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...large & small Jimmy Durante admirers, there was Christmas Comes But Once a Year, with Frosty the Snow Man on the other side (M-G-M). For croon fans who can't get along for a day without their favorite, there was even A Crosby Christmas (the Crosby Family; Decca). None of the latest Christmas crop threatened to put Silent Night, Holy Night out of business...
Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano (Joseph Fuchs, violin; Leo Smit, piano; Decca, 1 side LP). One of U.S. Composer Aaron Copland's later (1942-43) and most lyrical pieces, masterfully performed. The record carries a matching performance of Stravinsky's neo-classical Duo Concertant on the other side. Recording: good...
Schumann: Carnaval (Claudio Arrau, piano; Decca-Parlaphone, 2 sides LP). Chilean-born Pianist Arrau won his first U.S. fame with this romantic piece. Playing cleanly, deeply and without schmalz, he shows the reason why. Recording: good...
College Prom (Elliot Lawrence and Orchestra; Decca). Strictly for rolling the rug back. Includes such favorites as I Can't Get Started, East of the Sun, Deep Purple, etc., done up in a more danceable than distinguished style...
...Couple of Favorites. This spring, Band Leader Gordon Jenkins heard them, liked them so well he persuaded Decca's Dave Kapp to record a couple of the Weavers' favorite songs: the Israeli Hora, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, and the Lead Belly ballad, Good Night, Irene (TIME, Aug. 14), with Jenkins' orchestra and chorus furnishing a fancy background...