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...past few seasons, Monteverdi's operas Orfeo and Coronation of Poppea and the scenic cantata Battle of Tancred and Clorinda have had concert performances in Manhattan, and record companies-whose search for new repertory material is partly responsible for the revival-have already put out 17 Monteverdi LPs...
Beethoven: Sonatas for Cello & Piano (Janos Starker & Abba Bogin; Period, 2 LPs). All five of the master's efforts for cello and piano. The cello is played with fire, tenderness and unerring accuracy by Hungarian-born Janos Starker of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. His partner is a talented young (27) American pianist...
...appeared last fall (TIME, Nov. 10), more than 2,000 high-fidelity fans have invested in the basic equipment,* and new orders have been piling up. To supply records for the pioneers, a Stamford, Conn, engineer named Emory Cook has been recording music on binaural disks, now has ten LPs on the market. To help pay his costs, while he waits for binaural buyers to swell to the proportions of a full-blooded carriage trade, Cook has now spun music from some of his binaural tapes on to four standard, 10-in. LPs which can be played...
Corelli: The Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 (string orchestra conducted by Dean Eckertsen; Vox, 3 LPs). A rich-voiced tribute to Italian Composer Arcangelo Corelli on the 300th anniversary of his birth. The symphony of its day, the concerto grosso contrasted a massed orchestra with a smaller group of solo instruments-here beautifully played by Violinists Daniel Guilet, Edwin Bachmann and Cellist Frank Miller. The music is vigorous and full of spirited contrasts...
Other notable new recordings: all of Bach's English Suites played by Fernando Valenti (Westminster, 3 LPs); Kodály's Seven Piano Pieces, Op. 11, played by Ilona Kabos (Bartok Records); selections from Schumann's Piano Music, played by Andor Foldes (Mercury...