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Even if you already have good records of these concertos—perhaps Barenboim in the F major and Brendel in the other—you will want to consider this one. There is very little of Serkin's Mozart in the catalogue at present. He is a great classical pianist, whom we have too few opportunities to...

SAINT-SAENS. The Carnival of the Animals (text by Ogden Nash).. Hermione Ging°id (narrator), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl BOhm, item marked * with Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky (pianos). DG 2530 588 (£3-25).

The Sixth is the least popular of the Sibelius symphonies and its spirit most readily seems to elude performers. Beecham's fine HMV records (DB6640-42), said to be the composer's favourite recording of any of his symphonies, has so far failed to reappear in an LP transfer, and none of the...

Listening to these two radiantly sunny accounts of these youthful Schubert symphonies makes one wonder yet again how it was that Beecham achieved these results. WSM, choosing this disc as one of his records of the year in 1960, called these performances "enchanting", and its spell still holds all...