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Click on the CD cover for review	GUEST REVIEW FROM INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 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]
Aphabetical listing
	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 ^a14'40" 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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