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	GUEST REVIEW FROM INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW Richard STRAUSS *Lieder* Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Ray Still (oboe); Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin); Pavel Gililov (piano); Academy of London/Richard Stamp. Virgin Classics VBD5 61766-2	*David Patmore*
A Survey of the Mahler Symphonies Tony Duggan continues his series of comparative reviews of recordings of the Mahler symphonies: Symphony No 8 Previously: Symphony No.1 No. 2 No. 4 No.5 No.6 No.7 No. 9 The Song of the Earth

The col legno collage edition		*Peter Grahame Woolf*
	Anon. *El Cant de la Sibil - La: Mallorca -Valencia 1400-1560* Montserrat Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya directed by Jordi Savall ALIA VOX AV9806 [61:11] [GD]
	BACH Organ Works Volume 5. Gerhard Weinberger at the Joachim Wagner organ, St Marien, Angermünde. CPO 999 654 - 2 [DDD] [67' 22"]. [DW]
	JS BACH arranged by Max REGER *Suite in G Minor, Suite for Flute and Strings* Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davis Jean-Claude Gérard MDG GOLD 321 0940-2 [51:01][GD]
	BACH: *Cantatas: BWV 97-99, BWV 91-93. Helen Donath, Arleen Auger, soloists, Gachinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach Collegium Stuttgart Helmuth Rilling. Hanssler Classics BachAkademie Vols 31 & 32* 92.031 (BWV 97-99) 92.029 (BWV 91-93) two discs oas 61m and 69m ADD. [GF]	rating not applied
	Johann Sebastian BACH A Book of Chorale-Settings: Passion Helmuth Rilling Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Sibylla Rubens, Soprano Ingerborg Danz, Alto James Taylor, Tenor Andreas Schmidt, Baritone Gerhard Gnann, Organ hänssler CD.92.79 [79:16] A Book of Chorale-Settings: Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity Helmuth Rilling Bach-Collegium Stuttgart Sibylla Rubens, Soprano Ingerborg Danz, Alto James Taylor, Tenor Andreas Schmidt, Baritone Gerhard Gnann, Organ hänssler CD 92.080 [78:42]
	Bela BARTOK **Concerto for Orchestra, The Miraculous Mandarin Igor STRAVINSKY Petrushka.** 1911 Version, Agon, Fireworks Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Hiroyuki Iwaki Recorded Melbourne. April/May 1989 Virgin Classics. VBD 5 61754 2 [HD]
	BEETHOVEN *Piano Concerto No. 5; Choral Fantasia.* Daniel Barenboim (piano), John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra/Klemperer EMI Classics 7243 5 67329 2 6 64'06" [PW]
	Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartets (1779 - 1827) Borodin String Quartet. Recorded Forde Abbey, Somerset. June/July 1988 (Op 18/4) St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay. Feb 1989 Virgin Classics 7243 5 61748 2 5 [HD]
	BEETHOVEN Op 18 1-6 and new string quartets by Alvarez, Beamish, Firsova, Jegede, Smirnov and Tanaka. Brodsky Quartet Vanguard Classics 99212. 73'52", 70'13" & 76'51". [PW]
	Gustaf BENGTSSON (1886-1965) '*Vettern' Symphonic Poem Symphony No. 1 in C minor 'I Vadstena kloster' Three Tone Pictures for Orchestra* Gävle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mats Liljefors STERLING CDS-1008-2 [56:20] [IL]
	NIELS-VIGGO BENTZON (b.1919) *Det Tempererede Klaver - The Tempered Piano* (1964-1996) in 13 volumes on 15 CDs played by the composer ClassicO CLASSCD 210-225 [RB]
	HILDEGARD OF BINGEN (c.1179) *A Feather on the Breath of God* Doreen Muskett (symphony) Robert White (reed drones). Gothic Voices/Christopher Page rec Hampstead, London 14 Sept 1981 HYPERION CDA66039.[43 mins] [RB]
	Sir Arthur BLISS *A Knot of Riddles, Angels of the Mind* - and other songs Geraldine McGreevy (soprano); Toby Spence (tenor); Henry Herford (baritone), Kathron Sturrock (piano) The Nash Ensemble conducted by Martyn Brabbins HYPERION 2CDs CDA67188/9 [61:46]; [60:45] [IL]
	ERNEST BLOCH (1880-1959) *Hiver-Printemps* (1905) *Poèmes d'Automne* (1906) *In the Night* (1922) *Deux Psaumes* (1912-14) *Psaume 22* (1913-14) Mireille Delunsch (sop) Brigitte Balleys (mezzo) Vincent Le Texier (bar) Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg/David Shallon rec Luxembourg, July and September 1999 TIMPANI 1C1052 [63.43] [RB]
	BRAHMS: *Four Symphonies & Tragic Overture, Alto Rhapsody, Variations on a Theme by Haydn* London Symphony Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult DISKY705412 3 discs [70:52, 60:28 & 73:16] Price around £15 from Crotchet (incl. postage of £1.50) [MB]
	BRAHMS: **Academic Festival Overture, Alto Rhapsody, Symphony No. 1 in C minor*** op. 68. London Symphony Orchestra/London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir Clemens Krauss. * with Kathleen Ferrier: alto. Concertegebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Eduard van Beinum. Dutton Laboratories CDK1210 66m ADD (Transferred from Decca originals 1947). [GF]
	BRAHMS Choral Works Danish National Radio Choir - Stefan Parkman Bengt Forsberg - piano * Chandos CHAN 9806 digital - full price - made in conjunction with Danish Radio [62.00 ] [JP]
	BRUCKNER: Symphonies No 7 in E major, No 8 in C minor and No 9 in D minor. SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Celibidache DG 445 471-2 4 discs (66'32, 57'16, 54'05 & 59'18) + bonus rehearsal disc Full Price - Volume V of the Stuttgart Recordings [MB]
	FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924) *Brautwahl Suite* (1913) 33.06 *Geharnischte Suite* (1895-1903) 28.14 Orchestre Philharmonique de Timisoara/Jean-Francois Antoniolirec Timisoara, September 1998 TIMPANI 1C1054 [64.16] [RB]
	CHAVEZ *piano works* Hsuan-Ya Chen (piano) Elan 82406 (122'52") [PW]
	CHOPIN *24 Preludes Op 28; Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 35; Polonaise in A flat Op 53.* Evgeny Kissin RCA Red Seal 09026 63535 2 [DDD] [67' 08"]. [DW]

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