Classical / Opera CDs

Tui award winner New Zealander and heldentenor Simon O’Neill has recorded a solo album for EMI Classics featuring scenes and arias from Wagner’s Lohengrin, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung and Parsifal. O’Neill, “one of the most exciting tenor voices o...

New Zealand born soprano Hayley Westenra celebrates ten incredible years in the music industry with the release of her fifth studio album, 'Paradiso' -- a collaboration with master Italian composer Ennio Morricone. Well known for his iconic film scores including 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and ...

 Forget the elitist reputation, this chamber music trio is all about a repertoire of wide appeal.” The Aucklander Flourishes is the 3rd album by one of NZ’s most accomplished classical groups, the NZ Trio. Playing with the boundaries of contemporary chamber music, NZ Trio brings ...

John Psathas is New Zealand’s most internationally performed composer. He has been commissioned by many international festivals and performers, including ceremonial music for the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. On this recording which contains three concertos, internationally renowned soloists:...

This 2 disc, solo piano album by New Zealand’s favourite classical musician both stretches and soothes. Inland realizes Michael Houstoun’s long-held goal to record the music of composers he has maintained a close relationship with. Looming large is the presence of NZ jazz expat Mike Nock...

· Ukiyo is the new album from NZ composer John Psathas & Portuguese percussion maestro Pedro Carneiro. · Ukiyo is a very different, unexpected turn for Psathas, in that for someone considered a classical composer & who has won 3 Best Classical Album Awards at the NZ Mus...

Following the success of their recordings of Sibelius’s Night Ride and Sunrise, Belshazzar’s Feast Suite and Kuolema (8.570763)—‘top-notch performances’ (Fanfare)—and Scènes historiques I & II and King Christian II Suite (8.570068)—‘polished...

Georgina Zellan-Smith is one of New Zealand's most accomplished pianists with a long list of accolades, dating right back to her debut at London's Wigmore Hall , through to her recordings of ravel and laterley her work with the Auckland University. There has long been a gap in the marke...

The debut release by the HRL Morrison Music Trust in 1995, this 3-CD set of Beethoven’s middle-period sonatas includes the ‘Waldstein’, ‘Appasionata’ and ‘Moonlight’ Sonatas. Biography Michael Houstoun was born in Timaru, New Zealand in 1952. He became...

Graeme Humphreys & Peter Keen were the primary songwriting partnership of the critically acclaimed Able Tasmans, a NZ band in the Flying Nun stable that produced 4 albums & one EP from 1986 & 1996. The Overflow is the debut album from the duo, with Humphrey’s remarkably sophisti...

Graeme Humphreys & Peter Keen were the primary songwriting partnership of the critically acclaimed Able Tasmans, a NZ band in the Flying Nun stable that produced 4 albums & one EP from 1986 & 1996. The Overflow is the debut album from the duo, with Humphrey’s remarkably sophisti...

Atoll present a CD of the Inaugural Concert of the Klais Organ of the Auckland Town Hall. Recorded 21st March 2010, this new CD features the inaugural performance of Symphony in C composed for the occasion by Auckland City Organist, Dr John Wells. This CD also features the thrilling combi...

Bridget Douglas & Carolyn Mills are Flight & this is their self-titled debut album, for Atoll Records. The duo has performed as Flight for many years & their performances, live or on radio, have been praised by critics & audiences all over the country. Flight showcases the pair...

APO Live is a new label that showcases some of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s concert highlights & performances. This first CD for the new label features a concert presented live as ‘The Organ Symphony’ in the APO’s APN News & Media Premier Series 2010. Cele...

Auckland duo, Belinda Carrigan (violin) and Johannes Dimyadi (guitar) deliver soothing bossa nova, stirring tango and sambinha (Brazilian jazz) on this 16 track CD of flawlessly performed instrumentals. They range from classics like 'Girl From Ipanema' to Dimyadi's composition, 'Cool Wave'. Exquisit...

Recorded live at the Wellington Town Hall on October 23rd 2009, Little Bushman Live In Concert With The NZSO marks a collaboration of historic amplitude, an unforgettable experience that is now available to all. With orchestral arrangements by NZ composer and Laureate recipient John Psathas, the Ne...

Peter Maunder - the associate Principal trombonist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - has released Under The Surface for solo trombone, soprano, and harp, containing a varied collection of works. Peter's own beautifully written and performed compositions/arrangements are featured combined ...

Serenata is the stunning CD from two of NZ’s most treasured performers: the soprano Patricia Wright & conductor/accompanist David Vine; collaborating on a collection of songs by Italian Opera composers. Romantic classical music vocal works by Bellini, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Mascagnati &a...

Anthony Ritchie is one of NZ’s most prolific composers, with his works numbering over a hundred & including symphonies, operas, concertos, choral works, chamber music & solo works. They’ve been widely acclaimed by audiences & critics alike. Ritchie has worked as a freelanc...

In 2007 Norman started composing music for poems by E.E. Cummings that he felt drawn to. This album is the result. Working with three of his favorite musicians - trumpet player Nick van Dijk, vocalist Hannah Griffin, and reed player Colin Hemmingsen - Norman has written a series of compositions ...

A 2CD set from Atoll showcasing the 2007 Asia Pacific Festival, with more than 150min of musical performance from the festival - held in Wellington over 9 days in 2007 - which brought together composers & musicians from Asia, the Pacific & beyond, in a celebration of music & lively cultu...

Invenium Viam is the debut recording of virtuosic cello soloist, Inbal Megiddo, in collaboration with composers and electronic musicians Jorge Sosa and Dave Lisik. The album moves effortlessly from moments of beauty and grace to sonic roller-coaster rides full of intensity and uncompromisingly mu...

The Wellington violin and guitar duo - Duo Tapas – release their debut album Da Chara. Duo Tapas’, style ranges from Baroque through to twentieth century, including music influenced by folk music of Spain, Eastern Europe, Japan, Ireland and New Zealand.

Kiwi songstress Whitney Irwin was discovered on MySpace by a Hollywood music producer when she was just 18 years old. Whitney, who is classically trained, presents her debut album 'Fly', in collaboration with renowned Dancing with the Stars pianist Carl Doy. The songs showcase this southern farm gir...

In celebration of our armed forces, the new multimedia WWII opera by Michael F Williams and John Davies is being released this ANZAC Day - 25 April 2012. Set in the Battle of Monte Cassino, the work has been in process since 2008 and the work looks to be New Zealand's first truly international op...

Hang onto your seats for a rip-roaring romp through some of the organ’s most popular repertoire, on the Dunedin Town Hall Organ, fondly known as “Norma”.