CONTENTS
[NDEX TO REVIEWS
1742
Including two Busoni Piano Concertos on CD, Kurt Masur's Leipzig Mendelssohn Second, and three recordings of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. Michael Oliver reviews two recordings of Schnittke's Third String Quartet andJoan Chissell discusses Mikhail Pletnev's Chopin.
CORRESPONDENCE
1744
More in the recorded versus live debate, gramophone conductors, and some thoughts on contemporary music.
NEWS AND VIEWS
1746
Interviews with Norio Ohga, President of the Sony Corporation, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Alexander Baillie, Thomas Zehetmair and Matt Haimovitz.
QV AR TERL Y RETROSPECT
1759
John Steane considers the quarter's vocal, choral and operatic releases, including Cluck's (( Orphee et Eurydice" and Offenbach's I( Les brigands" conducted by John Eliot Cardiner, Faure MeloJ[es from Dame Janet Baker, and Machaut choral works.
ROGER NORRINGTON
1765
Stephen Jolltlson talks to the director of the London Classical Players and members of the orchestra about their approach to the period performance of Schubert, Beethoven and Wagner .
REVIEWS
Orchestral-1769. Chamber-18tO. Instrumental-1830. Choral & Song-1845. Opera-1862. Classical Pops-1871. Spoken Word-1872. Historical Recordings-1875. Collectors' Corner-1890.
1769
AUDIO
1892
Audio 90 & Hi-fi 90 Show reports-1892. Arthur Haddy-an appreciation-1898. Beyer IRS690 Headphones-1900. Sennheiser HD560 Headphones-1903. SonyMDR-RtO Headphones-1903. Quad 66 Preamplifier and Control Panel-1904. JVC AX-Z10tOTN Amplifier-1908. JVC ZtOtOTN CD Player-1908. JVC FX-tOtOTN Tuner-1911. JVC VtOtOTN Cassette Deck-1911. Audio Technica AT 450E Pick up Cartridge-1912. New Products-1915.
NEW RELEASES
1925
A listing of new Compact Discs, Cassettes and LP releases scheduled to appear this month.
FRONT COVER Roger Norrington isfeatured 0/1 this month's cover. He talks to StephenJohnson on page 1765 and we review his three new EMI releases with the London Classical Players. (Photo: EMI/Leighton)
NEXT MONTH The Mayfront cover wil1featJ~re the latest disc in Mark Ermler's Tchaikovsky ballet series for Royal Opera House Records. We also review VHS opera videos and celebrate Arturo Toscanini's recorded legacy. The i\