NOVEMBER 1979 Vol. 57 No. 678
Publisher & Managing Editor
ANTHONY POLLARD
Editor
MALCOLM WALKER
Audio Editor JOHN BORWICK
Audio Consultant
JOHN GILBERT
Advertisement Co-ordinator
DERMOT JONES
Circulation Manager STEPHEN PRESCOTT
Subscri ption Manager
LILIAN SHERER
Deputy Publisher & Advertisement Director
BARRY IRVING
CONTRIBUTORS
NICHOLA~N[)ERS_ON
DENIS ARNOLD
MARY BERRY ALAN BLYTH WILLIAM A CHISLETT
JOAN CHISSELL MARTIN COOPER
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
STANLEY SADIE LIONEL SALTER
JOHN STEANE JOHN WARRACK
STANLEY WEBB ARI\JOLD WHITIALL
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Incorporating CASSETTES & CARTRIDGES
CONTENTS752IndextoReviews752NewRecordandCassetteReleases775AQuarterlyRetrospectbyRobertLayton781TheGramophoneCollection-TheOperas of Wagner by Alan Blyth 791 Here and There with Mi ke Ashman. Carolyn Nott. Elaine Robertson and Alan Sanders
796 Obituaries 916 Editorial Notes 917 Deletions 917 Correspondence
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REVIEWS80IOrchestral854ChamberMusic874Instrumental886ChoralandSong903Opera915BookReviews918NightsattheRound Table 922 Easy Listening-Nostalgia 923 Cassette Commentary by Ivan March
AUDIO929Commentary by John Borwick 930 New Products
Equipment Reviews: 933 JR EXI Super Woofer System by John Borwick 934 ADC Sou nd Shaper Two Mark II by John Gil bert 935 Acoustic Research AR90 loudspeaker by Geoffrey Horn 936 Dominus Stereo Disc amplifier 3 by John Borwick 937 Record weights and clamps by John Borwick 939 BBC Stereo Test Disc by John Gilbert
FRONT COVER A new recital disc by the distinguished New Zealand-born soprano Kiri Te Kanawa is released this month: the review appears on page 899
NEXT MONTH The Critics ' Choice for 1979 Sounds in Retrospect-a panel review John Barwick reviews the Teac A-300 cassette deck The Gramophone Collection-the orchestral music of Richard Strauss The December 1979 issue of GRAMOPHONE will be published on Wednesday December 5th GRAMOPHONE is published by General Gramophone Publications l imited 177-179 Kenton Road Harrow Middlesex HA3 OHA(~elephone OI~907 4476) Trade Sales Counter 23"27 Tudor Street 'Lo~do~ EC4~ O~R (telephone 01-583 9199) GRAMOPHONE is ~ublished on [ho (I"t Wednesday of.each month and is availabl. from all newsa.-ents and bookstall•• Annual wbscrjl>tions : see oaee 9.48: US air sPeeded rote 127 ·00, second class l>ost02'e paid New.York. US moillne oeentJ: Ex~edjters of the Printed Word Ltd.. 527 Madison Avenue. New York, NY 10022. Printed in En~d. Whilst every . (fort has been made fa ensure the_accuracy of statements within this ma2az;ne. we .cannot accept reSf>Onsibility (or any errOfJ or omissions. or (or marters aris;n~ (rom clerical or ·prjnter~' errors, or an advertiser not coml>/et;n2 his contract. It i , reQuested that all/etters to the Editor reauirin~ a Dersona/ ret>/y should be accomoanied by a s(omt>ed addressed envelOf)e. Subscribers. both at home and abroad. are reauested to advise chan~e of address details to our Subscr;f>tion Deoartment at least (lye weeks ~rior to the chance becominlr e(fective . ISSN OO17-310X ~"GramoDhone"-1'I79
