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Other new records of note: Bach's St. Matthew Passion, played by a Viennese orchestra, chorus and soloists under the direction of Hermann Scherchen (Westminster, 4 LPs); all ten of Beethoven's Violin & Piano Sonatas, played by Violinist Joseph Fuchs and Pianist Artur Balsam (Decca; 5 LPs); Wagner's complete Tristan and Isolde, with Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Suthaus and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler (Victor...
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Hilde Gueden, Blanche Thebom, Eugene Conley, Mack Harrell; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by the composer; Columbia, 3 LPs). When this three-act opera had its first U.S. performances last season (TIME. Feb. 23), audiences had difficulty with its baroque mannerisms and supercilious satire. Without distractions to the eye, this excellent recording allows the listener to sit back and select his pleasures: some melodious arias, some fine choruses, and some of the world's most inventive orchestration...
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (Chorus and soloists with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch; Victor, 2 LPs). Musical sweet talk in its sweetest, if not most stimulating, performance on records. Included are some meltingly graceful choruses (sung by Harvard and Radcliffe groups) and solos by Contralto Margaret Roggero, Tenor Leslie Chabay and Basso Yi-Kwei...
Masterpieces of Music before 1750 (Danish soloists and ensembles directed by Mogens Wöldike; Haydn Society, 3 LPs). Fifty brief selections, carefully performed and recorded. The first disk begins with the constricted Gregorian chant beginning with the 7th century, goes up to 16th century instrumental dances. No. 2 takes the story from large motets by Lassus and Byrd up through early Italian opera by Monteverdi and massive 17th century organ music. The final disk contains mostly Bach and Handel works. A scholarly collection, but with plenty of appeal to the ear as well...
...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...