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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerto No. 3, Op. 37 (Claudio Arrau, pianist, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Chilean Pianist Arrau brings dramatic power and sweep to the first and last movements of Beethoven's first big concerto; he fails, however, to breathe life into the important opening measures of the slow movement. Recording: slightly blurry...
Dello Joio: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (Edward Vito, harp, with the Little Orchestra Society, Thomas K. Scherman conducting; Columbia, 1 side LP). U.S. Composer Dello Joio (TIME, May 22) manages to write charmingly and effectively for the harp without sounding too much like either Debussy or Ravel. On the other side of the record, David Diamond's Music for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" sounds like little more than warmed-over Prokofiev. Both performances and recordings: good...
Mozart: Great Mass In C Minor, K. 427 (Rosl Schweiger and Hertha Toepper, sopranos; Hugo Meyer-Welfing, tenor; George London, bass; Anton Heiller, organist; the Akademie Chorus of Vienna, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Meinhard von Zallinger conducting; the Haydn Society, 4 sides LP). This is not the greatest of Mozart's 60 "operas for the angels," but it is one that deserves to be heard oftener. Performance and recording: good...
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Hans Hotter, baritone; Viorica Ursuleac, soprano; George Hann, bass; Karl Ostertag, tenor; Franz Klarwein, tenor; Luise Wilier, contralto; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Clemens Krauss conducting; Mercury, 8 sides LP). First complete recording of Wagner's early opera. Performance and recording: good...
...Eliot: The Cocktail Party (original Broadway cast: Alec Guinness, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Flemyng, Eileen Peel, Irene Worth, Ernest Clark, Grey Blake; Decca, 4 sides LP). Listening to this recording is an experience in the music of the English language, as well as a plunge into the drawing-room metaphysics of Poet Eliot's hit play (TIME, Jan. 30). Recording: excellent...