Word: fines
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Painter Jacques Villon is a good-humored little Norman with the flush of many fine dinners and good round wines on his smooth old face. He lives in a garden studio on the northwest edge of Paris, enjoying a belated triumph...
...landscapes: deserting table-top still lifes, he had found a little of the space and sweep of the out-of-doors. The second quality was in his colors. As a reaction against the sunny hues of impressionism, the cubists had often painted with what looked like birdlime and various fine shades of mud. Villon reversed the process: his landscapes seethed with the brightest, sharpest and sometimes shrillest colors he could...
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum conducting; English Decca, 10 sides). Fritz Reiner's performance of this great work for Columbia (TIME, Jan. 3) may hold the edge in fire and power; but the fine work of the Concertgebouw, and the spaciousness and detail of Decca's recording, make this...
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Hindemith conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 6 sides). Hindemith does not prove that composers are the best conductors of their own music, but this is still a notable performance of a fine work. Recording: good...
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (the Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell conducting; Columbia, 6 sides). One of Schumann's most listenable works. Conductor Szell's performance is fine, but it comes off records with a feeling of tightness...