Martin Anderson: >A conductor-friend-of-a-friend has conceived the idea of recording all the >sinfoniettas he can come across. He knows about the Janacek, Korngold and >Zemlinsky, and I've sent him a list of others. Scratch your brains and see >what others you can startle him with! Those with long memories will not be surprised that I cannot avoid mentioning James MacMillan's, even though it already has two recordings. I hope that the conductor in question will not restrict his ambition to works called sinfoniettas, but will do his best to use bands of the same name to perform them. The London Sinfonietta springs to mind, but I fear it's too late to catch the departed Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Ian Crisp [log in to unmask]