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Alkan & Liszt: Piano Works (RCA)
Utterly commanding – refuses to let you do anything other than flinch, succumb, brave it out and celebrate [RB]
Copland: Symphonies (RCA)
A welcome return to the catalogue of this valuable version of Copland’s early symphonies [SB]
Bernstein: Orchestral Works (Sony Classical)
Essential, authentic listening for admirers of Leonard Bernstein [JQ]
Handel: Water & Fireworks Music (Archiv Produktion)
(Déjà Review) An example that big can be beautiful too! [GFe]
Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works (RCA)
Responds to every seething texture, supple moment and elemental fury [RB]
R Strauss: Orchestral Works (RCA)
A welcome re-issue of three justly famous Strauss recordings in superb sound [RMo]
Handel: Acis and Galatea (Decca)
A thoroughly welcome reissue that enshrines many of the virtues Handelian performance in the ‘pre-authentic’ era [PCG]
Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm (RCA)
A welcome back to this astutely selected slice of Gershwin on Broadway [JW]
Bernstein: How Now, Dow Jones (RCA)
A Broadway flop takes a bow [NB]
Bernstein conducts Stravinsky (DG)
A flawlessly played, atmospherically interpreted and beautifully presented collection of Stravinsky’s three major ballets with interesting bonuses [RMo]
