Word: deccas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (the London,Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet conducting; English Decca, 6 sides). In his first successful concert work for chorus and orchestra,* written in 1930, Stravinsky shows that he knows how to use voices as well as instruments with pungency, economy and originality. Fellow composers, in & out of Hollywood, have borrowed from it. Performance: excellent. Recording: excellent...
...widow with an 8-year-old child, Eileen is now married to her London agent. She first won notice in England with her records; but the English really warmed up to her when she made wartime tours. Now her records (for English Decca and English Columbia) are snapped up as fast as she makes them...
...like an old Marlene Dietrich special), disc jockeys in three weeks have played it into No. 3 on Variety's jukebox hit parade. Other record companies last week scrambled to catch up. Unable to use Petrillo's men, Columbia recorded Frank Sinatra against a chorus of singers; Decca did the same with Dick Haymes. Nature Boy's lyrics, also by Ahbez, were a cut above the usual Tin Pan Alley doggerel...
Britten: Peter Grimes Excerpts (The Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum conducting; Decca Record Co. Ltd., 6 sides). Amsterdam's orchestra, possibly Europe's best, puts salt and spray into the four sea interludes and passacaglia from Britten's opera (TIME, Feb. 16). Performance: excellent...
...Gillette Safety Razor Co.'s J. P. Spang Jr., Cities Service Co.'s W. Alton Jones, Decca Records Inc.'s Jack Kapp, Childs Co.'s Edward C. Field, American Chicle Co.'s Thomas H. Blodgett, Artloom Corp.'s A. S. Mitchell...