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Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans (Birgit Finnilä, contralto; Ingeborg Springer, mezzo-soprano; Elly Ameling, soprano; Annelies Burmeister, contralto;. Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Vittorio Negri, conductor. 3 LPs; Philips; $23.94). Vivaldi composed his 1716 oratorio for his students at the Ospedale della Pietá. the Venetian orphanage where he taught music. The subject was a bloody one for schoolgirls: after beguiling the barbarian commander with words and wine, Judith seizes his sword and chops off his head. The score is sumptuous, propelled by the Baroque master's typical unflagging vitality. In this recording both male and female solo roles are sung...
SCHUBERT: TRIOS, OP. 99 AND 100 (RCA, 2 LPs). Violinist Henryk Szeryng, Cellist Pierre Fournier and Pianist Artur Rubinstein put away their virtuoso ways to collaborate touchingly on two chamber music gems...
...TATUM: THE TATUM SOLO MASTERPIECES (PABLO/RCA). 13 LPs, any one of which is enough to show why Tatum is called the Horowitz of jazz piano...
BEETHOVEN: THE NINE SYMPHONIES (London, 9 LPs). Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra may have been made for each other, but they were also made to play Beethoven...
...ECM/Polydor, 2 LPs). Long, intricate piano solos give a new dimension to the old art of improvisation...