Dutton Epoch’s seven outstanding classical releases for November 2010 include the third volume of its Stanley Bate series. Bate died in his forties in 1959, but, responding to continuing listeners’ requests, Dutton Epoch have already successfully recorded the soaring Viola Concerto and the coruscating wartime Third Symphony. We now reach the powerful Fourth Symphony, dating from the mid-1950s, and possibly the most rewarding Bate discovery thus far. Martin Yates and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra couple it with Martin Yates’ own completion of Richard Arnell’s Seventh Symphony, a heroic and affirmative work celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. This remarkable programme presents major finds, which all CD collectors will want to explore.