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When I wrote last month about the similar coupling from Sir Adrian Boult, readers will have realised, no doubt, that I was being hypercritical. Odd that another should have come so soon and, as it turns out, one that for all its quality shows me quite clearly the superiority of Boult's reading....

On the face of it this is an obvious bargain, for Dean Dixon conducts a performance to which no exception can be taken, while the sound is in general clear and good—and all for 19s. 11d. Yet I do believe that even the music-lover who has a modest opinion of his critical powers should think...

Fantasy.on Polish Airs, Op. 13. Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61. Scherzi: N'o. 1 in B minor, Op. 20; No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31. Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47.

Few full-length ballet-scores are better suited to gentle, not too sleepy background listening than Coppe/ia, and I can foresee a great success for this set even among collectors who are not ballet enthusiasts. Richard Bonynge has made something of a speciality in recording nineteenth-century...

GRIEG. Holberg Suite, Op. 40. Sinfonia of London conducted by Alexander Faris. Classics for Pleasure CFP136 (89p). First issued as World Record Club ST51.