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06 December 2025
Piazzolla, Astor arr Crabb: Romance del Diablo - James Crabb (accordion), Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (vln/dir) (Chandos CHAN 10163)
Stamitz, Johann: Orchestral Trio in C minor Op 4/3 - New Zealand Chamber Orchestra/Donald Armstrong (vln/dir) (Naxos 8.553213)
Bolcom, William: Graceful Ghost - Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano) (DG 463 483)
Mahler, Gustav: Songs of a Wayfarer - Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 425 790)
Foulds, John: Darby & Joan Op 42/1, An Old English Idyll - BBC Concert Orchestra/Ronald Corp (DUTTON CDLX 7260)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in Bb BWV1051 (3) - New Zealand Guitar Quartet (Ode CDMANU 5153)
1:00 approx
Rachmaninov, Sergei: Symphony No 2 in E minor Op 27 (3) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra/Pietari Inkinen (RNZ 2011)
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Keyboard Concerto in G Wq43/5 - Trevor Pinnock (hpschd/director), English Concert (CRD 3311)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (DG 437 533)
Binge, Ronald: The Watermill - Trevor Bremner (cornet), Wellington Brass Band/David Bremner (Private BATB 1947)
Loeillet De Gant, Jean Baptiste: Recorder Sonata in G Op 1/3 - Daniel Rothert (recorder), Vanessa Young (cello), Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord) (Naxos 8.572023)
2:00 approx
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite No 2 - Barbara Bonney (soprano), Marianne Eklöf (mezzo), Gösta Ohlin's Voca/Neeme Järvi (DG 427 807)
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Six Variations in G - Mikhail Pletnev (piano) (DG 457 493)
Diamond, David: Symphony No 4 - Seattle Symphony/Gerard Schwarz (Naxos 8.559154)
Richardson, Alan: Roundelay - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Rosemary Barnes (piano) (Continuum CCD 1014)
Respighi, Ottorino: The Birds - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Schenck (Stradivari SCD 8013)
Maroufi, Javad: Rumi - Amir Farid (piano) (Move Records MD 3380)
3:00 approx
Dvořák, Antonín: Waltz in A Op 54/1 - I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky (Chandos CHAN 9484)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano concerto No 27 in Bb K595 (3) - Angela Hewitt (piano), Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Hannu Lintu (Hyperion CDA 67919)
Lilburn, Douglas: Symphony No 2 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Judd (Naxos 8.555862)
Schumann, Robert: Arabeske in C Op 18 - Tessa Birnie (piano) (WALSINGHAM 3WAL 80432)
Frost, Stephen: Bassoon Concerto (1) - Sigyn Birkeland (bsn), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Tony Harrison (Chandos CHAN 9763)
4:00 approx
Sparke, Philip: The Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa - National Youth Brass Band of New Zealand/Nigel Weeks (Trust MMT 2049)
Brahms, Johannes: Clarinet Sonata in F minor Op 120/1 (1) - Jon Manasse (clarinet), Jon Nakamatsu (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 90 7430)
Handel, George Frideric: Concerto Grosso in F Op 3/4 - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen (CPO 777 488)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Tota pulchra es - Latitude 37 (ABC Classics ABC 4818575)
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas Op 24 - Frederic Chiu (piano) (HARMONIA MUNDI HMX 290 7352.53)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Concerto in A minor for two violins RV522 - Rainer Kussmaul (vln/director), Bernhard Forck (violin), Berlin Baroque Soloists (AVI 855 3060)
5:00 approx
Brel, Jacques arr Anderson and Roe: Mathilde, Marieke, et Madeleine - Anderson & Roe Piano Duo (Steinway & Sons STNS30006)
Chausson, Ernest: Poème Op 25 - Chantal Juillet (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca 458 143)
Albéniz, Isaac: El Corpus en Sevilla, from Iberia Book 1 - Marc-André Hamelin (piano) (Hyperion CDA 67476/7)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Symphony No 5 in D (2) - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano (TELARC CD 80676)
Debussy, Claude: Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque - John Chen (piano) (ABC 4766834)
Edwards, Ross: Veni Creator Spiritus (1) - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/Richard Mills (ABC Classics ABC 476 227)
Statham, Keith: Ina - Puertas Quartet (Atoll ACD 881)
Liszt, Franz: Die Forelle - Jorge Bolet (piano) (Decca 414 575)
07 December 2025
Mendelssohn, Felix: Nocturne, from A Midsummer Night's Dream - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (RNZ UB22)
Schubert, Franz: Impromptu in C minor D899/1 - John O'Conor (piano) (TELARC CD 80337)
Smetana, Bedřich: Vyšehrad, from Má Vlast - Czech Philharmonic/Jiří Bělohlávek (Decca 4833187)
Hodges, Moses Hamilton: Twilight - Sarah Court (mezzo), David Barnard (piano) (RNZ 2021-02-12DMc)
Martinů, Bohuslav: Promenades - Lenka Kozderková-Simková (flute), Adéla Stajnochrová (violin), Monika Knoblochová (harpsichord) (Supraphon SU 3805)
Brahms, Johannes: Intermezzi Op 118, extracts - Michael Houstoun (piano) (Rattle RATD131)
1:00 approx
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Exsultate, jubilate K165 - Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki Bach Collegium Japan (BIS 2171)
Paine, Bruce: Sea Suite - Bruce Paine (guitar) (PRIVATE RECORDING BNP CD 04)
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Piano Trio in D Op 1 (3) - NZTrio (Rattle RAT-D121)
Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony Op 4 - English Chamber Orchestra/Benjamin Britten (London 425 160)
Chopin, Frédéric: Preludes Op 28/15 in Db, Raindrop - Pascal Rogé (piano) (Onyx 4057)
2:00 approx
Haydn, Franz Joseph: String Quartet in F minor Op 55/2, Razor - Lindsay String Quartet (ASV CD DCA 906)
Arnold, Malcolm: Clarinet Sonatina Op 29 - Murray Khouri (clarinet), Peter Pettinger (piano) (Continuum CCD 1038)
Farquhar, David: Ring Round the Moon (1) - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Young (Continuum CCD 1073)
Fauré, Gabriel: Impromptu No 4 in Db Op 86 - Margit-Anna Süss (harp) (DENON CO 76611)
Respighi, Ottorino: Ancient Airs & Dances Suite No 3 - I Solisti Veneti/Claudio Scimone (Erato ECD 75366)
Torke, Michael: East, Concerto for clarinet (1) - Weixiong Wang (clarinet), Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan Miller (Albany TROY1784)
3:00 approx
Wencheng, Lü: Autumn Moon on a Calm Lake - Lang Lang (piano) (Deutsche Grammophon 4776379)
Huyssen, Hans: Concerto for an African Cellist - Heleen du Plessis (cello), Odeion School of Music Camerata/Hans Huyssen (ODE CDMANU 5158)
Lilburn, Douglas: Seventeen Short Pieces for guitar (14-17) - Matthew Marshall (guitar) (Rattle D097)
Respighi, Ottorino: Pastorale in A - Michael Erxleben (vln/director), New Berlin Chamber Orchestra (Capriccio 10 563)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus after Bach: Three-part Adagio & Fugue No 3 in F K404a - Trio di Clarone (AVI Music AVI 8553162)
4:00 approx
Cannabich, Christian: Symphony No 52 in E - Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia/Uwe Grodd (Naxos 8.55434)
Liszt, Franz: Parsifal, March towards the Holy Grail - Michel Dalberto (piano) (RCA 82876 60309)
Vivaldi, Antonio: Viola d'amore Concerto in D RV392 - Fabio Biondi (vla d'amore/director), Europa Galante (Virgin 3 95146)
Larsson, Lars-Erik: Pastoral Suite - Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Okko Kamu (Naxos 8.553115)
Andrès, Bernard: Preludes Vol 2, extracts - Carolyn Mills (harp) (Atoll ACD 917)
Matteis Jr., Nicola: La Vecchia Sarabanda - Daniel Hope (violin) & Friends (DG 477 8094)
5:00 approx
Barber, Samuel: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - Kathleen Battle (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's/André Previn (DG 437 787)
Leclair, Jean-Marie: Flute Sonata in C Op 2/3 - Adrian Butterfield (baroque vln), Jonathan Mason (viola da gamba), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) (Naxos 8.572866)
Bizet, Georges: Aragonaise, from Carmen Suite No 1 - Vienna Philharmonic/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Sony Classics 196588189692)
Brahms, Johannes: Variations on a theme by Schumann Op 9 - Andreas Boyde (piano) (Oehms OC 585)
Delius, Frederick: Irmelin, Prelude - Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner (CBC Records SMCD 5134)
Le Trio Joubran: Masar - Le Trio Joubran (Songlines 43)
Elgar, Edward: Chanson de matin Op 15/2 - New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/James Sedares (Universal 399 8782)
Saint-Saëns, Camille: The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals - Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Osian Ellis (harp) (EMI 5 65955)