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...Harry Nilsson, RCA; $5.98). Are there any surprises left in the record business? Two LPs after his auspicious transformation from pop poet to hard rocker, Nilsson steps forward as crooner of a dozen old goldies like As Time Goes By and I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now. Such an exercise in nostalgia is a precious fancy that Nilsson manages to bring off because his crooning is so fancy-free. He has an original crooning style that is notable for its freedom from the Sinatra mannerisms that have intimidated a generation of pop balladeers. Gordon Jenkins' luxurious string...
Twelve Etudes, Opus 10, and Fantasia in F Minor, Opus 49; Twelve Etudes, Opus 25, and Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Opus 39 (Aleksander Slobodyanik, Melodiya/Angel; 2 LPs; $5.98 each). Combining the right degree of bravura virtuosity with an elegant lyricism, Slobodyanik, 30, has total control of the giant tone poems. Especially impressive is the hand-crippling D-flat major etude of Opus...
TOMMY; Rod Stewart, Ringo Starr and other rock stars; the London Symphony Orchestra (Ode, 2 LPs, $11.96). To record and package this LP extravaganza, Ode President Lou Adler spent more than $400,000, then quickly earned it all back in sales that last week zoomed past the $1,000,000 mark. Sad to say, symphonic treatment dulls the edges of Pete Townshend's now classic, some times pretentious "rock opera." Stick to the original version...
ROSSINI: LA CENERENTOLA (DG, 3 LPs). From Conductor Claudio Abbado comes a stereo recording worthy of Rossini's comic masterpiece...
ARETHA FRANKLIN: AMAZING GRACE (Atlantic, 2 LPs). The high priestess of soul returns memorably to the gospel style in which she started...