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Rhapsody in Blue'. An American in Paris. Cuban Overture. PORGY AND BESS—Symphonic Picture (arr. Russell Bennett).

PISTON. The Incredible Flutist—balletb. Louisville Orchestra / aAkira Endo, bJorge Mester. Albany O (I) TROY016-2 (67 minutes: AAD). Available from Albany Records (UK), PO Box 12, Carnforth, Lancashire LA5 9PD.

Ten years separate this from the ASMF/Marriner's second bite at Handel's liquid cherry, a Philips recording of 1979. The first (1971) was abbreviated to make room for the Music for the Royal Fireworks but the other two, unpressed for time, are integral; indeed, the Air from the F major Suite...

One doesn't need a sub-title to spell out the Nordic associations and aspirations of Hanson's First Symphony—or indeed any Hanson symphony. His Scandinavian origins (he was of Swedish descent) are everywhere. Sibelius stalks the opening movement—not just in the sombre string paragraphs which...

Having recorded his Mozart series for Telarc with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras here turns to the admirable American Orchestra of St Luke's for Haydn, an outstanding issue in every way, vividly recorded. What may surprise many on looking at the information above is that two...