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Arie di Arie di Opere (Ferruccio Tagliavini with the Sinfonica dell' E.I.A.R., Ugo Tansini conducting; Cetra, 6 sides). The new hero of the Met's Italian fans (TIME, Jan. 20) sings arias from six operas (Mignon, Tosca, Rigoletto, The Barber of Seville, Manon, Elisir d'Amore). The Italian tempi are perhaps a little languid for U.S. tastes, but Tagliavini's contralto-like pianissimi are wondrously lyrical. The imported Italian discs (which cost a whopping $3.25 each) are technically as good as most U.S. recordings. Performance: excellent...
Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra (Alexander Borovsky and the Lamoureux Orchestra, E. Bigot conducting; Vox, 4 sides). A violin concerto transcribed by Ferruccio Busoni, now one of Bach's most popular piano pieces...
...UNRRA's help is to end with 1946. The threat of hunger formed the background of disquieting political developments. Democratic forces lost strength when the middle-of-the-road Action Party flew apart in a row between its right wing and moderates. Off went former Premier Ferruccio Parri to form a new middle-class group...
Italy's coalition government fell apart. Deserted by the right wing of his Cabinet, Premier Ferruccio Parri resigned. To Italy's fractious factions he addressed a warning...
Doris Duke Cromwell, a Rome reporter for I.N.S., stole the show from Premier Ferruccio Parri at his own press conference: while photographers took 20 pictures of her to every one of the Premier, she became so flustered she forgot to take notes on the conference...