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Pennario, St. Louis SO., Golschmann (11/54) CTL7060 Farnadi, Vienna Op., Scherchen (4/55) WLP5249 Nary farms Suite

Badura-Skoda, Vienna Op., Scherchen (6/64) WLP5200 Wuhrer, Vienna Pro Musica, Swarowsky (10/54) PL8400

DELIBES. Intermezzo from " Sylvia " —Ballet Suite. Theme Slave Vane from " Coppelia "—Ballet Suite. Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet. Philips NBE11027 (7 in., I's. iod.).

Putting the needle down on the shorter work first to hear what it might be, I was suddenly transported back ten years to a day when I was called upon to conduct Max Rostal and the B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra in a pseudo-violin concerto specially composed by Arthur Bliss (as he then was) for his...

This is a marvellous performance of the symphony : Boult manages to combine breadth and dignity with a determination that allows no flagging in either slow movement or finale, and the orchestral players ensure that these qualities are further combined with very substantial beauty of tone....