Here are the recommended CDs in the May edition of Forumforum, one of Germanies leading classical magazines: CD OF THE MONTH Mendelssohn. Simphonies No. 1 and No. 5. Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid, Maag. Arts STARS OF THE MONTHS Bach. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Orchestral Suite No. 2, Trio Sonata 1038, Partita 1013. Pahud (flute), Kussmaul (violin), Faust (cello), Schornsheim (harpsichord), Berliner Barock Solisten. EMI Beethoven and his contemporaries 1802 - 1806. Danzi: String Quartet op.7,1, Hummel: String Quartet op. 30,1, Beethoven: String Quartet op. 59 No. 2. HOhenloher Streichquartett. Eigenart/Tacet Brahms. Piano Sonata No. 3 op. 5, Ballades op. 10. Vogt (piano). EMI Fibich. Sarka. Jenis (Premysl), Lotric (Ctirad), Kubovcik (Vitoraz), Kirilova (Vlasta), Urbanova (Sarka), Wiener Konzertchor, Radio Symphony Orchestra Wien, Cambreling. Orfeo Strauss. Works for choir: Der Abend op. 34,1, Hymne op. 34,2, Deutsche Motette op. 62, An den Baum Daphne, Die Gottin im Putzzimmer. Zumbult (soprano), Gottwald (alto), Linn (tenor), Gerchen (bass), Members of the Boys' Choir Hannover, Norddeutscher Figuralchor, Straube. Thorofon/KlassikCenter SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS Bach. Organ Sonatas 525 - 530. Lecaudy (organ). Pavane/KlassikCenter Bach. Organ Works. Butt (organ). harmonia mundi/helikon Bach. Organ Works Vol. 12. Koopman (organ). Teldec/Warner Fiorentino. The Early Recordings Vol. 3. Liszt: Annees de pelerinage. Fiorentino (piano). apr/Liebermann Gieseking. Previously Unissued Public Performances and Broadcasts. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, Scriabin and Ravel. Gieseking (piano). Music & Arts Henze. Sechs Gesaenge aus dem Arabischen, Three Auden Songs. Bostridge (tenor), Drake (piano). EMI Holliger. Schneewittchen. Banse (Schneewittchen), Kallisch (Queen), Davislim (Prince), Widmer (Hunter), Groeschel (King), Orchestra of the Opera Zurich, Holliger. ECM/Universal Kempff. Rare Recordings (1936 - 1945). Works by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin. Kempff (piano). Music & Arts Mahler. Symphony No. 3 (+ Schubert: Rosamunde, Webern: Sechs Stuecke fuer Orchester). Kallisch (mezzo), EuropaChor Akademie, Freiburger Domsingknaben, SWR Symphony Orchestras Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Gielen. hanssler/Naxos Moravec plays Czech Music. Works by Smetana, Suk and Korte. Moravec (piano). Supraphon/Koch Mozart. Divertimento 563 (+ Schoenberg: String Trio op. 45). Arnold-Schoenberg-Trio. Campanella/Koch New Year's Concert 2001. Works by Johann Strauss Father and Son, Josef Strauss, Lanner. Wiener Philharmoniker, Harnoncourt. Teldec/Warner Nielsen. Symphonies No. 1 and No. 6. Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Schoenwandt. dacapo/Naxos Prokofiev. Ivan the Terrible. Christjakova (alto), Stephanovich (bass), State Choir Yurlov, Children's Choir Studio Vesna, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Fedoseyev. Nimbus/Naxos Roslavets. Piano Trios No. 2 - 4. Trio Fontenay. Teldec/Warner Schumann: Concert op. 54, Kinderszenen op. 15 (+ Franck: Symphonic Variations). Moravec (piano), Czech Philharmonic, Neumann. Supraphon/Koch Schumann. Fantasia op. 17, Toccata op. 7 (+ Liszt: Polonaise No. 2, Dante Sonata, Debussy/Margulis: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune). Margulis (piano). HHM&M/in-akustik Sibelius. Complete published original works for piano Vol. 1 - 5. Heinonen (piano). Finlandia/Warner Strauss. Violin Sonata op. 18 (+ Stravinsky: Divertimento, Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances). Repin (violin), Berezovsky (piano). Erato/Warner Swedish Trumpet Concertos. Boertz: Trumpet Concerto Songs and Dances, Sandstroem: Trumpet Concerto No. 2, Rabe: The Sardine Sarcophago. Hardenberger (trumpet), Symphony Orchestra Malmoe, Varga. BIS/Klassik Vivaldi. Sacred Music Vol. 6: Beatus vir 795, Salve Regina 617, Laudate Dominum 606, In exitu Israel 604, Nisi Dominus 608. Gritton (soprano), Stutzmann, Summers, Gibson (altos), Choir of The King's Consort, The King's Consort, King. hyperion/Koch Who is Afraid of 20th Century Music? Vol. 2. Works by Adams, Antheil, Bernstein, Copland, Daugherty, Falla, Gershwin, Honegger, Korngold, Mossolow, Prokofiev, Ravel, Shostakovitch, Stravinsky, Takemitsu. Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, Metzmacher. EMI Robert Peters [log in to unmask]