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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor (New York Philharmonic-Symphony conducted by Bruno Walter; Columbia). A majestic reading whose importance is somewhat dimmed by the fact that it is the 15th LP of this famed work. Columbia's reason: Walter's 77th anniversary year. Other Walter anniversary recordings: Mozart Arias (2 LPs), sung by Eleanor Steber and George London...
Columbia Records celebrated the fifth anniversary of LP recordings with self-congratulatory statistics last week. In five years the company has issued 20 million of its own LPs and pressed over a million for independent labels. Best of all, from Columbia's point of view, LPs helped the company account for nearly a quarter of all records sold in 1952, appreciably narrowing the gap which has long existed between Columbia and giant RCA Victor...
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 (Anthony di Bonaventura; #&134; Classic Editions). First LP of a work composed during the war, when Prokofiev was successfully fusing his modernist enthusiasm with his genuine romantic tenderness. It is consistently attractive and warmhearted, sometimes teeters on the edge of sentimentality. Performance: good, if on the chilly side...
Dream Time (Martha Lou Harp; Columbia LP). An intriguing vocal that has a hint of Johnnie Ray's edginess and intensity. But the voice is sometimes so concealed in foggy echoes that it might be Garbo singing. With a wispy accompaniment of harp and organ. Songstress Harp runs the gamut from artfully seductive (in Paradise) to reflectively sensuous (in By the Bend of the River...
Oscar Peterson Collates, No. 2 (Clef LP). Unquenchable Jazz Pianist Peterson plays eight numbers, turns a new facet in every one. In tameless he is a firm-footed bopster a la Lennie Tristano; in Until the Real Thing Comes Along he chuckles along like a latter-day Fats Waller; his How High the Moon is rhythmically soulful, with fistfuls of notes; he toys with I Get a Kick Out of You like a playful kitten...