A breathtaking Felix Slatkin double bill!! Following the success of our issue last year of a collection of Delius, Saint-Saëns and Ibert recordings, we were urged to delve once more into the recorded archives by his son, the celebrated conductor Leonard Slatkin - and what a wonderful set of recordings we managed to unearth.

Spanning two CDs and sourced from four 1950s LP issues (three of them in full stereo) this release covers seven composers and features a number of celebrated soloists - including Leonard Pennario's brilliant Khachaturian Piano Concerto, all under the baton of Slatkin Sr.

After the superbly-played and recorded full orchestral works of disc one, we detour for our second half into Villa-Lobos' acclaimed cello ensemble compositions and arrangements, before heading for the incredible Toccata for Percussion by Mexican composer Carlos Chavez, and end on Milhaud's Percussion Concerto. Truly superb!

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We mark Hugo Wolf's 150th birthday on Saturday 13th March by looking back at this somewhat unusual release from June 2007.

Unusual in that Wolf is, of course, best known for his hundreds of lieder - a body of vocal music which has kept his name alive more than anything else he wrote.

In the field of chamber music his output was particularly sparse. The Italian Serenade did become popular and has remained so, but his little-known Quartet in D minor - a vast work, is rarely heard or recorded.

As a result there's been quite significant interest in this release, a collaborative restoration effort between Peter Harrison and Andrew Rose, which effectively brings together almost his entire chamber music output on a single release. Fascinating stuff from 1954!

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