OPHONE Incorpo rating CASS ETTES & CA RTR I DGES

A pri l 1985 Vo l . 62 No. 743

CONTENTSINDEXTOREVIEWS-includingBernstein'sWestSideStory,theCompact

Disc Bach Edition, Dutoit's new Rite of Spring and major new recordings of Handel's Trio Sonatas from the ASM F Chamber Ensemble and L' Ecole d 'Orphee ... 1170

NEW RELEASES ..

1170

CORRESPONDE NCE- fur t her thoughts on the neglect of American symphonic music in general and Roy Harris in particular, also a plea for long lost Beecham recordings ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ........ . 1172

NEWS & V IEWS-Andrew Keener talks to the Orlando Quartet and Isabe l le van Keulen, Philips's new add i tion to the crop of young Mozartians 1J 73 A QUARTERLY RETROSPECT- John Steane hails the new re cording of

Chabrier's L 'Etoile and a batch of refurbished warhorses .

1191

WEST SIDE STORY-Humphrey Burton reports from the recording sessions in New York where Bernstein was conducting his best-known work for the first time . .... 1195

REVIEWS

AUDIO

Orchestral. Chamber . Ins t rumental . Choral and Song Opera Jazz . Spoken Word .. Cassette Commentary

1204 1234 1244 1253 1269 1270 ..... 1273 . ... .. 1273

The Chrome Standard-John

Borwick reports on the benefits of various tape formulations . ... .. 1275 Sony D-50 Portable CD Player .. 1279 Shure ' Encore' Cartridges . .... 1280 Sansui AU-G55X Amplif ier .. ... . 1283 Monitor Audio R552 Loudspeaker

New Products ... .. .. . .. ..

1287

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FRONT COVER

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Jose Carreras are pictured as Maria and Tony in the roles t hey sing in Leonard Bernstein's new recording of West Side Story. There is a report on the' recording by Humphrey Burton on page 1195 and Edward Greenfield reviews the work on LP and Compact Disc on page 1 269 .

NEXT MONTH

The May front cover wil l feature the distinguished French pianist Ceci le Ousset who is interviewed by Kathy Copisarow As EM I re-release many of Otto Klemperer's greatest recordings to celebrate the centenary of his birth, Suvi Raj Grubb, doyen of EMI producers. remembers this great conductor . A I'so, Andrew Keener, producer of Jeffrey Tate's new Mozart recording . tal ks to this recen tl y acc laimed conductor. The May 1985 issue will be published on Wednesday May 1sl.

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