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No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36° (from SXL6919, 12/79); No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64b (SXL6884, 5/78); No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathatique"' (SXL6941, 8/81). Manfred Symphony, Op. 58d (SXL6853, 9/78).

The profusion of outstanding sets of Tchaikovsky's complete Nutcracker ballet means that any new one has to be very special to command the collector's attention. The most recent of those listed above by the Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden under Mark Ermler (Royal Opera House...

According to one of Britain's most brilliant and influential critics, a Vaughan Williams revival is a chimera. Nobody seems to have let the recording companies into this secret, because the number of his recordings pouring from the presses is increasing by the month; and somebody must be buying...

® 'John Tomlinson (bass); Philharmonia Orchestra / Francesco d'Avalos. ASV C) DCA666; ZCDCA666; (D CDDCA666 (64 minutes: DOD) Text and translation included. Siegfried Idyll. LOH ENGRIN—Prelude, Act 1; Prelude, Act 3. DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG—Prelude, Act 1. DIE WALKURERide of the...

Weber (orch. Berlioz): Invitation to the dance, J260. Mozart: Serenade in G major, K525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik". Schubert: Die Zauberharfe, 0644—Overture. Rosamunde, D797—Ballet Music No. 1; Ballet Music No. 2. Gluck: ORPHEE ET EURYDICE—Dance of the Blessed Spirits (with William Bennet, fl).

CO- 73534—Elgar: Pomp and Circumstances Marches, Op. 39. Salut d'amour, Op. 12. Kaba- levsky: The Comedians, Op. 26. Saint-Satins: Le carnival des animaux (with Leslie Pearson, Michael Reeves, pfs). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on "Greensleeves". CO- 73674—Eilenberg: Die Miihle im Schwarzwald,...