phil Choir, The London Chorus, London Phil/David Parry (X5 105)

4:00 approx

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Capriccio Italien - Montreal SO (Decca 417 300)

Grainger, Percy: The Merry King - Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orch/Clark Rundell (Chandos CHAN 9549)

Bloch, Ernest: Baal Shem - Suyeon Kang (vln), Stephen De Pledge (pno) (Atoll ACD 818)

Tsabropoulos, Vassilis: Three Pieces after Byzantine hymns - Anja Lechner (cello), Vassilis Tsabropoulos (pno) (ECM 1888 (981 9613))

Telemann, Georg Philipp: Concerto in D for trumpet & two oboes - John Wallace (tpt), Paul Arden-Taylor (ob), Anna Evans (ob), English String Orch/William Boughton (NIMBUS NI 5189)

5:00 approx

Wagner, Richard: Parsifal, Prelude to Act 1 - BBC Phil/Edward Downes (BBC Music BBC MM 257)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No 7 in A Op 92 (2) - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner (Soli Deo Gloria SDG 717)

Campion, Thomas: The Peaceful Western Wind - Shannon Mercer (sop), Ensemble Masques/Olivier Fortin (hpschd/dir) (Analekta AN 2 9905)

Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio in C HobXV/27 - Beaux Arts Trio (Philips 422 831)

Chambonnières, Jacques Champion de: Sarabande in F - Tessa Birnie (pno) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)

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

Delibes, Leo: Flower Duet, from Lakmé - Pretty Yende (sop), Kate Aldridge (mezzo), RAI National SO/Marco Armiliato (Sony 88985321692)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Prelude No 3 in E Op 32 - Colin Horsley (pno) (Atoll ACD 442)

28 April 2024

Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Allemande, from Suite in A - Alexandre Tharaud (piano) (Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 8379.81)

Brahms, Johannes: String Quartet No 3 in Bb Op 67 (4) - New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos 8.573454)

Handel, George Frideric: Water Music Suite No 1 in F (3) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 416 447)

Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in F minor D935/1 - John O'Conor (pno) (TELARC CD 80337)

Merlin, José Luis: Suite del Recuerdo - Bruce Paine (gtr) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP 02 CD)

Albinoni, Tomaso: Concerto in G for 2 oboes Op 9/6 - Frank de Bruine (ob), Alfredo Bernardini (ob), Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood (Decca 458 129)

Liszt, Franz: Pastorale - David James (pno) (RNZ UB48)

1:00 approx

Herschel, William: Sonata No 2 in C - The Dionysus Ensemble (Dionysus Ensemble 2022)

Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Hendricks (sop), Oslo Phil Chorus & Orch/Esa-Pekka Salonen (SONY MLK 64064)

Hamilton, David: Polka, from Imagined Dances II - Archi D'amore Zelanda (Atoll ACD218)

Chopin, Frédéric: Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52 - Lixin Zhang (piano) (Rattle RATD084)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Chorale Prelude, Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr; - Gillian Weir (org) (PRIORY PRCD 753)

2:00 approx

Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in D Op 20/4 - Buchberger Quartet (Brilliant Classics 93545)

Mendelssohn, Felix: Three Fantasies or Caprices Op 16 - Lydia Artymiw (pno) (Chandos CHAN 8326)

Respighi, Ottorino: Three Botticelli Pictures - Lausanne CO/Jesús López-Cobos (Telarc CD 80309)

Mozart, Leopold: Sinfonia in G major - NZSO CO/Donald Armstrong (NAXOS 8553347)

Bocanegra, Juan Pérez: Heaven-sent Joy - La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XXI/Jordi Savall (Alia Vox AV 9834)

3:00 approx

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

Robinovitch, Sid: Klezmer in Grenada - Sefarad (MARQUIS 81389)

Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Concerto No 4 in G Op 58 (3) - Diedre Irons (pno), Christchurch SO/Marc Taddei (TRUST MMT 2051)

Puccini, Giacomo: O soave fanciulla, from La Bohème - Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Roberto Alagna (ten), London SO/Richard Armstrong (Classic CD ISSUE 73)

4:00 approx

Albéniz, Isaac: Espagne (Souvenirs) - Marc-André Hamelin (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)

Rachmaninov, Sergei: Vocalise Op 34/14 - Singapore SO/Lan Shui (BIS SACD 1712)

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Symphony in D Wq183/1 - Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen (dir) (Hyperion CDA 67924)

Verdi, Giuseppe: Libiamo ne' lieti calici, from La Traviata - Kiri Te Kanawa (sop), Alfredo Kraus (ten), Orchestra e coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta (Decca 475 459)

Handel, George Frideric: Keyboard Suite No 5 in E HWV430 - Alicia de Larrocha (pno) (Philips 456 886)

Debussy, Claude arr Lenski: Bilitis - Catherine Bowie (fl), Sharon Joy Vogan (pno) (RNZ UB38)

5:00 approx

Purcell, Henry arr Balsom: King Arthur, excerpts - Alison Balsom (trumpet), English Concert/Trevor Pinnock (EMI 440329)

Traditional arr Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

Boyce, William: Symphony No 6 in F - Aradia Ensemble/Kevin Mallon (Naxos 8.557278)

Sibelius, Jean: Belshazzar's Feast, Suite - Gothenburg SO/Neeme Järvi (BIS CD 359)

Elgar, Edward: Salut d'Amour Op 12 - Ben Baker (vln), Julian Dyson (pno) (Ben Baker BBCD 01)

Matteis, Nicola: Prelude & aria, from Ayres for the Guitar - Karl-Ernst Schröder (gtr), Gaetano Nasillo (cello), Andrea Marchiol (org) (Alpha 46)

Fauré, Gabriel orch Gaubert: Romance in Bb Op 28 - Chantal Juillet (vln), Montreal SO (Decca 458 143)

Gershwin, George: Summertime, from Porgy and Bess - Renée Fleming (sop), New York Voices, Metropolitan Opera Orch (Decca 460567)