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Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jo-chum conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 4 sides LP). Bruckner himself called this work his "Tragic Symphony"; the tragedy is that he did not make it a little shorter and less repetitious. Performance and recording: fair...
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugen Jochum conducting; Deutsche Grammophon, 21 sides). Like most of the music of the controversial Viennese master, this mammoth symphony floats along endlessly, passing places of beauty. Performance and recording: good...
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, K. 550 (the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 6 sides). Because the Concertgebouw takes this Mozart masterpiece at a slightly slower pace, it does not have quite the flow or power of Fritz Reiner's recent recording for Columbia (TIME, Jan. 3). Recording: good...
...Bismarck, which fought like fury when she was finally cornered, did not want to fight at all. Her escort was the powerful heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, but they had no destroyer screen and could expect no help from the rest of the German fleet. Their task was to hit Allied shipping and run. In foul weather, the Bismarck and her cruiser escort slipped out of Grimstad Fiord before British bombers could be put to work on them. Admiral Sir John Tovey, commander of the Home Fleet, ordered every available ship deployed to bring them to battle. Then, on the evening...
...spotted by a Catalina patrol plane southwest of Ireland. This time Sir John Tovey's own flagship, King George V, backed up by the battleship Rodney, the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, cruisers and destroyers, was ready to shoot it out with her. The Bismarck was alone; Prinz Eugen had escaped, was later spotted by aircraft at Brest. Before Sir John got within range, the Bismarck had been crippled by a carrier-plane torpedo attack. It was 8:47 on the morning of the 27th before the Rodney and King George V opened up. Lamed and surrounded, the Bismarck...