ROREM: Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto; Pilgrims for strings. Philippe Quint (vln), Jeffrey Khaner (fl), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra c. José Serebrier. Naxos American Classics 8.559278.

ROREM: The Auden Songs; The Santa Fe Songs. Christopher Lemmings (ten), Sara Fulgoni (mezzosop), Chamber Domaine. Black Box BBM 1104.

ROREM: Works for Choir and Organ. Harvard University Choir dir. Murray Forbes Somerville with Carson Cooman (organ). Black Box BBM 1102.

CECILIA MCDOWALL: Seraphim; Dance the dark streets; Dancing fish; Not Just a Place; Dream City; The case of the unanswered wire. Kathryn Thomas (fl), Catriona Scott (cl), Suzanne Willison (hp), Tippett Quartet, Orchestra Nova c. George Vass. DUTTON Epoch CDLX 7159

ADOLF BUSCH String Sextet in G, op. 40. BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, op. 18. Kölner Streichsextett. Raumklang/Marc Aurel Edition CMN 006.

ADOLF BUSCH: Quartet in One Movement in B minor, op. 29. KAMINSKI: String Quartet in F major. SCHULHOFF: String Quartet No. 1. ULLMANN: String Quartet No. 3. Casal Quartet. Telos Music Records TLS 111.

ADOLF BUSCH: Organ Works. Ludger Lohmann (organ). Motette CD 13101.

HENRI DUTILLEUX: L’Arbre des Songes; La Geôle; Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou; Mystère de l’Instant. Olivier Charlier (vln), François Le Roux (bar), Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine c. Hans Graf. Arte Nova Classics 82876 63825 2.

ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH: Piano Trios 1 and 2; Viola Sonata. Raphael Terroni (pf), John Trusler (vln), Fiona Murphy (vlc), Morgan Goff (vla). Dutton Epoch CDLX 7164

BROUWER: Aurolucent Circles (Percussion Concerto); Mandala; Remembrances; Sizzle. Evelyn Glennie (perc), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra c. Gerard Schwarz. Naxos 8.559250.

BAUER: Lament on African Themes; Concertino for oboe clarinet and strings; Trio Sonata No.1; Symphonic Suite for strings; Duo for oboe and clarinet; American Youth Concerto. Ambache Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble. Naxos 8.559253.

KIM: Violin Concerto; Dialogues for piano and orchestra; Cornet for narrator and orchestra. Cecylia Arzewski (vln), William Wolfram (pno), Robert Kim (narr), RTE National Symphony Orchestra c. Scott Yoo. Naxos 8.559226.

LEVY: Symphony No. 3; Cello Concerto No. 2; Rondo Tarantella; A Summer Overture. Scott Ballantyne (vlc), RTE National Symphony Orchestra c. Takuo Yuasa. Naxos 8.559234.

TOCH: Complete Symphonies. Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin c. Alun Francis. Three CDs, available separately: Nos. 1 and 4: cpo 999 774-2; Nos. 2 and 3: cpo 999 705-2; Nos. 5, 6 and 7: cpo 999 389-2.

TOCH: Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 38; Peter Pan, op. 76; Pinnochio Overture; ‘Big Ben’ Variations, op. 62. Todd Crow (pno), NDR Hamburg Symphony Orchestra c. Leon Botstein. New World Records 80609-2.

TARIK O'REGAN: ‘Voices’. Dorchester Canticles; Bring rest, sweet dreaming Child; Colimaçon; Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis; Care Charminge Sleepe; 3 Motets from Sequence for St Wulfstan. Choir of Clare College Cambridge with James McVinnie (org), Rafal Jezierski (vlc), Adrian Spillett (perc), Helen Tunstall (hp). Collegium COLCD 130.

FARKAS: Serenade for woodwind quintet; Quattro Pezzi for double bass and woodwind; Gyümölcskosár (‘Fruit Basket’); Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century; Rondo capriccio; Lavottiana. Ulrike Schneider (mezzosop), Daniel Dodds (vln), Dieter Lange (db), Phoebus Quintet. Toccata Classics TOCC 0019.

‘The Tend'rest Breast’: settings of women’s poetry by QUILTER, BRIDGE, GURNEY, LENNOX BERKELEY, IRELAND, ALASTAIR KING, MADELEINE DRING, MONTAGUE PHILLIPS. Georgina Colwell (sop), Nigel Foster (pno). Dunelm DRD0237.

‘Strings in the Earth and Air’: settings by MOERAN, WARLOCK, GEOFFREY STERN. Paul Martyn-West (ten), Nigel Foster (pno). Dunelm DRD0249.

SESSIONS: String Quintet; Canons (to the memory of Stravinsky); 6 Pieces for solo cello; String Quartet No 1 in E minor. The Group for Contemporary Music. Naxos 8.559261.

KENNETH LEIGHTON: Sonatinas Nos. 1 and 2, op.1; Sonata No.1 op.2; Sonata No.2 op.17; Five Studies op.22; Fantasia Contrappuntistica (Homage to Bach) op.24; Variations op.30; Nine Variations op.36; Pieces for Angela op.47; Conflicts (Fantasy on Two Themes) op.51; Six Studies (Study-Variations) op.56; Sonata (1972) op.64; Household Pets op.86; Four Romantic Pieces op.95; Jack-in-the-Box; Study; Lazy-bones. Angela Brownridge (pno). Delphian DCD 34301-3 (3-CD set).

PATRICK PIGGOTT: Fantasia quasi una Sonata; 8 Preludes and a Postlude (Third Set). Second Piano Sonata. Malcolm Binns (pno). British Music Society BMS 430CD.

SORABJI: Fantasia ispanica. Jonathan Powell (pno). Altarus AIR-CD-9084.

ROWLEY: Concerto for piano, strings and percussion, op.49. DARNTON: Concertino for piano and string orchestra. GERHARD: Concerto for piano and strings. FERGUSON: Concerto for piano and string orchestra, op.12. Peter Donohoe (pno and c.), Northern Sinfonia. Naxos 8.557290.

Severnside Composers’ Alliance Inaugural Piano Recital. GEOFFREY SELF: Sonatina 1. IVOR GURNEY:Preludes, Sets 1, 2 and 3. JOLYON LAYCOCK: L’Abri Pataud. RICHARD BERNARD: On Erin Shore. STEVEN KINGS: Fingers Pointing to the Moon. SUSAN COPPARD: Round and Around. JOHN PITTS: Aire 1; Fantasies 1, 5. JAMES PATTEN: Nocturnes 3, 4. SULYEN CARADON: Dorian Dirge. RAYMOND WARREN: Monody; Chaconne. Peter Jacobs (pno). Live recording, 23 February 2005. Dunelm DRD0238.

Severnside Composers’ Alliance – A Recital by two pianists. MARTINŮ: Three Czech Dances. BEDFORD: Hoquetus David. JOHN PITTS: Changes. HOLLOWAY: Gilded Goldbergs Suite. JOLYON LAYCOCK: Die! A1 Sparrow. POULENC: Élégie. LUTOSLAWSKI: Paganini Variations. Steven Kings, Christopher Northam (pnos). Live recording, 14 May 2005. Dunelm DRD0243.

‘Transcendent Journey’. FOULDS: Gandharva-Music, op.49; April-England, op.48 no.1. CORIGLIANO: Fantasia on an Ostinato. PROKOFIEV: Toccata, op.11. With works by BACH-CHUQUISENGO, HANDEL, BEETHOVENLISZT, BACH-BUSONI, SCHUMANN. Juan José Chuquisengo (pno). Sony SK 93829.

‘Contours’: New and Recent Music for Clarinet by DONATONI, SMITH, UDUMAN, CAUSTON, ROMANO, SCIARRINO, ERBER and FOX. Kate Romano (cl). Metier MSV CD 2074.

Rapsodi: Albanian piano music Volume 2. Kirsten Johnson (pno). Guild GMCD 7300.