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Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ‘London’

Reviewer – Richard Wigmore

First Choice Recommendation:

(c/w Symphonies Nos. 94, 96, 100, 101 and 103)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)

Philips 4647072 (2 CDs, Budget)

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Next week Anthony Burton examines recordings of Martinu’s Symphony No. 6 (Fantaisies symphoniques)

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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1

Reviewer – David Fanning

First Choice Recommendation:

(c/w Symphonies Nos. 2-3; Symphonic Dances Op. 45; The Isle of the Dead Op. 29; The Bells Op. 35)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

Decca 455 7982 (3 CDs, Budget)

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Next week is the CD Review Christmas Special, so there will be no Building a Library, which will return on 27th December, with Chris de Souza examining recordings of Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30.