Deluxe Duo

Mendelssohn, Grieg, Hough cello sonatas.

Performers : Steven Isserlis cello, Stephen Hough piano

Strong advocacy for Grieg, Mendelssohn not in need of special pleading and Hough's sonata ( piano left hand only ) well worth hearing.

Viola To The Fore

Maxim Rysanov plays Martinu.

Rhapsody concerto for viola and orchestra, works for viola and violin and sonata for viola and piano.

Performers : Maxim Rysanov viola, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek, Alexander Sitkovetsky violin, Katya Apekisheva piano.

Fireworks

Mozart String Quartet no 15, Mendelssohn String Quartet No 2

Performers : Chiaroscuro Quartet

Quartet led by Alina Ibragimova as one of her many projects.

Mozart Live In London

Mozart Piano Sonatas Volume 3. Live at Wigmore Hall.

Performer : Christian Blackshaw piano.
Sonatas Nos 6, 12, 14, 16 and Fantasie in C Minor.

Very good current cycle of the sonatas on a concert grand.

Russia On The South Coast

Prokofiev symphonies nos 3 and 7

Performers ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Karabits.

The BSO are a really fine outfit under Karabits ( if they were not before )

Nordic Pastoral

BBC music magazine free cover disc with familiar Grieg extracts from Peer Gynt suite and much less familiar fare with Stenhammar's 2nd symphony. Sweden's answer to Sibelius, Nielsen and Greig and very Sibelian in feel.

Performers : BBC Scottish SO conducted by Hannu Lintu.

Birthday Part Songs

BBC Music magazine free cover disc to celebrate Arvo Part's 75th birthday.

Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Adam's Lament
The Beatitudes
Trivium
Summa
Which was the son of...

Performers; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. Tallinn chamber Orchestra and Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir conducted by Kristjan Jarvi. BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough. Iain Farrington organ.

All pieces that do not feature the BBC Singers are excellent.