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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1 (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Victor Desarzens conducting; Concert Hall Society, 2 sides LP). The composer, 15, a bit too full of youthful sentimentality when he wrote his first symphony, nevertheless gave it remarkable melodic moments and color. Performance and recording: good...
Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 (Dimitri Mitropoulos, pianist, conducting the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia; Columbia, 1 side LP). The gifted Mitropoulos gives himself a successful double workout with this combination of beauty and bombast. Recording: good...
Shostakovich: Concerto, Op. 35 (Eileen Joyce, piano, the Halle Orchestra, Leslie Heward conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). The Prokofiev concerto's other side, very Russian in style if not in material. Recording: good...
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, ChÔros No. 4 & No. 7 (chambergroups, Werner Janssen conducting; Capitol, 2 sides LP). South America's No. 1 composer writes here for such combinations as eight cellos, three horns and a trombone, five woodwinds and two strings and gong. Typical Villa-Lobos: brilliant color and exotic rhythms. Performance and recording: good...
Piano Moods (Max Miller, Eadie & Rack; Columbia; 4 sides LP). Three new headliners in Columbia's program to corral the top U.S. pop pianists for its Moods series. Chicagoan Miller will please "progressives" with his tricky beat and boppish chording. Eadie and Rack's mile-a-minute keyboard calisthenics have more flash than form...