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Stephen Vasta

Brahms franck PASC706

Brahms & Franck: Symphonies (Pristine Audio)

One relative novelty, plus a valuable addition to Leinsdorf’s discography [SV]

Mendelssohn chamber CHAN20256

Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Chamber works (Chandos)

Assured playing, let down by the recording [SV]

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Karajan Conducts French Music (Pristine Audio)

Familiar recordings, probably skippable [SV]

Mendelssohn Symph 2 Chailly Decca

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 2 , A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture (Decca)

(Déjà Review) A level of involvement I haven’t heard from Chailly in years [SV]

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Reicha & Neukomm: Quintets (Brilliant Classics)

Appealing, occasionally quirky Classical quintets [SV]

Scott: Orchestral Works Volume Three (Toccata Classics)

Appealing lighter music, when it hangs together [SV]

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Beethoven: Piano Trios (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) It’s difficult adequately to describe the essential rightness of these performances [SV]

Sperger: String Quartets (cpo)

Conventional Classical-era quartets, with some quirky details [SV]

Berlioz: L’Enfance du Christ  (Hyperion)

(Déjà Review) A performance to love and to cherish [SV]

Beethoven, Berwald: Septets (BIS)

Two lovely chamber scores for strings and winds [SV]

Cunningham: Symphonies 5 & 6 (Navona)

Twentieth-century American, with its own set of highs and lows [SV]

Gyrowetz: Flute Quartets (cpo)

Solid Classical construction, and occasionally more [SV]

Leipzig String Trio: Passion (Ars Produktion)

Something of a mixed bag [SV]

Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky & Varèse (BR Klassik)

Some good things, but this is only for Jansons completists [SV]

Respighi: Orchestral Works (Signum Classics)

Revival of a collection of appealing, less familiar Respighi [SV]

Bruckner Symphony 3 Poschner Capriccio C8086

Bruckner: Symphony 3 (Capriccio)

Played somewhat ‘wrong,’ but much of it still right [SV]

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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (cpo)

Realizes the balletic and symphonic styles, but not everything gels [SV]

Jarvi In Concert Estonian NSO CHAN20262

Neeme Järvi (conductor) In Concert (Chandos)

For the conductor’s fans only [SV]

Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (Testament)

An interesting document, but only the Emperor adds significantly to the discography [SV]

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Krommer: Clarinet works (Brilliant)

The Quartet comes off better than the Quintet [SV]

Frederick franssen horn concertos challenge CC72904

Fréderick Franssen (horn) (Challenge)

A virtuoso hornist addresses newly discovered Baroque repertoire [SV]