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...sales immediately doubled, and other hi-fi companies began to follow suit. Shure, EMI-Scope, Fisher and others put out "solid-state" (transistorized) portables that looked like luggage when closed, sounded almost like full symphonies when open. Harman-Kardon added an AM-FM radio, managed to cram everything into one chassis to the tune of $399. KLH's latest model, the Twenty-Plus, converts both the two speakers and the tuner-amplifier-changer unit into small tables by placing them on pedestals, covering them with an assortment of fabrics...
...Brahms: Symphony #4 (EMI) Ravel: Quartet in F major (W); Vivaldi: Concerto for Orchestra (HSLP...
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Victoria de los Angeles, Tito Gobbi. Giuseppe Cam-pora, Boris Christoff; Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Gabriele Santini; Capitol-EMI, 3 LPs). Verdi constructed his stately, somber-hued monument to paternal love and loyalty midway in his career, saw it fail at the box office and later agreed with the public that it was a "monotonous and cold'' work. Nevertheless, he returned to it after 25 years and extensively revised it. Not often performed, the revised Boccanegra is a fascinating melange of early Verdian flamboyance and late Verdian depth. In this...
Haydn: The Salomon Symphonies, Vol. I (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham; Capitol-EMI, 3 LPs). The first six of the twelve famous symphonies Haydn wrote under the sponsorship of London Impresario J. P. Salomon in the late years of his life. Conductor Beecham gives them a fine, forthright reading that underscores their coltish exuberance, plays down their romantic charms...
Lapping It Up. Dorle's years in the concert business have sharpened the Sorias' musical taste, and Dario's residence in radio row has sharpened their box-office sense. Most records originate with EMI, but "I get ideas," says Dorle...