NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1946, is the country’s premier professional orchestra.
Administered by Radio New Zealand until 1989, it now functions as a government-owned Crown Entity. It has an
establishment of ninety players and performs over a hundred concerts annually. Touring within New Zealand looms
large in the orchestra’s activities. All its main symphonic programmes are presented in Auckland and Wellington,
but the orchestra visits some thirty New Zealand towns and cities annually. Given New Zealand’s geographical
isolation, overseas tours are relatively infrequent. In 2005 the orchestra undertook a highly successful tour that
included performances at the BBC Proms, the Concertgebouw, Snape Maltings and the World Expo at Aichi in
Japan. Prior to this, the orchestra was last in Europe in 1992 to play at the World Expo in Seville. It has appeared in Australia, New Caledonia, and Osaka in Japan where, in 2003, it opened the second Asia Orchestral Week. James
Judd was appointed Music Director in 1999. Other conductors who have worked with the NZSO during his tenure
include Alexander Lazarev, Dimitri Sitkovetsky, David Atherton, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Edo de Waart, and Matthias
Bamert. Soloists who have worked with the orchestra recently include Lynn Harrell, Lang Lang, Hilary Hahn,
Vadim Repin, Peter Donohoe, Steven Isserlis, Stephen Hough, Jonathan Lemalu and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. The
NZSO has an extensive catalogue of CD recordings. It makes one CD of New Zealand music annually, as part of a
commitment to promote and encourage music by New Zealand composers. A notable recent release features
Jonathan Lemalu in a range of operatic repertoire. The orchestra has a strong relationship with Naxos, recording
repertoire as diverse as Elgar (three discs), Ferdinand Ries, Beethoven, Bernstein, Copland, Lilburn, Sculthorpe,
Frank Bridge, Akutagawa, Mendelssohn, Honegger, Liszt, and Vaughan Williams. Over half a million of these CDs
have been sold internationally in the last decade and they have received critical acclaim. NZSO discs (Hummel,
Elgar and Bernstein) were chosen for the Editor’s Choice section of The Gramophone in 2004.
For further
information visit www.nzso.co.nz
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| ADAGIO CHILLOUT |
8.556783 |
| AKUTAGAWA: Ellora Symphony / Trinita Sinfonica / Rhapsody |
8.555975 |
| ANTILL: Corroboree / Outback Overture |
8.570241 |
| Art & Music: Manet - Music of His Time |
8.558117 |
| BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1 / Concerto for Orchestra |
8.559100 |
| BEST OF BRITISH |
8.570573-74 |
| BEST OF BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC |
8.570575-76 |
| BIZET (THE BEST OF) |
8.556671 |
| BIZET: Symphony in C Major / Jeux d'enfants |
8.553027 |
| BIZET: Symphony in C Major / L'Arlesienne / Jeux d'Enfants |
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| BRIDGE: Sea (The) / Enter Spring / Summer |
8.557167 |
| BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 / 4 Sea Interludes |
8.553107 |
| BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 6 , WAB 106 |
8.553453 |
| 'Butterfly Lovers' Music and Dance Film (NTSC) |
2.220002 |
| CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / BREINER: Songs and Dances from the Silk Road |
6.110082 |
| CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / BREINER: Songs and Dances from the Silk Road |
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| CHEN / HE: Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (The) / BREINER: Songs and Dances from the Silk Road |
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| CINEMA CLASSICS 2004 |
8.556813 |
| CLASSICAL MEDITATION |
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| CLASSICAL MOMENTS 3: Classical Music to Relax to |
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| CLASSICAL MOMENTS 5: Classical Music to Dine to |
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| COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 / Billy the Kid |
8.559106 |
| DELIUS (THE BEST OF) |
8.556837 |
| DELIUS: Paris / Brigg Fair / Eventyr / Irmelin / La Calinda |
8.553001 |
| DISCOVER OPERA |
8.558196-97 |
| Discover the Classics, Vol. 2 |
8.554246-47 |
| DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition) |
8.554337-38 |
| DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (2008 edition) |
8.558208-09 |
| ELGAR (THE VERY BEST OF) |
8.552133-34 |
| ELGAR: Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstances Marches, Nos. 1-5 |
8.571026 |
| ELGAR: Marches |
8.557273 |
| ELGAR: Orchestral Miniatures |
8.557577 |
| ELGAR: Wand of Youth / Nursery Suite |
8.557166 |
| EXTREME CLASSICS |
8.557941-42 |
| GERSHWIN: American in Paris (An) / Porgy and Bess |
8.559107 |
| GERSHWIN: An American in Paris / Porgy and Bess / Rhapsody in Blue |
8.571028 |
| GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite |
8.223518 |
| GREENSLEEVES - English Pastoral Music |
8.557535 |
| HINDEMITH: Mathis der Maler / Symphonic Metamorphosis |
8.553078 |
| HONEGGER: Symphony No. 3, 'Liturgique' / Pacific 231 / Rugby |
8.555974 |
| HUMMEL: Missa Solemnis / Te Deum |
8.557193 |
| HUMMEL: Missa Solemnis / Te Deum |
8.557572 |
| KANAWA, Kiri Te: Portrait (A) (PAL) |
100226 |
| KRAUS: Violin Concerto / Olympie / Azire |
8.570334 |
| LILBURN: Orchestral Works |
8.557697 |
| LILBURN: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3 |
8.555862 |
| LISZT: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 2 |
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| LISZT: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 3 |
8.557846 |
| LISZT: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 4 |
8.557847 |
| MAJESTIC JOURNEY - Original Works for Euphonium and Orchestra |
8.570538 |
| MARCHES (FAMOUS) |
8.553596 |
| MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1- 3 / Herodiade |
8.553124 |
| MASSENET: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7 |
8.553125 |
| MAYUZUMI: Bugaku / Mandala Symphony / Rumba Rhapsody |
8.557693 |
| PANDA CLASSICS (3CD box set) |
8.503204 |
| PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: PIONEERS OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC |
8.559200 |
| RACHMANINOV / SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concertos |
8.554677 |
| RAUTAVAARA: Symphony No. 8, "The Journey" / Manhattan Trilogy / Apotheosis |
8.570069 |
| REGER: Mozart Variations Op. 132 / Hiller Variations Op. 100 |
8.553079 |
| RIES: Piano Concertos, Vol. 1 |
8.557638 |
| Russian Ballet Favourites |
8.554063 |
| SCULTHORPE: Earth Cry / Piano Concerto / Kakadu |
8.557382 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH (THE BEST OF) |
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| SHOSTAKOVICH (THE VERY BEST OF) |
8.552129-30 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH: Dmitry Shostakovich - A Portrait (WHITEHOUSE) |
8.558188-89 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 |
8.553126 |
| SIBELIUS: Scenes historiques I and II / King Christian II Suite |
8.570068 |
| STORY OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE) |
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| STRAVINSKY: Igor Stravinsky - A Portrait (NICE) |
8.558186-87 |
| STRAVINSKY: Symphonies |
8.225918 |
| STRAVINSKY: Symphony in C / Symphony in Three Movements |
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| SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter |
8.503135 |
| THE ULTIMATE LULLABY COLLECTION |
8.570514-15 |
| THOMSON, V.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 / Symphony on a Hymn Tune |
8.559022 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (Eternal) |
8.572080 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (THE BEST OF) |
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| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso |
5.110053 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso |
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| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / In the Fen Country |
6.110053 |
| WITH LOVE TO YOU |
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| YAMADA: Symphony in F Major, 'Triumph and Peace' |
8.555350 |
| YAMADA: Symphony in F Major, 'Triumph and Peace' |
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