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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Connecticut barn until 1946, when it got its first performance and won him a Pulitzer Prize. The calm first movement is particularly prizeworthy. The National Gallery Orchestra (Richard Bales conducting) has given the symphony a good performance in a new recording by WCFM Recording Corp. (2 sides LP...
Copland: Sonata for Violin and Piano (Joseph Fuchs, violin; Leo Smit, piano; Decca, 1 side LP). One of U.S. Composer Aaron Copland's later (1942-43) and most lyrical pieces, masterfully performed. The record carries a matching performance of Stravinsky's neo-classical Duo Concertant on the other side. Recording: good...
Grieg: Haugtussa (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Edwin McArthur, piano; Victor, 2 sides LP). Grieg's rustic cycle of eight songs might never be missed, but as a vehicle for Flagstad's glorious soprano they are worth hearing. Recording: good...
...ambitious and "continuing" project called Piano Moods, "a cross-section of major piano styles of the day." Before the series is finished, Columbia plans to put most of the big-name "eighty-eighters" (missing: Art Tatum, George Shearing, who are tied up with other companies) onto two ten-inch LP sides apiece. The five sets out last week are a fair slice of Columbia's cross-section...
Puccini: Tosco (Love Duet, Act I) (Ljuba Welitch, soprano; Richard Tucker, tenor; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Max Rudolf conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). Some of Puccini's most heart-pulling music, beautifully sung. Although her voice is thinner, the Met's flaming new Tosca, in Vissi d'Arte, which completes the side, stands up mighty well with her Golden-Age counterpart, Claudia Muzio...