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Bach: Six Trio Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord--Superflute Jean-Pierre Rampal races through these show-pieces faster than a speeding bullet, with more emphasis on the virtuoso than the music. But my, how he dazzles! (RCA...
Brahms: Four Symphonies--James Levine and the Chicago Symphony come close to definitive readings--if anything in music is definitive--of these concert hall staples. They capture the intellectual and passionate Brahms both, as only Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwangler have done it before. (RCA...
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben--Richard Strauss' self-portrait, "A Hero's Life," is perfect music for Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia, lush to over-ripe, revealing to the point of embarrassment. Strauss the Pompous might be laughable but for his true musical genius, sumptuously recorded here. (RCA...
...RCA) David Bowie, though still an artist to be reckoned with, is no longer quite the trendsetter that he was in the early Seventies. During his Glitter Rock days, Bowie was a center of personal controversy and critical scrutiny. At the moment, however, he seems to be operating outside of rock categories, releasing records very much on his own terms. His latest LP, Scary Monsters, is a continuation of his recent streak of cerebral, unsettling works which began with Low, all uniquely Bowie creations...
Gary Engler of San Francisco State University is Ampersand's Pizza Division winner with "RCA announced today the release of Elvis--the Pizza Sessions; previously unreleased material of Elvis talking, toking and singing while eating pizza. This limited edition 3-album set will include a special collector's poster of Elvis' stomach from 1956-1976. (List $49.95 /Extra Cheese $54.95)." Pizza Division winner Engler will be receiving a Greatest Hits album, just as soon as Truth Consultant falls by the Elvis section of a handy record store...