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	KARLSEN *St. John Passion* Op. 100 Bergen Cathedral Choir with soloists, instrumentalists/ Tor Grønn (organ)/ cond. Magnar Mangersnes Simax PSC 1209 76' 35" [PW]
	KODALY: *Missa brevis, Laudes organi.* JANACEK: *Mass in E Flat.* The Choir of Westminster Cathedral James O'Donnell. Hyperion CDA67147 73m DDD. [GF]
	RUED LANGGAARD (1893-1952) Music of the Spheres (Sfaerernes musik) (1916-18) [35.29] *Four Tone Pictures* (1917) [17.44] Gitta-Maria Sjöberg (sop) Danish National Radio Choir Danish National Radio SO/Gennadi Rozhdestvensky rec Danish Radio, 21-24 Feb 1996 CHANDOS CHAN9517 [53.21] [RB]
	RUED LANGGAARD (1893-1952) *The End Of Time* [24.08] *From 'The Song of Solomon'* [16.25] *Interdict* [10.33] *Carl Nielsen - Our Great Composer* [8.48] Nina Pavlovksi (sop) Stig Andersen (ten) Per Hoyer (bar) Danish National Radio Choir Danish National Radio SO/Gennady Rozhdestvensky rec Danish Radio Concert Hall. 30 Oct, 2, 3, 5 Nov 1999 Chandos CHAN9786 [RB]
	RUED LANGGAARD (1893-1952) *Sinfonia Interna* (1915-1927) Anne Margrethe Dahl (sop) Pia Hansen (mezzo) Jens Krogsgaard Jensen (ten) Canzone Choir Aarhus SO/Frans Rasmussen rec Aarhus 7-8 Mar 1997 and 13-14 Feb 1998 DA CAPO 8.224136 [65 mins] [RB]
	MAGNARD *Symphonies 2 & 4* Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Sanderling BIS CD 500928 83'21" [PW]
	MAHLER: *Symphony No.2* Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) Hilde Rossl-Majdan (Mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Otto Klemperer EMI "Great Recordings of The Century". EMI CDM5 67235 2 [TD]
	MAHLER: *Symphony No.8* Mimi Coertse, Hilde Zadek (Sopranos), Lucretia West, Ira Malaniuk (Altos), Giuseppe Zampieri (Tenor), Hermann Prey (Baritone), Otto Edelmann (Bass) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoper, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos Recorded on 28th August 1960 at the Felsenreitschule, Salzburg.Orfeo C 519 992 B (Mono) [TD]
	MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde Alfreda Hodgson, John Mitchinson. BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein BBC Legends BBCL4042-2 73m ADD [GF]
	MAHLER: *Das Lied Von Der Erde* John Mitchinson (Tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo) BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Jascha Horenstein BBC Legends BBCL 4042-2 apprx £12 John Mitchinson (Tenor), Janet Baker BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Raymond Leppard The BBC Classic Collection BBCM 5012-2 bargain price approx £5 [MB] Marc did not feel able to award any stars to these recordings
	MAHLER: *Des Knaben Wunderhorn* Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone) London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by George Szell EMI "Great Recordings of The Century" EMI CDM 5 67236 2 [TD]
	MARIN MARAIS: *Pieces for two and three viols. Jerome Hantai: Bass viol, Kaori Uemara: Bass viol, Alix Verzier: Bass viol, Pierre Hantai: clavecin Virgin 545-358-2* 63m DDD [GF]
	MARTINU **The Knife's Tears and The Voice of the Forest Prague Philharmonia/Jiri Belohlavek with soloists Supraphon SU 3386-2 631** 61'43" [PW]
	Joseph MARX *The Three String Quartets* Lyric Quartet ASV DCA 1073 79'22" [PW]
	MASCAGNI *Cavalleria Rusticana* Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Marigrazia Allegri, Giangiacomo Guelfi, Adriane Martino. Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Herbert von Karajan. DG Originals 457-764-2 81m ADD (1966 recording). [GF]
	MOZART *Sonatas KV 301, 304 & 454, Rondo KV 269* Maria-Elizabeth Lott (violin) Sontraud Spiedel (fortepiano) Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg/Tomasi EMI Classics CDC 5 56872 2 56'49" [PW]
	PINTO Four sonatas, two Rondos etc Míceál O'Rourke (piano) Chandos CHAN 9708 77'51" [PW]

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