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Songs from Latin America
Marina Tafur (soprano); Nigel Foster (piano).
Lorelt LNT112 (full price, 1 hour 15 minutes). Texts and translations included. Producer Odaline de la Martinez. Engineer Mike Skeet. Date June and September, 1996.

Christopher Cook 
Richard STRAUSS: Elektra: Recordings Introduction and Survey by Marc Bridle
OCKEGHEM - Recommended Recordings by Peter Grahame Woolf

A Survey of the Mahler Symphonies

Tony Duggan completes his  series of comparative reviews of recordings of the Mahler symphonies:
Symphony No 10

Previously: Symphony No.1  No. 2   No.3  No. 4  No.5 No.6 No.7  No.8 No. 9  The Song of the Earth  

HORENSTEIN on Vox Legends

BRAHMS:
Symphony No.1 in C minor
Variations on a Theme of Haydn

Symphony Orchestra of Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden.
Conducted by Jascha Horenstein
(Recordings from 1958) Vox Legends Vox 7801 [TD]

BRAHMS:
Symphony No.3
WAGNER:

Overture to "Tannhauser"; Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" Act I

Symphony Orchestra of Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jascha Horenstein
(Recordings from 1958 and 1954) Vox Legends Vox 7802 [TD]

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.5 in D minor
JANACEK:

Taras Bulba - Rhapsody For Orchestra

Vienna Pro Musica Conducted by Jascha Horenstein
(Recordings from 1952 and 1955) Vox Legends Vox 7803 [TD]

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring, The Firebird Suite
(1919)
Symphony Orchestra of Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden.
Conducted by Jascha Horenstein.
(Recordings from 1957) Vox Legends Vox 7804 [TD]

Firebird

Rite of Spring

The Arion Ensemble of Canada

Marais, Mondonville, Quentin, Telemann & Villeneuve Conversations en musique.
Atma 2 9717 (Duschene DD 71722) 62'44" [PW]

Telemann
Paris Quartets Nos. 4, 5 & 6.
CBC Records MVCD 1040 61'36" [PW]

Leclair
Concertos for violin (Op. 7/2, 7/6 & 10/1) & flute (Op. 7/3);
Arion Ensemble with Monica Huggett (baroque violin) & Claire Guimond (baroque flute).
Atma ACD 2 2143. 63 mins. [PW]

Corrette
Symphonies des noels
and Concertos comiques.
Atma ACD 2 2192 67'32"  [PW]

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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888) complete works for piano and orchestra
Piano Concerto Op. 39 24.49
Concerto da Camera No. 1 Op. 10 14.18
Concerto da Camera No. 2 7.31
Concerto da Camera No. 3 (recon Hugh Macdonald) 5.13
Dmitri Feofanov (piano) Razumovsky SO/Robert Stankovsky
rec 16-18 Dec 1995 Bratislava NAXOS 8.553702 [52.01]
[RB]

William ALWYN
Fantasy-Waltzes
music for piano performed by Julian Milford
Chandos CHAN 9825 [69:44] [GD]

VYACHESLAV ARTYOMOV (b.1940)
Scenes (1971) 13.03
Star Wind (1981) 14.25
Ave Maria (1989) 7.43
Tempo Costante (1970) 16.24
Pieta (1992, 1996) 21.29
various artists conducted by Murad Annamamedov and, in case of Ave, by Victor Popov
BOHEME Classical CDBMR 002124 [73.04] [RB]

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH
The Complete Keyboard Concertos - Volume 9
Concerto in E flat major, H.446 (W.35)
Sonatina in D major, H.449 (w.96) World Premiere Recording
Concerto in C minor, H407 (W.5) World Premiere Recording
Sonatina in G major, H 451 (W.98) World Premiere Recording
Miklos Spanyi, tangent piano Concerto Armonico (performing on period instruments) Artistic Directors: Peter Szuts and Miklos Spanyi
Recorded April / May 1997 at the Angyafold Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary. BIS-CD-868 DDD [70.42] [JP]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 -1750)
Cembalokonzerte ( Harpsichord Concertos)
Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052 20'11"
Concerto in F Major BWV 1057 14'23"
Concerto in D Major BWV 1054 15'19"
Triple Concerto in A Minor for flute, violin and harpsichord BWV 1044 21'19"
Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord and Director)
Recorded Rome. Feb 1996 DDD Opus 111 30 - 153 TT 71'36" [HD]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 -1750)
Violin Concertos
A minor BWV 1041* 12'23"
E Major BWV 1042* 15'31"
D Minor BWV 1052* 20'53"
D Minor for two violins BWV 1043 a 14'40"

Kolja Blacher (vn)* , Christine Pichmeier (Vn) a ,Lisa Stewart (Vn) a , Cologne Chamber Orchestra - Helmut Müller-Brühl
Recorded December 1998. DDD
Naxos 8.554603 [63'44"] [HD]

J.S. BACH
Art of Fugue & Canonic Variations.

Jaroslav Tuma, Giedre Luksaite-Mrazova (organ)
Supraphon SU 3439-2 124'34" [PW]

J. S. BACH
The Art of Fugue BWV 1080
Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826
Grigory Sokolov
Recorded in the Gramzapis Studio, St. Petersburg, 1982.
OPUS 111 OPS 52-9116 / 7  2 discs DDD [110.20] [JP]

J. S. BACH (1685 -1750) 74'27"
Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue)
Concerto Italiano Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
Recorded Frascati, Italy. June 1998 DDD Opus 111 OPS 30 - 191 [HD]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750)
The Complete English Suites.
Antonio Piricone (piano)
Recorded Studio 1, Radio Prague, 14/15 November 1998 (CD1) 1/2 July 1999 (CD 2) DDD
Classico CLASSCD 308 (2CD) [HD]

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750)
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Pierre Hantaï (Cembalo) -(harpsichord)
Recorded 9-11 June 1992, Haarlem, Holland.Harpsichord by Bruce Kennedy, Amsterdam 1985 (after Michael Mietke, Berlin 1702 - 1704? DDD OPUS 111 OPS 20-24 [77'26"]
[HD]

 J.S. BACH
The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II.
Bernard Roberts (piano)
Nimbus NI 5608/11 4hrs 17 mins 4CD bargain price [PW]

J.S. BACH
Violoncello Suites 1 - 6, BWV1007 1012.
Peter Bruns - cello (Tononi cello - Venice 1730).
Digital Recording, Recorded May 1996 at St. Jean de Grenelle Church, Paris.
OPUS 111 OPS202021 2 CDs [125.56] [JP]

J.S. BACH - Famous Cantatas
Cantata BWV 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme!
Cantata BWV 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden

Laurence Dutoit (soprano), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) and Hans Braun (bass) Anton Heiller (continuo), Jurg Schaeftlein (oboe) Vienna State Chamber Choir and Opera Orchestra Felix Prohaska (conductor)
recorded in Vienna, 13, 19, and 21 May, 1959.
Vanguard Everyman Classics 08.6108.71 ADD Stereo [48.26] [JP]

J.S. BACH
Cantatas
BWV 119-121.
Arleen Auger, Helen Donath, Ann Murray, Hildegard Laurich, Doris Soffel, Adalbert Krause, Wolfgang Schöne. Gachinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling.
Hanssler Classics CD92.038 69m ADD. [GF]

J. S. BACH:
Cantatas BWV 122-129.
Helen Donath, Arleen Auger, Helen Watts, Marga Hofgen, Adalbert Kraus, various soloists. Bach Ensemble Helmuth Rilling.
Hanssler Classics Vols 39 & 40, 75m 73m ADD. [GF] 

J.S. BACH - Cantatas - Volume 12 - Suzuki
Cantata No.147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
Cantata No. 21, "Ich hatte viel Bekummernis", BWV 21
Yukari Nonoshita soprano Robin Blaze counter-tenor Gerd Turk tenor Peter Kooij bass Concerto Palatino (Brass Ensemble - BWV 21). Bach Collegium Japan - Masaaki Suzuki
Recorded June 1999 at the Kobe Women's University, Japan.. BIS-CD-1125  DDD [69.21] [JP]
[HD]

&

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750)
St. Luke Passion recomposed by Jan JIRÁSEK (After an idea by Carl Orff)
Evangelist - Mark Clear Jesus - Furio Zanasi Pilatus - Ulrik Cold
Petrus - Steven Kronauer Bon Pueri Boys Choir Munich Oratorio  Choir Munich Symphony Orchestra Douglas Bostock
Recorded Bavarian State Opera Studios, Munich. June 2 - 4 1999 DDD
Classico CLASSCD 278
[70'47"]

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