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Leppard

Those who particularly
enjoy symphonic music will
gain much pleasure from
Raymond Leppard's recent
recording of Franz Joseph
Haydn's Symphonies No. 22
("The Philosopher") No. 39
No. 47 ("The Palindrome").

These three works are not as
well known as they ought to
be, and this scholarly and
inspired recording would be a
valuable addition to a
collection of symphonic
recordings.

Piano buffs would
undoubtedly appreciate a copy
of Peter Serkin's double-disc
album of Mozart's Fantasias
and Sonatas (R.C.A. Victor
LSC—7062) or Raymond
Lewenthal's fantastic recording
of some of the incomparably
difficult piano compositions of
Alkan (R.C.A. Victor
LSC—2815).

A superb gift for the Wagner
freak is Otto Klemperer's two
disc set of overtures and other
symphonic music from the
operas, Klemperer Conducts
Mahler (Angel S—3610). Few
are as comfortable with or as
convincing in the
interpretation as Klemperer,
and this set is a real revelation.