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Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Sonata Pietro NARDINI (1722-1793) Sonata Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) Sonata Bela BARTOK (1881-1945) Rhapsody 1 - Ursula Bagdasarjanz (violin) Luciano Sgrizzi/Fernande Kaeser (piano) rec. 1960-1969 GALLO CD-1248 [65:59] [SG] A violin recital that should be on the shelves of all violin enthusiasts.

John PICKARD (b.1963) Piano Concerto; Sea-Change; Tenebrae Frederik Ull�n (piano) Norrk�ping SO/Martyn Brabbins rec. 2010/2011 BIS-CD-1873 [74:02] [Byz] A programme full of energy and colour.

Anton RUBINSTEIN (1829-1894) Don Quixote; Ivan IV State Symphony Orchestra of Russia/Igor Golovchin rec. 1993 DELOS RUSSIAN DISC DRD 2011 [51:25] [RM] An interesting CD likely to appeal most to listeners with a special interest in 19th century musical byways.

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Fazil SAY (b.1970) Hezarfen - Concerto for Ney and Orchestra; Istanbul Symphony Burcu Karadag (ney) Aykut K�serli (percussion) Nationaltheater Mannheim/Dan Ettinger, Borusan Istanbul PO/G�rer Aykal rec. 2010/2012 NA�VE V5315 [68.10] [GH] A proper Turkish Symphony and proud of it. How I wish it could be heard live in the UK.

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony 4 Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Symphony 2 - Gerald English (tenor) Hermann Baumann (horn) Cologne RSO/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1969 ICA ICAC 5096 [52:47+45:45] [JS] Well worth hearing, demonstrating that in Barbirolli�s later years he was not always addicted to slow speeds.

Silvius Leopold WEISS (1687 - 1750) Lute Sonatas - Volume 11: NN 30, 39, 96 - Robert Barto (lute) rec. 2011 NAXOS 8.572680 [65:54] [JV] Robert Barto is an eloquent story-teller and a fine dancing master who makes this music shine.

Henryk WIENIAWSKI (1835-1880) Violin Concerto 1 Julius CONUS (1869-1942) Violin Concerto Henri VIEUXTEMPS (1820-1881) Fantasia appassionata - Soo-Hyun Park (violin) Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Nicholas Milton rec. 2012 ONYX 4109 [69:25] [JW] Persuasively performed � augurs well for Park�s future.

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Polychoral splendour from the four galleries of the Abbey Church of Muri Cappella Murensis, Les Cornets Noirs/Johannes Strobl rec. 2011 AUDITE 92.652 [73:07] [DM] My store of enchanted objects has just increased by one; a magnificent disc.

The Reichsorchester: The Berlin Philharmonic and the Third Reich - A film by Enrique S�nchez Lansch rec. 2007 ARTHAUS MUSIK 108 059 BLU-RAY VIDEO [100:00] [DBi] Absorbing, moving and thought-provoking � if only a single non-performance disc makes it into one's music collection, this should be it.

Wing Span: Contemporary Danish Accordion Music and Classical Works - Adam �rvad (classical accordion) rec. 2009-2011 DANACORD DACOCD718 [65:00 + 63:07] [JW] Anyone with an interest in the accordion will find a huge amount to stimulate in these excellently engineered, vibrantly played performances.

What We Really Do. The Tallis Scholars by Peter Phillips Second Edition ISBN: 978-0-95457777-2-8
344pp First published 2003. Second Edition, 2013 The Musical Times Publications

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Nostalgia
JUDY GARLAND The Amsterdam Concert, December 1960 First Hand Records FHR 18

The Golden Age of Light Music: Fiddles and Bows rec. 1950-62 GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD 5201 [72:03]

British Light Music: A personal gallery of 20^th-century composers
2013 2^nd edition
by Philip L. Scowcroft
£15.00 Soft Cover plus postage

Other reviews - reviews that don't fit in the normal range of classical music (e.g. books, light music) will generally be published as a group on the second Monday of the month.