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A posthumous legacy from the discography of the greatly gifted Italian conductor, presented in a convenient format (we must, alas, suppose that Cantelli did not get as far as recording the third Nocturne, Sirertes). Debussy suited Cantelli's gift for balancing orchestral sound: the cool colours...

I suppose we all think of Enesco as a great violinist who was also a great teacher, numbering Menuhin among his pupils, but few of us know more about him as a composer than that he wrote a Rumanian Rhapsody that has had some popularity. He is unplayed in our concert halls but there are a few...

RAVEL. Alborada del gracioso. Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2. Philliarrnonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini Columbia 33CX1694 (12 in., 30s. plus 9s. 9d. P.T.). Announced for release in stereo on SAX2341.

B flat major, Op. 7, No. 6. Karl Richter (organ), Richter Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Rich- ter. Decca Q SXL2201 (12 in., 28s. 9d. plus 9s. 41-d. P.T.). Recorded on the organ of Mark's Church, Munich. The items marked f and § have previously appeared on SEC5028 (12/59) and SEC5037 (1/60)...

This is an interesting record, for it introduces us to one of Janacek's earliest compositions, the Suite for Strings composed in 1877, when he was 23 years old. It is hardly characteristic of the Janacek we know—I doubt whether many people would get the right answer if it were made the subject...