JULY 1979 Vol. 57 l\lo. 674

Publisher & Managing Editor

ANTHONY POLLARD

Editor

MALCOLM WALKER

Assistant Ed i tor ALAN SANDERS

Aud io Ed i tor JOHN BORWICK

Audio Consultant

JOHN GILBERT

Advertisement Co-ordinator

DERMOT JONES

Circulation Manager STEPHEN PRESCOTT

Subscription Manager

LILIAN SHERER

Deputy Publisher & Advertisement Director

BARRY IRVING

CONTRIBUTORS

NICHOLAS ANDERSON

DENIS ARNOLD

MARY BERRY ALAN BLYTH WILLIAM A CHISLETT

JOAN CHISSELL MARTIN COOPER DAVID FALLOWS

ROGER FISKE ROBIN GOLDING EDWARD GREENFIELD

MAX HARRISON TREVOR HARVEY

ANDREW LAr"IB ROBERT LAYTON MALCOLM MACDONALD

WILLIAM MANN

IVAN MARCH MICHAEL OLIVER RICHARD OSBORNE STEPHEN PLAISTOW

STANLEY SADIE LIONEL SALTER

JOHN STEANE JOHN WARRACK

STAI\JLEY WEBB ARNOLD WHITIALL

Incorporating CASSETTES & CARTRIDGES

CONTENTS152IndextoReviews152NewRecordandCassetteReleases154EditorialNotes169AQuarterlyRetrospectbyJohnSteane17150yearsoftheDeccarecordlabelbyJohn Culshaw 172 Here and There with Mike Ashman, W. A. Chislett, Edward Greenfield,

Carolyn Nott and Alan Sanders 178 Corresponden ce 178 Deletions

REVIEWS191Orchestral215ChamberMusic224Instrumental234ChoralandSong244Opera256CassetteComme ntary 259 Nights at the Round Table 261 jazz

A (orgotten master pianist - see page 230

AUDIO267Commentary by John Borwick

268 Meet the Manufacturer-No. 19: Sony Corporation by John Borwick

Eq uipment Re v iews: 269 B&O MMC20CL cartridge by John Borwick 270 Toshiba HR-811 electret headphones by john Borwick 273 Son y PS- X 60 automatic turntable by Geoffrey Horn 274 New Products 275 Audio News 276 Audi o Diary

FRONT COVER Vlad o Perlemuter, the distinguished French pianist, has recorded a three-disc set of Ravel's piano music: a review appears on page 233; in additi on there is an interview with the artist on page 172.

NEXT MONTH A Quarterl y Retrospect by Robert Layton Interv iews w i th Karl Bohm. Peter Maag and Pinchas Zukerman Loud speakers in review-eight modules tested The Augu st 1979 iss ue of GRAMOPHONE will be publis hed on Wednesday August 1st. GRAMOPHONE is published by General Gramophone Publications Limited 177-179 Kenton Road Harrow Middlesex HA3 OHA (telephone 01-907 4476) Trade Sales Counter 23-27 Tudor ·Street London EC4Y OHR (telephone 01-583 9199) ~=P:"~~~~r:~:,~b1~~h~~g~n2ti: fi(N aY':'~~~~d~"Jr~[:~}3'53~~~c~~~ i~/::..a~~~:~:;~n:,id/~~!wig::n,j~ ~na1/fno:~~~a~i;: Expediters o(the Printed Word Ltd.• 527 Madison Avenue. New York. NY 10022. Printed in Enliland. Whilst every effort has been mode [0 ensure the Qccuracy of statements within this magazine, we cannot- accet>t "reSOonsibilitv (or any errors or omissions. or for motrers orisin~ from clerical or ("imers' errors; or an advertiser not comoJetine his contract. It -is requested thot all letters to the Editor re(Juirin~ a personal repJy should be- accompanied by a ·scamtted add;essed enve/ot>e. Subscribers. both at home and abroad. are reauested to advise chanee of address details to our Subscriotion Det>ortment at least five weeks prior to the chanlle becominll effective. ISSN OO17-310X @"Gr2mochone"-1979