Canadian Baroquery

Excellent free cover disc from BBC Music magazine this month. Seems like a reissued Analekta release from the turn of the century used on licence. Bach Orchestral Suites Nos 1 and 3. Telemann Suite "La Bourse". Performers : Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra directed by Jeanne Lamon.

He Didn't Like The Flute

Two Mozart concertos for this month's free BBC Music cover disc. Violin Concerto No 5 "Turkish" Performers BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Garry Walker. Jennifer Pike violin. Flute and Harp Concerto in C Performers BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer. Emily Beynon flute, Catherine Beynon harp.

Benjamin Britten Centenary

BBC Music magazine gets in early for the Britten centenary year with the free cover disc featuring his War Requiem. Murphy's Law for me since I only recently purchased another recording of the piece and would not have bothered had I known this was upcoming. This is a perectly respectable performance of the work by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Paragon Ensemble, Edinburgh Festival Chorus and National Youth Choir of Scotland conducted by Ilan Volkov and Garry Walker. A live recording from the Edinburgh Festival, the soloists are Olga Guryakova soprano, Mark Padmore tenor and Christian Gerhaher baritone.

Suk It And See

Josef Suk A Summer's Tale, Prague. Symphonic poems for large orchestra. Performers : BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jiri Belohlavek Wonderful orchestral showpieces.

Poland Asserts Itself

Lutoslawski Orchestral Works III Mala Suite, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Grave for cello and string orchestra, Symphony No 2 Performers : Paul Watkins cello, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner Getting the attention the music deserves as a centenary approaches.

Oriental Meets Pastoral

Paul Patterson Phoenix, Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto, Howells Sonata for Oboe and Piano ( arranged for oboe and string orchestra by Benjamin Wallfisch ) Performers : Emily Pailthorpe oboe, English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Wallfisch Eastern influences for the Patterson, expansive Englishness from VW and Howells.

It's His Forte

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 17 and 22 plus Rondo in A major Performers Kristian Bezuidenhout piano, Freiburger Barockorchester directed by Petra Mullejans Fortepiano performance and period ensemble playing at the top of the range.