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G Gordon 'Cello Libris' Cello Concerto (a). Five Impressions of 'The Tempest' (Fathoms) (b). Ode to a Nightingale (c) Toke Moldrup vc (b) Steven Beck pf (c)Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir [...]

Perhaps it's surprising that Alexander Goehr is not currently better represented in terms of recording. But then, Goehr has never been a 'fashionable' composer--even when the modernism he supposedly represented [...]

Kapustin Duo, Op 99 (a). Quartet, Op 88a (b). Quintet, Op 89a (c) (a) Christoph Enzel alto sax (bc) Clair-Obscur Saxophone Quartet with (a) Peter Bruns vc (c) Elisaveta Blumina [...]

G Rose Birthday Ode for Aaron Copland. Red Planet. Seven Dances from Danse macabre (a). Suite pour cordes. Violin Concerto (a) (a) Peter Sheppard Skaerved vn Royal Ballet Sinfonia / [...]

Weinberg Symphonies--No 2, Op 30; No 7, Op 81 Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio / Anna Duczmal-Mroz Dux (F) DUX1631 (67' * DDD) Weinberg Flute Concerto No 2, Op [...]

Music behind the Iron Curtain Weinberg and his Polish Contemporaries By Daniel Elphick Cambridge University Press, HB, 318pp, 75 [pounds sterling] ISBN 987-1-108-49367-3 The expanding Weinberg discography has been among [...]

'Boston Symphony Commissions' Andres Everything Happens So Much Nathan the space of a door Shepherd Express Abstractionism Tsontakis Sonnets (a) Robert Sheena cor ang Boston Symphony Orchestra / Andris Nelsons [...]

Gunning Symphonies - No 2; No 10; No 12 BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kenneth Woods Signum (F) SIGCD593 (78' * DDD) Numerous composers have secured their reputation through [...]

Birtwistle Gawain's Journey. Responses, Sweet Disorder (a) (a) Pierre-Laurent Aimardpf Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Stefan Asbury Neos (F)[SACD] JE.. NEOS11729 (56' * DDD/DSD) Harrison Birtwisde's creativity into his mid-eighties [...]

Weinberg Piano Trio, Op 24 (a). Three Pieces. Violin Sonata No 6, Op 136bis Gidon Kremer vn (a) Giedre Dirvanauskaite vc Yulianna Avdeeva pf DG (F) 483 7522GH (59' * [...]

Poulenc Gloria Rosanna Carteri sop French National Radio Chorus and Orchestra / Georges Pretre Erato All Poulenc fans will want this first recording of his Gloria, written for the Koussevitzky [...]

'1939' Bartok Violin Concerto No 2, Sz112 KA Hartmann Concerto funebre Walton Violin Concerto Fabiola Kim vn Munich Symphony Orchestra / Kevin John Edusei Solo Musica (F) (2) SM308 (92' [...]

Montero * Ravel Montero Piano Concerto No 1, 'Latin' Ravel Piano Concerto in G Gabriela Montero pf The Orchestra of the Americas / Carlos Miguel Prieto Orchid (F) ORC100104 (52' [...]

Surprising as it seems, Christopher Rouse (b1949) has made little headway in the UK--with only the occasional performance (usually from an American artist) to remind us that in the US [...]

Do you have a favourite piece of music and want to explore further? Our monthly feature suggests some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended [...]

Suk [G] Asrael, Op 27. Fairy Tale (Pohadka), Op 16 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jiff Belohlavek Decca (F) (two discs for the price of one) 483 4781DH2 (88' * DDD) [...]

The history of Danish music during the post-war era is a distinguished one, with composers such as Vagn Holmboe, Per Norgard and Hans Abrahamsen all making their mark both at [...]

Weinberg Solo Violin (Cello) Preludes, Op 100 (arr Kremer) Gidon Kremer vn Accentus (F) ACC30476 (47' * DDD) The centenary of Mieczyslaw Weinberg's birth augurs a wealth of significant new [...]

Ben-Haim Violin Concerto (a). Evocation (a). Toccata (a). Berceuse sfaradite (b). Three Songs Without Words (b). Three Studies Itamar Zorman vn (b) Amy Yang pf (a) BBC National Orchestra of [...]

Boulez * Dutilleux * Messiaen [G] 'Notations & Sketches' Boulez Notations. Une page d'ephemeride Dutilleux Mini-prelude en eventail. Piano Sonata. Preludes Messiaen La fauvette passerinette. Prelude Alexander Soares pf Rubicon [...]

Xenakis Pleiades DeclBells Genuin (F) GEN19633 (48' * DDD) Xenakis's orchestral works have not entered the repertoire but those for ensemble have often found a niche; not least his percussion [...]

His may not be a familiar name in the UK, indeed in Europe as a whole, but Charles Wuorinen (who turned 80 last year) is among the most prolific, versatile [...]

String Quartets--No 1; No 2, 'Messages'; No 3, 'Wycinanki'. Hommage a Chopin a Apollon Musagete Quartet with a Dora Ombodi fl a Stawomir Rozlach db Fryderyk Chopin Institute [F] NIFCCD059 [...]

Symphonies-No 1; No 4. Jeux venitiens Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Hannu Lintu Ondine [F] 0DE1320-5 (57' * DDD/DSD) Ondine's association with Hannu Lintu continues with the first and last [...]

LeFanu * Maconchy * Swayne 'Relationships' LeFanu Abstracts and a Frame Maconchy Violin Sonatas--No 1: No 2 Swayne Duo, Op 20. Echo, Op 78. Farewell, Op 151 Malu Lin vn [...]

Martinaityte Chiaroscuro Trilogy (a). Horizons (a). Millefleur (b). Saudade (b) (a) Gabrielius Alekna pf (a) Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra; (b) Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra / Giedre Slekyte Ondine (F) ODE1386-2 (69' [...]

Weinberg 'String Quartets, Vol 1' String Quartets--No 2, Op 3/145; No 5, Op 27; No 8, Op 66 Arcadia Quartet Chandos [F] CHAN20158 (68' * DDD) It was likely that [...]

Simaku String Quartets (a)--No 4; No 5. Catena l (b). con-ri-sonanza (c). Hommage a Kurtag (b). L'image oubliee d'apres Debussy (b) (bc) Joseph Houston pf (ac) Diotima Quartet BIS [D] [...]

Beach * Clarke * Ives Beach Piano Trio, Op 150 Clarke Piano Trio Ives Piano Trio The Gould Piano Trio Resonus [F] RES10264 (61' * DDD) A welcome release from [...]

Vladigerov 'Orchestral Works, Vol 1' Symphonies--No 1, Op 33; No 2, 'May', Op 44. Autumn Elegy, Op 15. Concert Overture, 'Earth', Op 27. Heroic Overture, Op 45 Bulgarian National Radio [...]