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...which started the process that produces not only stars and planets but also the complex structures of life. This startling concept, called the big bang theory, picked up its first substantial scientific support in 1929, when Astronomer Edwin Hubble used shifts in the spectral lines of light emanating from distant galaxies to calculate that the islands of stars are moving at tremendous speeds away from the earth−and from each other−like dots painted on the surface of an expanding balloon. To some scientists, this outward rush of the galaxies suggested an original cosmic explosion...
...Berlin, Eugen Jochum conducting (5 LPs, Deutsche Grammophon). Here are two performances-one extraordinary, one merely excellent-of an operatic marvel that over the years has proved difficult to commit to disc. The Solti is the more spacious and relaxed of the two; because of London's typically distant engineering, it also has a more homogenized sound. The Jochum is recorded very close up, too much so at one or two points, but the compensation is the thorough delineation of Wagner's ingenious contrapuntal writing. What gives Solti the edge is the way his sweeping overall view...
...NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART by John Walker. 696 pages. Abrams. $45. For those unable to visit the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this collection offers a distant second-best tour. Although the 1,028 color plates illustrate the gallery's estimable holdings, many are reproduced in a size somewhat smaller than that of a self-respecting post card. The saving bonus is the lucid running commentary of John Walker, who has been with the museum since its birth...
...seemingly ceaseless running time - nearly 2½ hours, and considerably trimmed from the Russian version - one is put longingly in mind of Forbidden Planet. A lightheaded piece of American scifi, Forbidden Planet (1956) was a genial reworking of The Tempest in which some American astronauts were trapped on a distant planet. There a wizard, a stand-in for Prospero, conjured up an unconquerable force field of "monsters from the id." Hearing this, one of the astronauts inquired without hesitation, "What's the id?" The people who made Solaris may be beyond such inspired silliness, but pomposity is no fair...
...Daddy's Tune," Browne is so wrapped up in his message that he fails to focus his lyrics. The track examines his distant relationship with his own father, but Browne appears to be caught in a pool of quicksand--the more he tries to convey emotion, the more bogged down he becomes. When he writes that he's "searching for truth and bound for glory," he sounds like he's composing a national anthem. Though the cut begins on this solemn note, he further loses credibility as he switches to an up-beat jazz tempo accompanied by bleating horns...