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Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges (London Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinski; Westminster). A luscious performance of some of the late master's wittiest notes, including the pompous march (ironically made famous by its use as the theme for radio's FBI in Peace and War). One of Westminster's plush "Laboratory Series," it comes in a heavy-plastic zipper envelope and is premium-priced. The sound is very good indeed...
...plot is carried well by the actors. Daniel Gelin gives a believable portrayal of the confused intellectual, while Pierre Bresseur, as Hoederer, is powerful and sensitive at the same time. Both Claude Nollier, as the faithful party workers, and Monique Artur, as Gelin's less faithful wife, are excellent...
...Inscribed "Artur Rubistein" on the band: "That is what they call me in all Latin countries. The middle n is for them an extra effort...
...Quite, but Almost. These days Artur Rubinstein is on tour most of the time; each year he makes an extended tour of Latin America, with a stopover in Havana, where admirers keep him supplied with his own custom-made cigars.* "At home I get no rest," he complains amiably. "I must listen sweetly to my children or compliment them on something. My wife wants this or that, and there are friends to see and parties to go to. Touring is easy. I go to my hotel, and there is nothing to do but have my dinner and lie down...
...peace and quiet have nothing to do with Artur Rubinstein. In his painting-crammed Park Avenue apartment, or his painting-crammed house in Paris, or in the world's best restaurants and sleekest salons, he is always onstage and always in action-shrugging, mugging, clowning, hand-kissing, charming, talking, talking, talking. And in concert halls and auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums and town halls from Sydney to Saskatchewan he is making music with hands and heart, and always trying to do it better...