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August 1986 Vol. 64 No . 759

C O' N TEN T S INDEX TO REVIEWS-including the first recording of Lutoslawski's Third

Symphony. Mahler's arrangement for string orchestra of Schuberfs Death and the Maiden Quartet and two Chopin piano sonatas played by Pollini. Alan Blyth welcomes a new Der f!iegende Hollander from Bayreuth and Gordon Reynolds reviews recent recordings of choral and organ music 242

NEW RELEASES ..... .. ... ... . .... ...... . .... .. .. .. .... . . .. .. .. ........ . ..... .. ... ..... .. ... .. .243

CORRESPONDENCE-including an enthusiastic plea for more Scriabin symphonies on record ..

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NEWS & VIEWS-Uto Ughi talks about performing Mozart. Edward

Greenfield talks to Andrew Davis and we remember Benny Goodman .. 247

QUARTER LY RETROS PECT-Robert Layton considers the quarter's instrumental. chamber and orchestral releases including some centenary reissues of Furtwangler recordings . . ..257

REVIEWS

Orchestral. ........ ......

AUDIOxuar

.. 263 Visit to Japan .

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Chamber ........... ... . .. ... .... .. .. .. ... 279 London Trade Show report . . . .. .... ... .. 317 Instrumental ... 284 Meet the Manufacturer No 23 : MYST 318 Choral and Song ..... ........ .. ... ... ... ..... 290 Equipment Reviews : Opera..... ....... ...... .............. . . . 298 Philips C0450 and C0650 Brief Reviews ....... .. 304 CO players ..... ......... 322 Nights at the Round Table: Luxman "Brid" LV-1 03 Amplifier .. 325

Spoken Word. .................. . .... 310 Audio Forum ....

Classical Pops ..... .

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FRONT COVER

This month's front cover features the young Canadian cellist Ofra Harnoy whose new recording of the Offenbach Cello Concerto is reviewed by Andrew Lamb on page 272 (photo: RCA/Putland). The photos on this page are credited to Philips/Unite!. EMI and Decca/Gibbs respectively .

NEXT MONTH

Mstislav Rostropovich is featured on the cover of our September issue. His new recording of Dvorak's Cello Concerto will be reviewed by Ivan March. Also next month an interview with Trevor Pinnock and a feature celebrating Quad's 50th anniversary. The September issue will be published on Wednesday September 3rd.

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