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Fauré: Requiem and Pavane (Elly Ameling, soprano; Bernard Kruysen, baritone; Daniel Chorzempa. organ; The Netherlands Radio Chorus; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet, conductor; Philips; $7.98). Orchestra and chorus are fully integrated in a crystalline performance of this seven-part choral work by a romantic Frenchman who admired classic Greek proportion. The purity of Ameling's soprano makes the prayer Pie Jesu an expression of faith as well as of grief. The recorded sound suggests a church rather than a studio, which is particularly effective in the solemn Pavane...
...opulent style, with emphasis on suave clarinet murmurings, massed brasses in swing-band style and ingratiating melodies. The disk is Vol. I of Decca's New Directions in Music and Sound. Debussy: Pelleas and Mélisande (Janine Micheau, Camille Maurane; chorus and Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet; Epic, 3 LPs). Maurice Maeterlinck's dewy drama of innocent love and death made luminous by Debussy's timeless score. The performance is excellent, and the recording has a presence that lends impact to the vaporous score. Prokofiev: Semyon Kotko Suite (Radio Berlin Symphony conducted by Rolf Kleinert...
Massenet: Scènes Pittoresques (Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Jean Fournet; Epic). An ingratiating suite by one of the French nationalist revolution aries of the 1870s (others: Lalo, Saint-Saëns) that swings its waltz and polonaise movements as only Massenet could. Played as if it were made of sturdier stuff...
Berlioz: Requiem (Emile Passani Choir and Orchestra, Jean Fournet conducting; Columbia, 22 sides). "If I were threatened with the destruction of the whole of my works save one," wrote Hector Berlioz, "I would crave mercy for the Requiem." Seldom performed because of its huge size (300 voices, a tenor soloist, the equivalent of four small orchestras, four brass bands and organ), it is one of the great choral works of all time. The performance, an excellent one, was recorded in France during the war. Recording: good...
Political wiseacres were sure of the result. It would be a 4-3 decision upholding the law, Justices Higgins, Ponder, Land and Fournet (proLong) voting for it, Justices Rogers, Odom and Chief Justice Charles Austin O'Niell (anti-Long) voting against it. They were bewildered last week when by vote of 6-1, only Justice Ponder dissenting, the Court held Huey Long's primary law unconstitutional. What that signified puzzled many...