HANS HAUG (1900-1967): Concertino for Guitar and Small Orchestra (Il piccola orchestra; Alexander Zemtsov), Wind Quintet (Basel Philharmonic Quintet), MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968): Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet, Op. 143.

Description: Both the Concertino and the C-T works are from 1950 and fact that they are coupled (the Castelnuovo-Tedesco being one of his most recorded works) tells you almost ally need to know about the otherwise unknown Swiss composer Haug. His warm and colorful Concertino looks south, below the Alps toward Italy rather than to Germanic-speaking lands. Marisa Minder (guitar).