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Ives: Symphony 3, Three Places in New England (RCA)

A satisfying recital that is strong on earnest and shining integrity [RB]

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Holst: The Planets (RCA)

A typically virtuosic recording from a great American partnership [RMo]

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Bruckner: Symphony 3 (RCA)

As fine a performance of the 1889 version of Bruckner’s Third Symphony as you could wish from a great partnership [RMo]

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Schubert: String Quintet (RCA)

A fine performance even if it does not quite displace my established favourites [RMo]

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Schubert: Lieder (RCA)

(Déjà Review) A fine young singer and a master accompanist [WH]

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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]

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Copland: Symphonies (RCA)

A welcome return to the catalogue of this valuable version of Copland’s early symphonies [SB]

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Mahler: Symphony 4 (RCA Victor)

(Déjà Review) A cold journey through Mahler’s fairy tale landscapes [TD]

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]

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Bowles: Orchestral and Vocal Music (RCA)

Writer and composer Paul Bowles restored on disc [JW]

Prokofiev: Symphony & Suites (RCA)

Bland interpretations further compromised by compressed digital sound – stick to classic, vintage accounts [RMo]

Jascha Heifetz: The Heifetz Collection Vol 35 (RCA-BMG)

Vivid and admirable shorter pieces but a Mendelssohn that has a heart of jagged tin [RB]

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Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm (RCA)

A welcome back to this astutely selected slice of Gershwin on Broadway [JW]

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Bernstein: How Now, Dow Jones (RCA)

A Broadway flop takes a bow [NB]

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Van Cliburn in Moscow (RCA)

Fine performances somewhat compromised by indifferent sound [RMo]