NOVEMBER 1980 Vol. 58 No. 690
Publisher & Editor ANTHONY POLLARD
Editorial Manager
QUITA CHAVEZ
Audio Editor JOHN BORWICK
Audio Consultant
JOHN GILBERT
Advertisement Co-ordinator
DERMOT JONES
Circulation Manager STEPHEN PRESCOn
Subscription Manager
LILIAN SHERER
Deputy Publisher & Advertisement Director
BARRY IRVING
CONTRIBUTORS
NICHOLAS ANDERSON
DENIS ARNOLD
MARY BERRY ALAN BLYTH WILLIAM A CHISLEn
JOAN CHISSELL
JOHN DUARTE DAVID FALLOWS
ROGER FISKE ROBIN GOLDING EDWARD GREENFIELD
MAX HARRISON TREVOR HARVEY ANDREW LAMB ROBERT LAYTON MALCOLM MACDONALD
WILLIAM MANN
IVAN MARCH MICHAEL OLIVER RICHARD OSBORNE STEPHEN PLAISTOW GORDON REYNOLDS
STANLEY SADIE LIONEL SALTER
JOHN STEANE JOHN WARRACK ARNOLD WHITTALL
Incorporating CASSETIES & CARTRIDGES
CONTENTS598IndextoReviews598NewRecordandCassetteReleases600EditorialNotes600Correspondence623CassetteFeature646AQuarterlyRetrospectbyRobertLayton650KlausTennstedtbyRichardOsborne652HereandTherewithDavidBarnard.AlanBlyth.CharlesFox.
Andreas Holschneider and Alan Sanders
REVIEWS660684697710731736739745
Orchestral Chamber Music Instrumental Choral and Song Opera Historical and Imports Nights at the Round Table Jazz
AUDIO749Commentary by John Borwick 750 The Dusseldorf Show
Equipment Reviews: 755 Akai Pro 501 Audio System 759 Six Cartridges in Review 764 Audio News
FRONT COVER This month we feature James Galway whose new record of concertos by C. Stamitz is reviewed on page 660. An interview with Galway appears on page 652 In "Here and There"
NEXT MONTH In next month's issue we present the regular Christmas "Critics' Choice" feature in which each of our panel of reviewers chooses six of the outstanding releases he has heard this year. Andrew Keener surveys the career of Simon Rattle. and our Audio team review the ASC AS6002 recorder. the Sansui P-50 turntable. the AR 93 and 94 speakers and the A&R A60 amplifier.
The December 1980 issue of GRAMOPHONE will be published on Wednesday December 3rd
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