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“Promising, but doesn’t quite meet expectations.” [SV]

Considerably better than Walter’s stereo remake, but it’s for specialists only [SV]

Distinctly a second-tier composer, but with craftsmanship, propulsion, and melody to match the best [SV]

A pleasing Verdi program, but the singer herself falls short [SV]

A beautiful program, which also points up the hazards [SV]

A few appealing selections, amid a lot of filler [SV]

Worth your while for one piece — not the one you’d expect [SV]

Worthy structures, still too decorative for some tastes [SV]

Unfamiliar music, yet you’ve heard it all before [SV]

Adeptly done, but for organ devotees only [SV]

An uneven but promising start to a large-scale exhumation [SV]

A decent Brahms quintet, a first-class St. Anne [SV]

Nice music, good flutist, so-so strings [SV]

A seemingly obvious coupling, but it doesn’t quite come off [SV]

It’s swings and roundabouts between this and the Philharmonia cycle [SV]

The Schumann is excellent; the Taneyev can be skipped (SV)

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

Assured playing, let down by the recording [SV]

Familiar recordings, probably skippable [SV]

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

Appealing, occasionally quirky Classical quintets [SV]

Appealing lighter music, when it hangs together [SV]

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

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