FEINBERG: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, op.1 (1915)1, 2, op.2 (1915–16)2, 3, op.3 (1916)2, 4, op.6 (1918)1, 5, op.10 (1920–21)1, 6, op.13 (1923)2. 1Nikolaos Samaltanos, 2Christophe Sirodeau (pnos). BIS-CD-1413.

FEINBERG: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, op.21 (1924–28)2, 8, op.21a (1933–34)2, 9, op.29 (1939)1, 10, op.30 (1940–44)1, 11, op.40 (1952)1, 12, op.48 (1962)2. 1Nikolaos Samaltanos, 2Christophe Sirodeau (pnos). BIS-CD-1414.

ROGER SMALLEY: Poles Apart and other chamber works. Continuum Ensemble. NMC DO 83.

IAN WILSON: from the Book of Longing; BIG; Drive; Verschwindend; Spilliaert's Beach; For Eileen, after rain; Lim; A Haunted Heart. Hugh Tinney (pf), Catherine Leonard (vn). Riverrun RVRCD65.

LEE HYLA: Bass Clarinet Concerto1; Trans; Violin Concerto2. 1Tim Smith (bass cl), 2Laura Frautschi (vln), Boston Modern Orchestra Project c. Gil Rose. New World 80614-2

CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 2; The Mannheim Rocket. Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra c. John Storgårds. Ondine ODE10392

ROUSE: Violin Concerto1; Rapture; Der gerettete Alberich2. 1Cho-Liang Lin (vln), 2Evelyn Glennie (perc), Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra c. Leif Segerstam. Ondine ODE10162

HIGDON: Concerto for Orchestra; City Scape. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra c. Robert Spano. Telarc. CD80620 (Super Audio version SACD60620)

MORTON GOULD: Symphony No. 2. HARBISON: Cello Concerto1. STUCKY: Son et Lumière. GABRIEL GOULD: Watercolors2. 1David Finckel (vlc), 2Robert Sheena (cor anglais), Albany Symphony Orchestra c. David Alan Miller. Albany TROY 605.

McKINLEY: Violin Concerto1; Symphony of Winds; Sinfonie Concertante2. 1Janet Packer (vln), Warsaw National Philharmonic c. Jerzy Svoboda, 2Silesian Philarmonic Orchestra c. Joel Suben. MMC2119.

McKINLEY: Wind, Fire, and Ice1; Mostly Mozart2; Silent Whispers3. 1Victoria Griswold (pno), London Symphony Orchestra c. Roger Briggs, 2Royal Liverpool Philharmonic c. Gerard Schwarz, 3Warsaw Philharmonic c. Robert Black. MMC2134.

McKINLEY: Symphony No. 6, Prague1. STEWART: Scherzo. BIGGS: Salutation. ROSSI: Moon-Mirror. 1Roman Janal (bar), Czech Radio Symphony c. Vladimir Valek. MMC2123.

Since my last communication to Tempo was a detailed examination of a piece of programme-making that showed today's BBC at its most culturally clueless and journalistically inept, I hope I may now be permitted to make some public acknowledgement of a more recent broadcast that can only be described as a truly splendid piece of work.