OPHONE Incorporating CASSETTES & CARTRIDGES
April 1986 Vol . 63 No. 755
CONTENTSIINDEXTOREVIEWS-includingPhilips'sCompactDisceditionof recordings made by the celebrated Dutch conductor, Wil lem Mengelberg . Richard Osborne discusses the complete cycles of Mozart's piano concertos recorded by Murray Perahia and Alfred Brendel. A new Dido and Aeneas with Jessye Norman as the heroin e is reviewed by Edward Greenfield. .. . .. .. ... ..................... . .. . ... ............. 1242 NEW RELEASES .. .. .. ..................... 1243 CORRESPON DENCE-a worrying side-effect of the CD repertoire and more on Simon Barere..
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NEWS & VIEWS-Neeme Jarvi talks about his recording philosophy and the
Alban Berg Quartet discuss their recent release s and share their thoughts on concert programming. Rodney Milnes prefaces the first Video Review with a profile of the National Video Corporation . .. ............... 1249 QUARTERLY RETROSPECT-John Steane considers the recent Decca Un ba/lo in maschera, some new comic operas and admires some recent recordings of baroque and pre-classical musi c.. 1261 VIDEO-Rodney Milnes reviews recent opera, c horal and ballet videos.1265
REVIEWS I Orchestral . Chamber .... Instrumental Choral and Song ... Opera .. Brief Reviews:
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Acanta Lied Editi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1328 HMV Master Series ... ................. 1331 Choirs and Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1332 Nights at the Round Table :
Stage and Screen...
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Classical Pops. .... ........ .. .. 1337 Brass and Military .. .. .. .. ... 1338 Spoken Word .. .. .. .. .... .. .... .... .. . . . . 1338
AUDIO Ambison ics revisited by John Borwick ..
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Audio News ...... .............. . . . . . . . ...... '1348 Audio Forum . ... 1349 Equipment Reviews :
Oenon PMA- 73-7 Amplifier . . . . . . . . . 1350 Oenon OCO-11 00 CO Player ..... 1350 Denon TU-747 Tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1353 Celestion SL6S Loudspeake r ....... 1354 Cemac M S800 Amplifier ....... .. .... 1359 New Produ cts ..... .. .... .. .. .... .... .... ... 1359
FRONT COVER
This month's front cover features the Estonian conductor Neeme Jarvi who has recently completed his cycle of the symphonies of Prokofiev and embarked on the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich . Robert Layton reviews the new Prokofiev Symphony NO.7 on page 1286 and Michael Oliver reviews the First and Sixth Symphonies of Shostakovich on page 1 291 . Photos on the Contents page are credited to Philips / Steiner, Keller and Barda respectively.
NEXT MONTH
Nimbus Record s are featured on the cover of the May issue. Also next month a number of celebrated recordings made by the great German co nductor Wilhelm Furtwangler, including his classic reading of Wagner' s Tristan und Isolde, are discussed by Alan Bl y th and Richard Osborne. The May issue will be published on Wednesday April 30th.
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