Play Misty For Me

Leos Janacek Piano Music. Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, On An Overgrown Path, In the Mist. Performer : Charles Owen, piano.

The Last Word

Pergolesi, Septum Verba a Christo. Performers : Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Rene Jacobs. Soloists Sophie Karthauser soprano, Christophe Dumaux counter tenor, Julien Behr tenor, Konstantin Wolff bass.

Swedish Pastoral ?

Kurt Atterberg Symphony No 6 Dollar Symphony, Symphony No 4 Sinfonia Piccola, Suite No 3, En Varnlandsrapsodi. Performers Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi. Soloists Sara Troback Hesselink violin, Per Hogberg viola. Swedish folk sources detectable but also an oddly Spanish feel at times.

It's All In The Bass

Rodion Shchedrin, The Sealed Angel. Choral music after Nikolai Leskov for for mixed choir acapella with reed flute in the Church Slavonic language. Soloists, Alexander Golrshev flute, Lolita Semenina soprano, Natalia Belova soprano, Tatiana Zhdanova mezzo soprano, Andrei Azovskr descant, Alexander Illarianov alto, Alexei Alexerev tenor ( but the real strars are those Russian basses ! ) The USSR State Academic Choir, The Moscow Chamber Choir. Choir masters Vladimir Urman, Ludmila Urman, Tatian Kurpokova. Conductor Vladimir Minin.

Search the World

Heat Treatment, Graham Parker and the Rumour. Despite Parker's own reservations about over production and the hurried thrown together nature of three of the songs, this remains a quality album with plenty to recommend it. And then of course there is Fool's Gold. Keep on searching.

Don't Ask Me Mate

Howlin' Wind, Graham Parker and the Rumour. Continuing my re-acquaintance with Camberley's finest, this was the debut album and a very fine soulful way to announce oneself. Includes the anthemic Don't Ask Me Questions.

New Generation Chamber Music

Excellent free cover disc this month from BBC Music. No special tie in with any event but featuring ex BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. Schubert Piano Sonata in A D959, Francesco Piemontesi piano Mozart String Quintet in G minor K516, Elias String Quartet plus Malin Broman viola.