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Tortelier, Philh, Sargent (1/56) (12/63) (R) SXLP30018 Rostropovich, RPO, Boult (7/58) (1/75) (R) SXLP30176 Gendron, LPO, Haitink (9/68) SAL3675 Rostropovich, Berlin PO, Harajan (10/69) 139 044

LUTOSLAWSKI. Cello Concertot. Mstislav Rostro- povich (cello), Orchestre de Paris conducted by •serge Baudo, tWitold Lutoslawski. HMV ASD3145 (£3.20).

0 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Phtlharmonla Orchestra conducted by Rafael Friihbeck de Burgos. HMV Concert Classics SXLP30187 (0-99). From ASD608 (11)64).

These are much the best of Haydn's early symphonies, and these new performances are preferable to those on the rival disc. They must have been written for an orchestra of virtuosi, for everyone has a chance to shine. I suppose I must mention that the solo cellist grunts before each entry but he...

Among the earliest of Haydn's surviving works, these concertos make only modest demands on the soloist; and indeed their easy-going simplicity could be said also to make only modest demands on the listener. Here the listener's task, anyway, is made easy by the use of the Georg Mallon organ in the...

WIENIAWSKI. Polonaise de Concert, Op. 4. ScherzoTarantelle, Op. 16 (orch. Gilson). Glenn Dicterow (violin). All items with Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Decca SX L6737 (£3.25).