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Italian Music in the Age of Exploration (The Fleetwood Singers; Lyrichord. stereo). Skillful, spirited performances of madrigals by a dozen all-but-forgotten composers of the 16th century. The names include Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Costanzo Porta and Gioseppe Caimo, and the themes have to do with the hazards of love. The music, performed by seven singers with occasional guitar and harpsichord accompaniment, has wit moments of placid beauty, and a colorfully antique...
Debussy: Rhapsody for Saxophone and Orchestra (Jules de Vries, soloist; Frankenland State Symphony conducted by Erich Kloss; Lyrichord). Debussy had little taste for this commission, wondered vaguely during the eight years he was at it whether the saxophone "indulges in romantic tenderness, like the clarinet." It never does, here, but there is a portion with typical Debussian shimmer, and the performance is elegant...
Berg: Sonata, Op. 1 (Benjamin Tupas, pianist; Lyrichord, 1 side LP). This early work, composed a dozen years before Wozzeck, is full of powerful expressiveness without the contorted effects that came later. Well played by a young Filipino pianist. Recording: good...
Foss: The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (Burton Trimble, tenor; Ruth Biller, soprano; Paul Ukena, bass-baritone, and others; Frederic Kurzweil, pianist; Lyrichord, 2 sides LP). Brilliant young (28) Lukas Foss's adaptation of Mark Twain makes Foss look like one of the brightest hopes of American opera. Well done by the enterprising After Dinner Opera Co. cast which gave the work its Manhattan premiere (TIME, June 19), The Frog even jumps smartly on records. Recording: good...
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