
It’s unlikely you’ll need all 66 of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces, and this compilation offers 18 of the better known among them in winning accounts from
André Previn’s 1973 recording of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony is no match for Rostropovich’s uncompromisingly brutal 1992 version from Washington, available at budget price on Teldec
Daniel Barenboim recorded Mozart’s Gran Partita K. 361 in 1976, during the afterglow of his critically acclaimed EMI traversal of the 27 piano concertos. This
Neville Marriner’s Ancient Airs and Dances trilogy is an unwelcome reminder of his directorship of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, with lifeless playing and a