Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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HANDEL THE MESSIAH (3 LPs). Handel himself scored several versions of his oratorio, and they bear scant resemblance to the later interpretations inflated by choruses of thousands. Today's revived interest in baroque music has resulted in two new albums that aim at authenticity, each using a chorus of 40 or fewer and an orchestra of similar size. The soloists in both albums strive -with mixed success -to ornament their melodies in 18th century style. Robert Shaw (RCA Victor), conducting his own chorale and orchestra, shows how dramatic the scaled-down work can be; his version, with its furiously...
BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS (2 LPs; Angel). Otto Klemperer conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus in a surging declaration of faith that should sweep away all earlier versions of the work, including his own. A second new recording, by Herbert von Karajan (on Deutsche Grammophon), approaches the music more humanly and pleadingly -and the effect is surprisingly persuasive. His orchestra is the Berlin Philharmonic and two soloists are especially fine: Gundula Janowitz and Christa Ludwig. For majesty, take Klemperer; for beauty, Von Karajan...
...Chorus of Advice. Despite the remaining inflationary tugs, most of his advisers are now cautioning the President against a tax hike. The economy, said one White House aide, is in approximately the same shape as Baby Bear's porridge when Goldilocks found it: "Not too hot and not too cold -just right." Most of the Government's economists now see a modest increase in the gross national product of 4% or $50 billion (to some $790 billion) for next year, an indication that the economy has lost much of the steam that has kept it percolating since...
...President was not getting enough counsel close to home, a chorus of tax advice descended on him last week from just about every other quarter. Some influential voices continue to insist on a tax increase, of course, such as those of Walter Heller, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Harvard Economist John K. Galbraith and Chase Manhattan Bank President David Rockefeller. But the nays increasingly have...
...chorus is perfect with extremely funny arrangements of "We Can Work it Out" and "I'll Be Back"; Weber and Fermin miraculously manage to keep straight faces and proper operatic stance through "Girl" and "Help." The orchestra, under music director John Adams, is fine with both Bach and the Beatles...