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Conductor Adam Johnson

30 Jun 2025

Canadian conductor Adam Johnson is in New Zealand to conduct this year's NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Audio

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Wednesday 02 July

6:00 AM. Mornings

with Andrew Clark

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

Busoni, Ferruccio: Serenata in Bb Op 34 - Duo Pepicelli (Naxos 8.555691)

Dębicz, Aleksander: Recipe - Aleksander Dębicz (piano) & Łukasz Kuropaczewski (guitar) (warner Music Poland )

Cras, Jean: Trio for Violin, Viola & Cello III Animé - Black Oak Ensemble (Cedille )

Gounod, Charles: Ave Maria - Anna Lapwood (organ) (Sony 19658831402)

Grieg, Edvard: To Spring, from Lyric Pieces Book 3 - Leif Ove Andsnes (pno) (Virgin VC 7 59300)

Handel, George Frideric: Concerto a due cori No 2 in F HWV333 (5 & 6) - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner (Philips 432 193)

Elena Kats-Chernin: Dance of the Paper Umbrellas - Tasmanian SO/Benjamin Northey (HUSH 13)

Böddecker, Philipp Friedrich: Sacra partitura No 14, Sonata sopra "La Monica" - Concerto Scirocco /Giulia Genini (Outhere )

7.00

Kodály, Zoltán: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock - Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi (Chandos )

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Orchestral Suite No 2 in C, Op 53 (V) Danse baroque - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Alpesh Chauhan (Chandos CHSA5352)

Schumann, Robert: Träumerei from Kinderszenen Op 15 - Jian Liu (piano) (RNZ )

Beethoven, Ludwig van: 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 2, Sunset - Gerald Finley (baritone), Nicola Benedetti (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) (Decca )

Portman, Rachel: Water, from Tipping Points - Niklas Liepe (violin), WDR Orch/Erina Yashima (Sony G010005209644B)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K 191/186e, II Adagio (arr for trumpet and piano) - Jasmin Iris Ghera (trumpet), Junyan Chen (piano) (LINN )

Glinka, Mikhael: Ruslan & Lyudmila, Overture - BBC Phil/Vassily Sinaisky (Chandos CHAN 9861)

Gluck, Chrsitoph Willibald: Vieni appaga il tuo consorte (Orfeo, Euridice), from Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act 3 - Elsa Dreisog (sop). Jakub Józef Orliński, Il Giardino d'Amore (Erato )

Simpson, Christopher: Divisions for Two Viols in G, VdGS 28 - Robert Smith (viola da gamba), Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba) (Ressonus Classics RES10186)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Piano Concerto No 1 in D Op 17 (3) - Stephen Hough (pno), City of Birmingham SO/Sakari Oramo (Hyperion CDA 67331/2)

8.00

Copland, Aaron: Hoe Down, from Rodeo - Cincinnati Pops Orch/Erich Kunzel (TELARC CD 80339)

Rodgers, Richard: Some enchanted evening, from South Pacific - Bryn Terfel (bar), English Northern Philharmonia/Paul Daniel (DG 449 163)

Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 118 (5) - Markus Groh (pno) (Avie AV 2136)

Verdi, Giuseppe: Recordare, from Requiem - Chapman Trip Opera New Zealand Chorus, Viva Voce, Auckland Phil/Nicholas Braithwaite (Atoll A 9805)

Jiranek, Frantisek: Oboe Concerto in B flat, (I) Allegro - Xenia Löffler (oboe), Collegium Marianum (Supraphone SU42082)

Rosner, Arnold: 3 Northern Sketches, Op. 117: No. 2, Pastorale - Density512 (Toccata Classics London )

Vaughan Williams Leonard Weiss: Fantasia on Greensleeves - Auckland Phil/Leonard Weiss (RNZ )

Davis, Oliver: Pieces of Wood, III - Kerenza Peacock (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Julian Kershaw (Signum SIGCD890)

Norris, Michael: Three Dances (2) Tango - Laurence Perkins, Amy Thompson & Catriona McDermid (Hyperion CDA68441)

Cole, Nat "King" Clements, Jim: Straighten Up and Fly Right - Voces8/Smith, Barnaby (VOCES8 Records )

Mendelssohn, Felix: Cello Sonata No 2 in D Op 58 (2) Allegretto scherzando - Sol Gabetta (cello), Bertrand Chamayou (piano) (Sony )

Gutiérrez, Pedro arr Peña: Alma Ilanera - Juan Diego Flórez (ten), Fort Worth SO/Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Decca 475 6932)

9.00

Field, John: Nocturne No 13 in C, "Rêverie-Nocturne" - Alice Sara Ott (piano) (DG 4866238)

Traditional: Romance de amor (Arr for Guitar, Percussion & String Quintet by Krzysztof Meisinger) - Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar), Meisinger Soloists (Chandos )

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Adagio, from Serenade No 10 in Bb K361, Gran Partita (3) - ASMF/Neville Marriner (Philips 412 726)

Lasso, Orlando di: Magnificat septimi toni, LV 1187 "Recordare Jesu pie" - Magnificat/Philip Cave (Outhere )

Handel, George Frideric: Alla Hornpipe, from Water Music Suite No 2 in D - L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (dir) (CPO 777 312)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: 6 Schübler Chorales, Op 5: No 5, Ach bleib' bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 649 (Arr R Vaughan Williams for Piano) - Mark Bebbington (piano) (SOMM )

Arnalds, Olafur: Saman - Lavinia Meijer (harp) (Sony 19439946062)

Silvestrov, Valentin: Hymn - Amalia Hall (vln), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei (RNZ 2022)

Purcell, Henry: An Evening Hymn, from Harmonia Sacra - Helen Charlston (mezzo), Toby Carr (theorbo) (Delphian DCD34283)

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