OPHONE Incorporating CASSETTES & CARTRIDGES

June 1985 Vol. 63 No. 745

CONTENTSINDEXTOREVIEWS-includingthefirstofferinginaBerliozseriesfrom

Dutoit and his Montreal orchestra. the comp lete Bruckner symphonies recorded by Gunter Wand and the first recording of Chabrier's L 'Etoile .. 2

NEW RELEASES .

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CORRESPONDENCE- KaraJan's HMV Rosenkavalier, a query about

Joachim 's cadenzas, and more comments on American symphonies, 3

NEWS & VIEWS- thoughts from two young conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Riccardo Chailly , Andrew Keener talks to Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich

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EUGENE ORMANDY REMEMBERED-Robert Matthew-Walker recalls the distinguish ed Hungarian conductor who died in March,

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WALKING THE DOG WITH UNCLE HARRY-Michael Til son Th omas reflects on preparing performing versions of Gershw in, and recording Beethoven with the ECO 20

BOOKSH ELF-Michael Oli ver rev iews new books and recent reprints . 22

REVIEWS

Orchestral Chamber

Instrumental, . . . ... .... .. Choral and Song , Opera Brief Review s, Nights at th e Round Table Spoken Word " Jazz Cassette Commentary ,.

AUDIO 25 Sounds in Retrospect, 50 Equipment Reviews 54 Thorens TD 321 /LiNN LVX

59 Turntable

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62 66 69 , .70 .73

Beard P100 Power Amplifier and P505 Preampl ifier , Mitsubishi System 45 " Mordant Short MS 300

Loudspeaker

74 New Pr oducts.

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FRONT COVER

The cover features Michael Ti lson Thomas whose new record of Gershwin wi th the Lo s Angeles Philharmonic is reviewed on page 37: also reviewed inside is his new record of Ives's Symp hon y No, 3 on CBS Masterworks ,

NEXT MONTH

The front cover w i ll herald a three -month feature on Great British Audio , Katharine Copisarow talks to Sahlomo Mintz and Roger Fiske reviews his latest musical offering on DG-Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, Also reviewed is Karajan's Ring in its new Compact Disc format. The July 1985 issue will be published on Wednesday July 3rd.

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