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...Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti conductor, London.) As one would expect, Solti's Bolero is a knockout. But the real interest here is the Debussy. The years have given Solti a welcome relaxation, and he is now getting around to the swirling softness of French musical impressionism. There are no mists in Solti's Debussy. The sky is clear blue over his La Mer, but how shimmering those eddies of string tone, how thundering the waves of brass. Afternoon of a Faun may just be the most sensual on records...
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D-Minor. (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini conductor, Angel; Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Colin Davis conductor, Philips.) No other of Dvorak's nine symphonies equals the nobility and deep melancholy of this landscape of rich melody and subtly changing orchestral color. The warm, spacious performance by Giulini would be a winner at almost any time. Right now, however, it comes up against Davis and the Concertgebouw in one of their most electrifying collaborations. The lilting Czech dance rhythms in the Scherzo, for example, have the kind of freedom and spontaneity one would expect from...
...plates up like mutes and blew. The string section looked like errant students assigned to the back of the room to repeat the same musical sentence at least 25 times. That was just about the case (see below). High on a ramp, the strings were lined up facing Assistant Conductor David Gilbert in the right rear corner of the stage. He was only one of four conductors at work. At times, James Chambers led the brass and some percussion, Larry Newland the clarinets, flutes and a vibraphone. When all hell broke loose-during an evocation of the Apocalypse-Supreme Maestro...
Died. Alexander Semmler, 76, composer, pianist and conductor for the Columbia Broadcasting System; of a heart attack; in Kingston, N.Y. Semmler composed romantic music for the concert hall, as well as for hundreds of radio and television shows. As a pianist, he was best known for his radio broadcasts of Beethoven and Chopin...
...Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's final performance of the season features Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, Piston's Flute Concerto, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. With James Yannatos, conductor and violinst, Doriot A Dwyer, flutist, and Luise Vosgerchian, pianist. Sanders Theater. 8:30 pm. $2, $1.50 for students and senior citizens. For info...