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...Artur Rodzinski, maestro of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony, master fully shushed a publicity agent who wanted him to name the world's ten greatest musical works. Said Rodzinski: let somebody determine what ten works audiences "would not like to hear under any circumstances, even if they were on a lonesome island in the mid-Pacific for ten years and had no chance of hearing a sound." He waited in happy silence...
Szell's appointment put Cleveland's regular conductor, Erich Leinsdorf, 33, out of a job. Leinsdorf succeeded Artur Rodzinski who bossed the Cleveland for ten years, then graduated to the New York Philharmonic. Last week Rodzinski's three-year contract with the Philharmonic was up. He had improved its sloppy ways, but he was no Toscanini. The Philharmonic re-signed him for one year...
Wagner: Act III, Die Walkure (Helen Traubel, Herbert Janssen, Irene Jessner and vocal ensemble from the Metropolitan Opera Company, and the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 16 sides). Victor recorded Act I in Vienna, Act II in Berlin. Now Columbia finishes the job. The Met's mighty Brunnhilde comes through a good yo-ho above everyone else. Performance: good...
Beethoven: Sonata in F Minor "Ap-passionata" (Artur Rubinstein; Victor, $ sides) and Concerto No. 3 in C Minor (Artur Rubinstein and the NBC Symphony, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Chopinist Rubinstein takes on Beethoven. Concerto No. 3, recorded at a radio broadcast, has some technical limitations but few musical ones. Performance of both: excellent...
Wagner: Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde (Helen Traubel and the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Columbia, 10 sides). Rodzinski's men, going full blast, are outshouted by the queen of the Met's Wagnerian hive. Performance: good...