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Bach's St. Matthew Passion, in a vintage 1939 recording by Willem Mengelberg and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (Columbia); Respighi's Pines and Fountains of Rome, played by Toscanini and the NBC Symphony and wrapped in one of the fanciest album packages to date (13 pages of photographs of Rome, with text by Vincent Sheean) at no extra cost (Victor...
Died. Willem Mengelberg, 79, who made the Concertgebouw Orchestra one of the world's best, once conducted the New York Philharmonic-Symphony (1921-30), was barred from conducting in The Netherlands for his welcome to the Nazis ("All great musicians were Germans"); in Zuort, Switzerland...
Back of the musicians' disgruntlement lie two older controversies: 1) management's plan to give a pension to wartime Conductor Willem Mengelberg, who played for the Nazis and now lives in exile (TIME, Feb. 28, 1949), and 2) the desire of Socialists to take the orchestra out of private hands and put it entirely in the hands of the city. At week's end, although both sides were talking things over, the distinguished old Concertgebouw was still out of business...
Brahms: Tragic Overture (Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg conducting; Capitol-Telefunken, 4 sides). The competition is tough (Beecham, Toscanini), but this performance stands with the best of them. Recording: good...
...Said Mengelberg: "I am not like many other conductors ... I do not envy anyone success. If someone tells me there is a conductor who is superior to Mengelberg, I bow humbly." After a moment's thought, he added: "But whenever I hear that person's performance, I simply cannot understand what makes people think he might be better than...