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Buxtehude: Organ Music (Carl Weinrich, organist; Musicraft, 8 sides). As a young man, Bach tramped 200 miles on foot to hear Dietrich Buxtehude play the organ. Some of the old master's music, here superbly played by Princeton's famed organist, shows some of the reasons why. Recording: good...
...Bach. Musicraft goes on a Bach bender. Best of the lot: Preludes and Fugues (Carl Weinrich, organist; 6 sides) includes the fine A Minor and A Major. The Concerto in C Major for Two Harpsichords and Strings (Manuel and Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble; 5 sides) comes out muggily; the light-hearted Coffee Cantata (chamber group and soloists; 7 sides) gets a somewhat heavy-footed performance. Recordings: fair...
Bach: Toccatas and Fugues, Volume 1 (Carl Weinrich; Musicraft, 8 sides). A re-issue of Princeton's famed organist playing some of the best Bach properly-with the shapely lines of the polyphony brought out sharply. In another good Bach album out this month (Technichord, 8 sides), Organist Ernest White plays the eight "Little" Preludes and Fugues. Recordings: good...
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, William Steinberg conducting; Musicraft, 16 sides). Shostakovich's repetitive and bombastic tribute to wartime Leningrad gets its first U.S. recording. Performance: fair...
Among them : Capitol, Hit, Asch, Beacon, Blue Note, Comet, Commodore, De Luxe, Dix, Apollo, Savoy, Harmonia, Keynote, Exclusive, Feature, Musicraft...