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Bruckner: Symphony No. 1 (the Austria State Symphony, Volkmar Andreae conducting; International Masterworks, 2 sides LP). This C-minor symphony is almost a brevity compared to the lengthy ones that followed, but just as fine in form and spirit. Performance: good. Recording: fair...
Mozart: Six "Haydn" Quartets (the Roth String Quartet; Mercury, 6 sides LP). Mozart acknowledged that "from Haydn I learned how to write string quartets,"and dedicated these six notable specimens to him. The album brings them all together for the first time. Performance and recording: good...
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch conducting; Victor, 2 sides LP). Munch's glowing performance captures some of the white-hot inspiration that Robert Schumann must have felt when he composed this "Spring" symphony in four days. Recording: excellent...
Johann Strauss: One Night in Venice (Vienna State Opera soloists, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and chorus of the Bregenz Festivals; Columbia, 4 sides LP). This charming romance of disguise and intrigue is the ninth of the Waltz King's operettas; it sparkles with some of the same gaiety as the other eight. Performance and recording: excellent...
...Tenors (Victor, 2 sides LP). A chance, though not an absolutely fair one, to compare tenors of the past and present. The two sides offer Enrico Caruso, John McCormack, Beniamino Gigli, James Melton, Jussi Bjoerling, Jan Peerce, Set Svanholm, Ferrucio Tagliavini, Giuseppe Di Stefano and Mario Lanza singing favorite arias. Lanza has as good a natural voice as any of them, but it begs for training...