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OPHONE Incorporating CASSETTES & CARTRIDGES

February 1986 Vol. 63 No. 753

CONTENTSINDEXTOREVIEWS-thecompleteBeethovensymphoniesconductedby

Kurt Masur remastered for CD, lP and cassette , and the three symphonies of Rimsky-Korsakov in a Soviet recording under Svetlanov. Joan Chissell reviews a new recording of Schubert's unfinished C major Sonata, 0840 played by Sviatos'lav Richter. and Alan Blyth gives a warm welcome to a new Celisir d'amore.. . ....... . . . . . . . . . .... 1002 NEW RELEASES . ... ..... ... 1003 CORRESPONDENCE-letters on recording the less well-known, particuiariy

British music, Alfano's completion of Puccini's Turandot and some thoughts on possible Barere recordings. . ... 1004 NEWS & VIEWS-interviews with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Luciano Berio and

Christoph von Dohnanyi who is on tour with the Cleveland Orchestra this month . James Galway talks to Andrew Keener about his plans, and we . share the recording news from the studios .. .. ...... ... 1006 QUARTERLY RETROSPECT-Robert Layton discusses this winter's rich crop of recordings of Bach's solo cello suites , and considers the encouraging number of issues of British music (and offers some suggestions for the future) ..... . 1021

REVIEWS

Orchestral Chamber

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Instrumental. ............ ..... . . . . . 1049 Choral and Song ..... .. ...... .... . . . . . . . . . 1052 Ope~.. . ..... ....... 1069 Brief Rev.iews :

DG double album reissues ...... .... 1079 Grandi tenori .............. .. 1079 Decca Grandi Voci . . . . .... ... .. . . . . . . 1080 Nights at the Round Table:

Classical Pops ................ ... .... .... 1080 Brass and Military .... .. ...... .. ....... 1080 Spoken Word .... ......... .. .... .. ....... 1080 Stage and Screen ...... ....... .... 1083 Cassette Commentary .... .. 1087

AUDIO '=="Pictures from a silver disc" by John Bar-

wick ..

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Equipment Reviews

Sony EV-S700 Video & Cassette

R~o~m...... .......... ........ .. ... l005

Pioneer PD - 5010 CD Pla yer ....... 1096

Monitor Audio R352 Loudspeaker 1099

New Products .. .. .... .. .. .. ........ . 1100

FRONT COVER

This month's front cover features the young Finnish conductor, Esa-Pekka Salonen whose new recording of Nielsen's Inextinguishable Symphony is reviewed by Hobert Layton . Stephen Johnson talks to the conductor in "News & Views".

NEXT MONTH

Riccardo Muti , the Principal Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Phil harmonia Orchestra, is featured on the cover of the March issue. Reviewed next month are a series of newly remastered Compact Discs featuring the great Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg The March issue will be published on Wednesday February 26th .

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