JOHN TAVENER: Schuon Lieder. Patricia Rozaro (sop), Gillian McDonagh (temple bowls), The Schubert Ensemble. Black Box BBM1101.

BARRY: The Intelligence Park. Richard Jackson (bass bar), Paul Harhy (ten), Sephen Richardson (bass), Angela Tunstall (sop), Nicholas Clapton (counter-ten), Buddug Verona James (contralto), Almeida Ensemble c. Robert Houlihan. NMC D122

GIYA KANCHELI: Time…and again; V & V; Piano Quartet. Gidon Kremer (vln), Oleg Maisenberg (pno), Kremerata Baltica, The Bridge Ensemble. ECM New Series 461 8182.

ALEXANDER KNAIFEL: Psalm 51 (50); Amicta Sole. Mstislav Rostropovich (vlc), Tatiana Melentieva (sop), Glinka Choral College, State Hermitage Orchestra c. Arkady Shteinlukht. ECM New Series 472 0832.

SCHOECK: Penthesilea, op. 39. Yvonne Naef (mezzosop), Renate Behle (sop), Susanne Reinhard (sop), Ute Trekel-Burkhardt (con), James Johnson (bar), Stuart Kale (ten), Cheyne Davidson (bar), Imke Büchel (speaker). Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno, Basle Symphony Orchestra c. Mario Venzago. Musiques Suisses MGB CD 6232 (2-CD set).

BEN JOHNSTON: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 9. The Kepler Quartet. New World Records 80637–2.

MARTIN BRESNICK: My Twentieth Century. Robert Van Slice, Kunihiko Komori, Izumi Sinfonietta Osaka c. Norichika Iimori; Taimur Sullivan, Maya Beiser, Steven Schick, Povera Players. New World 80635–2.

JULIUS EASTMAN: Unjust Malaise. The Creative Associates at SUNY Buffalo, New Music America, Julius Eastman, Frank Ferko, Janet Kattas, Patricia Martin. New World 80638-2 (3-CD set).

KYLE GANN: Long Night. Sarah Cahill (pnos). Cold Blue CB0019.

ROCHBERG: Symphony No. 2; Imago Mundi. Naxos 8.559182.

ROCHBERG: Symphony No. 5; Black Sounds; Transcendental Variations. Naxos 8.559115.

ROCHBERG: Violin Concerto (revised and extended version). Peter Sheppard Skaerved (vln). Naxos 8.559129. All three discs Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra c. Christopher Lyndon-Gee.

BARRY: In the Asylum. CLARKE: Piano Trio; Etude; Independence: Part 1; Island; Isolation. FINNISSY: In stiller Nacht; Independence Quadrilles; Necessary and More Detailed Thinking. Trio Fibonacci. NMC D107.

JEREMY DALE ROBERTS: Winter Music; Croquis (selection); Oggetti – Omaggio à Morandi; Wieglied; Layers; Hamadryad. Hiroaki Takenouchi (pno), Dimitri Murrath (vla), Lontano c. Odaline de la Martinez. Lorelt LNT118.

NICHOLAS SACKMAN: Scorpio; Time-piece (revised 2002); Cross hands; Koi; Sonata for trombone and piano (revised 1999), Sextet for wind. Fine Arts Brass Quintet and various artists. Metier MSV CD92049.

TOM INGOLDSBY: Dialogues; Piano Sonata; Trio (Sonata for Violin, Viola and Piano); After the Eulogy. Adam Summerhayes (vln), Bridget Carey (vla), Alan Brown (pno), Catherine Summerhayes (pno), Clive Williamson (pno). Meridian CDE 84534.

‘North Star’. Works by HUW WATKINS, DIANA BURRELL, JAMES MACMILLAN, RHIAN SAMUEL, RUTH BYRCHMORE, JOHN HAWKINS, ROBIN HOLLOWAY. Deborah Calland (tpt), William Whitehead (organ). Deux-Elles DXL 1097 (www.deuxelles.com).

HENZE Ein Landarzt; Das Ende einer Welt.

SAYGUN: Symphonies (complete); Violin Concerto; Suite for Orchestra. Mirjam Tschopp (vln), Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz c. Ari Rasilainen. 3 CDs available separately: CPO 999 819-2 (Symphonies 1, 2), 999 968-2 (Symphonies 3, 5), 777 043-2 (Symphony 4, Violin Concerto, Suite).

BERG Opera: Lulu. Lisa Saffer (sop), Susan Parry (mezzo), Robert Hayward (bar), John Graham-Hall (ten), Gwynne Howell (bass), Robert Poulton (bar), Stuart Kale (ten), Anna Burford, Graeme Danby (bass), Alan Oke (ten), Roger Begley (bass), Claire Mitcher (sop), Paul Napier-Burrows (bass), Jane Powell (mezzo), Moira Harris (sop), Toby Stanford-Allen (bar). English National Opera Orchestra c. Paul Daniel. Chandos Opera In English CHAN 3130 (3-CD set).

WILLIAM BOLCOM: Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Hana Davidson, Linda Hohenfeld, Carmen Pelton (sops), Joan Morris (mezzo-sop), Marietta Simpson (con), Thomas Young (ten), Nmon Ford (bar), Nathan Lee Graham (speaker/vocals), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter ‘Madcat’ Ruth (harmonica and vocals), Jeremy Kittel (fiddle), The University of Michigan Musical Society Choral Union, Chamber Choir, University Choir, Orpheus Singers, Michigan State University Children’s Choir, Contemporary Directions Ensemble, University Symphony Orchestra c. Leonard Slatkin. Naxos 8.559216-18.

AARON COPLAND: Inscape. ROGER SESSIONS: Symphony No. 8. GEORGE PERLE: Transcendental Modulations. BERNARD RANDS: …where the murmurs die… . The American Symphony Orchestra c. Leon Botstein. New World 80631-2.

KYLE GANN: Nude Rolling Down an Escalator: Studies for Disklavier. New World 80633-2.

SKALKOTTAS: Ballet Suite: The Sea; Four Images; Greek Dance in C minor. MITROPOLOS orch. SKALKOTTAS: Cretan Feast. Iceland SO c. Byron Fidetzis. BIS-CD-1384.

SKALKOTTAS: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tema con Variazioni; Little Suite for strings; Four Images. Geoffrey Douglas Madge (pno), BBC SO c. Nikos Christodoulou. BIS-SACD-1484.

URS JOSEPH FLURY: Vineta; Concerto for Cello and Orchestra; Sinfonietta for Strings. Biel Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Fournier (vlc), Vienna Volksoper Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra c. Urs Joseph Flury. Musikszene Schweiz MGB CD 6184.

SCHOECK: Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra, op. 61; Suite in A flat for Strings, op. 59. Julius Berger (vlc), South West German Chamber Orchestra of Pforzheim c. Vladislav Czarnecki. ebs 6145 (www.EBSMusikproduktion.de).

YORK BOWEN: Viola Concerto in C minor, op.25. CECIL FORSYTH: Viola Concerto in G minor. Lawrence Power (vla), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra c. Martyn Brabbins. Hyperion CDA67546.

BOWEN: Viola Concerto; Viola Sonata No.2 in F major; Melody for the C string, op.51 no.2. Doris Lederer (vla), with Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra c. Paul Polivnick, Bruce Murray (pno). Centaur CRC 2786.

BOWEN: Viola Concerto. WALTON: Viola Concerto in A minor. HOWELLS: Elegy for viola, string quartet and string orchestra. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Suite for viola and orchestra (Group I). Helen Callus (vla), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra c. Marc Taddei. ASV CD DCA 1181.