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MUSIC Et VIDEO WEEK SEPTEMBER 5, 1981

Edited by DECCP SOLTI NICOLAS SOAMES CHICAGO SYMPHONY NEW DIGITAL DOUBLE Exclusively on Decca BARTOK Concerto for Orchestra Dance Suite VIE FOR SALES IN UK SXDL 7536 DIGITAL TWO NEW digital recordings of Mozart's The Magic Talvela, Eric Tappy, Zdislawa Donat, Ileana Cotrubas, Christian BRUCKNER are coming on to the market this month to offer Boesch and Jose van Dam in the title roles, with the Vienna Symphony No. 4 competition to the set conducted by Karajan issued by State Chorus and the Orchestra (AL SXDL 7538 03728). DIGITAL last year. Levine has a reputation in this country, but is not so widely TIPPETT , in his first operatic recording, has made the Symphony No. 4 work for EMI, and , following operatic successes known as Haitink of course. Like the earlier DG set, the RCA (World Premier recording) such as La Forza del Destino and Otello, has made it for RCA. Magic Flute comes on four LPs (no cassette) with a dealer price Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles The battle now for substantial shares of the Magic Flute just under £11. SXDL 7546 market - the work isalways popular - should be very So the main competition is going to take place between DIGITAL interesting. Karajan and Haitink, and much will depend on the critics.It is MAHLER Haitink has gradually built a reputation for opera inthis also worth remembering that there are eight other sets currently Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" country through his musical directorship of Glydebourne. For his available, not including those on import. Buchanan /Zakai production, he has chosen Lucia Popp and Siegfried Jerusalem D229D 2 (2 LPs) as Pamina and Tamino, with Edita Gruberova as The Queen of There is one other EMI operatic offering this month, music DIGITAL the Night. Performed with the Bavarian Radio Chorus and from The Ring with the Ride of the Valkyries, the Entry of the All also available on cassette Symphony Orchestra, the set (SLS 5223 three LPs or three Gods into Valhalla and other orchestral pieces played by the Sir will be appearing chrome dioxide tapes, dealer price just under £9.)isbeing Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt at on 4th and 5th September supported with posters and displays. (ASD/TCC 3985).Itis a digital record, the LP is pressed in Germany, and the tape is chrome dioxide. ORDER FROM POLYGRAM 01-590 6044 RCA's production is very different in character, with Martti Heavy DG exposure for leading conductors THE TWO SIDES OF TWO OF Deutsche hope to do well also with Grammophon's main this new version. PERLMAN conductors, Karajan and There is also the fourth Abbado, feature release in Abbado's cycle of prominently in the Stravinsky'sballetmusic: Beethoven company's September Petrouchka with the young L'IZH'.h Pt 10 MAN Violin Concerto CARLO MOO %GUAM release. Australian pianist Leslie BLLTHOVLN bIOLIN OW:LIM ItzhakPerlman Despite his extensive Howard (2532 010 and on Philharmonia Orchestra work,Karajanhasnever cassette). This month sees a recordedHaydnforthe release of the same work yellow label - until now. played by the Detroit HMV ASD 4059 The six Paris Symphonies, Symphony Orchestra under Pressed in Germany Nos82-87, weredigitally Dorati on a Decca digital TCC-ASD 4059 recordedwiththeBerlin KA RAJAN (lett) and Abbado recording (SXDLKSXDS Chrome Philharmonic Orchestra and reputed to be particularly earlier readings. 7521), but there are For release shortly are now issued in a three LPfine. As a taster to Abbado'sdifferences. on videocassette box set (2741005 and on A final Karajan issue is aShell Tour ofthe UK in Abbado'srecording is three cassettes). re -packagingofSibelius' based on the 1911 version, October with the LSO, DG iswhereas Dorati'sis based A more popular release,Symphonies Nos 4, 5, 6, 7, releasing two discs. One is "It's a Breeze" which is also digital,isof theViolinConcerto, on the1947edition,and .9 devotedtoBizet - theincludes some alterations ItzhakPerlman, PERLMAN' two great SerenadesforTapiola, Swan of Tuonela Prelude and Entr'actes from whichDorati,a personal Andre Previn, IT'S A BRE Strings - by Tchaikovskyand other pieces. This fourCarmen andL'Arlesienne shemy Manny Jith Ilall KEA Mitchell friendofthecomposer, Shelly Manne, and Dvorak (2532 012 and on LP set, with the BPO andSuites Nos 1Et 2, (2531 329 Jim Hall. Red Mitchell cassette) which Karajan hasChristian Ferras, violin (2740 and on cassette). believesto have been notrecordedformany255), comes at a dealer price Stravinsky's final years.It is, ofcourse,of [7.20, and DG argues that DG has already done wellintentions. played by the BerlinalthoughKarajan hasre- with the Karajan version of There will be Karajan and PhilharmonicOrchestra,recorded the symphonies for these works - selling overAbbado promotion EMI EMD 5537 and the digital recording isEMI, many critics prefer the 13,000 copies to date - butcampaigns in October. ITCC-EMD 5537 Chrome Bach box set from A second album of original jazz compositions by AndrC Previn, News in brief... follow-up to the best selling. "A Different Kind of Blues" HMVASD 3965 PA TC-ASD 3965 APART FROM such notable exceptions as Elvira Madigan, DG TREVOR PINNOCK'S English Concert adds to its fine series of has proved itself shy of involving its recordings in the film Bach recordings with a box set of The Concertos world, but when the ex -Mash star Alan Alda was preparing the *Novo" for 1, 2, 3, Et 4 BWV 1052-1065. music for his latest film, The Four Seasons, he particularly Itis an interesting and welcome release, partly because it asked for the Karajan version. Gilbert,LarsUlrik LEVINE brings together Pinnock, with Kenneth And he got it. The album (2530 296 and on cassette) is the Mortenson and Nicholas Kraemer, but also because it contains soundtrack of the film which is being premiered in the Plaza the first digital records to be released on the eminent Archly Cinema in this week (Sept 3). The album has been PLAYS MOZART' label. made the record of the month of the PolyGram Classical The box set (2723 077) consists of four LPs, two of which are Centres, and is thus available to those dealers operating the digitally recorded; one of these, Bach's Concertos for 3 and 4 scheme at special discount. THE MAGIC FLUTE harpsichords (LP 2534 001 and on cassette), is being released as a single album. Deutsche Grammophon's new catalogue is due out this month. Always eagerly awaited,itwill be in full colour as Martti Talvela Eric Tappy Zdislawa Donat A new Trevor Pinnock leaflet has been produced and is available for dealers. usual, and will cover the main records in the DG catalogue Ileana Cotrubas Christian Boesch Jose Van Dam which will be available between 1981-82. Pinnockplays onauthenticinstruments withauthentic performing style,and so this set offers direct competition to the WITH a cluster of different recordings behind him - it THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC existing recordings by the Leonhardt Consort on Teldec. was onlyamatter of time before RicardoChailly Another early music disc from Deutsche Grammophon comes committed himself to one record company. His decision /2///` ORCHESTRA '\\\\\\'' from Musica Antigua Cologne, directed by Reinhard Goebel. On to sign an exclusive contract with Decca does not come a three LP box set (2723 078) Musica Antigua plays German as such a surprise after his successful and critically JAMES LEVINE, CONDUCTOR Before Bach, with works by Rosenmuller, acclaimed recording of Rossini's Wiliam Tell in a complete Buxtehude, Reincken,Westhoff,SchenkandPachelbel, I ll)ljil\il version. including the famous Canon. Now, he has followed this up with more Rossini, a ANf xlsAMii. swoo.tmh,,,ael collection of (SXDL/KSXDC 7534), which Di 7 WW1 nTi includes some of the composer's most popular works: William Tell, The Thieving Magpie and The Silken Cut-price Academy Ladder. FOUR BOXED sets by and the Academy of St IN ADDITION to the Bartok, Bruckner and Tippett records Martin -in -the -Fields, containing some of their finest recordings, which form the major part of the Solti campaign during the are issued this month by Decca at mid -price. Each contains three visit of the conductor and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to d)9 r. -Km records/ cassettes and is devoted to one composer.-Vivaldi; this country during September, Decca has made one more Bach, Handel and Mozart, composers who have played a major release.Itis a box set of the four Schumann symphonies part in the international success of the Academy. together, plus the Scherzo and Finale Op 54 ID 190D The sets feature top soloists and the works are often very 3) which would not normally sell very widely but which may do RED SEAL popular. So these boxes could prove immensely popular, even to better with all the Solti publicity. =UK retailers with relatively small classical sections which would not GERMAN...5SM: 4 RecordBos RL03728 Cassette RK 03728 normally carry box sets in any number.

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