RECORDING OF THE MONTH     CHOPIN Waltzes and Impromptus Vladimir Feltsman £11 post free World-wide VIVALDI The four seasons London Mozart Players/Juritz £12 post free World-wide BEETHOVEN Symphonies 4 and 5 LSO/Yondani Butt £12 post free World-wide

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Renée Fleming, soprano Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Rec The Hit Factory, New York 16-20 November 2000, 13-14 January 2001 DECCA 467 697-2 [73.01]

NIGHT SONGS Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) Claire de lune (op.46 no.2) [2.57] Mandoline (op.58 no.1) [1.42] Après un rêve (op.7 no.1) [3.22] Soir (op.83 no.2) [2.12] Nell (op.18 no.1) [2.57] Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Beau soir [2.48] Mandoline [1.19] Apparition [3.40] Chansons de Bilitis I. La Flûte de Pan [2.41] II. La Chevelure [3.30] III. Le tombeau des naiades [2.43] Joseph MARX (1882-1964) Nocturne [3.19] Nachtgebet [3.04] Selige Nacht [2.47] Pierrot Dandy [1.51]

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949) Ruhe, meine Seele! (op.27 no.1) [4.13] Schlechtes Wetter (op.69 no.5) [2.12] Leises Lied (op.39 no.1) [2.35] Leise Lieder (op.41a no.5) [2.49] Cäcilie (op.27 no.2) [2.09] Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Zdes knorosh